pansophy Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Finally it is finished: 34 pages of 2300AD conversion rules, flavoured with text blocks of the original GDW book. It will be a free download available at Far Future Enterprises (www.farfuture.net) and I will upload it to the Downloads section here as well. Everything has been approved by Marc Miller, and as soon as I get the final "go" I will make it available. I hope there are some people out there who want to play this hard sci-fi setting You will need the original 2300AD rules (for setting information) and the BRP rule book. This is not a stand alone product. Here's the TOC: Game Options 5 Optional rules needed 5 Optional rules recommended 5 Character Creation 6 Step One 6 Step Two 6 Homeworld 6 Body Type 7 Step Three to Step Four 8 Step Five 8 Gravity 8 Step Six 8 Step Seven 9 Professional Skill Point Pool 9 Personal Skill Point Pool 9 Homeworld, Nationality, and Languages Known 9 Renown 9 List of available Professions 9 Military Careers 9 Ground Military 9 Sea Military 10 Interface Military 10 Space Military 10 Exploratory Careers 10 Scout 10 Contact 11 Academic Careers 11 Academic 11 Frontier World Careers 11 Colonist 11 Troubleshooter 12 Core World Careers 12 Servant 12 Government and Civilian Careers 12 Administrator 12 Field Agent 12 Law Enforcement 13 Journalist 13 Independent Trader 13 Ship Crew 13 Extralegal Careers 14 Thief 14 Pirate / Smuggler 14 Step Eight to Ten 14 Skill conversion chart 15 Equipment 16 Skills 16 Encumbrance 16 Weapons 17 List of Weapons 17 Armor 20 Armor Materials 21 Powered Combat Armor 21 Weapons for Powered Combat Armor 21 Renown 21 The Uses of Allegiances 22 Mission Types 22 Losing or negative Allegiances 22 The Reach of Allegiances 23 Effects on Allegiances 23 Non Player Characters 23 Converting NPCs 23 Animal NPCs 24 Alien NPCs 24 The Kafers 25 The Pentapods 25 The Klaxun 26 The Ebers 26 The Xiang 27 The Sung 27 Human NPCs 28 Character Appearance 28 NPC Career 28 NPC Skills 28 NPC Attributes 28 NPC Motivations 29 Minion rules 30 Minions Game Mechanics: 31 Stronger minions 31 After the battle 31 Leading minions 32 Minions for the Gamemaster 32 Adding Flavor 32 Example Minions 33 Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Oh, very cool! More BRP sci-fi is a good thing. Is this a one-time-thing, or is it possible to see more GDW/BRP conversions (including the original flavor text)? Twilight 2000 flavor text was some of my favorite of any game book I've read. Quote Wave your geekflag high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorcan Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I've been hankering to have a solid BRP sci fi setting in my back pocket 'just in case' and I've liked what little I've heard and read about Traveller/2300 AD over the years. I was even looking into buying some older supplements last year, so I'll definitely give this a look. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Oh, very cool! More BRP sci-fi is a good thing. Is this a one-time-thing, or is it possible to see more GDW/BRP conversions (including the original flavor text)? Twilight 2000 flavor text was some of my favorite of any game book I've read. At the moment it is a one time thing. I am trying to convince Marc Miller to allow me to include all the setting information into the book - but that won't be a free download then. Maybe he allows to have the current free PDF for character creation and gaming and a commercial PDF with all the setting information in it. As for T2k: no plans so far, and I am not that familiar with the rules. Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kairos Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Holy smokes! This is awesome! I got the 2300AD CD from FFE awhile back -- now I can use it with BRP. Thanks for doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 I also got permission from Richard Spake a few hours ago to use some of his artwork, new ones too. That currently delays the layout, but the end product will be a lot better! In fact, it really looks good now. Due to some spare time I included the colonies of earth and the languages into the document as well. That gives it a more complete thing and character creation can now be done without needing the 2300AD book. One still needs them for the setting and descriptions - and that's a good thing. 8-) Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 This just keeps getting better! Quote Wave your geekflag high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) It's there! Since I got the initial 'go' from Marc Miller and the artists, here is the link to the PDF. As soon as I get the possibility, I will upload it to the Downloads section of the forum. I hope people find it useful. If there is enough demand, I maybe can convince the right people to enhance it further and put in some work towards supplements. Dropbox Link to PDF Edited February 3, 2011 by pansophy Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorcan Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Thanks! I downloaded it last night, gave it a quick look and was thoroughly impressed. The info presented seemed pretty clear and straight forward and the art definitely adds to the whole feel. Now I just need to pick out the best 2300 AD books for the fluff. I'll give it a more thorough look this afternoon, as the office is closed for the storm in the Northeast and I happen to have time on my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kairos Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Downloading now. Incredibly excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 This is very cool. Thank you. Quote Wave your geekflag high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Here's the Character Sheet. In fact, it can be used for any BRP Space Setting - as can the 2300AD rules. It really is that generic ... Link to Character Sheet Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Absolutely spiffing stuff, pansophy! As you might notice, I have a liking for BRP Traveller conversions. I've also posted a link to this thread on the SFRPG forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrywith1e Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Here's the Character Sheet. In fact, it can be used for any BRP Space Setting - as can the 2300AD rules. It really is that generic ... Link to Character SheetHey! That is really nice. Do you have other resources that look that nice? Great stuff! Quote Wave your geekflag high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hey! That is really nice. Do you have other resources that look that nice? Great stuff! Thanks for that. At the moment there is only this sheet and I did a post-apocalyptic one (somwhere in the threads here). Tell me what you are looking for, I might come up with something you need - as long as it's not Fantasy :-D Absolutely spiffing stuff, pansophy! As you might notice, I have a liking for BRP Traveller conversions. I've also posted a link to this thread on the SFRPG forums. Thanks for that, feedback is much appreciated. I never played Traveller, but I might check it out sometime in the future Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorcan Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Here's the Character Sheet... That's a beauty! Thank you yet again. Well, I already broke down and bought the main 2300 AD supplement last night from drivethru rpg, if I ever get a shot at a serious chance to run the game, I'll definitely get the products straight from FFE. Speaking of which, does anyone know of any other good 2300 A.D./Traveller fansites or communities they can recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 does anyone know of any other good 2300 A.D./Traveller fansites or communities they can recommend? I can recommend these sites, though there might be others: Etranger 2300AD One Man's Views Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 2300AD is about to get the Mongoose Traveller treatment (this year, I believe, although they have been known to slip from time to time). So there should be some new material, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 I also got permission from Richard Spake a few hours ago to use some of his artwork, new ones too. That currently delays the layout, but the end product will be a lot better! In fact, it really looks good now. You might want to up the brightness and contrast on some of the images to take away that grey background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 hmm, I could do that. I need to update the file anyway as I want to include the prices in the weapons/armor list. Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) OK, Version 1.2: errors fixed (some Aliens listed wrong DB and HP), money calculation included (Step 9), pictures cleaned up, prices included and Character sheet included. Download: Here Edited February 3, 2011 by pansophy Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundamentalist Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Very, very nice! Well done. Quote Adam Crossingham Publisher & Editor-in-Chief | Sixtystone Press Limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 OK, Version 1.3: some typos corrected http://dl.dropbox.com/u/529658/2300AD%20to%20BRP%20V1.3.pdf Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 OK, Version 1.3: some typos corrected http://dl.dropbox.com/u/529658/2300AD%20to%20BRP%20V1.3.pdf Download section material? Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansophy Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 yes, I reduced the file size, so it can now be found in the Download Section Downloads Quote My Uploads - BRP and new: Revolution D100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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