Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Since I've noticed a great deal of similarity between the game mechanics of Basic 5E and those of 3E, I've decided to try and back-convert the Basic 5E character classes and races to my favorite variant of the 3E rules: Eclipse: the Codex Persona.
For those who don't know, Eclipse is a class-less character-generating supplement, where you make your characters using point-buy progressions at each level. It's entirely compatible with 3E and related games such as Pathfinder, and offers a spectacular amount of freedom over typical class-level progressions. (Though you don't have to take my word for it, as the book's co-author has a truly huge number of examples over on his blog.)
That said, my first attempt to convert Basic 5E to the Eclipse rules can be found over on my blog, where I've converted the Basic 5E fighter class to Eclipse. It worked surprisingly well, and I'll be converting more classes (and races) soon!
(For more information about Eclipse, check out Endzeitgeist's 5/5-star review.)
For those who don't know, Eclipse is a class-less character-generating supplement, where you make your characters using point-buy progressions at each level. It's entirely compatible with 3E and related games such as Pathfinder, and offers a spectacular amount of freedom over typical class-level progressions. (Though you don't have to take my word for it, as the book's co-author has a truly huge number of examples over on his blog.)
That said, my first attempt to convert Basic 5E to the Eclipse rules can be found over on my blog, where I've converted the Basic 5E fighter class to Eclipse. It worked surprisingly well, and I'll be converting more classes (and races) soon!
(For more information about Eclipse, check out Endzeitgeist's 5/5-star review.)
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