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ok, I think it should be viewable again
I have looked at them and I see them, mechanically, as the ancestors a few generations back when lycanthropes were in the process of intentionally weakening their bloodline to survive. Shifters, as per the site, would be the great-grandchildren of skinshifters from Paizo. In particular, the _eventual_ ability to infect others is still available to skinshifters at very high levels. Regular shifters never get that ability and that is why they survived the Silver Purge.Hmm... interesting. I'll take that into account in my own games. On another note, have you had to reconcile any weirdness from using both the Dreamscarred Press stuff and the Occult Adventures stuff? Say a player wants to be a Kalashtar Psychic, or maybe wants to know how the Spiritualist interacts with Possession and Exorcism, something along those lines. I have only recently gotten Occult Adventures and have not read most of yet. That said, since the Dreamscarred Press is closer mechanically to the original 3.5 material, I _personally_ am sticking with that and not planning to rewrite the conversion with a *Dreamscarred* version and an *Occult Adventures* version for psionics vs. psychic magic. That said, I'm sure it could be done and I might change my mind after finishing reading the OA. Kalashtar would make for great spiritualists and I would find favored class options, feats, etc that concentrate on peaceful willing possession and performing exorcisms.
By the way, DSP released the mythic psionics material recently, thought it would be of some interest. Oh I know. I'm one of the backers on the Kickstarter. As soon as the actual book is in my hands (soooooon... mwahaha), the more the site will be updated.
Holiday greetings, everyone. The site has been updated with new alternate racial traits for the Eberron races. This included a recommendation made by a few different people to have the different Body Feats redesigned as alternate racial traits. This, in turn, changed some of the prerequisites for other warforged feats and the warforged juggernaut Next up, classes... Happy gaming
Any plans on including the different government types or the alignment factors for individual cities?
Nice!! Just so long as we Cyrans can go home ;)
Greetings, everyone. Tzizimine's Eberron to Pathfinder Conversion I would like to present my attempt at converting the sum total of the Eberron material published for 3.5 to the Pathfinder rules set. This conversion is my attempt to take everything 3.5 published specifically for Eberron, including, but not limited to, classes, feats, skills, magic, spells, magical items, psionic powers, creatures, creature templates and rule mechanics, and updating it to Pathfinder rules. The process has taken me the better part of a year and it is now ready to be reviewed and stress-tested. It has largely been developed in a vacuum and would benefit from input other than my own. You might have seen links to this site floating around on other threads in the forum. While I appreciate and encourage others using my work in their games, the point of this thread is discuss not just Eberron conversions as a whole, but how I might make this one better. Enjoy.
How did I do this?:
In converting the massive amount of material, I used the following order when processing material. 1. Redundancy: Remove anything already redundant with existing Pathfinder material.
Given the amount of material, you can see why it took a year. Whenever possible, the filtering of material followed these steps. After all is said and done, I would say about 25% of the material was redundant, about 5-10% was internally consistent within 3.5, another 10-15% was inconsistent with existing Pathfinder material, leaving 50-60% of the original material converted.
What this conversion is and is NOT:
This conversion is geared around the 'crunch', or the mechanics, to make an Eberron campaign work in Pathfinder with as few mechanical holes or errors as possible. If there was need for a feat, a spell, a creature, etc, etc... from Eberron material for 3.5, there is a place for it on the site: either converted and updated, or notated as removed and why. What the site is NOT is a Wikipedia. I intentionally did not attempt this site to cover the width, breadth and depth of all that is going on the Eberron campaign world. I only added just enough 'fluff' to make certain parts of the crunch easy to understand. Likewise, at the time of this post, the site is not for the creation of new stuff for Eberron. There are many great fan-based ideas around. They belong on their own author's page, not here. There are some parts that I had to create to compensate for material that had to be removed or that I felt followed a precedent, following the mindset that if Eberron was original designed for Pathfinder, it would have X, Y and Z. If I start to come up with my own new material, I will make a separate section on the site later.
