Conversion assistance 3e to 2e

[Mr.Sandman]

Greetings. For a game i am running in the game room i had a player submit a character. The problem? It was a 3e sheet for a 2e game. They do not have a 2e book so i agreed to convert their character. I have found this to be rather more difficult than i expected and thus turn to you for assistance. The character is a dead celebrity.


Attributes (0 total points)
STR -
STA -
AGL -
DEX -
FGT -
INT 10
AWE 5
PRE 10

Saves (0 points)
Dodge -
Fort -
Parry -
Toughness -
Will 5

Skills (20.5 points)
Deception 16
Expertise: Magic 16
Expertise: Music 16
Expertise: Pop Culture 16
Insight 16
Persuasion 16

Advantages (17 points): Animal Empathy, Artificer, Attractive 2, Benefit: Cipher 2 (only applies pre 1973), benefit: entourage, benefit: wealth 2, connected, daze: deception, equipment (3), fascinate: persuasion, skill mastery: magic

Powers (82.33 total points)

* Is That A Smile (8pp): Communication 1 (Mystical Sending) Extras: Area, Selective, Subtle +2

* It's Only My Heart Talkin' (3.33 pp): Concealment: Total. Flaws: Blending, Passive, Only to appear dead

* Beauty is Never Tarnished (42 pp): Immortality 11, Immunity: Life support, protection 10

* Quick and the dead (26pp): Move Object 8: Extras: Continuous, Perception, Precise, Subtle1, Flaws: Cannot be used in view of other characters, can only be used on nonliving material

* A Fan In Every Crowd (3pp): Summon (Swarm of Fans): Extras: General Type (Fans), Flaws: Self Powered, Limited to Available Subjects

* HQ: Refrigerator Heaven (15 pp available, 15 spent)
Size 4, Toughness 6
Features: Dual Size (outside is the size of a home refrigerator), concealed, sealed, communications, living space, guy, holding cells, laboratory, computer, workshop, personnel

I thank you for your help.

[JoshuaDunlow]

Well for abilities,
Str becomes 2E Str
Agi becomes 2E Dex
Sta becomes 2E Con
Intellect becomes 2E Intelligence
Awareness becomes 2E Wisdom
Presence becomes 2E Charisma.

It pretty much works like this: 3E Score x 2 +10 = 2 E Score, save for strength. That works slightly different, add a rank of super strength for every rank above 3 you had in 3E. So a strength of 10 in 3E, becomes a strength of 30 in 2E, plus 7 ranks of super strength.

Consider your Parry Defense, and Dexterity scores in 3E, and use the lowest as your base Attack Bonus. The higher becomes an Attack focus for the appropriate style.

Your Dodge Defense/or Agility in 3E becomes your base Defense Bonus.

Advantages should be straight forward converting in 2E. for the most part, as long as you have a book to help.

Powers should convert pretty much straight forward, save for those that were condensed in cost, like Communication and Morph.

[Mr.Sandman]

A main problem i am having is Immortality. Should it be immunity aging with regeneration (resurrection)?

[JoshuaDunlow]

Powers (82.33 total points)

* Is That A Smile (8pp): Communication 1 (Mystical Sending) Extras: Area, Selective, Subtle +2
1 rank of Communication in 3E could be up to 5 ranks in 2E. This power costs 2pp/rank before extras.

* It's Only My Heart Talkin' (3.33 pp): Concealment: Total. Flaws: Blending, Passive, Only to appear dead

* Beauty is Never Tarnished (42 pp): Immortality 11, Immunity: Life support, protection 10
Immortality is pretty much the Regeneration power with the same rank put completely into the ressurection option so regeneration 11 (Resurrection 11). IN 2E lifesupport is worth 9 pts. + Immunity to Aging 1

* Quick and the dead (26pp): Move Object 8: Extras: Continuous, Perception, Precise, Subtle1, Flaws: Cannot be used in view of other characters, can only be used on nonliving material

* A Fan In Every Crowd (3pp): Summon (Swarm of Fans): Extras: General Type (Fans), Flaws: Self Powered, Limited to Available Subjects

* HQ: Refrigerator Heaven (15 pp available, 15 spent)
Size 4, Toughness 6
Features: Dual Size (outside is the size of a home refrigerator), concealed, sealed, communications, living space, guy, holding cells, laboratory, computer, workshop, personnel

I thank you for your help.

[JoshuaDunlow]

A main problem i am having is Immortality. Should it be immunity aging with regeneration (resurrection)?

yes, with an option of immunity to disease too. So Immortality [Immunity (Aging, Disease) + Regeneration (11 ressurection)]

[Mr.Sandman]

Thank you

[Spectrum]

Hi- as the potential player, wanted to put in the original thoughts on what the powers were supposed to mean. I should also mention that this character was intended for a silly/weird game. I went with- weird.

* Is That A Smile (8pp): Communication 1 (Mystical Sending) Extras: Area, Selective, Subtle +2

Yep. She's dead. People also talk with her. She talks back (and gives public performances, and sings and acts). Or are they just crazy?

* It's Only My Heart Talkin' (3.33 pp): Concealment: Total. Flaws: Blending, Passive, Only to appear dead

She's dead Jim! Technically, per the rules, she's an inanimate object. Either way, there's no signs of life.

* Beauty is Never Tarnished (42 pp): Immortality 11, Immunity: Life support, protection 10

Just because she's dead (no need to breath, eat, drink, sleep) doesn't mean that she can't be destroyed (especially under the inanimate object rules). This gives me a little wiggle room there, or is that just the worms?

* Quick and the dead (26pp): Move Object 8: Extras: Continuous, Perception, Precise, Subtle1, Flaws: Cannot be used in view of other characters, can only be used on nonliving material

At the same time, when noone is looking, she can actually move and affect her environement? Or is someone just playing the tricks with a dead body? Hey, it worked for Bernie- twice!

* A Fan In Every Crowd (3pp): Summon (Swarm of Fans): Extras: General Type (Fans), Flaws: Self Powered, Limited to Available Subjects

The ghoul, err girl, is a celebrity with fans everywhere, some of which will even make fools of themselves in public. Hey, it works for Elvis and Tupac, why not her?

* HQ: Refrigerator Heaven (15 pp available, 15 spent)
Size 4, Toughness 6
Features: Dual Size (outside is the size of a home refrigerator), concealed, sealed, communications, living space, guy, holding cells, laboratory, computer, workshop, personnel

I thank you for your help.