/sss/ - Super Stand Somedays (JoJo)

Reposting a Stand from a previous thread.

[Alejandro] is a Stand bound to the man of the same name. The owner, a young girl named Gabriela Pitaluga, had her Stand activate during the middle of a commercial flight, and it bound itself to the man sitting next to her.

With the Stand active, Alejandro can fight against other Stands (much like Scary Monsters allows Diego to fight) and has the power of an ordinary punchghost, including a range of E. Alejandro believes that fate keeps them together, not Stands, so he refuses to leave Gabriela's side.

Beside punchghost stats, Gabriela has a glowing yellow circle at the base of her index finger that allows her to shoot ring targets. These rings, once etched onto a surface, become targets for Alejandro. The large man flies towards the ring, contorting himself and tearing through the ring to the other side of the surface. In this process, he is unharmed. However, because his Stand is E range, he must boomerang back with the same speed and damage.

So, to other Stand users, it just looks like they're wearing a cape? I dig it

Dude why the fuck are you linking d100?

I'm so glad people have finally come back. God bless /sss/

I'll take it off. I personally run d10 so I don't know either

Stand: SKELETON$

Ability: Osteokinetic construction and skeletal puppetry.

Power: C Speed: A Range: C Durability: D Precision: A Learning: A

Tell me about the games youve run user.

Does nobody use it anymore?

I just started running a campaign for that system.

I've run a lot irl and a few online.

My favorite was a d10 set in post-WW2 New York where the group had to fight a doctor who had the ability to make anyone have 6 seconds of lag when seeing things. I actually ended up using this Stand for the right hand man. He was a WW2 amputee who just grew his skeleton into extremely sturdy bone limbs. The group ended up dying, but it was only the first Part, so it was alright.

The d10 is simpler and gets the JoJo feel across easier

Seconding Fragile by Yes

Midnight Snack

You are making a huge mistake if you dont switch over to d10 my man.

Chinese Fountain

Oh that sounds fun. Glad to see SKELETONs lives on.

Actor by St. Vincent

Posting best crew

And best stands of course.

Mouth Silence

The Stranger

Discovery

holy shit this is impossible

Yeezus

Those are pretty awful stand designs, honestly. They're all along the lines of "human figure that ran through a costume shop" and don't even try to tap into the creativity and uniqueness shown in the series

If its the same gang I think it is, their abilities are also Part 3 level.

I'm having fun so why not (this is my first time here so if I'm not supposed to post twice or something then sorry)

「CRAWLING KING SNAKE」(Crawlin' King Snake - John Lee Hooker)

Appearance:「CRAWLING KING SNAKE」takes two forms:

1. A crossbow attached to the user's arm

2. The arrow, which resembles some worm-like creature.

User: Something something Higashikata

Ability: The arrow of 「CRAWLING KING SNAKE」has the ability to take control of any animal it can get a hold of, including humans. Once the arrow connects to the animal's brain, the user is able to control that animal as if it were his stand. This effect lasts ten minutes and it takes fifteen minutes to reload.

If I'm allowed to vote again then I'm voting for Fragile.

Post as many times as you want, we all love to see other anons' creativity.

I like the synergy between the name and the actual ability and I feel like it could be powerful in the right hands. Got a few questions:

Is the crossbow the Stand or is the worm? If it's the latter, then the crossbow would be to the user what the purple revolver is to Mista, right? Can it affect humans?

Anyway, good shit. Id love to see your take on [Kill the King]

not that user, but it seems to be both, like how The Emperor is both the gun and the bullet it fires

Fourth for Fragile

Yeah that's what I was going for. But the worm being the stand and the crossbow is a physical object is a cool idea as well.

Also yeah it affects humans.

Fuck it, looks like nobody is going to get a four, so I'm going to have to override as host.

What with this being the first time we do this, the overwhelming amount of votes for it, and the spirit of JoJo, let's do Fragile by Yes.

First song up to bat is [Roundabout], the absolute classic.

Anybody have any ideas?

A few threads back, an user suggested one that essentially made etch a sketch lines in the ground, and as soon as somebody stepped on a line, they'd have to follow that line until the end. So, the user could lead the line to a wood chipper and the person who steps on is unable to avoid it. This is a viable option.

I think I've seen 5 different ways of doing Roundabout.

Care to explain, my fampai?

Mind posting them?

If we can't think of anything now then we should skip to [Cans and Brahms]

Ok, I'll talk with my players about it. Is the character sheet for the d100 system compatible with the d10 system? Are any of the sheets on roll20 usable?

Well one of them is being used for a module I think. The others I just remember seeing the name while glazing over threads.

