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« Reply #30 on: July 29, 2010, 06:52:51 PM »

I think that the new PF APG iconics might be a little trickier mechanically.

You mean trickier to convert to FC? Not as much as you might think. The fact that PF lets you spread around skill points more liberally helps you port characters made under the 2 sp/level paradigm easier to port over to FC's 4/level minimum than porting from D&D. Also, like FC, PF uses a shorter skill list than D&D.

What's really trickier is things like paladins, and to a lesser extent, rogues. Tricky, but fun, as it takes a bit of creativity. I made the iconic Paladin from PF (Seelah) into a Crusading Shield Bearer Soldier (eventually segueing to Paladin, natch), whereas I decided to make Sir Torsten Trueblade (from DCC 51: Castle Whiterock) a Crusading Warden Captain.

But more traditional paladins might lean towards Lancer; I shied away from that as the dungeon crawl environment I was targeting isn't too mount friendly.

It's also interesting to me that the most natural fit for Paladins, the Crusading origin, is a human talent. That's an interesting reflection of the old school idea of paladinhood being primarily a human thing.
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« Reply #31 on: July 29, 2010, 11:15:06 PM »

I meant the new iconics for the Advanced Player's guide.

And yeah, Seelah isn't a Lancer, if memory serves the higher level PF version uses the weapon bond instead of the mount.
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« Reply #32 on: July 30, 2010, 12:58:24 AM »

C'mon, Pat. You gotta put the cover art on the development page. It's too full of win not to share.

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« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2010, 06:19:03 AM »

I meant the new iconics for the Advanced Player's guide.

Well, as for some reason mine hasn't shipped yet, I wouldn't know.  Cry
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« Reply #34 on: October 16, 2010, 10:44:53 PM »

I was thinking of converting Savage Tide to FC at some point in the future.
As an off-shot from our own campaign settings
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« Reply #35 on: October 17, 2010, 12:53:43 AM »

Really? Do share if you get anywhere, I'm currently playing in a friend's Savage Tide campaign and if I had a decent conversion document to offer him he might just switch to FantasyCraft, which would be very good indeed.
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