D20 Modern/Dark Matter

[teitan]

I was thinking about D20 Modern today and what could possibly boost sales when it hit me, a solid conversion of the Dark Matter setting! Those of you who don't have the Alternity version of D20 Modern, would a D*M sourcebook sell you on the D20 Modern game?

 

[Krieg]

I have Alternity Dark*Matter and D20 Modern....and I would still kill for a D20 adaptation of it.

 

[Aussiegamer]

The problem is that they made the space craft rules over simple and have destoryed that style of gaming.

They would need to release it as a seperate system to d20 future.

 

[Turanil]

Those of you who don't have the Alternity version of D20 Modern, would a D*M sourcebook sell you on the D20 Modern game?

No. A Dark Matter setting would not sell me on d20 Modern since I don't know (but vaguely) what Dark Matter is. Plus I don't need to be sold on d20 Modern since I already have it. Nonetheless, if a Dark Matter sourcebook was published, I would probably get a look into it.

 

[Ranger REG]

No. A Dark Matter setting would not sell me on d20 Modern since I don't know (but vaguely) what Dark Matter is.

That's good. At least you have a clean slate. For Alternity fans however, they can't help but to compare, and they will with what they already [intimately] know: Alternity/Dark*Matter.

Plus I don't need to be sold on d20 Modern since I already have it.

While I'm glad you have one, WotC still need to convince other customers to buy d20 Modern.

 

[Meadred]

Well, it kind of depends what kind of book we're talking about. A hardcover for somewhere around $30.00 - nope! I'd rather just buy the Alternity/Dark Matter ESD from RPGNow, and adapt the interesting parts to d20 Modern. However, if it was made available as a PDF (non-DRM mind you!) for a reasonable price, - yes, most definitely.

Cheers,
Meadred

 

[reanjr]

I voted yes, but that comes with the caveat that Monte Cook and/or Wolfgang Baur would do the book.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Dark*Matter was a creamy campaign setting, so there's little to convert - mainly NPCs and monsters.

And a few new spells/psionic powers. I might have run one if I could get a balanced FX system in D20 Modern.

 

[JPL]

I might have run one if I could get a balanced FX system in D20 Modern.

I thought the action point -fueled spellcasting in Polyhedron's Dark Matter adaptation looked reasonably close to the feel of the original. A feat-based system might work, too.

I think the Dark Matter campaign book is one of the best RPG products ever...but I wonder if the whole X-Files aliens-occult-conspiracy thing is a little played out right now. I mean, the genre will always be around in some form, but it was at the peak of its popularity several years ago, and I can't see WotC devoting its resources to a somewhat passe project.

On the other hand...I wouldn't be surprised to see a d20 Modern espionage book called Top Secret sometime soon, with a "toolkit" approach [a la d20 Future], and Dark Matter might just get a shout-out in a book like that...

 

[jaerdaph]

No, because I already own d20 Modern.
I would, however, buy a Dark*Matter supplement for d20 Modern.