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<blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 3824351" data-attributes="member: 18549">Discard the implied setting, much in the way that most homebrewers discarded the implied Greyhawk of 3rd edition.&nbsp; Problem solved.&nbsp; I don't know about you, but when I homebrew a campaign, I don't even open a book.&nbsp; It's completely irrelevant to the process.I've already addressed &quot;monster doesn't exist in new edition&quot;.&nbsp; Build it.&nbsp; How many goblins?&nbsp; Add up the XP and see.&nbsp; As for number of encounters, if you need more or fewer, just scrap some.&nbsp; The orcs in room 23 are now counted as part of the encounter in room 22, but they come in after the fighting begins.&nbsp; You probably don't even have to adjust the number of orcs.Converting a module from 2E to 3E is such an onerous task that it simply wasn't worth the trouble.&nbsp; That's largely because of the 3E statblock.&nbsp; Remove that, and it boils down to making monster updates (or cribbing them from other people.&nbsp; See the Creature Collection on these boards), and fudging here and there for balance.I anticipate that I will get little to no use out of my stacks of 3E hardcovers when playing 4E.&nbsp; I don't expect that my Dungeon magazines will be similarly cut off.You see a bridge there?&nbsp; Are you off your medication?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lonely Tylenol, post: 3824351, member: 18549"] Discard the implied setting, much in the way that most homebrewers discarded the implied Greyhawk of 3rd edition. Problem solved. I don't know about you, but when I homebrew a campaign, I don't even open a book. It's completely irrelevant to the process. I've already addressed "monster doesn't exist in new edition". Build it. How many goblins? Add up the XP and see. As for number of encounters, if you need more or fewer, just scrap some. The orcs in room 23 are now counted as part of the encounter in room 22, but they come in after the fighting begins. You probably don't even have to adjust the number of orcs. Converting a module from 2E to 3E is such an onerous task that it simply wasn't worth the trouble. That's largely because of the 3E statblock. Remove that, and it boils down to making monster updates (or cribbing them from other people. See the Creature Collection on these boards), and fudging here and there for balance. I anticipate that I will get little to no use out of my stacks of 3E hardcovers when playing 4E. I don't expect that my Dungeon magazines will be similarly cut off. You see a bridge there? Are you off your medication? [/QUOTE]

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