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GreyLord replied to the thread D&D General I'm a Fighter, not a Lover: Why the 1e Fighter was so Awesome.I had a magic-user that used a Sword (ala...Gandalf). I think he had one level of Fighter though (common popular thing at times, start... -
GreyLord reacted to jdrakeh's post in the thread How many were abused due to their love of D&D, RPGs, and related items when they were young? with
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I do recall that I did have a friend (sadly, no longer with us) who purchased nearly the entire Exalted 1e line when we met in Topeka... -
GreyLord reacted to Flying Toaster's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with
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When I started playing 1E c. 1986-87, UA was “the new shiny” and everyone was excited to own and read the book, simply because it was... -
GreyLord reacted to jolt's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
This is exactly the conclusion that our group came to as well. The Barbarian only worked in a 1-1 game and it's slow advancement made...
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GreyLord reacted to Ralif Redhammer's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
I remember quite liking it when it came back. Revisiting it, I have a sneaking suspicion that the Barbarian and Cavalier classes were...
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GreyLord reacted to Emerikol's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
I think as a group we never used any of the new classes but I liked some of the other stuff. I don't remember any widespread rejection...
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GreyLord replied to the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e?.I loved using UA, but I found that it was easier for class combinations to use Dragon lance Adventures for class and race rather than...
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GreyLord reacted to Bunch's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
The comment about UA feeling like a collection of Dragon articles is dead on. I know probably most of you know it was but for the...
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GreyLord reacted to Moving Pictures's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
The good: weapon spec for fighters; added spells/spell lists. The bad: Barbarians. Was always stupid to have this as a class, and that...
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GreyLord reacted to haakon1's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
Same for my groups. The parts we used were the Nonhuman Deities, rarely the polearms, rarely the birth and class tables, and some of the...
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GreyLord reacted to cbwjm's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
I do like how unearthed arcana became the title of new rules and variants, even used in 5e for the playtest documents of new content.
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GreyLord reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
Also, conversely, I'd argue that the 3E Unearthed Arcana book was the best book of that era. It still has good mechanics and ideas worth...
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GreyLord reacted to Bayushi_seikuro's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
Looking back, I think what I feel was... 'bad' is subjective, but I'd say hurt with UA, was the character creation variant, where, let's...
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GreyLord reacted to David Howery's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
from what I saw on groups who used the book, it was generally along the lines of 'ignore the new classes, races, comeliness; use the new...
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GreyLord reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e? with Like.
When UA came out my group was famished for new 1e content. We were playing with material from Dragon but a new book was special and...