Because this is a non human pretending to be the grandfather of his very human classmate
No it isnt. It's a Juraian. Juraians are human enough to breed with us, a lot. Tenchi is literally a quarter Juraian. If Aru can tell that Yosho 'isnt human' then he can tell Tenchi isn't either, in the exact same way.
 
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No it isnt. It's a Juraian. Juraians are human enough to breed with us, a lot. Tenchi is literally a quarter Juraian. If Aru can tell that Yosho 'isnt human' then he can tell Tenchi is in the exact same way.

In this specific case it'd be a matter of Areru not having all of the facts. Because outside of Areru's True Sight range? Katsuhito would look like a rather typical old man. Gray hair, glasses, wrinkles. Perfectly normal.

But inside of that range, Katsuhito turns into Yosho. Smooth skin, sharp eyes, no signs of aging to be seen.

Not that Areru would know that 'Katsuhito' is actually Yosho. He'd just see that there's something vaguely fey or elfin pretending to be a doddering old man living alone in an isolated shrine.
 
Not that Areru would know that 'Katsuhito' is actually Yosho. He'd just see that there's something vaguely fey or elfin pretending to be a doddering old man living alone in an isolated shrine.
Which... any number of reasonably benevolent entities might in fact do! For various reasons! Definitely something to be investigated though, if only to make sure "Katsuhito" doesn't kill Tenchi and take his place to pretend to be his own grandson in a few years.
 
Which... any number of reasonably benevolent entities might in fact do! For various reasons! Definitely something to be investigated though, if only to make sure "Katsuhito" doesn't kill Tenchi and take his place to pretend to be his own grandson in a few years.

There are certainly dozens of legends of just such a thing being done. With any number of different entities and just as much a variety in their family trees.

I do have a plan for the next chapter. It just needs a bit of time to percolate so I can basically argue with myself as to how the various bits slide and fit together.
 
Resurrection in D&D generally has a few limits. First, is in terms of how many years a person has been dead. A caster is limited in resurrecting any dead person by 10 years per level. (A level 7 cleric can resurrect someone who died 70 years ago, but not 80 years.)

Second, you also need their body intact.

Using Wish, you can circumvent the second limitation. One Wish to recreate the body, and then a second Wish to resurrect it. I'm not sure if Wish can directly circumvent the first limitation. It definitely can't in 5e during my last campaign. We had to use time travel then use wish to bring back someone dead from thousands of years ago, while also replacing their corpse with an identical one to preserve the timeline.

But anyways, I'm not sure what caster level Areru is considered to be. There's a thing called Epic Levels, which means there's a mechanical way for a D&D character in certain editions to essentially level endlessly, and he also is the reincarnated form of someone who had a Gamer power.

Given the setup implying he'll try to resurrect Ryoko, and she's been "dead" (but not really) for 700 years, it would imply, by D&D leveling alone, Areru is at least level 70. Assuming that first limit with Resurrection applies here.

Queen Serenity died ten thousand years ago. Areru would have to be level 1000 in D&D terms for him to not be limited there.

There's also, of course, the matter of if the soul actually wants to come back to life. If it's properly moved on and settled in the afterlife, or worse, reincarnated already multiple times, then, tough luck.

It's hard to say if the image of Queen Serenity we see in the anime on the Moon is her dead spirit or just a hologram. The manga explicitly mentions her essence being in the Moon Palace's computer databanks, so it could just be a recording of her rather than her actual soul.

There's also the matter of how she died. She gave up her life using the Silver Crystal to ensure everyone who died in the Moon Kingdom reincarnated on Earth. That amount of magical mojo that took her life as the cost might prevent a resurrection spell from working.
Just to clarify things:
You're mixing up Resurrection and Raise Dead. Resurrection does NOT require a body, Raise Dead does.
Two, he needs to CAST at level 70, which is very, very different from being Level 70. Also, the Epic Rules are not restricted by Caster Level at all when using Epic Magic/Use the Source Code of Magic shenanigans. It just requires high skill checks, expensive comps, feedback damage, and tons of mana, both of which he can blow out of the water past any D&D type mage.
So, yeah, he could totally devise/use a spell to resurrect someone from ten thousand years ago.
 
In this specific case it'd be a matter of Areru not having all of the facts. Because outside of Areru's True Sight range? Katsuhito would look like a rather typical old man. Gray hair, glasses, wrinkles. Perfectly normal.

