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<blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 2130521" data-attributes="member: 1014"><p>All of them.</p><p></p><p>For better or for worse, 3.x is very balance oriened. The older stuff isn't. Designers were a little more free to do what they wanted. Sure, they could break the game or cause a total party kill in the first encounter on a bad roll, but that's the way it was. </p><p></p><p>For example, one pretty slick idea was to have a magic item that used the wizard's spell slots to channel magic energy into a specific spell. It was very open ended, so the item could have charges, or useable only a few times a day, or just constant. Concerns about how much it should cost or what spells this might be abusive with were dismissed. But it's still a neat idea that can be used in 3e.</p><p></p><p>And the modules are perfectly portable. Just update and blance the statblocks. The old adventures also have the advantages that your players won't know where you're getting the material from and you have nice maps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BiggusGeekus, post: 2130521, member: 1014"] All of them. For better or for worse, 3.x is very balance oriened. The older stuff isn't. Designers were a little more free to do what they wanted. Sure, they could break the game or cause a total party kill in the first encounter on a bad roll, but that's the way it was. For example, one pretty slick idea was to have a magic item that used the wizard's spell slots to channel magic energy into a specific spell. It was very open ended, so the item could have charges, or useable only a few times a day, or just constant. Concerns about how much it should cost or what spells this might be abusive with were dismissed. But it's still a neat idea that can be used in 3e. And the modules are perfectly portable. Just update and blance the statblocks. The old adventures also have the advantages that your players won't know where you're getting the material from and you have nice maps. [/QUOTE]
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