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Well, as I said - YMMV. I would say a good rule doesn't necessarily need to meet all your qualifications, just one: Does the table find it fun? As a DM I'd reward NWP points and WP points in addition to the more standard treasure. There was no rule over this, my friends and I liked the rule -...

Yes, NWP were optional. You could drop all of them and just mention them in the background based on "what you know" per the rules. And yes, I was using them - in that I was using an existing tool that was in the PHB to build out my character without having to use 100 different splat books so I...

Ha! I know right? I get that everyone has a different way to play, but I just don't feel that you need specific rules for every situation.

Someone FAR up this thread had posted that you need the backgrounds in 5e in order to have alternative character concepts (instead of just a straight fighter). Although backgrounds are interesting, I don't think they are necessary. To show this, just using 2e I decided to put together two...

I was under the impression, perhaps mistakenly, that fireballs were first used by a gentlemen named Fizban... :D

Oh no argument, but I like to have a frame work. I find it makes my imagination go so much further. As with everything I say and do, YMMV! :) EDIT: I just wanted to add that in MY DAY we didn't have no imagination! It hadn't been invented yet! And everything was black and white! We didn't need...

Just as a note on Skills & Powers - I understand why a lot of people don't like them, but as a DM during that time period they were, frankly, invaluable for world building. I don't think they should have called them Player's Options, but instead DM Options. To this day I still use all of them...

When I was at Northeastern University, there was a gaming store over on Commonwealth. It looked fairly large. Also, there is the Wizard's Tower in Nashua NH and Myriad Games in Manchester NH. I used Wizards Tower to primarily support my BattleTech addiction, but they used to have a huge AD&D...

First, I love this thread so far: some stuff I agree with, some stuff I don't - but I feel that pretty much everyone has been civil, and it's interesting to read the comments and see all the different perspectives on my favorite edition. Second, I think this comment is spot on - but I feel...

Disclaimer: Everything below is strictly my opinion. I don't believe that there is any quantitative way to evaluate a game system that would apply to every human being. Some people will like what I write, some people won't - and I'm totally okay with that! What I find fun and what others find...

Gnomes & Halflings? :D

Thank you! I loved the old skill system as I saw it as a great way to really differentiate and define your character. I used to play it as "your skills are what you are REALLY good at." And my thought right now is: Skills are broken out by attribute (Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Chr). If you have a...

I have to be honest, I am not worthy! :D Wow, great work on the CPHB. Tomorrow, when my group meets, I'm going to be like "Who wants kits?!" Now I just need to finish writing up my new skill rules (read: 2e skills, which I loved!)

In the past, for 2e, I used the series of articles that were done for the sole purpose of including Africa in a campaign. I had a small chain of islands where European type characters could come from, leased from a local Empire (NOTE: There are some VERY interesting historical empires in African...

My take on this: Time for a break. Maybe even a new group. In my own experience, I find that I get the most frustrated when I switching from GMing to storytelling. When I have epic plots and a plethora of devious NPCs that are going to do The Big Bad Thing on their schedule and damn the PCs. In...

This is amazing and awesome! Very good job!

Totally agree. Tolkien is cackling evilly at us while we fight a losing battle.

I'm not sure about the xenophobic Scottish Dwarf fighters, but ze gods I do agree. As for shiftless Halfling rogues I'm assuming whomever on the DL project created Tas. I do have the annotated Chronicles, but I can't remember who was responsible :D And I just moved so all my books are packed up...

Oh we do try new things - but no one can claim misunderstood dark elves are new. I draw the line at that. :D And every time someone rolls a misunderstood drow Ranger, Salvatore earns an extra year in Limbo.

Very interesting reading so far. I have two approaches to this: first as a player, second as a DM. I'm currently DMing a campaign with restrictions, so I'll get to that in a moment. Player Perspective As a player coming to a table, either an established group or a new group, I tend to believe...