Converting settings - general thoughts

[corwyn]

Originally Posted by tbrock1031

This. A thousand times this. When I decided to do my experiment in insanity known as the GURPS Rifts project, I decided three basic things:

1. Do not convert the numbers for the SDC/MDC side of things. A laser pistol is a laser pistol; mega-damage just means better penetration, and hey look! Lasers already have a an Armor Divisor (2) in GURPS.

2. Armor being ablative is how the original system handles things; GURPS doesn't need to be ablative with a hundred points of DR. This doesn't fit the artwork anyway. Vehicle armor being semi-ablative fits the feel; body armor being semi-ablative doesn't.

Yeah, though there is still a matter of scale. I'm looking forward to seeing what Savage Worlds does with their Rifts adaptation - seeing Glitterboys next to Gypsies.