But inside of that range, Katsuhito turns into Yosho. Smooth skin, sharp eyes, no signs of aging to be seen.

Not that Areru would know that 'Katsuhito' is actually Yosho. He'd just see that there's something vaguely fey or elfin pretending to be a doddering old man living alone in an isolated shrine.
So ... much less jarring than walking toward Jinx and seeing that a teen is suddenly a havoc dragon then?
 
Just to clarify things:
You're mixing up Resurrection and Raise Dead. Resurrection does NOT require a body, Raise Dead does.
Two, he needs to CAST at level 70, which is very, very different from being Level 70. Also, the Epic Rules are not restricted by Caster Level at all when using Epic Magic/Use the Source Code of Magic shenanigans. It just requires high skill checks, expensive comps, feedback damage, and tons of mana, both of which he can blow out of the water past any D&D type mage.
So, yeah, he could totally devise/use a spell to resurrect someone from ten thousand years ago.
There's always Teleport Through Time to rez her seconds after she died, then returning with her to the present...
 
Just to clarify things:
You're mixing up Resurrection and Raise Dead. Resurrection does NOT require a body, Raise Dead does.
Two, he needs to CAST at level 70, which is very, very different from being Level 70. Also, the Epic Rules are not restricted by Caster Level at all when using Epic Magic/Use the Source Code of Magic shenanigans. It just requires high skill checks, expensive comps, feedback damage, and tons of mana, both of which he can blow out of the water past any D&D type mage.
So, yeah, he could totally devise/use a spell to resurrect someone from ten thousand years ago.

Resurrection does need a body? Or at least a body part. (Disintegrated remains do count)

No body at all. No resurrection. My bad for using the term "Intact Body."

And yes, I did mix up the Caster level versus the actual level. Also, my bad.

Did not know Epic Magic was just a carte blanch "You can do whatever with magic, the rules no longer matter" kind of deal.
 
In this specific case it'd be a matter of Areru not having all of the facts. Because outside of Areru's True Sight range? Katsuhito would look like a rather typical old man. Gray hair, glasses, wrinkles. Perfectly normal.

But inside of that range, Katsuhito turns into Yosho. Smooth skin, sharp eyes, no signs of aging to be seen.

Not that Areru would know that 'Katsuhito' is actually Yosho. He'd just see that there's something vaguely fey or elfin pretending to be a doddering old man living alone in an isolated shrine.
True Sight sees both the fake image and the truth hiding in when dealing with illusions and disguised monsters and beings. It doesn't take away normal sight, after all. It allows you to see what is actually there, even if it ISN'T actually there. So, Doppelgangers physically change form to their new identies, it is what they ACTUALLY look like. So you'd see that, but True Sight would also show you that he's actually a shapechanger.
 
Did not know Epic Magic was just a carte blanch "You can do whatever with magic, the rules no longer matter" kind of deal.

The thing about Epic Magic for those versions of DnD that use it, is that it's magic more powerful than Wish and Miracle. I believe the 3.X version had spellcraft check DCs in order to successfully cast a Epic spell and you could lower the DC by having negatives added in when crafting the spell such as taking damage or having to sacrifice something. It's a very powerful system but very broken if I remember correctly.
 
Resurrection does need a body? Or at least a body part. (Disintegrated remains do count)

No body at all. No resurrection. My bad for using the term "Intact Body."

And yes, I did mix up the Caster level versus the actual level. Also, my bad.

Did not know Epic Magic was just a carte blanch "You can do whatever with magic, the rules no longer matter" kind of deal.
Yeah, Epic Magic is very open-ended on what is possible. You just start stacking modifiers and spending a LOT of money and making DC 300 Skill checks and stuff and taking 1000d6 feedback damage while spending 100 9th level spells during the casting and you're good to do to do almost anything, right?

Here's an attack spell that Al could get off easily enough: Vengeful Gaze Of God :: d20srd.org
 
A touch of Sight and Wisdom New
Fluff for the fluff god! Omakes for the omake throne!

Areru double checked his list, making absolutely sure there wouldn't be any deliveries after this. Frankly he was lucky sailor moon ordered another cake so soon... Though that probably wasn't a good sign in hindsight. Seeing the local priest, he offered a polite nod as he walked to the not-so-hidden room where the defense against the Youma was planned.

