D&D 2E Returning to 2nd Edition

TarionzCousin · Jun 27, 2019

digitalelf said:
Just a minor nitpick...

Unless your DM was playing it his own way (nothing wrong with that ), no roll for psionics was necessary in Dark Sun as everyone is at the very least, a "Wild Talent":

Also, DS did not use percentile dice for "exceptional" STR... Since the default range was 5 - 20 (4d4+4 being the default rolling method) all characters were "exceptional" by regular D&D standards.

Just sayin'

We didn't have access to the Complete Psionics handbook. The other PC had full psionics, not just a wild talent.

And we rolled 3d6 in order, just like vanilla D&D. But now I'm feeling a little ripped off due to that: I could have really used a 20 Dex for my (mostly) rogue--we custom built classes from the section about that in the DMG.

Ancalagon · Jun 27, 2019

Yardiff said:
I would love to fine a group in the San Diego area who plays 1e/2e because of everything said JonnyP71 and others in this thread. Sadly I'm not free to find one because of RL stuff. Maybe soon..sigh.

Damn I was in San Diego for a week! Leaving today though, no time

Yardiff · Jun 27, 2019

Ancalagon said:
Damn I was in San Diego for a week! Leaving today though, no time

Thanks for the thought.

Ancalagon · Jun 27, 2019

Yardiff said:
Thanks for the thought.

I hope you manage to find a group. I have to say though, the city overall is great, I really enjoyed my time here. First time in California too.

Ancalagon · Jun 27, 2019

digitalelf said:
It's awesome that you enjoy playing D&D like stories told in movies and novels. It is.

But...

[Begin Grognard Rant]

But Do NOT... Do not call my (or other's) games, where there IS an immersive story, but bad, and yes, totally random things (like death from a trap) can happen to the characters, "Hack & Slash" or "Not really role-playing... and not really D&D".

You are far too close to "one true waying" things here, and it's not cool!

You do you, and let other do themselves without saying we don't play D&D or have immersive stories because of things such as random PC death.

You don't like that way of playing? Fine, cool, awesome, good gaming to you; but don't bad mouth mine or other's preferred playstyle because of it!

[/End Grognard Rant]

I didn't spell it out, but this is what I was getting at. There are many ways of playing. It's ok to prefer one over the other, but it's not cool to insist that an RPG *must* have a certain feature that only fits one style of play.

digitalelf · Jun 27, 2019

Ancalagon said:
I didn't spell it out, but this is what I was getting at. There are many ways of playing. It's ok to prefer one over the other, but it's not cool to insist that an RPG *must* have a certain feature that only fits one style of play.

Apparently, I hit a nerve by pointing out that jgsugden was doing just that, as that person has since blocked me. :erm:

Ancalagon · Jun 28, 2019

digitalelf said:
Apparently, I hit a nerve by pointing out that jgsugden was doing just that, as that person has since blocked me.

That is unfortunate.

I prefer d&d, and 5e the most, but I think that it is very important that we try other systems, because the system impacts how we play. Variety is good, and for some campaigns d&d is not the best system.