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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3302618" data-attributes="member: 29014">Here's a thought for AE, noting that I've played AE and have read the WotBS Player's Guide but not the GM's Guide (since I'm playing this one):If you're using the Diamond Throne setting--There are several groups that could build up tension in the world of the Diamond Throne, but probably the best bet is to use the Giants vs the Dragons, since that's the big new conflict in AE.  Since AE has no alignments, Leska could really show up on either side, though I'd say overthrowing the Giants is probably more likely if you want to keep her stats more-or-less-similar and convert her to a normalish race.  She can just be a Giant Witch who coveted the Diamond Throne and orchestrated the fall of the current Steward, whereas to have something like a Drakha or a Mojh take over the Dragons strains disbelief.  One could always make her a Dragon who overthrew the Dragons, I suppose, but that might change dynamics down the road.  Admittedly, having the Inquisitors as scary Dragon servants with Evolved levels could be a cool vibe.  In either case, you'll want the heroes to be located in some sort of Free City, maybe those southern free cities.  Then you just convert all the statted NPCs to AE (which is admittedly a bit of work, but shouldn't be too massively difficult), perhaps make the new spells Exotic spells and give people from the appropriate regions the Exotic Spell feat for that spell as a special bonus feat, and you've got a start.  The Wizard class feature for the fighting mages can just be scrapped for the country that has it and they can be known for the use of Mageblades instead of Magisters, etc.  The Commander class and feats may not be balanced appropriately for AE, so a GM would have to decide whether to keep them or just leave them out, probably without affecting anything much.</blockquote>

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