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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 390596" data-attributes="member: 545">I do recognize this is a matter of taste, but what is it about 1e that seems better to you?&nbsp; This is an honest question.To me, 1e is already an ugly hodgepodge of mechanics.&nbsp; The modifiers for weapon type vs. AC are cumbersome, as are the weapon speed factors.&nbsp; The savings throws are sloppy and ambiguous.&nbsp; Multiclassing and dualclassing rules are horrible.&nbsp; Races are poorly designed.&nbsp; Once you venture from the core books, things get dicier still.I will readily concede there is something to be said for running with a much lighter ruleset than 3e.&nbsp; But unmodified 1e ain't that, not even close.&nbsp; It would be quite easy to reduce the 3e rules to be of the style of Basic D&amp;D.&nbsp; I think it could fit on a page and a half.&nbsp; One noticeable difference is that a '3e Lite' game will be so clean you would never need to look at charts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 390596, member: 545"] I do recognize this is a matter of taste, but what is it about 1e that seems better to you? This is an honest question. To me, 1e is already an ugly hodgepodge of mechanics. The modifiers for weapon type vs. AC are cumbersome, as are the weapon speed factors. The savings throws are sloppy and ambiguous. Multiclassing and dualclassing rules are horrible. Races are poorly designed. Once you venture from the core books, things get dicier still. I will readily concede there is something to be said for running with a much lighter ruleset than 3e. But unmodified 1e ain't that, not even close. It would be quite easy to reduce the 3e rules to be of the style of Basic D&D. I think it could fit on a page and a half. One noticeable difference is that a '3e Lite' game will be so clean you would never need to look at charts. [/QUOTE]

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