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You're a mean, rude, poo-poo head. :mad:

Of course, reading through and mastering the content of most prepackaged 3e modules is a huge time-consumer in itself. :\ You know, I've been thinking the same kind of thing. I'm 33 years old, happily married, and have a 2-year-old daughter. Maybe I'm not at a station of life where I can...

Absolutely. I especially hate feats and prestige classes for this reason. Every month Wizards churns out another book chock full o' new feats and prestige classes. [YAWN]. Agreed. I don't even want to *try* running a 3rd edition campaign past 10th level or so. The problem is, though, that...

The rule on this is slightly different between 3.0 and 3.5. Plus, there is a difference between retreating (normal move speed) and *running away* (speed X 4). Running away always results in an AoO; plus you'll lose DEX bonus to Armor Class, to boot. :\

Yep. It's also an official rule in AD&D 2e. If you flee, enemy gets an "attack of opportunity" -- though it isn't called that. ;)

You're running an AD&D 1e campaign? Cool! ;)

I meant only that it is typical of what I, personally, have experienced in the past three years. I'm sincerely hoping to be shown that my typical experience is in fact far from typical for others! :)

Heh. I knew, when I started this thread, that a lot of people would follow-up saying, "Dude, I'm *glad* there's more crunch in 3e! Who needs flavor text? Add your own!" The problem that I've experienced these past three years is that although we can *say* we're going to add our own imaginative...

Joshua, that sounds *very* cool. I can't wait to do the same with my daughter. She just turned 2, so she's a little young yet to play an RPG of any sort, but she *loves* rolling dice. No kidding. It happened by accident this one time a few weeks ago. She saw my 4d6 lying there (I was going...

I mean, I like it and all, but for the past 3 years it's been nagging at me. A feeling of unease, of discomfort. A feeling that something is fundamentally wrong. Then it hit me, tonight, when I was flipping through my AD&D 2e DM's Guide for nostalgia's sake. FROM AD&D 2e DM's GUIDE: "The...

Amen, brother! I agree! :p

Well, since 4th edition will probably be out in a year or two, why not just wait for it?

Personally, I like how 2e handled this question. DMs were encouraged to consider non-typical race/class combos on a case-by-case basis, if the player had an interesting or convincing background story. Seems perfect to me. The HUGE restrictions of 1e were a bit much, but the HUGE...

Amen. I currently DM 3.0 and I find it the same. In many ways a wonderful, logical system, yet as a DM it is very tedious, very rules-heavy. The "simple unified mechanic" thing is deceptive. This game is FAR more complex than AD&D 1e or 2e--and I've played 'em all. Now some people *enjoy*...

Right, and have your players whine, "Hey! Why are we advancing so slowly? We aren't gettin' our KEWL POWERZ as soon as we should! We should be goin' up AT LEAST 1 level a week, dude!" Yech.

If 3.0 was so complete and tested, why did they release 3.5 a mere three years later?

Interestingly, Gary Gygax himself didn't seem to think so. In the Introduction to the AD&D Player's Handbook he makes the following statement: "ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS will prove superior to any past offerings in the fantasy role playing game field." (PHB 7) In the Preface he refers...

You DO realize that now I have to run and look up the Hand of Vecna in my AD&D 1e DMG, right? ;) Here we go...

I don't spend much time alone, as I am a teacher and happily married. However I often *do* act like a jerk for no good reason (which is the worst reason of all). I apologize, and I edited my message to make it less grating. :\

Exactly. But this belief--that more recent RPGs are more "advanced" or "highly evolved" than those of the 70's/early 80's--seems prominent among many gamers. Probably because so many gamers are interested in computers and thus choose to apply computer metaphors to others facets of life.