Sentai Campaign Setting...Yep I went there.

To start the only reason why I did this is because my 3 year old son is quit fond of Power Rangers; thus I had me thinking as a gamer about a potential game setting.  Now I’m not a the biggest fan of Power Rangers.  And for those of you who don’t know what Sentai is it is a genre of manga/anime/Japanese action show that exists surrounding a group of people (often teenagers/young adults) that are given the great responsibility and power to protect the planet from numerous monstrous threats by assuming empowered forms and summoning giant robots.  They are able to instantly assume their “costumed combat form” that grants them often enhanced resistance to harm, greater strength and speed, as well as access to fantastical weapons and equipment like laser guns, sentient swords, as well as enormous vehicles that they can pilot and merge together to form a super powerful mecha.

Now the whole Sentai thing I think got started with Voltron (Go Lion Force) which I loved as a kid and would still love to have the toy set..don't hold me to that as I'm likely wrong.

But I digress, I’m not a big fan of the Power Rangers, but there’s other Sentai series out there like Ultraman, Kamin Rider and so forth.

My son loves Power Rangers.  He’s 3 years old and loves the giant robots.

As for why I dislike the show…

1.    Bad acting.  I can’t stand really bad acting; it drives me nuts.

2.    Saban.  Yeah the guy who owns the rights here in the states.  Dude is lazy and is just taking what they’re doing in Japan and editing in his own footage instead of spending all that money he’s built up from doing this to create an original series that has no Japanese footage.

3.    No body armor.  Yeah I hate spandex, to me its lazy considering that you can build foam suits for monsters, but you can’t make the Ranger’s suits look like they actually provide protection?

4.    Mistreatment of actors.  It’s not a big secret and the original cast (for here in the states) certainly have a number of stories, especially the actor who played the Blue Ranger.

Yes it’s a short list, but it is mainly me just ranting a bit and not really getting to the point.  You see, I see some RPG potential in creating a Sentai campaign setting because of my kid and his desire to watch Power Rangers.  But how to do it and with what game system?

Now for my table top RPG’s I use Hero System, D&D 5^th Edition, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, Star Wars (FF version & Saga Edition), and Mutants and Masterminds.  By now everyone should know what my preferred system is (for those who are new – Hero System).

So what I’m going to do here is create a Sentai campaign setting for Hero System, but my way.

Campaign Name:  Invasion from Beyond – Guardians Unite!

Plot:  The game takes place on Earth in the far future (year 22XX).  The world still thinks it’s alone in the universe until a massive alien ship arrives in orbit around the moon.  From there it begins to selectively bombard the planet and unleash monstrous creatures to the surface.  Humanity fought back, but they were outclassed by what they faced.  The enemy forces not only possessed technology beyond that of anything humanity had but the creatures they sent to control and corral humans also seemed to have magic like abilities.

At the cusp of enslavement another ship arrived.  Though smaller it managed to repel the much larger ship.  From there it arrived on the planet where special soldiers sent out and fought the creatures that were still on earth and gathered humanity into safe zones.  The aliens were very human like save for long pronounced ears like that of an elf as well as their oddly colored eyes.  They were called the Savarian and had lived lives much like humanity had – ignorant of the threats beyond their planet, but they were fortunate to be more advanced than earth though not enough to repel the arrival of the Imperium.

Their world was left virtually destroyed, pillaged of its natural resources and people.  By that time they had lost the opportunity to use the weapons they had created to fight back against their foes.  But they vowed to not let another culture befall the same fate.  By the time they found the next planet on their hit list the invasion of earth had already been underway.  The Savarain shared their technology and helped the people of earth to recover while the Imperium remained in the system, curious and angry about the enemies that arrived had managed to drive them off.

The Savarian had developed a technology to fight the Imperium on top of a means to immunize people against their virus (where if a person doesn’t receive a regular counter agent they turn into one of the Imperium’s monstrous soldiers).  On top of the immunization the chemical used would also allow humans some humans to tap into the energy field of the universe like everyone else, the weave.  It’s the source of the Imperium’s might and something humanity lacked the genetic potential to tap into.

With access to the weave certain people would begin to exhibit special abilities such as greater than normal physical capabilities, an ability to draw in the weave to create spells like effects.  But to stand against the forces of the Imperium more than this was needed, and a combat enhancer was created.  The Savarian called it the Guard system.  Those who have the proper potential can be fitted with a guard system bracer that allows the user to call forth a power amplification suit of armor. 

As the world recovered it was broken up into sectors each with a defensive grid to protect against bombardments and aerial strikes.  But the primary concern were ground forces.  The Imperium’s soldiers could disguise themselves in normal forms and pass nearly any type of screening process for them.  But once they assume their true state they cannot change back, not right away at least.

Their ground forces came in three varieties.  The first were the standard grunts, the transformed of the races that the Imperium had conquered called Grollings.  They were misshapen forms of their previous selves, grey skinned, gaunt with rough skin and surprising strength and agility.  However Grollings no longer possess personalities and are twitchy and violent when given directions – but follow orders to the best of their abilities.  Next are the Rex, the evolved forms of Grollings whom have been experimented on further.  They no longer resemble their former selves and have unique monstrous forms with equally unique powers.  The Rex have personality but no memories of the lives they once had.  They also can assume a normal form that can be programmed into their genetics .  The form can be dropped at a moment’s notice, but reassuming it is time consuming for the Rex.

The final creature that the Imperium can deploy is the Rex Kaiser, a massive version of the normal Rex, one with the power to level cities.  The body of a Rex contains a special enzyme that can be triggered through bombardment of a specific energy type that triggers instantaneous cellular regeneration and growth resulting in the Rex becoming massive in size.  Some Rex are even equipped with an emergency energizing system though micro-sizing the tech to do so is extremely time consuming.  Fortunately the energy needed for this takes time to build up so that it can be beamed down to the planet’s surface and often needs a week to do, though if multiple Rex are standing in the area they can all be affected by the beam.

To battle the Rex Kaiser the Savarian have also developed massive combat machines called Senshuken (Champions).  The Senshuken are set up to use and amplify the power of the person assigned to call on it and use it.  In addition to this each Senshuken is uniquely made for the user and not just in appearance but the machine is built to match the fighting capabilities of its user.

But the Grollings and Rex were not the only things that the Imperium created.  To force humanity to group up into easily controlled population centers (and to weed out the sick, weak, and elderly) they also mutated many of the natural animals of the planet creating powerful predators that humanity would have to contend with, with some they even purposely grew to Kaiser Rex sizes.

And since they first came to earth the Savarian and their “Guardians” have stood as protectors against the machinations of the Imperium for six hundred years.  After six hundred years of attempting to take control of the planet the Imperium left.  They took what they could from the rest of the planets of the solar system – enough to sustain their operations to move to the next system.

Earth recovered and in time the Savarian were officially able to call Earth home.  Peace settled in on the world but the Guardians were now a corner stone of protection for the planet.  Earthling knew that it would only be a matter of time before someone else came, the Savarians were clear that the Imperium was just one threat that existed in the depths of the universe, and that others were out there possessing similar technology and ideals as them would undoubtedly come to earth for their own reasons.

While the planet was at peace they also prepared for what could come next.  While there was a single training base set up for Guardians the time of peace allowed for the base to be decommissioned and for new “academies” to be set up around the world to train up guardians to protect the different places of the world where humanity remained.

As time progressed the academies flourished and became the central hubs of each pocket of civilization, their new capitals.  And it would only be a matter of time before new threats to the planet would rear their heads.

People and Places

Now keep in mind that as the GM you have the right to change any of this to fit in with the story you have in mind.  This is meant to be a helpful and to save some time for GM’s.

·         New Haven (America/Canada) – This New Haven is not like that of any other city or town in the North American by the same name.  New Haven is one of the many Mega Metropolis’s that were created to protect humanity from future attacks.  Located in and around the Rocky Mountains, New Haven stretches across the mountain range taking up portions of 2 states and part of Canada.  The mountains were chosen for the Protection grid for the superior capabilities of detecting and countering air born attacks.  Additionally protective bunkers and a high speed tram system has been built into the mountain range to provide superior defensive capabilities should enemy ground forces breach air defenses and the Guardians fail.  New Haven’s Guardian Academy is one of the largest around as the New Haven Guard Corp. prefers quantity over quality as they condition young candidates to be soldiers.

·         San Angelo (America/Mexico) – This is a region that takes up a portion of California, New Mexico and a large portion of Mexico.  San Angelo is one of the farming Metropolises that exist and supplies not only food for itself but exports extra food where needed.  San Angelo is the largest of the Mega Metropolises as it is home those people of South America that managed to flee north.

·         Nu Japan (Japan) – As an island nation, Japan was already large enough to be made into its own Mega Metropolis.  Via terraforming techniques brought by the Savarian, the island has been doubled in size.  It was also in Japan that the Savarians first landed and began to help the people of earth.  Because of this the Guardian Academy of Nu Japan is considered to the be best and often the most promising candidates from across the planet are sent there for training before being sent back to their own Academies.

·         Monarch (Britain) – The British islands are similar to Japan in how the entirety of their land is that of a Mega Metropolis.  A great deal of research and development on the Guard system is done here and a large population of the Savarians and half Savarians live here.

·         Other Lands – There are other Mega Metropolises around the globe and these should be seen as opportunities for GM’s to branch out and build their own Mega Metropolises and Guardian teams.  There exists a world council with one rep from each of the Mega Metropolises.  They handle the interactions between each of the Mega Metropolises doing what any bureaucrat would do.  They also govern the Guardian academies as well.

Meister Aldenmer Sholdur - A Savarian man who is incharge of the Guardian program.  He over see's the upgrading of the Guard system and is the master designer of the Senshuken.  He is a bit eccentric and is one of the oldest Savarian around.  (Savarian's have a life span 5x that of a normal human.)  Meister Aldenmer is also a letch and is typically the bane of the women that work around him.

