Conversions - Scum and Villainy

Gry Sarth · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: Conversions - Scum and Villainy

Damn Wizards is releasing books faster than we can convert them! And just today they announced a "Galaxy at War" sourcebook for later this year.

So, if anybody want to take a stab at converting some stats from the Scum and Villainy book, post them here. I've just started looking at it and so far all I know is that there are no new alien species and there's lots of small tech stuff in there...
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cheshire · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject:

I own the book. I've been reading the equipment section to get ideas.

So, I'm already on it.
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:38 pm Post subject:

Good, I;m going through Starships and Vehicles...
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cheshire · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject:

This could work out really nicely.
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KierlanVass · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject:

What is the process of converting D20 to D6... is there anything I can do to help with the conversion processes?

YodaWI · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:45 pm Post subject:

I have the same question. I am more than willing to assist on whatever I can, but I have never done any D20 to D6 conversions.
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cheshire · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:35 am Post subject:

Excellent! I have a system for converting starships and vehicles that is pretty straight forward. However, I have that put away at the moment. I can post that later. Further, there are two utilities that help convert characters as well as starships.

With armor and weapons it's really loose. It is mostly a matter of comparing official WEG stats with the SAGA equivalents. You can see some patterns that arise. When you come across new d20 material, you look to see if it looks close to any SAGA equipment that has an official equivalent. (I've got a few d20 books, obviously.)

Then you have to tweak the existing stats up or down based on whether the new d20 equipment is better or worse. Much of it is more art than science. You can't come up with an equation for ranges, though you can see patters for weapon damages. I.E., 2d8 is usually 5D damage and such. 2d4 is usually something around 3D damage.

I'm sorry if I'm speaking nonsense, I haven't slept much in the last few days.

I can actually see if I can create a chart that would help. It would probably save me the time in flipping pages all of the time.
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:37 am Post subject:

Plus, there are Gary Astleford's conversion guidelines:
http://www.verminary.com/rebellion/notes.html

They were made for the old d20 system, but much of it still applies for Saga, and it helps give a feel of how things travel across...
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cheshire · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:08 am Post subject:

True. Many of those principles transfer over.
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:51 am Post subject:

Humm, this one's easier than I thought. Not that many new items, and the new ones are easily adaptable. Already done with everything (aliens, creatures, starships and droids), all that's missing is those techs...
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cheshire · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:13 am Post subject:

I've got notes down, and I've got some ideas for some rule adaptation. It will be necessary for the upgradeable gear. It won't be anything too dramatic.

I should have them posted soon.

BTW, don't we still need to look over the Force Powers for Force Unleashed?
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:28 am Post subject:

Yes, we do... But right now I don't have my eyes on unleashed force powers, I'm rather looking at the bigger fish...
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cheshire · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

I've got no problem with that, I just wanted to make sure I had my information straight. We'll keep to Scum and Villainy. Are we going to hit Force Unleashed or Clone Wars afterwards?
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Gry Sarth · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:09 pm Post subject:

Frankly I'm not in the mood for the unleashed powers of Force Unleashed. If you can have a go at them I'll gladly comment on them, but I'm more interested in the ships and vehicles of TCW.
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