What classes in wizard of oz?

[DMH]

No one remembers the pothead?

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=304&products_id=3623&SRC=Enworld

What, she's wearing a pot on her head!

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

If Oz was a D&D campaign and guessing the classes off the show are two different things. I'm with those who say outside of the witches, you'd have lots of NPC classes for everyone. My picks for their classes are as if it was a D&D game using core classes.

* The Witches: Sorceress
* The Wizard: Rogue, with 'bluff', 'disguise', and 'use magic device' max out to pretend to be a wizard

* Order of the Ruby Slippers:
- Dorothy: Cleric - she healed the warforge Tin-Man, casted break enchantments on the charmed Lion, and so on...
- Scarecrow: Wizard - unfortunately his INT wasn't too high so he casted only cantrips...
- Tin-Man: Ranger
- Cowardly Lion: Barbarian

* Monsters:
- Munchkins - halflings
- Flying Monkeys - winged goblins

Hmmm. Ozland, in the style of Dungeonland and Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, might make for a fun place for 3.5E.

 

[hong]

Racially you could do an Eberron Wizard of Oz series. Dorothy is human, Tinman a warforged & lion a shifter. Scarecrow is the only one without a good analog.

Shambling mound, duh. Notice how plants are immune to mind-affecting effects, just as if they didn't have brains!

 

[Mighty Halfling]

I've often wondered about why Oz hasn't made a jump to RPGs, even as a children's game.
Oz certainly has made an impact on comics. Heck, I even wrote about them here at the Captain Comics site.

 

[JoeBlank]

I've often wondered about why Oz hasn't made a jump to RPGs, even as a children's game.
Oz certainly has made an impact on comics. Heck, I even wrote about them here at the Captain Comics site.

Check out Zorcerer of Zo from Atomic Sock Monkey: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/zoz.asp

Described, in part, as: "An evocative game setting: the Zantabulous Land of Zo (and its five Kingdoms) -- strongly influenced by much-beloved fairytale otherworlds like Oz (naturally), Narnia, Wonderland, Fantastica, The Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Florin & Guilder, Neverland, Living Island."

Add to that the very simple but versatile PDQ system (not d20), and I'll probably be playing this game with my sons very soon. I just picked up the .pdf this weekend, and will almost certainly order the softcover soon.

 

[tadk]

I don't suppose this has too much to do with anything, but I felt I should share this picture, considering the topic. Image sblocked for pageloading speed happiness.

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That is so totally cool
Now that is an Oz that could be adventured in
Nice and thanks for sharing

 

[+5 Keyboard!]

Hmmm. Ozland, in the style of Dungeonland and Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, might make for a fun place for 3.5E.

You have no idea how much I'm eating this up! I sat down to work up this exact thing for a DCC project the other night and couldn't place the proper classes to the main characters. Very good stuff here.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

You have no idea how much I'm eating this up! I sat down to work up this exact thing for a DCC project the other night and couldn't place the proper classes to the main characters. Very good stuff here.

Tell Goodman he's got a presold copy right here, especially if you're only using the Baum books for inspiration, not the Ruth Plumly Thompson snores or the ones that came after. (Although Wicked has some clever stuff in it, despite being very much "look at meeeeee" in its writing style.)