8-Bit Characters to DnD Characters
 

Okay, I was wondering something... What would the 8-bit characters be like if they were transfered over to DnD. Would would be their class, alignment, race, ect ect ect Just wondering...

A better Question would be, what if the DnD game was invented by Square. And It was called Final Fantasy Insteads. Would the classes and the names be exactly like the FF games

It might be something like this, but that's just me...

http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/8bitdnd.html

In the old forum this was a very frequent topic... However, I don't think it was ever well resolved, so it still makes a good debate.

However, I don't have a D&D Rulebook, so I don't know what they would be.

Fighter = Fighter
BM = Mage or maybe Wild Mage (So he can get those out of control super spells)
Thief = Rogue
RM = All (That's right, every class. The master of Twinking can change class and stats at will, so why not all classes?)
WM = Cleric
BB = Monk

I've never played DnD so i have to say, white mage has the stupidest name in it. Same with thief

Dunno, BM seems more like a high-level wizard. I would make a sub-class (Arcane Trickster, Horizon Walker, Blackguard, etc.) Alignment: any chaotic. Beeing a DM; I have the power to invent spells. I could make Hadoken. Let's see: wide beam, say 100 ft x 25 ft. Small blast radius.
Red Mage would also be a subclass. Requirements: INT 13 or higher. Multiclass of cleric, fighter, and wizard or sorcerer, each class must be at level 2 or higher. Alignment: any good or neutral.
So, what do you think?

maby Red Mage's Class could be... Red Mage! I mean think about it anyone who has read the DM guide knows if need be you can create a new character class I think that would be the way to go since spanning as many classes as RM does you'd never get anywhere with the xp

Red Mage, in the comics, is impossible to translate directly to D&D since he pulls rules from a multitude of games, including, but not limited to: D20 System (Dungeons & Dragons by Wizards of the Coast), World of Darkness (Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse from White Wolf Publishing), Shadowrun by FASA, Corp.(which I don't think is supported anymore, but you can get the books by following this link or this one), and GURPS (Generic Universal RolePlaying System by Steve Jackson Games). However, if you are going to try to bring him down to D&D, he has levels in Mage, Cleric equal to Mage, Mystic Theurge(SP?), which can cast both Arcane and Divine spells and increase the ability of both when levels are gained, Rogue, Beastmaster, and Fighter.

A standard 20th Level Red Mage (i.e. one not as into Twinkery as our beloved Red Mage) would be Level 7 Mage, Level 7 Cleric, Level 4 Mystic Theurge, and Level 2 Fighter. Those are all approximate as my D&D 3.5 books are all being jacked from my shelves by my friends.

Another way to look at it, is that Red Magery is a Prestige Class, because of the requisite knowledge required, that of a Mage, Cleric and Fighter.

And by the way,
Klyco, don't knock it. Cleric is the technical name for a White Mage, as they get their powers not from Arcane books and what not, but from Divine worship. Ever notice how most wizards are old? That's because they spend their lives reading. What about healers? Not so much, since all they have to do is pray for a few minutes and the gods are like, "'Eeeey, no problemo!" and *bang* the magics happen.

And Rogue is derived from the French where it means haughty or disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing. Ya gotta love those crazy French. However, in English, it means an unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal. Which seems a good description for a thief, does it not.

Alright...I'm done. Sorry about the length.

Heh

D20 sucks

In other news....

Fighter = Fighter. Most likely Lawful Good. High intelligence, below average wisdom. But not very low. He just doesn't really rely on his mind. I have friends like that, who's unnaturally smart, but is just stupid because they ignore their brains.

Red Mage = Bard. Bards can do pretty much anything. They just don't do it well. I'd say, though...he's probably a multi-classed character. He's not human...that much, I'm certain of. Probably from the Planes....I wonder if he's from Sigil....as for his alignment, I'd say he's lawful neutral. He doesn't care about good and evil...only about the rules.

White Mage = Cleric. She's probably a speciality class....sadly, I'm not that familiar with clerics. So, I can't exactly comment. But I'm left to wonder if she's actually some sort of proxy and not just a human. Her strength and speed implies she's not 100% human. Her alignment is lawful good.

Black Belt = 1st edition monk. Maybe a Mystic from the original D&D. He show's potential to be either one. Alignment is neutral good. Laws seem meaningless to him, but he doesn't really go out of his way to do anything truly crazy

Black Mage = Wild Mage. This one's an obvious one. He just has wild surges constantly :-) Alignment is clearly chaotic evil. But, most likely, he failed a horror check awhile ago which gave him an insanity which binds him to fighter. This could explain why he never succeeded in killing fighter.

Thief = Rogue. Another "duh" one. Alignment = Lawful Evil. He's a lawyer.

Corwin got it.
Actually, I'd peg RM for a multicalssed Fighter/Sorceror or something of the like.
Bard sounds good too, but, still, Bard's work through music, not intellect.

Also, I never found anything much like a BM.
But there are Good Clerics and Evil Clerics, and that may be the easiest way to define white and black mages.
Both derive power from gods they worship. Primarilly, Good Clerics (Lawful or whatever/Good) will cast "heal" and dark clerics (Lawful or whatever/Evil) will cast "Hurt" spells.

Fighters have all kinds of feats and skills so the 8-Bit fighter is actually a whole lot like DnD fighter. "cuz he's got all those feat-like ideas and semi-skills. Zodiackenshido and whatever else.