this sounds like it will be a great story, i cant wait to see what will happen next

Thanks for reviewing, and glad you're enjoying the story.

I hope he goes for the Space-Marine/Charmed/Bond combo.

I really enjoyed this. Hope for more.

Yeah, that would allow for a whole lot of options, wouldn't it? ;-)

very good

Thanks. ;-)

If you know anything about 3.5 the choice would psionists.


EDIT:In that case a monk should definitely be included.

Not at all familiar with the 3.5 version, since when I played, psionics were in the supplement in teh back of the book and were all determined by rolling the dice.

But, I have my own plans for what is and isn't available, as you'll soon see. ;-)

Nice start on the story, I hope to read more.

Thanks. Working on the chapter as my muse dictates it to me. ;-)

I really like how this story is written so far.

I always love "super" Xander stories, but the one thing I would stress is that the automatic upgrade to being amazing at everything gets over used. Even Buffy took 7 years to get to a level able to take on extreme villains. I guess what I'm saying is that I want to see Xander's evolution.

Not to worry too much.

Xander will honestly earn everything he gets. ;-)

probably some sort of war-born sorcerer who has a patron god or goddess that has taken a vested interest in it's new representative in this dimension, all xander has to do is occasionally give some sort of offering or pray every once in a while

That's one possibility. ;-)

And remember, you get what you pay for.

Although the coin used may vary, depending upon location. ;-)

Huh. Interesting.

Not to worry - it gets even more interesting soon.

In a Chinese proverb, 'May you live in interesting times' sort of way. ;-)

Another well written and depressingly plausible look at a future of humanity.

Yep.

Whenever I'm feeling depressed, I just look at the world around me, and then I go and slice my wrists even deeper. ;-(

Give him the Ultimate version of the Super Soldier Serum and the appropriate training.

A moderate magic ability, a knowledge of the arcane and languages on a level with Giles.

In general, I would ask my counterpart what abilities the other Xanders found to be most useful.

Some abilities may be more compatible with Xander than others.

Note: Get Harry Potter trunk, some force lances, an Omni-Tool, etc.

After reading some of the previous reviews, I'm curious about psionics.

Does this story cross over with Heinlein?

EDIT: To be really, REALLY greedy, give him a Morphic Adaptation Unit
http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-8427/GandalfTG+Worthless.htm

I've got a good idea of what Young Xander will be ending up with, and you'll see what that is, starting a couple chapters from now.

And giving Xander a MAU is definitely getting into Xander-Stu territory.

Not that that couldn't be fun, mind you. ;-)

Just remember TANSTAAFL!

Seeing what Xander has to do for the powers he requests will be fun!

Most definitely. You get what you pay for - one way or another. ;-)

More please! Gambit powers for the thief bit is always nice... I liked the Charmed option and maybe Spiderman for the Warrior. Nice blend but not God like.

Spiderman is definitely a really good general brick set for your basic character.

And you'll be seeing what Xander will be offered, and what he'll be choosing in upcoming chapters.

I couldn't really take full advantage of a gift like that but my best friend would.

Obviously, you've never used and abused the rules of any RPG before. ;-)

Interesting to see that this story is all about dialog at least so far.

Just as a warning, if you're looking for a lot of slam-bang! action in a story, you won't be seeing it in this story.

At least, not real soon, if at all.

Like some one else said before the best thing to do in DnD is psionics. You can get access to a wide selection of powers that do most of the things that magic and Clerics can do and you can use them at any time. Sure you have a limited pool of PSP's to work with but other than that your good and you get those back automatically from either 8 hours of sleep or 4hrs of meditation. While with spells in most versions you have to have 8hrs of uniterupted sleep and then spend time memorizing the spells every day. Both clerics and mages suffer from this problem. In 2nd eddition it was 10min of memorization per spell level memorized. That means ONE 9th level spell is 90min of sitting and staring at a book....

Just because AD&D was mentioned as an example, doesn't mean that their rules will be applicable to what is actually available.

'Game balance' is actually a fairly stupid idea when it prevents people from playing established characters. Have you ever tried to play a wizard like 'Gandalf' in AD&D? Not really all that easy to do, without making him god-like. ;-(