Which should I use the existing d20 or the authoring kit

Cobalt-Blue · November 26th, 2014, 06:01 PM

I'm thinking of trying to use Hero Lab to create a character generator for Guardians of Order's (now defunct) old D20 Silver Age Sentinel's super hero roleplaying game for my players to use. My question is this: In which would be easier to build it, the authoring kit starting from scratch or modifying the D20 system as it is? Either way, I'm going to have to purchase one of them, I'm just wanting to make sure that I get the correct product.

Mathias · November 27th, 2014, 10:33 AM

You won't be able to modify one of our packaged systems unless all you want to accomplish is adding and subtracting a few items in the editor. If you need to change the mechanics, I'm sorry to say that you'll need to start from scratch.

Cobalt-Blue · November 27th, 2014, 01:26 PM

So, the authoring kit is the way to go? Will I need the super powers add on, or is that add on specific to Mutants And Masterminds?

Kairos · November 28th, 2014, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Cobalt-Blue

So, the authoring kit is the way to go? Will I need the super powers add on, or is that add on specific to Mutants And Masterminds?

You'll need to build the entire system from the ground up. The source for the inidividual data sets (d20, MM) are not available. The Authoring Kit, however, comes with D&D4e and Savage Worlds, and you can access any rule set made with it, but there is no d20/SRD rule set for the AK.

Cobalt-Blue · November 28th, 2014, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kairos

You'll need to build the entire system from the ground up. The source for the inidividual data sets (d20, MM) are not available. The Authoring Kit, however, comes with D&D4e and Savage Worlds, and you can access any rule set made with it, but there is no d20/SRD rule set for the AK.

Okay, thank you for that information. It helps a lot.

Mathias · November 28th, 2014, 10:44 AM

The Savage Worlds Super Powers Companion package contains HL content from a specific book that's available for the Savage Worlds game system - the Super Powers Companion. So unless you're using Savage Worlds, that won't add anything. And if you're creating something based on d20, I doubt that it would be very useful for implementation ideas, since it's for a different system.

Mathias Senior Member Lone Wolf Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 13,213 November 27th, 2014, 10:33 AM	You won't be able to modify one of our packaged systems unless all you want to accomplish is adding and subtracting a few items in the editor. If you need to change the mechanics, I'm sorry to say that you'll need to start from scratch.
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Cobalt-Blue Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Russell, KY Posts: 13 November 27th, 2014, 01:26 PM	So, the authoring kit is the way to go? Will I need the super powers add on, or is that add on specific to Mutants And Masterminds?
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