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<blockquote data-quote="Gorgoroth" data-source="post: 6063331" data-attributes="member: 6674889"><p>Of all the editions I've played, AD&D 2nd edition. Speed of combat that didn't get in the way of the story, but opened it up. Out of combat uses of spells in creative ways for my evoker. Awesome kits and races in splat books. </p><p></p><p>Not because the rules are that good, or balanced, or even consistent, but despite that, D&D built upon my reading of the Hobbit when I was 13, then LOTR, and opened up a sense of wonder within me, sparked my youthful imagination, and gave me one of the most precious gifts you can have : as an adult, something that makes you feel giddy and excited, as if you were instantly transformed into that lad of yesteryear. That's valuable and precious (indeed).</p><p></p><p>That's how I felt last night watching The Hobbit with all my old and best highschool friends, together again for the holidays, after being scattered to the four winds. It was a Gathering of Nerds, if you will. And instantly after the movie everyone was also giddy, even some of our girlfriends (not giddy, exactly, but interested, and certainly loved our passion for the topic), eager to play D&D Next playtest sometime this holiday.</p><p></p><p>In AD&D I had my first ranger, my first paladin, then fifteen years later after trying 3.0 and fizzing out with it, my first wizard evoker who has done some of the most creative things I've ever thought up, as well as the most memorable one-shot character in an evil campaign : Scrubs, the Manbearpig mongrelman (humanoids race book) necromancer whom I RPed as so slovenly disgusting and demented, that even the DM and the other players were aghast at some of the vile, despicable things I achieved and marveled at the pseudo-method acting glee with which I entered his skin. They mention him to this day. The hysterical laughter and drooling speech impediment from the experiments that went into his malformation, his construction at the hands of an evil genius wizard. Even the goblin torturers working for us shied away from the abomination that was this mongrelman. I burn, I shudder, as I pen the damnable atrocity!</p><p></p><p>PF is overall superior to me, but that's like comparing a modern sportscar to a vintage 80s lambo. The performance isn't the same, by far, but there is nothing that I'd rather own in this life or the next than a yellow Countach if I had to choose. AD&D might corner terribly in comparison, but it's the classic. I don't think PF or 3.5 (definitely not 4) can even come close to competing with the amount of combats one can have while still maintaining a healthy fear of character death that gives the game believability, a jarring and uneven sense of realism that comes from knowing the dice can kill you. It's powerful, almost magical. Dice-based roleplaying. You cared about your character. Now he's dead. That's life. It's absolutely fun every step of the way. The solution isn't to make the game world safe for PCs, it's to make it fun to re-roll new toons and try it again! Give it another go, lad. Better luck next time. Gamblers understand this. Many don't. It's just one of those things I guess, you either get it or don't. </p><p></p><p>I hope Next can rekindle a good blend of modern and retro vibes while incorporating lots of innovations in an elegant way from other editions, and keep combat fast enough to let the story and exploration pillars have their turn in the sun. For now it's partially succeeding on that front alone (balance of time between the pillars), but still lots of work left and very rough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gorgoroth, post: 6063331, member: 6674889"] Of all the editions I've played, AD&D 2nd edition. Speed of combat that didn't get in the way of the story, but opened it up. Out of combat uses of spells in creative ways for my evoker. Awesome kits and races in splat books. Not because the rules are that good, or balanced, or even consistent, but despite that, D&D built upon my reading of the Hobbit when I was 13, then LOTR, and opened up a sense of wonder within me, sparked my youthful imagination, and gave me one of the most precious gifts you can have : as an adult, something that makes you feel giddy and excited, as if you were instantly transformed into that lad of yesteryear. That's valuable and precious (indeed). That's how I felt last night watching The Hobbit with all my old and best highschool friends, together again for the holidays, after being scattered to the four winds. It was a Gathering of Nerds, if you will. And instantly after the movie everyone was also giddy, even some of our girlfriends (not giddy, exactly, but interested, and certainly loved our passion for the topic), eager to play D&D Next playtest sometime this holiday. In AD&D I had my first ranger, my first paladin, then fifteen years later after trying 3.0 and fizzing out with it, my first wizard evoker who has done some of the most creative things I've ever thought up, as well as the most memorable one-shot character in an evil campaign : Scrubs, the Manbearpig mongrelman (humanoids race book) necromancer whom I RPed as so slovenly disgusting and demented, that even the DM and the other players were aghast at some of the vile, despicable things I achieved and marveled at the pseudo-method acting glee with which I entered his skin. They mention him to this day. The hysterical laughter and drooling speech impediment from the experiments that went into his malformation, his construction at the hands of an evil genius wizard. Even the goblin torturers working for us shied away from the abomination that was this mongrelman. I burn, I shudder, as I pen the damnable atrocity! PF is overall superior to me, but that's like comparing a modern sportscar to a vintage 80s lambo. The performance isn't the same, by far, but there is nothing that I'd rather own in this life or the next than a yellow Countach if I had to choose. AD&D might corner terribly in comparison, but it's the classic. I don't think PF or 3.5 (definitely not 4) can even come close to competing with the amount of combats one can have while still maintaining a healthy fear of character death that gives the game believability, a jarring and uneven sense of realism that comes from knowing the dice can kill you. It's powerful, almost magical. Dice-based roleplaying. You cared about your character. Now he's dead. That's life. It's absolutely fun every step of the way. The solution isn't to make the game world safe for PCs, it's to make it fun to re-roll new toons and try it again! Give it another go, lad. Better luck next time. Gamblers understand this. Many don't. It's just one of those things I guess, you either get it or don't. I hope Next can rekindle a good blend of modern and retro vibes while incorporating lots of innovations in an elegant way from other editions, and keep combat fast enough to let the story and exploration pillars have their turn in the sun. For now it's partially succeeding on that front alone (balance of time between the pillars), but still lots of work left and very rough. [/QUOTE]
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