I was thinking if my wizard character gets killed off, so long as it isn't by a fellow party member, I might try to make a character based off of Guts from Berserk.
You may not know what that is, but I highly recommend reading about Berserk on www.wikipedia.com. Long story short, Guts is an incredible swordsman who wields basically like a 'buster sword' from FF7, a very long, thick sword that he can kill large demons with. He also uses throwing knives and a repeating crossbow.
He does also have a cannon built into his left arm, but I'm guessing there's no way to feasibly replicate that in DnD so I am leaving that out.
I heard about a sword in DnD called the executioners sword that requires a certain strength score to wield it and it does a lot of damage+ the damage it does is both blunt/slashing because of its weight. This sounds perfectly like the sword Guts would use.
I thought I saw a feat/prestige class that is NOT barbarian that grants the rage ability or something similar. Unfortunately I'm playing a wizard so I didn't note the feat cause it seemed irrelevant. Does this feat exist or am I out of my mind?
Here's my problem, I think I'll need a lot of feats to really capture all the aspects of guts, so I was leaning toward fighter, but a big part of his character in the manga is that he goes Berserk... so I was thinking Barbarian. Maybe a combo of both would be good?
Here are a few pictures, it may help.
http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/8475/berserkps2guts3su.jpg
http://www.toysnjoys.com/berserk/blackswordsman.jpg
http://studentweb.hunter.cuny.edu/students/kkennedy/Berserk%202.jpg
There is a feat chain that will let you wield oversized weapons but if I remember correctly it is long and not worth it...
Oh, also...in champions of valor there is a feat for worshipers of Tyr...they get some bonus as long as they bandage up and do not use their right hand (Tyr is the maimed god). Maybe you can adapt that for guts as well.
the weapon is very complicated to find in D&D i think:
a dragon slayer sword without any sharp...just a big block of iron...should be indestructible...and even if isn't sharp should slash anything :D
For all Guts-like characters: Powerful Build is mandatory(wield a large weapon, i.e. pre-DS Guts). Rule-wise the Goliath race fits Guts wonderfully, although of course Guts doesn't look like one.
The Dragonslayer is really simple. It says nowhere what a certain type of sword should look like, ergo: Huge (adamantine) greatsword with appropriate enchantments, like Ghoststrike (it can crit incorporeal undead). The Monkey Grip feat should allow you to now use this huge sword. The DS of course also needs a few house-rules, for instance: Using the DS and Improved Buckler Defence allows you to use the DS as a shield.
The Berserker Armour is simply a special adamantine full plate. Since Dnd characters don't take negative effects from wounds it won't even need the ability to set bones and subdue pain, although it should make the wearer immune to fear effects and non-lethal damage, as well as critical hits and death effects. I'm too lazy to look for enchantments, now, but all that should be possible.
Guts' rage is in itself no effect of the armour, the armour just reacts to his own inner demons and makes it harder for him to stop fighting. Which is why a Frenzied berserker build is just right for Guts, and the armour just gives him a penalty on attempting to stop the Frenzy.
Epic Guts also needs a few custom epic feats, for instance:
Penetrating charge: Against an opponent at least two size size categories larger, Guts can charge straight THROUGH him. This is a touch attack following a charge that deals quadruple damage.
All in all, if you just want a guy with a large sword, take a Goliath and a large or huge Greatsword or Falchion in conjunction with any fighting build. If you want GUTS, then you'll probably need to houserule.
actually the real name is Gatsu (ガッツ) and the rage effect is given by the armor in the japanese manga...it amplify his rage and make him loose control...do u remember the episode when he fights near the sea and they have to stop him trough magic?
And you are also going to tell me that Griffith is called Guriffisu? That just makes me laugh. His name is Gats or Guts, just because you cannot write that in Japanese doesn't change it at all.
Guts could rage before he had the armour, and he did multiple times. (Lost Children arc is the best example.) The armour turns that into a sort of frenzy.
His big sword can be emulated with EWP Fullblade or Monkey Grip as well; I know they may be sub-par but it is an option. Actually, you could just stat his sword as a greatsword with a bit of artistic license.
And you are also going to tell me that Griffith is called Guriffisu? That just makes me laugh. His name is Gats or Guts, just because you cannot write that in Japanese doesn't change it at all.
