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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smathis" data-source="post: 4143529" data-attributes="member: 56465">I owned this previously. I didn't care for it. You might be able to tie some of it into a 4e setting. But I wouldn't recommend it. Seems like it would be more work than it's worth -- to me at least.I owned this one as well. Not sure how it would work in 4e. Seems like it would be okay with some creative manipulation of the 4e races. I'm hoping the DMG has some sort of Fear and Taint/Corruption mechanic in it. But I think that would be fairly easy to figure out after reading the rules in any case.Personally, I'd only run Ravenloft with the FFG Darkness & Dread book (by Mearls no less). It seems perfect for the setting. 4e may be a bit high-powered for at least how I conceive of Ravenloft. But I think it would be pretty simple to up the challenge that the monsters present.Doable and probably worth the effort.I've read a number of people who think this would be a great setting for 4e. I have no experience with it, though, outside of the Creature Collection books. I'd be interested in hearing more opinions on this setting.I love REH. I love the setting material in this line. Awesome stuff. But I'm reluctant to use it for 4e. First off, it's a setting that most people are casually familiar with. So it would be hard to add in things like Elves and Dwarves. So, you're either stuck with just humans or some kludge to make the other races more human.Second, I've always had a hard time gaming in Hyboria. I mean, it's an awesome setting. But I always feel like I have to put everything back in its place before I leave the room.And magic is very different in Conan. Not sure how 4e would translate, if at all. I'd say wait until Martial Power comes out and then make all spellcasters NPCs. That would save a lot of trouble.A great, creepy setting. But you'd have to convert all the kids to classes. I think that would be a pain. I guess you could just run the setting with normal 4e classes/races. I don't know how that would work out in the long run, though. Without the kids-fairytales angle, I'm not sure this setting has a lot of staying power.I guess if you were really creative or campy about it you could redo classic fairytales, like the "Troll Under the Bridge and the three Dragonborn Gruff" or something.Magic is different in this setting too. But I don't think it would be as big of a deal to have 4e style magic in the setting as it would in Conan.I think this setting would be a no-brainer to use in 4e. Make spellcasting a little tougher (or not). No divine casters. And you're pretty much done.As long as you're not married to the roles of the races in Midnight (which are cool by the way -- go Ice Elves!), I think you could carry over the main premise of the setting fairly easily.Eladrin become Caransil. All other Elves are some take on the 4e Elf. Gnomes become Halflings. Midnight Halflings go away (or become 4e Gnomes). Dwarves stay the same. Tweak Humans a bit by race. Get rid of the Heroic Paths. Make the Legates Shadar-Kai and BOOM! Game on.These three books are all different sides of the same coin. For my money, the WoHF is the route I'd take. Players Guide has lots of races and stuff in it. But the WoHF boxed set is just this huge bulk of story hooks and adventure ideas -- practically system independent.This is where I plan to base my campaign.From my understanding, sorta Steampunk with really nasty magic. There'd probably need to be rules for the Steampunk stuff -- not sure if we're getting vehicles in DMG1 (I'd bet not). Magic would have to be tweaked a bit (or turned into an all-Martial campaign). And maybe some new races/classes/paragon paths built.But it might be worth it.</blockquote>

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