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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2925677" data-attributes="member: 14159">Well, that and d20 Star Wars came before d20 Modern.&nbsp; The original Core Rules was published in November 2000, and the Revised Core Rules in May 2002, and d20 Modern in October 2002.&nbsp; That and D&amp;D is meant for a somewhat generic medieval fantasy game, if you want to adapt it to something else, like a very specific space opera/science fantasy setting, you are going to have to make a lot of changes to make the system fit the setting.Also, a lot of the changes seemed good for mimicing Star Wars, instead of being D&amp;D with Jedi and Lightsabers.&nbsp; Wound/Vitality became a very popular rules change, to the point of being ported over as an optional rule for D&amp;D in UA, and I believe they did say the only reason d20 Modern didn't use it was for compatiblity with D&amp;D.&nbsp; Using meters instead of feet fit because in Star Wars they do use metric in the movies.&nbsp; Classes had to be changed of course, because Jedi aren't Psychic Warriors or Paladins, and I'm glad they came up with a Force system that wasn't vancian spell levels, or even like D&amp;D psionics, and kept with the established flavor of Star Wars in the Force having Control, Sense, and Alter aspects.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2925677, member: 14159"] Well, that and d20 Star Wars came before d20 Modern. The original Core Rules was published in November 2000, and the Revised Core Rules in May 2002, and d20 Modern in October 2002. That and D&D is meant for a somewhat generic medieval fantasy game, if you want to adapt it to something else, like a very specific space opera/science fantasy setting, you are going to have to make a lot of changes to make the system fit the setting. Also, a lot of the changes seemed good for mimicing Star Wars, instead of being D&D with Jedi and Lightsabers. Wound/Vitality became a very popular rules change, to the point of being ported over as an optional rule for D&D in UA, and I believe they did say the only reason d20 Modern didn't use it was for compatiblity with D&D. Using meters instead of feet fit because in Star Wars they do use metric in the movies. Classes had to be changed of course, because Jedi aren't Psychic Warriors or Paladins, and I'm glad they came up with a Force system that wasn't vancian spell levels, or even like D&D psionics, and kept with the established flavor of Star Wars in the Force having Control, Sense, and Alter aspects. [/QUOTE]

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