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Conversions of Pathfinder 1e Fiends to OSR Stats

Started by Persimmon, May 29, 2023, 02:50:11 PM

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Persimmon

May 29, 2023, 02:50:11 PM
Okay, so I'm revising an old Apocalyptic/journey through the Infernus campaign I wrote some time back and converting it over to Swords & Wizardry from AD&D. It's a huge project; the original took around 15 years to write. But over the past 12 years or so since I finished the original, I've picked up lots of new supplements, monster books, etc and I finally decided to expand my campaign to add all this cool new stuff. In particular, I love the fact that S&W doesn't really distinguish between the various fiend races as I like the idea of just a cosmic battle between law and chaos, rather than that lame Blood War concept for AD&D 2e. So now I have materials spanning several newer game systems to convert over to S&W.  Most notably, I snagged all the digest-sized Pathfinder bestiaries for a good price and they've got tons of Infernal foes I haven't seen in various OSR games.

I can do this, of course, but given the huge number of Pathfinder 1e creatures in particular and how long that stuff has been around, I was curious if anyone in the community had already converted some or all of the various new fiends to OSR stats?  I posted this on the S&W forum, but that doesn't get much traffic so I thought I'd try here as well.  I already have all the S&W monster books, AD&D 1e & 2e stuff so I'm really just looking for conversions of the newer ones that haven't already popped up in some OSR source.

Thanks!

JeremyR

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May 30, 2023, 07:50:23 PM
Yes and no. Aquilae Bestiary of the Realm basically converts all Pathfinder monsters to OSR

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/335294/Aquilae-Bestiary-of-the-Realm-Volume-1-OSR

Has Demons, Devils, and Daemons

However, they seem to have done a very poor job and it's possibly automated. Many of the more powerful creatures have really low hit dice

Persimmon

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May 30, 2023, 11:24:46 PM
Quote from: JeremyR on May 30, 2023, 07:50:23 PM
Yes and no. Aquilae Bestiary of the Realm basically converts all Pathfinder monsters to OSR

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/335294/Aquilae-Bestiary-of-the-Realm-Volume-1-OSR

Has Demons, Devils, and Daemons

However, they seem to have done a very poor job and it's possibly automated. Many of the more powerful creatures have really low hit dice

Thanks for the tip.  I'm definitely pondering this, though even a glance at the preview suggests some of the issues you mention.  And it's not exactly cheap if you want the hardcovers.  I just got all 6 of the PF bestiaries brand new in digest-size for the price of 1 volume of this set.
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