So I have just about every scarred lands book ever published from the 3rd ed era of D&D and used to use them with the Stormbringer 5th ed rules. Now I'm about to kick off a 5th ed D&D campaign and since there are zero published settings right now I was thinking of going with the scarred lands since it was my favourite setting back in the day.

Has anyone been using Ghelsphad & the scared lands in general for their 5th ed game? If so what advice, hints, gotchas etc can you give me?

I had a couple of those books, I remember liking the setting because of how it handled Arcane magic, or rather the reason why Wizards and Sorcerers wore robes.  Casting spells heated metal (as per the spell of the same name) and if you weren't careful, you could literally cook yourself casting, hence why the Arcane Casters wore very little.  I always thought that was an awesome conceit.

Wish I was able to keep my books...

Super awesome setting. I wish they would update it and put new books out (the PDF scans are horrible).

The hardest part of converting any 3.x era setting is the amount of crunch and focusing it down into 5e's simplicity. Looking at Eberron I feel like I would have to leave behind or hand wave a giant chunk of stuff. I imagine the same will be true of SL. I would suggest leaning heavier on "the feeling" and discard crunch with wild abandon.

Let us know what you come up with! (I'm genuinely curious).

Saw them in gaming stores, but never got into them.

Well we played our first session today and it went swimmingly. Started at Mullis Town (In the north east near the city of Mithril) and the 1st level PC found a job tracking down some missing kids from a nearby mining town. The mission is underway and they are just about to fight a raiding party of 6 goblins the ranger managed to track. Pro active rangers for the win!

Quote from: AikiGhost;839698Well we played our first session today and it went swimmingly. Started at Mullis Town (In the north east near the city of Mithril) and the 1st level PC found a job tracking down some missing kids from a nearby mining town. The mission is underway and they are just about to fight a raiding party of 6 goblins the ranger managed to track. Pro active rangers for the win!

Awesome!

Hey, I'm about to try to convert Scarred Lands to 5th as well. It's my first time trying this and I admit it feels more than a little duanting. How did you're conversion go? Any advice?  Or better yet, would you mind posting some of your stuff?  Anything at would be helpful at this point.

Quote from: Hagintora;867102Hey, I'm about to try to convert Scarred Lands to 5th as well. It's my first time trying this and I admit it feels more than a little duanting. How did you're conversion go? Any advice?  Or better yet, would you mind posting some of your stuff?  Anything at would be helpful at this point.

My advice is 'don't sweat the details'.  3e has a lot of minutae that can blind you to what really matters, just replacing the monsters (for example.)

Quote from: AikiGhost;838041So I have just about every scarred lands book ever published from the 3rd ed era of D&D and used to use them with the Stormbringer 5th ed rules.

Interesting! How did Scarred Lands do with Stormbringer's sytem?

I've not be overly successful in translating D&D settings to non-D&D systems.

I enjoyed that setting - especially the Creature Collection. Surprised it hasn't been relaunched for 5e yet.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;867142My advice is 'don't sweat the details'.  3e has a lot of minutae that can blind you to what really matters, just replacing the monsters (for example.)

That is very true. The issue that I'm having is that I've never tried doing anything like this before, so just figuring what the "small stuff" is the first step that I'm having to tackle.

Over all I figure the intelligent thing to do is to start small and just use the monsters needed for whatever adventure I happen to be running, but it would be incredibly helpful to have examples already in hand to start off. I also found a post about reskinning monsters by the Lazy Gm, so I'll probably be doing a lot of that, but it still would be nice, again, to have examples to use as a guideline for future conversions.

I think that's what I'm really searching for (besides having a brand new Creature Collection already revised by professionals), examples and guidelines that I can use until I can wrap my head around the process. Right now I'm staring at a lot information and it just feels... a little overwhelming.

Quote from: trechriron;838109Super awesome setting. I wish they would update it and put new books out (the PDF scans are horrible)

I think the current plans by Nocturnal Media/Onyx Path (the co-owners of SL) is to kickstart a Pathfinder version next year. Hopefully, a 5e version will be a stretch goal.

Look mom! A Kickstarter for exactly what I was asking for!!

Santa Clause is real!!

I pledged for the 5e book. Although I am not enamored with D&D, I can adapt the 5e stuff pretty easily to RuneQuest (or GURPS if I feel so inclined).

The background blurb seems to lift a fair amount from Greek mythology (Titans vs Gods). Looks like it could be interesting.

Quote from: trechriron;872284Look mom! A Kickstarter for exactly what I was asking for!!

My interest is definitely piqued. RQ6 would work like a charm, but to me it'll always be a D&D setting. I might be backing it for the 5e version.

Quote from: TrippyHippy;872302The background blurb seems to lift a fair amount from Greek mythology (Titans vs Gods). Looks like it could be interesting.

It always was so.  But I'll wait till there's a PDF on DTRPG or where ever, as always.