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Converting d20 Adventure Modules to DFRPG
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Taran on June 09, 2017, 02:09:04 PM ---Edit (and a slight digression from the main topic):
Now, I feel like Kobolds need scholarship if we are going with the computer nerd angle. (as weird as that sounds) But it just seems like such a fun thing. How many stunts would you need to cover all angles of computer use under burglary?
- breaking into a computer is already burglary, I think
- Hacking stunt lets you do computer 'scholarship' roles with Burglary....
-writing programs/viruses/firewalls etc...would all be covered under scholarship? Or would that be Craftsmanship. You know, I think it fits better under Craftsmanship, which they already have. What are your thoughts? 'Computer Use' is a single trapping of scholarship. 1 stunt could make Computer Use a Craftsmanship Trapping. Which means their stunt to create 'viruses' would be based on Craftsmanship and not burglary(or scholarship) and would put it at +5. I like that.
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Hard to say, the line between them always seemed a little blurry. I guess Id say that if your talking about the abstract science of Computers or electricity it might be scholarship, as opposed to a more active goal-oriented craft. On the other hand, Id be fine letting a skilled smith be knowledgeable at chemical metallurgy without needing a separate skill. Given that their craft is so high, I think it's reasonable to let it also cover the intellectual/scholoarship aspects o the related field.
As far as tasks, on of the more common ones would probably be the old Everything is Online (TvTropes Warning) and let them hack keypads and ATMs and alarm systems and whatnot, even if they'd not normally be online and/or vulnerable.
Another might be targeted Hexes. Combine the basic Hex idea with more specific control (because non-human) and knowledge of modern systems to allow much more specific, targeted, and/or possibly temporary Hexes. Like they could hex a security camera to malfunction for just a second without being destroyed. Maybe you can hex/corrupt targeted computer files rather than blowing up the whole machine. Or make the compute fail without damaging the hard drive and the Valuables contained within.
If you really want to take them into the realm of technopaths, you could expand the Virtual Lair idea to give them powers that can interact with Virtual things as if they were more tangible (rather than adhering to the science of it).
Taran:
Maybe give them mana static. But totally controlled? Based on craftsmanship.
I guess it's up to RedRobe to decide how his kobolds will be. But I'm liking this idea.
RedRobe:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 09, 2017, 01:53:32 PM ---
Another possibility that could work in this instance is an ongoing disguise spell anchored to the building's threshold/wards. Especially given the kobolds craftiness and natural penchant for bunker fortifications.
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I like the idea of a ward that disguises them as human teenagers as they enter for their shift. In the adventure background, the restaurant is owned/run by a dwarf who is trying to help Shadowkind find jobs. So maybe the owner is an enterprising practitioner who used his ties to a svartalf to ward his restaurants so he could hire monsters trying to stay on the straight and narrow. All non-humans who enter are glamored to look human so they can eat and work peacefully. At some point during the gang intrusion it gets overloaded and fails, and chaos ensues.
g33k:
I don't know the Urban Arcana supplement, but I infer from this thread that it has a built-in setting (or at least specific tropes/memes), and what you REALLY want is to use the DFRPG ruleset to run those UA pieces (& sundry other bits of the vast PF repertoire), rather than the DresdenVerse itself...
Is that a fair assessment?
If so... this may not be your best fit, actually. DFRPG has been heavily tweaked away from the "Fate Core" ruleset, to specific DresdenVerse elements. I might go with a more-homogenous blend of Fate Core + Fate Freeport + Urban Arcana, and use elements of DFRPG without trying to use the entire ruleset+setting...
RedRobe:
--- Quote from: g33k on June 09, 2017, 07:11:12 PM ---I don't know the Urban Arcana supplement, but I infer from this thread that it has a built-in setting (or at least specific tropes/memes), and what you REALLY want is to use the DFRPG ruleset to run those UA pieces (& sundry other bits of the vast PF repertoire), rather than the DresdenVerse itself...
Is that a fair assessment?
If so... this may not be your best fit, actually. DFRPG has been heavily tweaked away from the "Fate Core" ruleset, to specific DresdenVerse elements. I might go with a more-homogenous blend of Fate Core + Fate Freeport + Urban Arcana, and use elements of DFRPG without trying to use the entire ruleset+setting...
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Actually no, I do want to use the DFRPG in the Dresdenverse. As I mentioned above I wanted a framework for an adventure since I'm new to actually PLAYING the game, and I think the module is a good fit. About half my group knows and loves the Dresden Files books, and want to play in that setting. They all want an urban fantasy game that uses a system other than d20. I realize I will have to tweak the module to fit DF, not the other way around. Among my group I'm the only one who takes pre-printed material and tweaks it to my chosen setting rather than make adventures from scratch. I really enjoy it. :)
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