AD&D 1E Giving an AD&D feel to 5e

[dmhelp]

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[AnotherGuy]

8. Include speed factor as per DMG
9. Roll for Hit Points.
10. Cap Hit Points rolling as per AD&D.
11. No full hit points after resting.

 

[tetrasodium]

Point 1 will probably go bad unless you redo the point where +1/-1kicks in. Most attribs back in 2e did that at 6 &15. Hacing it at 8 &12 means that every attrib matters to something even if that something is an untrained skill linked to a dump stat

 

[Dragonsbane]

Cap HP is a definite! We used in 5E, helped with the absurd HP totals.

 

[teitan]

Point 1 will probably go bad unless you redo the point where +1/-1kicks in. Most attribs back in 2e did that at 6 &15. Hacing it at 8 &12 means that every attrib matters to something even if that something is an untrained skill linked to a dump stat

I don’t follow. 4D6 is fine for AD&D style. The math is different in 5e and more closely emulates 1e/2e aside from the bucket of hit points issue, but reinstating a cap would go a long way towards not only speeding the game up a bit but also bring the hit point math in line with bounded accuracy.

 

[DEFCON 1]

12. Strip out all class features from the Fighter, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard.
13. Only the Rogue uses the Skill system.
14. Realize the game still doesn't feel like actual AD&D and that you're going to have to play an OSR game or AD&D itself to get a real feel.

 

[tetrasodium]

I don’t follow. 4D6 is fine for AD&D style. The math is different in 5e and more closely emulates 1e/2e aside from the bucket of hit points issue, but reinstating a cap would go a long way towards not only speeding the game up a bit but also bring the hit point math in line with bounded accuracy.

I thought you were talking about the old stat generation over the standard array but it sounds like you might be talking about something else. If not, you could give ad&d characters the 15/14/13/12/10/8 standard array & it still wouldn't put the kind of pressure to perfectly arrange their stats that you see in 3.x 4e & 5e because it literally would have close to zero mechanical impact where most of them went. Here's the table for Constitution from ad&d as an example that applied to everyone

 

[grimslade]

Completely strip out the xp for defeating monsters and replace with xp for gp obtained. Remove or reduce any healing at a short rest. Combat should be a thing to be avoided or if unavoidable, fought in the most efficient way possible. Minimize risk, maximize reward.

 

[dmhelp]

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[opacitizen]

Why not go the other way around? Play (A)D&D 1e/2e, but with a backport of the proficiency-stuff and the skills of 5e?