Post originally by Vin Diakuw at 2003-07-28 09:11:44
Converted from Phorums BB System

BESM is a naturally graceful and flexible system, and you can convert anything into in record time... any THING into it. As with many conversion products you will lose the characteristic look and feel of Rifts gaming in the conversion process (boo or applaud depending upon your opinion of said look and feel). There is no similarity in conducting a Dragon vs Glitterboy battle in Rifts and in BESM. This is an important consideration in any conversion project.

So yes, I think Rifts books make excellent idea mines for other games, but if you want to 'play Rifts' you are going to have to play Rifts.

As an interesting side note, I did a conversion of Rifts to Fuzion last year (I thought the Fuzion damage scale offered a natural way to express the MDC concept), and it taught me something about balance - Rifts doesn't have any. If you aim for accuracy and calculate the point costs when you're done, it'll blow you away. No harm done - Rifts is wahoo gaming at its finest - but it really brings out the strengths and weaknesses of modern point-based designs such as Mutants & Masterminds.

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