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Arishem 05-11-05, 04:57 PM	I've heard there is a guide to updating old 2.0 characters over to 3.5 characters. Anyone know where i could find this? (i looked a bit around in wizards website but didnt see where it was there)
Asciiman 05-11-05, 05:45 PM	Really? I've never heard of it. Almost all advice I've heard on the subject seemed to recommend that you just rebuild your character with the same number of levels, but go more for how your character was played over the numbers. EX. if your character was a fighter who lost his temper a lot and was reckless in battle, throw in some levels of barbarian.
Sildran 05-11-05, 06:20 PM	http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnD_CYC_intro.asp Back when 3.0 was first released WotC put out a Conversion Manual for changing pre-3.0 characters to newfangled 3.0 characters. I still have the hardcopy I picked up at the local comic/gaming store way back when. You can download a .pdf of it from the link above. ~Sildran
Arishem 05-11-05, 06:30 PM	Fantastic, that was Exactly what i was looking for !!!
Edymnion 05-11-05, 08:49 PM	It should be mentioned that those conversion rules pretty much sucked. If you use them, you won't get a very good conversion of your character, ESPECIALLY if you dual classed. You are going to be much better served by ditching your 2e stats completely, taking the core concepts of the character, and then building them entirely from scratch in 3e. It will not only be easier for you, but you'll get a character that is MUCH closer to your 2e character than a straight conversion could ever hope to be.
Ottergame 05-11-05, 11:48 PM	It should be mentioned that those conversion rules pretty much sucked. If you use them, you won't get a very good conversion of your character, ESPECIALLY if you dual classed. You are going to be much better served by ditching your 2e stats completely, taking the core concepts of the character, and then building them entirely from scratch in 3e. It will not only be easier for you, but you'll get a character that is MUCH closer to your 2e character than a straight conversion could ever hope to be. I have to aggree. Don't covert, just remake a character of that same level. It won't be the same, but it'll be a lot better in the end.
Jack Daniel 05-12-05, 12:10 AM	Boy, is there ever something wrong with refering to 2nd edition as "2.0". D&D didn't have version numbers until 3.5, darn it! :ahem:
babysamurai 05-12-05, 05:25 AM	I happen to think the conversion guide is just dandy, My friend had a 2nd edition Elf Fighter 12/Mage 11/Thief 14. After the 3.0 conversion he's a Fighter 12/Rogue 4/Wizard 5, and is cooler than ever, much more playable and closer to the original character concept (plus he's now 21st level so he's epic...which is always nice). ;)
Tenzhi 05-12-05, 05:40 AM	Boy, is there ever something wrong with refering to 2nd edition as "2.0". D&D didn't have version numbers until 3.5, darn it! :ahem: Indeed. Back then there was only the less-preferable Player's Option books. I'd say that I wished they had created a "2.5" but given the way things worked back then it probably would've amounted to the same thing as the PO books only with more unbalanced kits involved.