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Title: tweaking Harp monsters to Harp Sci-Fi
Post by: pyrotech on September 19, 2011, 04:31:41 PM

Hey all,

I was just wondering if anyone has any suggestions or feedback on adapting Harp monsters over to Harp Sci-Fi.  I've done it with the Giant Wasp with no trouble, but am concerned with some of the more exotic or intelligent monsters that may have more skills or better armor. 

I'm also wondering if I need to factor in the fact that unintelligent monsters tend not to have missile/ranged attacks into my encounter planning for difficulty.  Since the party will have extremely lethal ranged attacks, and the monsters tend not to do you figure that to be a 1 or 2 step drop in anticipated difficulty.  I know this can really vary depending on conditions, but was just wondering about in general "typical" conditions.

Thanks for your time and thoughts!

Title: Re: tweaking Harp monsters to Harp Sci-Fi
Post by: Marc R on September 19, 2011, 06:51:31 PM

I've done similar with RM/SM, and generally the animals and stupid monsters either need to come in droves, or when they have an advantage. . . .

Wolves vs space marines, no contest.

Space marines marooned on a planet with just the ammo they can carry and a five week hike to the nearest communication beacon?

Arrroooooooo!!

Title: Re: tweaking Harp monsters to Harp Sci-Fi
Post by: GrumpyOldFart on September 19, 2011, 06:56:47 PM

If you're going to have monsters in a SF setting, you simply MUST have giant ants. It's traditional.

 ;D

Title: Re: tweaking Harp monsters to Harp Sci-Fi
Post by: pyrotech on September 20, 2011, 01:52:01 AM

Well,

I hadn't thought about giant ants, but they would fit the setting well.  And they would just need a cosmetic change to make them seem "alien" and maybe giving them a pounce attack to help deal with the whole range issue.

Thanks for the feedback so far!