Guts could rage before he had the armour, and he did multiple times. (Lost Children arc is the best example.) The armour turns that into a sort of frenzy.
no no really...i mean the original name was Gatsu but in the american edition became Guts or Gats.....but that's on the anime.....the original version is the manga and in the manga his name is Gatsu....believe me or not but here in europe was also translated Gatsu....Peace
oh and also for Grifis is a manner or translations difference between the european/japanese version and the american one....for example here in europe isn't spelled griffith but Grifis (Griffith is a nore english name so maybe that's the reason u have different translations...)
If you take an English name like Griffith, try to write it in Katakana/Hiragana (I forget which is which) and then turn it back to romaji, of course you will end up with gibberish - like Gurifisu. It's still the same name, though - Griffith.
Whether Gats is Gats or Guts is unclear, but it certainly isn't Gatsu, because the final -u-sound is almost un-pronounced anyway. It's like Americans messing up Japanese names in American movies and then insisting that their version is right. It's just wrong.
And all of this is beside the point of making that character in Dnd - I repeat my claim that you can make him reasonably well, but not perfectly without houserules.
I'm thinking of one thing, though: The Boneknight prc mechanic-wise fits Guts pretty well, except you can't take off the bone armour, and of course the Berserker Armour is not bone. If you get around the flavour parts of the bone-knight, you've got an almost perfect Berserker Armour. You then just need to combine it with FB and Fighter levels.
Probably you could do the same with enchantments, too, though.
Stats: Huge Con, High Str, High Dex, Average Wis, Average Int, Low Cha
A few notes before we get into the feats.
Guts chills in a very low magic setting so the item that allows you to use oversized weapons without a penalty(the name of the item and book it is located in escape me) is out if your going for that feel.
If that is the case you need Monkey Grip even though it sucks.
If you don't want the item and don't want Monkey Grip you need a house rule of some kind to get Powerful Build.
Of course everything above is only if you want to use a Fullblade, a Greatsword will work.
Must have feats:
Power Attack
Imp Bull Rush
Imp Sunder
Combat Brute
Shock Trooper
Cleave
Feats to consider:
Leap Attack
Great Cleave
Spring Attack all the way to Rapid Blitz(might not be possible due to preq. feats but dodge and mobility are rather useful anyway)
Endurance and Diehard mostly for flavor
I'm positive there are more damaging builds out there but I like to keep my stoof simple.
Pre-eclipse I would say Barbarian 12/Fighter 8(Dungeon Crusher). You only need Barb11 for Greater Rage but the 9th level in Fighter gets nothing so go with Barb for the HD and 1 rage/day. No FB because I don't think Guts ever went so berserk pre-demon armor that he needed to make a will save to not kill his party members.
Stats: Huge Con, High Str, High Dex, Average Wis, Average Int, Low Cha
A few notes before we get into the feats.
Guts chills in a very low magic setting so the item that allows you to use oversized weapons without a penalty(the name of the item and book it is located in escape me) is out if your going for that feel.
If that is the case you need Monkey Grip even though it sucks.
If you don't want the item and don't want Monkey Grip you need a house rule of some kind to get Powerful Build.
Of course everything above is only if you want to use a Fullblade, a Greatsword will work.
Must have feats:
Power Attack
Imp Bull Rush
Imp Sunder
Combat Brute
Shock Trooper
Cleave
Feats to consider:
Leap Attack
Great Cleave
Spring Attack all the way to Rapid Blitz(might not be possible due to preq. feats but dodge and mobility are rather useful anyway)
Endurance and Diehard mostly for flavor
I'm positive there are more damaging builds out there but I like to keep my stoof simple.
Where are combat brute, shock trooper and leap attack from?
Leap Attack - Complete Adventurer
Shock Trooper - Complete Warrior
Learn to charge w00tman. Still playing DotA?
Combat Brute - Complete Warrior
Leap Attack - Complete Adventurer
Shock Trooper - Complete Warrior
Learn to charge w00tman. Still playing DotA?
Heh, thanks Labias. No, I pretty much stopped playing dota months ago. I will play every now and then and I'm still pretty good, but it's lost it's luster. You still playing on Daniella's team? Hrmm... are those feats or what? I've always heard of them but have never actually read them. I always play casters, never martial classes
Edit: Found the Comp War ones.
Edit: Leap attack is really cool. I've seen combat brute before and it's okay. I don't really understand why Shock Trooper is so good. I mean I guess it's the AC bonus thing?