Meister Testia Carvon - A Savarian woman and the only person who keeps Meister Aldenmer in check, often with threats of physical violence.  Extremely intelligent, Meister Testia is in charge of designing new guards for use by candidates on top of her duties of over seeing candidate placement for the academies.  She is a kind person as well, possessing an eidetic memory, and surprising martial capabilities. 

General Richard Hillbrand - A human man in charge of Guardian deployment and grand overseer of the Guardian Academy system.  He works closely with Meister Testia on candidates and their placement though she has final say on who goes where.  He sets the curriculum and is fond of gardening.  He is a tough but fair man, and he is aware that students can't be pushed too far in one direction or the other.

The Guard System

For this setting the guard system is a powerful device that through digital mater reconstruction allows the user to generate a suit of armor around themselves in a few seconds as well as specialized weaponry as the situation calls.  The Guard system amplifies the physical capabilities of the user as well as any special capabilities they may possess.  The specialized weaponry also can act as a focusing device for powers that in their normal form are difficult to control in addition to enhancing them.  The system also act as a means of storage for vehicles and equipment one may need in the field.  The system however does have limits in that the data it can process and store and thus reconstruct is limited and so the Guardians Senshuken cannot be stored via this system.

Working out of the academy there are often two to four teams of Guardians working to cover a specific deployment region.  The same system that stores the armor is also used as a specialized transportation relay network throughout the Mega Metropolis to deploy not just the Guardians but their Senshuken as well.

Adventure Hooks

There are a number of possible adventures that a character can go on.

·         Revocation of the Guardians:  The earth has experienced enough peacefulness that the world council has decided to disband the Guardian system.  But in the midst of the dismantling of the Guardian Academy system a new threat to the earth arrives and the earth has caught the world unready to completely defend itself from the threat.

·         Obliteration:  A massive alien force has arrived and begun an orbital bombardment of the planet fiercer than what could be anticipated.  Outside of the Mega Metropolises the world is ravaged by the bombardment and landing parties.  It’s all-out war with the invaders as all Guardians are sent to the font lines.  But this leaves the Mega Metropolises without any defenders and new Guardians have to be found.

·         The Last Mega Metropolises:  The world has fallen to a new set of invaders and they have all but succeeded in wiping out humanity, save but a single Mega Metropolis that has managed to repel all of the invading forces.  But they need new Guardians as there isn’t very high life expectancy for Guardians in this war.

Spandex or Form Fitting Armor?

While the setting is meant to set up that the characters will wear something more akin to high-tech body armor that obviously appears to be body armor and is not just colorful spandex…but that shouldn’t stop a GM from switching this to spandex.

The thing about spandex is that it is difficult for people to envision it being having spandex providing any sort of protection.  Either can work but it’s up to the GM to decide.

Armor is often color coded based on character personalities, or position in the team, or something else.  For example some setups might be red is the leader, blue the techy, black the heavy weapons, pink is a sniper, yellow is a stealth expert.  Other colors might fill in for other things, such as green or white being a melee expert, or maybe purple is the stealth expert and yellow is more the melee expert type.

To Pose, or not to Pose – that is the Question

In the Sentai shows, assuming “poses” is something the heroes often do.  There is typically no real reason for this other than to be cinematic.  However this can vary depending on how hokey the GM wants to make the game.  Some poses can be made to grant certain benefits until a new pose is used.  One pose may grant a bonus against being hit, another a bonus to attack rolls, and maybe another grants a bonus to damage and so forth.  Then there are team poses that may grant a bonus only when the whole team is present.

Of course this isn’t necessary as poses are hokey and not something people actually do in a fight…well not unless your apart of the Ginyu Force.

Anime Clichés

Now in anime there are certain cliché elements that exist with characters.  For example the heroic type character might be decent looking but not over the top in looks – however for some reason girls keep falling over themselves for his attention (or at least select girls do).  Another trope is the character who eats more food than their body should rightly be able to hold.

Now depending on the flavor of the game that the GM is looking for they may want to apply some anime clichés to their game, or they may just want to treat it as a type of superhero game.  The general idea for the setting is to keep things serious but light hearted as well.  The characters are superheroes after all and may deal with problems in the academy with their fellow students, to superhuman criminals who of course didn’t make much of themselves once they got out of the academy.

Game Systems

The game setting can technically be run in just about any game setting, though with some settings and rules you may have to make a few changes.

Hero System:  Obviously the game setting is really good for Hero System.  Characters would be built off of around 250pts with around 25pts of Complications.  Players then will work with the GM to set up the character’s special powers as well as their Guard forms.  The basics of the Guard form should be premade by the GM and depending on how the GM wants to run things can cost the characters points or not.  As for special powers that the characters will have that should be paid for out of the 250pts they have to start.  If the GM feels like this is too few points for the character in their “normal” form then they can up the amount, or lower it if they want the characters to be more “normal” than “super”.

NOTE that this setting is primarily written with the idea of making use of the Hero System to craft your characters however that shouldn’t stop anyone from adapting it for other systems.

D&D 5^th Edition:  This is one system that needs some tweaking of the setting and rules to make things fit.  The player races available would be humans, elves (Savarians) and half-elves (Human/Savarian).  Super human powers come in the form of spells that the character can cast on themselves.  First the character gains an additional +2 to be applied to 1 chosen attribute.  From there the character gains certain spell like abilities.  First they gain a single cantrip of their choice.  Next the player has the option of taking a Level 1 spell that they may use with a recharge of 6 (on a 1d6).

Every 3 levels the character can choose to either improve on the spell as if it can be cast at a higher level (a permanent upgrade) or they may take up a new spell with a spell level being 1 higher than that of the previous innate spell that the character had.  The Save DC for your spells is either the same as that of your class, or you may choose or it is CON based.  New spells taken gain a recharge of 6.  Note that during a short rest all innate spells with recharge are recharged.  Alternatively instead of being able to gain any spell abilities the character can instead choose to get a +2 to a chosen physical attribute, or they may choose a skill that they may have advantage on rolls with.  Note that the restriction on Attribute scores still apply.  If you want to apply the +2 bonus to a maxed out attribute regardless it will grant instead a +1 to a single chosen derived aspect of the attribute (like to hit, damage, AC, saves, skill rolls, etc.)

Now depending on what the GM wants to do they may want to restrict available classes too if they want to keep magical abilities to just those who have been in the Guardian academy.  It also may be necessary that characters have to multiclass to show their balance education on combat and magical capability.

The Guardian Form encases the user in essentially Mythril Full Plate Armor.  It does not interfere with spell casting abilities either.  Spells cast while in the armor are cast as if the character were 1 level higher then they are.  In addition to this the armor grants advantage to either STR checks, DEX checks, or CON checks.  It also grants the user darkvision while it is active.  The armor can gain “enchantments” on it that cost the character XP instead of gold (thus slowing level progress in favor of more powerful armor).  The armor also has a weapon that is favored by the PC that can be summoned.  Typically it is either ranged or melee, and the character will have access to both a ranged and melee weapon, however one weapon must do more damage over the other to show the character’s favor toward that weapon.  For example if the character is a swordsman then a long sword or great sword would be their primary choice.  The secondary weapon would be something like a short bow or hand crossbow.  OR if the character wants to dual wield then they have to strike a balance with the damage of all weapons they use.

The other limitation that can be put on the character is any gained XP is reduced by 10% to compensate for the spell like abilities and other advantages the character has.

As for the monsters; Grollings are essentially Ghouls or Ghasts if you’re looking for stats.  Rex can be any other monster, but when they become Kaiser Rex then their size is increased to Gargantuan.  Their HP is is also multiplied by 4. And they gain reach and proportionate benefits that a Giant of the same size would have.  Damage of weapons would also increase by 3 dice, and effective spell casting capabilities would be treated as if cast by someone 3 levels higher.

As for the Senshuken of a Guardian the same thing applies to the character as it would the Kaiser Rex even though the character is treated as if they are piloting it instead of transforming into it.  If the Senshuken has other forms this can be dealt with by changing movement and how attacks are made.  Also Senshuken have an ultimate attack, it’s a single powerful attack that can be unleased once per day.  The attack is made with advantage and deals damage with the Senshuken’s primary weapon, (it will have its fists and typically a ranged attack or melee attack based on the user), or secondary weapon.  The damage of the attack is doubled and if a critical hit is delivered then the damage id doubled yet further.

If merging is something that the GM wants to do then the Senshuken’s size are large sized instead, (and instead of adding 3 to things it’s a 1, HP is simply doubled).  When merged the Senshuken is treated as the normal sized build as mentioned before.  If necessary the GM is free to tweak things as needed of course.

Mutants and Masterminds:  So for this setting you’ll likely be looking at a power level of 10.  Now Players don’t have to spend points on building a giant robot unless the GM wishes to go that route.  Since M&MM is similar to Hero System there really isn’t much that needs to be done in terms of special rules.

Savage Worlds:  Not the system I recommend for anything really.  So the rules for superpowers are not that great and you may want to do some house rules regarding this.  The same goes for giant robots and monsters were you may have to house rule some stuff.  One option for going into Guardian form is that it simply grants a +2 to applicable rolls, or in a few rare instances it may grant an additional die type increase.  It also may be necessary for the GM to create new feats that the players may choose that better fit in with the setting.

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Homebrew Game System - Yep I'm still working on it.

Hi folks, so I'm back again with more work on my home brew game system.  It's been a while and I've been working hard on trying to make things work.  And its not an easy process, especially when your working solo on it.  Now obviously the system I'm building is initially meant for a Dragon Ball type setting...but that doesn't mean that I won't adapt it for other things later.

So the last time I talked about this I showed off one of the character races I wrote up.  I think this time I'll show off something else.



Now keep in mind that everything related to this project in terms of game mechanics are my own intellectual property (2015) and no one has my permission to use or copy this work.  Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball GT - all their characters, settings, names are of course owned by their respective creators/owners and my work at the moment involving the use of the setting from Dragon  Ball is UNOFFICIAL and a fan creation.


So this time I'll post some stuff I have on Skills.



