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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6141120" data-attributes="member: 17106">Realistically, I'm guessing it has a lot to do with the fact that Baldur's Gate II used 2e rules but added some early 3e stuff in. How many people were introduced to D&D by that game? Most gamers I've met considers it a pillar of the hobby.Also, I get the sense that a lot of 2e variants and houserules out there eventually became 3e rules, so that the game that was being played at the time was an easier transition than one might guess from the books. I know I played 2e, but whatever the initiative system was that was on the books, we never used. We used what eventually became the 3e standard. I'm guessing others did too.Also, it's a relative comparison. Are they the same? No. Are they more similar than 3e and 4e? Yes. Are they more similar than 2e and 1e? I don't know.That is an interesting question. I saw more lawyering when we started 3e than when we were wrapping up with 2e, but it faded, mainly because I learned how to stop it. I'm not sure how the system plays into it.</blockquote>