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<blockquote data-quote="Jim Hague" data-source="post: 3622798" data-attributes="member: 17550">As would any conversion job be.&nbsp; Or programming.&nbsp; Or any other task that's basically number crunching. C&amp;C is a fine game.&nbsp; It's great that experienced users can convert on the fly, once they've done it a few times.&nbsp; I keep hearing about the ease of conversion, and then I look at my own C&amp;C books and shake my head.&nbsp; It's not there, folks, not for d20-based material.&nbsp; It's just as much work as any kind of conversion is, and becomes less so once you're experienced.&nbsp; IMO, the vaunted compatibility is a myth - there's not much to the C&amp;C system, therefore it's easy to bolt things on with effectively GM fiat.&nbsp; Is it quick?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; Is it hand waving, effectively?&nbsp; IMO, yes.&nbsp; Where C&amp;C does shine is (as others have pointed out) converting the bizarre and often nnonsensical pre-d20 material to a clean, (semi) consistent system.&nbsp; Where it falls short for me is that it's not enough of a system, and hearkens back to the days when GM fiat effectively ruled the table.YMMV.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jim Hague, post: 3622798, member: 17550"] As would any conversion job be. Or programming. Or any other task that's basically number crunching. C&C is a fine game. It's great that experienced users can convert on the fly, once they've done it a few times. I keep hearing about the ease of conversion, and then I look at my own C&C books and shake my head. It's not there, folks, not for d20-based material. It's just as much work as any kind of conversion is, and becomes less so once you're experienced. IMO, the vaunted compatibility is a myth - there's not much [i]to[/i] the C&C system, therefore it's easy to bolt things on with effectively GM fiat. Is it quick? Sure. Is it hand waving, effectively? IMO, yes. Where C&C does shine is (as others have pointed out) converting the bizarre and often nnonsensical pre-d20 material to a clean, (semi) consistent system. Where it falls short for me is that it's not [i]enough[/i] of a system, and hearkens back to the days when GM fiat effectively ruled the table. YMMV. [/QUOTE]

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