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Other RPGs => Conversion Projects => Topic started by: KFC on November 18, 2013, 10:56:44 PM

Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: KFC on November 18, 2013, 10:56:44 PM: Hello guys!
I'm going to make a Dark Sun conversion for my next campaign, mainly from material written for unofficial DS 3 edition.
Converting characters, magic, and other stuff doesn't seems to be a hard deal. But what I find the most difficult are the D&D monsters.
As Tim Dugger wrote somewhere on this forum it would be best not to copy them straight from the monster manual, but I have little knowledge of Novus yet (and D&D 3.5 also), so for now it's the only way for me..
Any tips, advices, maybe some easy formula to adapt D&D 3.5 creature stats to Novus?
(As I can't write them from the scratch, even with help from Libram Novus #7).

Also any other advices concerning this conversion are welcome (http:///bigwink.gif)
Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: imported_Rasyr on November 26, 2013, 03:24:28 PM: I actually have an excel spreadsheet setup that allows me to quickly create (and tweak monsters) accordingly.

I'll see if I can work up something that I can release to aid in creating monsters. Kinda like a form, where you answer a few questions or such, and it then generates the end result stats for you. This is something that I have been wanting to do for a while anyways.

Perhaps, I can then also finish the Monster Cards as well (PDF of "cards" that you can print out with Monster stats on them to have them handy - and then blank cards to allow for creating your own monster cards as well....)
Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: KFC on November 28, 2013, 08:31:44 PM: Wow, that'd be awesome! (http:///bigsmile.gif)It was good choice to decide on this game system for my upcoming campaign.
Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: imported_Rasyr on November 29, 2013, 01:10:31 AM: I'm surprised how GM firendly and versatile Novus engine is.

That was actually part of the design goals I had when writing it... Be sure to let others know how much you like it!
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Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: Trentin Bergeron on June 04, 2014, 05:43:39 PM: KFC - How's the Conversion coming along?
Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: Dorchadas on June 12, 2014, 03:59:58 PM: I second the curiosity on progress. Dark Sun is one of my favorite RPG settings out there, and I'd love to see a Novus version of it!
Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: imported_Rasyr on June 13, 2014, 01:57:37 PM: I am curious as well (and I am working on a psionics system for Novus), and would love to see how you integrate the two...
Title: Dark Sun Novus
Post by: imported_Witchking20k on June 13, 2014, 02:16:58 PM: I didn't last very long playing Dark Sun....ah the posterity....the setting was really captivating for me. But, the DM decided to run a Ravenloft game so all our Dark Sun characters got poofed away into Ravenloft, making for some very out of place characters.