Fighter up to the eclipse, then barbarian till the time he gets the armour, which should be around lvl 20, then FB into epic.
There are really not many magic items in that setting, and using too many would spoil the feel. Really I would only add enhancement bonuses to his weapons and armour.
Let's not forget his other weapons:
The cannon (which should be easy to house-rule)
The rapid fire crossbow (crossbow with no reload time and fully number of attacks/round and speed enchantment)
The throwing knives
The DS can basically use an automatic advancement mechanism or one like a kensai. It starts out as a masterwork slab of iron, then gains enhancement bonuses and fist ghost touch and then ghost strike enchantments. Perhaps a shield spell effect, too? All payable with just XP.
And finally, let's not forget that Guts has the Leadership feat and a little healing machine as a cohort.
The reason shock trooper is good is because of the Dungeon Crusher fighter alt levels at 2 and 6 give huge damage when you bull rush someone into a wall or tree or some other thing they can't be pushed through you deal big damage.
Since Guts is all about some charging in and dealing big damage...
Flavor wise I don't really think Dungeon Crusher fits but hey flavor is mutable.
Also, does anyone have stats for the executioner's sword? It should be in the quintessential barbarian.
Feral Template/Barbarian/Fighter/Frenzied Berserker
Wield a Fullblade (afb, I think thats what its called)
Take the feats mentioned a few posts above.
Enjoy murdering things.
are there any feats to allow you to use a two handed sword as a one handed sword? I thought Monkey Grip but actually it doesn't do that it looks like.
Also, does anyone have stats for the executioner's sword? It should be in the quintessential barbarian.
I think that's covered by an epic feat which requires MG - Wield Oversized Weapon, iirc. It was in CWarrior, I think.
Also, I don't see any feat like that, wielding oversized weapons, other than monkey grip.
Is there a feat that could make it so he could wield a two handed weapon one handed? Guts can, incredibly, wield the DS in one hand if he has to.
Monkey grip makes it so the effort doesn't change. So he could wield a large two handed weapon, like a greatsword, ordinarily he couldn't.
19/20 crit requires exotic weapon prof(thanks aklir). It's a gigantic sword like the DS.
Guts can wield the DS with his teeth and balancing it on his mechanical arm(book 3 of the manga). Which is to say he's an epic level character and you shouldn't worry about doing things like that until you you have an epic character.
thats 2-16 damage, one feat
or 3-18 damage, one feat, -2 attack.
So.. does it really matter which one? And is there a feat that could remove that -2 to attack?
Also, I'm in a largely undead campaign, so I really wanted to get that executioner sword. Its supposed to be in quintessential barbarian and it should do 2d8 damage and the damage it does is both bludgeoning and slashing according to a member in my group.
For the love of god and all things holy, please, please, PLEASE take the Feral template from Savage Species.
Its actually really good. This is the one instance that I know of, where I like the Anime, better than the Manga. They leave puck out of the Anime. Thank god.
Anywho, what about the titan bloodline?
I just now got into this series.
Its actually really good. This is the one instance that I know of, where I like the Anime, better than the Manga. They leave puck out of the Anime. Thank god.
Anywho, what about the titan bloodline?
qft
I thought about the Titan Bloodline as well.
I hate puck.
Guts
Male Human
Alignment Chaotic Good
Fighter 12/Barbarian 7/Frenzied Berzerker 5
Str 24 (+2 prodigy, +1 4th, 8th, 16th, 20th)
Dex 16
Con 18 (+1 12th)
Int 14
Wis 13 (-1 armor)
Cha 12
Hit Points 233, Current 233
AC 23 (10+3 dex+9 armor+1 shield), Touch 13, Flat 20
Init +3
BAB +22/17/12/7, Grap +??
