Largescale conversion from 40K to SWD6...

[Winchester]

Been toying with converting the Warhammer 40K vehicles and weapons to the Star Wars D6 system for quite some time, and my hard drive was positively littered with old draft versions, which was just sad. Some of them were really, really bad, too - though that may have been because I got sidetracked before editing everything. Oh well.

I think the current incarnation is going a little better - I decided to create a universal conversion rule from published 40K stats to D6, which would apply to everything. The going is a little slow on the weapons - there are so many exotic types that need special rules, since we as roleplayers are a little more interested in the actual effects I think than the warhammer player who only needs to know if his unit died or not.

One mechanic which I think I've actually managed to work out OK is the hull rating for vehicles. I decided to calculate this by starting with 3D speeder scale and adding one pip for each point of armor above ten, in each of the three arcs. E.g. the Land Raider, which has 14-14-14 armor, has a hull rating of 7D (making it a candidate for walker scale!); while a Predator (13-11-10) would have a 4D+1 rating.

I've run into a couple of snags, though, with the Imperial Armor books and their superheavies - they have less armor than a land raider, but take two or three times as much killing (more in the case of the titans!). Any ideas ofhow to handle this that'll work for both heavily and lightly armored Superheavies (like the fliers)?

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[obidancer]

I'm not familiar with the 40k but how about adding shields to the vehicle, to keep the hull at a proper standard but make the killing a lot harder (have to go through shields first...)?

[Ejacobs]

For the superheavies, change their scale and the scale difference rules should handle it fairly well.

I'd see a Baneblade and it's like as Starfighter Scale. Or Just make particular weaponry larger scale and mention it in the rules.

I did that with some of the heavy weapons I converted from WH40K to SWD6.

For example:
Chain Fist:
Model: Greel Mark IV Chain Fist
Type: Chain Fist
Scale: Character
Skill: Melee combat: Chain Fist
Cost: Not available for sale
Availability: 4; X
Difficulty: 15
Damage: STR+3D
Game Notes: When used against Speeder scale or similar targets, do not use the Scale Comparison chart to reduce damage. Such is its size and weight that only Terminators can use it. It causes a -2D penalty to initiative.


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[ZzaphodD]

I have found that having hard set rules for conversions between 40K and SW works so and so..

I have used a 'general idea' when converting but modified it from case to case.

For example, I created an elite Stormtrooper unit called Assault Troopers heavily influenced by 40K Terminators. All was fine until you came to some of the more specialized weaponry (Stormhammers for example). In 40K its fine to have some weapons more or less autokill, as a you have personal shields and whatnot to save characters behinds vs those überweapons. I felt that this sort of hardware was not really in its right place in a SW campaign, hence the weapons had to be tweaked.

[Raven Redstar]

I was planning on taking some of the space marine weaponry concepts and applying them to the Mandalorians. Things like Power swords and axes, and storm shields. For the most part these enhancements to normal equipment just gave something like a +1D damage bonus, and due to the energy field, the weapons are able to parry lightsabers. I figured that having something like this would make the mandalorians more of a threat to the galaxy cause they can actually stand a chance versus the jedi.

I didn't want to go too in depth because things like bolters and whatnot are so low tech, that they just don't feel appropriate in the star wars universe. Chain Swords are easily replaced by vibro-weaponry.

As for their armor, you turn any suit of armor into power armor and you've got a decent starting point. The problem with a lot of the 40k universe tech, is it's designed by factions which are all paragons of evolution, one way or the other... even Orks... So they need the savage tech that does massive amounts of damage because take the space marines for example, one marine can solo a tank brigade. How & why do you convert that into a system where people are just people?

I would be interested in whatever you come up with. I had a GM once who incorporated the Eldar into his game by making them a mysterious ancient race that had died out eons ago. But some of their technology was still around.

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[schnarre]

...It's always a matter of discretion when making conversions from different systems--WH 40K is no exception. I also had Eldar in one campaign years back (Aspect Warriors were always my favorite Eldar units), & have regularly replaced the Vong with the Tyrannids (which are in every way more Cool).

...It usually easiest to convert systems for their settings first, before trying to integate them into the Star Wars Universe. It might take longer, but it's more thorough. 8)
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[Esoomian]

Why divert from cannon, the genestealer seed is quite a nice little mechanic. It's a shame they've moved away from genestealer cults.
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[Esoomian]

[schnarre]

...Had some stats for Eldar Guardians & Aspect Warriors in years past...I'll see if I can dig those up.
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