[ORE] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Abstract: So... Stands. Any advice here?

For the uninitiated, JoJo's is an epic manga more or less about Vampires and pulp/super heroes. In the middle and best known story arc characters develop powers called Stands (either through inheritance or being shot in the mouth with magic arrows... God I love it).

In short, Stands are like magic guardians that manifest and fight alongside their partner, the Stand User. The characters themselves are usually not slouches in combat but Stands blow cars apart and later throw buildings at one another while the heroes might be able to break a few boards or plate glass.

Sometimes they have esoteric powers- miracles work fine for those but it's the guardian warrior/beast aspect that's got me hung up.

They can be fluffed as a special effect/aura of hyper stats but their ability to function at ranges from a few yards to a few miles, the fact that injuries they sustain are passed on to the Stand User (though they are often a lot tougher than a mortal), these are the elements I'm at a loss for.

Using Sidekick as a base seems a good start but it gets really expensive as you stack the ability to fight onto it...

I suppose I could build more or less identical Stand bodies for players and foes and that would "balance" things, but I'd rather not have to sort of ignore the fact we're playing an 800pt "street level" game with these intensely crunched sidekick powers that are essentially just extra characters that can appear and disappear at will... (did I just solve my own problem... Maybe not). In the series Stand powers are supposed to vary wildly, with some only opposable using some trick, others can just have their faces pounded in.

Any help is appreciated!

PS maybe if I just create a Stand Attribute, they can roll it to bring out their Stand, include willpower cost but give it the Range capacity... Include an inhuman stat (Stand) in the archetype then they'd have all those bells and whistles... Include a Curse in the Archetype that 0 Willpower risks death (since Stands in those without Fighting Spirit are deadly). Ok, now I'm feeling it.

Again, any advice is wanted, welcome, and appreciated!

-Matt Conlon

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