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Subject: Re: High Tech in AD&D (help).
Message-ID: <8330@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 12-Jan-86 20:01:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 12 20:01:44 1986
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References: <1277@hpda.UUCP>
Reply-To: cc@ucla-cs.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev)
Organization: The Intellectual Wasteland, The Land Of Mental Midgets
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Summary: A few ideas.....

In article <1277@hpda.UUCP> jaxom@hpda.UUCP (Lance Saleme) writes:
>I'm looking for comments and ideas from other DM's on how to handle
>mixed technologies in an AD&D world.  I've recently begun a campaign
>that puts a group of modern (actually circa 2010AD) individuals into
>a classical AD&D world (rules by-the-books).  They've gone through a
>polymorph race-filter to make sure that their classes don't conflict
>with the book's human class limitations (i.e. human becomes elf or
>half-elf to allow split classes).

An obvious responce : don't play AD&D!!!! Run it in I.C.E. system! Use
Dragonquest! Use Runequest and adjust your weapons/etc to one of the techno
games in Chaosium repertoir - Ring World for example!

>To be specific, I would like opinions on how to map 'blasters' into AD&D
>weapons statistics.  (i.e. +4 longbow {d6+6 dmg / shot} ?)
>
>1.  Blaster rifle.
>2.  Blaster pistol.
>3.  Blaster cannon.
If you view "blaster" as essentially a force field punch projector - use
Spiritual hammer scaled up ( x2+3 for #1 ; +3 for #2; x6+12(?) for #3).

If you think blasters are slug throwers -- use magic missile ( scaled up).

If you want blasters to act as lazer weapon - use a (red?) ray of the prismatic
spray.

For fire-projecting weapons use a horisontal flame-strike.

>4.  Defense shield.  (i.e. Minor Globe of Invulnerability)?
Do you REALLY need to have an explanation for this? Just call it an artifact
without additional magic powers!

>5.  Laser knife.
A "vorpal" blade. Or a blade of sharpness.

>6.  Force shield.    (Wizard locked invisible door)?
Same as in 4. Really....

>The group consists of four very experienced DMs and three experienced
>players ranging between 25 and 40 years old.  We are all technical
>professionals in the computer industry (hence the interested in mixed
>technology D&D).

All I can say is : TRY A DIFFERENT FRPG system than TSR's ?D&D stuff!
I've heard the HERO games series is not bad : They cover Hi-Tech, Lo-Tech,
Magic and monster/animal environments ( or so I've heard...)

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