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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 6349945" data-attributes="member: 75065">Not planning to run 5e at this stage but if I did I would use my homebrew world that is a crumbling Forgotten Realms becoming more and more Ravenloft-esque as the Shadowfell seeps through the cracks of reality.My players are not RPG regulars (Don't visit online forums, don't buy rulebooks etc., just show up to play and have fun). Where we left our campaign when we moved overseas they had just freed Strahd and helped him to defeat the so called 'Beast' that was vampirising the city (adapted House on Gryphon Hill to 4e stealing from other modules here there and everywhere) and provoking the nearing of the Shadowfell and the subsequent rampages as monstrous Shadowfell creatures slipped through and began wreaking havoc city wide. So basically they have no clue as to who Strahd von Zarovich might be (other than a poor alchemist who was used as a pawn to operate the Aparatus used to switch the citizens of the town into the body of undead creatures, while switching the souls of those undead into their human bodies). Hehehehehehe. Strahd also didn't remember his identity when they first met as he had a splinter of the dead goddess Mystra lodged in his skull from his failed experiment using the Aparatus to free his master Cyric, the Mad God, from his celestial prison (where he was held for his crime of murdering Mystra). He was suffering some god almighty headaches though and amnesia, and upon investigation the PCs decided to take him to the town's surgeon to have him helped (keen to get information from him). Hehehehe. Totally their idea. They had the shard removed ... and now Strahd remembers! Dan dan daaaaa! Only he's not telling... (not the important parts anyway). We left things after their 'victory', after he had just sent them off on a mission! Ahhhhh, they are now working for Strahd von Zarovich! God, I have some fond memories! Sigh* Oh well, moving back in about 5 months so it will be all on again after 3 years break!So yeah, if I was going to switch to 5e the PHB and DMG would have to prove robust enough with its options for me to:a) reconstruct similarly heroic character builds for the just reached paragon level PCs (Goliath Fighter, Dwarven Cleric, Drow Sorceror, Elf Ranger/Shaman Hybrid, Shifter Fighter/Ranger Hybrid). Obviously rules for shifters and goliaths won't be available but enough info available to be able to convert races and classes decently well.b) have a good tactical battle module which I could use to' turn up the dial to AWESOME MODE when I want to play out memorable and cinematic battle scenes with full on interaction with terrain, positioning, traps and skill challenge type scenarios going on simultaneously. (I like the fact that minor less significant battles can be short and sharp, but I would not be satisfied with this simple system being the limit always).</blockquote>

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