Clay, this discussion on Encouraging the power-escalation-during-combat anime trope in RPG play on rpg.net seems like something you might want to mull over during the design process, since the matter he discusses is such a staple of shonen manga and anime. The thing is, you can't really make it a b...

Well, you'd think that, but it doesn't always seem to work that way on-screen, especially in the case of fighting anime. The Rei vs. Yuda fight in Hokuto No Ken is a good example, as Rei had almost internally bled to death at that point, but was still able to single-handedly kill one of his peers in...

200 is just an unfortunate side effect of the system that seems to be calibrated on the roll of 2 dice. It's also the reward for not getting ass-raped by all of the bad guys. Fun note: Any character can have 600 total points (200 Health, 400 Endurance) so wouldn't it be wonderful to see a big hit g...

However, if the PC misses two times he has exhausted his endurance and then pretty much dead in the water... I guess that is the danger of having such powerful power moves. It just seems that nothing seems to live past those first two shots, especially with a 7d6 attack roll! He does, however, have...

This is also true, but keep in mind Alisia was fighting two "extras" which you gave no real defense to. Just by looking at both sets of combatants I could have done this math in my head and told you she would win. Extras are suppose to be cannon fodder for the heroes to wade through. They...

So, I finally have the opportunity to test out how the combat works in practice in OVA. Obviously, I didn't do full character writeups. So, we have Alisia, and adorable new holy order knight trying to prove that she's supposed to be taken seriously by attacking a couple of ogre thugs (which have Ext...

Animes that I've watched and liked in the past year? Grenadier . Laugh or snark all you like. Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I wouldn't say it's a must watch for everyone , due to its length, but it's a good one if you can stick it out for all 110 episodes. Aria . Hey, a series where Earth colonizes...

Good effort, but Arcane Magic covers buffing abilities. The Lina's Blow-stuff-up abilities would be covered under the Power Move skill, which is quite absent.

Fringers Oh, so you want to know about us, too? Well, can't say I'm too surprised, considering who you are, but there's really not too much to tell about things outside the Alliance. I mean you get lawless places like this anywhere "Big Brother" can't be bothered to look, you know? You co...

Trying my hand at world-building with OVA. My Sci-fi thing to start. Each government/faction will have its own post in the thread, so I may edit them at will should more come to mind. Old Space? Well, I reckon you'll find that the people out here are lucky if they've been in that far. You can bet th...

But, the reason for this post is to ask if there are any settings other than Uresia that have been planned/talked about/thought of for OVA. I'm in the process of converting over one or two of my own from D&D and some older fiction I've written up. I'm also working on some Warhammer 40k conversi...

More stuff: -While it isn't explicitly stated, I'd be willing to rule that barrier dice don't receive the same penalty that normal defense dice do when trying to defeat an AOE. The character is using some arcane means to absorb the damage, rather than trying to get out of its way, as normal. -The fl...

Clay wrote:I've found, in anime, most characters can jump, and fall, such unreasonable distances that rules covering "super-jump" seemed superfluous.

This is what I was hoping to hear, really.

Okay, new stuff. -I can't seem to find any provision for machines or characters with "limited flight", or very far and long jumping distances. Flight is almost completely out for this, as it has a DN of 6 for simply gaining altitude. Now normally I would tweak Super Speed for this, but I w...