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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ottergame" data-source="post: 2099521" data-attributes="member: 9326">Not quite.  There's still lots of people who play the d6 version of Star Wars, enough that WEG made a new version of their rulebooks, albeit in a more generic version.  And yes, Star Wars isn't tied to a game system, because the RPGs were both built to fit an existing metaplot.  You pointing that out doesn't eliminate it from being a point of agrument, but doesn't really reflect the current conversation.  You could play Star Wars in GURPS, WoD, or FATAL, and it would be just as valid a Star Wars RPG.But Shadowrun was built along with its rule system.  They are tied together.  Moving SR to d20 would -utterly change- the entire feel and function of the game.  I'm not saying it wouldn't be fun, or sell well, or that people wouldn't enjoy it.  But it would NOT be the same Shadowrun.And what's more, FanPro doesn't need to bother doing a converstion.  Why should they waste their time, when you can already convert them with WOTC publish modern books?  If someone is hell bent on playing Shadowrun is any other ruleset, they can convert it and play it.  If nothing else, the utter uproar that went on over last years April Fools joke should be enough to tell FanPro that there's not much support for a d20 Shadowrun system.FanPro should focus on keeping the quality of their products high, not trying to do 2 things at once, which is the problem AEG came accross when they tried to support d20 Rokugan and L5R at the same time.L5R is another product that just does NOT translate to d20 well.  They did their best, the books are well made and play well for what they are.  But it's not L5R.  The whole feel of the game is very, very different, and not for the better, in d20.</blockquote>

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