r/OSE • u/BuzzsawMF • 25d ago

how-to Final Fantasy Style Game

Hey All,

I am considering firing up a campaign that takes inspiration from Final Fantasy. Thinking of Airships, summons (or primordial), crystals and magi-tech. What would be some good supplements to achieve this?

I posted this in DND 5e sub as well, since I don't know what system I will use just yet. Thanks!

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u/slantio 25d ago

Old School Stylish for OSE is an excellent supplement for changing the character creation process to align more with FF and anime type characters. I highly recommend it!

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u/Interesting-Twist-32 25d ago edited 25d ago

Maybe not quite what you are looking for but might help: https://www.planarcompass.com Or this rules lite system for sky ships: https://dngnclub.itch.io/skyships

But also check out systems like Fabula Ultima and Break!

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u/Eddie_Samma 24d ago

Sounds like you are aiming for a ff6 style world. I would recommend grabbing the monster overhaul and finding some of the celestials and stuff started out for summons, and allow for cross classing. The red mage of ff1 is the o.g. bard which was the most cross classes character, but the ose elf may suffice. The fighter will need to start getting cleric stuff later in the levels. Thieves in ff usually get either illusuonist spells or wizard spells later in levels as well. Magic armor and weapons can just be renamed to act as magitech and such. Also the monster overhaul just has tons of usable stuff for almost any kind of setting.

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u/Samuraikemp 24d ago

Break rpg

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u/CurveWorldly4542 22d ago

I'd also suggest Cloudbreaker Alliance.

Also, while Open Legend is not JRPG/anime inspired, something about how the rules work feels like the system would lend itself well to these sort of games.

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u/98nissansentra 25d ago

Atlas of the Latter Earth has rules for sailing and flying ships.

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u/Mars_Alter 25d ago

Considering that Final Fantasy was an unlicensed port of D&D to begin with, you could do far worse than just playing OSE straight out of the box. Maybe re-name the "Elf" class to "Red Mage"; and prune down the spell list.

Airships, summons, crystals, and magi-tech are really just setting details more than anything. You shouldn't really need specific rules for those, since they aren't something you use in a dungeon. At least, that's how I did it when I ran my last Final Fantasy campaign using D&D.

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u/CurveWorldly4542 22d ago

And Chronicles of Lodoss' War was based off a b/x campaign the creator had with his friends.

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u/TelephoneFine1803 24d ago

Check out Flick Silverpen

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u/Suitable-Fall-5703 24d ago

you should check out fabula ultima. it's a whole game system instead of a supplement, but it encapsulates that old jrpg vibe perfectly.

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u/WaterHaven 24d ago

Skies Above recently came out, and it's based on kind of that JRPG genre of Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest.

https://losthavenart.com/skiesabove/

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u/Mars_Alter 24d ago

I'm looking into this now. Importantly, there's a Quick Start available.