Murkmoldiev
First Post
My group is converted from Pathfinder over to 5E in whole cloth. Once I read the starter set I took my entire head high stack of 3.5 and pathfinder stuff and boxed it up. Then all my 1st and 2nd ed stuff took center stage on the gaming shelf.
We're in the middle of a campaign, but I managed to convince them that the benefits of 5E outweighed the headache of conversion.
I gave them a magic item and a hero point each to take the sting out of losing their old guys.
Had a group of four that played through the entirety of Lost Mine in 4 big Sunday sessions.
At the end of the first game I realized I didnt have a headache. And Once they players realized that they had not had as much fun since 2nd ed in high school, the worry about not having 3000 feats to sift through after leveling went away.
Then the PHB came out and I let them make new characters as the new campaign was going to take place in my brutal gritty Greyhawk home world.
We played everything in Defiance in Phalan - But set in Leukish.
Then The Garden of Evil and Diambeths Delving from Fate of Istus
Followed by Chadranthers Bane - where they still are !
( I have conversions if anyone wants them ) It was Very Very easy to convert 1st ed modules.
I looked at converting a few 3.5 / PF ones but the headaches started coming back.
They are now - 4th level Half elf Priest of Pelor
6th level Halfling Arcane Trickster
6th level Human Envoker
6th level Half orc Fighter/Monk.
2nd level Human Barbarian.
And WINNING !
Next adventures will be Ancient Blood ( Dungeon 20 ) And Prism Keep ( Dungeon 46 IIRC ) .
We're in the middle of a campaign, but I managed to convince them that the benefits of 5E outweighed the headache of conversion.
I gave them a magic item and a hero point each to take the sting out of losing their old guys.
Had a group of four that played through the entirety of Lost Mine in 4 big Sunday sessions.
At the end of the first game I realized I didnt have a headache. And Once they players realized that they had not had as much fun since 2nd ed in high school, the worry about not having 3000 feats to sift through after leveling went away.
Then the PHB came out and I let them make new characters as the new campaign was going to take place in my brutal gritty Greyhawk home world.
We played everything in Defiance in Phalan - But set in Leukish.
Then The Garden of Evil and Diambeths Delving from Fate of Istus
Followed by Chadranthers Bane - where they still are !
( I have conversions if anyone wants them ) It was Very Very easy to convert 1st ed modules.
I looked at converting a few 3.5 / PF ones but the headaches started coming back.
They are now - 4th level Half elf Priest of Pelor
6th level Halfling Arcane Trickster
6th level Human Envoker
6th level Half orc Fighter/Monk.
2nd level Human Barbarian.
And WINNING !
Next adventures will be Ancient Blood ( Dungeon 20 ) And Prism Keep ( Dungeon 46 IIRC ) .