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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffrey" data-source="post: 396299" data-attributes="member: 764">I prefer 1st edition AD&amp;D over 3rd edition D&amp;D because I like to play games rather than work at them. Case in point:As a DM in 1E, I can write the following in an adventure: Glend is a CE 13th level thief (AC 1, hp 39) with +3 leather armor and a +3 short sword.As a DM in 3E, I must write something like this: Glend is a CE 13th level rogue (AC 19, hp 49) with +3 leather armor and a +3 short sword.Skills:Appraise +12Balance +13Bluff +12Climb +8Disguise +10Forgery +13Gather Information +10Hide +15Intuit Direction +8Listen +10Move Silently +15Open Lock +11Pick Pocket +11Ride +11Search +12Sense Motive +9Spot +10Tumble +13Feats:Blind-FightCombat ReflexesImproved Critical (short sword)Improved Unarmed StrikeMartial Weapon Proficiency (short sword)Weapon Focus (short sword)I'm sorry, but I don't have the time or the patience for that sort of thing. Anybody who wants to put that much time, effort, and paper into a single NPC, God bless 'em. But that just isn't fun for me, nor does it exercise my creativity. It's merely work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffrey, post: 396299, member: 764"] I prefer 1st edition AD&D over 3rd edition D&D because I like to [B]play[/B] games rather than [B]work[/B] at them. Case in point: As a DM in 1E, I can write the following in an adventure: Glend is a CE 13th level thief (AC 1, hp 39) with +3 leather armor and a +3 short sword. As a DM in 3E, I must write something like this: Glend is a CE 13th level rogue (AC 19, hp 49) with +3 leather armor and a +3 short sword. [I]Skills:[/I] Appraise +12 Balance +13 Bluff +12 Climb +8 Disguise +10 Forgery +13 Gather Information +10 Hide +15 Intuit Direction +8 Listen +10 Move Silently +15 Open Lock +11 Pick Pocket +11 Ride +11 Search +12 Sense Motive +9 Spot +10 Tumble +13 [I]Feats:[/I] Blind-Fight Combat Reflexes Improved Critical (short sword) Improved Unarmed Strike Martial Weapon Proficiency (short sword) Weapon Focus (short sword) I'm sorry, but I don't have the time or the patience for that sort of thing. Anybody who wants to put that much time, effort, and paper into a single NPC, God bless 'em. But that just isn't fun for me, nor does it exercise my creativity. It's merely work. [/QUOTE]

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