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<P>I forgot about Psi World... and to think I used to own it! Any chance of a very long post along the same lines?<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>grogthing <grogthing@yahoo.com></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>"Discussion of RuneQuest rules." <rq-rules@crashbox.com></I><BR>To: <I>"Discussion of RuneQuest rules." <rq-rules@crashbox.com></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: Urgent! Re: [Rq-rules] Re: MERP</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:42:41 -0800 (PST)</I><BR>>I downloaded the pages. Lots of useful ideas.<BR>><BR>>The conversion document I had years ago had<BR>>conversions for the Darksun character classes into RQ<BR>>professions, but I dont' see that on these convrsion<BR>>pages.<BR>><BR>>I have FGU's Psi World Box set, it is a d100% system<BR>>too. I don't think it would be hard to use with RQ.<BR>>I'll have to take a look.<BR>><BR>>Gregory<BR>><BR>>--- Roger Benham <rog_benham@hotmail.com>
wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>>---------------------------------<BR>><BR>>Not a problem. I always thought that Dark Sun would<BR>>have been a brilliant BRP/RQ setting, provided someone<BR>>could solve the psionics issue, hopefully without a<BR>>PSI skill. I suppose you could do an almost direct<BR>>conversion, with PSPs being STR+CON+POW, and all of<BR>>the devotions etc being skills at 1D6%. Prerequisites<BR>>would apply, I suppose. The AoE would have to be<BR>>altered as well. Any thoughts?<BR>><BR>>There was another conversion as well, I can't remember<BR>>who it was by, but it suggested using Spirit magic<BR>>instead of psionics.<BR>><BR>>As for converting the monsters, I would use some RQ<BR>>analogues such as the giant with a few more powers for<BR>>something like the braxat (Or
even the other giants!),<BR>>and most humanoid monsters would essentially be human<BR>>stats with a bit of zing (Belgoi et al).<BR>><BR>>I for one would be glad to see it under D100 rather<BR>>than the dense and annoying strictures of levels,<BR>>classes and alignments!<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>---------------------------------<BR>><BR>>From: grogthing <grogthing@yahoo.com><BR>>Reply-To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules."<BR>><rq-rules@crashbox.com><BR>>To: "Discussion of RuneQuest rules."<BR>><rq-rules@crashbox.com><BR>>Subject: Re: Urgent! Re: [Rq-rules] Re: MERP<BR>>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:11:10 -0800 (PST)<BR>> >Awsome! Thanks.<BR>> ><BR>> >Gregory<BR>> >--- David Smart <jurrubin@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>>
> > Gregory,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > We both owe Roger big time. Thanks to his posting<BR>> > > Gerall's name, I was able<BR>> > > to find the Dark Sun conversion using the Web's<BR>> > > "WayBack Machine" archive.<BR>> > > Check out all the links at the following website<BR>>and<BR>> > > download it all!<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> >http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://chromebob.com/gaming/<BR>> > ><BR>> > > David<BR>> > ><BR>> > > On 1/10/07, Roger Benham <rog_benham@hotmail.com><BR>> > > wrote:<BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > It was (I think) Geral Kahla's Dark Sun<BR>> > > conversion.<BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > _______________________________________________<BR>> > > RQ-Rules mailing list<BR>> >
> RQ-Rules@crashbox.com<BR>> > > http://crashbox.com/mailman/listinfo/rq-rules<BR>> > ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >"I have sworn, upon the altar of God, eternal<BR>>hostility against every<BR>> >form of tyranny over the mind of man." - Thomas<BR>>Jefferson<BR>> ><BR>> >"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there<BR>>are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket<BR>>nor breaks my leg." - Thomas Jefferson<BR>> ><BR>> >"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be<BR>>purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid<BR>>it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may<BR>>take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me<BR>>death!" - Patrick Henry<BR>> ><BR>> >"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon<BR>>devotion to religion. Subjects are less
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