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PHATsakk43 reacted to GM Lent's post in the thread AD&D 2E Race Level Restrictions. HELP PLEASE! with
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As others have approached the level limits question, I'm going to focus on psionics. The Complete Psionics Handbook has a completely... -
PHATsakk43 reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread AD&D 2E Race Level Restrictions. HELP PLEASE! with Like.
In AD&D I almost always played elves and half elves (exceptions were if I had a particular character concept incompatible). In WotC-era...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Morrus's post in the thread AD&D 2E Race Level Restrictions. HELP PLEASE! with Like.
Let's try asking your question without calling people names just because they have different tastes in how to pretend to be an elf to...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Combat in 2e is also simplfied to the way many people actually played 1e combat. But most importantly it's organized in a way you can...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
OK, the title is a bit click baity. Background: I started playing in 1981 with BX and quickly moved to AD&D. I've been saying for years...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Retros_x's post in the thread OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting with
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For me the biggest misconception is that dungeon crawls are focussing on the combat pillar of gameplay. For me exploration is the main... -
PHATsakk43 reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting with Like.
I'd have to say that sounds like a really sad summary. - Broadly, exploration: A good dungeon crawl is an exercise in exploring new...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR How to make dungeon crawls interesting with Like.
Reaction rolls. Sometimes you kill the monsters with dungeon politics.
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Retreater's post in the thread AD&D 2E What does AD&D 2E do better than 5E? with Like.
I've skipped reading all the previous responses to answer the OP without any influence on my memories. Richly detailed campaign...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to deganawida's post in the thread AD&D 2E What does AD&D 2E do better than 5E? with Like.
Oh, it had flavorful classes and races that fit the default zeitgeist of fantasy at the time, amazing experimentation of what fantasy...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread AD&D 2E What does AD&D 2E do better than 5E? with Like.
I...I don't think there's anything more to say. If there was a level over "love" for this post, I would use it.
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Milieu's post in the thread AD&D 2E What does AD&D 2E do better than 5E? with Like.
Yeah, I get this. 2e made me feel like I "had to" learn more about medieval society to be good at world building. But I was excited...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to soviet's post in the thread AD&D 2E What does AD&D 2E do better than 5E? with Like.
The word no-one has used yet is nostalgia. Nostalgia isn't a bad word. Nostalgia isn't a delusion. I don't say that 2e (or earlier)...
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PHATsakk43 reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread AD&D 2E What does AD&D 2E do better than 5E? with Like.
Right. Kind of the point of this is that monsters and PCs are built to do different things. PCs need to have a variety of abilities...
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PHATsakk43 replied to the thread OSR What's more important for a retroclone?.I think I'll lean towards mechanics. At the end of the TSR era, we effectively had between 3 & 5 separate rules systems that were, for...