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Skills make up what a character can and cannot do, or how well or how badly they will do at a task is all determined by their skills.  Rolls are made vs. a difficulty score.  If a roll succeeds then the skills use succeeds, while if failed the skills use fails.  Often how well one succeeds or fails can have additional effects.  Additionally some scores that are rolled with the dice can determine if there are additional benefits that are generated or not.

Difficulties are based on either an opposed action or a set difficulty based on circumstances.

ROLL     TYPE            
5               Easy
10             Simple
15             Average
20             Tough
30             Difficult
40+           Impossible

The GM will determine what difficulty is appropriate for the situation.  For example, driving a car would be an Easy roll for most normal people.  However if a person were attempting to figure out how the hover system worked for a high tech car they would be looking at an Impossible type roll as a normal person has no hope of figuring that out due to the advanced technology involved in it.

Skills rolls have a dice pool based their governing attribute.  The pool for a normal person will typically be 1 to 3 dice, however those with super human qualities, or who have dedicated themselves developing their capabilities will have well more than this, with a limit of about 10 dice.  These dice can be a mix of 1d4’s, 1d6’s, 1d8’s, 1d10’s, and 1d12’s.  A character will generally have “X” number of free Skill Levels at character creation that they may spend to improve their various skills dice by one step, per die.

On top of being able to upgrade the die type the character can also choose to Specialize in aspects of each skill.

Specialization grants a static bonus to die rolls.  The degree of specialization can be upgraded as well.  No character gets free specializations, but they are limited in the number of levels they can have, which is equal to the governing Attribute score.

Specializations can all be used without putting points into them as they are normal uses of that skill, it’s just that you can choose to specialize in one, or all uses of that skill.

Upgrading dice must be done in succession, while specialization bonuses all stack.

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Obviously I'm not going to post too much on what I've got going.  Right now I'm trying to figure out just how to do powers.  I don't want to have powers be too complex and difficult to use, but by the same token I don't want them to be too simple to use.  So this is the crux of my dilemma at the moment, but given some time I'll get it figured out.

Fallout 4 really sucks up the time...

So I don't want anyone to think that I'm ignoring the blog or anything...but Fallout has really sucked me in.  Now for those of you who don't know the history of Fallout, the system is based on the GURPS game system which has somethings in common with the Palladium game system (the crappiest game system and company out there so far as I'm concerned).

Now of course playing the game and getting up to around level 32 has had me thinking about the setting in other game systems that would handle it a bit better.

Now as most know I'm fond of the Hero System and can easily say that the hero system could handle things for this setting.

Savage Worlds:  This game system has a high degree of flexibility and enough things can be added to the system to make it more in line with what one would feel applicable for Fallout.  The perks of Fallout may be built out as unique "powers" that the character can gain in addition to the Edges that are present, with perhaps each a specific Edge being gotten that grants access to 2-3 perks.

D&D 5th Edition (or Pathfinder):  This game system and setting could be made to work with some effort.  A Fallout setting set into a D&D setting is an interesting way of doing things.  No ballistic or laser weaponry, just old fashioned hacking and slashing in a world where atomic blast level spells have been unleashed on the world.  Maybe magic runs rampant in this world causing some areas to put off a radiation like effect.  And maybe since the blasts occurred technology evolved at an astounding rate to compensate for a possible lack of magic existing in the world (thus allowing for lasers, power armor and so forth).  And vaults may exist as magical fortresses that were set up in anticipation of this and thus some people managed to survive the blasts.

Mutants and Masterminds:  Not exactly a good system for this, but it is flexible enough that you could build a Fallout setting with the rules.

But least to say I gave it some thought.  However I'm not keen to sit down and work out rules for any game system.

The Seven Deadly Sins - Now on Netflix!

I've been reading the manga for this anime for most of this year.  Its a fun manga to read with plenty of action and some comedy as well.  A fantasy anime, the manga follows a young woman, a princess named Elizabeth who is on a quest to find a group of legendary criminals and former knights of the kingdom of Liones (her kingdom).  She needs to find these criminals as the Holy Knights of her kingdom have turned against the royal family and imposed their own martial law on the land.  And she just so happens to come across the leader of the group Meliodas who is seeking out his old comrades for his own reasons.

They, and their soldiers, treat the people of the land like trash, doing whatever they feel like.  The anime follows the first arc of their story (the manga is now into a second arc involving the revival of the Demon Clan).

As for the cast:

Elizabeth Liones is the third princess of the Kingdom of Liones, an adopted daughter of King Liones, and is originally from the kingdom of Danafor.[3] She is the main female protagonist and begins working as a waitress at Boar Hat bar when she joins Meliodas in his journey to find the Seven Deadly Sins.

While she is very girly, she is easy going and puts up with Meliodas's pervy antics with her and she possess a sense of conviction and purpose that impresses Meliodas.


Meliodas is the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins and is the Dragon's Sin of Wrath. He is the owner of the renowned Boar Hat, and the main protagonist of the series.  Though short in stature and often mistaken as a child he is anything but one.

His power is without equal and he has a major secret that is kept for most of the first part of the anime/manga.  Meliodas is fearless and unfortunately for Elizabeth he's a perv who gropes her and looks up her skirt whenever he has a free chance too.


Diane is one of the members of the Seven Deadly Sins and is known as the Serpent's Sin of Envy. She is a member of the Giant Clan, and is thus much larger than ordinary people, including her fellow Deadly Sins. Diane is allegedly in love with Meliodas as he treats her like a normal person instead of as a giantess that could squish any normal person.

Though Diane also initially has a problem with Elizabeth she does warm up to the princess.  Diane also would like to believe that she and Meliodas have a relationship its only really one of being comrades.  


Ban is one of the members of the Seven Deadly Sins and is the Fox's Sin of Greed. After the group's disbandment, Ban was initially imprisoned in the Baste Dungeon, but escaped when he discovered that Meliodas is still alive.  Ban is what one would call Meliodas's best friend.  He is also an immortal in that he literally cannot be killed.  Through the manga and anime he is shown taking mortal wounds that would kill anyone, but he regenerates in mere moments showing what it means to be immortal.

Ban is also alway playful, never serious and often acts when something catches his interest or someone is set on challenging him.  He is also a thief with a unique ability and skill set to steal nearly anything.  Ban is also an expert cook unlike Meliodas (whom always cooks food that is inedible to everyone but Hawk the pig).


King is one of the members of the Seven Deadly Sins and is known as the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth. His real name is Fairy King Harlequin for he protects the Fairy King's Forest and the rest of the Fairy Realm.  King can change his form and has an array of abilities including those granted by his sacred treasure (his weapon). 

Initially King has his own agenda when encountered but he soon rejoins the group.  He and Ban do not get along and frequently fight amongst themselves.


Gowther is a member of the Seven Deadly Sins and is known as the Goat's Sin of Lust. Gowther is one of the more mysterious members of the team and possess a number of unusual capabilities such as being able to survive having his neck snapped.  Gowther seems to have difficulty relating to others on an emotional level, and is often analytical though his ability to analyze a situation is often extremely flawed.

Of all the sins Gowther has a secret none of the team would have even guessed at.


Now there are 2 other members of the team, though I wont' reveal who they are for those who are not familiar with the anime.  One will be revealed toward the end, but the other is only shown in a flash back in the next story arc of the manga, but has not been officially found yet by the group.

The show is a fun romp and gives a glimps of what a superhero might be like in a fantasy setting.

Audio is in enlglish (yes its dubbed), Japanese, French, German, and Spanish, along with subtitles.  So if you hate dubbed anime then your covered.

So enjoy the show, I certainly am.

Halloween Time - time for some some alternate magic rules!

So Halloween is once more here.  And with it comes all manners of things.  This year its on a Saturday - the day most of us tabletop gamers get together and play games.  But it got me to thinking about alternative rules for handling magic.


HERO SYSTEM                                                                                           
Now Hero System is incredibly versatile, and the Fantasy Hero book already offers a number of versions of rules for dealing with magic.

• Environmental Magic:  Here the players do not make use of their END orMana or what ever it is you want to call it.  Instead the GM will assign an END reserve and recovery score for the area where magic is being used.  All magic users draw magic from this reserve.  If expended then the various spell casters in the area need to wait until the END there recovers.  Often the recovery should occur at minute intervals, but you can have this set to occur sooner for places that might be exceptionally strong in magic.
• Spells are Skills:  With this the player must buy their spells as skills.  The spell needs to be built with points, but the idea here is that your not actually buying the spell.  Instead your roll generates the amount of AP you can use in the spell.  You have a minimum effect you can generate with the spell (you just succeed in casting the spell).  But each additional point over the base roll needed to succeed that you meat enhances the base spell's effect by 10AP.  As such its important to figure what a single increase costs and thus you may have to exceed the base difficulty of the roll by more than one point in order to gain an increase.  On the other hand a single point could also potentially grant two increases.  This is a system that would reflect well into a Harry Potter like game setting.  The use of magic though for a Harry Potter like setting may not use END though, and there are repercussions for failing to cast a spell properly via the Side Effect limitation.
• Life Draining:  Maybe magic is rare and not something to be taken lightly for those who know a spell or two.  Instead of using END, magic uses the character's STUN.  Alternatively the character can also sacrifice BODY to cast a spell, gaining 2 STUN for every 1 BODY spent.  Thus a spell caster has the potential of knocking themselves out by using magic, or even killing themselves.
• Individual Spell Charges (D&D Style):  Spells can be built to have charges, thus you can only case a spell a certain number of times.  Alternatively you could build a multipower and apply charges to all the powers in the pool thus forcing them to draw on a shared pool of points.

D&D 5th Edition                                                                                          

So one of the things I've always hated was how D&D was how they did the spell casting.  I never liked the fact that I was limited to being able to only cast 1 spell one time, and not multiple times at the expense of being able to cast other spells.  Now in 5th Edition some classes kind of have this capacity, but at the same time its not quite there yet.

