Hey,

First, "Swords & Sorcery & Sushi" is just a working title. I want
something that reflects D&D, Japanese culture and Love Hina' goofy
nature. That said, here's my idea.

"Swords and Sorcery" is the name of a really old RPG system IIRC. "Swords &
Sushi" might work better.

The sad thing is that........its been done. In both the anime and manga,
there is a chapter about Motoko dreaming of them as characters in a RPG
computer game. Not quite D&D but close enough to make this idea a bit harder
to persue.


Mainly the character classes make sense more or less. Keitaro's a bit of a
goody two shoes so a cleric fits. If he's in the Forgotten Realms, you could
make him a Priest of Ilmater, God of Suffering.

If Naru and Shinobu are both Spell-casters I would presume that you're using
the Sorceror and Wizard classes. Naru is more erudite than Shinobu so I
would think that Naru would make the better Wizard since Wizards get their
spells through hard work and training. Sorcerors largely cast spells by dint
of talent. (btw, since when could mages fight? Their THACO is the worst of
all classes.) On the flip side, 3rd Ed's Monk might just fit Naru as she's
the best unarmed combatant in Hinata-sou.

Motoko would be even more pleased I think if she were made a paladin since
Shinmeiryu was formed to combat demons.

Mutsumi as an absent-minded psionic or druid (she gets along great with
animals) might be fun though.


Now for the premise.......there's nothing wrong with it, its a fairly common
set up. One means of writing this would be for all the action to take place
in the fantasy world with comments injected by the LH cast in the "real"
world. I presume that Keitaro would be the DM so the story can be told in
his perspective.

Like them having to rescue a princess from the evil warlock Kentaro. Or
having Seta and Haruka appear as the King and Queen of the Kingdom (with
Sarah as the bratty princess). The key is to make this as different as the
"Motoko dreams" chapter as possible.

Do wacky stuff, have Tamo-chan play the part of the Tarrasque (bipedal
killing machine extraordinare) or have the Gandalf-like character (or if you
are conversant in TSR, good old Elminster) pop up now and then as an older
form of Keitaro.


Regards,
Gary

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