Re: [DL] Conversion advice

[TobyAkers@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/28/01 5:54:39 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
allensh@yahoo.com writes:

<< I have been converting the adventure "The Last Stop"
 to d20 as stated in a previous message, and have run
 into a minor snag; the MM doesn't include coyotes :)
 Neither does Deadlands: D20 or Horrors o' the Weird
 West. What creature would you say coyotes are most
 like? wolves? (It would seem to me that wolves would
 be nastier, but that's just me).
 
    I'd agree with you here, I'd base them off wolves, but tone them down a 
bit.  Less  hit dice, lower bonus to hit, maybe slightly less damage, though 
not for the     coyotes in that adventure...
 
 Also, since this is an original Deadlands adventure,
 it makes reference to awarding Fate Chips of various
 colors. I don't presently own a copy of the original
 game (a situation I hope to rectify soon), but it
 seems to be that these awards would be better
 translated as experience awards and/or bonuses, since
 Fate Chips in D20 seem to be very different.
 
    Fate chips that are awarded for defeating things or solving puzzles would 
be  translated into xp for the monster or trap/puzzle overcome.  Fate chips 
for other   things would either be bonus experience or a D20 fate chip, 
that's up to you.

 This is a good adventure and I think my players will
 enjoy it, once I get the bugs worked out :) If you all
 would like, when I get all of these conversions done,
 I could post them here.
 
    If you do, don't forget to include a spoiler warning for those player 
types.