• Simple Spell Points:  Instead of granting X number of spells that can be memorized each class that allows the use of spells grants a limited number of spell points with which the character can cast spells.  Cantrips still cost no points.  Each spell uses 1 spell point to cast.  If a spell would allow you to cast it at a higher level you simply spend an additional spell point or more.  the number of spells that a person can know doesn't change however.  To determine the points take the characters governing spell casting Attribute modifier and add their Class level to it.  If Multiclassing the pool remains the same so long as the new class grants spell points.
• Spells Known:  Aside from Cantrips Spell Slots should be used to determine how many spells it is the character can memorize.  This allows the character to not have to memorize a single spell multiple times to cast it multiple times.
• Complex Spell Points:  Instead of 1 spell costing 1 point; the spell instead costs a number of points equal to its level.  In this case more spell points are needed so you may need to double the points the character gains each level.
• Harry Potter:  So something that was brought up on Facebook by someone whom contacted me was using D&D for Harry Potter like use of spells.  Here the GM may want to introduce a new skill called Spell Casting.  Instead of memorizing spells to be cast, each spell must be cast with a skill roll.  The difficulty is equal to 8 + the spells level.  If the roll fails then either the spell isn't cast or its cast but with repercussions to the caster.  Disposable spell components are overlooked in a Harry Potter spell system.  Instead casting is done with a wand.  If a spell uses disposable components You can say that the difficulty of the spell is +1 greater due to the complexity of the spell.  Aside from that one should over look the need for material components for casting spells.

Now I'd like to say that I can write up more stuff for other game systems, but the systems I play and enjoy are limited in scope.  

But enjoy and I hope you all find these alternative rules helpful.

The Martial Warrior D&D 5th Edition UNOFFICIAL Character Class, and Species [UPDATED: 05/10/2017]...

Ok, I've been itching to get this up, but it's been a long build and isn't' ready to be posted yet.

So the D&D 5^th Edition is something one can learn to enjoy, which I am though I would still prefer Hero System over it any day.  Now years ago I made a full Dragon Ball Z conversion for D&D 3^rd Edition (which I reposted here for everyone).  Now about a month ago on Facebook someone put out a request for help figuring out how to make a Saiyan for use in their D&D campaign.  I sent them some stats and they loved what I gave them.  Since then I’ve been meaning to put out some more DBZ related stuff.

Now there are only so many ways to call a Martial Artist something interesting in D&D.  Obviously the Monk is one means but it doesn’t quite match up with what martial artists can do in not just DBZ, but say in Street Fighter as well and a number of other anime’s and manga.

This is what led me to the Martial Warrior name and what it can do.

On a weird note I did a search not to long ago and found that one of the versions of my original DBZ conversion for D&D is on Scribd.  However someone by the name of : John "King" Roberts has decided to publish in hopes of saving stuff for others to use in the future.  A noble task I'd say.

And if you follow the link in his name you can see that he's saved all of my other pieces of work too.

Either way I found his Facebook link and sent him a message thanking him for trying to keep my past pieces of work known to others.

UPDATE (03/12/2016)
Hey everyone, so with a project I've got going on I decided that I needed to go back and look at the Martial Warrior once more.  As such I made some changes.  Now I am leaving the previous version for anyone who likes that write up and wants to use it, however I have revised and rewritten portions of the class and will be posting the revised version right below the previous version below.

UPDATE (05/10/2017)
The latest 5th edition version has seen an overhaul and revision.  I had finally gotten a friend of mine to look the conversion over and he gave me some suggestions on things to change, or take out.  This is in addition to some grammatical and spelling errors that I never got around to correcting.  Not only was the class overhauled, but the Saiyan species was changed in spots, and I even got around to adding the Namekian.


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MARTIAL WARRIOR

His hands glowed as they were pulled to his side, a spinning ball of energy crackled as it began to form in the instant he began the action, chanting the name of his attack.  Thrusting his hands forward toward his orc foe he shouted the final part and the energy was released.  The beam of the attack slammed into his foe, but he continued to stand.  He focused the energy on his foe, pouring more into them as they attempted to advance, their armor buckling and flesh burning under the force of the attack.  Finally they buckle as the force of the blast punched through their armor caving in their chest and sending them staggering back to collapse in a heap.

She assumes a stance and awaits her foes charge.  Her foe moves forward slashing at her with a massive axe, but she holds up a hand grabbing the blade with ease and no harm.  She smiled at her foes surprised face as she focused her power and snapped the axe blade off its handle.  Steel forged by hand was strong, but steel forged of will was stronger.

Surrounded by foes the man smiled and gestured broadly for them all to attack.  The mob surged in around him, but it was exactly what he wanted.  He was a blur of motion striking out in all directions with force that the did not know, sending his opponents sprawling.  But he was no longer in their midst, but above them.  His arms were now a blur as he unleashed a barrage of energy strikes upon the foes below him.  Numbers meant little against one who was trained to fight against them.

Martial Warriors devote themselves to one of several different methods of fighting known as their fighting art.  But it is their unequaled mastery of ki that makes the Martial Warrior a force to be reckoned with.

The Power of Ki                                                     

Much like the Monk, the Martial Warrior devotes time to learning to harness and control their ki, but to unequaled levels above that of the Monk, though because of their training they do not use ki in the same manner that a Monk can and will never be able to.  A Martial Warrior learns to amplify their ki, expel it from themselves with unbridled force, or to turn it inward be able to do things others cannot.  As they gain experience a Martial Warrior becomes more adept at how they can use their ki and how much power they can put into their attacks.

Dedicated Training                                        

Martial Warriors come about from dedicated training under a single master rather than in schools or monasteries with others.  This training is more specialized and personal allowing the Martial Warrior to develop a deeper understanding of the martial arts and to push their body to its limits under the careful guidance of a master.  Martial Warriors do not live the same life as their Monk brothers as they see adventure as the best form of training as it gives them real life experience and allows them to develop the techniques they need based upon their experiences rather than through any set path.

Martial Warriors tend to find work in places that make use of their unique fighting skills either as a bodyguard, mercenary, or adventurer.  In fact the life of an adventurer is what truly appeals to any Martial Warrior as the best means of constantly testing their capabilities and developing new techniques for using against their foes.

Creating A Martial Warrior                                    

As you make your Martial Warrior think about what drives them to fight and train.  Do they desire to protect others?  Are they out to become stronger and to test their might with every opportunity?  Were they raised by their master and intern the great secrets of martial arts were passed on to them?  Or perhaps there is some other reason, such as a need to best a particular foe.

Because they seek to test themselves whenever possible most Martial Warriors are Neutral in alignment.

Quick Build

You can make a Martial Warrior quickly by following these suggestions.  First make Constitution your highest ability score followed by Dexterity.  Second choose the Folk Hero background.

CLASS FEATURES                                                                       

As a Martial Warrior, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

·            Hit Dice:  1d8 per Martial Warrior level

·            Hit Points at 1^st Level:  8 + Constitution Modifier

·            Hit Points at Higher Levels:  1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per Martial Warrior level after 1^st.

Proficiencies

·            Armor:  None

·            Weapons:  None

·            Tools:  Choose any 1 type of tools, or musical instrument.

·            Saving Throws:  Dexterity, Constitution

·            Skills:  Choose three from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, and Perception.

Equipment

·            Dungeoneer’s Pack or (B) an Explorer’s Pack

·            Chosen Tool.

UNARMORED DEFENSE                                                            

Beginning at 1^st level while you are wearing no armor and not using a shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your Constitution Modifier.

FOCUSED MARTIAL ARTS                                                         

At 1^st level you must choose a form of martial arts that will affect how the character fights and defends themselves.  Unlike other classes the Martial Warrior does not use weapons; instead they focus their unarmed fighting capabilities and hone them to a sharper edge than any blade. Additionally they can lash out with their ki in ways one would cast a cantrip, granting the Martial Warrior versatility that others do not have.

·         You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for attack and damage rolls for your unarmed strikes.  If you learn to use weapons you can make use of your Dexterity instead of your Strength on the attack rolls of a number of weapons you have learned to use equal to your INT mod +1 (minimum 1).

·         Unarmed Strike:  You can roll 1d6 in place of normal damage of your unarmed strike.  As you gain in levels the type of die you roll changes based upon your level.

·         Ki Blast:  Instead of making an unarmed strike you can also focus your power to a single point and deliver a ki blast at an opponent.  This blast is equal to your unarmed damage, and has a range of equal to the character’s CON Modifier x 15 in feet for short range and x30 feet for long range.  The damage type of ki blasts is Force and is treated as any normal ranged attack, but counts as magic for overcoming resistances.  Attack rolls are made with the character’s DEX modifier + proficiency bonus.  The damage bonus however is based off the character’s CON modifier.

KI WIELDER                                                                                 

Starting at 2^nd Level, your training allows you unleash the full capabilities of your ki.  With this feature you gain a number of unique abilities that enhance on what you can do.  When initially gained the character gets a number of Ki Points equal to their CON modifier + their level as a Martial Warrior.  These ki points can be spent to fuel the following ki abilities as well as others as you gain them.  If a ki feature requires a target to make a saving throw it is calculated as:  8 + Proficiency Bonus + CON Modifier.  A character regains all ki points after a long rest, or during a short rest they can recover a minimum of 1 + their WIS modifier (no less than 1point).  Note that the below features cannot be combined with techniques unless the technique clearly states that it enhances the feature.  Below are four basic techniques that a Martial Warrior uses.

·         Flurry of Blows:  Functions exactly as the Monk version of this.

·         Lesser Haste: Speed increases by 10ft, and you gain a +1 to AC until the start of your next turn.

·         Focused Power:  Ki can be focused to allow an attack to be delivered faster, or to hit harder.  You can gain either a +2 to your next attack roll or a +4 to damage, but not both.

·         Technique Effect:  This option cannot be gained until you reach level 6.  At this point you can choose 1 of the blast, or strike effects that you may apply to your unarmed attack or ki blast for 1 ki.  Only one effect can be applied at a time.  You gain an additional effect you can apply at level 12, and 18.

