Greetings all.

[DarkShadow316]

Salute and hello,

I am new here so let me introduce myself. I am the (hopefully soon) future owner of Visionary Entertainment Studios Inc. Makers of the Everlasting Role Playing Game. I am in the process of buying the company from it's current owner, Steve Brown but will have to wait till I return to Georgia as I am currently working in the U.S. Senate right now.
I come here because this looks like the place to get some ideas about d20 and wither or not I should go down that route once I buy the game. I have heard some postive and some negative comments about that notion over at RPG.net so I would love to hear what yall think.


Look foward to hearing from everyone.


Chip

 

[nsruf]

Welcome to the boards!

If you are interested in the more technical aspects of publishing, I recommend you also look into the d20 Publishers forum.

 

[shadowlight]

I think you'll get a d20 biased view here... We all LOVE it!!

 

[Bagpuss]

I think you'll get a d20 biased view here... We all LOVE it!!

Speak for yourself. I can see that it has its draw backs, but am happy to play it for what it does well.

 

[Hollywood]

Speak for yourself. I can see that it has its draw backs, but am happy to play it for what it does well.

Yeah, works fine within the context of D&D! I don't feel I'm playing a different game than I was back in '82.

Bottomline, if you have mechanics that work well for your game, don't switch just to jump into the mass-hysteria of marketing surrounding "d20". Not all games need to have the same rules... variety is the spice of life.

 

[shadowlight]

Speak for yourself. I can see that it has its draw backs, but am happy to play it for what it does well.

NOOOO!!!! There is only d20... love the d20!!!

No, I agree that it's great for D&D style, but I like GURPS a great deal as well. I still think that you'll get a pro d20 view on these boards in general though...

 

[Gospog]

DarkShadow,

Welcome to the boards!

I agree that most people who post here are actively involved in the "D20 thang", whether they love it or not.

Can you tell us more about this Everlasting Roleplaying Game? Got links?

The more familiar we are with it, the easier we'll be able to consider it in a D20 context, and that's what ou want to know, right?

In any case, have fun exploring the boards and welcome!

Edited for typo.

 

[Ranger REG]

I come here because this looks like the place to get some ideas about d20 and wither or not I should go down that route once I buy the game. I have heard some postive and some negative comments about that notion over at RPG.net so I would love to hear what yall think.

Look foward to hearing from everyone.

To be brutally honest, you should seriously consider if the d20 rules system is suitable for the Everlasting setting, or whatever new RPG product line your new company will be developing.

Don't make it just to attract a new fanbase. If you try to fit the setting to the rules, rather than the other way around, certain details about the setting like Everlasting may get lost in the translation.

Having said that, you may disappoint original Everlasting fans who converted to d20 when they realized they can't convert from one rules system to the d20 fully.

Two last things: find a good lawyer who is well-versed in IP laws and licensing agreement, and a good marketing agent.

 

[The_Universe]

I think that for your economic interest, d20 is the best bet. More people seem to know the basic d20 rules than anything else, and I, for one, like them best of all.

I started my RPG career in the D6 system from West End games (Ah, the good ol' days), played a little bit of 2nd Edition DnD before making the jump to 3rd Edition early in the campaign. As a Game Master, of all the systems I have tried, D20 has been BY FAR the most friendly to me. It's easy to set up encounters, calcualte apropriate rewards, etc.

In addition, I think that D20, more than any other system, can reflect a wide variety of settings...I've used it for everything from standard 3rd Edition DnD to Space Opera and Star Wars specifically, as well as a homebrew Indiana Jones style campaign. It's versatile, and it has the advantage of everyone already knowing how to play it.

Lastly, remember that a setting isn'tonly bought by people who want to run a game in that setting. I own LOTS of Forgotten realms supplements, but I will more than likely never run a FR campaign. I bought the books because I liked some of the race options, the prestige classes, the spells, and the prewritten villains, etc. that I coudl easily adapt to my own game. . . you won't sell your book to peopel like me if it's not in the D20 system.

*shrugs* maybe I'm wrong. Maybe everybody plays lots of different kinds of RPGs, and maybe everybody loves to learn whole new rules sets....but that would mean that my players and I are an anomoly, and I don't think we are....

As always, this is all just IMHO.

BTW--what's this about the Senate? Gaming is my hobby, but government is my trade.... I guess from my glance through your original post, I got the idea that you're a senator...? am I just stupid...?

 

[Jeph]

Though having not previously heard of Everlasting, I am willing to bet it's fantasy? If so, I'd say d20 is the way to go, if you want money. If you want to keep loyal fans, keep the current system. From what I gather, when Hârn went d20, a bunch of the people who played it in it's original system were mighty pissed.

If you're going to do d20, I reccomend doing something that can be dropped into any dnd game--that is much more likely to be bought, as parts of the book can be dropped into any game, regardless of setting.

There is 1 more option: go dual-system. That's what L5R did, publishing splat books that worked with both the L5R system and OA d20, anyway. I don't know how wise of a decision it is.

Yeah, and what's this senate business? Any senators role-play?