[Recruiting] Harry Potter-style d20 Modern

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Since a player dropped out, I'd be interested in playing as a PC if that's okay-I just recently got Urban Arcana. I don't have a character idea yet, anyone have any suggestions on the "core" types needed? Otherwise, I'll probably wait til I see the house descriptions and look there for inspiration.

Also, will all the PCs be from the same house?

 

[Shalimar]

Well, so far the character arch-types we have going are:

Tamalyn NicEssus: A fast heroine who is a free spirit, not very concerned with breaking the rules. She is pretty much a female Harry, having adventures when she can.

A Half-Orc Hero who is going strong/dedicated.

Kevin McInnis: A smarty know it all, who is very good with computers and who will probably go into Technomage from what I understand

So thats a Harry-type, a Hermione-type, and I geuss a mix of Hagrid and Ron. I think we could definitely do with someone like Luna Lovegood, or Ginny, or definitely like the Weasly Twins.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Methinks I can manage I'm thinking more of a prankster myself, any suggestions on a base class however? Charismatic? or something else.

 

[Shalimar]

The weasley's would be Charismatic, or Smart. They just don't apply their smarts to academics, they apply them to their pranks and jokes. Take from that what you will. I'd probably mix Charismatic and Smart but strt Charismatic.

 

[tsadkiel]

The stuff on Houses is still coming; I'm busier than expected at the moment, and there's a surprising amount of background detail I need to come up with for this game; the little magical twists on otherwise ordinary things are a big part of the charm of the books, and I want to really get that part right. But anyway. Houses. Later. Not sure when.

 

[doghead]

Thought I would just pop out of the shadows to say "Hi".

 

[tsadkiel]

I've been reading the BESM d20 SRD (found here ), and in many ways I think it'd work better for our purposes than d20 Modern. Harry Potter-style magic would certainly be no problem (Dynamic Sorcery with a roll required, potential backlash, and an item needed to focus the power). It would let us run in the Potterverse, rather than in the style of the Potterverse, which I suspect some of you would prefer. It would also involve changing horses in mid stream, though.

Opinions?

 

[Lichtenhart]

I have no troubles switching systems. I'll give BESM a look as soon as I can. I think you should decide for the system you feel more comfortable with anyway. It's much simpler to adapt as a plyer than as a DM.

 

[Shalimar]

What Lichtenhart said, whatever your comfortable with. I am not familiar with BESM at all but the SRD should be sufficient.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Took at look at it and it seems fine with me...