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It's easy to see why EGG and company designed OD&D to have 3 classes: Fighter, Magic-User and Cleric. Fighter encompassed both the stalkers and the tanks. Any differences between were left to role-playing. This also allows the class to cover characters that were a little of each. Was Conan a...

That's right, all weapons did 1d6 damage.. Definitely would have an impact..

The OD&D LBB's specified the same hit dice type (d6) for all classes, with a few modifications. Fighters got another d6 every level (+1 hp at most levels); mages got another d6 every other level, +1 or 2 hp on the levels where they didn't a full hd; clerics were a straight d6. The only CON...

They're talking sometime in October at the earliest now :( I just want to see what they're doing with the paladin. They made it a "gift" for people who supported the quickstarter, but those days are gone now.. sigh..

Does anyone have the "official" Myth&Magic writeups for the Paladin and Ranger classes, or a link to said writeups? I'm really excited about the "new" rpg. Gracias!

I soo agree about the percentile exceptional strength! Having mortal ability scores over 18 were such a problem back in the day. Of course, in 3.x it's not crazy to have an ability score of 25; and deities and many others can have scores in the 90's (Think Thor). Where is the balance? I also...

I can definitely agree about the mechanics.. D20 blows THAC0 out of the water. I also prefer the unified experience table and the Fortitude/Reflex/Will save model (I actually prefer one saving throw with modifiers, but I'm a grognard). The biggest problem I have had with 3.x (and Pathfinder)...

Most of the "legacy love" for D&D seems focused on AD&D 1e (tho there are grognards like me who still prefer BECMI, B/X, Holmes, or even the LBB's). I have heard/read a lot of derisive comments about 2e; but I always thought that, at least initially, 2e was a distillation of 1e + UA + whatever...

What? You mean people don't like the Shardmind Runepriest? :p

Just FYI, in BECM, druids (and druidic-magic-users) were limited to non-metallic armor And weapons.. so much so that when the Princess Ark series introduced "Druidic Knights", there was a special spell that made wood as hard as metal, so as to make effective wooden weapons. One more curious...

Sorcerers don't need this.. They have full spontaneous casting. It's kind of like a warlock's eldritch blast, or a more powerful magic missle, depending on how many spell slots/levels you trade. A wizard would never have to be stuck with only a Web spell when s/he needs to blast something...

The "new" Myth & Magic has a class talent (cough Feat cough) that allows a wizard to use a spell slot or 2 to generate a sort of "eldritch blast".. I think the damage is 1D6/ 2 slots. I am Not a big fan of "at-will" powers, especially those that cause damage; I would much rather have...

I am Not a fan of having cantrips/at-wills that cause damage. However, Myth & Magic has a class talent (cough Feat cough) that allows using a couple spell slots to generate a sort of "eldritch blast". This sort of "spontaneous blast" is kind of equivalent to 3.x "spontaneous healing". Short...

I kinda like the idea of casting spells at higher levels. Sorcerers (3.x) have the ability to use higher slots for lower spells if need be; it would be cool if doing that would increase the effectiveness of the spell. I can definitely see using this with spontaneous casting. If you're...

I'm curious as to the direction that DNDN is taking with regards to the increasing power of spells as a character advances. Let's say a wizard hits 5th level, where s/he gets to use 3rd level spells. Of course, s/he picks something like Fireball which deals 1D6 per caster level. This means...