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Yes a lot more. Leveling worked differently so a F7/T9/B11 is not a 27th level character. They would have around 400,000xp which would...

Agree. Most of them were not stronger (until you found potions or a gauntlets of Ogre Power that I believe the Cleric could not use)...

This is true, but I think it usually is either is because of one of the other things I mentioned, or it is to be combined with one or...

I don't know what you consider "very hard" but a "High Difficulty" encounter using the 2024 rules or a "Deadly" encounter using the 2014...

Conquest and Fey Wanderer are respectively the only Paladin and Ranger worth playing. I could tell you why, but it might Frighten you. :p

See, beside the glory that is Oath of Conquest, all other things pale in comparison! ;) (Besides, just teasing.)

But being able to ballpark it is fundamentally different than being able to do it expertly. I also disagree about it being razor thin...

See I prefer that swapped. I like 1E with some 2E add ons like the way they did Thief abilities and the magic-user spell system.

I've been playing D&D since 1981 and I love 5E. I played BEC and 1E extensively and loved those too, played 2E quite a bit and thought...

I gave it an 8. I would give the 2014 version an 8 too. The 2024 version is better some ways, worse in others. Either of these are...

So balanced but not equal ..... yeah fine, but then all this talk about balancing enemies kind of goes out the window. As long as you...

I agree with this, to a point. I think there needs to be some vague macro-level balance, but trying to fine-tune it much further runs...

Hence my original point, it is not that important that DMs don't know how to "balance" a monster.

I am in a Darksun campaign right now. I think these rules work, we have a couple different ones. FWIW here are some of ours: Sorcerers...

Balanced does not mean guaranteed to kill off the PCs. It means the enemies are equal to the PCs, so they should kill off the PCs half...