How Easy is it to Convert 3E Adventures to 4E?

[Olaf the Stout]

I know that 4E hasn't been out for long so this question may be a little hard to answer but how easy is it to convert 3E adventures to 4E?

I imagine that you would have to spend a bit of time restating NPC's out but a lot of the monsters should be pretty easy to swap over.

The main problem I am thinking of is what the players can or can't do at a given level now. I am largely 4E ignorant but I understand that, for example, magical flight is obtained at much later levels now.

If the adventure assumes that the PC's will be able to fly then the adventure might be a lot harder (or even impossible) for the PC's to complete.

Thoughts?

Olaf the Stout

 

[charlesatan]

I know that 4E hasn't been out for long so this question may be a little hard to answer but how easy is it to convert 3E adventures to 4E?

I imagine that you would have to spend a bit of time restating NPC's out but a lot of the monsters should be pretty easy to swap over.

The main problem I am thinking of is what the players can or can't do at a given level now. I am largely 4E ignorant but I understand that, for example, magical flight is obtained at much later levels now.

If the adventure assumes that the PC's will be able to fly then the adventure might be a lot harder (or even impossible) for the PC's to complete.

Thoughts?

Olaf the Stout

You can theoretically create your own ritual/ritual scroll so that players have the means to transport themselves to the desired location. If it's flight in the middle of battle, on the other hand, no such luck. Unless you give playes a magic carpet or something.

 

[WhatGravitas]

I've done a bit for my Eberron campaign - it looks easy, works (probably) - and surprisingly, many adventures fit 4E *better*, because not that much adventures have believable safe places for rests.

On the other hand, I think converted 3E adventures lack the terrain/environment interplay that encounters want to achieve - but now we start leaving the realm of simple conversion and get to remake!

Cheers, LT.

 

[Crothian]

Working on some stuff for fun it has not been that bad. It will of course depend on the module. I choose one that was monster heavy with few NPCs because that would be easiest.