D&D 4E Converting 4e monsters?
I converted 1 1/2 4e modules and am in the middle of converting Thunderspire... I simply used the 5e MM for the new stats blocks - they're very similar in challenge rating. If they didn't exist in the MM, I made them up comparing them to similar lvl monsters and using the beginning of the MM. After updating the stat blocks, I simply compared the experience point difficulty for that encounter to the XP chart from the 5e basic DMG online. Seemed to work pretty well once I got the hang of it. I did have to fudge a couple of crits in battle until I figured out the scale. I also ran a few of the encounters on the side to make sure they were as easy as intended and wouldn't overpower the party and cause kills.
I made these conversion documents a few months back, but they're a bit dated now. It might at least give you a starting point to tweak using the Monster Manual or DMG as references.
Wizards is also going to produce official conversion docs, supposedly, but not sure how soon that'll be.
Wizards is also going to produce official conversion docs, supposedly, but not sure how soon that'll be.
Trevalon Moonleirion
Explorer
Pardon the thread necromancy, but I've been looking for something like the documents you created and linked right there for months, and now I finally found some more current guidelines to base my work converting some 4e critters to 5e off of.
Well done, JEB! Thanks!
Well done, JEB! Thanks!
Connorsrpg
Adventurer
I have converted several for my 'Rise of the Runelords' campaign.
There are more monsters I have done, but here is the thread where I post a lot of converted stuff:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...gn-Playtest-Rise-of-the-Runelords#post6009424
Cheers, C
There are more monsters I have done, but here is the thread where I post a lot of converted stuff:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...gn-Playtest-Rise-of-the-Runelords#post6009424
Cheers, C
You're welcome!
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