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2e's optional level limit rules worked quite well, and I used them consistently; after all, the demihumans did get a lot of extra...

For what it's worth... And one of the reasons for that - to MY understanding, and I could be wrong - was that at name/title level (if...

I started way back with the Holmes Basic Set, in 1978 (with chits instead of dice!!). We 'graduated' to AD&D in 1980, because that's...

Note that Ariakas was a human, so RAW he cannot multiclass, but he can become a "character with two classes" (start as a Fighter, then...

That is a constant through all editions of D&D up until 3e. OD&D assumed a familiarity with "hit points" and attack matrices. Basic D&D...

I'll take the idea of paying for a playtest being ludicrous to my grave.

I think Points of Light is plausible even by applying real world history, but only if it is seen as a dynamic situation of continued...

PHB followed by DMG (in parallel with the MM). The DMG is your friend. Repeat: the DMG is your friend. For no other reason that the way...

Yeah Dark Sun is not for the faint-hearted (DM and/or players!) Back in the day I ran it pretty much by-the-book (the original set)...

I think the opposite, actually. Magic schools are there because they are a relic of old D&D, but they've always been an arbitrary set of...

Can't be, it has 5 fingers. :)

First time i played in Faerun was this 1e adventure or location with a mini advenutre from the campaign book it seems, we where in myth...

Eric Boyd has a 3e version of N5 Under Illefarn. Called Under Illefarn Anew. A quick google search will turn up the pdf.

We're really discussing this again? In a thread with a (+) specifically asking us to talk about 4e with out edition warring comparisons...

(Or “Down the Rabbit Hole of Older School Games”) …because it has absolutely killed my love of my previous favorite D&D version (AD&D...