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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 2791573" data-attributes="member: 39532">A while back I ran an EQd20 campaign, though I didn't use any D&D material (this was pre 3.5e).As for extra attacks and weapon speed, all the weapon speed does is change when the character gets their extra attacks.  So at a weapon speed of 4, a character with a +9 attack bonus and making a full-round attack gets three attacks at +9/+5/+1 instead of the usual +9/+4, and a guy with a greatsword (speed 6) would instead have +9/+3 (fewer attacks but bigger damage).  Most of the weapons in D&D are either listed in EQPHB or have an equivalent so figuring out their weapon speeds isn't too difficult.Mind you this is from a personal opinion, but the two game systems have such fundamentally different natures, especially in the realm of spell-casting, that it might be easier to go with one or the other.  EQ spells are heavily focused on combat (as per the nature of an online game), while D&D has a broader range of spell types, including utility spells that a hard-core combat-caster would avoid.  Not to mention calculating a balanced Mana cost for the D&D spells.  I'd suggest going with the EQ casters, and if you want to include D&D spells, figure the mana cost is [(Spell level x 2)+1].  Not perferct, but since D&D combat spells scale up while in EQd20 you have to learn bigger & badder versions of similar spells, it should work.  I think it was the Heroes of Norrath supplement that listed EQd20 versions of some D&D utility spells, but since most of it is focused on characters level 30 and above, you probably won't find much use for it.Another issue is experience requirements for levels.  If I recall right, EQd20 uses a slightly different progression rate than D&D for each class level, not to mention ECL vs. Experience Penalty.This being a free country, you can do whatever you want with your game, but I'd suggest using one or the other.  As I said upfront, I ran an EQ campaign for a short while (died out due to scheduling issues amongst the players) using just EQ mechanics, and it ran pretty smoothly.</blockquote>

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