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Fallout d20

Started by ConanMK, May 01, 2007, 04:47:00 PM

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ConanMK

I must admit, I was surprised to see a link about this over at EnWorld. I never even heard of the company before, but I am a big fan of the Fallout computer games.

Link: http://www.gluttoncreeper.com/page3.html

Sosthenes

My pants feel funny now. Must be radiation.
 

J Arcane

I have precisely zero interest.

I've got the actual SPECIAL system, what the hell do I need yet another crappy D20 homebrew for?

Especially considering that SPECIAL is half the reason I loved the games in the first place?

I'm also a bit confused as to how they still have rights to print this now, given that the publisher's deal was with Interplay, who just sold all rights to fallout to Bethsoft.
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ConanMK

What exactly is the SPECIAL system? I've never heard of it before.

J Arcane

Quote from: ConanMKWhat exactly is the SPECIAL system? I've never heard of it before.
SPECIAL is the system used in the Fallout games.  

Available in pen and paper form here:  http://pnp.duckandcover.cx/downloads/fallout_pnp_2_0.pdf

Oddly, the guy who used to maintain the SPECIAL pen and paper site, is now working on the D20 version.
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Sosthenes

If I remember correctly, the originally wanted to use GURPS. Made quite the hooplah, but apparently there were some licensing issues...
 

J Arcane

Quote from: SosthenesIf I remember correctly, the originally wanted to use GURPS. Made quite the hooplah, but apparently there were some licensing issues...
Apparently Steve Jackson got wierd, so I've heard, and they wound up saying to hell with it, and we got SPECIAL instead.

Much as I like GURPS, I'm kind of happy for it, because SPECIAL's a cool system.
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