Stephen is the coolest character in all of MegaTen man!
Well, yes. Stephen is a very interesting character. Appearing out of different places, and yet giving mysterious advices and words. Plus, I like this guy since he gives memory expanision on your COMP.
I suprised.... nobody says Stephen is Yu from the future (i mean, look at their character design
not to mention that his Persona is Izanagi, which is Akemi's previous life, lol )
Reading your post, I just found out that the Protagonist of Persona 4 is somewhat similar to Stephen. Yes, he does have silver hair and glasses, and his persona, Izanagi is Akemi Nakajima's previous life as you said. I think the rumor that Stephen is the reincarnation of Akemi Nakajima is quite interesting, as they also kind of share some similarites too. Such as their hairstyle, and the fact that they both created the Demon Summoning Program.
Sadly, if we were to include that form of Kazuya, this would be a ridiculous stomp, as he would at the least be five-dimensional, while Abel(and a large majority of MegaTen) is only 4-D.
Not really sure about that, Matthew (an admin of this wiki) told me that the DLC was non-canon ( heh, it look canon enough to me ) Anyway. If we argree that the DLC is canon then yes, like Zian said, this would turn out to be a stomp , REALLY big stomp
Oh, this is a twist. I suppose if the five protagonists get the scaling, then The Hero would have a solid, definite advantage over Abel on this battle. Since The Hero did tank and damage Stephen in that DLC, I guess Abel wouldn't have such a great time. And, maybe the thing that The Hero has access to skills unlike <Shin Megami Tensei> doesn't help this either. (Although it is not sure if he got this permanently, or just temporarily due to the events of the DLC.)
If I remember right, the Pierce skill and skills with piercing effects will now penetrate through Reflect in <Shin Megami Tensei IV : Apocalypse>. And one of The Hero's skills has a piercing effect, and also lowers down enemy's resistances, just like what Flynn can do in the final battle. And another one allows him to attack, and then get a grin advantage.
Also, i really interesting on the Megami Tensei TRPG rule book, do you have the link to the rulebook ?
Well, there is several rulebooks for Shin Megami Tensei. There are three rulebooks that I know. Here is the link to the wikipedia page about that, first.
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*If this is not to be in this thread, then I would appreciate to hear that. I'll erase this quickly in that case.
First one would be <
Shin Megami Tensei : Kakusei He>, which allows the players to play through the dark and serious Shin Megami Tensei, or something like the Devil Summoner series. What interested me about this edition, was that it told several interesting stories related to the Shin Megami Tensei series. Two of the things would be the COMP, and the Great Destruction.
According to the <
Shin Megami Tensei : Kakusei He>, the first person ever to invent the COMP and the Demon Summoning Program is Akemi Nakajima, but he disappeared and no one was able to understand how COMP works. After some time, the Demon Summoning Program once again appeared out to the world by Stephen, and there are two legends about whether who received the handheld COMP.
The first legend is that a student of Karukozaka School received the handheld COMP first. The Karukozaka School fell in to the Expanse, but this student fought against the ruler of the expanse (who is highly likely to be Hazama), and returned to the reality. This person is likely to be the protagonist of <
Shin Megami Tensei if...>
The other legend is that a boy who was computer enthusiast, got the handheld COMP first. Before the Japanese self-defense forces made a barricade between Tokyo, a strange mist surrounded the Kichijoji. And this boy, by summoning demons by his COMP, stopped the Demon God(Deity, in the english verison) summoning ritual that was going on in the Inokashira Park, saving the world. This person is highly likely to be The Hero. No one knows who this boy is, and what happened to him as the Japanese self-defense forces blocked the way to Kichijoji. (This means The Hero already saved the world before the events of <
Shin Megami Tensei>, huh? Impressive.)
Since players can see that the COMP in the <
Shin Megami Tensei if...> is the copy that a teacher made, after he saw and was impressed by The Hero's COMP, it is highly likely that the latter is true.
Now, about the Great Destruction. Well, it's a very, very important event. According to the rulebook, if the ICBM is not stopped from being falled, than all other hopes are
denied, lost forever. This forces the player characters to go into the Shin Megami Tensei route, forcing them to struggle to survive, and fight through the events during the <
Shin Megami Tensei> and <
Shin Megami Tensei II>. Since it is explained the apocalypse draws near as Gate Points(GP) get higher, it could be said that the ICBM event and the apocalypse happens as few people like the player characters get stronger. As, as they get stronger, the Gate Points get higher and higher.
The next rulebook that I know a little bit is <
Shin Megami Tensei III -NOCTURNE- TRPG Tokyo Conceptio>, I didn't see how it is played out by myself, but I guess it allows the players to play through the events after the Tokyo Conception in <
Shin Megami Tensei III : Nocturne>.
Third rulebook that I know, is <
Shin Megami Tensei TRPG : Mato Tokyo 200X>, this is the most recent TRPG rulebook of Shin Megami Tensei. There are several classes that the player characters can take to divide roles. There are several supplement books for this rulebook, such as <
Kongo Shinkai (Diamond Realm)>, and the <
Tokyo Millenium>. You can see several replay books for this, which is a record of what happened during the game, and what the player characters have said and acted.