I dont use the roll 20 sheets but the d100 sheet wont work with d10. Just use google docs or some shit.

eh fuck it

「SOUTH SIDE SKIES」(the other songs are hard)

Appearance:「SOUTH SIDE SKIES」takes the appearance of 40-50 miniature (3 cm big) bi-planes. The bi-planes themselves are colored sky blue.

User: YOU DECIDE!!! (lotto tune)

Abilities:「SOUTH SIDE SKIES」has the ability to control the wind based on the direction and speed the bi-planes fly at. This is limited to a small area (I'm thinking 10-20 meters?) but can be deadly if used creatively. For example, if every bi-plane fly in a circular motion, it would create a miniature tornado.

Alright, considering Roundabout is iconic (and we don't have good suggestions for it right now), we can move on to [Cans and Brahms].

An instrumental, we'll have to go purely off of name.

My first suggestion: a springy, humanoid Stand made of soup cans with the style of a desperado, [Cans and Brahms] allows the storing of any material in any of its containers. Its accuracy is amazing, and any projectile stored within can fired at insane speeds: from solids to liquids to gas. [Cans and Brahms]'s second ability is to switch properties between objects in cans. For example, he fires a slime from his right hand can. As the slime flies through the air, it wraps around a pile and boomerang towards the enemy. Suddenly, C&B sticks a blade into his right hand can, and suddenly the slime is hard, rigid, and sharp. With this ability, the slime was able to change trajectory, but still have the killing power of a blade.

I personally like this Stand a lot, considering it's not just outright manipulating the air and the name has a great synergy with the actual ability. Its also one of the few OC Swarm Stands that are actually creative

What kind of person would have this Stand?

Wow that's actually pretty cool if I'm understanding it right.

So C&B can store anything in its cans and fire it at will. Along with that, it is able to switch the properties of objects in these cans, right? That's pretty creative. The only thing I'm not getting is the boomeranging thing.

Maybe a guy that acts chaotically, since wind acts chaotically as well?

I dunno. Character building isn't my thing

You have pretty much everything right.

The boomerang thing was pretty much situational to the slime. All I was saying is that the slime he fired bent around the pole and flew in a different direction, something the knife couldn't have done by itself. I shouldn't have used the word boomerang t b h

That's alright. I like it.

Something I noticed about JoJo at some point is that Araki never spins his wheels with his power sources. They don't simply evolve from part to part. Araki puts new spins on the concepts which are unique to each part.

> Part 1
Hamon is a basic, run of the mill Kung Fu superpower. Vampires are masters of their physical bodies and can raise the dead to do their bidding. They are the result of the Stone Mask. Hamon more or less is humanity's equalizer to vampires.

> Part 2
Hamon is capable of all kinds of tricks. It also tends to be associated with some kind of focus e.g. Joseph uses clackers and string, Caesar uses bubbles, Lisa Lisa uses a scarf. Pillar Men are the creators, masters, and eaters of vampires with even crazier levels of bodily control. They created the Stone Mask and can attain biological perfection with the Red Stone of Aja. Simply punching a Pillar Man is a bad idea, so Hamon users are more tactical in their usage.

> Part 3
Stands are introduced and they replace Hamon. Stands tend to manifest as humanoid spirits with simple superpowers.

> Part 4
Stands become more diverse in artstyle. Their powers become more creative to the point that they are more about facilitating a story than they are about simply being character abilities. What's more, Stands become symbolic of a character's personality and aren't always fighting based. Stands can evolve in Acts. The Stand Arrow is introduced.

> Part 5
Stands become tools to some degree. They have more sensory abilities than before. The Stand Arrow turns out to be capable of supercharging Stands, turning them into Requiem Stands.

> Part 6
Stands possibly at their highest power and complexity. One Stand can be altered but in a way different from Acts. Stands can now change stats (Star Platinum).

> Part 7
The Spin is introduced and it can interact and be integrated with Stands. Stands don't necessarily perform their powers in spite of manifesting. Stands are no longer the product of the Stand Arrow but rather from passing through the Devil's Palm and from gaining a body part from the corpse of Jesus.

> Part 8
Haven't read, don't know.

Everything I said is off the top of my head but why am I bringing this up? Because I think putting new spins on JoJo power sources in every Part you run is vital to the JoJo experience.

In the game I run (Moon God Fountain), Hamon and Stands have certain funky interactions. Stand mechanisms grow stronger and their effects can become deeper as characters use up Developmental Potential. Will my next campaign be the same? I'd prefer it not be.

Yeah i like thinking of new ways for players to gain stands.

Alright, so far it's:
[ ] Roundabout
[X] Cans and Brahms
[ ] We Have Heaven
[X] South Side of the Sky
[ ] Five Per Cent for Nothing
[ ] Long Distance Runaround
[ ] The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
[ ] Mood for a Day
[ ] Heart of the Sunrise

Even those crossed out can be objected to if you have a better idea.

