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Converting between Bushido and d20 by DaveF

Preamble

Is it possible to convert between the Bushido system and d20 system?

I think so, basically both systems use a similar mechanic on a similar scale.

As I see it there are several posibilities that might make this useful to the Bushido Community:

to use the d20 source books with Bushido, there are a lot of them!
to allow a referee to use the Bushido ideas with d20 campaign, the abstract battle and event system, for example which is reguarded as one of the best ever developed.
to use the Bushido background with a d20 system
use the Bushido system instead of the d20 one to run a d20 background game.

This paper is meant to show the way, not acted as a simple this is how you do it manual. That might come later.

Terms

Abilities: d20, the intrinsitic constant traits of a character, valued from 3 to 18 for a normal human. What Bushido calls Attributes.

Attribute: Bushido, the intrinsitic constant traits of a character, valued from 1 to 40 for a normal human. What d20 called Abilities.

BCS: Bushido, Base Chance of Success, Skill Score divided by 5 or Attrubute Score divided by 3.

MCS: Bushido, Modified Chance of Success, BCS plus character specific modifers like Level Bonus and Weapon or Tool Bonuses.

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