d20 Highlander

[Blacksad]

Has anyone looked at this d20 Highlander website?

http://hometown.aol.com/frodie69/myhomepage/Highlander.html

I think that their is another but I can't find it, so anyone have seen it, or have their own idea on how to do a d20 highlander game that keep the feel of the series?

Personaly, if the game is played by immortal only, I would use FCTF and consider the immortal abilities (regeneration 1/round with no damage type that can cancel the regeneration, no need to breath, and sense the presence of other immortal in a 60ft. radius) to be granted with 1 HrP, and that each time that an immortal kill another, they gain their HrP, and can use them in a selected list (skills, increased bab, increased damage, increased AC).

If the game is played by immortals only, they do not suffer Xp penalty, and for the purpose of having the right EL for ennemy, I would consider the ECL of immortal to be their character level+10+(HrP-HrP due to gp deficit)/10.

Personality change due to quickening would be a DM only plot device.

 

[Crothian]

Is that site any good, I find it to hard on the eyes.

Immortals do breathe, they can be knocked out by gas and killed by drowning, they just don't stay dead that way. In the movie Conner was shown underwater, but that's the only time.

 

[danzig138]

I don't much care for it. It suffers from one of the same problems that most other HL conversions seem to suffer from. People seem to feel the need to give Immortals all sorts of *kewl* Quickening powers. Usually stuff that I have no idea where it came from. I like my Immortals to regenerate, come back to life, sense other immortals, and swipe Quickening. When they swipe Quickening, I give a percentage of the loser's xp and knowledge, with a small chance of gaining any special abilities (magic use, psionics, etc). In other words, I don't like for there to be a lot of difference between my Immortals and mundane folk.

 

[Crothian]

There should not be a lot of difference bewteen ordinary people and immortals. Immortals abilities are very simple to define until one gets the Prize, but at that point the game should be pretty much over.

 

[Blacksad]

Thus the FCTF solution with a limited selection of power (the immortal grows stronger with each quickening)

and oops for the breathing, I did not remeber any scene in the serie where immortal drowned, so I assumed that it was as in the movie.

I don't like the mentioned website conversion, but I'm pretty sure that another existed with new combat rules, especially for removing the head of fellow immortals.

danzig138-The origin of cool power through quickening might comes from the univers of Highlander 2 and the cartoon (with a third macleod as the hero, helped by ramirez).

I think that there might be a problem with xp, a level 20 immortal might get a very meaningful reward in xp from a level 7 immortal. I'm not sure that it should be that way.

 

[Crothian]

Well, the second movie was completely ignored as canon and the cartoon with Quintin was also not really true Highlander.

In the series there were a few immortals with abilities beyond normal but that was very rare.

 

[Blacksad]

Who ignore highlander 2 as canon?

Because, as far as I'm concerned You've got 3 univers:
- Highlander 1 & 3
- Highlander 2 & Cartoon
- Highlander 4 & Series

Each with its own special rules (drowning, the call in NY, the ability to sense pre-immortal, the ability to sense new immortals or where to find immortals, etc...)

 

[Crothian]

I'm saying that the writers ignored Highlander 2. Plus it's way in the future and doesn't really fit anything except the cartoon. I guess if one likes aliens being Immortals, then it would be okay.

 

[Blacksad]

You could say the same thing concerning the writer of highlander 4 and the serie, they ignored highlander 1,2 and 3

 

[Crothian]

You could say the same thing concerning the writer of highlander 4 and the serie, they ignored highlander 1,2 and 3

Well, the series didn't ignore Highlander 1, they redifined it a little as seen in the first episode. Highlander 2 & 3 are pretty much ignored because few people liked them. Highlander 4 was a build off of the series, even though it was done poorly. So, it really depends on what the people in the campaign want to use as their basis I guess. My preference is with the series since that has the best definition.