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#1 mred21 Aug 22, 2010 17:16:13	Is there anything setup to convert 2e Chaticters to 4e? Charicters currently all retired.
#2 mobar2008 Aug 22, 2010 18:28:44	Is there anything setup to convert 2e Chaticters to 4e? Charicters currently all retired. Things have really changed, so there really isn't anything to convert between 2nd and 4th.  The best you could do is keep the stats the same, dropping the percentile for strength if there is any leaving it at a straight 18.  Other than that the two editions are vastly different and you'd be better off picking powers without worrying too much about what the characters were capable of.  HP will change, AC will really change, saving throws get pitched non combat proficiencies MIGHT get translated in to skill ranks...  What classes are we looking at?
#3 Mad_Jack Aug 23, 2010 20:24:24	The easiest thing to do is take all the roleplaying flavor and the general "idea" of the character and rebuild it from the ground up by the 4th Edition rules. Wizards may end up being warlocks, rogues may become rangers, but the stuff that's not listed on the character sheet will stay the same.
#4 RyndarLocke Aug 26, 2010 14:01:54	Is there anything setup to convert 2e Chaticters to 4e? Charicters currently all retired. All your stats will get lower.  (some exceptions) Strength below 8 become 8 or 9 Strength 8-15 become 10 or 11 Strength 16 and 17 become 12 and 13 Strength 18 become 14 or 15 Strength 18/01 to 18/75 become 16 or 17 Strength 18/76 to 18/90 become 18 or 19 Strength 18/91 to 18/00 become a 20 Strength 19 beomes 22 Strength 20 beomes 24 Strength 21 beomes 26 Strength 22 beomes 28 Strength 23 beomes 30 Strength 24 beomes 32 Strength 25 beomes 34 All other scores below 7 become 8 or 9 All other scores 7 to 14 become 10 or 11 All other scores  15 become 12 or 13 All other scores  16 become 14 or 15 All other scores  17 become 16 or 17 All other scores  18 become 18 or 19 All other scores  19 become 20 All other scores  20 become 22 All other scores  21 become 24 All other scores 22 become 26 All other scores  23 become 28 All other scores  24 become 30 All other scores  25 become 32 Races port directly over. Human to Human Dwarf to Dwarf Half-Elf to Half-Elf Gnome to Gnome Halfling to Halfling Elf to Elf or (grey Elf to Eladrin) Also Dragon type races to Dragonborn Demon type races to Tiefling Single Class characters port directly over with few exceptions Fighter to Fighter or Barbarian (non PHB class) Cleric to Cleric Mage to Wizard Wizard specialist Necromancer to Warlock Wizard Specialist Evocationalist to Sorceror (non PHB class) Thief to Rogue Ranger to Ranger Paladin to paladin Bard to Bard (Non PHB class) Druid to Druid (Non PHB class) Shaman (non PHB class)  Warden  (non PHB class) Multiclass Character can be either dropped into a single class or use Hybrid rules (PHB 3) or Multiclass feats. Fighter Cleric to Paladin or Warlord Fighter Mage to Swordmage (non PHB class) Cleric Thief to Avenger (non PHB class) Mage Thief to Bard (non PHB class) Levels carry over almost identical.  Remember your 20th level retired 2ed characters gain 10 more levels of play once converted. Hopefully this helps.
#5 therion666 Aug 27, 2010 16:27:56	Is there anything setup to convert 2e Chaticters to 4e? Charicters currently all retired. I've not seen anything but other than the basics I'd suggest looking at the 2E character proficiencies and look to see if you can align these to trained skills. The rest is new i'm afraid so can't help more than that.
#6 MWSAber Aug 29, 2010 10:36:39	I just took a short cut with a couple of my AD&D characters.  I entered their Race, Class, Stats and XP value into the CB and went to town.  My 11th Level Half-Elf Ranger became a 27th Level Twin Weapon Dark Wanderer (he actually had the XP to be 14th or 15th but Half-Elves were limited to 11th IIRC) Obviously this is only "legal" for home play
#7 uhf Sep 01, 2010 14:03:56	Just redo them with character generator and keep them to the same general build concepts. i.e. How did you imagine these characters to work on a battlefield. The thing to remember is that 4e heroes are more heroic so their stats will be pretty much on awsome. There are a lot of build options in 4e and that don't translate at all.  So... just keep that idea in mind as to how you want your characters to work.  In the old days I had a Rogue kind of built to skirmish and backstab.  These days that translates to more movement in battle so that would affect the character's build decisions. Don't fall straight into the trap that damage is king.  Effects are very debilitating, and I think many players immediately jump onto the damage bandwagon without thinking that it also reduces much of the excitement in the game.