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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8621895" data-attributes="member: 1465">I mostly run older edition adventures converted to 5e. I find conversion to be super easy but that might be because I don't really care for precise representation of the original and I don't even worry too much about encounter balance, I just trust that players will self-manage. Therefore converting an old adventure for me is only just about using the 5e version of monsters, as well as magic items (or the old version if applicable), and looking up at the general DC guidance for challenges. Only the occasional important NPC might prompt me a full rebuild (roughly using PC rules because I am more comfortable with them), otherwise there's almost no work to do on the rules side.For mimimal preparation I recommend to look into 3ed free official &quot;web adventures&quot;, if you can find them. They are however all pretty short, good for one-shots or maximum 3-4 sessions if your players like taking things slowly or if you add your own stuff.For longer adventures, 1e/2e modules are great. We've played for example classic Horror on the Hill, Into the Unknown, Keep on the Borderlands (there was even a free 5e version of it), they are all pretty generic dungeon or wildernesses adventures with no real need for a backstory. The Temple of Elemental Evil is another favourite of mine to revisit at every edition but you might disagree about running it as-is <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😀" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" title="Grinning face&nbsp; &nbsp; :grinning:" data-shortname=":grinning:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> Also another option for mid-length adventures is old Dungeon magazine. Neither short enough to fit a one-shot, nor long enough to fill a campaign, but many of them are generic plug-and-play adventures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8621895, member: 1465"] I mostly run older edition adventures converted to 5e. I find conversion to be super easy but that might be because I don't really care for precise representation of the original and I don't even worry too much about encounter balance, I just trust that players will self-manage. Therefore converting an old adventure for me is only just about using the 5e version of monsters, as well as magic items (or the old version if applicable), and looking up at the general DC guidance for challenges. Only the occasional important NPC might prompt me a full rebuild (roughly using PC rules because I am more comfortable with them), otherwise there's almost no work to do on the rules side. For mimimal preparation I recommend to look into 3ed free official "web adventures", if you can find them. They are however all pretty short, good for one-shots or maximum 3-4 sessions if your players like taking things slowly or if you add your own stuff. For longer adventures, 1e/2e modules are great. We've played for example classic Horror on the Hill, Into the Unknown, Keep on the Borderlands (there was even a free 5e version of it), they are all pretty generic dungeon or wildernesses adventures with no real need for a backstory. The Temple of Elemental Evil is another favourite of mine to revisit at every edition but you might disagree about running it as-is 😀 Also another option for mid-length adventures is old Dungeon magazine. Neither short enough to fit a one-shot, nor long enough to fill a campaign, but many of them are generic plug-and-play adventures. [/QUOTE]

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