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It says in the PH that, "If you're surprised, you can't move or take an action on your first turnoff the combat, and you can't take a reaction until the combat ends." (p. 189) Does this mean that if a party of PC's surprises a group of adversaries by using the attack action, the PC's get to...

It certainly does, KnightCa, thanks!

Hey KnightCa, Uh. . . oh, yeah. I was being an idiot. All looks great except for the fact that if I enter high AC's in the Pathfinder box (entered the numbers for a random dragon), it halves them in the 5e box. So a 20 AC in Pathfinder becomes 10 in 5e. Is this working as intended or am I...

Thanks for the link, Matrix Sorcica. That was definitely the info I was going to use in a conversion attempt. Wondering, in addition, if anyone feels that PotA will make doing so unnecessary. I know any answers will be subjective and one can't really know what I'd enjoy most in a game, but...

I'm being a complete idiot here, I have no doubt, but how exactly does this Google doc work? If I enter the values for a Pathfinder npc or monster, for example, is there a button to click that will automatically convert those values into the 5e equivalent? I entered some values and went to the...

Question asks it all. If I have 30 feet of movement, can I use, for example, twenty of it to run to my adversary while dodging and then attack? Can I move at all while dodging? If so, why would I ever choose NOT to do this as it gains me disadvantage on my attacker's attack? Thanks in...

I'm going to be running either this or an attempt at a conversion of Rise of the Runelords. Thoughts? RotRL has so much incredible depth, so many npc's for the pc's to interact with, possibilities for tons of home-brew to be thrown in, etc. Does it look like PotA will have that much depth...

I appreciate it, jayounger. That's actually the same conversion, the link just sends you to the Google doc. Unfortunately, however, the OP has decided not to continue with the conversion as he's moved on to Skulls and Shackles. So we only have the first two chapters of his RotRL conversion...

Mods, please feel free to move this to the conversion forum if that's where it belongs. Thanks!

I've decided that I'd really like to run Rise of the Runelords in 5e. Wondering if anyone can vouch for this conversion; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kloyX_I_8wP9WGzwzKj-tJMh-TfyGcotrIu7xuHUjF8/edit?pli=1#heading=h.vn37mex8c50c or this conversion formula...

Thank you again, everyone, for all of the helpful info. truly appreciated. Ontario, sorry to hear you had such a rough go there but hoping things are much improved with you. I guess the best thing to do is simply purchase Phandelver and HotDQ, see what I think and take it from there...

First off, this community is fantastic, thanks again for all the help. If I were to go with an earlier edition module after Phandelver, how would I go about converting it? Any tips? I'm not familiar with the mechanics of earlier editions and still getting familiar with 5e. Are there conversion...

This is all fantastically helpful info, thanks very much! I admittedly did assume that Phandelver wouldn't be as rich in detail as other modules simply because it's a starter but will certainly pick it up to check it out. One question regarding that choice would be where to go from after that...

Thanks for the tips. Can I ask how you adapted it, Inchoroi, and most specifically how you changed loot tables and treasure? Pathfinder relies on the pc's having access to so much more gold and magic items than in 5e, my concern is maintaining balance. And where encounters are concerned, did...

I'm a new DM who is about to start a 5e game with a bunch of guys who haven't played D&D (or any rpg) for literally 30 years (myself included). I started one session as GM of a Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords campaign not long ago but found PF to be awfully rules heavy which slowed me down...

Played AD&D ages ago as a kid and recently picked up the Pathfinder books on a lark and now seriously jonesing to jump into this game. Very easy-going, creative, down-to-earth guy with a full life but hoping to carve out time for a consistent campaign. Would prefer starting a character at...