Comments on: Fox Magic: Kitsune

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:27:21 +0000

@Aaron: I see… well, I may track down the issue, at least.

As far as the hoshi no tama, I thought the existing orb implement would suit. I guess it could be appropriate to add a racial trait along the lines of “If your class employs implements, you may use an orb in addition to your usual implements,” though.

The 3e version looks all right. I prefer the version in Alejandro Melchor’s Kitsunemori setting, though. In particular, I think his relation of nine tails to nine spell levels was insightful. Al-X does a remarkable job with the setting, too. It’s by Dog Soul Publishing, which also produced the Folkloric line, rather good products for harvesting ideas from. At $7, the PDF (which is almost 200 pages) is barely more than the KQ issue PDF — at that price, I definitely recommend it. There’s also a print version floating around, though it’s pretty hard to find these days.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:06:39 +0000

KQ covers 3.5e/Pathfinder and 4e, though there is still a focus (I feel, I may be wrong) on 3.5e/Pathfinder. The kitsune article, however, was 4e only, with a 3.5e version on the ‘net.

KQ’s kitsune was slightly different because they were pretty much all tricksters of some kind. The major differences mechanically were the ability to use a Hoshi no Tama (Star Ball) as an implement, and the ability to switch out some powers for Fox Magic powers.

I really liked the kitsune, which is why I made an epic destiny for it as my part in the Atomic Array blog carnival (http://allgeektout.com/2009/04/24/kyubi/). I’m a huge fan of Japanese mythology, and I can’t wait to see more of your work!

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By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:55:18 +0000

@Greywulf: Thanks. They might be a little overpowered as it stands; this is just the initial translation from my 3.5 version (which was LA +1). Going to be working them out a bit more this week. (Edit: I’ve revised them since posting this. They need some more playtesting, but this version seems better.)

@Aaron: I’d like to take a look at that. Does KQ cover 4e now? I might have to pick up an issue.

The split is fairly important in Japanese legend. It could be just flavor, but I figured that treating it in a way similar to the Shifter split would allow them to specialize in either the divine roles or the trickster roles.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:48:11 +0000

Kobold Quarterly had one of these in the last issue, but I really like this one because of the split between the Celestials and the Wilders. I wonder if there's a way to combine this with the Fox Magic of KQ's Kitsune. Aaron Aaron´s last blog post: Dungeoncraft – in medias res: Movers and Shakers

By: greywulf

greywulf — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:01:59 +0000

Thanks for that! I love me some Kitsune, and this is an excellent rendition for 4e. Bookmarked.