Conversion: Keep on the Borderlands

[Xath]

As a tribute to Gary Gygax, this weekend my group is getting together and I'm running "Keep on the Borderlands." As an added twist (and since so many of the KotB monsters are already statted out), I've decided to convert it to 4e.

Anyone else done something similar? Have any tips for conversions at this stage (from what we know of 4th edition)?

 

[ltbaxter]

No insights on that, but just wanted to wish you luck! That very thought came to mind - what a great way to pay tribute. I remember playing the original adventure, but got rid of it decades ago (in a fit of madness) If you or someone is able to convert this, I hope this can be made available.

[And on a completely unrelated note... great job on the interview with the devs and on the YouTube video!
It was really nice to see some questions I posed on your thread (http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=220093) actually get addressed -- thanks! ]

 

[breschau]

As a tribute to Gary Gygax, this weekend my group is getting together and I'm running "Keep on the Borderlands." As an added twist (and since so many of the KotB monsters are already statted out), I've decided to convert it to 4e.

Anyone else done something similar? Have any tips for conversions at this stage (from what we know of 4th edition)?

Any notes or tips you feel like sharing would be appreciated. I was hoping to do the same at our next session.

 

[lasergreger]

Lovely initiative. If I were one of your players, i'd sure love that session. Good luck.

/L

 

[Mistwell]

Wow. No help from me, but great idea.

If you happen to write it up, I am sure lots of folks here (myself included) would love to read it and run it for their own groups.

If you get it started, you will probably get many eyes on it for editing purposes!

 

[Aus_Snow]

Awesome. Will there be an actual play thread, or story hour?

Anyway, good luck with that. I don't have any advice for the conversion, but it shouldn't be too hard anyway, I suspect.

 

[jeffh]

Any notes or tips you feel like sharing would be appreciated. I was hoping to do the same at our next session.

I don't usually do "me too" posts but I want to second, or probably third or more by now, this, just to help you gauge the level of interest out there.

4E should be comparatively easy to convert to on the fly, it occurs to me, which should help things go a bit more smoothly.

 

[Nytmare]

Earlier this week I spent some time converting Monte Cook's "The Orc and the Pie" to fourth edition.

There were several design challenges bringing this time honored classic up to date, but I think that, by far, the hardest thing to do was figuring out how to translate the scale from feet to squares.

I will have to check my notes, but I think that in the end I decided to have squares roughly equal five feet.

Hope this helps!

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Awesome. Will there be an actual play thread, or story hour?

Anyway, good luck with that. I don't have any advice for the conversion, but it shouldn't be too hard anyway, I suspect.

I'd second the note for a story hour.

 

[Jdvn1]

The conversion notes would be really useful for me!