From:	Dave Sherohman <esper@*****.IMA.UMN.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Even More Crossovers...
Date:	Sat, 2 Apr 1994 15:23:26 CST

From: Joshua James Harrison <harrij4%RPI.EDU@***.spcs.umn.edu>
>Heh heh... speaking of crossovers, and for curiosity as well, I tried making a
>system to convert ED to SR and vice-versa. Trouble is, while the systems are
>linked, and have some mechanics in common, there is enough of a difference
>between them to make it a MAJOR undertaking. Something that I don't have the
>tie or the experience to do.

>So I was wondering... does anybody already have a system of converting stats
>from one system to the other? If there isn't, its no big deal... I was just
>curious as to how easy a job it would be.

Eek! Ack! Urk! I don't think it'd be worth it... The games are on two
completely different orders of magnitude... Writing an ED/SR crossover would
be about as useful as writing an Amber/ED crossover. If you really want to,
the ED listing for a typical Ork suggests that SRStat = (EDStat^2/8) might be
a good place to start... Yes, I realize that this makes the average ED PC a
monster with stats of around 20, but like I said, the two games aren't on the
same power level. (Back before ED came out, I recall a FASA rep being quoted
as saying that they wouldn't do any official crossover because representing
ED in SR would require ungodly handfulls of dice...)

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