I'm intending to misbehave by converting the Firefly rpg straight up to Genesys as it uses polyhedral dice for easy transference. Problem is, d4s are very common. Any suggestions on how to simulate a d4 role using the narrative dice system? Sheh, sheh in advance.
What to use for d4s. . .
Hmmm, what about having those D4 skills being skills without rank in Genesys with doubling the disadvantages?
Disclaimer: I have never read the Firefly RPG, so take my advice as you will.
I must ask: why are you trying to do a straight conversion? Why not take the Genesys system and just hang the Firefly universe on it? We don't know what Genesys will look like when it is finally release, but Star Wars is a darn good place to start for Firefly, and as it is, I don't see anyr eason why you can't strip out the Force, aliens, and and hyperdrives, and use the system as is. And considering River and her abilities, the Force can still be used in some way.
The old Firefly RPG books may be best serve for your fluff and Star Wars/Genesys for your crunch.
Edited by kaosoeI'm with kaosoe - attempting to convert a system instead of a setting is almost always a recipe for disaster.
The similarities between polyhedrals in Cortex vs Genesys are coincidental at best, I would suggest. The interaction between building a pool in the two systems is very different.
In general, d4s are a disadvantage in Cortex, so the closest fit would be adding a black dice, I guess.
On 10/1/2017 at 7:49 AM, CitizenKeen said:I'm with kaosoe - attempting to convert a system instead of a setting is almost always a recipe for disaster.
I saw a conversion for D&D to hero. To simulate classes, ever character has a set of skills/powers ability, and a permanent Aid to them. When they would level, that max of the aid went up 10 ro 15 points. Strangest construction I'd ever seen, but they wanted to simulate the system, so it sorta worked.
In general I completely agree with you.
I've never seen much Firefly (beyond the pilot and an episode or two), but isnt it just Edge without the Empire? Seems a pretty easy job to reskin what we have instead of a straight conversion.
On 01/10/2017 at 8:08 PM, EliasCarter said:I'm intending to misbehave by converting the Firefly rpg straight up to Genesys as it uses polyhedral dice for easy transference. Problem is, d4s are very common. Any suggestions on how to simulate a d4 role using the narrative dice system? Sheh, sheh in advance.
It's spelled "xie xie" in Pinyin.
Firefly was a horrendous and mangled attempt at Chinese where they were barely understandable.
12 hours ago, Endersai said:It's spelled "xie xie" in Pinyin.
Which makes perfect sense. If I'm ever made to learn Chinese, I'm gonna mangle the snot out of it!
The thing that always blows the minds of Westerners is that if you don't pronounce a word 100% accurately they don't understand you. We are used to butchered English - we can make sense of Chinglish, for example, which is Chinese syntax with English words. "I before have go to Taipei" = understandable to us.
It's a great language to learn though because nothing makes sense at first so everything, from syntax and word relationships to counting to tonal words (not basically "singing the right note" = not saying the word) is new and challening. Even how you form words with your tongue is different.
This has nothing to do with d4s, but a lot to do with Firefly's cast not-actually-speaking-Chinese, so it's totally on-topic. Totally.
Do keep in mind though that Joss had a native speaking Chinese consulting on the Chinese dialog.
37 minutes ago, Forgottenlore said:Do keep in mind though that Joss had a native speaking Chinese consulting on the Chinese dialog.
I know, I've watched the BTS. The point is not that the words were correct; the point is how they were said. If you don't say them exactly properly then a Chinese speaker won't understand you.
Trust me, I lived in a Chinese speaking country, I used to speak it pretty fluently.
Then I am happy, that I do not speak chinese, so I am able to enjoy the Firefly series.