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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6885287" data-attributes="member: 996">I had a paperclip marking the page with the tables in my DMG.&nbsp; Early on I lost part of my old DM screen, and never replaced it.&nbsp; ;(&nbsp; The short 1e blocks didn't always or even often, have HD.&nbsp; It might be something like ...(AC 6, 1-6/1-4x2, 11,9,9,9,7,5)...&nbsp; They didn't always provide even that, sometimes they /just/ listed hps, or nothing at all.&nbsp; At that point, what am I converting?&nbsp; Nothing.&nbsp; Uh-huh, OTOH, it's not inconvenient to roll a save and only worry about guessing-at/looking-up an exact stat if it's in doubt.&nbsp; Then there's Sleep which doesn't even need a save, and save:1/2 spells where 1/2 damage will still kill the little buggers.Like I said, it just doesn't feel like a conversion.&nbsp; It's not something in the module, that I'm running through a formula to get a deterministic result.&nbsp; Inverting AC is.&nbsp; It's about the only thing.One other necessary conversion did occur to me, though:&nbsp;&nbsp; You've got to adjust the lower-level-undead encounters.&nbsp; Classic D&amp;D assumes you always had a Cleric, thus Undead would always face some Turning, so those encounters are often too big, as presented.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6885287, member: 996"] I had a paperclip marking the page with the tables in my DMG. Early on I lost part of my old DM screen, and never replaced it. ;( The short 1e blocks didn't always or even often, have HD. It might be something like ...(AC 6, 1-6/1-4x2, 11,9,9,9,7,5)... They didn't always provide even that, sometimes they /just/ listed hps, or nothing at all. At that point, what am I converting? Nothing. Uh-huh, OTOH, it's not inconvenient to roll a save and only worry about guessing-at/looking-up an exact stat if it's in doubt. Then there's Sleep which doesn't even need a save, and save:1/2 spells where 1/2 damage will still kill the little buggers. Like I said, it just doesn't feel like a conversion. It's not something in the module, that I'm running through a formula to get a deterministic result. Inverting AC is. It's about the only thing. One other necessary conversion did occur to me, though: You've got to adjust the lower-level-undead encounters. Classic D&D assumes you always had a Cleric, thus Undead would always face some Turning, so those encounters are often too big, as presented. [/QUOTE]

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