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I think it's actually pretty comparable. A B/X hobgoblin was the equivalent of a doable yet very tough matchup against a lvl 1 fighter. They did 1d8 damage base when in B/X all weapons did 1d6 by default. So they were pretty close to a lvl 1 fighter that had a STR and CON bonus. A 5e hobgoblin...

If you look at my most recent book from a couple months ago, you could say I agree with you ;)

That's largely due to magic items, rather than class features, and magic item use was one of the fighter's big perks compared to other classes.

Bugbears and Borderlands ;) :P

And they laid eggs and had scaly skin. Kobolds have been more draconic than dog-like since day 1. As you mention, somewhere they were described as "yipping" or "barking" and an artist took that to mean dog-like when they were never meant to be so. Doesn't matter what the MM book description...

No offense, but I'm not going to have yet again one more conversation about "Does IP theft really hurt anyone?", especially on an 8 year old thread.

Our was actually the MU player thinking they were clever. We saw a hallway that appeared to be lined with small holes ala the intro scene in Raiders of the Lost Arc. The hallways went about 30 or 40 feet and turned left (out of sight). The player thought the hallway would keep going when it...

Not at lower levels. Only around name level or above.

Say what you will about 4e, and I've said a lot, but it seems they really did try to address this issue with how they handled non-magical healing. Armor was sure plentiful, but having a fighter with a high dex was very unlikely. You put your scores into STR or CON.

Also worthy of noting, the cleric was never meant to just be a heal bot. They are warrior priests, and undead hunters (Van Helsing). I know there is always pressure to turn them into healbots, but nothing says you have to play a cleric that way. As all of the NPC clerics in the modules...

Except they don't. Here's a list of all protection rings, cloaks, and bracers from the more popular modules. I excluded items belonging to playable NPCs or NPCs where it was unlikely the PCs would ever get them unless they went full murder hobo and killed everyone in town. The +3 items don't...

I would like to think that most of us who played as teenagers back in 1e days all had games like that at some point.

I'd like to clarify that I have no issues with people who like to play with powerful magic items. It's a perfectly fine playstyle and if people are having fun, that's the point, right? I myself have had a few DMs over the past 45 years that liked to do that. I'm only saying that the actual...

And just so happens that every PC happened to be in that adventure, and every one found the pools, and every one got the max benefit.... ;) It's like how the player with the fighter always showed up with 18/75% or better STR

Bracers work, but cloaks and shields don't.

Yeah, I'm not arguing that there were a ton of magical items, I'm saying that having an AC around -7 is a dubious claim unless you were playing Monty Haul or your DM was just handing out powerful items like candy. The actual items in the actual published adventures doesn't support ACs like...

Are they though? I know they are in modules, but probably not as much as you think. You also can’t assume every one will be found, and every one will go to the same PC out of the party. I am very dubious that enough of the ultra rare rings and bracers were available in modules to achieve an AC...