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No, I'm asserting that each PC requires more experience points to level up in 1e than is required in 3e and that the experience awarded is significantly more in 3e. An orc in 1e is worth maybe 10 xp divided amongst all the PCs that participated in defeating it. An orc in 3e is worth 300 xp to...

I looked over what you posted in that thread. As was argued back and forth there, using Unearthed Arcana would indeed take the game to another level. Specialization can be a game breaker and I know plenty of people who hate it and wouldn't let UA into their game at all. If you do allow UA...

Okay, stretch that 3e stat block out and it doesn't have as many lines. That is irrelevant though. Count the characters in the stat block instead. I'm not going to do that but just at a glance I see that there are many more characters in the 3e stat block, thus the 3e stat blocks are...

Maybe most 1e DM's but I'm not one of them. No, I DO have 3 pages of house rules. Why do you want to continue arguing this with me? You haven't seen my house rules or how I run a game. The 3 pages I have are all additions to the rules. None are changes to existing rules, clarifications or...

That's a big plus for many. I love the "handwaviness" of 1e. I like having to make rulings rather than rely on hard and fast rules. DM fiat appeals to me. Heck, sometimes I have even asked the player what he thinks would be an appropriate check to perform some action that he wanted to...

I don't use "to hit vs. AC" tables. I don't use weapon speed other than to break initiative ties. There is no way I'd ever write 100 pages of house rules. The whole idea for me with running 1e is to get away from huge rulebooks. Writing 100 pages of house rules constitutes a huge rulebook...

Myst accepts the torch from Stellan with a nod and returns his attention to the well.

:D Just sharing my love of 1e!

For you maybe "rules silence" is a problem. This is not necessarily the case for everyone, just the same as "rules for everything" is a problem for me but not necessarily everyone. Dozens of pages of house rules? If I felt I had to house rule 3.5 like that, I would have dumped the system...

Interesting thread. I am completely opposite the OP regarding 1e. I love it (along with most of the other pre-3e D&D rulesets)! A few years ago I started to realize that I really wasn't enjoying playing 3.5 and Pathfinder and I had no interest in 4e. I began looking at older D&D material...

"By all means," Myst says and steps aside for Muzdim to move into position to take a look into the well.

I picked up the pdf of this yesterday. Have only just started reading it but so far it is very nicely done! I love the blue and white maps which certainly is a reminder of B1, B2 and other classic modules. How much will the print version cost?

Myst stands beside Bosco as he opens the cover on the well, his weapon held at the ready.

Sensing Bosco's frustration, Myst scowls at Stellan and Antares. "Shhhh!" the cleric hisses. "Maybe this place is abandoned of any life and silence or the lack thereof doesn't matter but if it isn't, there is no sense in warning any potential enemies that we are here," Myst says quietly...

Myst carefully stands back up and skirts the gap in the floor, heading back to where Bosco examines the trapdoor. "I didn't see anything in the cellar through the gap in the floor that stood out as terribly odd but I suspect that a closer inspection is in order to make sure," the cleric says to...

Myst stops at the gap in the floorboards, squats down carefully and takes a better look into the cellar. "Might want to stay back a little," he says to Muzdim. "I'm concerned that the floor here might protest if we are both standing on it."

At the sound of Bosco's voice from the rear of the building, Myst sighs and shakes his head. The cleric nods to Muzdim and then moves in the direction he believes the halfling to be, heading for the ruined door in the wall dividing front and back. He picks his way carefully across the room, on...

"Let's get this over with, shall we?" Myst says to Muzdim and then crosses the threshold into the house. The cleric stops just inside and looks all around the room, including up at he ceiling before fully entering. He then turns his attention to the wall dividing the front and rear of the...

"If there is nothing further you can tell us, Erenie, you are free to return home," Myst says with a nod. He then moves to the open front door and peers inside. Over his shoulder without looking back, he says to the others, "Well? Are you coming?"

Myst looks sternly at the girl. 'Then take us to this house, please. I only hope it isn't too late for Anna."