Nimble expansion

[Bill Zebub]

So...I'm starting to get Nimble-curious. Some brief reading suggests it has features I like, and while I've been very happy with the simplicity of Shadowdark, my kids are still at the stage where they like character options.

My understanding is that it's pretty easy to run 5e adventures using Nimble. Is there any 5e content that is particularly good in Nimble? (The only 5e adventure stuff I still own is, I think, just Saltmarsh and Strahd. I gave everything else away. Probably should have kept Yawning Portal. Oops.)

 

[timbannock]

So...I'm starting to get Nimble-curious. Some brief reading suggests it has features I like, and while I've been very happy with the simplicity of Shadowdark, my kids are still at the stage where they like character options.

My understanding is that it's pretty easy to run 5e adventures using Nimble. Is there any 5e content that is particularly good in Nimble? (The only 5e adventure stuff I still own is, I think, just Saltmarsh and Strahd. I gave everything else away. Probably should have kept Yawning Portal. Oops.)

Doing 1:1 monster swaps wherever possible in those specific modules should be a breeze, and where there aren't 1:1 monsters, there is instead (1) plenty of different monsters to offer inspiration, as well as the monster building advice for conversion that should get you most of the way there for any given monster, and (2) a current Kickstarter with like a billion* new monsters, which should fulfill relatively quickly, and for which many of the included monsters already have beta versions on the Nimble Patreon, so if you can't wait for the book, just join the Patreon and scoop up a bunch of monsters.

*Not actually a billion. But definitely a lot. It's a chunky book.

EDIT: LMOP and yes some of the Yawning Portal adventures (Sunless Citadel) would be especially easy to convert given the monsters that appear in them.

 

[SteveC]

Well I backed it for the "all of the digital" tier. Pretty excited, If my group likes it, I'll add the physical on as well. Have to see if this is going to be the fix for my local in-person group.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Well I backed it for the "all of the digital" tier. Pretty excited, If my group likes it, I'll add the physical on as well. Have to see if this is going to be the fix for my local in-person group.

I went for the $89 physical tier, but I'm thinking of bumping it up to the next physical tier to get a bunch more stuff.

(I've decided that I've purchased too many PDFs that I haven't read. I'll still sometimes buy a single adventure, but in general if I don't want something badly enough to want a physical book then I should buy it at all.)

 

[Bill Zebub]

EDIT: LMOP and yes some of the Yawning Portal adventures (Sunless Citadel) would be especially easy to convert given the monsters that appear in them.

Oh...I hadn't considered the extended LMOP campaign. That might be a fun one.

I'll be GMing for some younger players who kind of want a pretty straightforward "kick open the door, kill the monster, take their stuff" kind of game. They don't have a lot of patience for figuring out which factions to trust.