FIGHTING ARTS                                                                          

When you reach 3^rd level, you commit yourself to a style of fighting:  Unleashed Arts, Aegis Arts, and Mighty Arts.  These styles are detailed later.  Your style grants you features at 3^rd level, 6^th, 11^th, and 17^th level.

KI TECHNIQUES                                                                          

Starting at 3^rd Level the character gains the ability to use ki techniques.  These are special powers that the character can use that can either enhance upon a specific aspect of the character’s existing capabilities, or it can grant a new capability or power.  Ki techniques are built off the character’s unarmed damage or ki blast by adding effects to them. For more on these, look below.  The number of techniques you may know is based upon your level.

ABILITY SCORE IMPROVEMENT                                               

When you reach 4^th level, like with any other class, as well as at every 4^th level there after you can improve an ability score or two of your choice by +2 or +1 (each).  You may also choose to gain a Feat instead of increasing an Ability score.  Scores are of course limited to being no higher than 20.

STEP OF THE CLOUDS                                                               

At 4^th level you move more swiftly to a point that gravity holds no sway to you, allowing you to fly.  Your normal ground movement can be used now in 3 dimensions as you fly through the air as if under the Fly spell.  This cannot be used if you are wearing any armor or are encumbered.  You do not need any material components, and does not count as a concentration based power.  However, if hit with an attack the character must still make a concentration check to remain aloft.  You must spend 1 ki point to use this ability, and it remains in effect for 10 minutes.  If you fail your concentration check, you fall and must spend another ki point to fly once again.

EXTRA ATTACK                                                                            

Beginning at 5^th level you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the attack action on your turn.

KI INFUSED STRIKES                                                                   

At 6^th level your unarmed strikes are considered magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance, and immunity to non-magical attacks and damage.

GATHER POWER                                                                           

At 7^th level the character learns how to gather up ki from their environment to supplement their waning supply of ki.  Using an action, the character may recover 1d4 ki points while in combat.  The ability can be used again an additional number of times that day equal to the character’s CON modifier (no less than 1 time however).  The ability, once used up, cannot be used again until a long rest is taken.

EVASION                                                                                         

At 7^th level you gain the same feature as a Monk of the same level.

LIGHTNING REFLEXES                                                                 

At 10^th level your reflexes are supremely fast.  You gain advantage on Initiative rolls, and when allowed a reaction you also have an additional reaction that you may spend.

IRON WILL                                                                                      

At 13^th level your will and resolve cannot be easily broken or shaken.  If exposed to an effect that requires a Will Save that is a Charm, Curse, or Fear effect you have advantage on the saving throw.

ULTIMATE TECHNIQUE                                                                 

At 16^th level the character can create an ultimate technique.  An ultimate technique is built like a normal technique.  This time, up to 7 effects can be applied to this.  Each ki point spent with this also adds 1 die of damage to the attack.  Thus if you spend 4 ki points on its effects, you gain 4 dice of damage.  An ultimate technique requires that a minimum of 4 effects be used with it.

SUPERIOR GATHER POWER                                                        

At 18^th level the character’s ability to gather ki to supplement their waning supply is improved.  Instead of rolling 1d4 you instead roll 1d6.

AWAKENED POTENTIAL                                                               

At level 20 you have awakened a hidden power within you to unleash on your foes.  This can be activated as a bonus action, and it lasts a number of rounds equal to your CON modifier plus half of your Martial Warrior level.  When activated, the character’s Speed is increased by 10ft, they gain advantage on one attack roll per turn, and all damage that the character deals is increased by +1 die type used.  This feature is usable only once per day and is regained after a long rest.

KI TECHNIQUES                                                                             

Ki techniques are special attacks that a character can have that are built off of the character’s ki blast or unarmed attack.  If a technique has prerequisites you must meet them to learn it/add it.  When you gain the ability to use ki techniques you may choose up to four effects to put on one.  The technique can be altered/swapped out whenever you gain a level.

The number of techniques you may know is based upon your level (see the chart above).  A ki technique must use at least 2 effects of the 4 it has.  One effect has no ki cost, (but you cannot use a technique with just one effect), and each one there after increases the cost by 1 (with a max of 3).  Some techniques are stand alone, and the ki blast power itself can have some effects gotten to apply to it as time goes on.

Blast Type Effects                                                                                             

These are effects that apply specifically to your ki blast.

Ballistic Blast

When you hit a target with the technique the force of the blast forces the opponent to make a STR save.  If they fail the save, they are pushed back 5ft and are knocked prone.  The damage of the attack also gains 1 die of bludgeoning type.

Cutter Blast

The blast fired is disk shaped and possesses a cutting edge dealing slashing damage in addition to Force damage.  The attack deals an extra 1 die of slashing damage.

Drill Blast

The blast is shaped like a corkscrew and punches through targets.  The attack additionally deals +1 die of piercing damage in addition to its normal Force damage.  Attacks made drill through a straight line and if an opponent is directly behind the initial target then the attack punches through them and deals half damage to the second target.  The attack does 1 additional

Bullet Blast

The blast is a small, compact, shot of ki that sacrifices power for rapid fire attacking. Damage dice are reduced to 1d4, however with your action you can fire a number of attacks equal to your DEX modifier, +1 per 4 character levels.  If applying all shots against 1 target you need to only make one attack roll, which is made at advantage.  However, if you wish to spread your shots out against multiple targets, then an attack roll is needed against each target.  Note that if you apply any form effects to this, that things change a bit.  Form effects cannot function if targeting a single opponent, but if trying for multiple opponents you instead make 1 attack roll and compare it to all opponents in the area, the number of shots fired is instead applied as a single pool of dice against all targets in the area.  Thus if you can fire 6d4 dice at 4 opponents, you roll the full 6d4 and apply damage against all of them, instead of breaking the dice up for each opponent.

Strike Type Effects                                                                                           

These are effects that apply to the characters unarmed strikes.

Sapping Strike

When you strike an opponent with an unarmed strike you sap the opponent of some of their strength.  If you hit an opponent with an unarmed strike deal damage as normal, however in addition to the damage dealt the opponent must make a CON save or they suffer disadvantage on their next attack roll.

Buckling Strike

When you strike an opponent with an unarmed strike the opponent is left stunned.  In addition to the damage dealt the opponent must make a CON save, or they are stunned until the start of the characters next turn.

Power Strike

Your hit has enough power to send a foe flying.  A successful unarmed attack deals damage plus the target must make a STR save.  If they fail the save the target is pushed back a distance equal to your damage roll in feet and end up prone if they fail to make an Acrobatics skill roll to remain on their feet after being pushed back.

Knife and Spear Strike

Your unarmed strike can hit with the cutting power of a blade or the piercing power of a spear.  When making an unarmed strike you may choose if you will be making the strike as either the normal bludgeoning strike, or as a slashing strike, or piercing strike.  However, you may only use one type at a time.

Form Effects                                                                                                       

These are effects that add a form to either your unarmed strike or ki blast.  There is a difference however between the two as each have noted rules in how they work.  Note that Form Effects can be taken a second time to double the area that they affect.

Line Attack

Your ranged attack is converted into a line affecting a 40ft long line that is 3ft wide, though may reduce the length of the line to make the line wider.  Targets within the affected area must make a DEX save for half damage.  For melee attacks the line applies to an area of 30ft and you can any opponent adjacent to you as you move down the straight line (you must use your movement).  Opponents do not get to take reactions against you while you do this.  Make one attack roll and opponents make a DEX Save, those that fail the check take damage.  Those that succeed take no damage.

Shaped Attack

Your attack can conform to a particular shape such as a diamond, a squiggly line and so forth that are not a straight line, radius, or cone.  This can even be broken up into separate effects.  The area available to work with is 30ft.  Targets within the affected area must make a DEX save for half damage.  For melee attacks the shaped area is one that the character must have enough movement to get around in.  Otherwise this functions similar to the melee version of a line.

Radius/Sphere/Cube Blast

Your attack is converted into an explosion affecting a 30ft radius, sphere, or cube.  Targets within the affected area must make a DEX save for half damage.  Here you are attacking every opponent directly around you, make one attack roll and opponents make a DEX Save.  Those that fail the check take damage.

Cylinder/Cone Attack

Requirements:  Ki blast only

Your attack is converted into a line affecting a 30ft long cone or cylinder.  Targets within the affected area must make a DEX save for half damage.

Enhancement Effects                                                                                       

These are additional enhancements that improve on aspects of what a character can do with techniques.

Charge Attack

Prerequisite:  Must be at least level 6

Requirements:  Must apply to ki techniques.

You can focus the ki you have in your attack to concentrate it to make it denser and more powerful.  On your turn, instead of attacking you can choose instead to “charge” your ki attack.  You can still react and move, but you must maintain concentration on this.  On your next turn, you can unleash the attack, with no extra ki spent.  For each die in the attack already you can add 1 additional die.  Note however that once used on a power you cannot use this again until you take a short rest.

Counter Ranged Attack

Requirements:  Must be at least level 6.  Applies only to your ranged ki attacks.  Must spend at least 1 ki point.

You can attempt to counter an incoming ranged attack with your ki blast.  If you use your reaction you can fire off a ki blast, or you may use a ranged ki technique attack.  You make an attack roll vs. the roll made.  If successful, you may use this effect like that of the Monk’s Deflect Arrows Feature.  Your damage roll works in the same regard as the die a Monk rolls.

Elemental Change
Prerequisite:  Must have 1 blast type technique already known, or 1 strike type technique known.

Instead of dealing Force damage for your blast, or normal bludgeoning damage for your unarmed strike, the type of the attack can be switched over to deal one of the following other types of effects noted below.  You can only choose 1 additional effect when this is taken and if taken again applies to a different chosen elemental type.  The attacks are not considered magical however.

·         Acid:  Ki is used to create a corrosive effect similar to acid.  The attack requires a DEX save to avoid instead of an attack roll.  This can target a single person and affect at least 1 additional target within 5ft of the initial target with splash damage.

