<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Hello all,<br><br>If I wanted to run a "Glorantha d20" game, I think I'd reduce the number of base classes to 5:<br><br>-Fighter<br>-Expert (from Unearthed Arcana)<br>-Initiate<br>-Apprentice Sorcerer<br>-Apprentice Shaman<br><br><div><span>Then, I would treat Shaman, Sorcerers, Priests and Runelords as Prestige classes.</span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> Le Lundi 4 novembre 2013 22h41, Peter Maranci <pmaranci@gmail.com> a écrit :<br> </font> </div> <div
class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8781967438"><div><div dir="ltr">My conversion notes are much less ambitious; I'm just trying to help D&D gamemasters make use of the RQ/BRP/D100-related material on my site. I don't think that Feats come into that, thank goodness! They're so cludgy.</div>
<div dir="ltr">->Peter</div>
<div class="yiv8781967438yqt9900694844" id="yiv8781967438yqtfd40542"><div class="yiv8781967438gmail_quote">On Nov 4, 2013 3:44 PM, "Styopa" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:styopa1@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:styopa1@gmail.com">styopa1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv8781967438gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">For those not sure what he's talking about, the D&D3.0 SRD is here (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd.html">http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd.html</a>) and the feats list is here (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd/srdfeats.rtf">http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd/srdfeats.rtf</a>). <div>
<br clear="none"></div><div>Honestly, I'd say feats are either VERY simple to convert, rationalizing them to % from d20 as an innate character natural benefit (Alertness feat normally gives +2 on listen/spot checks; in RQ I'd say it's 'Keen Senses' +10% to the same; Brew Potion feat just gives the RQ character some basic skill at Knowledge (Alchemy)), systemically impossible (Heavy Armor feat, for example, exists in D&D *solely* to prevent mages from wearing armor - clearly, that's not what RQ's about...), or silly (Empower, Maximize Damage, etc.).</div>
<div>There are some boundary-cases like Cleave; one could argue it's a 'special mighty blow' technique I guess - that I frankly find silly to my simulationist ethos, and would just disregard to the great wails and gnashing of player-teeth.</div>
<div><br clear="none"></div><div>I can't say that I've migrated all that many characters from D&D to RQ - this has only ever really been a thought-exercise. By the time they're leveled-up enough to make the transfer challenging, they're so intrinsically wedded into the D&D level-based system that transfer to RQ is practically crippling.</div>
<div><br clear="none"></div><div>OTOH, I *do* cheerfully use D&D modules in my game, as my players enjoy classic dungeon crawls. I contextualize to RQ setting thematically, of course, and then technically (in treasure, for example, gp = silver pennies, potions are largely left unchanged, other magic items are converted to MP crystals or comparable items (a +1 sword becomes +1 damage, +5% to hit/parry, etc)) and winging it madly as far as encounters, either scaling them approximately to RQ (ie a room of 16 orcs might end up being a half-dozen broo as numbers are SO much more weighty in RQ) or just leaving them as-is (a tomb with 10 skeleton guards in RQ is scary, compared to a D&D walk-in-the-park challenge).</div>
<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Shrine of Tamoachan, Rahasia, Tomb of Horrors, yes, even the Barrier Peaks were great fun.</div><div>Ravenloft - as an RQ adventure - will be amazing when they stumble onto it.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>
</div></div><div class="yiv8781967438gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8781967438gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Leon Kirshtein <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:leonbk@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:leonbk@yahoo.com">leonbk@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote class="yiv8781967438gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">With D&D3.0 and Pathfinder rules, conversion to RQ is both easier and harder. Easier in terms that the systems are a lot more skill oriented, and thus easier to convert, but at the same time Feats and certain class features may prove to be a lot harder to handle.<br clear="none">
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Has anyone looked into that?<br clear="none">
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On Thu, 10/31/13, Peter Maranci <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:pmaranci@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:pmaranci@gmail.com">pmaranci@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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Subject: [Runequest] Pete's RQ updates & D&D conversion notes<br clear="none">
To: "RuneQuest Rules" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:runequest@rpgreview.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:runequest@rpgreview.net">runequest@rpgreview.net</a>><br clear="none">
Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 1:33 PM<br clear="none">
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I've posted a lot of<br clear="none">
updates to the site over the past few months, including new<br clear="none">
up-to-date HTML versions of the Found Items, Magic Items,<br clear="none">
and Chaotic Features sections - 1,469 entries in all.<br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://runequest.org/chaosproj.htm">http://runequest.org/chaosproj.htm</a><br clear="none">
I'm considering posting epub versions as<br clear="none">
well, for mobile devices and offline use.<br clear="none">
Although most of the entries are pretty<br clear="none">
generic, I wrote up a quick RQ to D&D guide - not to<br clear="none">
convert campaigns, just to help D&D GMs make easier use<br clear="none">
of the more RuneQuest-specific items. I haven't played<br clear="none">
D&D in a very long time, though, so if anyone happens to<br clear="none">
notice anything that's wrong or could use clarification,<br clear="none">
please let me know.<br clear="none">
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