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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 7235910" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Lots of things are "helpful". Knowledge of the past is almost always helpful, it helps you understand today and predict the future. Knowledge of previous editions can help inform your thinking and preferences (especially if you actually played them).</p><p></p><p>I just don't think it's helpful to assume that because it worked a certain way in a previous edition, it will work that way in this edition. The rules in this editions books are there to tell you how it works in this edition, you shouldn't need the rules from previous editions for that. In fact, knowledge of previous editions can trip you up (I've certainly experienced this with rules that I'd assumed hadn't changed from 3e...)</p><p></p><p>Many things in 5e are explicitly written to evoke a sense of 1e and 2e while retaining the flexibility and choice of 3e. But not everything. If the 5e rules are vague...then they are vague. It's up to the DM's preference - and they can certainly use previous editions to inform their decision on how to handle a vague area. Or none of them. Because many many players and DM's in 5e have never played a previous edition.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For old farts like us, maybe not. For new players or new DM's? It definitely is.</p><p></p><p>But enough of being serious about this silly debate. I'd promised myself to stop doing that pages and pages ago. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 7235910, member: 284"] Lots of things are "helpful". Knowledge of the past is almost always helpful, it helps you understand today and predict the future. Knowledge of previous editions can help inform your thinking and preferences (especially if you actually played them). I just don't think it's helpful to assume that because it worked a certain way in a previous edition, it will work that way in this edition. The rules in this editions books are there to tell you how it works in this edition, you shouldn't need the rules from previous editions for that. In fact, knowledge of previous editions can trip you up (I've certainly experienced this with rules that I'd assumed hadn't changed from 3e...) Many things in 5e are explicitly written to evoke a sense of 1e and 2e while retaining the flexibility and choice of 3e. But not everything. If the 5e rules are vague...then they are vague. It's up to the DM's preference - and they can certainly use previous editions to inform their decision on how to handle a vague area. Or none of them. Because many many players and DM's in 5e have never played a previous edition. For old farts like us, maybe not. For new players or new DM's? It definitely is. But enough of being serious about this silly debate. I'd promised myself to stop doing that pages and pages ago. :p [/QUOTE]
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