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Re: [HOE] DENVER d20



I´m definitely not playing d20 systems. And I never will.

Marshal S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry D. Jordan" <kdjordan@netdoor.com>
To: "Deadlands: Hell on Earth Mailing List" <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: [HOE] DENVER d20


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> Hello once again,
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> As I've mentioned previously, I'm working on converting the stuff out of
> the Denver sourcebook into d20.  I haven't done much yet, but I just
> finished converting one creature and would like some feedback; I have
> attached it below.  If no one is interested in my conversions, I won't
> send any more to the list, so don't worry about spam.  By the way, how
> many people are playing the d20 version?
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> Presenting <DRUM ROLL>... the ROACH SOLDIER from page 60!
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> Roach Soldier
> Medium-Size Vermin
> Hit Dice:          2d8+2 (11 hp)
> Initiative:        +1 (Dex)
> Speed:             50 ft.
> AC:                18 (+7 natural, +1 Dex)
> Attacks:           Bite +3 melee
> Damage:            Bite 2d4+3
> Face/Reach:        5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
> Special Attacks:   Improved grab
> Special Qualities: Hive mind, light sensitivity, vermin
> Saves:             Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +1
> Abilities:         Str 14, Dex 12, Con 12, Int --, Wis 10, Cha 7
> Skills:            Climb +8, Hide +3, Listen +1, Spot +1, Move Silently +8
> Feats:             None
> Climate/Terrain:   Denver
> Organization:      Brood (2-5) or swarm (11-20 + roach commander)
> Challenge Rating:  1
> Treasure:          None
> Alignment:         Always neutral
> Advancement:       None
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>   A product of an Agency-sponsered espionage program at the University of
> Colorado, these creatures were developed as covert intelligence tools.
> Given a modicum of intelligence and equipped with micro-video cameras,
> these bugs could infiltrate and broadcast information to their
> controllers.
>   Unfortunately, Judgment Day interrupted the experiments, and the ensuing
> radiation and mutation from the newly-formed Deadland gave them not only a
> higher intelligence, but the size and malevolence to use it against man.
>   These cockroaches are the size of dogs, but can move amazingly fast for
> their size.
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> Combat
>   Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the roach soldier must hit with
> its bite attack.
>   Hive Mind (Ex): Roach soldiers are in mental contact with the roach
> commander at all times.  They act in coordination and in an intelligent
> fashion as long as the commander is alive.  Once the commander is killed,
> the soldiers mindlessly attack anything nearby.
>   Light Sensitivity (Ex): Roach soldiers suffer a -1 circumstance penalty
> to all attack rolls, saves, and checks while operating in bright light.
>   Vermin: Immune to mind-influencing effects.
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> Soon-to-Come: the ROACH COMMANDER!
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>              |                  Kerry Jordan                   |
>              |              kdjordan@netdoor.com               |
>              | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- |
>              |  I think a good novel would be where a bunch    |
>              |  of men on a ship are looking for a whale.      |
>              |  They look and look, but you know what?  They   |
>              |  never find him.  And you know why they never   |
>              |  find him?  It doesn't say.  The book leaves    |
>              |  it up to you, the reader, to decide.  Then,    |
>              |  at the very end, there's a page that you can   |
>              |  lick and it tastes like Kool-Aid.              |
>              |                                  - Jack Handey  |
>              + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- +
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