Re: [DL] No D20 for Deadlands

[Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net>]

also remember that the guys from pinnacle would be writing it, so it might not be
as bad as you think.

--Dirk

TheHGW@aol.com wrote:

> I finally looked at 3rd ed D&D.  And then I saw it applied to Star Wars.  And
> all I have to say is in regards to DL d20: NOT JUST NO BUT HELL NO!!!  A
> level based system for Deadlands?  With classes?  Woo-hoo!!! I'm a 23rd level
> Pony Express Rider.  A level/class system was old when second ed D&D hit the
> shelves.  It doesn't translate well into a non-fantasy setting.  Deadlands is
> a dark, deadly little game.  You don't just keep getting shot until you fall
> down.  No hit points, vitality points or any other kind of point.  Five
> wounds and out.  The Star Wars game looks just absolutely horrid.  It smacks
> of Buck Rogers RPG (remember that TSR gem?) and competely gets away from the
> space opera and just crushes the life out of it.  Deadlands is great the way
> it is.  Don't spoil it.
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