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I have a Level up class playtest starting on 6/19. Would love to test out some new monsters.

This is a fantastic idea. The full game can't come out soon enough.

Basic rules page 75. PHB pg 197. Some creatures and objects are exceedingly difficult or unusually easy to hurt with certain types of damage. If a creature or an object has resistance to a damage type, damage of that type is halved against it. If a creature or an object has vulnerability to a...

What that means is that Bludgeoning damage is multiplied by 2 after it's rolled. So, frex, 10 points of damage becomes 20. They take normal damage from Slashing or Piercing, unless they have Damage Resistance, in which case damage is cut in half from those sources.

I use the 3.5 conversion rules that are floating around. In a nutshell. HD by 5th edition size (d6 for small, D8 for medium, etc. etc.) Pathfinder attributes. Proficency bonus equal to a creature of their HD in CR, (I.e +2 for a CR 2 monster). AC is just dex bonus, armor, and +2-3 for most...

I'm converting Shattered Star, and for example, I needed a wererat with a fighter level and two rogue levels. Takes about three minutes to do. Most conversions can be done in five minutes or less.

Actually, I had not. I should take a look at it. I have considered using some DCC articles on converting modules to Dungeon Crawl Classics treasure. Maybe somewhere in between the two would be the sweet spot.

I've been converting Shattered Star about a week ahead, and so far the biggest bugbear has been treasure. Right now I've been keeping anything under 50gp as is, and anything over 50gp I keep 10% of gp greater than 50, so frex 100gp would be 100-50gp, 50gp time 10 percent = 5gp, so 55gp of...

If you really want to roll with level 0 characters, you can go this route. Step One - let them pick a class Step Two - Let them pick a backround Step Three - Give them the standard array to put where they wish. In play, give people a chance to read magic scrolls, use wands, use weapons...

What do people use as treasure guidelines? That's been the hardest thing for me to figure out, as my players do not need thousands and thousands of gold for magic items they can not buy. So far, I've been leaving everything 50gp or less as as, and for items over 50gp adding 10% of the value to...

I've got two running right now. My Saturday game had just started running Pathfinder's Shattered Star, and after trying 5th we have decided to convert Shattered Star to 5th. My Tuesday group is running Return to the Keep on the Borderlands, set in New Venir on Scarn, in the Scarred Lands setting.

Let's see.... Tuesday is a group of 5, running Halls of Bone from Free RPG day, and moving from that to a converson of 2nd Editions "Return to the keep", set in the Scarred Lands. Wedneday is encounters, usually 5-7 at the table any given week. Saturdays I have a home game that had just...

To be fair to the adventure, two things. First, the module pretty clearly states to have the dragon breathe on NPC's manning the tower first, to demonstrate its power, and secondly, it flees when it takes I think its 24 total points of damage, because it's heart isn't in this fight. I don't...

Ok, I'm a big fan of 5th edition, and of Goodman Games "Dungeon Crawl Classics". I love the 0-level funnel. I've been looking at replicating this with 5th, and I think it can be done with just a few steps. First, a starting character is race + stats + backround. For this thought experiment...

give your players Dice! The first game or two of 5th I ran, no one used inspiration. So now I print that page out of the basic document, along with conditions and actions in combat. I tell them that the more you role-play, the more it will be rewarded, and I physically give special D20's I...