What about 4th edition material?:
1. I do not own any 4th edition books, Eberron or otherwise. 2. I will not convert a RPG book I do not own. 3. I will not buy a RPG book that will not get used. Ergo: In order for me to convert something for Eberron published in 4th edition, I would need to be convinced it is worth buying and using in Pathfinder, even if it is just fluff. It is entirely possible that there may be some really good material in 4th edition Eberron books, but I will not go out a buy a copy on just a chance there might be something useful. So, if there is something from 4th edition that you think I should convert, please provide me specific examples.
What about X, Y or Z from 3.5?:
This conversion is not an attempt to convert everything from 3.5 to Pathfinder. I only converted material that was either written specifically for Eberron or material from Eberron books that could easily be incorporated into Pathfinder without the need to reach into non-Eberron 3.5 material. Truth be told, there was a lot of stuff from 3.5 that doesn't need to be converted. I did convert a few things that fell outside of this range, but at the request of the people in my gaming group, specifically for the continuation of a campaign from 3.5 to Pathfinder. If you think there is something from 3.5 that is necessary for Eberron to function that I have overlooked, please let me know. By 'necessary', I mean that 50% or more of all possible Eberron campaigns would suffer, mechanically or thematically, for its loss. Side note: I will not speak of Warlocks. The proper expression of my opinion of that class violates certain laws of physics as well as the policy concerning decent language on this forum. That is all.
How can you help?:
Simple. Look at the site. Read through the material. Use in your games. Analyze and dissect it. In short, stress-test it. Then let me know what you find. What mistakes did I make? Where does my logic fall apart or become inconsistent? Is a monster's CR too high or too low? Is a magical item to expensive? And so on and so on. I am actively looking for others to put this site through it's trial-by-fire You can help by posting here on this thread or emailing me directly. I am good about responding to emails promptly, even if it is just to say I got it and am looking at it, but don't have an answer yet. I would ask that you please include the following: 1. A link to the part of the site that you're referring to (or multiple links if two or more relevant points are different pages). 2. An example, hypothetical or from actual gameplay, that highlights the issue. 3a. If it involves references from beyond the site, please cite them. 3b. If it involves math, please give me an example. 3c. If it involves something more nebulous or fuzzy, like game balance, please give me examples from each end of the extreme. 4. If you have a suggestion for a correction, please give me examples of how the correction might work. 5. If you are going to email me, please put "EB2PF" at the beginning of the subject line, so I can make sure it doesn't get in the wrong filter.
Reference Material Used:
Original 3.5 Material
Pathfinder Material:
Dreamscarred Press Material
Disclaimer:
For clarification, I do not claim, in any manner, shape, form or context, that I own either the Eberron campaign world, the d20 v3.5 rules set, the Pathfinder rules set, the material presented by Dreamscarred Press or the Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition rules set, nor do I claim, in any manner, shape, form or context, to own the rights any material, be it text, images or likenesses presented therein. I am putting this content together under my understanding of the Community Use Open Game License for Pathfinder and strongly encourage anyone that sees a problem, breach of ownership or other issue to contact me directly at tzizimine@gmail.com concerning any needed alteration or removal. I would also like to personally give thanks to Keith Baker, the original author of the Eberron campaign setting, for providing such a rich and colorful world and to all of the people at Paizo and Dreamscarred Press for providing a rules system that I have enjoyed using. Special Thanks:
I would like to thank the following people in their support of this effort. My girlfiend, Amanda C., for being patient as I chipped away this for months on end. My gaming group (by character names): Slythe, Oberon, Tower (aka devil.in.mexico13), Shudor, Dorn and Alred, for giving the encouragement to tackle a project this big. The people that found my work without being prompted: Giovanni M., DragonBlood472, John Robey, Rynjin, Der Origami Mann, Erdath, Doctor Necrotic, Nolcalnerd, The Mighty Biter, Tonio A.
Happy Gaming, Dan "Tzizimine" Clarke
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