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<blockquote data-quote="Pagan priest" data-source="post: 1145787" data-attributes="member: 7650">Gee, I used that booklet to convert several characters.&nbsp; The biggest problems that I had were with characters with non-standard abilities, like 1st ed Oriental Adventures type monks or characters built with kits... and let's not even mention Skills &amp; Powers customized classes.Many of the old NWP's translate into either skills or feats, with an aweful lot of them simply becoming Craft (___), Knowledge (___), or Profession (___).&nbsp; For other NWP's, you may be out of luck, or you may need to create a new feat.As far as the strength conversions, they too are right on the money.&nbsp; Consider, if you will, that in 1st/2nd ed the strongest possible strength for any giant was 25 and that for a storm giant.&nbsp; Looking at my PHB (3.0) Table 1-2 I see that the strength of an average fire giant is now 30 - 31.&nbsp; Telling a fighter with 18(00) strength that he is forced back to a whimmpy plain 18 just doesn't cut it.I certainly don't want to say that there are no problems... I had an 8th level mage that ended up losing a lot of spells... even worse when I tried to convert a 1st ed illusionist!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pagan priest, post: 1145787, member: 7650"] Gee, I used that booklet to convert several characters. The biggest problems that I had were with characters with non-standard abilities, like 1st ed Oriental Adventures type monks or characters built with kits... and let's not even [i]mention[/i] Skills & Powers customized classes. Many of the old NWP's translate into either skills or feats, with an aweful lot of them simply becoming Craft (___), Knowledge (___), or Profession (___). For other NWP's, you may be out of luck, or you may need to create a new feat. As far as the strength conversions, they too are right on the money. Consider, if you will, that in 1st/2nd ed the strongest possible strength for any giant was 25 and that for a storm giant. Looking at my PHB (3.0) Table 1-2 I see that the strength of an average fire giant is now 30 - 31. Telling a fighter with 18(00) strength that he is forced back to a whimmpy plain 18 just doesn't cut it. I certainly don't want to say that there are [i]no[/i] problems... I had an 8th level mage that ended up losing a lot of spells... even worse when I tried to convert a 1st ed illusionist! [/QUOTE]

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