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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lobo Lurker" data-source="post: 2112091" data-attributes="member: 25172">I used to play ShadowRun back in college. I LOVE the setting and the dice mechanics make it fun... but combat does take HOURS to get through.Before saying anything else about a D20 version of ShadowRun I just wanted to point out one very important observation (one that WotC itself seems to forget): The D20 System is NOT Dungeon & Dragons. Dungeons & Dragons USES the D20 System. You know, I'd go so far as to say that Mutants & Masterminds is MORE D20ish than D&D is.That said:1) Would there be any benefit for making a D20 version of ShadowRun?Yes. If this topic comes up so often then it is obvious that someone out there would like to play a D20 version of Shadowrun. Obviously market research would need to be done, but this might actually make a good product for a one-shot PDF (no/very reduced printing and distribution costs for an obviously niche product).2) In such a version (not necessarily conversion)) would the feel of the game change?Of course. This has been stated to death above and doesn't really need to be repeated here. But for all of you against a D20 Shadowrun, why fight about it? There are those here that want a product and would pay for it. Would such a product's existance keep you from using your 1E, 2E, 3E, or 4E books?3) Would the change in the feel of the resolution mechanic compromise the setting?You know, I don't think that it would. As has been stated before, the setting is just that; The setting. Its where the action takes place and where the players run amok. What does a dice resolution mechanic have to do with how the UCAS reacted when Bug City happened to Chicago? Personally, I like 2E Shadowrun (I haven't played 1E or 3E). I also like DnD & MnM. But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't like the challenge of designing a D20 version of SR (though I secretly believe that White Wolf's new Storytelling system would be an easier conversion)... from the amount of posts this thread alone has generated there seem to be those among us that see merit in the idea of a D20 Shadowrun game.Anyhow, just my three nuyen.</blockquote>

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