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Gotta ask. Why is this an issue? Bad things can happen to your PC, in D&D. Because, it's D&D and it has teeth! I can understand someone not liking that type of game, but how is this anything but personal preference? Hence, not a problem, but a feature some people don't like.

Frankly, balance just isn't as important in early edition games. Player agency and creativity plays a larger roll, because there's not a metric crap-load of rules, getting in the way. The boundaries are more fluid. The Fighter has excellent saving throws, which remain constant, regardless of...

Can't really speak about 2e. As for 1e and what the DM introduces, allows, etc., well... I run player driven campaigns. I've been doing it for 30 years. And the rules assume that yes, the fighter is going to have some kick butt gear, by the time he/she is high level. Also, MU's can't cast...

What's more... Yes. Most players are going to recognize stirges. Orcs. Trolls. Now, I could make them roll an intelligence check, to see what info their PC might have. But, when it comes to simple, common monsters, I'm not going to. In a world where trolls actually exist and are as common as...

1e Fighter - No bonuses considered. 1st level save vs death magic - 14 5th level - 11 10th - 8 15th - 4 I'm good with that.

Yes, they'll stop feeding once they've drained a certain amount of hit points.

We're talking about stirges. They're not that hard to figure out. And you were really reaching, with that last comment. :lol:

Bloody near anything can become Sated. Even in D&D land. It's not an unreasonable assumption, by any means.

None of which matters a tinkers bit, in the face of player and group skill, agency, creativity and strategy. The high level fighters in my old school games lead armies, ride dragons and wield kick-butt magic swords. They also use their freakin' minds, to be effective in the game world and...

You can make good arguments for both variable and non-variable. One of my favorite variants is damage by class, which I use when running S&W. A Fighter does d8 with a one-handed weapon. A Cleric does d6. MU does d4. Any class can use any weapon. I use a modified version of Akrasia's S&W...

For the record, a quick glance through the 1e Deities & Demigods shows 1 god with a -12 AC. 2 with a -10. 1 with a -9. 3 with a -8. 3 or 4 with a -7. Most are between 0 and -4.

For the record, I myself never claimed -10 was the "lowest allowed." Just that my games never saw anything below -6 and that it would feel silly to take it any further. AFAIK GG's DMG is silent on the matter. Obviously, you can give out as many +5 items as you want and create an ultra-low AC...

I think once you go beyond the "hardcore" forum dwellers and online pundits, there's a ton of gamers out there, who play multiple systems. Many of them have never even heard of the "edition wars." They're too busy playing D&D and other RPG's, to care. I run a twice-monthly Friday night game...

I've ran long-term, high level AD&D campaigns. An AC better than -6 has never been seen in any of my 1e games. It would seem rather silly. Note the repeating 20's in the matrices as well. In 1e a red dragon has an AC of -1. Asmodeus has a -8. A 15th lvl Fighter, with no strength bonus and no...

The 1st edition attack matrices are as complicated as a calendar. No muss. No fuss.

I don't care if it just has one. If the subscription service is a practical necessity for playing the game, though, that's where I balk. A set of rules, paper, pencil, dice and imagination. That's some pretty basic technology, for a company to be trying to induce me to fork over a never ending...

Here's a dictionary that's been on the web, forever. Taken from an early 19th century source, which was based on an earlier 18th century publication. The Guide to Thieves Cant for AD&D

If a DDI subscription is necessary to keep up with 5e, I won't play it. WotC could make and sell more games, instead of trying to make it practically necessary for my players and I to keep buying the same game, every month. I know some people seem to like that scenario, in which case, go with...

Do you guys really want the endless splatbook treadmill? I'd prefer something like... oh, I don't know. Maybe a monthly print magazine, that featured optional content for campaigns. I bet some people would really like that!

Got it if you pre-ordered by April 1. If you look up top, you'll see the link to the online store.