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Very possible. The removal of the group multiplier is, in my opinion, a far more impactful change than adjusting the upper level difficulty thresholds.

So I've analyzed the DMG encounter building math, which I've included below. TLDR - Deadly difficulty is gone, Easy/Medium/Hard remain largely the same until level 8+, after which they get harder. The big changes to the encounter math process are as follows: The XP number of each difficulty...

Which optional rules (ex: gritty realism resting, proficiency variants) survived the transition, if any?

My understanding is that the 2024 DMG is generally doing away with optional rules and instead presenting a guide on how to play the game "correctly", rather than customizing it to your group.

Exactly. Retreating in order to Long Rest should typically mean that you "Lose" the scenario.

Because no one reads the DMG.

It's an excellent rule to pair with "death at Zero HP" and "Save vs Poison or Die" :)

If they didn't want the product to be scalped, they shouldn't be limiting production so heavily.

Idk man, "When you cast a spell, you can spend a number of sorcery points equal to the spell's level to cast it a second time, but a each creature may be subjected to the spells' effects only once." sounds pretty different from "When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn't...

could be done with 5e as follows: -Remove hit dice for healing entirely. HP is restored to full after a short rest. -Reduce max HP to 66% of current max HP. -divide all per-long-rest resources (including spell slots) by 3, rounding up or down to the nearest whole number. These resources...

" In the same way you figure out the difficulty of an encounter, you can use the XP values of monsters and other opponents in an adventure as a guideline for how far the party is likely to progress. For each character in the party, use the Adventuring Day XP table to estimate how much XP that...

You had to completely change the effect of the Twin Spell ability entirely to make it work for your group. Thats EXACTLY the reason why twin spell was changed.

Exactly. One medium encounter won't challenge your group. If you only give a group medium encounters, you should have them face around SEVEN of them. If you give them only deadly encounters, they should still face around THREE. 5e is and can only work as an attrition game. It will not as...

Honestly the main reason they changed it, imo, is not that it was too powerful, but that it was too confusing what did and didn't quality for twinned.

Why use 2024 at all? No one is forcing you to play the new edition. Keep on keeping on with what you and your players already like.

Why are you putting a bunch of effort into something that only affects one player at your table?

Shadowdark is not a clone of any other system. It is not 100% compatible with TSR era dnd without conversion. It takes a lot of inspiration from modern games - particularly 5e, Index Card RPG, and Dungeon Crawl Classics. It is mostly compatible with TSR dnd with some conversion, in the same...

It is entirely GM fiat whether players can make a custom background. It is not the standard rule, as it was in 2014. Page 36: "Choose your character's background, and write it on your character sheet. You can choose any of the backgrounds detailed in chapter 4, and your DM might offer...