Re: Dead Worlds & D&D 3e

Marizhavashti Kali meandere fecklessly...

> Attempting a conversion convinced me of this. I'd rather keep playing
> 1e/2e characters in their proper editions and start new games with 3e.

I am not arguing this, just offering up a different experience.

I started up my current campaign before the announcement of 3e
last year.  When news came out, I said that we would not be
coverting, since the game would then be too far along.  I kept
saying this right up until I got my grubby meathooks on a copy
of the game five weeks early.  Once I read it, I knew I needed to
convert.

When we converted the party consisted of a fighter, thief, two
wizards, a specialty priest (of Selune, FR goddess of the
moon), and a multi-classed fighter/psionicist.  Levels varied
a bit, of course, but all ranged close to 8th level.

Conversion went very well.  Psionics took a few fixes, of course.
I use a custom spell system in D&D, and I had to tinker with that
to work with 3e.  I had to fit a specialty priest of Selune in the
mold of a 3e cleric.  The magic system took some work, but it
was work I would have to do anyway.

Everyone was converted to 8th level characters.  A few got a level
boost from that.

Once we converted and started playing, there was of course the
initial problems of learning some new systems.  For use it wasn't
too bad, since some of the new rules were similar to my 2e house
rules.  The basic core mechanic was easily learned, since it was
similar to the core mechanic for my homebrew game system I use
for some games, and they were familiar with it [1].

But after a few game sessions things were running great.  The overall
flavor was the same, and but the game felt better overall.  I feel
3e was a definite improvement for the campaign.  I am very glad
I converted it over instead of waiting for a new campaign.


[1] My homebrew game system was heavility inspired by the core
rules for Ars Magica, which was co-authored by Jonathon Tweet,
who authored the new PHB.  His design for Ars heavily influenced
the core rules for 3e.


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