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I've never understood some people's aversion to magic gear as a power add. It has plenty of precedent in modern fiction and mythology...

I mean ... I will slightly defend the levelling up and training rules. But in context. Maybe this is one of those things that would...

Yeah. It's almost like that 1e Bard made no sense at all. If you're one of those people that hates puppies, joy, and the cold side of...

This is what I've been saying for so long. Let the Fighter be THE Fighter again, other systems do it, its not impossible.

There's a big yes, but ... to that. Levelling in 1e could never be done in media res. By this, I mean that trying to compare exact XP...

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One of the things that Snarf noted but seems slightly under-acknowledged in these responses (understandably for non-1e folks) is the...

Let's give the full arcane spellcasters a d4 hit die again! :devilish:

i think people would cry bloody murder if the 5e fighter was redesigned to have half the innate advantages like 1e fighter did...

Absolutely. 1e was better designed than folks give it credit for IMO, even if the organization left much to be desired.

Let's be honest- nobody really knows how the Bard class is supposed to work. Snarf has probably done the most in-depth examination of...

Yes. Above “name level” - where the level title matches the class name and HD top out and level titles stop changing, typically around...

As a mere babe who started with the dawn of 2e, I can't say how much of this was true in the 1e days. But when I started, one of the...

In my current 1e game, I'm playing a 16 STR and 16 CON fighter. we are level 4 now. I am by far and away one of the most effective...

4d6 drop the lowest. Saw a lot of 4d6 drop the lowest roll until you get what you want.