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converting version1 to 4e

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#1
jeffesh
Nov 19, 2010 23:10:17 Has anyone has converted version 1 or 2 creatures to be compatible with 4e? If so can you give 3e any guidlines to get me started.

Thanks
#2
jubjubbird
Nov 20, 2010 7:02:41 I wouldn't convert them to set guidelines. The systems are so far apart, that makes things just more difficult.

Instead I would look at the 1st/2nd ed. creature and build them from scratch using the same "theme" using 4e monster creation rules.
#3
Finarvyn
Nov 20, 2010 7:38:56 I agree. While the general spirit of the systems may be similar, the actual mechanics behind them are totally different. I'd do more of an "inspired by..." monster rather than trying a direct conversion.
#4
Tony_Vargas
Nov 20, 2010 14:08:23 There's no way to do a direct numeric conversion. For one thing, 1e GW monsters were utterly arbitrary in power. Some were pushovers, may were insanely lethal.

I'd advise looking through the 1e monsters, and finding a monster in 4e that's similar. There's no Pineto, for instance, but there's a Kai Lin. Both are mobile plants. Use the similar monster as a vague starting point to see how that general sort of monster (mobile plant) is done in 4e. Then choose a level and build it using the guidelines in D&D 4e (since GW doesn't really provide monster-creation guidelines). The Pineto, for instance, is fairly innocuous, so could be reasonably low-level.

I have the urge to convert 1e monsters... maybe over the holiday weekened, I can get on my DM's Monster Builder and try a few.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 jeffesh Nov 19, 2010 23:10:17	Has anyone has converted version 1 or 2 creatures to be compatible with 4e? If so can you give 3e any guidlines to get me started. Thanks
#2 jubjubbird Nov 20, 2010 7:02:41	I wouldn't convert them to set guidelines. The systems are so far apart, that makes things just more difficult. Instead I would look at the 1st/2nd ed. creature and build them from scratch using the same "theme" using 4e monster creation rules.
#3 Finarvyn Nov 20, 2010 7:38:56	I agree. While the general spirit of the systems may be similar, the actual mechanics behind them are totally different. I'd do more of an "inspired by..." monster rather than trying a direct conversion.
#4 Tony_Vargas Nov 20, 2010 14:08:23	There's no way to do a direct numeric conversion. For one thing, 1e GW monsters were utterly arbitrary in power. Some were pushovers, may were insanely lethal. I'd advise looking through the 1e monsters, and finding a monster in 4e that's similar. There's no Pineto, for instance, but there's a Kai Lin. Both are mobile plants. Use the similar monster as a vague starting point to see how that general sort of monster (mobile plant) is done in 4e. Then choose a level and build it using the guidelines in D&D 4e (since GW doesn't really provide monster-creation guidelines). The Pineto, for instance, is fairly innocuous, so could be reasonably low-level. I have the urge to convert 1e monsters... maybe over the holiday weekened, I can get on my DM's Monster Builder and try a few.