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<blockquote data-quote="PrecociousApprentice" data-source="post: 4719625" data-attributes="member: 61449">PS, what you call &quot;locking things down pretty tightly&quot;, I call making design goals explicit. By reskinning what I can, or slightly altering what can't be adequately reskinned, I have less need to create things from whole cloth. When I do need to design from a blank slate, I have a ton of examples as a guide for what will work well in 4e. The fact that they have tighter tolerances in 4e has actually made it easier for me to feel like I can make a choice.Since you don't really need all new classes for your campaign, homebrewing will be less difficult than recreating the PHB. Since you only need those classes that the players will play, you only need to homebrew those classes. Since powers that are too high in level for the characters to use are not needed, this also cuts down on your work load. Since you have a whole gaming group to get this done, your individual work load is again limited. Since you have a very prominent role in the worlds premiere D&amp;D website, you can harness the creative juices of a good part of the RPG community. Your needs are limited and your resources are great. You just need to decide on a systematic approach.I am not saying that this will be plug and play. I am not saying that the only ways to do it are the ways suggested here. I am saying that the task is not as difficult as it at first might appear, and that the satisfaction with the product upon completion will likely be huge.Good luck, and if you have questions about how to create specific character concepts from your campaign in the 4e ruleset, I would be happy to help you homebrew.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrecociousApprentice, post: 4719625, member: 61449"] PS, what you call "locking things down pretty tightly", I call making design goals explicit. By reskinning what I can, or slightly altering what can't be adequately reskinned, I have less need to create things from whole cloth. When I do need to design from a blank slate, I have a ton of examples as a guide for what will work well in 4e. The fact that they have tighter tolerances in 4e has actually made it easier for me to feel like I can make a choice. Since you don't really need all new classes for your campaign, homebrewing will be less difficult than recreating the PHB. Since you only need those classes that the players will play, you only need to homebrew those classes. Since powers that are too high in level for the characters to use are not needed, this also cuts down on your work load. Since you have a whole gaming group to get this done, your individual work load is again limited. Since you have a very prominent role in the worlds premiere D&D website, you can harness the creative juices of a good part of the RPG community. Your needs are limited and your resources are great. You just need to decide on a systematic approach. I am not saying that this will be plug and play. I am not saying that the only ways to do it are the ways suggested here. I am saying that the task is not as difficult as it at first might appear, and that the satisfaction with the product upon completion will likely be huge. Good luck, and if you have questions about how to create specific character concepts from your campaign in the 4e ruleset, I would be happy to help you homebrew. [/QUOTE]

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