I honestly really like your way of thinking. I feel like every campaign (if you're treating it like a Part) should have ways of innovating the main concept they rely on. I had a game where I introduced a one-time concept of multiple Stands depending on the psyche of the user. So, as they aged, they would get different Stands.

What are some good ideas for jojo campaigns. Give me your most creative ideas.

A stone ocean-style prison setting complete with gay, friendly black man and plenty of Italian woman bullying

A cruise ship adventure against people made out of gold

Carl?

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The campain starts in a mental ward and you have to stop a crazed cult master from resurecting his evil god that might be a fishmen/vampire thing which he intends to do by feeding it stand users. After the first encounter you most go on a globe trotting adventure to find and stop him and his cronnies.

「HEART OF THE SUNRISE」(should I stop and let other people create stands?)

Appearance: A humanoid stand. Said stand is heavily covered in cloth and robes (If you have something better, feel free to change it).

User: i no good make guy

Ability:「HEART OF THE SUNRISE」can conjure a "ball of light." These balls of light can reverse an object's state. For example, if there is a rusty knife, the balls of light can reverse its current state and make it uncorroded. If a man lost his hand, the balls of light can reverse the state of that hand and reverse it to when the man had the hand.

These balls of light don't repair, they reverse. Take for example a tree. One ball of light will make it a younger. Many will turn it into a sapling. Much more and it turns into an acorn. So:

Tree --- Smaller tree --- Sapling --- Acorn

The user can only summon so many at a time. I'm thinking the limit should be ten before a recharge.

I feel like this is really complicated.

I hope you die out in the woods you little nigger.

So temporal rewind?

Yeah basically

I'm crying in my tent now thanks a lot asshole

Shouldn't you include the album name as well or no?

Set in the mid 1900s, the group is a ragtag squad of soldiers (of varying backgrounds) whose jobs are to escort and defend a man named Ray DIO, the holder of the "Crown of Thorns". This artifact gives the holder immeasurable power, but as long as they possess it, bad luck (and Stand Users) will come their way. As you travel through war-torn Europe, defeating wave after wave of mysterious enemies that are pulled to the Crown of Thorns, you begin to wonder which side is really the one worth defending: the old man who clings to the Crown as if its his life, or those who chase you.

Ricky will die next session

Neat

How did Ray get this crown and how does it grant stands?

just try it both, I smuggled a Requiem Arrow inside my colon

I hope you die the most painful death imaginable

oh shit nice free hands

That's actually pretty cool. Nice.

I had originally planned this as a continuation to SBR, so this was the story from then:

The "Crown of Thorns" emerged from the hatred and hardship of the dead body of Diego Brando, a contestant in the SBR who once owned a Corpse Part. His headless body would be considered yet another casualty of the race, and would be buried in Europe at the behest of his elderly wife. There, only about a century later, his corpse would be dug up by Ray Boe, an old man who knew neither how to write or read. Touching the stump where his head used to be, the Crown chose him, wrapping itself around his forehead. Near his widow's peak is a birthmark-looking scar that came from the Crown that reads "DIO". Ray DIO, blessed with newfound knowledge and power, steps out into 1940s Europe.

The Crown grants Stands in a most unconventional way. Any people who are capable of having a Stand in a 100 m radius will feel a sharp prick in the middle of their forehead; this is a thorn. This thorn awakens the Stand inside them, but it hurts. It starts as a dull pain, but the further they get away from Ray, the more it aches. The closer they get, the more the pain is relieved. In this way, they must kill Ray (or stay with Ray for the rest of their lives) to get rid of the torment.

Lucrexia dindu nuffin wrong

Thats a great idea actually. Is this still you Carl?

...

Hang yourself

this is a quality

C-Carl?

CARL

Here's a setting for you, friend:

Set in the 1980s in America, the story focuses on a group of college students quarantined within their own campus. The federal government, with the aid of a mysterious Speedwagon Foundation, has identified a virus on campus, one that (unknowingly to the students) gives Stands. Those who aren't compatible die in a day, those who aren't strong enough to control their stands slowly die to a fever, and then there are those who are left normal with new abilities. The air is sodden with the virus, so a dome has been placed on the grounds. There is no escape. Students are left to fend for themselves in a Stand wasteland, and as the rule of man dictates, there are those who lead and there are those who follow.

Great idea senpai i like it.

Dude the main antagonist should be a cult leader like in Dead Rising.

Well i modeled it so that any character could essentially be implanted (even professor characters) but I gotta admit that a cult leader would be nice. It would further the suspense not knowing even more who you could trust and adding the occult vibe.

