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Post by Finarvyn on May 24, 2015 5:40:35 GMT -6
I bought the Emerald Spire megadungeon for Pathfinder and am hoping to run it with 5E.
If you don't know about this dungeon, apparently Paizo got 16 different designers to each create one level of a dungeon and smashed them all together into a single book with a vague mega-plot attached. You can also buy a battlemap set with 8 double-sided maps, one for each level of the Emerald Spire. I think there are other "extras" you can buy, but the book and maps are all I picked up so far.
I know that Pathfinder is essentially 3E and that 3E is somewhat compatible with other editions of D&D if you lose around 2/3 of the statblocks, but otherwise I don't know a lot about Pathfinder. I'm hoping that I can convert this on the fly into 5E by simply substituting 5E monsters for Pathfinder ones and using 5E rules instead of PF.
Anyone familiar with the Emerald Spire stuff? Any extra PF to 5E advice that I should know?
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Post by Finarvyn on May 27, 2015 4:34:01 GMT -6
Guess the whole Pathfinder thing turned folks off. A shame, really, because the Emerald Spire looks like a fund megadungeon.
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Post by Falconer on May 28, 2015 10:59:23 GMT -6
I’m afraid most Pathfinder stuff just isn’t even on my radar. There’s just so much out there, these days.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 14:24:31 GMT -6
Yeah, that. PF, very nice, and all, but given that I already own so much RPG stuff, and that their product lines are so notoriously overprized, I don't pay much attention at what they do.
Like, I have a couple of campaigns I still want to run. No need to buy something new for a long time.
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Post by TheObligatorySQL on May 28, 2015 19:12:07 GMT -6
I agree, the Emerald Spire looks pretty cool. Haven't looked too deeply into it, though, mainly due to the fact that the Pathfinder customers we have at our store are busy in their own campaigns.
As for advice, you pretty much have it: unless the monster is key to the encounter (thematically or otherwise), just replace it with the same 5E monster or of something of roughly equal Challenge Rating.
If I were you, I would have the DMG open to the Monster Statistics by Challenge Rating table for on-the-fly adjustments. Is the monster in question the focus of the encounter, but not tough enough (or too tough)? Find the CR you want on the table and run off of those number ranges, bumping and cutting numbers until they are in range.
I really haven't done an on-the-fly playthrough of a 3rd Edition d20 System game yet, but that's how I'd do it. Seems to work well in my mind.
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