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The PH stuff is pretty similar, but they do seem a bit de-emphasized in the 2E DMG. If you compare 1E pages 28-37 to 2E pages 104-115...
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I agree with @Arilyn here: the "5E style GMs" will still have successful games, while moving toward fiction first play at their own...
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I thought ep 2 was a way better showcase for the system than the first ep. And the Death Moves was genuine fire in actual play -- loved...
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2e had the same henchmen stuff that I remember
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Oh and just to confirm what you asked about: The XP for GP rules were specific rules for dungeon crawling. I'm not sure why you are...
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D&D has never in any edition been genuinely gritty. Hit points are anti-grit. Gritty is Call of Cthulhu, WFRP, or even Blades in the...
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Exactly this. The main mechanical changes I recall were the deprecation or removal of XP for GP and of hireling rules, both of which...
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I believe Neonchameleon was more saying that 1e says it is a game for dungeon crawling and has rules that suit dungeon crawling while 2e...
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Xp for GP is a fundamental default rule in 1e and deprecated into a very much optional rule in 2e. And deprecating this rule (and a...
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Honestly? Because 1e is a solid game of gritty dungeon crawling mercenaries out for liit with rough edges, 2e is a complete mess where...
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Personal conjecture: I suspect that Gary kinda defined his view on dwarves, elves, and hobbits/halflings back before thieves existed and...
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On a somewhat related note, wanna know something I always thought funny? And by funny I mean a bit odd, in a cognitive dissonance sort...
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That last was an optional rule in 2E, of course. You don't need to drop treasure for XP to slow down advancement if you just give less...
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Wow, okay. You've even laid it out clearly and there's still a lot of it I don't understand. Small wonder people didn't use it because...
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Any edition that has White Plume Mountain, Castle Amber, and the two EX-series ones as official modules, while also having some of the...
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