·         Cold:  Ki is used to create a super cold effect chilling the air and contain the super chilled air to be used in an attack.  A normal attack roll is made.  The target, if hit, takes damage had has its movement reduced by 10ft until the start of your next turn.

·         Fire:  Ki is used to super heat and ignite the air and contain that fire to be used in an attack.  A flammable object hit by the attack ignites if it isn’t being worn or carried.

·         Lightning:  Ki is used to generate electricity and contain that electrical charge used in an attack.  Upon taking damage the target also loses its reactions until the start of its next turn.

·         Thunder:  Ki is used to create a localized sonic boom upon the target.  The attack requires the target to make a CON save to resist taking damage (taking no damage if they succeed).  Targets made of stone, crystal, or metal are at a disadvantage to this saving throw.  The sound of the attack however can be heard up to 300ft away.

·         Radiant:  Ki is used to create a brilliant explosion of light and heat.   When the target takes damage they are temporarily blinded until the start of your next turn if they fail a CON saving throw.

Improved Base Damage

Requirements:  Must be level 6.

You may increase the damage dice rolled for the attack by 2 dice type.  The damage dice increase by 1 die every 3 levels after this is gotten.

Tracking Shot

Prerequisite:  Must be at least level 6

Requirements:  Must use 1 ki point, and must apply to ranged ki attacks.

The tracking shot allows you to make an attack roll that ignores ½ cover and ¾ cover, and total cover so long as the attack has a path to the target and you have the ability to sense the location of the target (in some way).  You must make a Perception roll via the Sense Ki Flow technique if the target has total cover in order for you to attempt to use tracking shot to hit them.

Capability Techniques                                                                                      

These are stand-alone techniques that a character may take up that enhance what they can ordinarily do through class features.  When combined with a feature they will often cost 2 or more ki.  In some cases, the ki cost can be one point, and stands as an exception to the technique rule of needing to cost a minimum of 2 ki points.

Blitz Strike

Requirements:  Applies to the use of Flurry of Blows

When using Flurry of Blows you may expend 1 additional point of ki to gain an additional attack that is a part of your flurry of blows.

Flash Step

Prerequisite:  Must have Lesser Flash Step, and Greater Step of the Clouds

Requirements:  Must use 4 ki points.

You can move instantly from one point to another requiring the opponent to make a Perception roll to know where you have gone to, however you must still be able to freely move through or around the area you wish to go to.  If the opponent fails their check, and if you have not attacked yet, you may make your first attack roll with advantage.  The speed at which the character moves is 80ft when using this.  This can be used while flying, but the speed of this is over ridden by the character’s flight speed.

Greater Step of the Clouds

Prerequisite:  Must have Step of the Clouds

When using the Step of the Clouds feature the character’s flight speed is increased by an additional +10ft, and you can dash.

Improved Gather Power

Requirements:  Must be level 7

When using the Gather Power feature you may add your WIS modifier or a +1 (whichever is higher) to the die roll for getting back ki.

Lesser Flash Step

Requirements:  Must be level 6

You gain a +10ft to your ground speed without a ki expenditure, but you can expend 2ki to double your ground speed until the start of your next turn, but this doesn’t apply to Step of the Clouds.

Physical Advantage

Requirements:  Must use 2 ki points.

As an incidental action, you can grant yourself advantage on the next Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution roll you make (saving throw or skill roll).  This does not apply to attack rolls or damage.

Sense Ki Flow

Requirements:  Must be level 11.

By spending a single ki point, you can sense the flow of ki in the world around you.  By reading the flow of ki from an opponent, or your surroundings, you can sense where a person is and generally what they are doing in addition to having a general idea of a places layout.  Sensing ki allows you to make a normal Perception roll in darkness, total darkness, or if blinded to move around and fight.  You are able to discern one person from another and are at an advantage to Perception rolls for tracking a person via their ki which leaves trails that a skilled user can discern and follow.  However, if attempting to find hidden passages or specific objects then the character is at a disadvantage to their Perception roll as specific details in an environment cannot be sensed, only details on a person can.  The range of this is 60ft.

Unbridled Focus

Requirements:  Applies to the use of Focused Power

Instead of gaining either a +2 to his or a +4 bonus to damage you instead gain advantage on your next attack roll, or you may gain a +8 damage.

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FIGHTING ARTS

Once a Martial Warrior has devoted themselves to their path they begin to develop a style of fighting.  There are three ways that a Martial Warrior’s fighting style can develop as one focuses more one aspect of being a martial warrior over that of another.  The Martial Warrior needs to choose a fighting art at level 3.

UNLEASHED ARTS                                                                         

Martial Warriors of the unleashed arts know how to draw out the most of what they can do with their ki allowing their anger to fuel their powers, or to channel their ki to make them stronger or more agile.  And those that reach the peak of power can exude their presence to inspire fear in their opponents, and can unleash the true power of their ki in their attacks.

RELEASED KI RAGE

Starting when you choose this fighting art at 3^rd level, you know a technique that allows you to convert raw emotion into power.  For a single action you may ignore the ki cost for a ki technique that you wish to use.  This cannot be used again until you have had a long rest.  At level 9 and level 18 you gain an additional use of this ability.

POWER UP

At 6^th level you gain the ability to temporarily increase the amount of ki you can draw in from your surroundings to revitalize a yourself.  When using the Gather Power feature, you gain +1 ki to what you recover, and you also gain a +1 to all of your attack rolls for 1 minute.

AURA OF POWER

At 11^th level you gain the ability to release your aura of power instilling fear in those who see you.  As an action, all opponents who can see you must make a WIS save.  If they fail the save they are awe struck and in fear of your power and are paralyzed (from fear) until their next turn.  If they succeed in their save they are simply fearful of the character and are at disadvantage on attacks made against the character.  If a paralyzed target is struck by you, however, they get an additional WIS save, but with advantage to break free.  If they fail again they remain paralyzed (and get another roll if hit again) until the start of your next turn.  After it is used the power cannot be used again until a short rest is taken.

UNLEASHED BLAST POWER

At 17^th level you gain the ability to unleash a powerful and destructive ki blast.  This adds an additional 1d6 to damage done per die existing in the attack.  If hit, the target must make a DEX save for half damage (if a part of an attack that is a save for no damage this supersedes that roll where if they succeed here they still take damage).  Once used this cannot be used again until the character has taken a long rest.

AEGIS ARTS                                                                                    

The Martial Warrior has learned to harness their ki to make them faster, more difficult to hit or even see.

POETRY IN MOTION

At 3^rd level you gain a +1 to your AC so long as you have taken a move action on your turn.    At 9^th level the character can expend 2 ki points while moving to avoid attacks of opportunity as if they had spent an action to disengage from a fight.

BALISTIC IMPACT

At 6^th level you develop the ability to release your ki in a powerful ballistic blast that you release at the end of your movement.  Each 10ft of movement you take you may expend 1 point of ki for charging.  Once you are at the end of your movement, as a bonus action, you can release that pent up ki in a powerful blast doing 1d8 damage per ki point you spend from moving.  Anything with in a 10ft radius of the character must make a STR saving throw.  If they fail, they are pushed back 10ft per die of damage.  If they succeed, then they are knocked prone instead.

UNSTOPPABLE

At 11^th level you can be unstoppable.  When exposed to a magical effect that would hamper your movement or restrain you, you are at advantage for any checks you make to resist the effect (this includes being grappled).  However, if the effect is magical you may expend a number of ki points equal to the spells level when exposed to it to gain immunity to the effect until the start of your next turn.

AEGIS SHIELD

At 17^th level you can generate a powerful shield that can block any force applied against it.  Using an action or a reaction you may expend ki block an attack you have either been hit with or are you know you will be hit with.  This shield blocks all damage in a 15ft curved line in front of you and protects any allies (or even enemies) adjacent to your or behind you from the effect (this protects against area of effect attacks, even ones that would normally go around a barrier).  You need to expend 1 ki point per die of damage in the attack you wish to negate.  If you do not expend enough ki to completely block the attack then the damage that was not blocked shatters the shield and applies normally, along with any other effects that the attack may inflict (should this happen saving throws are made with advantage).  The Aegis shield cannot block psychic attacks however.

MIGHTY ARTS                                                                                 

The martial artist has devoted themselves to a path of making themselves physically more powerful.  They can resist more harm than others, become physically stronger, or they can internalize their ki to such a point that they physically gain an immense change in physical size and power.

RESILIENCE

At 3^rd level you are not someone that is easy to keep down.  When your HP is reduced to 0, you immediately regain some HP allowing you to stay in the fight longer.  As a reaction, when HP is reduced to 0 you can regain a number of HP equal to your CON modifier plus your Martial Warrior level.  You also may expend a number of points of ki to recover additional HP.  Every 3pts of ki spent allows 1d6 HP to be recovered.  Once used this cannot be used again until a long rest has been taken.

DESTROYER

At 6^th level you have the skill and power to break the weapons, equipment, doors, walls and so on.  With an action you can target your attack on an object (whether it is held or stationary, or a structure).  If the object is worn or held you make a normal attack roll against the opponents AC.  Damage is dealt to the object instead of the person resulting in the object being damaged or broken.  Either a melee or ki blast (or ki technique) can be used for this.  If targeting a stationary object or structure the Attack roll has advantage against its AC.  If the targeted item/structure has a damage threshold then its strength is halved against your attack.

SUPERIOR MIGHT

At 11^th level your encumbrance limits are increased.  Whatever your character’s normal encumbrance limits are, is doubled.  You also are not easy to push or knock prone and also have advantage on any rolls to resist these.  If no roll is given to resist being pushed or knocked prone then the character automatically resists the effect.

MIGHTY TITAN

At 17^th level you are capable of pumping ki into your body forcing a drastic physical change that makes you resistant to harm, larger and overly more powerful.  By spending 8 points of ki you gain the following capabilities for 1 minute (so long as you concentrate).  After the power is used it cannot be used again until a long rest is taken, however you can continue to maintain the power by expending an additional 8 ki points (even if your concentration is broken you can immediately expend the ki using your reaction).

