Final Fantasy XIV Scholar- GURPS Character?

dataweaver · 08-09-2014, 12:45 AM

Initial thoughts:

Since you’re dealing with a fantasy world with a class system, I’d start by going to GURPS Dungeon Fantasy as a starting point. FFXIV’s Scholar Job is practiced by the Arcanist, which in turn is one of three Disciples of Magic classes; so you’ll want to look at Dungeon Fantasy’s magic user classes. I’m assuming that “Scholar” isn’t a horrendous misnomer; so you’ll want to look at the Scholars from the third(?) book of the Dungeon Fantasy series. FFXIV’s Scholars are summoners; so take a look at the “Summoners” book in the series. Between these two or three sources, you should be able to cobble together a respectable number of points worth of character traits.

This might also be a good reason to pull out Template Toolkit 1: creating character templates corresponding to the FFXIV classes and jobs would be an interesting exercise, keeping in mind that FFXIV, like most (all?) MMORPGs, focuses on combat traits first, support traits second, and social traits not at all.

08-09-2014, 12:45 AM	#5
dataweaver Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Final Fantasy XIV Scholar- GURPS Character? Initial thoughts: Since you’re dealing with a fantasy world with a class system, I’d start by going to *GURPS Dungeon Fantasy* as a starting point. FFXIV’s Scholar Job is practiced by the Arcanist, which in turn is one of three Disciples of Magic classes; so you’ll want to look at *Dungeon Fantasy’s magic user classes. I’m assuming that “Scholar” isn’t a horrendous misnomer; so you’ll want to look at the Scholars from the third(?) book of the Dungeon Fantasy series. FFXIV’s Scholars are summoners; so take a look at the “Summoners” book in the series. Between these two or three sources, you should be able to cobble together a respectable number of points worth of character traits. This might also be a good reason to pull out Template Toolkit 1*: creating character templates corresponding to the FFXIV classes and jobs would be an interesting exercise, keeping in mind that FFXIV, like most (all?) MMORPGs, focuses on combat traits first, support traits second, and social traits not at all. __________________ Point balance is a myth.[1][2][3][4]