Which game system to use
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Incidently, shall we try to keep the discriptions 'system neutral' - ergo no references to specific spells, classes or other things unqiue to one game system. Or shall we just decide on a system now and use that? Andy 09:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
As for game system I would say of the two easy options of D&D or D20 Modern it would be easier to go with D&D. While D20 Modern does have some rules for magic and monsters it's more in a Buffy-style occasional monster, rather than full-scale orc societies. Going with D&D and simply swiping modern skills, weapon proficiencies and the nice simple money system sounds like a good plan to me.--Alex 20:15, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok then, D&D. At least I can mention spells and schools of magic by name this way. I've never played D20 modern, so I can't say if it is any good. Andy 14:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Yep, D&D gets my vote (and by that I assume you mean what I call AD&D 3.5 ed, rather than 1970s D&D). Ed 13:28, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
As I said, if we go with D&D then all we have to do is a little twiddling to get things right. Skills would involve a little twiddling, removing some of the less appropriate skills and adding stuff like Computer Use and so on. May I suggest that Craig takes the first swing on this area, since he happens to own Mutants & Masterminds, the D20 superhero game that nabbed its skill list from D20 Modern. He could work out which of the new skills should be class skills and which should be cross-class.
Weapons is a fairly easy one since again all we have to do is just nab wholesale the D20 Modern/Mutants & Masterminds proficiency groups. As long as each class has a proportional number of groups it should balance out.
Money in D20 modern was just handled by a Wealth characteristic, that simplified the whole complex world of modern banking (loans, overdrafts, multiple accounts and whatever) to a D20+Wealth roll against a Cost DC of what they wanted to buy. I highly reccomend we go with this system. (I have enough trouble working out when things go in and out of my real bank account, let alone a fictional one as well...) Alex 14:31, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm currently borrowing my friend's D20 Modern again. I'll try and come up with a list of ideas for rules twiddles for next week. --Alex 11:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