Speed 30 (base 40, load 0/33, medium armor)
Fort +22, Ref +10, Will +9
+34 Melee, Dragonslayer, 3d6+14, 17-20/x2
+30 Melee, Dagger, 1d6+7, 19-20/x2
+30 Melee, Prosthetic Hand, 1d6+7, 20/x2
+26 Ranged, Repeating Crossbow, 1d10, 19-20/x2, 60’ r
+26 Ranged, Darts, 1d4+7, 20/x2, 20’ r
+26 Ranged, Dagger, 1d6+7, 20/x2, 10’ r
+21 Ranged, Arm Cannon, 6d6, 20/x2, 10’r
+25 Ranged Tough, Fire Bombs, 3d6/1d6 splash, 20/x2, 10’ r
Rage:
+48 hp, AC 21, Will +11
+36 Melee, Dragonslayer, 3d6+17, 17-20/x2
Frenzy:
2 lethal damage per round, AC 22, Ref +12
+40/40/35/30/25 Melee, Dragonslayer, 3d6+23, 17-20/x2
Rage and Frenzy:
+48 hp, 2 lethal damage per round, AC 20, Ref +12, Will +11
+42/42/37/32/27 Melee, Dragonslayer, 3d6+26, 17-20/x2
Skills:
+1 Balance (0+2 synergy-4 acp)
+21 Climb (10+4 prodigy)
+6 Diplomacy (10cc)
+28 Intimidate (27)
+35 Jump (26+4 prodigy+2 synergy-4 acp)
+9 Ride (10-4 acp)
+9 Spot (16cc)
+11 Survival (10)
+13 Swim (10+4 prodigy-8 acp)
+14 Tumble (26cc+2 synergy-4 acp)
Feats:
-Weapon Focus (Greatsword) (H)
-Power Attack (F1)
-Cleave (F2)
-Destructive Rage (3) (CW)
-Weapon Specialization (F4)
-Intimidating Rage (6) (CW)
-Great Cleave (F6)
-Monkey Grip (9) (CW)
-Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Repeating Crossbow) (F8)
-Endurance (12)
-Diehard (FB 1)
-Iron Will (18)
-Indomitable Soul (21) (PHBII)
-Improved Critical (Greatsword) (F10)
-Greater Weapon Focus (24)
-Epic Weapon Focus (Greatsword) (F12) (ELH)
Human Traits
-Bonus Skill
-Bonus Feat
Barbarian Class Features
-Fast Movement
-Rage 2/day (9 rounds)
-Improved Uncanny Dodge
-Trap Sense +2
-Damage Reduction 1/-
Frenzied Berzerker Class Features (CW)
-Frenzy 3/day (7 rounds)
-Supreme Cleave
-Deathless Frenzy
-Improved Power Attack
Special:
-Prodigy (Strength): Guts gets +2 to strength and an additional +4 on all strength-based skill and ability checks. (DMG II)
-Sacrifice: Guts has been branded with the symbol of sacrifice. Evil outsiders and undead can sense his presence and general direction as long as they are within five hundred feet. Additionally, whenever an evil outsider or undead comes within a hundred feet of Guts for the first time that day, the brand gives off a sharp pain and bleeds profusely, causing him to lose one hit point for every four hit dice the creature possesses (rounding down).
Equipment:
• The Dragonslayer, Mastercraft Large Greatsword
o The Dragonslayer is treated as a Holy Ghost Touch weapon for the purposes of bypassing DR and determining whether an attack hits. This is an extraordinary ability.
o The Dragonslayer’s size provides a wielder of medium size with a +2 bonus to AC when they fight defensively or cover in the direction of their choice make a total defense action.
• Berserker Armor, +1 Mithral Full Plate
o While wearing the berserker armor, a wielder with the ability to enter a frenzy must make a will save to avoid doing so every round in which they engage in melee combat, even if they take no damage. In addition, they may not enter a rage unless already in a frenzy.
o While the wielder is in a frenzy, the berserker armor is treated as a +2 Mithral Full Plate of Medium Fortification that cannot be removed by normal means. The wielder themself gains an additional +6 to strength and dexterity as a well as an immunity to fear, stun, nausea and death from massive damage. However, the damage they take every round is lethal instead of nonlethal, and the frenzy does not end normally as long as there are living or animate creatures within the vicinity. At the end of a frenzy, the wielder takes 1 permanent wisdom damage.
o If the wielder has the deathless frenzy ability and would die at the end of a frenzy due to hit point loss, they instead heal to -9 hp and permanently reduce their maximum number of hit points by the same amount.
• Prosthetic Arm
o When equipped, the prosthetic arm can be used to hold metal items or help wield two-handed weapons. It also functions as a mastercraft gauntlet.
o Arm Cannon, Exotic Medium Ranged Weapon (10’ range, 3d6 fire and 3d6 bludgeoning damage, 20/x2)
§ The arm cannon is a concealed weapon, requiring a DC 25 Spot or Search check to detect. If an opponent is not aware of the arm cannon, they are treated as flat-footed for the purpose of the wielder’s attack.
