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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 161430" data-attributes="member: 871">Well, a little bit...If I decide to provide a bonus feat for each spell level for the ranger, & can do the same for bards & assassins (potentially).  Bards would gain 7 bonus feats this way---I may have some of the bonus feats set in stone (perhaps Skill Focus or the like).I intended to allow monks in Lankhmar (they seem to be suitable for some unique followers of Issek of the Jug, maybe Aarth), but I forgot about their supernatural abilities like timeless body & perfect self.  Then again, barbarians gain damge reduction at higher levels (though it's an extraordinary ability instead of supernatural or spell-like).  The more I work on the conversion, the more I'm tempted to just allow fighters & rogues only.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'm still undecided on Lankhmar arcane spellcasters; rereading "Ill Met in Lankhmar" has made me reconsider making them a sort of sorcerer---Hristomilo used a scroll during his death smog spell, so wizards may work out better.The key thing I that I want to be able to convert the stuff without having to draw on several different sources for material; it'll be more of a hindrance than a help if my conversion requires that players own at least as many D&D books as I do.Since I was intending on having a strict as well as a lenient rules set for the conversion, I think I'll have to indicate which classes may have to be disallowed, depending on which style of game is preferred.Here's what I've got so far:Races: Humans: As is---no Favored Class modifiers or skills becoming Class Skills at the moment.  No stat modifiers.  However, each culture will be written up w/ guidelines (suggestions for placing stats, preferred classes, preferred weapons/armor/equipment, etc.)Demi-Humans:For lenient games, these will be allowed--no CR modified races at all, though (those are exclusively NPC races).  Here's what I have so far:Native: Nehwon Ghouls, Ice GnomesVery Plausible: Spirit Folk (children of humans & nature spirits--given the amorous exploits of the Twain, this is very feasible)Lenient Games Only: Half-Elves (elves being an NPC race only---no subraces; very few & far between); Half-Orcs (the by-product of a black wizard's experiments, either w/ half-orcs as the result, or half-orcs being a by-product of the experimental creature [orcs] & humans).NPC Races:Genasi: Air Genasi could be the Arillians (ala Frixifrax), or the result between Arillian & human daliances; Water Genasi could be used for Simorgyans (or Water Genasi-Weresharks for the vicious Simorgyans).  Fire & Earth Genasi are feasible as well.Slitheren (Ratmen from CC): For the rats of Lankhmar below.Aasimar & Tieflings: A bit of a stretch, but feasible for lenient games. Invisbles of StardockQuarmall Humans---only race able to select Psion classElves & Orcs: only in lenient games---they should be very sparsely used.Lycanthropes: They lose their damage reduction.Lich: Suitable for Khakht & a few othersGhost: Great for the denizens of ShadowlandClasses:Readily Useable: Fighter, Rogue, BarbarianSome Modification Needed: Ranger, BardLenient Games: Monk (due to supernatural abilities)Prohibited: Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Sorcerer, Wizard*, OA classesHeavily Modified/New Classes: White & Black Wizards.  Here's what I'm considering now.     *White Wizards (uses a modified version of the Druid spell list, borrowing some from the Cleric, Shaman, & perhaps Shugenja lists)  Must be Good-Aligned, uses Wisdom to determine spellcasting ability.  Can gain familiar only if 5th level or higher.     *Black Wizards (uses the standard Wizard/Sorcerer spell list, borrowing some form the Wu Jen).  Must be non-Good aligned at first, but Evil-Aligned by 5th level.  Uses Intelligence to determine spellcasting ability.  Gain taboos/deformities at 5th level & higher.  Can gain familiar only if 5th level or higher.Both white & black wizards can choose to specialize in a school of magic; however, certain schools are allowed, while others aren't.  Some existing schools are Air, Earth, Fire, Ice, Water, Metal, Wood.Both white & black wizards may multiclass freely while 4th level or lower; however, they must devote themselves to magic by 5th level; they cannot gain any more levels in other classes (barring certain prestige classes, of course) once they are 5th level or higher; they can choose to continue gaining levels in other classes, but cannot rise above 4th level unless devoting their lives to magic.More Crunchy Bits:     *A list of NPCs, including where & when they lived (& died).     *Rules for Social Level (pretty much straight from 2nd Ed., but w/ some modifications)     *Info on the Gods & Powers     *Monsters of Lankhmar     *Campaign Recommendations, including where & when to start campaigns (& the poltlines involved at the time).How's all this sound?  Still could do w/ some ideas for Assassins, Bards, Rangers, & Monks without a lot of need for additional books.</blockquote>

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