·         Physical size or bulk increases granting you a resistance to all forms of damage except for psychic, electricity, and sonic based attacks, but weight increases by 50%, and your ground base speed is reduced to 20ft.  Your height doubles and you gain reach.

·         You deal an additional +1d12 with your melee attacks.

·         Your bulk makes you easier to hit, lowering your AC by 1, however you also gain temporary HP equal to your Martial Warrior level x2.

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SAIYAN (Revised)

A thirst to fight, to test their abilities and to grow to be the best fighters around, that is what it means to be a Saiyan. The art that is battle and war is something that is ingrained upon their very being and that which does not kill them only makes them stronger.  Saiyans enjoy battles like an aristocrat enjoys a fine meal, and each battle hold the promise of something to the Saiyans liking.

A TALL TAIL                                           

Brash and hot headed, Saiyans are known as elite warriors with not only a bottomless appetite for battle but a bottomless appetite in general as well.  They stand in at the same height as a human, and bear the same resemblances as humans to a degree, but with a few minor differences.  First all Saiyans, even those that appear to be fat, are incredibly muscular.  Second of all nearly all Saiyans have black or extremely dark brown hair (to the point of being black).  Some Saiyans do possess blonde, or red hair but this is often an extremely rare genetic trait.  Another oddity of their hair is that at a young age their hair grows and stays at one length staying the proportionate length for the Saiyans entire life.  Their hair is also very bristly and stands at unique angles and patterns having more in common with fur than normal hair.  Finally the aspect that makes a Saiyan stand out is the monkey like tail they possess.

Their skin tone is always light in complexion, though they can tan.  There is little martial difference between male and female Saiyans, and general physical differences do not exist like there are with some races.  One thing is for sure is that a Saiyan is often ruled by their emotions and if their fury is ever incurred they are a force to be reckoned with.  But what truly makes a Saiyan fierce is their ability to assume the Oozaru form, a form like that of a giant ape that amplifies the fighting capability of the Saiyan.

A BEAST OF LEGEND                          

Saiyans live a life span similar to humans, but they retain their peak fighting capabilities well beyond that of any other race.  As such a Saiyan could be in their 60’s but still retain their peak fighting potential as if they were still in their mid-twenties.  Aside from this a Saiyan ages at a similar rate as a human, though it is not clearly evident as they do not typically begin to show signs of old age until their 60’s.

Saiyans are highly resilient as they are used to living in harsh environments and living through not only difficult training regime but also participating in battles at young ages; all of this as a means of making a stronger Saiyan.  As such Siayans tend to employ a degree of eugenics into who they choose to breed with.  Beauty of a partner is a factor, but so is their martial potential.  For some Saiyans the attractiveness of one’s partner is enough, for others it might also apply to their personality, but for most it is about martial potential.

Finally there is something about the Saiyans that frightens people, a power that only they possess.  They call it the Oozaru form.  A powerful form that a Siayan can assume under the right conditions to grant themselves immense power, but often at the cost of their ability to rationalize.

INHOSPITABLE DOMAINS                   

Saiyans thrive in places where others would not and they see these lands as an applicable place where they may not just live, but train as well.  They welcome other races into their lands often so that they may avoid having to learn jobs that do not involve fighting.  In exchange for this Saiyans offer their protection to those who live in their lands and live by their laws.  And those that choose to live like this are given a degree of respect as they too have chosen to live a difficult life in a place often not meant for it.

The king of the Saiyans, is often the one who is not just of royal blood, but is also the one considered the strongest of their race.  The first born son of the ruling family is always given the name of the father, Vegeta, so as to ensure that there is always a King Vegeta in power.  This has led to many outsiders often speculating that the king of the Saiyans is immortal.

Saiyans in other lands however are seen as nothing more than soldiers, mercenaries, or bodyguards.  They can be fiercely loyal to those whom earn their respect and trust.

THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL ME…   

The adventuring life is something that calls to many Saiyans as a means of learning new ways to fight as well as finding new battles by which one can become embroiled in.  However some Saiyans may adventure for other reasons such as to learn about legendary warriors, or possibly to seek revenge on someone whom has wronged their people.  In other cases a Saiyan may adventure for the same reason as anyone else, for fame and fortune.

SAIYAN NAMES                                     

Saiyans are named by their parents like any human child would be.  However Saiyans do not possess clan names or surnames.  They typically possess a single first name.  In some cases a Saiyan may take on more common names used by other races as they live their lives and explore the world.  For the most part a Saiyan’s name is a pun of a type of vegetable (or vegetable based dish), a miss pronunciation, or other similar means of creating a name.  For female names the vegetable name is punned and often given a more feminine sound to it.  The name Vegeta however is forbidden to be used outside of the royal family and its application without permission can result in imprisonment or even death.

·         Male Names:  Kakarot, Vegeta, Napa, Turles, Raditz

·         Female Names:  Kakarotia, Napai, Turlesee, Raditzia

  

SAIYAN TRAITS                                     

Your Saiyan character has an assortment of inborn abilities, part and parcel of their nature.  NOTE:  The write up for this race is to make it work in D&D 5^th Edition and as such many aspects of what makes a Saiyan have been toned down and changed to better work with D&D; so don’t expect to see a 50ft tall giant ape.

·         Ability Score Increase:  +2 STR, +2 CON

·         Age:  Saiyans age and mature at the same rate as human children, though they learn to fight as soon as they are physically capable of doing so.  Saiyans enter adult hood often at the age of 16 and can live to be as old as a human can potentially, which is anywhere around 100 to 120years of age. However, Saiyan’s retain their physical prime well beyond that of any other race when reaching old ages.

·         Alignment:  Saiyans are as varied in their alignment as humans.  Saiyans do tend to have some sense of honor and fair play, but this is not a staple for all Saiyans as some also act as nothing more than rabid dogs.

·         Size:  Saiyans are the same size as humans, standing in between 5 foot and just over 6 feet tall.

·         Speed:  Your base walking speed is 30ft.

·         Zenkai:  Saiyans are better than most at surviving brushes with death, as well as recovering from actually dying.  This capability of surviving lends to a Saiyan’s ability to evolve.  When the character succeeds on any of their Save’s vs. Death rolls, the character earns a Zenkai bonus.  After surviving death and recovering some of their health (through some means or another) the character’s Zenkai kicks in.  For a 24hr time frame the character gains a +1 to attack rolls, +2 to damage, they may reduce damage taken by 2 points.  The most powerful aspect of this is that a Saiyan gains a permanent benefit any time they recover from the point of death.  Whenever this happens a Saiyan permanently may increase their HP by a number of points equal to their CON modifier or 1 (whichever is bigger).

·         Oozaru Form:  Saiyans are capable of assuming a transformation known as the Oozaru form (or Great Ape).  This form’s use is limited to certain circumstances.  First, a Saiyan must be able to look at a full moon, (even the illusion of a full moon can work for this).  It takes them an action to transform, and the Saiyan has NO CONTROL over this!  Their size increases to being like that of a Large Sized creature (occupying a 10ftx10ft area).  They gain temporary HP equal to the number of hit dice the character currently has.  Their STR score increases to 25.  They also gain Reach 2, and can make an unarmed attack that does 1d6 damage.  They have advantage on Perception rolls due to massively heightened senses.  Once transformed the character must make a WIS save vs. DC 15.  If they succeed the character will not attack any of their allies.  If they fail, however, the character goes on a berserker rampage, attacking anything that moves.  The transformation can be reversed in one of a few ways.  The first is to wait for sunrise.  The other method is to cut the Saiyan’s tail off.  While in this form they cannot use an feature, spell, power that requires concentration.

·         Tail:  A Saiyan’s tail is a source of strength, and a weakness for a Saiyan.  As long as the Saiyan has their tail they can transform into the Oozaru (if it is cut off they cannot transform again).  Cutting off the tail requires a deliberate attack against it (which can be done if the character is in the Oozaru form).  If the character is grappled, a specific attack must be made to grab the tail.  If the tail is held and squeezed it has a profound effect on the Saiyan, rendering them paralyzed if they fail a CON save against a difficulty of 15.

o   No Tail:  Its ever a problem for a Saiyan to lose their tail.  Once removed the tail will not typically regrow on its own.  It will even resist regrowing from healing.  For a tail to regrow the Saiyan must be in a situation where they can gain a Zenkai.  Instead gaining the permanent HP gain, the Saiyan may instead elect to have their tail regrow.  When the tail is initially removed the Saiyan is at disadvantage on all DEX skill rolls, and saving throws until a long rest can be taken.  Once a long rest is taken the Saiyan no longer has disadvantage on their DEX skill rolls and saves.

·      Saiyan Rage:  Saiyans can become quite enraged, so much so that their rage gives them power, not unlike a Barbarian.  A rage can be entered once per day (recovered after a long rest).  The character gains a +2 to all damage dealt, speed +10ft, +1 AC.  While enraged the character cannot use anything that requires concentration, but can still cast spells.  The rage lasts until the end of the character’s next turn.