§ Reloading the arm cannon requires two full-round actions, each provoking an attack of opportunity
§ While in a grapple, the wielder may make a grapple check to attack with the arm cannon. If the attack hits, it automatically threatens a critical hit.
• Ammunition and Gunpowder for ten shots.
• 10 Fire Bombs, Splash Weapons (10’ range, 3d6 fire damage/1d6 splash, 20/x2)
• Rickert’s Repeating Crossbow
o This crossbow functions as a mastercraft heavy repeating crossbow with two exceptions: The range is halved, and the magazines hold ten shots instead of five.
• 60 Bolts
• 5 Mastercraft Darts
• Mastercraft Dagger
• Flint and Steel
• 4 day’s trail rations
The prodigy thing is for NPCs only it looks like though?
The prodigy thing is for NPCs only it looks like though?
It has Level Adjustments, PC's can use it.
Favored Power attack with FBs power attack makes for a great dmg bonus. Also, with a bit of alignment finagling, you could take the feat "Nemesis" from BoED. I know its under the Exalted feats, but it shouldn’t be.
It makes a lot of sense, since he can feel them via the brand.
Edit:
You could take the archery combat path, and get a feat out of the way while your at it.
Fighter-6
Ranger-2
Barbarian-2
FB-10
Heh, thanks Labias. No, I pretty much stopped playing dota months ago. I will play every now and then and I'm still pretty good, but it's lost it's luster. You still playing on Daniella's team? Hrmm... are those feats or what? I've always heard of them but have never actually read them. I always play casters, never martial classes
Edit: Found the Comp War ones.
Edit: Leap attack is really cool. I've seen combat brute before and it's okay. I don't really understand why Shock Trooper is so good. I mean I guess it's the AC bonus thing?
I don't know who Daniella is so I guess that means 'no.' DotA is definitely one of the least rewarding things I've ever done in my life but I can't stop.
Shock Trooper is good because you can just ditch your AC to regain your attack bonus. Like, if you take -10 to hit, you can take it back to -0 to hit and just take -10 AC instead. When you combine that with Improved PowerAttack, Two Handed Weapons, Leap Attack, etc. it gets ugly.
Given his amazing attack bonus I wouldn't mind if he chose a huge greatsword, which normally would give him a -4 to hit. If you picked Monkey Grip (cut a -2 away) and the appropriate EWP, as a GM I'd be flexible and let you use that huge slab of iron at -2 (and who would notice it?).
He's a berserker, but not really like the Frenzied Bersk from CW, although some traits do fit well. You could still simulate them with the appropriate usage of Great Cleave and Spring attack, or whirlwind attack (when all the mooks, kushan, mercs, soldiers, alligators and whatnot surrounding him just inst-die as if ran over by a truck).
The Titan build look neat, but the cool thing about gatsu is that he i "just a man", as he gets that line in his face every other fight, uttered by apostoles and demons. Plus, there are some things past level 8 that are just too full of cheese.
Levels wise I guess that he starts as a Fighter. I'd progress as a Fighter until level 8 (just before the eclipse). level 8 is loaded with bonus feats and makes him a top level combatant. The eclips hits, and he gets his fury and his blood mark. One level of Ranger (as he starts stalking those monstrosities, and a level 9 BF). Then a couple of levels of Barbarian and Fighter again, then go Avenging Executioner from Complete Scoundrel! Look at the prereqs:
Alignment: Any nongood (well, he is not..)
Base Attack Bonus: +5 (way above that)
Skills: Hide 4 ranks, Intimidate 6 ranks, Move Silently 4 ranks (he has them by now)
Special: Must have been tragically wronged in some manner.
Stuff like sudden strike, rapid intimidation, bloody murder and dread blade (all from A.Exc.) is just screaming Gatsu from every pore!
This should be Gatsu somewhere near his meeting with Zodd at Godor's mountain. FTR 9/RGR1/BRB5/AEX5, which matches pretty well Zodd's statement that "possibly no living man can defeat you".
After that and his quest to find the land of elves just throw in at random levels of Barbarian and Fighter, at leisure. Judging from the last tankobon I read (Vritanis square off with Daiba) I'd leave him as
FTR 10/ BARBARIAN 8 RANGER 1/ AVENGING EXECUTIONER 5.
Give him a Huge greatsword that can hit ethereal bodies and bypass the DR of infernals, EWP with it and monkey grip. Adding more barbarian levels sounds like overkill, since his stats have already enjoyed 6 boosts and he's insanely powerful (what are we talking here? 4d6+3d6+50 damage on a sudden full favored power attack?)
