Hello everyone! Me and my group of six are all new to D&D 5e and all have been interested in presenting our own campaigns and homebrews. I'm the only Dark Souls fan in the group. Nobody else have played the game. And I know that DS1 or DS3 would convert easily into D&D format. Without changing many mechanics. I also know everyone would fall in love with the setting of Dark Souls. Especially in this format. Only thing I'd remove/adjust would be leveling/souls/currency. And keep the standard currency from 5e. Dying, estus and enemy respawning upon bonfire visits. Everything else. Story, enemies, bosses and all would work well. Keep all other 5e rules. Items, spells, races and such so everyone can play they're characters.
My question is: Are there any PDFs for a premade Dark Souls 1 or 3 campaign? Something I wouldn't have to devote dozens of hours writing out? I work 60 hours a week so sitting down and converting the entire story into a written form with easy to pull up options and exploration for players isn't something I have time for. I found someone who was in the process of doing just that. But it was a while ago and I'm guessing it was never finished. I found a nice Compendium of all enemy,boss,npc,spells and such which would help with a DS1 homebrew. DS3 would be my preference though.
Yeah nothing on there. I've seen a bit of info from others homebrews that will be helpful, but what i'm trying to do is utilize the world, lore, enemies from Dark Souls but still have the same core mechanics, including battle, from D&D. I apply spells, abilities, feats etc from D&D to characters and enemies in the Dark Souls verse. Didn't really want to get into the bonfire system or the use of souls to level up, as I plan to run the campaign with those who are familiar with D&D but new to Dark Souls, so I don't want the campaign to be too punishing (like Souls), nor did I want to establish an entirely new rule set based on the spells, combat or leveling system.
Hello everyone! Me and my group of six are all new to D&D 5e and all have been interested in presenting our own campaigns and homebrews. I'm the only Dark Souls fan in the group. Nobody else have played the game. And I know that DS1 or DS3 would convert easily into D&D format. Without changing many mechanics. I also know everyone would fall in love with the setting of Dark Souls. Especially in this format. Only thing I'd remove/adjust would be leveling/souls/currency. And keep the standard currency from 5e. Dying, estus and enemy respawning upon bonfire visits. Everything else. Story, enemies, bosses and all would work well. Keep all other 5e rules. Items, spells, races and such so everyone can play they're characters.
My question is: Are there any PDFs for a premade Dark Souls 1 or 3 campaign? Something I wouldn't have to devote dozens of hours writing out? I work 60 hours a week so sitting down and converting the entire story into a written form with easy to pull up options and exploration for players isn't something I have time for. I found someone who was in the process of doing just that. But it was a while ago and I'm guessing it was never finished. I found a nice Compendium of all enemy,boss,npc,spells and such which would help with a DS1 homebrew. DS3 would be my preference though.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/82dpb23z7eem7l8/Dark Souls Compendium.pdf?dl=0
But if anyone has a premade pdf I could tweak. Or knows of one which can be downloaded. I would greatly appreciate it.
You ever get any info? I'm looking to start a home brew myself using the mechanics of dnd but in the dark souls world (enemies, lore, etc)
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Yeah nothing on there. I've seen a bit of info from others homebrews that will be helpful, but what i'm trying to do is utilize the world, lore, enemies from Dark Souls but still have the same core mechanics, including battle, from D&D. I apply spells, abilities, feats etc from D&D to characters and enemies in the Dark Souls verse. Didn't really want to get into the bonfire system or the use of souls to level up, as I plan to run the campaign with those who are familiar with D&D but new to Dark Souls, so I don't want the campaign to be too punishing (like Souls), nor did I want to establish an entirely new rule set based on the spells, combat or leveling system.
What about a Hollow feat for PC's?