How would you go about running a game in the Castlevania verse? What system would you use? Any specific game or era in the time line seem interesting to you?
Depends on what sort of game you're going for. With the rise of the dread castle Castlevania, would the players be villagers or low-level guards struggling to survive against the cursed night, or would they be all-mighty hunters, the lone beacons of light in the unending dark?
>>43878890
Wouldn't Ravenloft work pretty much perfectly? It would be a gigantic magic castle instead of a plane, and the final boss would be Dracula, but I'm not sure it needs any other changes.
Do I have to be a Belmont?
Does it have to be Castlevania itself?
>>43879167
Not necessarily, Just needs to be in the castlevania universe. Either during the Rise of Dracula's Castle or some plot of the surviving minions in between his century long slumbers.
>>43879411but what if I prefer the LoS universe?
>>43881584
>Lords of Shadow
>A Belmont becomes Dracula, and Simon is Dracula's grandson
>>43881584
your entitled to your opinion... even if it is wrong.
>>43881584
LoS 1 is a pretty cool setting for generic fantasy adventures. I can respect your opinion if you were referring to that.
LoS 2 on the other hand...
>>43881805
To be honest, I would enjoy LoS a lot more if they didn't put the Castlevania trappings on it. Then I'd enjoy it more as a gothic GoW clone without the nagging feeling of it just piggybacking off a franchise with a soundtrack and art direction I adore.
The most important question though. Which Belmont is best husbando, and why is it Juste?
>>43881927
Lords of Shadow by itself wouldn't be that bad a game; it'd be the same as any other third-person action game. The problem is, like Star Fox Adventures, it has the Castlevania name attached to it, so it struggles under that moniker.
>>43881805
You would think the premise of Dracula versus Satan would produce a better game, but I guess not.
>>43881927
Gotta go with my OG Simon.
"I fought fair and won the day. If only that applied in our household"
-Simon to his Wife, (One of the very few things to come of Judgment.)
>>43882135
A Simon is fine too.
>>43882135
Wait a second...
>>43882213
.... Son of a bitch
>>43881927
Julius
>tfw you'll never be the morning sun, come to vanquish this horrible night
>>43882213
Holy shit. There's no way in hell that's not intentional.
>>43882303
>tfw you'll never educate mortals that a man can be quantified as a miserable pile of secrets.
>>43882268
Wasn't he canonically the strongest Belmont, too? I mean, for what little canon actually means in Castlevania.
It's a pity we never got to see Demon Castle Wars 1999 and play as 18 year old Julius.
Charlotte or Shanoa?
>>43882394
Isn't Castlevania canon pretty straightforward though? The only non-LoS games that aren't canon are Judgement and that one with Sonia Belmont.
>>43882135
Oh god damn it, Simon didn't say that. Trevor did.
>>43882440
CHARLOTTE!!!
>>43882440
Sypha
>>43882507
JONATHAN!!
>>43882394
The further down in generation you go, the stronger the Belmont becomes. So you're correct: canonically, Julius is the strongest Belmont ever.
>>43882537
CHARLOTTE!
>>43879411
>>43878890
Personally, I know some people who did a Castlevania inspired game of Dungeon World with with the big bad as Dracula campaign taking place in his castle. But it seems it was mostly just standard Dungeon World fair, just with a push for certain more thematically appropriate classes like Paladin and Witch.
>>43881660
To be fair, all the Belmonts are related to Dracula.
In Legends, Sonia Belmont, the original Belmont and vampire hunter, teamed up with Alucard out of a mutual hatred for Dracula, they fell in love, and had a child.
>The GM's face when I mess up my dodge roll vs a Medusa head in the middle of a jump
>>43878890
Castlevania RPG would kinda suck unless you're playing while Dracula is banished.
You're playing against a being second only to god, but only one player in the party can actually do anything against him all because of a single feat he took at character creation giving him an artifact weapon and the last name that comes with it.
>>43882805
What?
None of the Belmonts are related to Dracula, and Sonia isn't canon unfortunately since the creators retroactively decided no Belmont protag can be female before the 1900's at the least.
>>43882900
>Castlevania
>canon
>>43882865
Well the entirety of Curse of Darkness happened while Drac was banished. And plenty of note worthy things happened then.
>>43882865
Not entirely true. John Morris, the Texan from Bloodlines, was able to wield the Vampire Killer.Because he wasn't a full-blooded Belmont, however, it slowly killed him in the process. In effect, by using the Vampire Killer too much, John died.
