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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Robilar" data-source="post: 5696629" data-attributes="member: 75757"><p>So I had this absurd idea about D&D and I thought "what better place to go with it than good old EnWorld?".</p><p></p><p>What if there was an edition converter that allowed to convert rules on the fly and during a session of D&D (all editions)? It would be an electronic DM tool or a fat book containing lots of conversion charts and tables. I prefer the latter, obviously. Using this converter, each player in the group, including the DM, could play in the edition he or she prefers. </p><p></p><p>Say, for example, the fighter attacks an ogre. The fighter character´s player is playing 3.5 and in all aspects acts as if everyone was playing 3.5. After that player has rolled damage, the DM - playing OD&D - looks up the 3.5/OD&D damage conversion chart. He finds out that the 14 damage that the fighter inflicted would translate to 5 damage in OD&D terms. Thus his OD&D ogre gets 5 damage.</p><p></p><p>Another example: The cleric prefers 4E and chooses to heal another character using the Holy Word Cleric Utility power. He uses it on the AD&D 1E magic user. In 4E terms, the one healed spends 1 healing surge and adds another 1d6 hit points. Looking up the 4E/1E healing conversion chart, the DM quickly assigns that this would equal the use of a 1E Cure Light Wounds spell and it is thus played out.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So what do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Robilar, post: 5696629, member: 75757"] So I had this absurd idea about D&D and I thought "what better place to go with it than good old EnWorld?". What if there was an edition converter that allowed to convert rules on the fly and during a session of D&D (all editions)? It would be an electronic DM tool or a fat book containing lots of conversion charts and tables. I prefer the latter, obviously. Using this converter, each player in the group, including the DM, could play in the edition he or she prefers. Say, for example, the fighter attacks an ogre. The fighter character´s player is playing 3.5 and in all aspects acts as if everyone was playing 3.5. After that player has rolled damage, the DM - playing OD&D - looks up the 3.5/OD&D damage conversion chart. He finds out that the 14 damage that the fighter inflicted would translate to 5 damage in OD&D terms. Thus his OD&D ogre gets 5 damage. Another example: The cleric prefers 4E and chooses to heal another character using the Holy Word Cleric Utility power. He uses it on the AD&D 1E magic user. In 4E terms, the one healed spends 1 healing surge and adds another 1d6 hit points. Looking up the 4E/1E healing conversion chart, the DM quickly assigns that this would equal the use of a 1E Cure Light Wounds spell and it is thus played out. So what do you think? [/QUOTE]
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