D&D 4E Changing saving throws to 4e style DC's - can someone walk me through an example?

[MoutonRustique]

I've had success with just replacing the monster's save with its ability score. For example, if a monster would normally make a Strength save, the PC's roll with bonuses must beat the monster's Strength score. It's certainly not perfectly spot on. But it works very well for a fast and dirty system.

I also use a monster's ability score for contested rolls too, just to cut down on the amount of rolling.

This is extremely efficient in terms of ease of use.

 

[Raith5]

Weren't there meant to be conversion documents that would officially cover issues like these to enable conversions/emulations of previous editions? Have these been released?

 

[pukunui]

Weren't there meant to be conversion documents that would officially cover issues like these to enable conversions/emulations of previous editions? Have these been released?

Yes, there were. No, they haven't been released. They got delayed by the jury duty thing. The errata did, too, I believe, so now that that's being worked on, hopefully the conversion documents have moved up on the list.