Alternative Wizardry Systems

[RosenMcStern]

Originally Posted by soltakss

Since BRP is definitely and absolutely not OGL then you can't convert them to BRP. You'd have to look at another D100 system that is OGL-based. I'm trying to think of one, it's on the tip of my tongue ....

But please don't speak the name here, or you might have your tongue cut off by some Zealot

[peterb]

Originally Posted by frogspawner

To clarify, a 15fp Magic Missile (i.e. expanded twice) would do 3 dice of damage, but a 15fp Fireball (not expanded) would do 1 die?

Yes... but a fireball is an area spell. Some spells would probably need a bit of tweaking. I would, for example, downgrade Magic Missile to 1d3 damage (but ignoring armour, needing a POW v POW win). Essentially it would become an improved Disruption spell.

Originally Posted by frogspawner

Also, I'd suggest that school-skills should all contribute individually to the Spell Buffer, so you don't have to worry about the odd %'s, only when any skill crosses a 10% barrier.

Good idea. I wouldn't complain, the method that is easiest to use should be used.

[peterb]

Originally Posted by soltakss

To use D20 magic effectively you have to have levels, which can be used in BRP games by having different degrees of membership of a particular magical organisation. So, you have Lay Member/Initiate/RuneLevel in RQ, there's no particular reason why a certain order doesn't have Member/Master/GrandMaster or whatever series of levels you want. So, levels aren't really an issue.

A big issue with D20 spells are that the higher level ones are incredibly powerful. They can seriously unbalance a game. But that is a problem for the GM.

Another issue is that D20 magicians can only store a certain number of spells and can only cast a certain number of spells per day, and both limitations are defined by level. That is against many of the BRP values. Is there a way around it? Almost certainly. Do I know the way? Nope.

The method I devised and posted up-thread is in fact designed to deal with some of these problems. All the methods I've posted are intended to be used in a automatic conversion routine that converts d20 spell data into BRP (or d100 if you want) spell data. One problem one cannot handle programmatically is very powerful spells. The only thing one can do is to mark them as problematic and alert a GM about the potential problem.

Originally Posted by soltakss

But, I'd love to see a conversion of OGL D20 Spells to a D100-style system. Since BRP is definitely and absolutely not OGL then you can't convert them to BRP. You'd have to look at another D100 system that is OGL-based. I'm trying to think of one, it's on the tip of my tongue ....

Well, I wouldn't be using MRQ if I made a conversion. There's absolutely no problem converting d20 spells to BRP, legal wise. The game system in it self is not owned by anyone. The terms being used in any given game system (hp, AC, magic points, fatigue points, SR etc.) are for all purposes public domain.

[Tywyll]

Originally Posted by peterb

Well, I wouldn't be using MRQ if I made a conversion. There's absolutely no problem converting d20 spells to BRP, legal wise. The game system in it self is not owned by anyone. The terms being used in any given game system (hp, AC, magic points, fatigue points, SR etc.) are for all purposes public domain.

And ultimately, if this is a fan conversion that you aren't selling, you can do whatever you want... more or less.

[frogspawner]

Originally Posted by peterb

I would, for example, downgrade Magic Missile to 1d3 damage (but ignoring armour, needing a POW v POW win). Essentially it would become an improved Disruption spell.

Yes, same here! One d3 per increment is so much nicer than d4+1 every other... and it would be a bit too vicious without a 'saving throw' of some kind.

But this is unrepresentative. Most spells need virtually no changes and the conversion is not too much of a problem.

[peterb]

I just found out that I'm absent minded

A few years ago I wrote an short rulesmodule called "Wizardry" which details an alternative wizardry system. It was partly designed with the porting of d20 spells in mind... I had completely forgotten about it. I even wrote three editions, moving from MP use to FP use... I'm getting old...

Here's a link to a copy in pdf-format and here's a link to the same document in openoffice-format. The document is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

And yes, I almost forgot, I've added a d100-Compatible logo...