DnD 3.5 to 5e Spell Conversions: Arc of Lightning

 

Arc of Lightning

3rd-level evocation

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• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet (100 foot line)
• Components: V, S, M (two small iron rods)
• Duration: Instantaneous
• Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard

Choose one creature or object in range and one other creature or object within 100 feet of the first target. A bolt of electricity to arcs between the two targets. Both targets and any other creatures in a 5-foot wide line between those two creatures must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 8d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The lightning ignites flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried.

At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot above 3rd.

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One of the spells from my conversions of the entire Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 Spell Compendium into 5e and published in Spells of Antiquity. This one is quite a bit like lightning bolt, only instead of a bolt straight from the caster, you get to choose a pair of creatures to zap between.

DnD 3.5 to 5e Monster Conversions: Destrachan

Block of text here. A creature shambled forward on thick, taloned legs. Vaguely reptilian in form, its large, stooped frame ends in a mostly featureless head dominated by large eat structures and a gaping, toothless mouth.

- Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Monster Manual

DnD 3.5 to 5e Spell Conversions: Appraising Touch

 

Appraising Touch

1st-level divination (ritual)

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• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self
• Components: V, S, M (jeweler’s tools worth 25 gp)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
• Classes: Artificer, Bard, Wizard

Objects near you suddenly seem clearer and more in focus, allowing you to notice blemishes and imperfections you had missed before. For the duration, you have a +10 bonus to Intelligence checks made to estimate the value of a precious item and can determine if an object is a magical item at a touch. If you spend 1 minute handling a magical item you can determine the rarity of the item.

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One of the spells from my conversions of the entire Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 Spell Compendium into 5e and published in Spells of Antiquity. Short and simple ritual spell, particularly good for those characters that feel like running some sort of side business.

DnD Magic Item Conversions: Armor Part 3

       

Blue Armor of the Crystalmist Mountains

Armor (scale mail), Rare (requires attunement)

Aura: Moderate Abjuration

This armor is created from the hide of a blue dragon. You have a +1 bonus to AC while wearing this armor and resistance to lightning damage. 

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Bradlie's Leather Armor

Armor (leather), Uncommon

Aura: Minor Enchantment

You have a +1 bonus to AC while wearing this armor.

Curse. This armor is incredibly ugly and causes people you interact with to have an instinctive negative reaction. So long as you wear the armor, you have disadvantage on Charisma ability checks.

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Callarduran Smoothhands's Chain Mail

Armor (chain mail), Very Rare (requires attunement)

Aura: Strong Abjuration

You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against spells cast by drow.

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Armor of Charm

Armor (light, medium or heavy), Uncommon (requires attunement)

Aura: Minor Enchantment 

When you are hit by an attack while wearing this armor, the attacker must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for 1 minute, or until you do anything harmful to them. Once the armor has successfully charmed a creature, it cannot do so again until the following dawn.

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Armor of Comfort

Armor (light, medium or heavy), Common

Aura: Faint Transmutation

This suit of magical armor is as comfortable to wear as ordinary clothing, and may be slept in without problems.

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Here are some more magic items converted from the Dungeons and Dragons 2e Encyclopedia Magica into 5e and published on the DMsGuild under Artifacts of Antiquity Volume 2. More and more armors, many of these ones fairly basic and with minor enchantments.

DnD 3.5 to 5e Monster Conversions: Delver

A huge creature burrows through the solid rock wall. Its teardrop-shaped, rocky body glistens with slime, and it uses the blunt claws of its two great appendages to clear away debris.

- Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Monster Manual

DnD Magic Item Conversions: Armor Part 2

       

Arcane Armor

Armor (light), Legendary (requires attunement)

Aura: Very Strong Abjuration and Transmutation

You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. If you die while wearing the armor, the armor is destroyed as it slowly melts away and dissipates.

Arcane Ward. The armor has 50 charges and regains all expended charges each day at dawn. Whenever you take any damage, that damage is reduced by 3, and the armor expends 3 charges. In addition, whenever you are the target of a spell of 3rd level or below, that spell fails and has no effect, and the armor expends charges equal to 5 + the spell’s level. So long as the armor is at 0 charges, neither of these traits function.

In addition, so long as the armor has at least 1 charge remaining, you have darkvision to a range of 60 feet, advantage on saving throws against being charmed or poisoned, and magic can't put you to sleep.

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Arvoreen's Chain Mail
Armor (chain mail), Very Rare (requires attunement by a halfling)
Aura: Strong Evocation

You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. 

This armor has 10 charges and regains 1d6+2 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast the cure wounds spell, targeting yourself. For 1 charge, you cast the 1st-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend.

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Aslyferund's Armor
Armor (scale mail), Legendary (requires attunement)
Aura: Very Strong Abjuration

Fashioned by a renowned smith from golden dragon scales and decorated with three holly berries etched into the center of the chest, there were only six of these breastplates known to have been created. You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor and are considered proficient with this armor even if you lack proficiency with medium armor. This armor does not impose disadvantage on your Dexterity (Stealth) checks like regular scale mail would. In addition, while wearing the armor, you are immune to fire damage as well as bludgeoning, piercing and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.

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Armor of Blackflame
Wondrous Item, Very Rare (requires attunement)
Aura: Strong Abjuration and Evocation

This armor appears to be a shimmering black suit of plate. The armor weighs nothing and does not impose disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks, but it also provides no AC and can’t be worn over other armor. You may wear this armor even if you do not have proficiency with heavy armor.

While being worn, the armor creates a vague, shifting aura of darkness, concealing you from magical scrutiny. You can’t be targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors. In addition, you have resistance to cold and fire damage.

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Armor of Blending
Armor (light), Uncommon (requires attunement)
Aura: Minor Illusion

This armor appears to be a mundane suit of armor, and anyone who views it with detect magic spell, must succeed on a DC 14 Intelligence saving throw to see anything other than an ordinary suit of nonmagical armor. As a bonus action, you can command the armor to change its appearance either to look like a set of normal clothing or to return to its normal appearance.

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Here are some more magic items converted from the Dungeons and Dragons 2e Encyclopedia Magica into 5e and published on the DMsGuild under Artifacts of Antiquity Volume 2. You haven't seen the last of armors here, and the list goes on and on!

DnD 3.5 to 5e Spell Conversions: Antimagic Ray

 

Antimagic Ray

7th-level abjuration

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• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a pinch of powdered iron or iron fillings)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
• Classes: Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard

You project an invisible ray from your finger toward a creature or object in range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target and everything they are wearing and carrying are cut off from the magical energy that suffuses the multiverse. Spells and other magical effects, except for those created by an artifact or a deity, are suppressed and have no effect on the target and any magical items they are wearing or carrying cease to function and are considered nonmagical items while the spell lasts.

If cast on a willing target, your attack automatically hits. At the end of each of the target’s turns, it can choose make a Wisdom saving throw against the spell. On a success, the spell ends.

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One of the spells from my conversions of the entire Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 Spell Compendium into 5e and published in Spells of Antiquity. Here we go, a slightly lower leveled antimagic field, only targeting a single creature rather than an area, making it situationally better or worse.