Have the old Star Frontiers races been converted to d20?
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Wolf72
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Tuzenbach said:
it's not 3.5, but if you can find the Complete Starfarer's Handbook (i think that's the right title, even so they've appeared in Spelljammer products), several of those races have been converted to 2E stats ... iirc the Yazarian (forget name, slang term from elves is Deck Apes), and the Rastipede (med/small insect like guy) ... and in the Spelljammer Monstrous Compedium there are some others.
Wolf72
Explorer
2E info
Hadozee ("Deck Apes"): (the guys with the membranes between arms/legs that let them glide).
+1 dex, -1 cha (-2 cha in description). Medium sized
Hadozee were allowed to be clerics, fighters or thieves.
able to use 2 weapons in two hands (ambidextrous), or hand and foot ... or I would assume foot and foot if hanging from a branch.
can't use shields (except bucklers) as they get in the way of their gliding membranes.
can glide, thief skills: PP +5%, OL +5%, F/RT +5%, MS -5%, CW +20% (very good climbers mentioned in fluff as well), RL -5%.
in the MC7 Hadozee are listed as having 3HD (PC's in the CSFHb don't)
Vrusk/Rastipede (BUGSSS!!!!):
-1 Dex, +1 con
can be fighters, mages, thieves, bards
chitinous shell gives them AC 3 (very hard to wear armor as well)
move is 15' rather than 12' (centaur/insect body)
can detect depth underground, grades/slopes, and unsafe walls/cieling/floors.
Excellent sense of smell due to antennae (scent feat?)
Height 44 in +/- 1d8 (do do doo ... wolf does some quick math ...) that's only about 4 ft high right?
weight: 220 pnd +/- 5d10 ... that seems like a lot for short bug-thingee.
MC7 gives them a length of 6 ft and 5 HD (again probably for NPC/monster not PC's)
Syllix: evil slimy newt/salamander guys ....
3 +1 HD, AC7, M-size, Lawful Evil
Hadozee ("Deck Apes"): (the guys with the membranes between arms/legs that let them glide).
+1 dex, -1 cha (-2 cha in description). Medium sized
Hadozee were allowed to be clerics, fighters or thieves.
able to use 2 weapons in two hands (ambidextrous), or hand and foot ... or I would assume foot and foot if hanging from a branch.
can't use shields (except bucklers) as they get in the way of their gliding membranes.
can glide, thief skills: PP +5%, OL +5%, F/RT +5%, MS -5%, CW +20% (very good climbers mentioned in fluff as well), RL -5%.
in the MC7 Hadozee are listed as having 3HD (PC's in the CSFHb don't)
Vrusk/Rastipede (BUGSSS!!!!):
-1 Dex, +1 con
can be fighters, mages, thieves, bards
chitinous shell gives them AC 3 (very hard to wear armor as well)
move is 15' rather than 12' (centaur/insect body)
can detect depth underground, grades/slopes, and unsafe walls/cieling/floors.
Excellent sense of smell due to antennae (scent feat?)
Height 44 in +/- 1d8 (do do doo ... wolf does some quick math ...) that's only about 4 ft high right?
weight: 220 pnd +/- 5d10 ... that seems like a lot for short bug-thingee.
MC7 gives them a length of 6 ft and 5 HD (again probably for NPC/monster not PC's)
Syllix: evil slimy newt/salamander guys ....
3 +1 HD, AC7, M-size, Lawful Evil
Wolf72
Explorer
Tuzenbach said:
no idea, but all the names were changed ... I think the drasalites (amobe guys) were called plasmoids in spelljammer.
how about a -2 str, +2 dex ... makes life a little more in-line with the core rules. don't forget to throw in the two-weapon fighting ability (maybe as a ranger, must be in light armor/light encumberance.) and a solid climb bonus.
the Jester
Legend
Actually, yazirians more or less appear in the MM2 as cloaked apes. They might be a lil tough for a pc race, though- they get fast healing 3.
Ranger5
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Tuzenbach said:
Actually about a year ago I started doing a conversion of Star Frontiers to d20. I have all the original books and I just loved the game. Anyway I got as far as races, classes, skills, and feats (and even coming up with a psionics system) before finally giving up. I realized it would be just too much work for just myself.
Anyway, I have zipped up my conversions of the Humans, Dralasites, Yazirians, Vrusk, and the infamous Sathar. Feel free to use as you see fit.
"Yazirian".
It always makes me think of one of the few Hebrew words I know: "yetzir". It means "impulses" and appears in "Yetzirah" (the Kabbalistic realm of emotions and creativity) and in the terms "yetzir ra" (will to self, selfishness, rebelliousness) and "yetzir tov" (will to rightness, will to do good).
Could any wordplay have been going on?
It always makes me think of one of the few Hebrew words I know: "yetzir". It means "impulses" and appears in "Yetzirah" (the Kabbalistic realm of emotions and creativity) and in the terms "yetzir ra" (will to self, selfishness, rebelliousness) and "yetzir tov" (will to rightness, will to do good).
Could any wordplay have been going on?
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