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<blockquote data-quote="Pants" data-source="post: 2803342" data-attributes="member: 8849">This is probably the only 2e 'feel' that I can truly latch onto, considering:A) When I played 2e, I really only owned the PHB, DMG, and MM, plus a few of the more flavorful books.B) I'm looking back at most of 2e through my 3e-styled lenses.C) I never really owned many of the Reviled Complete Books and Players Option 'Generic' AD&amp;D books.And it's really amazing how a lot of the 2e settings had very distinctives styles to them. Planescape had its own look, Dark Sun had it's own look, Ravenloft had it's own look, etc. etc. Now, I'm comparing those campaign setting books to the 'Generic' 3e books, which are just a complete hodge-podge of styles (for better or worse). While this does give new artists a chance to strut their stuff, it's hard to really latch onto a distinctive feel. Were the setting generic books for AD&amp;D2e as hodge-podge as the generic 3e books?At least with Eberron, there's a concerted effort to make the books look and feel quite a bit differently from everything else. FR still hasn't managed that, even though the FRCS is a fantastic book in that regard, the following supplemental books were quite hodge-podgeish in terms of style. Eberron looks and feels like something all its own and that's a good thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pants, post: 2803342, member: 8849"] This is probably the only 2e 'feel' that I can truly latch onto, considering: A) When I played 2e, I really only owned the PHB, DMG, and MM, plus a few of the more flavorful books. B) I'm looking back at most of 2e through my 3e-styled lenses. C) I never really owned many of the Reviled Complete Books and Players Option 'Generic' AD&D books. And it's really amazing how a lot of the 2e settings had very distinctives styles to them. Planescape had its own look, Dark Sun had it's own look, Ravenloft had it's own look, etc. etc. Now, I'm comparing those campaign setting books to the 'Generic' 3e books, which are just a complete hodge-podge of styles (for better or worse). While this does give new artists a chance to strut their stuff, it's hard to really latch onto a distinctive feel. Were the setting generic books for AD&D2e as hodge-podge as the generic 3e books? At least with Eberron, there's a concerted effort to make the books look and feel quite a bit differently from everything else. FR still hasn't managed that, even though the FRCS is a fantastic book in that regard, the following supplemental books were quite hodge-podgeish in terms of style. Eberron looks and feels like something all its own and that's a good thing. [/QUOTE]

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