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I've never run the realms, but I'm always toying with the idea of running a campaign with the Greybox, FR1 and the City System. If the new Realms book is truly as advertised, I'll wait for it. :)

1e AD&D. Though, Swords & Wizardry runs a real, real close second.

1e Clerics were warrior priests. The idea was based on the historical example of the Knights Templar and similar orders. A 1e Paladin, was something different. An exemplar of the LG warrior. Holy, virtuous, the flower of knighthood. The Sir Lancelot archetype, if you will. The whole idea of...

Except, this isn't really what goes down. Not at all! What goes down, is that the party is lucky enough to have enough distance from a group of enemies, that the MU can get off his fireball, taking care of them, thus saving the Fighter's HP and the rest of the party's resources, so that on that...

Re: 3e - Ran one 3e campaign that went to high levels. The Fighter type guy had Samurai and Kensai prestige classes and was a virtual whirlwind of death. Who the hell played a straight Fighter in 3e, anyway? :lol: I agree that the MU class was too damn much in that edition, but the arguments...

Yes. See "The People of the Black Circle," where he needed the magic belt to protect him from sorcery, so he could take out the Seers. Or, "The Hour of the Dragon," where he needed a friendly wizard to take out the undead wizard of Acheron (forgot his name) while Conan dealt with the mundane...

Already running 1e. The announcement did inspire me to visit EN World, though. :)

No, not even a little. :) If you want a legal 1e clone, OSRIC will do the trick. If you want a legal "Gary Gygax style 2e," then Joe Bloch's Adventures Dark and Deep would be worth checking out. Still in Beta and all three books are available for Free PDF download: RPGNow.com - BRW Games -...