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What if I tried to run Red Hand of Doom with Shadowdark but some dials turned more toward heroic?

Sure, but amaris was specifically talking about the frames as presented. You can make anything grimdark or hopelight as you want at the table.

That is actually where the DMsGuild conversion doc came from, I believe.

So anyone saying D&D without ability scores isn't D&D would be wrong if the IP holder put that game out. Okay. Where does that leave the people who draw that line in the sand?

Why? How? I mean those things IN D&D.

Do you plan on converting on the fly or doing a conversion before sitting at the table?

If someone said it stopped being D&D when they got rid of Save vs Dragon Breath, would they be wrong? My point is simply that where people draw the lines is interesting. We could easily dig back into the archives here and find people claiming such things when both 3E and 4E came out -- and...

It is interesting what some folks consider "no longer D&D" based on things that have been removed. For example, 5E is considered by many (most?) to be the purest form of the game, yet it does not have skill points, nor does it have save or die, or even saves based on level progression. Why don't...

Has anyone run Red Hand of Doom in 5E? Did you use the conversion document on DMsGuild? In either case, how did it go? Was it difficult to convert if you did so yourself? Extra points if you can tell me about the Fantasy Grounds conversion. Thanks.

The question was inspired by multiple threads in which people were talking about the balance inherent in rolling for stats versus point buy, or how very good luck or bad luck had impacts on whether a character was fun to play, etc... It occurred to me that if you just eliminated Ability Scores...

We can. But I imagine a world in which a new version of D&D could actually be different.

I did clarify a little: I was just hoping for a more proactive rather than reactive party. For the most part, I have had to put stuff directly in front of them, as opposed to them deciding what to do once many options are laid out. I also clarified that it isn't really a big deal and we are...

We can just make a list of games that ARE D&D and see how divergent they get. Obviously we have all the games with D&D on the vocer and in the name, but we also have: Pathfinder 1E Shadowdark OSE and other reetroclones and arguably Pathfinder 2E (not remastered) and maybe 13th Age. There are a...

What if the ability scores were there but applied no bonuses or penalties to rolls. For example, Strength just said how much you could carry and Intelligence just said what level spells you could cast, etc?

I think this is a "you problem." You are interpreting things as more "grimdark" than intended. I mean, would you call Horizon Zero Dawn, Princess Monoke, or Delicious In Dungeon as "grimdark"? If so, I think you are an obvious outlier.

Th6reason you went adventuring was to escape life as a rat catcher, dung sweeper or hay bailer.

Why would that be a question? They are a wizard. Their power comes from wizardry.

This is true. In 3.x, the uses of and DCs for skills were much more prescribed.

Lol! That's great stuff. You have ::chef's kiss:: players.

I run a lot of con games that might qualify: 3 to 5 slots, intended to provide a complete experience for those that play multiple or all sessions, as well as singular session fun for the one timers. I tend to switch between "story" con campaigns and "episodic" con campaigns, depending on my...