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Originally Posted by irdeggman
From what I recall, the SW RPGs had to have their "own" system to meet Lucas Arts restrictions. This is the reason that the rules deviated from the standard D&D/d20 Modern ones.
Huh? I wasn't at all refering to a computer or console game. IMO using them for a comparison to any RPG (as in live face to face playing and not play by post/e-mail) is a huge mistake. Electronic games have a whole other set of restictions on what they can and can not do and never should the two be talked about as if they are the same thing or played the same.
I also never said anything about first dibs.
All I said that there was something that "forced" WotC to have a unique rule set for the Star Wars games. If you notice you do not need the "core D&D" or d20 Modern books to paly Star wars - the books are self contained.
They used the d20 system but not the D&D nor the d20 Modern "versions".
Originally Posted by irdeggman
From what I recall, the SW RPGs had to have their "own" system to meet Lucas Arts restrictions. This is the reason that the rules deviated from the standard D&D/d20 Modern ones.
Ranger REG said:Huh?
Last I checked, KOTOR came out years AFTER Star Wars d20. The videogame's material is "loosely" based on the d20 System. To say that LucasArts got first dib sounds utterly ridiculous. Next you'll tell me that they claim to have created d20 System for WotC.
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Huh? I wasn't at all refering to a computer or console game. IMO using them for a comparison to any RPG (as in live face to face playing and not play by post/e-mail) is a huge mistake. Electronic games have a whole other set of restictions on what they can and can not do and never should the two be talked about as if they are the same thing or played the same.
I also never said anything about first dibs.
All I said that there was something that "forced" WotC to have a unique rule set for the Star Wars games. If you notice you do not need the "core D&D" or d20 Modern books to paly Star wars - the books are self contained.
They used the d20 system but not the D&D nor the d20 Modern "versions".