As should be evident from other posts I have made, I'm running the old Champions adventure from Adventurers Club 2, "What Rough Beast," but I'm converting it for ICONS. I'm converting it, of course. My first cut at conversion guidelines is below, and might be useful to anyone converting old Hero Games material. These values will probably change—they're my first attempt, and I'll be testing them with a couple of solo encounters to make sure the numbers have the effect I want.
Champions | ICONS |
Perception check | Awareness test, base difficulty 3 |
INT check | Intellect test, base difficulty 3 |
Presence attack | Willpower test, base difficulty the other character's Willpower |
Computer Programming | Intellect test, aided by Technology specialty, represented in my notes as Tech (Computers) in case there's ambiguity about what the Technology specialty does for that character. Because the test is about a particular kind of tech, the base difficulty is 4, not 3. |
Security Systems | Intellect test, represented in my notes as Tech (Security System) in case there's ambiguity about what the Technology specialty does for that character. Because the test is about a particular kind of tech, the base difficulty is 4, not 3. |
Modifications to a check, such as -1, -2, -4 | Half the modification, round down, and subtract from base difficulty (usually 3) |
-1 | Conversion: -1/2; rounds to 0; 3-0 = Difficulty 3 |
-2 or -3 | Conversion: -2/2 or -3/2, rounds to -1; 3-(-1) = Difficulty 4 |
-4 or -5 | Conversion: -4/2 or -5/2; rounds to -2; 3-(-2) = Difficulty 5 |
Questionite | Unobtainium, Material 10 (though I do miss the Jonny Quest reference) |
Plas-Steel | Faraday Aerolithium, Material 7 (yes, equally made up) |
Hard wood doors, etc. | Wood, Material 4 |
Standard interior construction | Drywall and stick construction, Material 2 |
Champions | Strange City/ICONS |
UNTIL | APRIL (yes, this continues my ongoing streak of terrible names that everyone in-universe acknowledges as a terrible name) |
Genocide | PURITY88 (referencing the claim I just made up that there are 88 gene sites that distinguish humans from mutants; in reality, because 88 has an association with white supremacy and I don't mind making my metaphors extra obvious) |
MINUTEMAN robots | Undecided; I want some kind of enforcement mechanism, but I don't think I want a big-ass robot. This and the source material play off the sentry or vigilance wordplay, so whatever the device is, it will be called VIGILANT Mark I, II, III, and so on. |
PRIMUS & SAT | PICA (and I'll just use an intra-agency rivalry, if I need to) |
VIPER | Undefined at this point. I'll have something that is the Evil Organization with Costumed Cannon Fodder, but I haven't decided exactly what it is, yet. It's probably a franchise. |
I'll post the revised conversion notes on Thursday.
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