Herebelow are 3 magic items from the 3.0/3.5 DMG, converted to 5e:

Potion of Barkskin

Potion, uncommon

When you drink this potion, you gain the effect of the Barkskin spell for 1 hour (no concentration required) or until you end the effect as a bonus action. This potion’s liquid looks like stagnant water with pieces of bark floating. When ingested, the bark dissolves as it exits the potion.

Wand of Mage Armor

Wand, uncommon

This wand has 15 non-rechargeable charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 of its charges to cast the Mage Armor spell from it.

Once all the charges have been expended, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.

Elemental Gem

Wondrous item, rare

This gem contains a conjuration spell attuned to a specific Elemental Plane (Air, Earth, Fire or Water). When the gem is crushed, smashed, or broken (as a standard action), an elemental appears within 10ft. The elemental is under the control of the creature that broke the gem for 1 minute and will disappear after that. Controlling the elemental require giving direction similar to a ranger’s companion: the elemental will move where commanded (no action required to command), or Attack, Dash, Disengage, Dodge or Help at the expense of an action from the commanding creature, to be verbally instructed.

The coloration of the gem varies with the type of elemental it summons. Air elemental gems are transparent, earth elemental gems are light brown, fire elemental gems are reddish orange, and water elemental gems are blue-green.

But when my friend talked about Nero and how great it is, such a blast she is having, and how the organizing team is open for supporting NPCs, I thought that maybe, well… maybe.

I understand they play about every three weeks, close to Hamilton, and all that’s required is to wear black head to toes, or almost. They provide costume and props, tell where to be and when, and what is expected of an NPC. This sounds fun.

Maybe more to come…

It has since then been reworked and released over the internet.

The story is eerie and a perfect fit to Roleplaying Games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons, or Pendragon.

Enjoy!

The Rat Queens are exactly that kind of group: each character has her lot of issues and causes havock wherever she goes.

• Hannah is a punk rock elven wizard hiding a family secret and having a complex relationship with her lover.
• Violet is heir to a dwarven clan who has rebelled against authority and shaven her beard before heading straight into adventure.
• Dee rejected her people’s faith to live an atheist life far from her homeland and clerical duties.
• Betty, the halfling thief, is fond of recreative drugs and has a hard time committing to a serious relation with her girlfriend.

From the first tome, the reader learns that though Palissade used to be threatened by nearby hordes of monsters, of which goblins, orcs, mushroom men and other creatures, the biggest danger now resides in the adventuring parties breaking loose at the local tavern and clashing with each other.

But what happens when they are handed new assignments to keep them busy and suddenly each party gets assassinated by mysterious figures?

The characters all have their back stories and skeletons in closets. As the story unfolds, things are set in motion, and the backgrounds are explored in more details as the Rat Queens and their friends fight against assassins and otherworldly threats.

Interestingly too, in the middle of the second tome, Rat Queens went through a change of illustrator, and Stepan Seijic took over from Roc Upchurch. The characters’ characteristics remain, but the drawing style changes.

More information on  https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/rat-queens.

The drawback to it was that some of his buddies had bought the latest D&D edition, and all of my material was 3.0/3.5. Either I was going to teach them the ropes of material they did not possess, or I was going to jump to the latest edition. I ended up ordering the 5e books.

Fortunately, I was already tied the weekend they hoped to play, which gave me a little respite to get prepared. In under three weeks I had to read the new rules, select a scenario and get things rolling!

My choice ended up on adapting the Savage Tide arch published through Dungeons magazine 139 to 150 for its swashbuckling and tropical mood, culminating with an encounter against Demogorgon himself.

The first scenario’s tempo is split in two parts:

1. Getting involved. Lavinia Vanderboren hires the PCs to retrieve an heirloom signet ring that will open the family’s coffers.
2. The PCs get head-first in trouble with a local thieves’ guild supported by Lavinia’s brother.

Since it was the last arch written for Dungeon magazine before Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast ended the publishing deal, it also means that the scenarios follow the 3.5 ruleset, thus a need to convert to 5e.