Shadowdark Unless I am wrong

[Bill Zebub]

Catering to Casuals!

 

[Fenris-77]

Catering to Casuals!

 

[Mannahnin]

Typical AD&D, holding players' hands like they're babies!

And higher HP and faster healing than in OD&D! And rules for not being dead if knocked to exactly 0hp (optionally as low as -3)! And don't get me started on Clerics getting a spell at first level, and BONUS spells for high Wisdom!

Gygax putting the game on easy mode for all the new munchkin customers. grumble grumble

 

[Bill Zebub]

And higher HP and faster healing than in OD&D! And rules for not being dead if knocked to exactly 0hp (optionally as low as -3)! And don't get me started on Clerics getting a spell at first level, and BONUS spells for high Wisdom!

Gygax putting the game on easy mode for all the new munchkin customers. grumble grumble

Tomb of Horrors, 1975 vs. 2017.

Q.E.D.

 

[MichaelSomething]

The lower the impact of stat modifiers, the more the focus is on what the character does and what choices the player makes.

Then why bother with a rulebook and character sheet in the first place then??? Turn SD into an oral tradition!!

 

[Bill Zebub]

Then why bother with a rulebook and character sheet in the first place then??? Turn SD into an oral tradition!!

If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand the answer.