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How difficult is it to convert a Pathfinder 2nd Edition adventure (or encounter) to 1st Edition?
If my gaming group wanted to adapt a Pathfinder 2E AP (e.g. Strength of Thousands), what are the difficulties? We're very familiar with 1E but only lightly so far with 2E.
Is there a reasonable way to ...
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How can I convert The Touch of Death 2E module to run in D&D 5e?
I am including the Ravenloft: Touch of Death module from AD&D 2e in my D&D 5e campaign as I have repurposed the Hexad. However, the maps from the quest are a mess, the NPCs are disposable, and ...
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Do the dungeon modules from the old Basic D&D work with the new Basic D&D?
I am old and I haven't played D&D seriously in many years. But I remember it.
My 12yo son has a crew that want me to DM a game for them.
In the interest of leveraging my (limited) existing ...
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How do you convert a Diplomacy roll in a 3.5e adventure to 5e?
Looking through a 3.5e adventure it mentions a Diplomacy roll:
Give the PCs a minute to explain themselves to the lich, at the end of which one of them can make a Diplomacy check in an attempt to ...
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What are the barriers to running a published adventure from an earlier edition in the 5e system (assuming that this is possible)? [duplicate]
If I've counted correctly, there are ten published adventures for D&D 5e, but many more from earlier editions. I would like to make use of these adventures from previous editions; however, given ...
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Can D&D 5e adventures be converted to AD&D?
I'm always hearing about people converting the 1970's and 80's AD&D modules to 5th edition. Is the reverse possible and is there a PDF explaining the process? There are lots of 5th edition ...
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How can a group's appearance be magically changed without the group noticing?
It's early days yet of Queen of the Spiders (1986), but in converting the classic adnd module for use in my dnd-3.5e campaign, I've already hit a snag. Here's the plot point, quoted for your reading ...
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How can I convert D&D 4e adventures and settings to 5e?
At my public library, I have ready access to resource books from older editions of D&D (only 5e are in heavy demand). Most of the books at the library are 4e. I am interested in converting some of ...
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How can this Castle Amber villain be updated?
Just in case, spoilered below is a description of the antagonist from Castle Amber (1981), room 34, the Throne Room:
I'm aware this encounter difficult, but I'm also unsure how to convert this ...
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Should Castle Amber be renamed Castle Monty Haul?
Castle Amber (1981) seems to offer an excessive amount of treasure for PCs of levels 3 to 6. For example:
I totally get that Castle Amber makes keeping this treasure difficult:
What interests me is ...
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What's equivalent to a wand of paralyzation?
I'm converting to dnd-3.5e a dnd-bx adventure and one magic item found in the adventure is a wand of paralyzation that "projects a cone-shaped ray… 60' long and 30' wide at its end. A creature struck ...
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How to replicate an illusory basilisk's petrifying gaze?
I've been running the AD&D 1e version of The Temple of Elemental Evil in 5e.
The heroes are about to encounter an illusory creature that will be capable of petrification on a failed save. I'm ...
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Should I convert AD&D coin amounts when converting an adventure to D&D 5th?
I am working on converting the adventure "Against the Cult of the Reptile God" (designed for going from level 1-4) to be usable in 5th edition but I haven't been converting coin amount. It seems high ...
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How can I have low-level 5e necromancer NPCs controlling many, many undead in this converted adventure?
I require as close to a RAW answer as possible for ~Level 5 Wizard(s) to control ~100 skeletons and zombies.
Context: I'm adapting a few classics for older editions to D&D 5e, and running into ...
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How can I convert the combat stats of an XD20 module to D&D 5E?
I picked up XDM: Quest for the Tavern the other day, because I like the idea of a dungeon co-written by a webcomic artist and the guy who runs the Killer Breakfast. The problem is that I'd like to run ...
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