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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 8135580" data-attributes="member: 553">The core SWADE mechanics handle bathing in dragon's breath just fine, without any changes. Not exactly the same as a d20 game, but it does.(For those not familiar with SW, every 4 points over a character's Toughness inflicts one Wound. The character, if not a "mook" Extra, can take 3 Wounds before becoming Incapacitated on a fourth. Each Wound give the character a -1 on any of his rolls.Damage dice can "explode", meaning if the max value is rolled on any die - a 6 on a d6, for example - then you roll it again and add to the total. Dice can explode multiple times.)A dragon in SW does 3d6 damage with its breath weapon in a cone area.  Average damage will be 11 points without an Acing (exploding) die.Let's take a middling example character, Bob, with d8 Vigor and chain mail, giving them Toughness 9.Bob is "essentially unscathed" by dragonfire in the following situations:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Initial activation of the breath weapon (d10 and Wild Die vs Target of 4) has a small chance of missing targets altogether</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Success on an Evasion roll, which all characters get unless surprised. A character with the Improved Dodge Edge has a +2 on this roll.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any damage less than Bob's Toughness</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damage from 9 to 12, Bob is only Shaken</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damage 13 to 16, Bob takes a single Wound. Bob spends a Benny and succeeds on a Soak roll (odds are good), removing it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Damage dice exploded and rolled 16 or higher, inflicting two or more Wounds. If Bob can't Soak all of these (likely), he's now got a problem. Luckily, the spellcaster can cast Heal. He does so, touching Bob and removing all his Wounds.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The party's spellcaster knew they were facing a dragon, and cast Environmental Protection on everyone, which prevents 4 Wounds from fire. Now the dragon's 3d6 would have to explode for at least 29 points of damage to inflict a single Wound. (37 points if the spellcaster got a Raise.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bob has a Wound or two and drinks a Healing potion* to get rid of them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The spellcaster is out of points, but he does have the Healing Skill and Healer Edge. If Bob has a couple of Wounds, the caster can still patch him up after combat, with a good chance of him fully recovering.</li> </ul>*Okay, a Healing Potion isn't covered in the Core SW, unless you're an Artificer, but they'll definitely be part of a fantasy setting, as they already exist in the current Fantasy Companion.Now, if Bob and/or the party are low on resources (Bennies, power points, potions, still have Wounds), then he'll fight more cautiously, or even consider retreat. Probably not much different than a PF character with low HP knows a failed (or even successful) Save against the breath weapon will probably kill him.I'm not saying gameplay of the AP in each system will be the same; it definitely will not be. But you can see that there's also some similarities. Even in just the above examples, there's a lot of the same fantasy game tropes (evasion, protection from elements, healing, etc.) I think SW can handle a Pathfinder fantasy AP just fine without trying to be PF mechanically, and still maintain the flavor of the setting and adventure.I mean, the PEG team adapted frikkin' Rifts to great success, so I think they can handle something slightly less gonzo like Pathfinder.</blockquote>

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