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Autumnal reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll) with
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Yeah. It's a big country with just about every kind of climate. Heck, California alone is incredibly diverse in biome. -
Autumnal reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
It could equally be that they didn't think real-world infectious diseases had enough (or the right) resonance for many western audiences...
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Autumnal reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
The house rule 'tradition' of AD&D 1e was caused, in part, with the delayed release of the three books. The MM was first in1977. DMs...
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Autumnal reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
The 1E race/class restrictions seem completely arbitrary to me. Elves and half-elves could be mages but not illusionists, while for...
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Autumnal reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
Some reasons to not play 1E: Ability Score Anarchy The attribute system was an absolute mess. EGG actually recommended four generous...
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Autumnal reacted to Keefe the Thief's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I would never play any edition that contains the following sentence (or a variation thereof): "A "no" indicates that the race cannot...
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Autumnal reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I assume for your second sentence, you mean "why you would", rather than "why you wouldn't", so I'm going to roll with that. I would...
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Autumnal reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I mean, IF those categories were actually consistent and well-defined, then sure. The big problem with them was that they weren't. They...
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Autumnal reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
Yes, I do agree that this is....difficult to understand. Because, in simple terms, this argument reads like this: "The rules were bad...
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Autumnal reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
I started off with 1E and have many fond memories of it. But I'll be damned if I want to use to-hit matrices, saving throw charts or...
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Autumnal reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
Gun to head, I would play 2nd edition over first edition every time.
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Autumnal reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone WANT to play 1e? with Like.
If every grognard who says he plays by Gary's rules actually played with Gary Gygax, Lake Geneva would have been like Woodstock. I...
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Autumnal replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).I’d see you out, but I’m already underwater and in a sack, so I can’t see you. By the way, for those not knowing: allodial land is...
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That's allod of land! /i'll see myself out
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Autumnal replied to the thread D&D General D&D is now Steampunk (poll).Likewise with the plate armor and the polearms. I’m hip-deep in Peter H. Wilson’s mega-history of the Thirty Years War, and its...