ubiquitous

Is anyone aware of a d20 (3.x) version of Earthdawn?

Love the game, not so keen on some of the mechanics.

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justisaur

4e?

Or at least that's what people around here keep saying.

- Justisaur

ubiquitous

Whut?


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It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.

justisaur

People keep saying that 4e D&D is like Earthdawn. I haven't played
Earthdawn, so I don't know.

- Justisaur

mcv

I think I recently heard a rumour about an Earthdawn for D&D4 project.
And to be honest, I can imagine the D&D4 powers to be a better fit for
ED talents than D&D3 feats are.

I still don't think it'll work, however. There's no game where setting
and system are so closely intertwined as Earthdawn, and switching to a
different system simply has to harm the setting. The only system that
I can imagine doing Earthdawn some sort of justice is GURPS, and it'll
be a huge load of work to pull it off. (You basically need to ban skills
and do everything through highly complex powers.)

I suppose D&D3 or 4 can work too, but you'd need such a huge load of
extra rules that there wouldn't be much left of the original d20 system.


mcv.
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that guy

Wait a second, I thought Earthdawn was the Prequel to Shadowrun?
Wouldn't it use the same system as SR?

mcv

No, it's the same world, but a completely different setting. Well, there
are some similarities, but the differences are a lot bigger.


mcv.
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A very powerful tool, but not the only tool. And if only that which
could be verified scientifically was considered real, then nearly all
of human experience would be not-real. -- Zachriel

mad hamish

Sort of, Earthdawn is set in the far past.


Nope.
Completely different.
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snomspams

How 'bout "Deadlands Wierd West" with the card-draw / poker mechanics?

Haven't played (or even looked at the mechanics of) Earthdawn, so I
can't really compare 'em. But DL sure has some "flavorful" setting-
specific mechanics...


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mcv

I've never played Deadlands, but I agree, that sounds like it has
Earthdawn beat.


mcv.
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Science is not the be-all and end-all of human existence. It's a tool.
A very powerful tool, but not the only tool. And if only that which
could be verified scientifically was considered real, then nearly all
of human experience would be not-real. -- Zachriel