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I always thought of AD&D as being wargame inspired, that's pretty clear. But 4E's criticism was that it was heavily influenced by video...

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...

This is bad on all levels. Just as bad as the Adversarial GM. Why? Because in both cases the GM is in full control and the players are...

That's not a very helpful response. So if an NPC run by the GM adventures with the party from start to finish (or a significant part of...

The only reasons i see to use the term “GMPC” over “NPC” are bad ones

The "Benevolent GM Stance" sounds like the equivalent to the sort of read-only fiction "where the author is on the protagonist's side."

I dislike speaking for others but I feel like you are misinterpreting what @Laurefindel posted. My interpretation is not, and I also may...

No they don't. There is nothing about "benevolent" that means you must make things a Challenge. What a benevolent GM must do, is what...

There is a crazy line here though. The "benevolent" GM does not and can not do things like "play to there best ability" or "make things...

Oracles were a problem for awhile there. Spontaneous-casting, foul-mouthed cursing anti-Clerics? I always saw the Cleric as the original...

3.5e. Druid with PHB2 shapeshift variant.

I hope so- I only have the preview so I have no idea what the higher level abilities are like. I wasn't sure if PB per day Banners and...

Oracles are cool for sure. For me, I am a simple man. Barbarian.

Oh, the Vanguard gets even cooler as it gains levels! For Pathfinder, I really loved playing Oracles

2ed: Dual class fighter for a few levels to specialize in long sword and dual weapon fighting then thief to get stealth.