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Preferences vary, for sure. One thing that I am glad for is that monsters/NPCs DO NOT follow PC rules.

I like the IDEA of the old saves, in that there are these specific things in the world that can cause harm, but I don't like that list. What if saves were based on the damage types instead, with effects expanded beyond simple damage. "Make a save vs necrotic" or whatever.

Nice! Thank you.

D&D has been changing since the first time it was played, let along published. Cross pollination with related media as well as other RPGs, not to mention the simple creativity of the people making the game over the years and editions, have caused many elements of D&D to evolve. Sometimes these...

How do folks find the time?

Yeah, this defeats the whole purpose of having the Hope/Fear axis.

Sure, but there is definitely more interesting design space and discussion juice in eliminating them.

A crit could be doubles as long as that still hits. That should be roughly the same probability. It isn't that easy. Hope powers a lot of abilities in DH. What are the 5E characters going to do with those Hope points? Less importantly but still relevant, some monster abilities are powered by...

I have started "This Day In History Some Sh!t Went Down" which is a sweary, relatively shallow but nonetheless interesting history book. I don't remember where I heard about it -- it may have even been here -- but I am thoroughly enjoying the foul language and knowledge dump. WARNING: the author...

I am changing the thread's direction little. I would like to talk about whatever conversions of RHoD folks have done or are considering, from 5E to Daggerheart to Savage Pathfinder etc...

I enjoyed that significantly more than I expected to.

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.