Any Dune conversions out there?
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LostSoul
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The BG might be hard to do with typical Psion/Psi-Warriors. The flashy nature and effects of D&D Powers doesn't translate well to the subtle nature of "magic" in Dune. Some of the Feats would work really well, though - Psychic Inquisitor could work well for truthsaying.
Saudarkar should have their own Prestige Class. So should the Fremen (and possibly Atreidies warriors). Either that, or you'd have to make them really high level (to keep the comabt skills as well as the other skills, like Wilderness Lore, high).
Saudarkar should have their own Prestige Class. So should the Fremen (and possibly Atreidies warriors). Either that, or you'd have to make them really high level (to keep the comabt skills as well as the other skills, like Wilderness Lore, high).
SeRiAlExPeRiMeNtS
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Well, I don´t think the d20 rules would be good for a dune conversion, There is a GURPS conversion that works ok. Dune is hard to convert, the BG is not Psions they are more to monks. There is litle psionic powers in dune (besides clarescience), the Voice from the BG is "only" a very special training, truthsaing also... And the Muad´dib? fighter/psion/monk/expert/aristocrate/.... it simple don´t work...
Well, I just got ahold of the Dune RPG put out at GenCon a couple of years ago. I'm going to start work on converting it to d20, but it's going to be slow. 
I have some ideas, like using the defense and reputation systems in Star Wars/Wheel of Time. I've also gotten ahold of Fading Suns d20 which has a lot of good stuff in it too.
I'm pretty sure the Fremen could be mimicked by the Algai'd'Siswai class from Wheel of Time, but I'm kind of torn between using the WotC Noble and the Fading Suns Noble. I'm going to work out some backgrounds, since there is really only one race in Dune, and I like backgrounds a lot.
Another idea I had was using the Latent Fortelling and Fortelling feats from Wheel of Time for the Presience. For the BG's I was thinking about making up some feats for the Weirding Way style of fighting, feats for Truthsaying, and working on a See Minutae and Hide Minutae skills.
I have some ideas, like using the defense and reputation systems in Star Wars/Wheel of Time. I've also gotten ahold of Fading Suns d20 which has a lot of good stuff in it too.
I'm pretty sure the Fremen could be mimicked by the Algai'd'Siswai class from Wheel of Time, but I'm kind of torn between using the WotC Noble and the Fading Suns Noble. I'm going to work out some backgrounds, since there is really only one race in Dune, and I like backgrounds a lot.
Another idea I had was using the Latent Fortelling and Fortelling feats from Wheel of Time for the Presience. For the BG's I was thinking about making up some feats for the Weirding Way style of fighting, feats for Truthsaying, and working on a See Minutae and Hide Minutae skills.
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LostSoul
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If you made the Fremen, BG, and Sardaukar into base classes, they won't be balanced. Fremen and the BG are better warriors than the Sardaukar, who are better still than even House Atreidies and Harkonnen warriors.
You are dealing with more than one race in DUNE. Remeber the Face Dancers, and Guild Navigators. Anyways, it fits with the "breeding" theme of the setting to make different peoples into different races.
Hmm... maybe that's the best way to do it. The Fremen, Sardaukar, BG, Mentats, Face Dancers - they are all templates or races that you can add to the base classes. (They are all are raised from birth, I think.) The Kwisatz Haderach could be another template.
The "wierding way" should probably be represented by skills and feats, not typical D&D psionic powers.
Hmm... I still think that most "base" classes should be prestige classes, with entry requirements such as "born on Arrakis and raised as a Fremen", or "born on Salusa Secundus", or whatever.
You are dealing with more than one race in DUNE. Remeber the Face Dancers, and Guild Navigators. Anyways, it fits with the "breeding" theme of the setting to make different peoples into different races.
Hmm... maybe that's the best way to do it. The Fremen, Sardaukar, BG, Mentats, Face Dancers - they are all templates or races that you can add to the base classes. (They are all are raised from birth, I think.) The Kwisatz Haderach could be another template.
The "wierding way" should probably be represented by skills and feats, not typical D&D psionic powers.
Hmm... I still think that most "base" classes should be prestige classes, with entry requirements such as "born on Arrakis and raised as a Fremen", or "born on Salusa Secundus", or whatever.
There are a number of ways to model one group of people being tougher than the other. One of the simplest is to just say the average Fremen fighter is higher level than your standard Sardaukar. Most Atredeis soldiers would be of the NPC warrior class anyway, not the PC fighter class. I'd make it like the LUG game where the standard PC fighter-type was a swordmaster.
LostSoul
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Florin said:
That's true. I guess that Fremen will have to be quite a bit higher level than the other warrior classes, since they are better warriors and Rangers as well.
Atreides warriors are probably Fighters, while Harkonnen and other typical Landsraad warriors are the NPC Warrior class. Remember that one of the reasons that the Emperor went against House Atreides was because they were creating a group of warriors that could challenge his feared Sardaukar.
