Monday, February 27, 2023

The Scooby-gang in Dark Fantasy X (Lvl 1)

So, I promised that I'd make up Lvl 1 Scooby and the gang iconics as the "pseudo-PCs" that are meant to be used in the opening sequence. Sadly, they're meant to be killed in the opening sequence by being faced with an overwhelming force encounter right off the bat, and then we switch to the "real" PCs that the players would have. I'll also make Lvl 1 iconics to represent them, but that'll come later. 

These can also be used for any other type of iconic or pregen needs. I actually like the idea of having these on the back burner as potential replacements for PCs that die, too, although I might need to have a level 2 and even 3 version for them, depending on how long I want ot keep them on the hook that way. 

I rolled them in order, Fred, Daphne, Shaggy and Velma. My dice got hotter as I went on, and to keep parity for the iconics, I actually downplayed a few of the rolls for Velma and Shaggy. Velma rolled, on a d8, a 5, 6, 7 and 8! I used the 5, 6, and 7. (Of course, for stats, you then subtract 4 from each, so they were 1, 2, and 3 out of a 4 max for human characters.) I might do just a tiny bit of shuffling stuff around; Daphne in particular comes across as pretty fragile, given that I didn't roll high for her, and didn't assign a high roll to STR. On the other hand, maybe that's the way it should be. It's not like its an unlikely result when actually creating a PC. I have a feeling that if I were to give these options to a player who's PC just bit it, that she'd be the last choice, however. 

"Scube" was also represented by cat stats rather than dog stats, since dog stats are 2 HD. Not that Scube is a small dog, but I like the idea that he's young and more of a puppy at this stage, until Shaggy levels up high enough to get a 2 HD animal and can convert him to wolf stats. Don't get too hung up on the fact that I'm using a cat statistically to represent him, though. That doesn't mean that he's a 25 pound animal that's only a foot tall. Cats aren't that bad in combat for a routine animal. Maybe the stats are better at representing some kind of wildcat like a bobcat or lynx than your typical lazy housecat.

Anyway, here they are, complete with character sheet and Hero Forge image.











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