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<blockquote data-quote="Inchoroi" data-source="post: 6478598" data-attributes="member: 6752135">I've had success at converting both 2e and Pathfinder adventures (GDQ &amp; Rise of the Runelords, at the moment). Both require you to take the scenarios and apply your own monsters and treasure, however; I think I prefer the Pathfinder, solely because of better art (GDQ is going great, though).You'll find that DCs from converting 3.pf to 5e should drop by about 5-7, and you'll have to ignore all the different skill suggestions, because you do not have nearly that many to choose from (I always forget about Investigation now; keep trying to substitute Survival, which devalues the Investigation proficiency). Treasure and magic items in 3.pf need to be thrown out and redone entirely (unless plot-required; then they must be made out of whole cloth). In converting 2e, I've had to change the number and layout of monsters a bit; GDQ has a lot of giants that come in at differing times in the first few adventures, including a frost giant right at the beginning (as a note, I don't like the idea that characters get captured in Scourge of the Slave Lords, so I'm actually running GDQ as a continuation of the Lost Mines of Phandelver). The philosophy of monsters being more useful for longer in a DM's planning plays well into your hands, but you'll still have to be careful when putting in monsters, even substituting types and renaming them (using hill giants for 'frost giant young', for example). Like 3.pf, you also have to completely redo treasure and magic items--they're a lot more prevalent than I remember...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Inchoroi, post: 6478598, member: 6752135"] I've had success at converting both 2e and Pathfinder adventures (GDQ & Rise of the Runelords, at the moment). Both require you to take the scenarios and apply your own monsters and treasure, however; I think I prefer the Pathfinder, solely because of better art (GDQ is going great, though). You'll find that DCs from converting 3.pf to 5e should drop by about 5-7, and you'll have to ignore all the different skill suggestions, because you do not have nearly that many to choose from (I always forget about Investigation now; keep trying to substitute Survival, which devalues the Investigation proficiency). Treasure and magic items in 3.pf need to be thrown out and redone entirely (unless plot-required; then they must be made out of whole cloth). In converting 2e, I've had to change the number and layout of monsters a bit; GDQ has a lot of giants that come in at differing times in the first few adventures, including a frost giant right at the beginning (as a note, I don't like the idea that characters get captured in Scourge of the Slave Lords, so I'm actually running GDQ as a continuation of the Lost Mines of Phandelver). The philosophy of monsters being more useful for longer in a DM's planning plays well into your hands, but you'll still have to be careful when putting in monsters, even substituting types and renaming them (using hill giants for 'frost giant young', for example). Like 3.pf, you also have to completely redo treasure and magic items--they're a lot more prevalent than I remember... [/QUOTE]

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