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The Slayers is an [[anime|animu]] about a sorceress and her adventuring party of [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition|epic level Mary-sues]]. The Slayers traces it roots back to the 80's with some short stories where [http://www.wikipedia.com/Lies rumors hold] were based on some Japanese dude's [[AD&D|AD&D]] games. Those short stories got converted into comics, then later into [[anime|animu]], in series, minis series and movie formats. | |||
Slayers is an [[anime|animu]] | |||
The main character is an absurdly overpowered [[wizard|sorceress]] Lina Inverse and her companions. In the series this is the [[fighter|idiot]] Gourry, the the chimera Zelgadis and the [[cleric|princess]] Ameila. In the second season there is also the [[cleric|shrine maiden]] Sylphiel and in the third season the [[dragon|dragon]] [[cleric|priestess]] Filia. In the movies her companion is the [[wizard|battle slut]] Naga the white serpent (notable for her huge tits and annoying laughter). The anime looks and feels like a dream version of [[Dungeons and Dragons]], without the LAWL RANDUM Chaotic Neutral players, the jackasses and the rule lawyers. | |||
== Slayers and Gaming == | |||
[[Guardians of Order|Guardians of Order]] has, on two occasions, failed to make a good RPG out of the license. First was a series of three [[splat Books|splat books]] for their [[BESM|BESM tristat]] game, each book represents a single season of the series. These books did nothing a veteran [[Gamemaster|gamemaster]] couldn't already do. But they did present playable stats of all of the main characters from the season the covered. | |||
Their second failure was the Slayers [[|D20|d20]] book, which was one of many [http://www.wikipedia.com/Ripoff hanger-ons] to the [[D20|d20]] [[OGL|OGL]]. Unlike most copycats though, this system did try to rebalance the classes, but ended up making a shitton of [http://www.wikipedia.com/Crap crap], such as the [[fighter|man-at-arms]], [[cleric|shrine-maiden]] and [[wizard|sorcerer]] classes. One good feature was its innovative magic system; it allowed a caster to know a level dependent number of spell level worth of spells. This was also capped in that there wasn't a spells per day system, but instead a caster roll based on the arcana skill. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Tristat1.jpg|[[BESM|BESM]] Slayers, book 1 | |||
Image:Tristat2.jpg|[[BESM|BESM]] Slayers NEXT, book 2 | |||
Image:Tristat3.jpg|[[BESM|BESM]] Slayers TRY, book 3 | |||
Image:Tristat20.jpg|Slayers [[D20|d20]] book made by the same [[Guardians of Order|fags]] who made the [[BESM|BESM]] books. | |||
Image:Dragon slave.jpg|It's pretty much like that. | Image:Dragon slave.jpg|It's pretty much like that. | ||
Image:Ragnablade.jpg|[[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition|4e]] tries to be like this | Image:Ragnablade.jpg|[[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition|4e]] tries to be like this | ||
Image:FakePHBcoverSlayers.jpg|[[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition|4e]] tries to be like this | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 05:40, 28 July 2008
The Slayers is an animu about a sorceress and her adventuring party of epic level Mary-sues. The Slayers traces it roots back to the 80's with some short stories where rumors hold were based on some Japanese dude's AD&D games. Those short stories got converted into comics, then later into animu, in series, minis series and movie formats.
The main character is an absurdly overpowered sorceress Lina Inverse and her companions. In the series this is the idiot Gourry, the the chimera Zelgadis and the princess Ameila. In the second season there is also the shrine maiden Sylphiel and in the third season the dragon priestess Filia. In the movies her companion is the battle slut Naga the white serpent (notable for her huge tits and annoying laughter). The anime looks and feels like a dream version of Dungeons and Dragons, without the LAWL RANDUM Chaotic Neutral players, the jackasses and the rule lawyers.
Slayers and Gaming
Guardians of Order has, on two occasions, failed to make a good RPG out of the license. First was a series of three splat books for their BESM tristat game, each book represents a single season of the series. These books did nothing a veteran gamemaster couldn't already do. But they did present playable stats of all of the main characters from the season the covered. Their second failure was the Slayers [[|D20|d20]] book, which was one of many hanger-ons to the d20 OGL. Unlike most copycats though, this system did try to rebalance the classes, but ended up making a shitton of crap, such as the man-at-arms, shrine-maiden and sorcerer classes. One good feature was its innovative magic system; it allowed a caster to know a level dependent number of spell level worth of spells. This was also capped in that there wasn't a spells per day system, but instead a caster roll based on the arcana skill.
