Converting Ravenloft for 5e

[Remathilis]

I had started my own vision, but stalled waiting for the DMG for treasure and fear rules.

I was using the Silver Anniversary edition and made Strahd a vampire mage.

 

[Jester David]

I had started my own vision, but stalled waiting for the DMG for treasure and fear rules.

Yeah. I'm doing a 5e conversion of the Ravenloft campaign setting and am holding on on fear/horror/madness to see what's in the DMG.

 

[daddystabz]

Here's a 5e conversion of Ravenloft that someone posted to Reddit a month or so ago.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xzf5l77ex9iqa8o/I6 - Ravenloft 5e v1.0.pdf

Why are saving throws handled differently in this conversion than in the 5e core? Does anyone know why?

 

[daddystabz]

Is this a revenge campaign? How are you going to run Warlocks in Ravenloft?

No. Ravenloft just happens to be one of my fave D&D settings and I'd like to run it for my face-to-face group.

 

[jak83]

How do you mean? Saving throws look the same to me in this. There are numbers to roll against, and the monsters have bonuses. I don't see anything out of the ordinary.

 

[daddystabz]

How do you mean? Saving throws look the same to me in this. There are numbers to roll against, and the monsters have bonuses. I don't see anything out of the ordinary.

On pg 1 of the adventure it states: "Sometimes, characters must make Dexterity or Constitution checks. To make a Dex/Con check, a character must roll his Dex/Con or less on a 1d20. The effects of the roll are explained in each case."

I see now it was talking about Dex/Con checks, not saving throws.

 

[Remathilis]

On pg 1 of the adventure it states: "Sometimes, characters must make Dexterity or Constitution checks. To make a Dex/Con check, a character must roll his Dex/Con or less on a 1d20. The effects of the roll are explained in each case."

I see now it was talking about Dex/Con checks, not saving throws.

Sounds like someone couldn't be bothered to convert AD&D ability checks them to 5e check DCs. Make those checks 10 and be done with it.

 

[Sword of Spirit]

My suggestion is to wait a month. The DMG will have rules intended for exactly this sort of thing. When you have them in hand you won't have to worry about converting things the designers have already done for you.

 

[ren1999]

I would love to see a collection of converted modules after the Dungeon Master's Guide comes out. Ravenloft is one of my favorites.

My Roll Tracker http://dnd5.weebly.com

 

[aramis erak]

Converting a typical "roll under" means an average score of 10.5 on 3d6 or 12.3 or so on 4d6k3. Which is roughly comparable, numerically, to a DC 9 (from a 3d6 edition) or DC 8 (from a 4d6k3 edition, like AD&D 2E).