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rathess in gammaworldd20

d20 Gamma World vs d20 Future

Jul 14, 2004 13:23

First, if you haven't read the new In The Works You may want to look down at the entry for d20 Future real quick. Also, there is a discussion regarding it on the d20 Modern boards in this thread. I'll wait while any who need to catch up...

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color me irritated biomekanic July 14 2004, 10:45:35 UTC

I just picked up BESM d20 Revised to get the Mecha rules, among other things.
IMO, a Gamma World Revised would be a good move, clean up all the typos and inconsistencies. Building the communities for my upcoming game, I've noticed a fair number of references to conflicting skills (Knowledge: Technology:Biotech instead of Knowledge:Earth and Life Sciences springs to mind as the most common repeat offender).

As for options 1-3... I'm undecided.

Re: color me irritated rathess July 14 2004, 10:52:20 UTC

*nods* You and me both (on the Irritated part)

You would think that, if they were granted permission to use a WotC licence (namely Gamma World) that they would attempt to make sure they knew what was happening with d20 Future to make it compatable.

Ah well. :) I am still striving to get my game going... if I don't by the end of July I may just hold off until I get d20 Future then run it after converting my campaign ideas to that...

Also, FYI, I'm hoping that Bruce might make some comments here regarding a possible d20 Gamma World Revised. :)

Re: color me irritated biomekanic July 14 2004, 11:07:45 UTC

I've got Bruce on my friends page, and he seems pretty happy to be wrapping up the GW, doesn't sound to me like he wants to revisit it any time in the near future either. IMO, it was the rabid hostility of the "But, But, I don't want a rational game, I want to be 11 again! Waa! Waa!" fanboys that burned him out on it.
Or, I could be full of caca, it has been known to happen.

I may hold off creating PCs until I look d20 Future over and see if I want to use it. Right now, we're just beginning character creation.

OT, I've come up with about 1/2 a dozen new community feats, as well as some new plants. I'm considering writing them up and submitting them for publication, to either Dragon or Pyramid. Any thoughts?

Color me Interested rathess July 14 2004, 11:41:57 UTC

Not sure about the publications, but if you were interested in sharing them here... :D

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fallen_scholar July 14 2004, 10:53:02 UTC

1b, unless 3 makes things ugly. Of course, the resulting quality of D20 Future makes a big, big differece in the way things happen.

Although, I'd also like to add the likelihood of a 2b - go with Gammaworld D20 and take the viable ideas from WoTC D20F, which I would put my money on as the most likely route for people.

rathess July 14 2004, 10:54:52 UTC

did'n't think of that option... probably a good bet for anyone who has an existing d20 Gamma World campaign going. :)

Everything and the Kitchen Sink funchomclala July 15 2004, 13:09:33 UTC

Personally, I am glad someone did GW in D20. Whiners are everywhere. I guess the anonymity of the Internet has made people braver or something.

When I have a campaign, I'm going to use a little from here and a little from there, but thankfully, S&S has laid down a foundation. As long as the GM and the players are on the ame page, I guess we can borrow from wherever we want.

I would have liked to see some modules/adventures from S&S. Any chance of that? (I won't even ask about minis1) ;)

Re: Everything and the Kitchen Sink rathess July 15 2004, 15:00:38 UTC

No. Per eynowd S&S's rights to do GW end with their sixth book.