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I recently picked up a copy of Konosuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! TRPG. This is a Japanese RPG by F.E.A.R. who is Japan's largest RPG publisher that has been translated in English.
I did not know much about Konosuba before looking into the RPG. In essence, its an Isekai anime parody. Isekai is a popular genre of anime where a human from our world dies and wakes up in a fantasy world. In Konosuba, the world is structured much like a JRPG MMO, where there are adventurers who join a guild, have classes, go on quests, level up, and gain new skills.
The primary comedy comes from the the fact that the main character is a pretty ordinary person, like a level 0 rogue, but his party is formed by characters that you would expect from extreme min-maxers. However, the GM has decided to punish these players by enforcing all those flaws they took for their PCs. So, you have a fighter with DR100 but a -10 to attack, a mage with level 9 spell Meteor Swarm but no other spells, and a cleric who is a follower of herself (she's also a deity).
The RPG doesn't really enforce this comedy element mechanically. There is an optional Cheat system, which allows each PC to take one super powerful ability but with a pretty powerful flaw. All the characters in the show are represented, but there are other options too. Outside of this, the RPG presents a solid light hearted fantasy RPG and lets the usual shenanigans that comes from playing a fantasy RPG handle the comedic side of things.
Overall, the RPG provides a complete RPG system. It has character creation, advancement, equipment, a bestiary, a setting, a starting adventure, GM advice, and (like most Japanese RPGs) an extensive example of play called a replay. As such, it goes beyond the show and could handle most light fantasy anime shows, especially in the Isekai genre, easily such as Escaflowne and Inuyashi.
Anyway, introductions aside, I thought it would be most illustrative to create a PC for the RPG. The RPG comes with 5 pregenerated PCs for quick play. But there is also a full system for making your own PC. The steps to this are:
1. Choose a race
2. Choose a class
3. Acquire skills
4. Determine ability scores
5. Acquire items
6. Determine secondary ability scores
7. Determine blessings
8. Determine character level
9. Determine background
Choose a race
First up is choosing a race. There are only three options here. A Native Inhabitant, a Reincarnated Person, and a Crimson Magic Clan (which look human but have red eyes and powerful magic).
There aren't many demi-humans in Konosuba, but elves and dwarves are represented by Native Inhabitants.
Unless anyone wants to see one of the other options, I am going with a Native Inhabitant, pretty much aiming for your vanilla human fighter.
This gives me an 8 in all 7 ability scores - Str, Dex, Agi, Int, Per, Mnd, and Luk. I also get 5 bonus points to add but can't raise any above 13.
Given that ability score mods are determined by dividing a stat by 3 and rounding down, the aim would be to get ability scores to a 9 or 12 where possible. Str seems an obvious choice, and I add my last point to Luk. Arguably Agi would be better for defence, but I am expecting a boost there from my class.
So my final stats are:
STR 12 (+4)
DEX 8 (+2)
AGI 8 (+2)
INT 8 (+2)
PER 8 (+2)
MND 8 (+2)
LUK 9 (+3)
Next up, choosing a Class.
I did not know much about Konosuba before looking into the RPG. In essence, its an Isekai anime parody. Isekai is a popular genre of anime where a human from our world dies and wakes up in a fantasy world. In Konosuba, the world is structured much like a JRPG MMO, where there are adventurers who join a guild, have classes, go on quests, level up, and gain new skills.
The primary comedy comes from the the fact that the main character is a pretty ordinary person, like a level 0 rogue, but his party is formed by characters that you would expect from extreme min-maxers. However, the GM has decided to punish these players by enforcing all those flaws they took for their PCs. So, you have a fighter with DR100 but a -10 to attack, a mage with level 9 spell Meteor Swarm but no other spells, and a cleric who is a follower of herself (she's also a deity).
The RPG doesn't really enforce this comedy element mechanically. There is an optional Cheat system, which allows each PC to take one super powerful ability but with a pretty powerful flaw. All the characters in the show are represented, but there are other options too. Outside of this, the RPG presents a solid light hearted fantasy RPG and lets the usual shenanigans that comes from playing a fantasy RPG handle the comedic side of things.
Overall, the RPG provides a complete RPG system. It has character creation, advancement, equipment, a bestiary, a setting, a starting adventure, GM advice, and (like most Japanese RPGs) an extensive example of play called a replay. As such, it goes beyond the show and could handle most light fantasy anime shows, especially in the Isekai genre, easily such as Escaflowne and Inuyashi.
Anyway, introductions aside, I thought it would be most illustrative to create a PC for the RPG. The RPG comes with 5 pregenerated PCs for quick play. But there is also a full system for making your own PC. The steps to this are:
1. Choose a race
2. Choose a class
3. Acquire skills
4. Determine ability scores
5. Acquire items
6. Determine secondary ability scores
7. Determine blessings
8. Determine character level
9. Determine background
Choose a race
First up is choosing a race. There are only three options here. A Native Inhabitant, a Reincarnated Person, and a Crimson Magic Clan (which look human but have red eyes and powerful magic).
There aren't many demi-humans in Konosuba, but elves and dwarves are represented by Native Inhabitants.
Unless anyone wants to see one of the other options, I am going with a Native Inhabitant, pretty much aiming for your vanilla human fighter.
This gives me an 8 in all 7 ability scores - Str, Dex, Agi, Int, Per, Mnd, and Luk. I also get 5 bonus points to add but can't raise any above 13.
Given that ability score mods are determined by dividing a stat by 3 and rounding down, the aim would be to get ability scores to a 9 or 12 where possible. Str seems an obvious choice, and I add my last point to Luk. Arguably Agi would be better for defence, but I am expecting a boost there from my class.
So my final stats are:
STR 12 (+4)
DEX 8 (+2)
AGI 8 (+2)
INT 8 (+2)
PER 8 (+2)
MND 8 (+2)
LUK 9 (+3)
Next up, choosing a Class.