d20 Aliens: any conversions out there?

[Desdichado]

Has anyone done a conversion of Aliens into d20 or D&D? Or barring that, the Tyrranids from Warhammer 40K? (They're a close enough fit for my purposes.) I'm thinking of giving some characters some Dragonstar equipment and sending them off on the Nostromo for a little fun. I might also wait until d20 Call of Cthulhu hits and see if that gives appropriately fragile characters...

But anyway, I don't want to do all the work of converting some big nasty critters for their "bug hunt." If these guys have already been converted, that'll save me a lot of work.

 

[Aryoche]

There's an Aliens write up in the Yahoo Dragonstar group that looks pretty good.

DS D20 Yahoo Group

Hope this helps.

 

[Desdichado]

Huh, xenomorphs as a template, huh? That may be even more fun that what I was thinking! For those interested, the link is here.

I'm still looking for other options, though. If anyone has Tyrannids, that'd be loads of fun too.

Thanks, Aryoche.

 

[Aryoche]

No problem. I thought of using them myself.... <weg>

Though I kind of like the .pdf version from Yahoo for the level of detail the author went through, the link you posted was interesting too.

 

[Desdichado]

Oh, is there another one? Is that in the Files section of the yahoogroup?

 

[Aryoche]

Yes, it's the the files, under "critters" in the Yahoo Group. 30-page .pdf file.

 

[Lizard Lips]

I was planning on using the stats for Xills as a genestealer/Aliens stand in. Turn the hand weapons into claw attacks, ditch the character class advancement, maybe give them spiderclimb.

 

[Fade]

The Yahoo conversion is pretty detailed, although I disagree with some of it (such as save DCs)

 

[Desdichado]

Yeah, it's pretty detailed, but also pretty rough from the first look. I agree the DCs are off, the CRs have question marks besides them, and some of the other rules seem to be missing elements: like make a will save when you see the creatures, but if you fail, then what? You're stunned? Affected by fear? Doesn't say.

I'll read the document in more detail later, but the template I found via that yahoogroup and linked earlier in this thread seemed more usuable for now. But it did lack queens and facehuggers, though.

Nothing on Tyrannids, though? I'm surprised someone hasn't gotten around to converting Warhammer 40K to d20. Maybe I'll do some Tyrannids on my own: I'm pretty sure I have a copy of 3rd edition 40k sitting around somewhere.

 

[Fade]

If you do convert the Tyranids, be sure to post them here. I'd be interested.