Recent content by Sacrosanct

You could get an idea based on the scale and other things that are tied to the stat? Let's just say that I reject your premise that unless there's a defined mechanical affect, it doesn't matter.

But the score does really matter. There are several times when you'd run into something, like a puzzle, and the PC wouldn't have the ability to solve it even if I personally could. Or being able to do money conversion or gemstone/item appraisal (things that come up fairly often). Just because it...

That's a good point to put it into a different perspective. I'm thinking in 1e terms, where the ability isn't just a modifier though. There's context with each value based on the text. For example: Each ability table has something like that. Which seems pretty funny to me now lol. "You...

A bit of a disclaimer first. I know lots of people don't want to play a PC with a lot stat. Or how they want to play a heroic PC and a low stat seems to take away from that. That's perfectly fine. I'm not judging folks who like that playstyle at all. Just commenting on my own experience and to...

Which is funny, because every game of 1e and 2e I ever played, the DM always set the trap off on a failure. One of those things where no one really checked the rule I guess.

or making a houserule like I've done in my 5e games with rogues: C) You are also an expert trapfinder. You have a passive ability to detect traps or pitfalls within 10 feet if that trap’s DC is equal to 10 + your level + your WIS bonus or less. Which I've found helps reduce the boring and...

I apologize if I'm coming off as cranky. That wouldn't be fair to you or anyone else.

No offense, but your lack of understanding of my point doesn't mean you can make up an argument I'm not making. That sounds harsher than I intend, but I don't know how else to rephrase it. My question, as stated in the OP and a few times elsewhere, is since 1e is a lot more complex. less...

I already said (twice now) that what is "better or worse" is subjective, but what I was listing out (rules differences that make it slower) was largely objective. Which it is. Not sure why you keep going down this path of a strawman, but ok. 🤷‍♂️ I did not make the argument that more rules...

Well, Gary's dead, and Tim has a weekly youtube video where he responds to people's questions ;)

Judging by the letters section of Dragon magazine, I can only imagine what an internet forum would look like if it existed back in the day. I imagine it would make the current 5e questions look minimal by comparison ;)

yup. Mentzer's basic book is almost double the page count of Moldvay's basic. And comes in two books. I think that has an impact.