A little project im working on .. kinda.. zelda related.

[Evenglare]

So basically im really bored and decided .. hey why not do a zelda conversion. theres a good 90% chance no one will ever even play this, or it will get done. For now though, im working on some stuff. Any contributions to my prelimenary notes are welcome.Also if i do get this rolling and by some miracle makes it out of my notebook, any good ideas on how i can format this stuff to look like 4e format, with the blocks and such.. anyway here is what i have so far just after about 5 mins of writing...

Zelda 4th Edition D&D notes.

Stat out magic weapons that appear in various zelda games:
kokiri sword
big goron sword
master sword
bomb
Fairy bow
Enchanted arrows
hookshot?
longshot?
magnifying glass
Ocarina/harp

Artifact= master sword, triforce (power , courage, wisdom?), 3 pendants / jewels?

Bestiary of zelda . Stalfos, pols voice, dodongo, etc.

Zelda world.. most likely twilight princess ,perhaps zelda 1+2 world... or A lttp. Expand a lot such as a hyrulean army etc etc.

Stat out races.
Races include :
Gerudo
Kokiri
Hylian
Zora
Goron
Deku Scrub
twili?





Restrict classes.

Fighter
Ranger
Wizard
Warlord
Sorcerer
Warlock
bard
Warden/druid?

First 10 levels of play only

3 dungeons > master sword > 7 dungeons = 10 levels of play .

 

[GnomeWorks]

So in a party of five, who gets the master sword?

IMO, it's really difficult to translate standard Zelda tropes to a D&D-style TTRPG...

 

[Evenglare]

who ever the master sword picks.. it should work just like a normal artifact. You gain concordence with it etc etc. Of course a lot of the story elements will be greatly changed or expanded upon. Im really just looking for a way to adventure in Hyrule with the same story elements.

 

[GnomeWorks]

who ever the master sword picks.. it should work just like a normal artifact. You gain concordence with it etc etc.

Right... the problem with this approach is that there isn't going to be one player, there are five. Having a singular hero works very well for a single-player game, but not so much for a group.

Not to say that it fails all the time, just that I imagine that this could cause issues with a vast majority of groups out there.

Of course a lot of the story elements will be greatly changed or expanded upon. Im really just looking for a way to adventure in Hyrule with the same story elements.

I really don't think the story elements that form the core tropes of LoZ work well with a group. Adventuring in the setting is one thing; using the specific story elements of the video games is quite another.

 

[Alikar]

Right... the problem with this approach is that there isn't going to be one player, there are five. Having a singular hero works very well for a single-player game, but not so much for a group. I really don't think the story elements that form the core tropes of LoZ work well with a group. Adventuring in the setting is one thing; using the specific story elements of the video games is quite another.

Really? I mean how hard is it for their suddenly to be a Master Bow, a Master Flute, A Master Wand? It would be very easy to take the concept of a Master Sword and split it into several weapons. Not to mention I think using the story elements are a great ideas. Really you have plenty of growth to put into the game. Have 8 main dungeons with one final one planned out. I've actually been thinking of working in a Zelda like world too since it fits very well with most 4th edition concepts.

 

[hobbitguy1420]

I like!

I've got a potential homebrew writeup for the Kokiri here: [4th ed] Legend of Zelda Kokiri: 'cuz I'm that much of a nerd. (PEACH) - Giant in the Playground Forums

 

[Rune]

So in a party of five, who gets the master sword?

IMO, it's really difficult to translate standard Zelda tropes to a D&D-style TTRPG...

The Four(Five?)sword.

The Zelda games have never had problems bending those same tropes from legend to legend. I don't think it would be that difficult to do the same.

 

[SnowleopardVK]

Sounds like this would be fairly fun. I did something similar with the Mario series once and ran a game with it, and the players had a blast, so I think doing something similar with the Zelda series would be fun.