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<blockquote data-quote="Rappy" data-source="post: 4855441" data-attributes="member: 58456"><p>Hello! After asking Shade, I got the courage to put up the idea of converting some of the creatures that <em>d20 Modern</em> left behind from <em>Dark*Matter</em>. While <em>Dark*Matter</em> had few official supplements, it had some truly neat creatures, and I felt inspired to try and bring the rest of the party as well. A good reference for this project is definitely the official conversion rules from Wizards of the Coast <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/we/20031007a" target="_blank">here</a>. One of the main reasons I wanted to start a thread here rather than endure this myself is that everything's better with allies (well, for the most part).</p><p></p><p>This is the primary list of what creatures I know of that need conversion (as well as those that have been converted in official <em>d20 Modern</em> supplements); anyone that can provide me some list aid for the core book or <em>The Killing Jar</em> would be welcome to (same with the <em>Xenoforms</em> stats if we get there before I get a new copy). <strong>Bold</strong> indicates the creature already has a reasonable d20 Modern analogue [with the source they can be found in within these brackets]. Note that some of these creatures share the name of d20 creatures but not necessarily the same stats. Creatures in both boldface and underlined can be clicked on for their converted stats.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Creatures from the <em>Dark*Matter</em> core rulebook</span></p><p>[sblock]<strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5111816-post132.html" target="_blank"><u>Armodont</u></a></strong></p><p>Bering Demon, Nali</p><p>Bering Demon, Yrgling</p><p>Bering Demon, Greater (Baphomet the Demon Prince)</p><p>Ekimmu (AKA Alien Vampire, Psionic Vampire)</p><p><strong>Elohim [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Etoile [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Ghost [<em>Urban Arcana</em>]</strong></p><p>Ghoul (Non-undead)</p><p><strong>Grey [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Homunculus [<em>Urban Arcana</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Kinori [<em>Menace Manual</em> version, sans cold weather tolerance, works well enough]</strong></p><p><strong>Kinori, Blackscale [Replicable as a kinori with levels of Tough Hero, Smart Hero, and Mage]</strong></p><p><strong>Luciferan [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Man in Black [<em>Menace Manual</em> as Gardhyi]</strong></p><p><strong>Mole Person [<em>Menace Manual</em> as Grimlock]</strong></p><p><strong>Mole Person, Newt [Grimlock with 8 free mutation points; mutations from <em>d20 Future</em></strong>]</p><p><strong>Mothman [<em>Menace Manual</em> as Mothfolk]</strong></p><p><strong>Mummy [<em>d20 Modern Core Rulebook</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Sandman <em>d20 Dark*Matter</em> as Sand Slave Outcast]</strong></p><p><strong>Sasquatch [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Yeti [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Creatures From <em>Dark*Matter: Xenoforms</em></span></p><p>[sblock]Basilisk</p><p>Black Dog</p><p><strong>Blood Devil (Spring-Heeled Jack) [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p>Bunyip</p><p>Congoraptor</p><p><strong>Crawfordsville Monster [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5232230-post270.html" target="_blank">Demon, Drabbuk (Least Demon)</a></u></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4881066-post71.html" target="_blank"><u>Demon, Isci ba Fan (Greater Demon)</u></a></strong></p><p>Demon, Kwarikan (Lesser Demon)</p><p>Demon, Meddler (Lesser Demon)</p><p><strong>Doppelganger [<em>Monster Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>El Chupacabras [<em>Menace Manual</em> Web Enhancement]</strong></p><p><strong>Energy Probe [<em>Menace Manual</em> as Alien Probe]</strong></p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5162960-post182.html" target="_blank">Fader</a></u></strong></p><p>Flying Snake</p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5187651-post216.html" target="_blank">Frogman</a></u></strong> </p><p>Gargoyle (Construct version)</p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5176706-post200.html" target="_blank">Goblin, Space</a></u></strong></p><p>Gorgon</p><p><strong>Harpy [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5126092-post144.html" target="_blank">Ikuya</a></u></strong></p><p><strong>Internet Ghost [<em>Team Bravo: System Error</em> as O.S.C.A.R. the rogue computer]</strong></p><p><strong>Kabbalist Golem [<em>Monster Manual</em> as Clay Golem]</strong></p><p><strong>Kraken [<em>Urban Arcana</em> as Advanced Giant Squid]</strong></p><p><strong>Litterman [<em>Menace Manual</em> as Litter Brute]</strong></p><p><strong>Living Dead [<em>Menace Manual</em> as Ghoul Template]</strong></p><p>Machine Intelligence</p><p><strong>Mapinguari [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p>Martin Hammond</p><p><strong>Megalodon [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p><strong>Montauk Monster [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p>Naga</p><p>Nataska</p><p>Neanderthal</p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5104667-post120.html" target="_blank">Outback Dragon</a></u></strong></p><p><strong>Pterosaur [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p>Reiko</p><p><strong>Revenant [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p>Sauropod</p><p><strong>Sea Serpent [<em>Menace Manual</em>]</strong></p><p>Series VII Mutant</p><p><strong>Shade [<em>Monster Manual</em>]</strong></p><p>Sidhe</p><p><strong>Starchild [<em>Menace Manual</em> as Half-Fraal]</strong></p><p>Thunderbird</p><p><strong>Wendigo [<em>Urban Arcana</em> as Urban Wendigo]</strong></p><p><strong>Werewolf (Lycanthrope) [<em>d20 Modern Core Rulebook</em>]</strong></p><p>Werewolf (Shapechanger)[/sblock]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Creatures from <em>Dark*Matter: the Final Church</em></span></p><p>[sblock]<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4856477-post9.html" target="_blank"><strong><u>Baal-Phegor</u></strong></a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?258853-Converting-Dark*Matter-Creatures/page30&p=5262452&viewfull=1#post5262452" target="_blank"><strong><u>Chernabog</u></strong></a></p><p><strong>Irvund (Hellhound) [<em>d20 Past</em> as Baskerville Hound]</strong></p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5213413-post255.html" target="_blank">Oni</a></u></strong></p><p>Rakshasa</p><p><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5206438-post244.html" target="_blank">Xic</a></u></strong>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Creatures from <em>Dark*Matter: The Killing Jar</em></span></p><p>[sblock]Cnidocyte</p><p>Cnidocyte, Residuum</p><p>Guardian Spirit</p><p><strong>Robotic Watchdog [d20 Future as "Spot" Security Robot]</strong>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>I imagine it might be best to start with the Final Church beasts, specifically Baal-Phegor and Chernabog to get the uniques out of the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rappy, post: 4855441, member: 58456"] Hello! After asking Shade, I got the courage to put up the idea of converting some of the creatures that [I]d20 Modern[/I] left behind from [I]Dark*Matter[/I]. While [I]Dark*Matter[/I] had few official supplements, it had some truly neat creatures, and I felt inspired to try and bring the rest of the party as well. A good reference for this project is definitely the official conversion rules from Wizards of the Coast [URL="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/we/20031007a"]here[/URL]. One of the main reasons I wanted to start a thread here rather than endure this myself is that everything's better with allies (well, for the most part). This is the primary list of what creatures I know of that need conversion (as well as those that have been converted in official [I]d20 Modern[/I] supplements); anyone that can provide me some list aid for the core book or [I]The Killing Jar[/I] would be welcome to (same with the [I]Xenoforms[/I] stats if we get there before I get a new copy). [B]Bold[/B] indicates the creature already has a reasonable d20 Modern analogue [with the source they can be found in within these brackets]. Note that some of these creatures share the name of d20 creatures but not necessarily the same stats. Creatures in both boldface and underlined can be clicked on for their converted stats. [SIZE="3"]Creatures from the [I]Dark*Matter[/I] core rulebook[/SIZE] [sblock][B][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5111816-post132.html"][U]Armodont[/U][/URL][/B] Bering Demon, Nali Bering