Swords & Wizardry Ruleset Progress

[damned]

I forgot - he has permission to create content as well for this ruleset so there is no need to use the C&C ruleset as the base

[Trenloe]

I forgot - he has permission to create content as well for this ruleset so there is no need to use the C&C ruleset as the base

Only as far as content is concerned, yes. C&C would probably be a closer match to S&W than the D&D 3.5e ruleset, so less work to get the base ruleset up and running. But, it would need the GM to purchase the C&C ruleset, and I wonder how Frog God Games would feel if they knew someone had to give money to Troll Lord Games to play their S&W system on Fantasy Grounds?!?

Commercially, I reckon that in this instance it would be better to go with 3.5E - a lot will have to be stripped out and changed, but it will mean the S&W ruleset is available without another purchase, which will probably make more people happy all round. Just more development work...

[damned]

Only as far as content is concerned, yes. C&C would probably be a closer match to S&W than the D&D 3.5e ruleset, so less work to get the base ruleset up and running. But, it would need the GM to purchase the C&C ruleset, and I wonder how Frog God Games would feel if they knew someone had to give money to Troll Lord Games to play their S&W system on Fantasy Grounds?!?

Commercially, I reckon that in this instance it would be better to go with 3.5E - a lot will have to be stripped out and changed, but it will mean the S&W ruleset is available without another purchase, which will probably make more people happy all round. Just more development work...

Agreed. Id start with 3.5e or Start fresh but copy copiously from 3.5e.

[Zhern]

@MoonWizard - thanks, I appreciate that.

@damned/Trenloe - I'm probably going to start with 3.5e and build from there. I have both C&C and 3.5e and have been going through those to see how things behave. I'm okay with the added dev work if it will allow people to use the S&W set without having to buy another set.

@vodokar - the reference manuals are low hanging fruit and can be proofed via coreRPG. If I can get someone going on proofing while I'm working on other things then I can hopefully get multiple things done in parallel.

@leozelig - thanks, appreciate that. The reference manuals are tedious with all the copy/paste/clean up, but I've automated a bit of it so it hasn't been too bad so far. I think what would be great is after I get the Player's and Referee's mods put together, I could get a few of you that are familiar with S&W to read through them, make sure I didn't miss anything glaring, and that the format works well enough.

[Zhern]

I cannot offer you any help but I do wish you the best of luck in this project. I look forward to learning S&W in the future so this will be awesome when I get around to it. Thank you and good luck in your next term too!

Happy gaming!

Kelly

Thanks!

[Zhern]

FYI, I did start clean from 3.5e. I'm hoping I'll get the last bits of reference manuals knocked out this weekend and start on the ruleset Monday (that is the plan, at least).

[primarch]

FYI, I did start clean from 3.5e. I'm hoping I'll get the last bits of reference manuals knocked out this weekend and start on the ruleset Monday (that is the plan, at least).

Hi!

My thanks for doing this!

Primarch

[Zhern]

Hi!

My thanks for doing this!

Primarch

Gladly!

[Myrdin Potter]

Looking for modules to run on this ruleset when done? Look here:

https://www.froggodgames.com/swords-wizardry-pdf-bundle

A lot of content at the $1, $8 and $15 levels.

[vodokar]

I backed Operation Unfathomable. I'm not sure if I'm going to run it under DCC or S&W, but I'm definitely planning on running it. Plus, I can't wait to see all the goodies from the S&W kickstarter. I backed at the complete gamer level.