"-the le- oh Usugi, you cakes here!" Mercury was badly attempting to hide her arcanotech laptop as he entered.

Probably best to be blunt.

"Hello, sorry about the scare above the cinema. Jaw healed fine and I convinced my roommate to help with the 'bite everything's instincts." Three. Two...

"What?!" Even the cat joined in for that...

"What? You tried to save me and I got myself hurt. Should have teleported to one of the Islands in the Pacific for that." Honestly, rookie mistake. He really did get sloppy.

"How... You clearly know their identities... What did you do?" ...Not a spirit or familiar, he knew what those felt like. Especially the catty ones. Alien maybe?

"Er... Moon had a rather... Memorable reaction to the last cake. So I remembered her and recognized her face at the cinema. Not like she's hiding it."

"What?!"

"No facemask, no effort to adjust her height, a small change in hairstyle..." Honestly, DC had been bad enough, but the heroes had put some effort into things.

"How did you see past the protections?!" There were protections?

"Honestly didn't even realize there were any. I could take a look if you want. If nothing else to make sure those rapists in the mages Association or any of the aliens living here like my great-grandfather can't see through it."

"What?!" Huh, even the priest joined in that time. Good to confirm he was aware. Probably hiding his awareness for some reason that would have made sense a century or three ago.

... This is going to take awhile.
 
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Did not know Epic Magic was just a carte blanch "You can do whatever with magic, the rules no longer matter" kind of deal.

Epic Magic is utterly unhinged, and you should not let your players have it. The only 'balance' it in theory has is that crazier spells have a higher Spellcraft check DC to complete, but bonuses to your skill check, and DC mitigation factors are too easy to come by. There are spells as published that most God's as published can't cast. Yes, including Gods of Magic.

My favorite example is Vengeful Gaze of God, It's an utterly unimaginative spell, that merely piles on more d6's of damage. But it requires a 419DC spellcraft check to cast. No printed God can do that. Most would be lucky to get a tenth of that. So yea, Vengeful Gaze of who? Nobody printed can cast it!

If you spend your time being actually creative with it, you can do bullshit like my previously mentioned "Summon McGuffin" spell and just short circuit entire Campaigns at a casting.
 
"Violence is the universal language, Masaki," Ginji explained as they followed the long, winding roads outside of the city. "The natural world and the supernatural world both speak it. The trick is finding the right tool to help translate it into an accent the other side will actually listen to."
"And that's the reason for the Louisville Slugger that's been Papier-mâché'd with various Bible translations. You'd be surprised by how much of the world buys baseball bats but no other equipment for the game."
 
Epic Magic is utterly unhinged, and you should not let your players have it. The only 'balance' it in theory has is that crazier spells have a higher Spellcraft check DC to complete, but bonuses to your skill check, and DC mitigation factors are too easy to come by. There are spells as published that most God's as published can't cast. Yes, including Gods of Magic.

My favorite example is Vengeful Gaze of God, It's an utterly unimaginative spell, that merely piles on more d6's of damage. But it requires a 419DC spellcraft check to cast. No printed God can do that. Most would be lucky to get a tenth of that. So yea, Vengeful Gaze of who? Nobody printed can cast it!

If you spend your time being actually creative with it, you can do bullshit like my previously mentioned "Summon McGuffin" spell and just short circuit entire Campaigns at a casting.
LOL, that's what i linked to. And Al can certainly make the check, because he uses stats from other systems without needing conversions.
Honestly, at Epic Levels you just stack +Competence Modifiers to your check, then toss in skill modifiers with a bunch of other bonuses. A +300 Spellcheck Competence modifier will set you back 9 million gp and take your Epic Forge Wright Homonculi 900 days to make, but so what? Figure out some way to flub off the feedback damage onto something else, and you're good to go. Maybe a spare body you Magic Jar into.

IN terms of damage the spell isn't that impressive compared what you can do with Efficient Metamagics and enough Metamagic Feats.
 
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Ooof. See Sadako? This is why you don't indiscriminately target everyone who does something as minor as watching a film. It'd be more understandable if you were attacking people invading your turf, but everyone watching a video? With the only escape being to widen your fishing net further? You had to know you'd hook a monster sooner or later.
 
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