Of course, just because other humans don't have access to the Vampire Killer or Belmont blood flowing in their veins doesn't mean they can't devise ways to battle Dracula.
Pic related.
>>43882943
Plus, Jonathan wasn't a Belmont and he and Charlotte did just fine in vanquishing ol' Drac. Hell, Jonathan didn't even need to use the whip to do it, and the fight is entirely doable with just Charlotte.
>>43882954
The artist isn't Ayami Kojima, but god damn OoE's art was fine as fuck.
>>43882865
Hey now, if the Belmonts are a clan, who's to say there can only be one of them at a time going adventuring? I say the family that slays together, stays together.
Also, there are Castlevania where you don't play as a Belmont. Pic related.
And,, hell, see >>43882805. The original Belmont wasn't some special destined hero. She was just some peasant girl who got really pissed off at Dracula for fucking up her village. Those after her follow her legacy, but others can be made.
>>43882921
There's a canon timeline they released.
Circle of the Moon and Legends are the most prominent non-canon games.
But they only really released the timeline for the last two games before jumping into the shitty reboot.
http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Castlevania_Timeline
>>43882998
The original Belmont is Leon "Bowie" Belmont. He was a knight.
>>43882958
Pretty sure he canonically uses the whip to defeat Dracula, but your point still stands.
There's also Alucard defeating him, and Soma technically defeated him. There are plenty of ways you could set up a Castlevania plot without requiring Belmonts, though the option of playing a Belmont and wielding the whip would be neat.
>>43882969
A lot of people say that overall, Order of Ecclesia was the last good Castlevania game. It also helps that Shanoa was a stone-cold fox and that her powers were really fucking cool.
>>43882998
>Also, there are Castlevania where you don't play as a Belmont. Pic related.
Actually, Shanoa kinda-sorts cheats at this.The villagers Shanoa rescues throughout the game are all Belmont descendents. Because she hangs around them so much, Shanoa - put bluntly - has the Belmont essence rub off on her, making her a Belmont by proxy.
Just a reminder that /tg/ had a Castlevania hype going for a long time.
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Castlevania
I think that's mostly abandoned, but anyone who wants to save some work should post it there.
>>43882998
See
>>43883027
Like, official statement, Leon is the first Belmont vampire killer
>>43883012
>Circle of the Moon ... are the most prominent non-canon games.
What? Why on earth can Circle of the Moon not be cannon? They're not belmont's and even go over how they can't actually defeat Dracula only delay him. It does nothing to change any Castlevania Lore. It's just a fun foot note
>>43883033
Soma IS him.
More specifically, he's the good part of Dracula's soul who defeats the bad part. All the energy and magic and shit that was Dracula remained, and now exists as a mantle waiting for a new master with Dracula now being a title rather than the assumed alias of Mathias.
>>43883072
Graham was also Dracula though (along with the two jobbers from DoS) which is what I mean by Soma technically "defeating" Dracula. You could run an entire game around the Aria plotline, with all the PCs being reincarnations of Dracula. Might end in PVP but I could see it being a cool concept.
>>43883070
Koji Igarashi didn't have anything to do with it, so it was made non-canon. He also stamped non-canon on both N64 Castlevania games.
He didn't give a reason for that, the only one he gave a reason for is Legends and because he felt it was inappropriate for a female protagonist in the time period she was in. Which interestingly means he didn't have a problem with Alucard being a father of the Belmonts past her, just that a Belmont with a whip in medieval times had a vagina.
Of course, they booted him so they could shrug and make it canon again if they stopped making LoS. Then again, they kind of swore off making anything not a Pachinko or iPhone game so probably not.
Then again, Koji made a not-Castlevania called Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night which stars a cute grill so he may of rethought it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodstained:_Ritual_of_the_Night
>>43883161
Julius knows that Soma is the reincarnated Dracula and promises him that if he ever takes up the dark mantle, he will PERSONALLY beat the fuck out of him.
>>43883161
Graham wasn't Dracula, he was a "Dracula candidate".
Translations kind of fucked the meaning of that title, it basically meant all babies born when Dracula died got magic powers but one was his reincarnation.
Graham wasn't Dracula, Soma was.
>>43883184
Igarashi may actually be Dracula. Look at him, man.
