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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arjomanes" data-source="post: 6649340" data-attributes="member: 94951">I'm actually kicking around starting a 5e Dragonlance game for my young nephews. Dragonlance just seems the perfect setting to me for 11 and 9 year old boys who haven't ever played an RPG before. I'd recommend <a href="http://dragonlancenexus.com/rulescategory/rules/dnd5e-rules/" target="_blank">Dragonlance Nexus 5e Conversions</a> as a starting point. This <a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/112313660838487283563/stream/1fd1b319-8fcd-4442-b11e-5bfa325e8379" target="_blank">Google + page</a> might be worth checking out too. Now, you could convert Dragons of Despair over to 5e (assuming you have a group), or other 2e Dragonlance modules. That should work pretty well I'd think, using the races and classes at the site above. Easiest way to do monsters is just find something roughly similar in the 5e Monster Manual. Or you can pick a different monster and "reskin" it — keep the numbers and attacks the same, but change the description. Here's a <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?404704-Reskinning-monsters-how-much-are-DMs-using-it-to-bulk-up-monster-options" target="_blank">thread</a> talking about this trick. Then just use the lore from the 2e monster book to describe them and how they act. Or you could do the reverse: pick up the new 5e Hoard of the Dragon Queen module (set in Forgotten Realms) and tweak the flavor and a few names  to fit Dragonlance. This won't convert any of the numbers but it will convert a bit of the story elements. The general story seems like it should align pretty well with the Dragonlance setting. So those are my suggestions. Good luck with finding a group. And remember, you can always invite first-time gamers to play too. Most of my regular group never played D&D til I invited them over and they love it. I started an old-school basic D&D game and converted it over to 5e when the new edition came out.</blockquote>

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