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mx. mark argent

science-fantasy is my true genre love. while poring over my brother's at the tender age of ten, i saw a section titled "Mutants and Magic" with rules for converting things between D&D and something called , and i was like, goddamn, i want to play THAT game

Readers of THE DRAGON might already be familiar with the concept of mixing science fantasy and heroic fantasy from reading my previous article about the adventures of a group of AD&D characters transported via a curse scroll to another continuum and ending up amidst the androids and mutants aboard the Starship Warden of METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA. Rather than go back over that ground again, it seems more profitable to discuss instead the many possibilities for the DM if he or she includes a gateway to a post-atomic war earth a la GAMMA WORLD. The two game systems are not alien, and interfacing them is not difficult. The challenges are very interesting for AD&D characters, and it might get one of the participants interested enough to get a separate GAMMA WORLD campaign going, thus giving all of you a new field for gaming, and most important give you a break from DMing continually.
Saving Throws: As noted, GW characters get no save against magic (spells), although some mental mutations will modify this rule (see below). Likewise, AD&D characters are not allowed any radiation resistance. Poison saves should use the GW matrix in a GAMMA WORLD area, otherwise the AD&D system is used. All other saving throws are as per AD&D, with GW characters being considered as fighters (those with mental mutations approximating spell abilities should gain the benefit of saving as a 1st-5th level magic-user if the saving throw category therefore is superior to that of fighters). Level of ability is based on the number of experience points the GW character has earned, each step equalling 1 level, i.e. 0 – 2,999 = 1st level, 3,000 – 5,999 = 2nd level, 6,000 – 11,999 = 3rd level, 12,000 – 24,999 = 4th level, etc.
Artifacts: The GW “artifacts” (except those with chemical bases which could be reproduced) will operate in the AD&D world, just as most magic items will function in a GW setting. AD&D characters are limited in ability with regard to GW “artifacts” to those operable under Chart A. Furthermore, they receive a +1 on their die rolls. Clerics and magic-users with an intelligence of 15 or better may negate this restriction, and the penalty to dice rolls as well, through practice or research. Each successful operation of an “artifact” allows a 10% cumulative chance of negating the penalty. Research on the object will allow a 1% cumulative chance of operating Charts B and C items as follows: Each day of research on type B objects, with a 100 g.p. per day expenditure, each week of research on C objects with a 1,000 gold piece per week cost. (Naturally, such study and research must be uninterrupted and undisturbed.)
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