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whtknt
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Location: Ocean Springs, MS, USA
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Old August 20th, 2009, 11:02 AM
I don't play d20 System anymore, nor do I play White Wolf or Pathfinder d20. I don't play Cortex or Savage Worlds often enough to make it worth buying the datasets, and while we do play 4E, we use the WotC character generator for such. In short, the only two datasets I have purchased are Mutants & Masterminds and d20 System (I bought my copy of Hero Lab when d20 was the only system supported). I have given consideration to purchasing the Authoring Kit, however.

Trouble is, I guess I'm not as young (or as bright) as I used to be. Time was, I could sit down and tinker with something until I learned enough about it to build on that knowledge (I taught myself HTML code), but that just doesn't seem to be the case any longer. Even with the aid of the wiki and the Savage Worlds example, I cannot seem to make the Authoring Kit do what I want of it.

I started a Traveller (Mongoose edition) dataset a while back, but I've gotten nowhere fast with it. I just don't know enough about what I'm doing in there. I would also love to make an Alternity dataset (my group has just discovered this lost gem), but same problem. I guess that I just don't know where to start to get the results I desire.

Anyway, enough about my troubles.

I'm taking it in a new direction. Maybe if, instead of trying to build one from scratch, I try modifying an existing dataset, I can make some sense out of it.

Last week, my group wanted to do something a little different from our 4E game, so I came up with the idea of introducing them to the joy of Gamma World. But instead of having to teach them a new system, I decided to go with something that they already knew and were familiar with; Mutants & Masterminds. Even I was surprised at how well it fit, and that inspired my new direction.

I'm going to duplicate the M&M dataset and try modifying it to create characters for Gamma World. This is largely a case of adding a few new feats and items, and removing some inappropriate powers, so I might be able to muddle through it this time.

If, by some chance, it actually works like I intend, and if anyone is interested, I'll post the results here for download.
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