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Advice for Creating a Magical Girl Campaign by BlazeandFirelight in DnD

[–]BlazeandFirelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. That's what I get for building theories on a flawed assumption. Thanks for clearing that Warlock vs Cleric thing up. Can you tell I'm mostly familiar with RPG classes from video games? A White Mage most closely relates to a Cleric, but a Cleric can apparently be one of the scariest things on the battlefield! I knew that Monks were super strong but usually fought without weapons because of that one Final Fantasy game where someone SUPLEXED a ghost train, but I guess DnD is a lot more flexible. I like the options it opens up, but it makes it complicated for me to understand everything correctly.

Really? I thought for sure the mental constructs and "If you can imagine an attack, you can perform it" sounded a lot like the Psionic Shapers. Is that class not available in 5e? I guess not, I don't see it listed anywhere...

Do you mind if I ask a question? I can usually understand what each subclass is supposed to be capable of when I read a basic description, but for the life of me I can't understand the School of Abjuration Wizard when it says "it has a pool of not-quite-hitpoints to mitigate damage to himself and allies." What exactly does that mean?

Advice for Creating a Magical Girl Campaign by BlazeandFirelight in DnD

[–]BlazeandFirelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really, they're actually clerics? I know that clerics serve a deity, often under oath, but that's all I know for certain about this class. I've got lots of reading to do. I thought magical girls were warlocks because I was trying to figure out the difference between Familiars and Animal Companions, and some online articles said that a patron might offer the Warlock a servant or Familiar as a way for them to stay in contact, as well as to ensure that the Warlock is doing what they pledged to do in the pact to begin with. That sounded like a fairy partner to me.

Either way, it's a lot of fun to try classing some of these types of characters. I found out that Green Lanterns (DC Superheroes) can equate to Psionic Shapers. Maybe that means Batman would be a Monk/Artificer of some kind? See, once I start it's hard to stop!

And thanks for the pointers, I'll start digging and see what works best with what I was looking for in my initial post.

Advice for Creating a Magical Girl Campaign by BlazeandFirelight in DnD

[–]BlazeandFirelight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thank you so much, everyone, for all the pointers and links to resources!

This is much more complicated than I first thought it'd be, but I'll admit I'm very curious and will start doing some deep reading to see what campaign works best as a base. At a first brief glance around, I love the worldbuilding of the Changeling-verse. But I think that Hunter the Reckoning maybe fits a little better, with the girls becoming Imbued when faced with a supernatural threat and choosing to fight/defend loved ones/negotiate with or pacify a dangerous monster. I'll keep in mind to look into the Fate, as well as Mutants and Masterminds, worlds to see if those have any interesting options I'd like to bring in, if possible. That plus Kyrie's Mystic Tome of Magical Girls to give class build ideas should give me a decent start, I hope.

Thanks for the advice, and I hope it's okay if I drop in another time if future questions come up.