Can I run 2nd edition AD&D content using 1st edition AD&D rules?

[Legatus Legionis]

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[Sacrosanct]

Not only can you, it was designed that way. Skip Williams said in an interview several years ago re: the changes in 2e: "Of course we thought about ascending AC. But we wanted gamers to be able to play all of their existing 1e stuff with the new edition."

Our particular group plays mostly 1e, with 2e's version of bards, thief skill progression, spell spheres and specialty schools, and many monsters. Many classes get mix/matched as well with little issue.

 

[Arnwolf666]

Have fun Very easy to do. Enjoy and have a blast.

 

[Mallus]

Yes. Material from 1e, 2e, the various flavors of OD&D, and a lot of the newer OSR stuff can be used interchangeably. Or at most with minimal adjusting - the kinds of things you can do at the table during play while drinking a beer or two.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

We never switched to 2e but we used 2e materail with no real alterations in our 1e game. Maybe we were playing 1.5e.