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<blockquote data-quote="radferth" data-source="post: 4524717" data-attributes="member: 5791">My renewed interest in older editions started a couple years ago when I tried to run Necropolis in third edition.&nbsp; Party vs. one big monster went well enough, but party vs. group was just two much work for me.&nbsp; There were two summon-happy spellcasters in the party, so it was kind of a worse case scenario.&nbsp; I picked of fourth edition, and although I appreciate things about it such as the streamlined combat* and less need for rules-mastery, Other things about it leave it unappealing to me to run.&nbsp; I must say reading 4e did inspire me to go out and buy the collected Dying Earth novels.&nbsp; All this leads me to believe that exposure to fourth edition may well cause folks to think &quot;Hey, I'd like some faster, simpler gameplay in a with familiar rules in more retro setting.&quot;&nbsp; *Why, oh, why did they choose to make HPs so high in 4e (particularly for monsters), thereby eliminating a big chunk of the benefit of the streamlined combat?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="radferth, post: 4524717, member: 5791"] My renewed interest in older editions started a couple years ago when I tried to run Necropolis in third edition. Party vs. one big monster went well enough, but party vs. group was just two much work for me. There were two summon-happy spellcasters in the party, so it was kind of a worse case scenario. I picked of fourth edition, and although I appreciate things about it such as the streamlined combat* and less need for rules-mastery, Other things about it leave it unappealing to me to run. I must say reading 4e did inspire me to go out and buy the collected Dying Earth novels. All this leads me to believe that exposure to fourth edition may well cause folks to think "Hey, I'd like some faster, simpler gameplay in a with familiar rules in more retro setting." *Why, oh, why did they choose to make HPs so high in 4e (particularly for monsters), thereby eliminating a big chunk of the benefit of the streamlined combat? [/QUOTE]

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