>>43883184
>made
Is making. It was the biggest video game Kickstarter project at ~$6.5M (before it was unseated by Shenmue 3). It's a new world, a new protagonist, a new castle, a new curse, a new villain, new everything.
>>43883240
But he's such a nice guy. Drac's an asshole.
>>43883267
Pardon me, ~$5.5M.
>>43883267
Obviously his son Ijok Isharagi didn't betray him.
The man decided to write a story about what would happen if he was German and evil.
>>43883267
>>43883287
It's worth noting that for Bloodstained, the enemies will be based on the demons from the Lesser Key of Solomon, so you have that to look forward for.
>You will never have an inferiority complex about the Belmonts and the Vampire Killer
>You will never go out of your way to beat the fuck out of the forces of darkness with your spear
Is there a DnD 5e conversion for the Castle Ravenloft adventure yet?
>>43883811
No, use AD&D like a normal person.
>>43883399
L-lewd!
Oh, wait, that's just snake...
>>43878890
Am I the only one that really wants to play this so I can have an excuse to have a monster-girl waifu? I don't care what Dracula does as long as I can go Johnny Bravo on a Venus Weed.
>>43885407
Wouldn't your waifu be stationary though? How do you transfer her out of Dracula's castle?
>>43885407
In theory, you'd want to gain the Power of Domination somehow. That allows you to kill monsters and make their souls your to use as minions.
The Power of Domination is alchemical, and is a trait that somehow becomes infused into your being. Mathias knew it, which is how he became Dracula; he trapped the soul of a powerful vampire then basically killed everything supernatural he could find other than god and the non-fallen angels.
He taught it to two "Devil Forgemasters", who kept his monsters occupied while he was trying to play nice with humanity and god, then he sent them to lead his armies.
The babies who were born when his soul was ripped from his "Dracula" persona also got it.
So basically you need to become a badass alchemist or be born at the exact moment he's killed. Top points for if he teaches you how.
![castlevania_hunters_by_satoakiamatatsu-d565ka0[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WVlLxY8.jpg "castlevania_hunters_by_satoakiamatatsu-d565ka0[1].jpg")
Two possibilities:
If you want a lot of room for character improvement and build-craft, use Runequest 6.
If you want to just be simple but have all the rules you need for vampires and what not, use Vampire: The Dark Ages.
Of the two, I would much rather play in a game done with Runequest, though.
So...how would one even begin to stat this?
![tumblr_n8xi66sIsQ1sj24bro1_1405722174_cover[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4yLtqnm.jpg "tumblr_n8xi66sIsQ1sj24bro1_1405722174_cover[1].jpg")
>>43881584
OH MY GOD
>>43886527
7000 zombies with a Cthulhu monster in the middle.
>>43886527
Legion is typically one of the easier bosses. converting to tabletop makes him a damage soak probably, because of the mass of weak zombies.
it only has a laser attack after chunking out a bunch of zombies.
so probably just an endurance fight.
>>43885407
>Venus Weed
>Not Alura Une
Disgusting. Can't even call your plant waifu by her real name.
>>43886565
>>43886619
Alright, what about this one?
>>43881584
>Liking LoSmy nigga{/spoiler]
In all seriousness, LoS did have a pretty neat world. Yeah it was super serious and melodramatic all the time and there was that one really stupid Portal reference near the end but it was a genuinely cool world. Letting a party of the Brotherhood of Light explore the Land of the Dead or Agharta isn't a bad idea, although you'd basically just be running standard fantasy no. 256.
But at the end of the day standard fantasy no. 256 features an ancient civilization of Werewolves who built and rode Giant Stone Mechs, and a Necromancer who teaches other people to be necromancers by killing them and controlling their bodies through necromancy, and Dr. Frankenstein also inventing Time Travel because electricity and also reasons.
So not a bad plan. Make it a 13th Age campaign, that system is designed from the ground up for sorta-serious whacky fun.
>>43886692
It maintains the tradition of Resident Evil 4, Fatal Frame 3, and Silent Hill 4 as good games that don't really belong in the series they're supposedly a part of and should have had their own name and franchise.
>>43886662
>>43886662
>This fucking GBA boss...
If the session takes place during the day in a well lit room all pcs get a -10 to all defenses.
All of Camilla's attacks gain +10 if players are playing the session during the day in a well lit room.
Fuck that boss...
>>43886739
Everything in Circle was difficult as hell.
Ugh, the fucking Zombie Dragons.
