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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6310483" data-attributes="member: 7635">I think his intention was &quot;can I replicate the phenomenon of using AD&amp;D 1e, 2e, or Basic D&amp;D modules interchangeable?&quot; Yes, there was differences in monsters, magic items, and NPC stats, but overall I could run Keep on the Borderlands in 2e without conversion and things would be just fine. This is not something 3e on has allowed for. 3e required at the very least stat-block swap outs and items converted. (Some DMs would even rework encounters to keep them within the modules EL). 4e conversions required a lot more &quot;rewritten in the spirit of&quot; than direct conversion (again, due to how encounters and treasure is handled in 4e). I think its a fair question to ask &quot;So will 5e require re-writing, or can I run things with the AC inversed?&quot; The answer he saw was &quot;No&quot;. At the very least, you'll need to swap or convert stat-blocks. I feel (based on the playtest) that bucketfuls of gold is also going to be toned down, so DMs will need to trim down treasure. So as you said, if you don't mind doing the legwork to rework things, its fine. If you wanted to run Against the Giants straight from the 1e module in Next, you are going to experience some disappointment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 6310483, member: 7635"] I think his intention was "can I replicate the phenomenon of using AD&D 1e, 2e, or Basic D&D modules interchangeable?" Yes, there was differences in monsters, magic items, and NPC stats, but overall I could run Keep on the Borderlands in 2e without conversion and things would be just fine. This is not something 3e on has allowed for. 3e required at the very least stat-block swap outs and items converted. (Some DMs would even rework encounters to keep them within the modules EL). 4e conversions required a lot more "rewritten in the spirit of" than direct conversion (again, due to how encounters and treasure is handled in 4e). I think its a fair question to ask "So will 5e require re-writing, or can I run things with the AC inversed?" The answer he saw was "No". At the very least, you'll need to swap or convert stat-blocks. I feel (based on the playtest) that bucketfuls of gold is also going to be toned down, so DMs will need to trim down treasure. So as you said, if you don't mind doing the legwork to rework things, its fine. If you wanted to run Against the Giants straight from the 1e module in Next, you are going to experience some disappointment. [/QUOTE]

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