Has anyone else but me considered, now that it's out, making a conversion of this AP for 5e? Granted a lot would still depend on next month's PHB release, but for those who've seen the starter set, would you agree with me that this could actually be pretty easily doable?
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The free download actually give more ideas than the Starter Set on what will be possible when the new books drop. The Starter Set is basically a prewritten campaign to run with pregens. There's no info on how to build characters other than the ones they've created.
That said, maybe? A lot of the AP uses the language of 3E and its derivations. It's very much a gear based game. The things you have define what you can do as much as the way you've built your character, if not more so. Just based on the bits I've seen so far, it looks like they're moving away from that.
The other big thing would be the rules that govern how both PCs and NPCs work alike. Take the first scene of Burnt Offerings, for example. There's three waves of attacks, the first of which is against a mess of goblins. They're nothing special, but they're under the effects of bard song. I'm not sure if bards are even playable when the PHB drops in August, but even if they aren't, then it should be pretty simple to give the goblins a bonus to hit and damage, and say they've been whipped up into a battle frenzy by the macabre song.
Then there's the second wave - more goblins, and a warchanter. OK, again, goblins with a morale bonus, but what about the warchanter? Without bard rules, can she be built? Even if she can, she'll probably lose at least one of her abilities, so she'll have to be rebuilt some.
Finally, there's the third wave, which takes place down the street and introduces the party to poor Aldern. More goblins, however they're bolstered by a goblin riding a goblin dog. I assume there will be a wolf-riding goblin in the game somewhere (it's iconic enough to exist), but that's what we'll have to use, since goblin dogs definitely won't exist in 5E. Also, none of these even take into consideration one simple fact - is one PF goblin an equivalent menace to a PF PC as one 5E goblin to a 5E PC? If the answer is no, then what's the ratio?
And that's just three easy fights. Imagine rebuilding Nualia. Imagine rebuilding Xanesha. Imagine reworking Foxglove Manor (no haunt rules, either!). And let's not forget about Runeforge, let alone Special K himself. It's a big order, and some stuff will get lost in translation.
I think it's worth investigating though. If nothing else, it would help in learning how the game works and what can and can't be done with it.
Judging by just the starter set, it'd be simpler to just throw in the bonuses for sure. But that's why I said we'd have to wait for the PHB. Hopefully the PHB will include the bard this time, and not wait two years before they talk about releasing the class lol. The whole feel to this edition so far is the "classic feel", so doing conversion of this in my mind really depends on the PHB and what it offers, but with it being a base of 3.5 and prior, it should make it some what simple. Much easier than 4th for sure lol. It's something I may play around with honestly (even if it's not this AP), but I was curious on your guys' thoughts with it too.