Re: [DL] d20 Hucksters, Blessed, MS (do they work in a DnD3setting?)

["Kevin L Stoner" <stone1kl@cmich.edu>]

> I was wondering if any of the DLd20 owners out there have tried 
> playinga Huckster or Blessed or what have you in a more "normal" 
> DnD3 setting?
> Sure, the DLd20 rules are d20, but do the classes translate well to,
> say, Forgotten Realms as far as balance is concerned?  It might be fun
> to roleplay a Huckster alongside a Paladin ("You claim to be good, but
> get your powers from the depths of hell?").  But it wouldn't work 
> if the
> Deadlands classes, while balanced against each other, are a step 
> or two
> stronger than the base classes from the PHB.  I'm not looking to bring
> firearms to a fantasy setting, just a twist on the character
> interactions -- "Who are you?"  "I'm Father Brown."  "Ah, a 
> cleric, eh?
> Who do you worship?"  "I worship God."  "Yeah, you all worship a 
> god, I
> was wondering which one."  "There is only one God."  "Huh?"

The only thing I really have to say is that I dont think this would mix 
well because DLD20 characters are slightly less powerful than D&D 
characters. The arcane's get far less spells, and even though the 
divine get special abilities they work on spell points instead of a 
number of spells and that really adds up. Admittedly there was talk for 
a while on the list about an Arcanum type game involving Elves and 
Dwarves in the weird west which was somewhat intriguing but while its 
interesting a huckster would get stomped in a D&D world where they are 
unable to cast fireball or any detection spell. And Blessed would be 
smiting any heathen who put a god before his, good or otherwise. And 
Shaman's are very close to Druid's only not quite as many special 
abilities. Anyway the big difference is magic. In D&D most characters 
come across a +1 sword by say 4th level. In Deadlands my posse is 4th 
to 5th level and trying to find non magical ways to deal with creatures 
that need magic to hit cause the magic just isnt that common in 
Deadlands. Anyway it is a really cool idea, but it would have to be 
adjusted to make it work properly.

Marshal Kevin Stoner