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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 6709085" data-attributes="member: 5435">I love AD&D, it's probably my second-favorite edition.  But I'm trying to run 5E RAW for a while before tinkering with the rules.Here's what I would do for an AD&D feel.  I would only make changes that really have an effect on player incentives.1. Give only 20% listed XP for defeating monsters, but treasure returned home nets 1XP/GP.  This promotes combat avoidance as the smart choice in most cases.2. PCs are dead at -10 (or -Con if you want to be generous), and track negative HP. if you go negative, make a DC 10 Con save or suffer a lingering injury.3. You can spend HD during a short or long rest, but a long rest restores only one HD to your pool. Changes 2 and 3 encourage players to avoid combat if possible, heal before zero, and to think of healing as a limited, valuable resource.  Remember that damage is more abundant in 5E than in 1E, so I think 1HP/day is too stingy.That's about it. I never felt that the race/class restrictions or level restrictions were important to AD&D; they are just a reflection of the assumed setting.  The other rules differences are minor details that don't really affect the way a campaign plays out.</blockquote>