Eric Noah's 3rd Edition Website

[Lidgar]

I started coming here to lurk when it was the old website...so late '90's I think? Think I found it through some random searching on Netscape for 3e news. Waited a long time before creating an account however (2005).

3e was so different from 1e/2e, I remember this website being a huge resource for our gaming group just to grok the rules.

Then it added the character sheets and module conversions to the download section. Getting to download all those conversions of 1e modules in the early to mid 2000's was amazing.

 

[GuardianLurker]

Yep. Started back when Eric was still running things. I remember when the site was sold (?) To Morrus. Even was a paid subscriber for a little bit. Im still glad to see it running strong.

 

[Muad'dib Pendragon]

Started with Eric's site pre-3e release. How time has flown, the game and community have evolved, and ENWorld has raised the bar.

Still, tip of the cap to Eric. He started something special.

 

[GreyLord]

I believe I had a registered account. It's an account that I lost (along with my Dragonsfoot one) from back then as I got super busy for a while and much internet accounts and other things were lost during that period of time. Most of the others are from my return, of which I've been able to keep my accounts, even with an occasional bout of disappearing.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

3e was so different from 1e/2e, I remember this website being a huge resource for our gaming group just to grok the rules.

Then it added the character sheets and module conversions to the download section. Getting to download all those conversions of 1e modules in the early to mid 2000's was amazing.

I think I created one of the first non-WotC prestige classes, a version of the 1E thief-acrobat. It was pretty terrible, as I recall.

 

[Jack Daniel]

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[Li Shenron]

I know for sure I bought the 3.0 books in 2001, but I don't remember if I have first joined the ENWorld forums or bought the books... my profile page says I joined in Jan 2002, it is possible I was just lurking before that time, but I also remember there was some server hiccup at some point which might have required to re-register. Anyway, I certainly found ENWorld after 3.0 had been released, because at that time I was on a hiatus playing D&D and I remember I missed the news of a new edition coming, and only found out in 2001. However, I do remember retroactively reading Eric Noah's "unofficial 3e news".

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

We were there, at the dawn of the Third Age of... D&D.

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

We were there, at the dawn of the Third Age of... D&D.

EDIT:
To be a little less JMS for a moment... I can still sort of recall those days. I remember feeling the system was strange, and weird, but really... amazing and simple. It went through a 'simple-hard-simple' phase cycle between our play time with it. It felt like no matter what, this was the D&D we as a group would always come back to.

 

[nerfherder]

I hadn't played D&D for a while (preferring the likes of Runequest, Cyberpunk 2020, Hero and other games with more "modern" feeling rulesets), when I stumbled across this site and saw rumours of a new version of D&D (3e) that looked much closer to my rules preferences. I think I posted 1 scoop the whole time I've been here