Dungoen and Dragons...

Earthquake923 · Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject: Dungoen and Dragons...

Have you ever played a game and thought wow this would make a great campaign for D&D. I am in the middle of playing a suikoden based RPG, and I always thought that the concept for Dragon Warrior VII would also make an excellent RPG. To make a long story short, the main characters are on an small island. There are no other signs of life, besides fish in the sea. One day Hero and his friend the prince go into a tomb, and find stone fragments that fit onto stone tables making slabs. When a table is complete they are pulled into a vortex only to find they are in a new land. They go on advenvtures there, defeat some evil, and when they get back, an island(or section of the world) appears. I've always wanted to make an RPG based on this, but never quite got it together. Do you think this could sustain an entire campagain?
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Sai Fujiwara · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:31 am Post subject:

*facepalms* That's rather awesome that you bring this point up, Earthquake923.

Needless to say, I completely agree with you. IN FACT, my original intention for joining this forum was to find out a little more about Suikoden and to gather ideas and opinons for making a Suikoden-based Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting.

In fact, you can read the very first post I made on these forum here:

http://www.suikox.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1744

It seems you have posted there, already. Any other thoughts would be welcome. Just to clarify, I pretty much was thinking about following the stories of the original Suikoden games. (Mostly I & II) and later on the Higheast Rebellion. You know, going with the main stuff. An interesting idea, but oh well. I'm sure there are differing ideas.

Your idea sounds ok. Just think out the big picture of what you want to happen, then flesh out the little details. Good luck on your work!
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Admiral Ackbar · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject:

I don't think D&D would be good for Suikoden. Simply because of classes, and because the system is very restrictive.

Personally, I think the D20 Modern system (also made by the same people that made D&D) would work well, but only for the base classes. D&D gives you classes like cleric, druid, wizard, and bard...but D20 Modern gives you Fast Hero, Smart Hero, Strong Hero, and such. Thats six base classes, each based of the six base ability scores.

But its your choice, heh. Personally, I like the white-wolf system best.
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Lunarblade · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject:

I love D&D, but I haven't played it in a while...Dragon Warrior 7 seems like a great idea with which to start a game, I never even thought of that. I'll have to give that a try.

As for Suikoden...it's weird, but I think of the expanded Suikoverse as being so large that I could never handle DMing all that...I'd be afraid to make stuff up, in fear I'd ruin the "canon"!

Yeah, that's a weird trait. But whatever. I'll probably give it a go sometime if my group will let me.
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Admiral Ackbar · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject:

I have the same fear, and it's why I've never run a Suikoden RPG. I don't want to ruin the canon! I wouldn't want to make a country up and then have it be replaced on the map by something from Suikoden 5.
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Earthquake923 · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject:

Inko · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject:

I started a D&D Suikoden game at the place were I go to game and everyone loved it, especially the rune system that I invented for it.

Tonberry · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject:

Tell us about it inko37. Sounds interesting.

Earthquake923 · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:30 am Post subject:

Well I am involved in a D&D game now based on Suikoden. The way our rune system work is runes give you a "free" feat, or the ability to cast from a certin school of magic. Lighting evocation, Wind illusion, etc... Rune slots take the place of a feat, but everybody starts with 1. Feats gained by runes can not could twards prestige classes. As for MP, we use the Unearthed Arcana D20 book. So far it works very well.
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Inko · Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:59 am Post subject:

For my rune system I just used the basic Suikoden spells, There is no other magic in my world other then the main villians, Sarah, Luc, Ect.

I have them in the first Suikoden game right now and they are fairing well, they are shadowing the the main Characters group right now...

Blackwind · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 3:33 am Post subject:

I prefer the storyteller system myself. My friend and I are playing in a DnD game that we a taking a very suikoden aproach to we have been gathering poeple with all kinds of talents and skills to raise and train an army to fight and evil empire.
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Cyrano · Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject:

ooouuuu a D&D game based on suikoden... niiiicceee tough i wonder how classes should be held, there are soo much things, and not enough enough diffenrences between the jobs .... ( more like habits...of the caracters...)
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