I was actually gonna do a castlevania campaign using GURPS set in a time period with some early gun tech but we never got it started.
>>43881805
What are you talking about anon? There was no LoS2. They ended it at mirror of fate.You can't convince me otherwise
>>43882537
Al-YOU-card!!!!
>>43883492
Time to use this shitty joke yet again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE
And about Castlevania (before reboot, because it destroyed everything), you motherfuckers should all accept Juste as the most powerful Belmont.
>>43887010
Sounds like Circle of the Moon. You could use a gun in that game, since it was the 1800's. Also because you got it via magic.
It sucked though. Like a lot of the extra weapons, it was pure gimmick.
>>43887126
The colors in his game were so bad, the only explanation is he was just tripping on LSD.
Not to mention it recycled almost everything from a previous Castlevania and didn't really pioneer anything.
>>43886820
Oh yes, Circle of the Moon.
Anybody remember Andramalech?
He kicked all kinds of ass. I actually found him harder than drac, mainly due to his height advantage.
>>43887134
I mean, game wasn't all that awesome. It was good, but, as you said, colors were messed up and music wasn't of much quality (in technical terms, because soundtrack in itself is good). What i meant by that post was that motherfuckin' Juste has about every power up the other Belmonts can have + magic of Belnades bloodline + more (no other Belmont can front dash apparently).
>>43887179
Man, I wanted to know the backstory of this giant goat man stuck in what looked like a giant cage with a bondage mask on when I was a kid. The fact that when you left it completely disappeared only when you left the room bothered me for two reasons; the first the implications in-universe, the second that you can't come back to see your trophy kill. Boss corpses should never fade, just my opinion.
Also reminds me of the youtube video that made me rage like nothing else. Some massive weab who hates the horror genre and filled his top boss list with gushing over the most animu, human characters.
Just try and get through this whole thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2oHk9n5Kj8
>>43887188
Eh, Richter is canonically the strongest Belmont as stated in his own game. At least until that point.
Simon gets points for killing Dracula more than anyone else, while fighting at a major handicap due to magical corruption.
Juste just kind of gets all the powers.
Going by non-Belmonts, there's Hector who did everything a Belmont did plus has Dracula's primary power. Which puts Soma there too along with Alucard.
>>43887228
Hard mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXAeZW3UJo8
There is plenty for non-belmonts to do.
Even if Dracula is back.
Just because you can't perma kill a critter doesn't mean you can't beat back it's forces, undermine it's power base and generally wreck it's shit while you find the mcguffin to finish it.
It's just like fighting a lich except instead of finding the phylacteries, you have an escort mission for the chosen one.
Gratuitous succubus.
How would you go about statting this motherfucker?
Drac dose not have to be killed by a belmot. He was pwned by a non-belmot in portrait of ruin, order of Ecclesia, and circle of the moon. Moreover in castlevania 2 you could kill him using one of the four cherecters and technekly as soma you kill his demonic form
>>43879012
>low-level guards struggling to survive against the cursed night
I didn't know I wanted this but holy shit do I want this campaign. You're only trying to keep the villagers alive and biding time until the hunter of the day defeats Dracula again and ends the chaos. It would probably be a lot like a normal zombie survival horror game except with flying medusa heads, merfolk and evil maids.
WHAT IS A MAN?
>>43878890
Something sexy as hell, I'd say. I've run a game for an all-female college group where the party was basically Vampirella, Lady Death, Jade and the Assassin from D2. You could have a fun game where four women are lured to the castle to defeat Dracula, while fighting down the temptation to become his bride/brides. (Interestingly enough, this comes up quite a bit in a Ravenloft scenario, where Strahd is trying to figure out which of the female PCs is Tatayana.)
>>43882805
>>43883492
I think there's a connection here.
Okay, let's assume Sonya Belmont existed, but isn't responsible for the main Belmont family. She falls in love with Adrian, Dracula's vampiric son, and bears him a child.
This child's connection to Dracula is believed to taint him, and Sonya and her son are cast out of the Belmont family. Believing Adrian's blood not to taint her child, but exalt him, Sonya takes the surname Adrian used with her, and bequeaths him the spear he gave her.
Thus the Lecarde family splits off from the Belmonts, while remembering their founder, A. Lecarde.
>>43883811
There is a conversion for Pathfinder called Domains of Mist or something like that. Its k.
