
Classes start with an "innate" ability and can choose from multiple abilities as they level up, meaning two Red Mages (or insert other class here) aren't inherently going to be the same, due to them choosing different abilities. Very obviously a labor of love from the introduction post to the amount of detail and care put into the system.
Final Fantasy d6: More closely related to Exalted than to Dungeons and Dragons, this system, started by Scott Tengelin, only requires 2d6 (mostly). From skills systems to growth systems to even inventory, almost everything can be customized about this system for a GM and campaign's individual needs. Seed RPG: A spiritual successor to Final Fantasy RPG created by a new team known as the Seed Team (how creative), with its major plus side being how modular it actually is. It lacks a monster manual, which was going to be rectified by the Returners, until they lost the ability to host their forums. Built to be essentially a translation of the Final Fantasy games directly onto tabletop, it can appear esoteric and bizarre on first glance, but it's actually much simpler in practice as it just involves a lot of math.
Final Fantasy RPG: A surprisingly detailed and almost wholly original system created by a group called the Returners.
The most blatant thing to /tg/ however is the card game. Beware though, as unlike later games(FFIII,V,FFT) that use a class system, the remakes railroad you into having a Fighter/Knight and at least one healer.Īn article in Dragon Magazine #323 saw the adaptation of the Chocobo running bird to Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition. The original game, Final Fantasy 1, is particularly beloved for its efforts at replicating the Old School Roleplaying feel, and is practically a Dungeons & Dragons game in everything but name - it even steals many classic D&D monsters and throws them at the party.
As such, threads about converting races, classes, jobs, spells and other such things from the games sporadically appear on /tg/.
4.4 Hydaelyn (or, the massive FFXIV clusterfuck)Īs perhaps the most iconic fantasy gaming series on /v/, Final Fantasy inspires more than its share of gamers to try and convert the games to the tabletop gaming experience.