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<blockquote data-quote="Rocinante" data-source="post: 5958384" data-attributes="member: 83794"><p>Don't try to "recapture the magic". Make new magic. 1st Edition AD&D is a quarter century dead. It was good, but quite honestly, it had massive flaws. I'm sure some will disagree, but I personally believe that "late-model" AD&D 2nd Edition was the high watermark of the DnD brand. When the Players Option books were on the market but before the D20 system infested the game. I've said for years that D20 is the Windows of RPG Systems: Ubiquitous, Useless, and Developed in Washington. </p><p> </p><p>High level published NPCs have never been the problem. GMs misusing them is the problem. Yes, the over-use of Elminster and his ilk in modules during the 90's was horrifically grating for us old-timers, but you know what? We survived it. I despise Elminster, so you know what I do? I almost never use him unless my PCs specifically seek him out for some reason. And when they do meet him, he often isn't like he is portrayed in the novels and I've been called out on that on occasion. I've always said that he isn't like he's portrayed in the novels for two reasons: 1) I'm not the author who wrote that portrayal, so I'm naturally going to have trouble portraying him the same way and 2) I look at all novels as fictionalized accounts of events that took place within the realms. Accounts fictionalized by <em>Harpers</em>, so naturally Elminster is going to come off looking better than he really is. If you read those same novels written from a Red Wizard's or Zhentarim's point of view, old El wouldn't come off looking nearly so awesome, I imagine. </p><p> </p><p>Personally, I dislike the Simbul even more than Elminster, as she seems to exist solely to one-up everyone else <em>including</em> Elminster. Oh, and she's grim-dark psycho-edgy too! Sometimes I think Rob Liefailed came up with her. </p><p> </p><p>Oh yes, while I'm certain I'll be alone in this, can we please kill Planescape and bring back Spelljammer?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rocinante, post: 5958384, member: 83794"] Don't try to "recapture the magic". Make new magic. 1st Edition AD&D is a quarter century dead. It was good, but quite honestly, it had massive flaws. I'm sure some will disagree, but I personally believe that "late-model" AD&D 2nd Edition was the high watermark of the DnD brand. When the Players Option books were on the market but before the D20 system infested the game. I've said for years that D20 is the Windows of RPG Systems: Ubiquitous, Useless, and Developed in Washington. High level published NPCs have never been the problem. GMs misusing them is the problem. Yes, the over-use of Elminster and his ilk in modules during the 90's was horrifically grating for us old-timers, but you know what? We survived it. I despise Elminster, so you know what I do? I almost never use him unless my PCs specifically seek him out for some reason. And when they do meet him, he often isn't like he is portrayed in the novels and I've been called out on that on occasion. I've always said that he isn't like he's portrayed in the novels for two reasons: 1) I'm not the author who wrote that portrayal, so I'm naturally going to have trouble portraying him the same way and 2) I look at all novels as fictionalized accounts of events that took place within the realms. Accounts fictionalized by [I]Harpers[/I], so naturally Elminster is going to come off looking better than he really is. If you read those same novels written from a Red Wizard's or Zhentarim's point of view, old El wouldn't come off looking nearly so awesome, I imagine. Personally, I dislike the Simbul even more than Elminster, as she seems to exist solely to one-up everyone else [I]including[/I] Elminster. Oh, and she's grim-dark psycho-edgy too! Sometimes I think Rob Liefailed came up with her. Oh yes, while I'm certain I'll be alone in this, can we please kill Planescape and bring back Spelljammer? [/QUOTE]
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