>>43887127
Bloodlines took place during World War 1, and one of the stages was you raiding a German arms factory as the "clock tower" level.
Portrait of Ruin took place during World War 2, the castle summoned in major part due to the death and suffering caused by the war.
So, if you had to craft your own vampire hunter (or at least someone who challenges the night), who would they be?
>>43887726
It doesn't actually matter if there's a Belmont or not. There have been games like PoR where there wasn't a Belmont around in the first place. Anyone with a link to the Belmont clan can use the Vampire Killer at the cost of their own life-force, and sufficiently powerful magic can also impede Drac (like PoR and OoE). A Belmont isn't absolutely 100% required to put a manifestation of Dracula down, it's just a lot harder without one.
>>43888573
Not sure if you mean a specific single character or method of character generation. If you mean in terms of generating PCs, I'd give options for Belmont (pure), Belnades (pure), Lecarde (pure) then Belmont (offshoot), Belnades (offshoot), Lecarde (offshoot), then in addition to those options for a generic magical and generic monstrous origin.
I think the trade-off for playing an offshoot branch would be that although the initial buy-in is lower using the skills from the clan is less efficient in terms of resources, and you start with a lower level of abilities. However you'd also be able to diversify more in terms of your overall character skills.
>>43888635
I think it'd be neat for those who aren't connected to the Belmonts and others to still be able to storm the castle and beat Dracula's ass. Granted, you ostensibly won't have it as easy as the Belmonts do (as if they had it easy in the first place), but you can still conceivably do it.
>>43888665
There are characters like Charlotte Aulin and Jonathan Morris but even they have connections to the Belnades and Belmont clans, respectively. The intention behind magical and monstrous origins would be to give the option for PCs like Shanoa and Soma Cruz.
Would you want a PC totally independent from all of that? Is there a single one that fits into that criteria in the series so far?
I guess there's like Grant Danasty, although he doesn't defeat Dracula and additionally the surname might derive from a cadet branch of the actual House of Basarab, which would mean he did have a bloodline connection to Dracula too.
I feel like just playing some rando who goes and fights Dracula without magic or any of the clan weapons is kind of contrary to how the series plays out.
>>43888702
Considering that weird prophecy of "no Belmont can wield the Vampire Killer until 1999" or something, it's interesting how many loopholes people figure out, as it still falls to bloodline powers that allow them to challenge Castlevania (Morris, Soma, etc.). The one true outlier appears to be Shanoa, but then again, see >>43883036.
>>43888726
Even if you don't accept that the glyph used to destroy Dracula in OoE is literally made from his remains and possesses his own powers. I think (as with magic) using Dracula's own blood/powers against him is another exception to the "must be a Belmont" rule.
>>43888573
The families are effectively classes/archetypes.
Belmont is whip and subweapon users.
Belnades/Fernandez are mages.
The offshoots are people of those classes who didn't want to be part of the main family.
>>43888758
Exactly. You must have some connection to Belmont power (Morris) or Dracula power (Shanoa, Soma) to get away with it.
>>43888787
I wonder if Charlotte could do it.
Her ability to bind monster souls to her book is pretty similar to Shannoa and Soma.
>>43888787
Does Hector the smith from Curse of Darkness count as either?
>>43888833
I'm interested in the generic magic/monstrous folks who could conceivably bash Dracula's fookin' 'ead in.
Consider the esoteric monk from the far East who wields chi, kung fu and supposedly is inhabited by the spirit of a dragon.
>>43888933
Or the Native American warrior-shaman who wields spiritual power and the strength of nature.
Something like those.
>>43888008
hah.
>>43888787
Since the Belmont power comes from the whip, it all comes back to Vampire Power.
>>43888867
Yeah. His power as a devil forgemaster derives from Dracula.
>>43888833
Charlotte is related to the Belnades, in any case.
>>43878890
I've always wanted to become an ubermench and design and produce a castlevania esque game that combines elements of the linear castlevanias difficulty and the igavania's non linearity, and it would star a home maker in training waif who is afraid of everything, but over the course of the game, learns to not afraid of anything.
Who /glasstlevania/ here?
>>43889194
>>glasstlevania
why is 4chan so good at nicknaming stuff?
>>43889194
I am. I've not played too many of the Igavanias, but I can't wait.
>>43889200
>why is 4chan so good at nicknaming stuff?
Because there's a fuckton of users, so one of them has to come up with a good idea eventually?
>>43889200
I was really surprised nobody had coined that one already.
