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Offline Bilo

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Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« on: August 16, 2020, 06:18:43 AM »
Hi folks

I was wondering if there is a  a source material for this as there a few creature in D&D that I like to bring in to my homebrew Shadow world setting, true I can always come up with random numbers, but I like to be accurate as much as I can

creatures like striges, bugbears, gnolls, to name a few

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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2020, 09:34:33 AM »
RM2 Character Law has a basic chart for converting rolls between different systems.  The D&D base 20 and RM base 100 is only a factor of 5.  Any conversions between the two systems that we've done (in either direction) have been mostly #*5 or #/5.  There are detailed descriptions of the AT for RM where you can choose the appropriate AT easily enough.

After you've done the conversion, look at some of the other similar/equivalent RM creatures to see how they match up.  You're the GM and the creatures are infinite.  You can easily tweak some numbers +/- 1 (or 2) to fit your game world's power level or to match to your PC's party level.
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2020, 09:54:25 PM »
thank you kindly, I will definitely do that already few creature similar to creatures in D&D I think I will do with some tweaks!!
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2020, 03:40:22 AM »
The conversion rules in RM2/RMC were written with AD&D (1st/2nd Edition) in mind.

Most of the numerical thing also carry over to D&D 3.x.

* For Pathfinder some of the converted values come out too high, so cut them by 10-20%.

* For D&D 4e requires cuts by 10-40% depending on Tier Level

* For D&D 5e you can use mostly normal conversion.
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2020, 08:49:13 AM »
thank you!!
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2020, 01:45:42 AM »
Tim Dugger wrote guidelines about the matter.
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2020, 05:11:11 AM »
Awsome thx!!!
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2020, 07:47:04 AM »
You can also familiarize yourself with the creatures in the various Creatures & Treasures or Creatures & Monsters books. There is a ton of overlap which isn't immediately obvious because names are different. For example, both systems have green slime but RM names them differently so as not to risk copyright issues.
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2020, 11:37:13 AM »
appreciate the feedback, I will use both approaches, suggested above.
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2020, 04:08:20 AM »
I forgot about it but Laura Henson also wrote some "conversion guidelines for RPGs" and that includes the D20 and ICE systems. Between hers and Tim's, you should be able to find your way.
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2020, 10:37:03 AM »
Peter over at the Rolemaster blog has done some work on converting Monsters from d20 to Rolemaster.
https://www.rolemasterblog.com/wiki_cats/monster/

Now, those are the conversions he's done (or been donated), but if you search that site some you'll certainly come across other information on his process.  Such as:
https://www.rolemasterblog.com/making-monster-conversions-dd-rm/
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2020, 06:48:06 AM »
as you mention Peter, he and Ken Wickham have done a d20 to d100 conversion on DTRPG
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/199353/5e-x-5-Monsters

although it is mixed RM and d20 mechanics it can be a great shortcut, and it is only $1
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Re: Ideas on how to convert some D&D creatures stats to Rolemaster (RMSS) ?
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2020, 12:18:00 AM »
great guys thank you more then enough to work with now!!

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