Ossian
PS
Frenzied berserker totally belongs to the Armor...
However, let's face it, Guts is NOT a 25 point buy character.
I was going to help with this request, but you guys are referencing all sorts of stuff I don't know about.
Khan: The manga is over 31 volumes, and I believe the anime covers only the first 13 volumes.
About from the beginning of Volume 4 to somewhere in volume 13. The manga is now in volume 33 in Japan (and the author is taking another break), and not nearly close to finishing.
Frenzied Berserker is seriously the way to go.
As far as the rest... To be frank, I'd like to see Guts with some Stone Dragon and Devoted Spirit love. That's right, Guts as a Barb (Lion Totem)/Crusader/FB (no further than deathless)/Hellreaver. Let's see this happen!
Here is what it looks like, although I'll be checking the material suggested by Float Lika a Bee and see if I can adjust my aim.
Beware, long post ahead! (it was copy-pasted from another message board, hence all the bulletpoint guidelines). Let's say this is a draft, and let's also say that it came to my mind after reading the avengin executioner PrClass (Complete Scoundrel) which literally begged me to stat the BFS wielder we all love, fear, respect and whatever. Oh, and in the text there is also some stuff from the excellent post from Cyphrus (some things I modified)
So, I am going to edit this post according to feedback and further development of the character sheet. Please note that I would love to develop Gatsu according to what happens in the story, as if he went through all that nightmare, a bit like as if he actually was a D&D character. After all, it's a bloody and cruel and ruthless low magic campaign. Nothing d20 cannot handle...And we can add the nippon flavoring.
I also need your feedback on some degrees of optimizations. While I get often criticized for making 'lame' character, I guess that the real point is that my power-meter is different. Normally, for me level 15 is epic badass, some leagues above king Leonidas. Level 15 is Goku or the Spartan from Halo! So, this is why I have tried to keep Gatsu low. Still, I had to use the 24 levels (not so sure about the exotic weapon master though. with all that damage in sundering it's kind of overkill).
Bear in mind that I don't think Gatsu is invincible. Just that he did not lose in the story we read. To make him unbeatable under any circumstance, and with all he's been through, he'd have to be level 40. Yet, I guess we agree that with all those broken bones a-la-o-chul he didn't become "THE" berserk without breaking a sweat.
Finally, a bunch of points which might help being constructive:
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- While I don't own the 3ds I open, please refrain from opening the usual debate on "its's Gatsu" "no, it's written Gats" "No, the US versions says..." "the Japanese kanji clearly indicates" and all those displays of knowledge phonetics and ortography-wise. I'm happy with calling him Gatsu (which I read gàht-suu) and his nemesis Grifis (gree-phiis).
- I'd love to keep him a normal Human. So, while I'll consider adding "traits", things like "feral template" or "titan Bloodline" while fitting and cool and good for the number crunching, are just not my cup of tea this time. The sole reason behind this decision is that I like the way Demons and Apostoles despise him for being "just a man" or for having "the simple, fragile frame of a human being"). Plus, thus far we haven’t read anything about his origin but the fact that he was found in a pool of blood and liquids from his dead mother’s uterus. He was born close to death, hence he is better at avoiding her, but that’s it.
- I'd love help on the Dragonslayer. As far as the sword goes, it's cool to bend the rules and use some expedient to give it the flavor, bearing in mind one very important thing: it's a slab of Iron of unspecified insane weight. It' the gimmick of the whole series. It's like Kenshiro's tsuban-hitting technique. Makes no sense, but it's just what you love most and what bears the highest symbolic value, in a work which is all about symbols and metaphors.
- I'd also love help on the handcannon, as I don't own a single Eberron book, but I am told that there is good stuff in there. I’ve found this stuff on the wizard’s board: here
• Prosthetic Arm
o When equipped, the prosthetic arm can be used to hold metal items or help wield two-handed weapons. It also functions as a mastercraft gauntlet.
o Arm Cannon, Exotic Medium Ranged Weapon (10’ range, 3d6 fire and 3d6 bludgeoning damage, 20/x2)
§ The arm cannon is a concealed weapon, requiring a DC 25 Spot or Search check to detect. If an opponent is not aware of the arm cannon, they are treated as flat-footed for the purpose of the wielder’s attack.
