Re: [DL] D20 Deadlands and Weird Wars

[balance@tubas.net]

On Friday, February 1, 2002, at 06:06  PM, Patrick Downs wrote:

> er... no, not in my experience
> here in madison, wisconsin, everyone i know (which is
> admittedly a small number of people) buys the d20
> products to convert them to Deadlands rules or simply
> to use them in pre-existing D&D games
> I am currently in the middle of converting Weird Wars
> to Deadlands rules myself, though I don't own my own
> copy of Weird Wars I will probably not end up
> purchasing it
> i like that d20 has brought more people to the
> Deadlands game, but the d20 rules I can do without
> -doc

At the moment, D20 deadlands is something of a novelty here in Maryland, 
from what I've seen. most of the buyers are already Deadlands players 
who want to see 'how the rules work' without any set intention of 
playing them.

I haven't picked up a set yet (I'm concentrating on setting books for 
where I'm sending my posse to next... Looking at a 'world tour' forcing 
them to leave their home in Kansas and travel to Lost Angels, Washington 
DC, New Orleans, and some undecided Wendigo-infested part of Canada. 
(BTW, do any sourcebooks cover the great White North better than the 
sketchy notes in The Quick and The Dead? I think I remember hearing one 
was planned, but I don't know if that project got delayed and/or 
scrapped.)

In general, no one seems thrilled with the rules base from what i've 
heard, but a lot of that may be third-hand without actually having seen 
the rules. I've heard that the card uses may have been removed. While I 
can see tis for initiative and character creation, it seems a bit 
overkill to do so for spellcasting... however I haven't read the d20 
rules, so I can't confirm this!

Oh, and due to the overlap between my Deadlands posse and the store's 
Werewolf game, I'm tormenting the players with using Under a Harrowed 
Moon to port over some Garou.

Scares'em about as much as when I bought Night Train.


--
Brett

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MAN? (Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett)