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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
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 Posted - 18 Nov 2009 : 22:32:45
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I (still) like OD&D for its simplicity (but I've moved way beyond simplicity for my own gaming groups' purposes);
I like AD&D 1E for its DMG's depth and breadth of subject matter, and for the Dungeoneer's SG (I still use the mining rules), Wilderness SG, and original Manual of the Planes;
I like AD&D 2E for increasing non-human level limits (but I had still done away with them altogether back then) and for its NWP system, and for the concept of kits (from the "Complete" series);
I like AD&D 2.5 for its optional rulesets, particularly Skills & Powers and Spells & Magic;
I like D&D 3E for dropping the "A", the D20 system in general, eliminating non-human level limits, getting rid of THAC0, overhauling saving throws, the single XP table, the multiclassing system (which wasn't any more broken than 1E/2E, but its mechanics are way better), the skill system, FEATS!, and consolidating the spell lists (no more separate spell descriptions for arcane and divine spells with the same name);
I like D&D 3.5 for fixing what 3E broke, mainly the barbarian and ranger, and for expanding the core rulebooks (esp. the expanded feat and spell lists in the PH, and the expanded rules in the MM);
I like 4E for its opposed roll mechanic, which I *REALLY* like now (pseudo-arbitrary DC's just rubbed me the wrong way), and for its streamlined skill system and handling of class and cross-class skills;
I like Pathfinder for its reimagining of the character classes in general, and for taking a game system with plenty of life in it and running with it.
And now the Realms:
I like the 1E Realms for their vastness, novelty, and mystery, which I still remember 22 years later;
I like the 2E Realms for the vast amount of detail and source material I had at my fingertips;
I like the 3E/3.5 Realms for the same reason that I like the 2E Realms, but I still feel that more could have been done with them;
I like the 4E Realms because they forced me to get creative on a large scale;
And finally, I really like Golarion, largely because it feels like the 1E Realms all over again for me. But this scroll isn't about Golarion, so that's all I'll say.  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
Edited by - Jakk on 18 Nov 2009 22:36:20 |
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