10-02-2004, 03:36 PM | #1 |
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3e-4e Vehicle Conversion Question
I was trying to convert some GURPS Traveller starships to 4e using the examples in Book 2 as a guide. I'm not quite sure what the relationship is between the vehicle's ST and its Loaded Weight/Load. I assumed going in that the ST is calculated based on the vehicles Loaded Weight or Load, but my numbers keep coming up unbalanced. How is the ST for a vehicle calculated under 4e? Should it be calculated per the rules in Book 1 or Update, or is there a formula missing somewhere?
All the other vehicle stats transferred over very smoothly (HP, DR, etc.) I just got stuck on the ST-Wt. ratio thing. ____________________________________ Michael Brown, Graphic Designer, Illustrator "The word 'impossible' is found...only in the dictionary of fools." --Dr. Hans Reinhardt, "The Black Hole" |
10-02-2004, 10:57 PM | #3 |
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Re: 3e-4e Vehicle Conversion Question
[QUOTE=cybermancer2k1]I was trying to convert some GURPS Traveller starships to 4e using the examples in Book 2 as a guide. I'm not quite sure what the relationship is between the vehicle's ST and its Loaded Weight/Load.
____________________________________ Vehicle ST does not relate to its loaded weight. In terms of characters, vehicles have PAYLOAD, the Advantage of having extra load above Strength. A vehicle's power output, of course, relates to its total loaded weight. A vehicle's ST is essentially what is left over after subtracting the power went into ST and speed. In practice, the limit is more structural ST, so find ST the same way you find HP: (the cube root of vehicle empty weight in tons) x 50. |
10-04-2004, 05:44 PM | #4 |
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Re: 3e-4e Vehicle Conversion Question
Cool. Thanks
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10-05-2004, 12:05 AM | #5 | |
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And doesn't the structural strength affect the HP or ST values with anything but with it's weight? For example if the vehicle is built with extra-heavy structure? So wouldn't that affect the hit points and structural strenght also (extra payload capability), just as in 3e rules? Any thoughts how to deal with these issues? |
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10-05-2004, 09:06 AM | #6 | |
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10-05-2004, 11:18 PM | #7 | |
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10-05-2004, 11:23 PM | #8 |
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Re: 3e-4e Vehicle Conversion Question
Heh. This way an ST50 elephant would have the same thrusting power as a .50 caliber gun (13d), only if it had metallic thrusting point instead of bone tusks. Sounds plausible to me...
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10-06-2004, 12:03 AM | #9 |
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Re: 3e-4e Vehicle Conversion Question
I know this would be against the rule that damages are all square of the energy, not linear, but it seems to work with the 3e HP and DR values with Mecha.
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