There's a short official conversion document on the official D&D website.
"We’re sometimes asked for advice on converting things from previous editions of D&D to fifth edition. The following PDF, penned by Chris Sims, gives advice on converting characters and adventures, along with the elements that go into them, such as spells, monsters, and treasure." It's 4 pages long, and covers converting player characters, adventures, and treasure from various previous editions. (thanks to
Terradave for the scoop).
As the introduction mentions, it is short (the treasure section is four paragraphs in length). As the document says,
"Conversion of D&D material is more art than science. The aim of conversion is to arrive at something that feels like the older-edition version, rather than at an exact replication."
Click
here for the official conversion document.
Some conversion examples include:
- 5E characters are two-thirds of 4E character levels.
- Modifiers less than +4 are ignored; those of +4 or more use a trait, proficiency, or advantage.
- Ability scores above 20 become 20.
Also of interest is a Monsters By Type list.
"Sometimes you want to see a list of all monsters of a certain type. Perhaps you’re the DM building an undead-themed adventure, or you’re the player curious to know which elementals or fey your character can summon. The following PDF is for such times. It lists every monster from the Monster Manual by type and includes a creature’s challenge rating and any tags, such as shapechanger, that the creature might have."
The conversion document has been anxiously - and often impatiently! - awaited for a while now. Its long delay was apparently due to a key staff member being on jury duty (this is the same delay cited for any third party licensing stuff). Mike Mearls said back in March that it would be
at least another 4 months (it was!)
There are also, of course, many fan-created conversion documents and tools.
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Not sure if this is what people have been waiting for, but a 4 page conversion document has been posted for 5E. Quite general.
Also, monsters by type and compiled resources.
http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/rules-references-october-2015