Demon, Yrgling Bering Demon, Greater (Baphomet the Demon Prince) Ekimmu (AKA Alien Vampire, Psionic Vampire) [B]Elohim [[I]Menace Manual[/I]] Etoile [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] [B]Ghost [[I]Urban Arcana[/I]][/B] Ghoul (Non-undead) [B]Grey [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] [B]Homunculus [[I]Urban Arcana[/I]][/B] [B]Kinori [[I]Menace Manual[/I] version, sans cold weather tolerance, works well enough][/B] [B]Kinori, Blackscale [Replicable as a kinori with levels of Tough Hero, Smart Hero, and Mage][/B] [B]Luciferan [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] [B]Man in Black [[I]Menace Manual[/I] as Gardhyi][/B] [B]Mole Person [[I]Menace Manual[/I] as Grimlock][/B] [B]Mole Person, Newt [Grimlock with 8 free mutation points; mutations from [I]d20 Future[/I][/B]] [B]Mothman [[I]Menace Manual[/I] as Mothfolk][/B] [B]Mummy [[I]d20 Modern Core Rulebook[/I]][/B] [B]Sandman [I]d20 Dark*Matter[/I] as Sand Slave Outcast][/B] [B]Sasquatch [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] [B]Yeti [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B][/sblock] [SIZE="3"]Creatures From [I]Dark*Matter: Xenoforms[/I][/SIZE] [sblock]Basilisk Black Dog [B]Blood Devil (Spring-Heeled Jack) [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] Bunyip Congoraptor [B]Crawfordsville Monster [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5232230-post270.html"]Demon, Drabbuk (Least Demon)[/URL][/U][/B] [B][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4881066-post71.html"][U]Demon, Isci ba Fan (Greater Demon)[/U][/URL][/B] Demon, Kwarikan (Lesser Demon) Demon, Meddler (Lesser Demon) [B]Doppelganger [[I]Monster Manual[/I]][/B] [B]El Chupacabras [[I]Menace Manual[/I] Web Enhancement][/B] [B]Energy Probe [[I]Menace Manual[/I] as Alien Probe][/B] [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5162960-post182.html"]Fader[/URL][/U][/B] Flying Snake [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5187651-post216.html"]Frogman[/URL][/U][/B] Gargoyle (Construct version) [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5176706-post200.html"]Goblin, Space[/URL][/U][/B] Gorgon [B]Harpy [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5126092-post144.html"]Ikuya[/URL][/U][/B] [B]Internet Ghost [[I]Team Bravo: System Error[/I] as O.S.C.A.R. the rogue computer][/B] [B]Kabbalist Golem [[I]Monster Manual[/I] as Clay Golem][/B] [B]Kraken [[I]Urban Arcana[/I] as Advanced Giant Squid][/B] [B]Litterman [[I]Menace Manual[/I] as Litter Brute][/B] [B]Living Dead [[I]Menace Manual[/I] as Ghoul Template][/B] Machine Intelligence [B]Mapinguari [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] Martin Hammond [B]Megalodon [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] [B]Montauk Monster [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] Naga Nataska Neanderthal [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5104667-post120.html"]Outback Dragon[/URL][/U][/B] [B]Pterosaur [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] Reiko [B]Revenant [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] Sauropod [B]Sea Serpent [[I]Menace Manual[/I]][/B] Series VII Mutant [B]Shade [[I]Monster Manual[/I]][/B] Sidhe [B]Starchild [[I]Menace Manual[/I] as Half-Fraal][/B] Thunderbird [B]Wendigo [[I]Urban Arcana[/I] as Urban Wendigo][/B] [B]Werewolf (Lycanthrope) [[I]d20 Modern Core Rulebook[/I]][/B] Werewolf (Shapechanger)[/sblock] [SIZE="3"]Creatures from [I]Dark*Matter: the Final Church[/I][/SIZE] [sblock][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4856477-post9.html"][B][U]Baal-Phegor[/U][/B][/URL] [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?258853-Converting-Dark*Matter-Creatures/page30&p=5262452&viewfull=1#post5262452"][B][U]Chernabog[/U][/B][/URL] [B]Irvund (Hellhound) [[I]d20 Past[/I] as Baskerville Hound][/B] [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5213413-post255.html"]Oni[/URL][/U][/B] Rakshasa [B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5206438-post244.html"]Xic[/URL][/U][/B][/sblock] [SIZE="3"]Creatures from [I]Dark*Matter: The Killing Jar[/I][/SIZE] [sblock]Cnidocyte Cnidocyte, Residuum Guardian Spirit [B]Robotic Watchdog [d20 Future as "Spot" Security Robot][/B][/sblock] I imagine it might be best to start with the Final Church beasts, specifically Baal-Phegor and Chernabog to get the uniques out of the way. 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