the_reaver Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Recently, I've thought about running a few of the older champion adventures/modules (Demon's Rule, To Protect and Serve, Champions in 3-D, etc) but I came across the puzzle if you can run 4th ed adventures using 5th ed rules? Any help with this puzzle would be much apprecated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Re: A possibly dumb question Since this isn't the sort of rules question the Rules Questions board is intended for, I've moved it to the Discussion forum so any gamers who are interested can offer their opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Re: A possibly dumb question Pretty easily I'd imagine.. a few tweeks might be in order though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted March 12, 2006 Report Share Posted March 12, 2006 Re: A possibly dumb question 5th edition is very, very similar to 4th edition. In fact, in most cases, you can take a 4th edition character sheet and play it in 5th edition with no changes. Some of the powers have different costs, and some of them work a little differently, so the characters may not be 5th-ed legal, and might not work exactly like they're supposed to (for example, Flash worked by target's Phases in 4th; in 5th, it works by Segments, and is now cheaper), but you can use them easily enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: A possibly dumb question I agree with Zeropoint; the changes between 4E and 5E are mostly small, and the ones that aren't are usually easy enough to figure out in context. For pre-4E Champions, though, the changes are more substantial. If you follow the link in my signature, below, and scroll down to the listing for "HERO SYSTEM (Pre-Fifth Edition)," you'll be able to find summaries of the differences between the current edition of the rules and earlier ones. You can also view fan-created updates of some of the older published material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: A possibly dumb question It's pretty simple. If you have Hero Designer, you can just recreate the characters in 5E format. The points will *usually* (but not always) be higher, and some skills/perks/talents/powers names have changed, or been placed elsewhere, but it's not that difficult. I have a 5E FtF game where I used 4E and earlier modules/adventures. It's not difficult to run them, though generally the 5E PCs will be tougher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_reaver Posted March 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks for the help To everyone that's commented, thank you for your help with this. It was something that I was really curious about you know? Also, Lord Liaden-the adjustments for the characters in the "To serve and protect" module was a real find, thanks for finding that gem. However I'm curious if anyone did stats adjustments for the characters in the "Zodiac Conspiracy"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 14, 2006 Report Share Posted March 14, 2006 Re: Thanks for the help To everyone that's commented, thank you for your help with this. It was something that I was really curious about you know? Also, Lord Liaden-the adjustments for the characters in the "To serve and protect" module was a real find, thanks for finding that gem. However I'm curious if anyone did stats adjustments for the characters in the "Zodiac Conspiracy"? Yes. I should still have the error-corrected version of the "Zodiac Conspiracy" on my hard drive. I can't post them, but I could send them to you. However, they are still 4th Edition edits, not 5th Edition updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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