Character leveling idea... Please respond

[bobzombie 0]

Hi all....

 

I'm a newb so if this is in the wrong forum.... I is realllllllly sorry.

 

So max levels have always bothered me. To put a maximum on potential power doesn't really make sense to me.... but it's not reasonable to make a level system that goes on..... & on.

Well one day I thought up a system. After reaching a certain level (say level 80 out of 99) you can complete some kind of quest that kills you, and then resurrects you in a new body!!!

You can then pick a new race/class and start out as a low level character with special traits from your previous class/race.

 

So.... there's my idea. If anyone has any ideas about it please...... do tell me!

 

Thanks :D

[Nisage 31]

That sounds like the "Reincarnation" system in the Disgaea games. Though in Disgaea you can reincarnate once you have enough Mana (points to put it in another set of words). Once you have enough Mana, you can select what class you can be, you can even keep some of the skills you had from your last form. This could be interesting if it can work in an XP game. I think it can be done with variables, maybe a switch, and a Common Event.

[Unka Josh 0]

Yeah, this could work, although you might wind up needing to deal with the maximum values of your character's characteristics, such as HP, at some point.

[monkeydlu 0]

Maybe with a mercenary system or a western RPG, but with JRPGs, each character is uniquly built, so this really wouldn't work with my taste of games.

[Kiriashi 117]

Just so you know, topics like this would go in the general discussion, because it appears to me as if you are discussing this system with us, not asking how you would go about doing it. Understand? :)

 

I think this idea is pretty neat, but for one thing, do you think someone will ever get to level 80 in an RMXP game? Is it possible? xD

 

Maybe it could be a one time thing that corresponds with the story-line, 'cause a quest that kills you would suck (for the character, I'm not flaming xD). "Yeah, I will pay you 50 gold if you go die and become an elf" :lol:

[Unka Josh 0]

With the right setting, the idea could be interesting. I'm imagining something like the Utena movie, where the living and the dead are all hanging out together...

[Nisage 31]

You could set it up that you can only reincarnate a certain amount of times, maybe 5 or 7 times.

(@Unka Josh: You know the Utena movie?)

[Unka Josh 0]

(@Unka Josh: You know the Utena movie?)

 

Oh, yes. See the Eternal Night thread...