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<blockquote data-quote="Wisdom Penalty" data-source="post: 4500697" data-attributes="member: 13287">By the book init...omg. My head just exploded.Also attack bonuses/penalties against armor types.And we used to sit around all day sending assassins on Assassination attempts, just to roll on the percentage table. In fact, one thing 3e really did - that 1e and I'm presuming 2e failed to do - is standardize the rules across the community. I'd venture a guess that all of us who did 1e had a fairly unique interpretation of 1e, and getting together with &quot;other groups&quot; may have introduced some awkward momements (e.g., &quot;You don't use the init rules as written??!&quot;In 1e the DM really was the arbiter. Everything was guidelines. Most was confusing. All was interesting.&nbsp; 4e returns that power to the DM - not all of it, but a decent chunk. Time will tell if the community is able to handle that, or even enjoys that level of freedom. RPGs are different, obviously, than they were in the early 80s.WP</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wisdom Penalty, post: 4500697, member: 13287"] By the book init...omg. My head just exploded. Also attack bonuses/penalties against armor types. And we used to sit around all day sending assassins on Assassination attempts, just to roll on the percentage table. In fact, one thing 3e really did - that 1e and I'm presuming 2e failed to do - is standardize the rules across the community. I'd venture a guess that all of us who did 1e had a fairly unique interpretation of 1e, and getting together with "other groups" may have introduced some awkward momements (e.g., "You don't use the init rules as written??!" In 1e the DM really was the arbiter. Everything was guidelines. Most was confusing. All was interesting. 4e returns that power to the DM - not all of it, but a decent chunk. Time will tell if the community is able to handle that, or even enjoys that level of freedom. RPGs are different, obviously, than they were in the early 80s. WP [/QUOTE]

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