I remember there was talk about a 5e version once the B/X version is done, but that was at least a year back (even before the Patreon started). Was that dropped in the meantime? (I personally plan to use Dolmenwood with OSE, but I guess there would be people here interested in the conversion)
That would be nice, I enjoy Dolmenwood and B/X OSE stuff but 5e is my system of choice currently and a 5e Weird Fantasy Dark Mythic Wood setting would be good.
The power-level and tone is just too dissimilar. To give you an idea of what I would do to adapt it to 5E:
Genre-wise, Dolmenwood is a fantastic setting that is right up my alley, particularly as a fan of smaller-scale grounded settings, but there are some details about the setting that I find a bit "cringe," such as its witches. I still recommend it and look forward to its Kickstarter, but these are the sort of things that I would definitely change as I can imagine a fair number of my players being turned off by it.
What's wrong with Dolmenwood witches?
Not speeking for @Aldarc but a quick look at the primer suggests Dolemnwood embraces some older tropes about witches -- at least as people see them (not necessarily as they are). Some folks don't want that kind of trope based worldbuilding to remain dominant.
My partner and I find the whole otherworldly patrons feeding on witches' menstrual blood and sexual energy thing to be cringy.
I didn't even get that far. So edge...
Ah yes, I just re-read the faction write-up, I see what you mean. Well, it's something that doesn't really need to come up during gameplay, the witches are still one of the major factions and source of intrigue in Dolmenwood. How and why they get their powers can (more or less easily) be changed, I guess.
Emphasis mine. That's the part that makes it suspect: traditional or not, it's problematic and could easily have been changed by the author. Since it wasn't, the author is telling us they prefer these sorts of tropes in their world building, so expect more like it.
