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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8865369" data-attributes="member: 5948">My recollection (through the mists of time) was that WotC was saying 3e was going to be 'fairly compatible' with 2e at a time when the rumour mill was going all a bit screw-loose with 'OMG the MtG company bought D&D and are going to make it into a CCG, you'll have to buy magic items in random boosters and playing a paladin will need a Rare card!'In that context, a relatively conventional RPG, with D&Ds six ability scores, classes and levels, hit points, vancean magic, three core books etc etc kinda did count as 'fairly compatible,' considering the alternatives that were being rumoured.  Yeah, there were certainly some areas that didn't convert well (multiclass PCs being top of the list), but it was still, y'know ... D&D.</blockquote>