This pages contains brief notes about our conversion methods. These will hopefully be expanded in the future. The reader is assumed to have some knowledge of SLA character generation.
The current race profiles were done rather quickly, and they will probably be adjusted once I have edited this page a few times. The end result should be playable D20 races that have the same feel as their SLA counterpart.
Abilities
Range
When converting from SLA to D20 Modern, we must establish a relation between the ability sscale in the two game systems. The normal human ability span was used as a baseline. This is 8-18 in D20 and 5-10 in SLA. A conversion forumula of
D20 = 2 * SLA - 2
should work for ordinary humans.
Mapping
SLA and D20 have different abilites, so we must establish as mapping between SLA and D20 abilities. When two abilities are used they are averaged.
| D20 | SLA |
|---|---|
| Str | Str |
| Dex | Dex |
| Con | Str, Cool |
| Int | Dia, Conc |
| Wis | Conc, Cool |
| Cha | Cha |
Races
Racial ability ranges in SLA:
| Race | Str | Dex | Dia | Conc | Cha | Cool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 |
| Frother | 5-12 | 5-10 | 5-8 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-10 |
| Ebon | 5-9 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-13 | 5-11 | 5-9 |
| BrainWaster | 5-11 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 5-11 | 5-8 | 5-11 |
| WraithRider | 5-10 | 5-15 | 5-12 | 5-9 | 5-10 | 5-8 |
| Shaktar | 5-13 | 5-13 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 5-9 | 5-12 |
| Stormer | 5-15 | 5-13 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 5-15 |
After conversion forumala (max vakue used for ability modifer)
| Race | Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | 18 | +0 | 18 | +0 | 18 | +0 | 18 | +0 | 18 | +0 | 18 | +0 |
| Frother | 22 | +4 | 18 | +0 | 20 | +2 | 18 | +0 | 18 | +0 | 18 | +0 |
| Ebon | 16 | -2 | 18 | +0 | 16 | -2 | 21 | +3 | 20 | +2 | 20 | +2 |
| BrainWaster | 20 | +2 | 18 | +0 | 20 | +2 | 19 | +1 | 20 | +2 | 14 | -4 |
| WraithRider | 18 | +0 | 28 | +10 | 16 | -2 | 19 | +1 | 15 | -3 | 18 | +0 |
| Shaktar | 24 | +6 | 24 | +6 | 23 | +5 | 14 | -4 | 18 | +0 | 16 | -2 |
| Stormer | 28 | +10 | 24 | +6 | 28 | +10 | 14 | -4 | 21 | +3 | 14 | -4 |
Some thoughts about the results:
- The bility modifiers are too high in general
- Shaktar and Stormers are large creater, so the Str and Con mods are pretty ok.
- WraithRiders are predators, and as such should have normal or higher wisdown but low int.
It seems that the conversion formula needs to be tweaked a bit. A first step is to halve modifiers not related to the physical size (Shaktar and Stormer). I'll post a modified table below when I feel up to it.
ECL
I want humans, frothers, ebon and brain wasters to have ECL +0. A WraithRider will have extreme physical stats (extreme Dex and Speed) and will probably be ECL +1. Stormer are hulking brutes and should have ECL +2 or +3. Shaktar are a bit weaker, and should have and ECL of +1 or +2.
Starting level for charactres should be 3 in order to allow for a variety of races while still starting at low level.
Speed
Conversion of Speed is trivial. Simply multiply the run value in SLA by 10.
| Race | Speed |
|---|---|
| Human | 30 |
| Frother | 40 |
| Ebon | 30 |
| BrainWaster | 30 |
| WraithRider | 60 |
| Shaktar | 50 |
| Stormer | 40 |