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kronovan · Veteran Joined: 01 Mar 2011 Posts: 681

A homebrewed Savage BattleTech was released recently. The BattleTech universe doesn't have aliens like the Zentreti, but its Mech action is similar. You could probably adapt the play mechanics of both systems to a Robotech/Macross setting.

peregry · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:14 am Post subject:

*look rather surprised at being mentioned*

As a fan of both Robotech and Battletech (despite the sordid history between Harmony Gold and FASA), and one of the designers of Savage Battletech, I'd throw out there that while you could use some of the core ideas for SBt for a starting point, but SBt doesn't handle the aerial combat well.

DEST Droids and stuff would work perfectly fine, as it stands the Battletech Mech/Fighter conversion units (called LAMs) are much weaker than their purebred Mech and Aerospace Fighter counterparts, which doesn't work with the canon of Robotech in that the Veritecs are actually better than the DEST Droids.

I think, overall you'd have to abstract the aerial combat, as showing 3d combat on a 2d map never works well. You'd also have to tweak the LAM rules to make them more on par with both Mechs and ASFs, but it would be doable.
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kronovan · Veteran Joined: 01 Mar 2011 Posts: 681

Yep, good points. Robotech might very well be a mecha setting better suited to building mechas the way you create PC's. So with that in mind, the homebrewed Savage Space might be a better model to base it on.

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warrenss2 · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:09 pm Post subject:

I've been thinking that Over the Edge would be very good.
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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258

I mentioned this in another thread, but I had a kick running Eco.

http://www.rpgnow.com/product/3160/eco?it=1

My players had a skunk, a raccoon, two ferrets, a squirrel, and an eagle. Oh, the havoc they caused. Oh, the chagrin of the raccoon's player when he was caught by local animal control agents and put on a rabies watch. Such fun.

Eco has it's own system, now defunct I think, but I ran it using conversions I made up for True20.

With a change of scale, it or something like it could be a fun Savage Setting.

In it, the heroes are animals. Not anthropomorphic animals, but otherwise normal animals that have somehow been blessed with human-like sentience.

You could use it for something like Watership Down, or The Secret of NIMH, or something silly and cartoony, depending on the setting rules you use.
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77IM · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:10 pm Post subject:

Have I mentioned my love of Immortal: The Invisible War? Fantastic setting, beautiful core book, incoherent and absolutely unplayable rules system. Would be difficult to convert due to the power levels involved, unless you leaned heavily on the SPC. I guess I haven't gotten around to converting this game because I have trouble coming up with adventure ideas for such a bizarre world.

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johnnii · Novice Joined: 02 Sep 2011 Posts: 57

This one Ive wanted to be savaged ever since I discovered Savage Worlds
Sadly never gonna happen, since it's swedish and out of print.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/MutantUA?from=Main.MutantUA

It might look a lot like Gamma World, but it differs in the less wackyness (though still plenty of humor). Think Mad Max meets Wind in the Willows.

jeff · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject:

Some Amazing Engine settings like Once and Future King, Kromosome, and Magitech beg for a good Savaging.
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Sweeper · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:40 am Post subject:

Magitech, I agree with. I one of the things I recall most clearly about the setting was a fluff reference to their version of Star Trek. Something about a gigantic space-going magic carpet with an alien magician First Officer. Smile

That alone would make for some interesting gaming.
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warrenss2 · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:41 pm Post subject:

AMBER RPG - One great RPG and a favorite book series... but I'm an old-timer when it comes to things like that. Razz

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Kodyax · Seasoned Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 492

Actually at this point anoyone that made stuff for D20 Modern or True 20 is fair game for me to want savage. I have a question to the Reality Blurs guys: Were you responsible for the Alien Invasion book for D20 Modern? And if you were would be too much to ask that you convert it to Savage Worlds?

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warrenss2 · Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject:

These are not RPGs, but I'd like to see some GURPS worldbooks converted...

Autoduel
Bunnies & Burrows
Space
Time Travel
Mysterious Places

Just to name a few...
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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject:

I'd like to see White Wolfs Exalted saveged. I was looking onto this, coming up with some basic rules to create the differing caste, and realized, White Wolf snuck in some classes!!! Surprised

Dawn Caste=Warriors
Night Caste=Thief
Zenith Caste=Ranger
EclipseCaste=Rogue/Face
Twilight Caste=Healer/Mage

Slick bastards!!! LOL!!!
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