And when I noticed that Guardians of Order are putting out D20 BESM I thought: Wasn't there a setting that was different from the others, one that allways stuck out from the others with it's art and style? And Then I remembered that Planescape was such a setting (Dark Sun the other)
You see, both have a flair that is not a traditional western one and I thought that why not combine them as they have some similarities
Imagine a young warrior walking down the street when suddenly a quite feline-like woman suddenly bumps into him and apologizes and points at some men that are chasing her (let's say, Harmonium?) *the warrior draws his blade, a katana, a gift from his Cipher master*
Harmoinum Officer: Gives us the girl
Warrior: Why?
Har-Off: She dropped a banana peel wich caused me to fall
War: I can't remember that being against the law?
Har-Off: It's called contempt against the Law
Cat-Girl:*whispering into the Warriors ear* He's lying, he tried to force himself on me
War:*raising eyebrow* I don't think so... Law Dog.
Har-Off: THAT'S IT!!! WAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!
*Attacks*War:*prepares himself, waits and strikes the fool with the back-side of the blade* :fight!:
Har-Off: *gets hit, falls to the ground in a whimper and starts sobbing*
War: You'll be fine, *takes a look at new Cat-like friend* You didn't hurt him more than necesary?
C-G: All he will need is ice
:P *both walk away, and the Harmonium Officers is carried away by his friends*
This might happen in your campaign as the elements are quite universal (Young warrior,cat-girl and Arogant military/security officer and a small non-lethal battle) and doesn't that also aply in the city of cities , Sigil? Especialy considering that anything can pass thru Sigil, why not a anime Cat-Girl
The Text for the book also mentions new skills/feats/classes and a point buy based atribute list wich could include all kinds of things (lets say a curse that turns you into the oposite gender when splashed with cold water ;) )
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(to WizO's: Errr, I hope I'm not breaking the CoC and I do, explain how much, It's been a while since I read it and usualy I go by this rule: Be carefull,discrete and hellpfull and you won't fall in disagreement with others, easier to memorize than some 2 page long document)
Your thougts would be apreciated
(ergh, Had intended to write a more inteligent post but I'm tired and a good discussion usualy helps the grey matter in my head )
PS as anime would be cool, but I like the Brian Froud inspired Diterlizzi Gothic medieval London better.
Slightly more seriously though, I don't see the example you posted as being fitting for Sigil. Sigil has always struck me as a place where, despite being able to call kip, you'd be an idiot to be completely at ease when not in your own home (and maybe not even then). Such a cute, happy-go-lucky type scene feels off-kilter to me. Likewise, any poor fool who falls in Jusenkyo can get that cured in ten minutes with a donation to a local temple for a Remove Curse spell.
I'm not saying it couldn't be done (especially since I do like, and play BESM (even before it was d20) and I haven't seen BESM d20 yet), but I just don't see it as meshing too well with PS.
By the way, did you know that in less than a week, there will be a BESM d20 SRD out? It's true! All the crunchy parts of BESM d20 for free use for anyone to use! Check out the announcement here: http://enworld.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3145