§ Reloading the arm cannon requires two full-round actions, each provoking an attack of opportunity
§ While in a grapple, the wielder may make a grapple check to attack with the arm cannon. If the attack hits, it automatically threatens a critical hit.
• Ammunition and Gunpowder for ten shots.
• 10 Fire Bombs, Splash Weapons (10’ range, 3d6 fire damage/1d6 splash, 20/x2)
• Rickert’s Repeating Crossbow
o This crossbow functions as a mastercraft heavy repeating crossbow with two exceptions: The range is halved, and the magazines hold ten shots instead of five. - Please, if you suggest feats or talents or special combos, quote the source. I own many splatbooks but I am nowhere near knowing them half as well as the last issue of Mickey Mouse. Use the usual abbreviation (like CW 103 for Complete Warrior page 103). Also, I have given up deciphering the Book of 9 Swords. I just think maneuvers are not worth the extra effort of learning them all for the sake of statting a comic book character. Same goes for new weapons. If you propose mercurial blades, fullblades and so on, just tell me where I can look them up.
- Traits: those serve to justify some of his personal accomplishments as well as to make up for the size of weapons he uses.
Relentless (he just keeps fighting, riding, swimming, fighting, running, bleeding until he’s far off the chart of a human potential)
Reckless: he says it all the time, especially when he explains his own fighting style. This, too, serves the purpose of allowing him access to larger weapons.
Aggressive: he just does not let you start the fight. The ball is always in the court he wants it to be!
I have also removed the "wild empathy" thing. Made no sense. - The sacrificial mark: this is very complicated to translate in game terms. The biggest drawback is that it kills you when you get it, and that even if you survive it you won’t last long, as all demons within a certain range will pick your trail easily, find you and eat you. Moreover, by night or in shady places it just conjures any number of tormented spirits that will try to eat your face and soul. Plus, it hurts when they are around. I made it this way:
1. The marked person is never flat footed or surprise if a Demon attacks him (unless the attack comes from many dozens of yards away).
2. It links him to the spiritual world, thus enhancing his insight and in general his perception through instinct. It thus acts as a +2 periapt of wisdom
3. The sacrificial mark inflicts 1 point of non-lethal damage every ten minutes if one or more apostles or hellspawn creatures are within 100 meters. If the creatures are larger than medium size it inflicts 1 point of non lethal damage per size category above Medium every 10 minutes. The ones that created the Mark (the Hand of God) can in turn inflict lethal damage, up to 5 HP per swift action (GM’s discretion) and force the marked person to resist being stunned for 1d4 rounds if he fails a Fort. Save DC 20+damage inflicted. Even if the save succeeds, the marked person is still dazed for the next round. Gatsu is a bit special, and on him the mark had the effect of granting the Feat “Iron Will” and allowing him to brandish the Dragonslayer by pure force of hatred.
4. For all the demonic creatures, no matter their class, species or abilities, Gatsu is always considered a favored enemy, just like the ranger’s ability. Thus, they gain a +2 bonus on all spot, bluff, listen, sense motive, survival and weapon damage. This effect stacks with the “favored enemy: humanoid (human)” that a demonic creature might possess (example: a demon with levels in Ranger). - Berserker Armor. I have found what follows at the same link where I have found the prostethic arm. (HERE), but I modified it slightly
+5 ADAMANTINE Dwarven made Full Plate, DR 3.
o While wearing the berserker armor, a wielder with the ability to enter a frenzy must make a will save to avoid doing so every round in which they engage in melee combat, even if they take no damage. In addition, they may not enter a rage unless already in a frenzy.
o While the wielder is in a frenzy, the berserker armor is treated as a +2 Mithral Full Plate of Medium Fortification that cannot be removed by normal means. The wielder themself gains an additional +6 to strength and dexterity as a well as an immunity to fear, stun, nausea and death from massive damage. However, the damage they take every round is lethal instead of nonlethal, and the frenzy does not end normally as long as there are living or animate creatures within the vicinity. At the end of a frenzy, the wielder takes 1 (permanent???) wisdom damage.
o If the wielder has the deathless frenzy ability and would die at the end of a frenzy due to hit point loss, they instead heal to -9 hp and permanently reduce their maximum number of hit points by the same amount.
Can't get more Guts-y than that.A dm once allowed me to take it as a martial weapon and I oneshotted a tarrasque on lvl 16. He was mad.