Topic: 1st and 2nd Edition Top Secret to RM Classic

[intothatdarkness]

Not sure if anyone's interested in espionage-type stuff, but I did come up with conversions from TSR's Top Secret (not SI, though) into Rolemaster Classic. These include starting Bureau profiles for character development (including those introduced in the Top Secret Companion), some hit and crit charts for firearms, and skills to replace the TS AoK stuff. If anyone's interested, please post here.

And if this out of bounds, apologies to the mods and feel free to delete or move. Thanks!

[Thom @ ICE]

As long as you don't post any of the Top Secret IP info, you are welcome to share your work here.

[intothatdarkness]

Thom,

The only stuff I'd actually post is the conversion information. Bureaus and the like are from the original Top Secret stuff, but I wouldn't be posting scans or other information like that. I'll see what I can dig up on this. I'd also done full DP tables for each Bureau.

[Thom @ ICE]

Great - looking forward to seeing it....

[intothatdarkness]

I dug these up on my old computer, and they're a bit more "draft-ish" than I'd like. I'm going through now and correcting and updating the conversion, and will post as soon as it's ready. I also created an Austrian city for a campaign I ran in the 1990s (it's quite Cold War based and allows players to play as CIA, GRU, or both). I know this isn't a TS forum, but if there's interest I'd be willing to post that stuff or otherwise make it available. It was the setting I used to playtest the RM system conversion.

[intothatdarkness]

Quick update for those interested...

I'm revising my gunshot crit tables and giving the skill system a second look. I should have something ready to post by the middle of next week.

[intothatdarkness]

This is turning out to be a bit more complex than I'd thought (mainly because my notes aren't in great shape), but it's moving forward.

I'm considering posting the character creation and development stuff, and then posting the projectile combat system as soon as it's cleaned up (which involves converting my handwritten modifier tables to something people can actually read). If this works for folks, I'll upload the character stuff tomorrow.

[intothatdarkness]

I just uploaded the character creation portion for review. Combat will follow in the next couple of days.

[intothatdarkness]

Sorry...PDF attached.

[Thom @ ICE]

I've got both the Vault upload and this attachment to approve. I should have it completed shortly, reading it now and it looks good.

[intothatdarkness]

Glad you liked it! I'm working on the combat rules and should have those done by early next week. I'm adding some sniping rules and range modifiers, and that's taking some time to get a good balance between something slightly realistic and still playable.

[intothatdarkness]

Here is the full version of the conversion rules (character creation and projectile weapon combat). Mods, you might want to replace the character creation file with the full version.

I'd appreciate any feedback people might have on this. It's designed to be very expandable.