Conversions

[Lord Lobo]

Are there or will there be rules for converting items over from CT/MT/TNE/GurpsT to Traveller 20?

 

[Liam Devlin]

Good question, Lord Lobo! (ANd by the way, welcome aboard the CoTI!) Some few of us still have older Trav material we're gonna want to "transfer over" fer sure (NPCs, ships to say the least!).

 

[DrSkull]

I've been working on NPC's for the upcoming TA#4 "76 Gunmen" and have included both T20 and CT versions of each (76 of them to be exact). And I do want to say that conversion between the two systems will be approximate at best. I don't see that it will be possible to have a direct set of rules, other than EXP LEVEL X = Y # of Terms (although ability scores should be more easy to transfer).

I found that you need to give CT characters a number of level-0 skills to get them to match the range of competencies of a T20 character, while keeping the CT character consistent with CT norms.

I think MT and T4 characters might be easier to translate directly, because of their higher number of skills.

As for ships and vehicles, it's been said before that T20 and High Guard ships are basically compatable, well within the fudge factor.

Ground Vehicles are a stickier wicket, I don't think it would be worth it to convert Striker or MT vehicles to T20, when T20 vehicles are easier just to design from scratch. (I don't want to ever open my copy of that piece of crap T4 Emperor's Vehicles again).

 

[Liam Devlin]

Originally posted by DrSkull:
I've been working on NPC's for the upcoming TA#4 "76 Gunmen" and have included both T20 and CT versions of each (76 of them to be exact). And I do want to say that conversion between the two systems will be approximate at best. I don't see that it will be possible to have a direct set of rules, other than EXP LEVEL X = Y # of Terms (although ability scores should be more easy to transfer).

I found that you need to give CT characters a number of level-0 skills to get them to match the range of competencies of a T20 character, while keeping the CT character consistent with CT norms.

I think MT and T4 characters might be easier to translate directly, because of their higher number of skills.

As for ships and vehicles, it's been said before that T20 and High Guard ships are basically compatable, well within the fudge factor.

Ground Vehicles are a stickier wicket, I don't think it would be worth it to convert Striker or MT vehicles to T20, when T20 vehicles are easier just to design from scratch. (I don't want to ever open my copy of that piece of crap T4 Emperor's Vehicles again).

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