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I don't like the fact they exist in the first place. Just like Skills. I play AD&D First Ed now, primarily. One of the reasons I like this game is because I don't have to deal with all that BS at all. This is also the case of a lot of TSR-era fans out there. The only way the problem with feats...

3rd edition lite-4e Essentials is not going to work towards a "D&D Edition for all editions". It's been tried before. It might be called Castles & Crusades. Or D&D Essentials. True20. Or whatnot. This is not the market of 2000. This is 2012, and players interested in those play styles have...

As I said, I could be wrong. I hope I'm wrong. But honestly? All the talk of feats and stuff? Way to turn me off on the game. And I'm sure I'm not the only one (remember before you answer to this: this game is supposed to appeal to the BOTH of us, not just you).

And... it seems I'm out. Deal-breaker detected. It seems to me Monte is saying that feats in a 3rd edition sense will be part of the core-sans-modules. It is a non-starter to me. The mistake I'm seeing is that they're trying to make everyone happy with the core-sans-modules, from the get-go...

This caricatured, obviously, but this is basically it, yes.

Ditto. I actually run and play 1e AD&D right now and I have a blast.

As an option amongst others to manage the lethality of the game at your table? Sure. Healing surges can be one of those tools. As the baseline of the game? No.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. First Edition.

I know. I'm telling you, RHoD is good stuff. It's kind of like a sandbox. It's fairly similar to ToEE in setup, actually. It would work great if it was redesigned for 1E (minus the encounter BS and the like, as a setting/sandbox with just maps and keys and the like. You know. An actual Classic...

I'll drink to that.

Dude, I want both! (and Red Hand of Doom for 1E could be great, I agree)

Damn. I totally would. I feel like blasting "We Are The Champions" on the stereo, for some reason, too.

Thank you Wizards. No. Really. THANK YOU. I didn't think I would see that. And yet. OMG. I'm actually lacking words. Thank you so much.

But what if I as an AD&D 1e player and DM I like those things? What if I think these elements make the AD&D game what it is? So is this an edition for all the D&D fans, or is it just "for people who actually like 3e/4e, with maybe a little 'you're nice' nod to the players of TSR's D&D"...

If all you have is save or suck, if the baseline of the game covers every single case as if the rules were the game and the game the rules, if you can't have random HP or random stats, if the "encounter" is the basic building block of the adventure design, if the delve format is not gone, if I...

TheDungeonDelver's got it. Great post.

I've seen a lot of comparisons between "D&D Next" and GURPS popping up all over the place, like the game would inevitably follow the same track and turn into some kind of mashup with no identity of its own. I think this is a false premise. Sure, by creating a modular game system, you might end...

Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce - YouTube This is a video/speech about what we can learn from Spaghetti Sauce, of all things. It's a tad long, but do yourself a favor and bear with it. The parallels with D&D and what could happen next might be enlightening... :)...

An idea to solve the "I don't want to bring 36 supplements to the table" that format could generate. They could do print on demand: "select the rules you use on the D&DI. We print it for you in the number of volumes you want." Win.

I am a fervent believer in the OGL as well. I think this format could be used by third-party publishers in really inventive ways, and by all sorts of fans to share their own vision of the game based on the core frame. We could see OD&D supplement styles booklets with "Men & Magic", "Monsters &...