·         Hyper Evolution – Super Saiyan:  A Saiyan’s rage can be pushed beyond a breaking point if the Saiyan finds themselves in a position where their rage is at its peak (in other words this would be a moment when the character would legitimately likely be enraged).  This Super Saiyan form cannot be attained unless the character reaches a certain level of power (level 6).  At level 6 the Saiyan can unlock the first stage of the Super Saiyan transformation.  This grants the character a +1 to all attack rolls, and +2 damage, (stacking with that from Saiyan Rage if it’s used). And they gain a +2 bonus on STR, and DEX skill rolls and saving throws.  The transformation is concentration based.  In this form the character’s hair stands on end, glowing with a golden inner light.  Their muscle mass seems to increase slightly as well.  Finally, their eyes are an intense green color.  After the form is used it can freely be reentered but concentration must be maintained in order to keep up the form (unless other wise stated).

o   Super Saiyan 2:  This is an improved version of the original Super Saiyan form.  When the character reaches level 10 they unlock this capability.  In addition to the benefits of the Super Saiyan form, this form adds the following:  speed +10ft, +1 AC.  In this form the character’s hair stands up far straighter than before and static electricity is visibly crackling along the character’s body.

o   Super Saiyan 3: At level 14 the character’s Super Saiyan form undergoes another upgrade.  At this stage the character not only has the benefits of SS1 & SS2 forms.  In this form the character gains +2 to all damage rolls, and resistance to damage types slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning damage.  In this form the character’s hair triples in length and they take on a more Neanderthal like appearance (including a sloped eye ridge, devoid of their eyebrows). 

o   Super Saiyan God:  This form is one that can only be attained under limited conditions.  First off the character must be level 18.  Second, the character needs the assistance of five other Saiyans who can perform a simple ritual with them.  These Saiyans stand in a circle around them and channel their will into the person who is the focal point of this (DC 15 WIS check).  After a few minutes the character will be able to ascend to the Super Saiyan God form.  Their hair turns red, and they actually seem to lose muscle mass.  Once attained the form will last 5 minutes and a long rest must be taken before it can be used again.  In this form the character takes on some god-like aspects, gaining resistance to psychic damage, poison, and immunity to charms, and fear.  In place of their normal speed they can teleport as a move action if they desire to (up to 80ft).  Also each time the character attacks they gain a +2 to all damage they do if the attack lands (it does get progressively larger).  They also gain all the benefits of the previous Super Saiyan forms.

o   Super Saiyan Blue (Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan):  This form is only attained once the Super Saiyan God form is achieved.  In this form the character has all the benefits of all 3 previous Super Saiyan forms, but the appearance is like that of the first Super Saiyan form, only with blue hair.  The character is immune to fear, and gains a +3 to all damage they do.  The Saiyan can still choose to assume one of the other Super Saiyan Forms.  This form is also tiring on the user, and when the character exits out of it they are temporarily fatigued.  This fatigue lasts until a short rest can be taken.  The character can re-enter the SSB form regardless of this, but doing so pushes them to being exhausted when they leave it, and keeps it up every time they reenter the form.  The character still needs a short rest to recover from the first condition, but if exhausted the character needs a long rest.

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Namekian

The species known as Namekians are a people possessing a singular male-like physical structure, and reproduce a-sexually via spontaneous creation of an egg.  Namekians are very robust and hardy, possessing an incredible resistance to harm, as well as heightened healing capabilities that lend to an extreme longevity.

BIG AND GREEN                             

Nameks are normal sized, but tend to vary in height to being like that of a dwarf, or like that of a human, except that all Namekians tend to be broad shouldered, or very stalky.  Their skin is green with certain muscle groups having pink ribbed sections, and they possess short antenna on their head.   Not inherently a violent people, Namekians, are born into a caste-like society with some settling into the role of a warrior, or that of a sage.  For Nameks, the warrior caste are individuals who have dedicated themselves toward any number of fighting arts.  For those who are sages, the Namek is often learned in the ways of magic and scholarly pursuits.

WISE WITH POWER                                  

Namekians are not inherently prone to violence, they tend to prefer quite lives of farming and scholarly pursuits.  And while they may not be prone to violence, Namekians are incredibly skilled at fighting when it comes down to it.  Their long life spans grant them many opportunities to find the tranquility that they desire.  However, many often seek them out for their unique knowledge and capabilities.  These capabilities include the rare ability to craft 7 magic artifacts known as the dragon balls.  Some also possess another rare ability to bring out the hidden potential of people.

SURVIVALISTS                                          

Namekians possess a unique physiology in that they do not need food to survive, instead they exclusively drink water for their nutritional needs.  Namekians can eat food if they so desire, but they gain no actual sustenance from it.  Their bodies are also so efficient in what they do that a Namekian produces no body waste.  Because of their robust physiology, Namekians can survive nearly anywhere, so long as they have water.

Namekians tend to make adobe style homes, and often opt for a minimalist lifestyle, acquiring only what they need.  Gardening and farming is a shared passion of all Namekians.  It is an oddity since they do not typically eat food, but they do often grow food that is a water rich food like lettuce.  Namekians often build small colonies near water sources, with each colony only consisting of a few dozen Namekians.

SLUG-IT-OUT                                             

The adventuring life is not a typical calling for a Namekian.  Those that do take up the life of adventure, often do so out of a desire to test their capabilities against different opponents so that they can return to their colony and provide it greater protection than others.  For the most part, Namekians are polite, and try to get along with travelers that they come across, but some Nameks are changed by their journey, with some opting for a more violent life, or a life of domination that they never knew existed.

NAMEKIAN NAMES                                         

Namekian names are often puns on different names for snails, or they have names based on musical instruments.

   

NAMEKIAN TRAITS                                         

Your Namekian character has an assortment of inborn abilities, part and parcel of their nature.  NOTE:  The write up for this race is to make it work in D&D 5^th Edition and as such many aspects of what makes a Namekian have been toned down and changed to better work with D&D.

·         Ability Score Increase:  This is dependent upon the caste the Namek is a part of:

o   Warrior:  Apply two, +2 bonuses to either STR, DEX, or CON (you cannot stack these on one ability).

o   Sage:  Apply two, +2 bonuses to either INT, WIS, or CHA (you cannot stack these on one ability).

·         Age: Namekians can live immensely long lives, well past 1,000 years.  It is only at the extreme levels of aging that a Namekian’s normal wrinkles seem to gain and their appearance is akin to that of an older person.

·         Alignment:  Namekians are as varied in their alignment as humans.  Most Namekians tend to be Neutral Good, but their personalities do vary as much as anyones.

·         Size:  Namekian warriors are the same size as humans, standing in between 5 foot and just over 6 feet tall.  Namekian sages however tend to be shorter, often standing between 4ft, and 5ft in height.

·         Speed:  Your base walking speed is 30ft.

·         Poison Immunity:  Namekians are immune to all forms of poison and toxins.

·         Heightened Hearing:  Namekians possess an incredible sense of hearing.  The range at which they can hear conversations is 3x what it would normally be.  They also have advantage on Perception skill rolls that are hearing related.

·         Till the Land:  Namekians have a natural skill for farming.  The character is proficient in all farming tools, and has advantage on Nature skill rolls made in regards to farming.

·         Caste:  Namekians are of one caste or another, (determined by your ability score choices).

o   Warrior:  Namekians of the Warrior Caste gain the following benefits.

§  Stretching:  Namekian warriors can stretch limb of their body out from their torso in a snake-like way.  The character may, as part of a single action, make an attack with “reach”.  The maximum length is equal to the characters CON modifier x5ft.  The character can grapple in this manner as well, but limbs stretched out do draw attacks of opportunity from adjacent opponents that they would pass by.

§  Focused Regeneration:  Namekian warriors can instantaneously heal damage they receive in the middle of combat.  The Namek may roll their Hit Dice for healing during combat, and a single Hit Die can be used to restore a lost limb (or other body part) instantly.  When rolling hit dice, or if receiving any other form of healing, Namekians may add their CON modifier (or 1, whichever is higher) to the die roll.

§  Boost Size:  Namekian warriors can increase their size by one step once they reach level 5.  This allows them to occupy a 10ftx10ft area.  They have reach, and gain +10ft of speed.  They have advantage on applicable rolls where their size would be advantageous.  At level 10, 15, and 20 this benefits of this double for each step.  However, the larger size makes it easier to hit you, and thus opponents are at advantage to attacks against you.  At level 15 you have resistance to slashing, bludgeoning, and piercing attacks that are not magical, while at the 3^rd size stage or bigger.

o   Sage:  Namekians of the Sage Caste gain the following benefits.

§  Lay on Hands:  Namekians possess the same ability as that of the Paladin class.  They may use this whenever a Paladin would, and its benefits essentially double what a Paladin would have if the class is taken.  However, the Namekian’s version cannot be used on themselves, only others.

§  Unlock Potential:  Namekians possess the ability to temporarily, or permanently draw out the latent potential of others.  The use of this requires that you must be able to touch the target of it’s effects.  On a temporary level, the Namekian can grant a number of individuals equal to their WIS modifier (or 1, whichever is greater), a +2 to attack rolls, or skill rolls.  The effect lasts for 5 minutes, and a short rest must be taken before this can be used again (you have enough time when using this to touch all the people that will benefit from it, before a short rest is needed to recover the ability).  To permanently unlock a person’s hidden potential, the Namekian must be level 15.  When used on a person, the target gains +1 hit die, and may know either 1 cantrip (from the wizard or cleric list), or they may gain 1 class feature from a class they do not possess that is not a spell casting class, and the feature must be a 1^st level feature.  Unlocking potential can only be done once on a person (temporary boosts can be done multiple times).  Each time you permanently unlock potential, reduce your HP by the target’s level.  This reduction lasts until you gain a level, or a wish spell is used to remove the effect.

§  The Dragon Balls:  To create an artifact is no easy feat, and the 7 perfect orbs that are the dragon balls are no exception.  The requirements for creating these is not simple.  First, the character must be level 20.  Second of all the character must create 7 perfect orbs out of stone.  The cost is actually negligible as it can take years to make 7 perfectly round and smooth orbs from stone.  No magic can be used to shape the orbs, they must all be created by hand.  After this the Namekian infuses the orbs with magical energies, uttering an incantation as they do so.  When this succeeds the orbs glow and blast off into the sky, scattering across the world in seven directions.  Locating the orbs is no small feat in itself, and each glows more intently the closer one draws to another of their pairing.  When all 7 are gathered, a unique dragon is summoned worth, capable of granting between 1 and 3 “perfect” wishes. The creator rolls 1d6 when in the final process, if a 1-2 is roll the dragon balls grant only 1 wish.  If 3-4 is rolled its 2 wishes, and if a 5-6 is gotten then 3 wishes can be granted.  Note that if the creator is ever killed, the dragon balls lose their power and become nothing more than ordinary stones.  Additionally, after the dragon has been summoned the dragon balls cannot be gathered again for an entire year.