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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 21 May 2015 : 08:29:24
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After a rather long hiatus from gaming (due to extremely long work hours and some personal matters) I finally find myself with some time to actually try to do some work regarding my favorite hobby.
Anyway, here is my question/request. Are there any active members of the Keep that use GURPS as a game system for their FR campaigns? If so, I'm interested in seeing what kind of conversion have been done for the many spells and magic items/artifacts.
On the surface, GURPS seems a very poor system to use for the Realms in this regard. But through the use of the Powers rules I think many of these items and spells can be converted readily.
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Gary Dallison
Great Reader
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 21 May 2015 : 09:04:25
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Hi Dazzlar! When I get back from work (I'm sneaking this bit in while there) I will write you through gmail :) I think I read the article you're referring to (the one by GK hosted at Edverse I beleive?).
Regarding GURPS, there are some scrolls here that discuss the topic but what I'm looking for is work already done on actual conversions of magic items and spells. NPCs are simple enough to convert, but the magic that exists in the Realms (as portrayed in the DnD system) is very different from GURPS. For more advanced spells (say Prismatic Sphere, for example), one can only convert using GURPS Powers methinks. And a spell like the 2e Mantle spell would be monstrous in this regard. A few examples of what others have done would point me in the right direction while I learn the system. |
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The Emerald Sage
Acolyte
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Posted - 21 May 2015 : 19:13:41
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I'm currently working on a rule-set for the game Fate (http://fate-srd.com/fate-core/four-actions), specifically for the Forgotten Realms.
Fate is a really elegant system, it takes the basic substance of the RPG, namely narrative detail and builds it's mechanics around it. It also uses fudge dice so the bell curve on results is less extreme.
I'll be posting my Dungeon Masters' Guide to playing Fate in the realms as a blog over the coming weeks, including lots of information on using race and the schools of magic as aspects aswell as translations of many of D&D's classic spells into stunts so I would suggest hanging tight in the meantime.
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