Record of Lodoss War migration into d20??

[Remathilis]

Actually, You wouldn't need too much to convert Lodoss to d20

Humans, Dwarves and Elves would work out pretty much the same. Half-elves might work too.

Some conversion would be needed, but grass runners would be modified halflings.

Barbarian, Druid, Cleric, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Wizard classes are all accounted for. That leaves Monks and Sorcerers without direct correlation.

Give the Gods Domains.

Skills and Feats are pretty basic.

Now, you need monsters. Demons, Dragons, Gnolls (Kobolds in the OAV), Orcs, Ogres, and Dark Elves are to start. You could also include most undead too.

Use the map as is.

Afterwards, it would look alot like D&D, and you could probably do it in a sourcebook.

YOU HEARING THIS D20 PUBLISHERS!!!!!!

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

Could always pick up a copy of BESM D20 and play in that world... people like me who own both the DVD box sets (original and Record of the Heroic Knight) and have watched them a hundred times each should have no problem...

 

[Erratic K]

I thought Lodoss was based on the writer's D&D campaign the first time I saw it.

The archetypes line up exactly... So do most of the creatures. So pretty much I agree with Remathilis, it would be super easy to have an adventure in Marmo...

But the original thread poster is right. I didn't have the Complete Warrior book, but it sure looks like Ashram on the cover (or subconciously influenced by Lodoss War).

-E

 

[Dark Jezter]

Pirotess for me. I know it's stupid, but I actually stopped breathing the first time I saw her in the series.

rawr!

Agreed. Pirotess is dead sexy. Deedlit dosen't do anything for me, however.

I thought Lodoss was based on the writer's D&D campaign the first time I saw it.

Actually, it kinda was. The Lodoss setting and characters (heavily influenced by Dungeons & Dragons) were created by a bored high school student named Ryo Mizuno, who pieced it together over his teenage years. Later, he joined a gaming group called "Group SNE". Now, at that time, most Japanese hobby/gaming groups were interested in things like horse racing, computer games, pachinko, billiards, etc. Group SNE, on the other hand, was interested in an American hobby that hadn't yet achieved much popularity in Japan: Role-playing.

Using the setting he'd dreamed up during his high school days, Ryo Mizuno began creating Lodoss scenarios for Group SNE to play through. Lodoss quickly became the group's favorite scenario, and the group invented its own set of RPG rules for running Lodoss games. In 1986, the 23-year-old Mizuno explained the concept of role playing in the Japanese computer magazine "Computique", as well as detailing the Lodoss setting. The article sparked public interest in Lodoss, and in the following years Lodoss became a commercial RPG system, a novel series, a manga series, and a 13-episode anime OAV series. The Lodoss RPG is still popular to this day in Japan, and the rulebooks are reprinted every three years or so.

 

[evildm]

All I gotta say is:

Pa-parn! Pa-parn! Pa-parn!
(inside joke regarding the second series )

And yeah, Pirotess is my favorite, though there isn't anything wrong with Deedlit.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

I think I am the only one who finds Leylia the most attractive woman in ROLW, although Shiris is pretty hot too.

I am still really miffed though, because I never got to finish watching the TV series, and i do not have the OVAs either. The place that sold them has long since replaced them with other animes.

Me and Deedlit would not get along at all, i enjoy messing with nature too much.*Insert Mad Scientist smiley here*