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Anime Powers for TTRPGs: Can Groundhog Day Death & Turbo Granny Work in D&D?


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Welcome back to No Plot Only Lore! This week, your hosts Josh and Chris dive deep into the most chaotic and complex anime powers to figure out how to import them into your favorite TTRPG (like Dungeons & Dragons). If you love D&D mechanics, worldbuilding, and outlandish character concepts, this episode is for you.

We break down the rules and roleplaying challenges of:

  • The Social Credit Hero: A power set based entirely on a character's popularity and public trust. What happens to a superhero's power when their social score tanks?
  • Death & Reset Mechanics: Examining the genre of "Groundhog Death Day" anime where a character resets time upon death, including the protagonist who killed himself 4,000 times to power up.
  • Magical Garbage: Analyzing the unique ability to imbue mundane trash with extraordinary TTRPG powers.
  • The Turbo Granny Problem: How to run an encounter against a villain with a bizarre, high-speed power, and the logistics of powers drawn from the series Dan Da Dan.

Discover the best (and worst) ways to integrate these plot-bending abilities into your next D&D campaign or tabletop adventure.

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No Plot, Only LoreBy Josh Varty and Kristoffer Hansen