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[JimmySwill]

I'm not very familiar with Dark Sun. I skimmed through the original, but never played in it.

If anyone can help Jhulae out, it would be appreciated:

http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?637150-Wayfarers-RPG-Converting-the-Dark-Sun-campaign-world
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[Jhulae]

Hiya. Thanks for the message about the thread on RPG.net. I think I'll just start posting about it here since 1) I might find more help readily available and 2) its less likely to get dumped off the front page after about an hour..

[Jhulae]

Okay, what I have so far:

For races, I was going to use the mechanics of the races given in the rulebook for humans, and dwarves, converting the Wayfarer Orcs into DS Mul. (Maybe another race might be good for that?) I'm not sure if I want Half-Giants as PCs, and I think halflings would stay as NPCs too. As for elves, I'm not sure how to easily incorporate some of the DS Elf traits into the Wayfarer elves without making them a bit overpowered.

as far as classes go, I'm not sure about Defilers and how I could include them. They seem like they'd be too powerful if mage points were lowered for defilers, but the 'green' mage characters would be weaker if they had to take extra skills to overcome defiling magic.

The divine magic rules seem alright for Templars* and elementalists, but the question is figuring out which cleric spheres and whatnot fit each of them.

And, then there are the Dragon Lords. Oy. I don't *even* know where to begin with them. NPCs definitely, so I guess they could each be unique. I certainly wouldn't expect/want a PC to become one.

I'm not sure how the hedge magic would fit in properly, but I think it would work alright. Alchemists and such would fit properly in the setting I think.

*After looking over things more, I think using the Ritual magic for Templars would seem to fit, with the 'power' for the magic provided by the Dragon Lords.

That's what I have so far, but I'm not all that good at converting stuff so any help would be appreciated.

[Jhulae]

Cleric Spheres.

Dark Sun clerics get their power from the elemental planes, not deities, so what spheres would seem to be appropriate for each of the elements?

Obviously Fire would probably have destruction based lists as Primary and Water would probably be high on the healing for their primary spheres. But, beyond that, what spheres would be a good fit for the elements?

[Dorchadas]

I've been working on some conversion material based on finding this thread, and the similar one on RPG.net. It's kind of a rough draft, but I figured I'd post what I have so far.

Edit: [link removed, see below]

New version, added a Discipline for templars and some notes about spells. I probably won't do too much more with the magic, since I think it'd be a lot less work using the original AD&D spells and changing saving throws into Resistance checks instead of converting everything.

[Dorchadas]

Update!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bbq8g7uj1zvxkf/Dark%20Sun%20Extras.pdf

Added a Discipline for elemental and paraelemental clerics. This part seems pretty complete, so unless there's something missing or I notice anything when I do a re-read of my Dark Sun books, it's probably the final version.

Edited, some typoes fixed

[Metathiax]

Great work, I think that you've got the Dark Sun feel right.
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[Jhulae]

Yeah, good stuff. Definitely stuff I was stumped on converting mechanically.

[Dorchadas]

Thanks!

Psionics remains to be done, but that's a much bigger task, and at the moment I'm occupied in converting Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay's magic system into Wayfarers.

[Dorchadas]

I found a shortcut!: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bbq8g7uj1zvxkf/Dark%20Sun%20Extras.pdf

Psionics is in now. It does assume you own the Player's Option: Skills and Powers book for the Psionics section, though, since that isn't nearly as bad as the Complete Psionics Handbook and actually fits into Wayfarers pretty well already.

[JimmySwill]

Awesome, Dorchadas. Do you mind if I post it to Resources?
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[Dorchadas]

Go ahead! I'd wait a bit, though--I already know a couple more changes I'm going to make. I should have a new version in a few days.

[JimmySwill]

[Dorchadas]

Another version, including some revisions to psionics!: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bbq8g7uj1zvxkf/Dark%20Sun%20Extras.pdf

That should be it! There are further changes I could make--psionic combat is terrible and you're always better off just stabbing them in the face--but that's getting out of the territory of a conversion. And anyway, I fixed the problem of being required to individually engage in protracted psionic combat with every individual target you want to use powers like invisibility on.

I do have a full adaptation in mind, but I'm waiting on the magic system from Beyond the Wall to come out, since I like a separation between magic and psionics and that'll let me adapt the Beyond the Wall magic so that magic is lengthy, lasting, and ritual-based, and psionics is immediate but fleeting.

[Dorchadas]

Okay, I lied: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bbq8g7uj1zvxkf/Dark%20Sun%20Extras.pdf

Two minor changes--literacy costs more and isn't automatic, and added a Discipline to buy a High Science from The Will and the Way.