I am pretty hype for it though. Shanoa is my favourite Castlevania character in actual playstyle, and this seems similar. The character design is also very on-point.
Soft, pure-hearted looking character (probably a priest or mage?) is actually a guy this time.
Rugged samurai dude. Arguably more male cheesecake in this game than female, although it's not like androgynous prettyboys are anything new for Castlevania.
Miriam still has her zettai rouiki going on I guess.
I'd go with Legends of the Wulin if you are going 'Castlevania' rather than 'Generic Gothic Horror'.
As that's the sort of setting where an appropriate response to a skeleton is to kick it in the face.
Pure Miriam a bae.
>>43889324
BAE
>>43889310
Zettai ryouiki, although it's not as good a ratio as others. But yeah, Miriam is basically Shanoa 2.0: while not devoid of emotion, she's rather straightforward in her mannerisms. It helps when you're an amnesiac orphan.
>>43887288
>34
>Cargo shorts
>Baseball cap
>"misandrists"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RGVr4ORWvc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGNzPQtIA68
Proof that Dracula's curse makes you a cunt.
>>43882213
>>43882135
It is known.
>>43887228
>everything about that video
I thought that kind of voice was a joke voice actors used as a caricature. There are people who actually sound like that?
>>43890466
>Thinks Aeon is the coolest character
You know I actually really want a weeaboo dark fantasy game. I'm not sure how to explain it properly, but I think my reason for wanting is basically it's just an area that Japan's made quite a strong showing in.
I don't exactly want a Castlevania game. I want a mix-up of Castlevania, Dark/Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Tenchu, Onimusha, Vagrant Story, Nier, Drakengard, Dragon's Dogma, Crimson Shroud, Guin Saga and Berserk.
>>43891737
Just say you want "dark fantasy" and worry about the Japanese-esque trappings later.
>>43891790
No, because they're a really specific part of what I want and its aesthetic. There's not a lot of Western dark fantasy (especially in vidya) that I would rate equivalently, and where it does exist it often doesn't have the same style or the same way of panning out. I suppose The Marquis might be a good example of a comic that would fit with this style of things though.
I've thought about how I would do this game - like how I would divide up character types that fit all the potential PCs in each of those games. Like you could have 'The Marked', someone who has lost something to the monsters that nonetheless empowers them. That works equally well for Guts in Berserk and the Arisen in Dragon's Dogma.
>>43891881
What is there is Dark Souls that really has any weeaboo overtones beyond the occasional Katana in the games?
>>43888933
>>43888943
Don't forget the party's tank, an ancient Babylonian super weapon golem who's in Castlevania seeking out an immortal sorcerer who manifested the castle to seek out its secrets.
Fukken buddy cops Thunder and Aganos man.
>>43892049
GOLEM WRESTLING
ONLY IN WALLACHIA
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
>>43892036
I feel that Dark/Demon's Souls is very much a product of its environment - in some ways I actually see it as a modern successor to classic Metroidvanias (although to some extent Vagrant Story can be seen as this as well). I can't really see it getting made in the West, which incline more to games like Skyrim or the Witcher series.
I don't feel it having the look of Western fantasy, visually, means it's not a Japanese game.
>>43892049
>>43892085
>>43888943
>>43888933
>>43888787
>>43889045
Vampire wrestling, you say?
>>43892132
A buddy of mine said that Dark Souls was the best Castlevania game he's ever played. I understand what he means.
>>43892184
Oh man, that fucking family. Shadow Hearts was something else, it truly deserves it's title as first PS2 RPG that was worth playing.
>>43892230
Shadow Hearts II probably has the greatest party I've encountered in any RPG.
>>43888933
>>43888943
>>43892049
Shoring up the ranged/utility component, a combat alchemist with a rapier. Vials along the hilt let it break potions and coat its blade in them for special effects.
>>43892298
Bleh, edited half that post but not the first chunk; could be a crossbow/gun user for ranged, rapier if not.
>>43892288
Yeah, they were pretty great, though dancer chick was just shy of being useless, but she had big brown titties so I could overlook it.
>>43892298
>>43892049
>>43888943
>>43888933
Gentlemen you have your party. The scenario is five years after the events of Symphony of the Night. Shenanigans are happening at the ruined site of Dracula's Castle. Individuals whom travel there disappear without a trace, signs of ghostly lights can be seen from a distance.
