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Author¡¦s Notes: Yes, I know that there is already a Sailor Moon RPG system being sold, but I don¡¦t own it, nor would I want to be said plagiarizing them. Oh, and if I actually have any readers left, sorry for not updating so long. I was just too busy!
This chapter is on the short side, but I felt it was a good place to end the chapter.
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Timeless productions present:
SailorMoon: GM¡¦s edition
First Wave
Act One, Scene One
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¡§Anne,¡¨ Jon showed her a page with Sailor Moon¡¦s beginning stats and information. ¡§Sailor Moon is the leader of the group, and also the reincarnated Moon Princess. Her stats are more or less evened out, with only physical attack power being second last. She *can*, in extreme, have a low of 1 Innocence point at all, but... I would not advise it under nearly any circumstance. She also has some serious IP penalties and bonuses, but that¡¦s only after we¡¦ve played for a while. 8 is the minimum for her to be reborn with the others.¡¨
Anne
looked slightly confused as she read the stats. ¡§So, unless I keep it at the
starting 8, she¡¦s going to what?¡¨
¡§Probably start with a Serious Defect disadvantage, which means between the rebirth and reawakening, something very wrong happened to her or her life, forcing her to change drastically. She already has two special disadvantages against her, though that is balanced out with two of the game¡¦s most unbalanced advantage that only she could have, so it¡¦s up to you.¡¨
Anne thought for a moment before asking, ¡§Can you tell me the average IP of the characters?¡¨
Jon smiled. ¡§I knew you were going to ask that, so I¡¦ll tell you this: The average number of starting IP between the characters you all are going to play is 5, and I¡¦ll also throw in that Sailor Moon has the highest IP to start, also because she is the ¡¥main character¡¦ of this story.¡¨
Anne nodded her head. ¡§Alright, tell me one thing before I start this. What did you mean that Sailor Moon¡¦s stats effect everyone else?¡¨
¡§Smart question.¡¨ Jon said, flipping through the book. ¡§Here. This page is about how Sailor Moon¡¦s stats are actually added to the other¡¦s after some simple modifications that involve converting numbers and her IP. At default, every other senshi gets a bonus of +2 to all their stats except a few I¡¦m not using for this campaign.¡¨
¡§Hmmm¡K¡¨ Anne hummed as she read through the page. ¡§Hey! The conversions are missing!¡¨
Jon flipped the page back to Sailor Moon¡¦s. ¡§Of course. It¡¦s a GM thing. If I let you players know what goes behind the scenes, you¡¦ll just min/max your way through.¡¨
Anne stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend. ¡§Meanie. Oh well.¡¨ She studied her character sheet for a moment before saying, ¡§I¡¦ll deduct two IP, making her IP at 6, and put the first 3 more into Power, 2 in Energy, 3 extra points in Attack, and 2 in Reflex.¡¨
Jon passed a light pencil to Anne. ¡§Write it down and I¡¦ll see what happens.¡¨
As Anne wrote down the modifications to the character sheet, Jon read through possible scenarios of the reduced IP. ¡§Too bad I didn¡¦t tell her that reducing IP also means increasing enemy stats by a certain factor¡K¡¨ He thought as he finally stopped at a page.
¡§Alright, done.¡¨ Anne said as she gave the sheet and paper back to Jon. He read through it and nodded to himself.
¡§Let¡¦s see¡K Power, Energy, Control, Attack, Reflex, Charge, and IP. Yup. This works.¡¨ He then lifted his head to face Anne. ¡§Alright, here¡¦s what happened for the two reduced IP: When you, as Sailor Moon, used the Ginzuishou to destroy Beryl and subsequently Metallia, your wish was twisted by the hatred released towards you. When everyone was given a rebirth, you were actually healed, and returned to your home. However, to your horror and guilt, the other senshi did not remember you, nor could you find traces of your One True Love, and you were too guilt ridden to try to restart a friendship with them, in fear that history will repeat. You don¡¦t know that this was because of Metallia, though.¡¨
Anne nodded in somewhat rapt attention. In her mind, she could imagine that happening, which is one of the best thing about Jon being GM: Nearly instant explanations that make sense.
¡§After a week and finding no more Dark Kingdom activity, the two moon cats suggested you to relax, and so when your father was told to spend a month overseas work, you begged for him to take you as well. Relenting, you took Luna with you, leaving Tokyo for China. However, around two days after arriving at your new home for the month, you and your father was attacked by a pair of thieves, leaving your father stabbed. Acting on the only reaction you know, you transformed in front of them, scaring one away and knocking the other with your tiara attack. You quickly healed your father with the Ginzuishou, which merged with your locket at this point, and you told your father the truth, even though nobody has *heard* of the name Sailor Moon before because you accidentally erased everyone¡¦s memories about the Senshi, except for some reason Sailor V wasn¡¦t forgotten, but that¡¦s probably because there¡¦s still ¡¥Sailor V¡¦ products being sold.
¡§A few days later, you find out from your father that the man you knocked out has slipped into a coma. From what you could gather, your attack must have somehow drained his energy to a point where he could only barely live. You blamed yourself for the lack of control and options, which brings you to study ways of fighting that does not include your ¡¥special attacks¡¦. During that month away, you studied some basic fighting techniques, played around with the Ginzuishou, which lead to your discovery that the amount of power you get in your Senshi form is relative to the amount of strength you have in your ¡¥civilian¡¦ form.
¡§Of course, at the end of the month, you and your father moved back to Tokyo, only to find that your friends have their memories back, and that you¡¦ve missed a battle already.¡¨
¡§What?!¡¨ Anne exclaimed. ¡§Does that mean I miss out in experience points?¡¨
¡§Sadly, yes.¡¨ Jon smirked. ¡§But because you didn¡¦t have the 8 IP, I can¡¦t let you be at the first battle.¡¨
¡§Damn!¡¨ Anne swears.
¡§Well, yes. Anyways, you were reunited with your friends, and you have yet to face a battle, nor have you told any of your old friends and fellow warriors about your new skills and power. You may do so whenever you like, but that¡¦s up to you.¡¨
¡§So, can you tell me more about the character now?¡¨ Anne asks.
¡§Let¡¦s see how the others are doing. They may have changed their stats around as well, and that would effect you in a certain way.¡¨
With that, the pair exited the room and went back to meet their friends.
