What if Crimson Dark was a RPG?

[Vile]

We would also do not have any CD material pointing to anything like cyberspace etc.

I need a better indexing system to find the episode, but there is definitely something like cyberspace in CD - Kari and Whisper had quite a heart-to-heart in there at some point.

[Goran Thrax]

That's true they do, however as Whisper explained, that was a construct, effectively within her own mind. By cyberspace rules, I was referring to things like cyberspace combat rules, building and tracking the stats of avatars, and using those much more complex hacking rules. Whereas the normal rules for the Computer Use skill cover hacking, sabotage etc. without having to play it through an immersive environment. From personal experience I found that such excursions in cyberspace are quite time consuming, and usually leave one or more players twiddling their thumbs while the cyberjockey does their thing..

Goran Thrax

[Vile]

Yes, that's true. Never more than one cyberjock in the party, so everyone else gets bored. I see what you mean now, CD seems to have a more direct operator/system interface, without all the symbolism and visual representation of traditional cyberspace (which has always struck me as a bit silly, anyway).

D20/Pathfinder could work, but it's more of a top-down system. There are no rules for designing stuff, so the referee would have to make things using existing examples as a guide. Still, do-able.

[Goran Thrax]

d20/pathfinder, is the rule set I am talking about using. The same rules engine behind D&D, and the newest Star Wars RPG, is the same engine used in the Stargate SG-1 RPG and D20 Modern. The difference with D20 modern, is that it's extremely modular, you only need to play with the rules that fit the setting, and it doesn't unbalance the game to do so. (Like removing magic from a D&D game, dramatically reduces the life expectancy of any party member for example) The other advantage of D20 modern, is that even the classes are designed to be modular, giving selectable talents, and feats instead of a rigid progression, it's also designed to REQUIRE you to multi-class, since no class in D20 modern has more than 10 levels. Then there are advanced classes, for building more of a specialist.

Goran Thrax

[Vile]

Yeah, I've been playing around with the D20 Modern/SF and Pathfinder SRDs for a while,. A long while. There are loads of teeny little but very important differences with Pathfinder, so one has to be careful inserting Modern or SF bits into the Pathfinder system. Pathfinder is a lot more watertight than D20 was, though. I've only really been looking at the character aspects, not vehicles or spacecraft.

[Sarone]

Has any one tried the Shadowrun RPG as a basis for a game?