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<blockquote data-quote="Huw" data-source="post: 6016956" data-attributes="member: 33093">Off the top of my head:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Monks, Assassins and Half-Orcs dropped as character options. All are added back in various splat books</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bards (originally a proto-prestige class) now a base class with very different abilities</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thieves and Wizards get to specialise, so are actually useful at low level</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Clerics also get to specialise, starting the CoDzilla trend</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kits added in splat books. Think Pathfinder character options</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Non weapon proficiencies (think skills), originally from Oriental Adventures, now core</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Combat tables replaced by THAC0 system. Mechanically different but statistically very similar</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Numerous rules from 1e dropped, including psionics (later added back in totally different system), grappling (also replaced by a totally different system), weapon speed factors and modifiers versus armour.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragons get a huge boost in power, from &quot;dangerous&quot; to &quot;extremely dangerous&quot;. This will be important if you're running Dragonlance under 2e rules.</li>
</ul>In general, I used to run both 1e and BD&amp;D modules with very little change under 2e. The 2e to 3e leap was bigger, changing saves, hit point progressions and with numerous tweaks to spells and abilities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Huw, post: 6016956, member: 33093"] Off the top of my head: [LIST] [*]Monks, Assassins and Half-Orcs dropped as character options. All are added back in various splat books [*]Bards (originally a proto-prestige class) now a base class with very different abilities [*]Thieves and Wizards get to specialise, so are actually useful at low level [*]Clerics also get to specialise, starting the CoDzilla trend [*]Kits added in splat books. Think [i]Pathfinder[/i] character options [*]Non weapon proficiencies (think skills), originally from Oriental Adventures, now core [*]Combat tables replaced by THAC0 system. Mechanically different but statistically very similar [*]Numerous rules from 1e dropped, including psionics (later added back in totally different system), grappling (also replaced by a totally different system), weapon speed factors and modifiers versus armour. [*]Dragons get a huge boost in power, from "dangerous" to "extremely dangerous". This will be important if you're running [i]Dragonlance[/i] under 2e rules. [/LIST] In general, I used to run both 1e and BD&D modules with very little change under 2e. The 2e to 3e leap was bigger, changing saves, hit point progressions and with numerous tweaks to spells and abilities. [/QUOTE]

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