Re: [DL] Fear in D20 (was: The Scart Table)

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Saturday, April 19, 2003, at 05:24  PM, Michael Maguire wrote:
> Using the Ravenloft system is probably the simplest conversion to 
> Deadlands D20 (or maybe the D20 Call of Cthulhu system - I've never 
> looked too deeply at it, so I don't know if it's as good).

If it's inspired by the 2nd Edition Ravenloft set, it should be pretty 
good. Ravenloft was the first RPG material I ever had that spent time 
talking about establishing a mood.

> One of the great advantages of D20 is that you can often find easily 
> compatible rules in one game and just drag them on over to the other.

True. It should be noted though, that this doesn't mean that the GM can 
just allow anything... I know a lot of people that don't even allow 
stuff from the current WotC Splatbooks without a long talk. A lot of 
material can be put together, but the GM still has to do a bit of 
manual patching for anything.

Me? I've already threatened my posse that when I'm done with Deadlands 
(at least for a while), I might just do a series of one-shot adventures 
interspersed with a Shadowrun game someone wants to run... My list so 
far has:
	Weird Wars II
	Call of Cthulhu/Delta Green
	Paranoia
	Heavy Gear
And that's before I get to the games I might run out of sheer 
stubborness... A World of Darkness one-shot to show my disdain for the 
system and setting, or HoL if I really want to get drunk before 
running....