>>43892400
You'd have to consider how the four came together. The Chinese woman and the Native American probably express solidarity in being outsiders in Europe and decided to stick together.
>>43892361
Jesus--I remember that comic.
>© 2004
Fuck.
>>43893870
Aaaand the ancient Babylonian golem TOTALLY FITS EUROPE?
>>43897192
Some guys thought it'd be cool to take him back with them after the Crusades and he only woke up a little while ago. He's just as lost as the other two.
>>43897192
How would a sentient Babylonian war golem end up in Wallachia? Was it one of Dracula's leftover experiments, trying to convert the golem to its service?
In fact, that's what I'm going for. The golem was taken by Dracula's agents from Babylon and brought to the castle in an attempt to convert it for use by the Lord of Darkness. Before the process could be completed in any fashion, Dracula got his shit wrecked, and the castle fell apart. The golem is still there, still preserved and safe from corruption.
>>43893870
As for their reasons being there in the first place, both were sent individually to stamp out whatever evil has crept across Europe, for fear of the evil spreading to the rest of the world.
>>43897293
>still preserved and safe from corruption.
>safe from corruption
Is it the one that knows how to activate the save points?
>>43897544
It doesn't know much of anything. It just kinda woke up in the middle of the ruins of Castlevania and has no clue how it got there.
>>43897293
>How would a sentient Babylonian war golem end up in Wallachia?
Pursuing Ric Flai-I MEAN KAN RA OBVS
>>43897958
is this before or after he had an Iron Man match with Moses between the ocean?
>>43897958
Now there's a question. Dracula can't be the only real BBEG out there. There have to be other masters of darkness to deal with, aren't there?
>>43898331
Drac is the only true final BBEG. you can put everything else you want in his offtime: cultists, necromancers, mad priests, demons, nostalgic rich ex-nazis, other vampires, drunk Death, but they won't ever compare to ol big D
>>43887804
Jojo.
>>43898331
Actually as seen by Dracula's own seizing of power, and the situation with Brauner, presumably any vampire could theoretically take the power from Drac. He is the #1 absolute master of darkness there is in the Castlevania canon though.
>>43898416
>drunk Death
>THAT DRAC, MAN, HE DON'T RESPECT ME NOTHIN
>I DO ALL THIS SHIT FOR HIM, MAKE SURE HE REVIVES EVERY TIME
>AND WHAT THANKS DO I GET
>"GO FIGHT THAT BELMONT, GET YOUR DICK KICKED IN"
>I MEAN
>I MEAN
>I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THOSE BELMONTS
>I KINDA LIKE 'EM
>BUT DRAC, MAN
>BIG D FUCKIN' HATES 'EM
>AN' MAKES ME GO FIGHT 'EM
>WHILE HE SITS IN HIS FUCKIN' COFFIN
>AND JERKS OFF OR SOME SHIT
>MAAAAAAAAAN
>>43898507
>not having Drac and Death be best bros
>>43898545
Even best bros don't always agree on everything man, specially if one is the employer of the other.
Shanoa is the best
>>43898331
Yes.
>>43898465
No, even in the original series, there's Satan.
Witchhunter (Ghostslayer) (http://geekandsundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Witch-Hunter-Class-FINAL-4.2.pdf)
>>43899066
That is a Witcher dude, not a Belmont. Not even with that subclass.
Warlock (Undying) / Vampire prestige class (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwF09f1afXWlOWhybVV4SmZsbW8/view)
>>43899066
>>43899150
>Those heels
>>43899126
meh, close enough for government work.
>>43897293
>>43897526
>>43897580
So what about our "combat alchemist"? What's his story?
Barbarian (Wolf Totem Warrior) / Werewolf prestige class.
>>43899299
forgot link
http://tribality.com/2015/11/13/werewolf-prestige-class-for-dd-5e/
>>43899191
It was in vogue for men in the 1700's.
>>43883184
Erotic Violence TTRPG when?
>>43898331
Well, there's the lesser evil bosses who, if Drac's not around, work perfectly for big bads.
Carmilla (Possibly a member of the Belnades clan)
Olrox
Elizabeth Bartley
Shaft
Joachim Armster
Galamoth
Akmodan II (A perfect rival for the ancient babylonian golem)
Beelzebub/the Forgotten One
>>43899191
Heels were originally designed for men
I think the first person to have heels was King Louis...I think XII, can't remember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFjPjsQtpGo
