Kuznya in PF/Heroes

[Long Shadow]

Our current game is a PF/Heroes setting and I want to convert a Kuznya Smith (Mystic Russia) to an SDC setting and need a little help. It is a high powered setting, where super-beings are consider gods and are truly rare. Te Kuzyna with its skills and powers fits nicely in this setting.

The following are the areas I'm stuck with for the conversion;

1. Converting the OCC is not much of a problem except for the first OCC power, Mettle of Kuznya Sorcery, where they are turned into MDC beings. My initial thoughts were to triple SDC and give a natural AR 13-15, though since it's a heroes setting maybe give the powers of Hardened Skin.

2. Magic Weapon/Armour Creation; once again most are directly convertable, though when it comes to converting armour/weapons to MDC I'm inclined of adding the amount of MDC as SDC on top of the item's SDC base. As well, the Mega damage enhancemnet, I'm looking at having the XD6 MD options as being added as SDC to the weapon damage, except for the 1D4x10 & 1D6x10 options.

3. Expanding the availble smithing options; being also a PF setting, I'm inclined on letting some or all options for magical items in the PF main books & Western Empire be an option for the Kuznya to forge into a weapon/armour. Since the Kuzyna can do most of them anyway, this would just broaden the scope of the Kuznya's skills. Problem I have at the moment is deciding which are consider Greater Magical Item options and the PPE for each. Any ideas?

4. PF has some uniques metals that a Kuznya would exploit if found; these are Korobite, Black Iron and White Iron and Gantirum (see Northern Hinterlands). Like the other metals described in the Kuzyna description, these four already have unique properties when forged into a weapon or armour. However I am fresh out of ideas for how a Kuzya would exploit its sorcery with these metals. The only one I have thought deeply about is Korobite; a silver-gold alloy of uncanny strength - My ideais a Kuzyna can use properties of both gold & silver for a single item. Does anyone have any ideas for the rest?

Do these sound sensible for a conversion to a (high-powered) SDC setting? Does anyone have any more ideas to help expand the Kuznya..

All input is appreciated... Thanks

[AlanGunhouse]

1) OK, the Kuznya is supposed to be as tough as metal, so give them the same AR and SDC abilities as someone with APS: metal and you will probably not be far off.

2) Simply ignore the ability to create MDC materials, use the ability to create indestructable items if you must.

3 & 4) I do not have enough data to help with these 2.