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Same on much of this: Mostly humans & half elves. But half orcs, elves, dwarves, halflings, and gnomes were all there too. All 4 major...

It is always interesting to read stories about how different tables played the same game back in the day. In my main AD&D 1E group...

I have seen suggestions that the UA barbarian and cavalier might have worked for one-on-one play, in which the DM does not have to worry...

Yeah, I've experienced about the same. Most campaigns I'd consider "long running" still conclude somewhere in the 12th-14th level range...

For me, insofar as 3.5 goes, PCs are special in three ways: They have (slightly) more inherent skill: Most NPCs have their ability...

I’ve always* used the rule that PC’s only level up in a place of safety, but I didn’t remember where it was from. * Always, as in DMing...

While I've known of tables that used that particular rule, most tables I know of either didn't use it or simply applied a multiplier of...

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: