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<blockquote data-quote="KidSnide" data-source="post: 6598833" data-attributes="member: 54710">There are a few things where a general conversion guideline would be useful.&nbsp; For example, it would be nice to have a conversion table for replacing 3e or 4e DCs with DCs appropriate for 5e.&nbsp; But overall, I agree that conversions depend more on &quot;use good judgment&quot; than anything else.What would be vastly more useful than a general guideline is a community space for sharing conversions of adventures, monsters, spells, and magic items.&nbsp; It would be great if WotC (or a third party) put together a database of monsters, spells and magic items along with community conversion documents for published adventures that referenced those databases.&nbsp; I'm sure there are plenty of groups that have used (or want to use) adventures like Sunless Citadel or Red Hand of Doom with 5e (...and maybe even more that want to some of the Paizo adventure paths).&nbsp; A lot of these aren't that hard to convert, but there is a fair amount of scut work associated with re-creating the unique monsters to these adventures and re-allocating treasure with a 5e aesthetic.&nbsp; There is also a lesser amount of work converting traps and adjusting DCs.&nbsp; I'm sure the experienced DMs attempting these conversions would benefit from sharing efforts with others performing the same tasks and I'm sure there are newer DMs who probably need that kind of help.-KS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KidSnide, post: 6598833, member: 54710"] There are a few things where a general conversion guideline would be useful. For example, it would be nice to have a conversion table for replacing 3e or 4e DCs with DCs appropriate for 5e. But overall, I agree that conversions depend more on "use good judgment" than anything else. What would be vastly more useful than a general guideline is a community space for sharing conversions of adventures, monsters, spells, and magic items. It would be great if WotC (or a third party) put together a database of monsters, spells and magic items along with community conversion documents for published adventures that referenced those databases. I'm sure there are plenty of groups that have used (or want to use) adventures like Sunless Citadel or Red Hand of Doom with 5e (...and maybe even more that want to some of the Paizo adventure paths). A lot of these aren't that hard to convert, but there is a fair amount of scut work associated with re-creating the unique monsters to these adventures and re-allocating treasure with a 5e aesthetic. There is also a lesser amount of work converting traps and adjusting DCs. I'm sure the experienced DMs attempting these conversions would benefit from sharing efforts with others performing the same tasks and I'm sure there are newer DMs who probably need that kind of help. -KS [/QUOTE]

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