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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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