[Água De Beber] (Astrud Gilberto - youtube.com/watch?v=sT2BloTgw7k)

Appearance: Silver vines laced around the user's torso. They are covered in strangely emotive (although often melancholic) eyes and water lilies whose petals seem to spiral in on themselves infinitely.

Ability: A translucent sphere in the user's chest can absorb and release immense volumes of liquid at a moderate pace.

The stored liquid can absorb the impact of blows directed at the user and disperse it throughout its depths. Efficacy depends on the amount stored.

[Água De Beber]'s direct offensive abilities are relatively non-existent. It can, however, absorb blood from one's body at extremely close ranges, making even minor cuts become fatal quickly.

The nature of the stored liquid seems to affect the emotional state (and potentially physical capabilities) of the user, with clean water being preferred.

[I've not tried my hand at these before, hopefully this one isn't too on-the-nose.]

How are you guys so good at making stands? I'm trying to come up with one for my character in a Jojo's RPG and I've got precisely dick.

pages.drexel.edu/~dft29/Stand_Generator/Stand-Generation-Overdrive.html

Try this

Yeah I've been banging my head against superpowerwiki for a day and a half to no avail.

How about this: Take a superpower and put a unique twist on it. I don't know if that helps, but I sympathize with you. Stand making is hard as fuck.

Stand Name: Magic Carpet Ride

Stand Ability: [Draconic Infusion](powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Draconic_Infusion)

Power - B

Speed - E

Range - E

Durability - A

Precision - C

Potential - E

Description: The power to infuse draconic power into objects (usually a weapon), beings or powers. Sub-power of Draconic Attacks. Variation of Infusion. The user can infuse objects (usually a weapon), beings or powers with draconic power, empowering and energizing them and allowing the user to manipulate their qualities and efficiency.

Here's another setting that I hope will make you change your mind and decide to invest in /sss/:

Set in the 1860s, the explorers of the world have been informed of the bounty of a lifetime: hidden in the center of the thickest jungles in South America is a trove of treasures in an ancient cave system, the most interesting of them all being a stone that beats like a heart. As the various parties camp out on the outskirts of the jungle, a heavy rain begins to fall. Each individual droplet feels like a rock. As the rain splashes on the leaves and wets the ground, the groups see birds drop to the ground. The rain is a plague. Those it deems unworthy die within seconds of the rain touching their pores, those it deems worthy receive Stands. The groups must fight against the environment, the animals with Stands, and each other as they get closer and closer to the treasure. What they don't know is that the ones who guard the stone that beats like a heart are savages with hearts like stones and a worship of rain. It is a fight for survival, a fight for resources, and a fight for the treasure. Who survives?

In this setting, Stands are improved by rain. The more rain in a user's system, the more powerful their Stand. If someone has no rain, they will be able to use their Stand, but sparingly. However, to the unworthy, the rain is a death sentence. There is hostility on both sides.

Shit man, I was already invested into /sss/. I was the one that made South Side Skies and other things. I was making that statement as a joke.

This is good as fuck, but I hope it's not mainly animal stand users. That'd get boring quick.

No, I was hoping to make it a battle vs. Other explorers, wild animals, and the tribesmen to keep it varied. Even better is that some of those things don't even need Stands to kill you. They're straight up dangerous in real life so imagine if they have punchghosts.

Yeah I like it. I like the "Virus Campus" scenario more, but this is good too.

That appearance is genius and probably one of my favorite wearable Stands. That ability seems really underwhelming at first, but the more you think about it, the more devastating it becomes. I can just imagine a guy bum rushing someone, absorbing hits with the liquid while cutting them up. As long as they stay close, at that point, the battle would be very decisive. It also has applications outaide of battle. The thing about the purity of the water is a very nice and thoughtful addition.

10/10 one of the best stands I've seen in a while, impressive for a beginner

This is really good man.

「The Ramblers」
Destructive Power- A
Speed - B
Range - C
Precision - D
Staying / Durability - E
Developmental Potential - B

The Ramblers is a stand that can only manifest in the presence of smoke. It gains size and power the more smoke it is introduced to. The Ramblers can condense smoke into a thin layer of flammable liquid on any surface that it's smoke can touch. It can provide a strike for flame by increasing the density of it's smoke and increasing air resistance, in a similar way to Weather Report. The Ramblers also allows for the general control of smoke.

These are both really good. We're doing a thing where we give stands to the songs in the album Fragile - Yes.

Here --> Make a few, go wild.

[ ] Roundabout
[X] Cans and Brahms
[ ] We Have Heaven
[X] South Side of the Sky
[ ] Five Per Cent for Nothing
[ ] Long Distance Runaround
[ ] The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
[ ] Mood for a Day
[X] Heart of the Sunrise

updated chart

Fug. Making stands is tough shit man. Like what would The Fish even be about?