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<blockquote data-quote="VengerSatanis" data-source="post: 6426399" data-attributes="member: 6750576">Ok, I'll try to take on your questions as best I can...&quot;Not anemic&quot;.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I'm not exactly sure what I meant when writing that.&nbsp; I think it may have been something like this - the author wasn't afraid to talk about devils, demons, black magic, and very home-brewed story elements that he's into.&nbsp; An example almost came to me but then disappeared.&nbsp; I don't have the book in front of me.&quot;Not too out there&quot; - yes, it mentions laser guns and Old Ones but rarely.&nbsp; The book isn't crammed with scifi and Lovecraftian artwork like DCC.Better than 2e?&nbsp; I haven't played 2e since 1993.&nbsp; So, I probably can't answer that very well.&nbsp; Whenever I play any kind of old school D&amp;D type game, I'm always internally editing the rules so that it plays fast and loose.&nbsp; FH&amp;W didn't get in my way.&nbsp; That's about all I can say.No time at all is spent looking for tables.&nbsp; There's one critical hit and one critical fumble (just a d4).&nbsp; Put a bookmark in each one and there's zero table hunting.Magic has white, grey, and black.&nbsp; With only one person playing a spellcaster each session, I haven't noticed anything unusual with the spells - except for a couple new ones in the black magic section.&nbsp; I don't remember seeing psionics anywhere.&nbsp; There is a &quot;scary monk&quot; class.&nbsp; It doesn't mention &quot;ki&quot; that I recall but works similar to the AD&amp;D monk.There's about 2 or 3 classes for each specific type:&nbsp; Thief, Mage, Warrior, Cleric/Monk, Druid, Ranger, Barbarian, Bard, etc.I'm afraid the conversational sparks died when this thread was moved to the OSR ghetto from the 5e board.&nbsp; Above discussing FH&amp;W, my original goal was to get 5e fans to start thinking about (or just paying attention to) the OSR.Regardless, I hope that I clarified a few things for you.VS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VengerSatanis, post: 6426399, member: 6750576"] Ok, I'll try to take on your questions as best I can... "Not anemic". Unfortunately, I'm not exactly sure what I meant when writing that. I think it may have been something like this - the author wasn't afraid to talk about devils, demons, black magic, and very home-brewed story elements that he's into. An example almost came to me but then disappeared. I don't have the book in front of me. "Not too out there" - yes, it mentions laser guns and Old Ones but rarely. The book isn't crammed with scifi and Lovecraftian artwork like DCC. Better than 2e? I haven't played 2e since 1993. So, I probably can't answer that very well. Whenever I play any kind of old school D&D type game, I'm always internally editing the rules so that it plays fast and loose. FH&W didn't get in my way. That's about all I can say. No time at all is spent looking for tables. There's one critical hit and one critical fumble (just a d4). Put a bookmark in each one and there's zero table hunting. Magic has white, grey, and black. With only one person playing a spellcaster each session, I haven't noticed anything unusual with the spells - except for a couple new ones in the black magic section. I don't remember seeing psionics anywhere. There is a "scary monk" class. It doesn't mention "ki" that I recall but works similar to the AD&D monk. There's about 2 or 3 classes for each specific type: Thief, Mage, Warrior, Cleric/Monk, Druid, Ranger, Barbarian, Bard, etc. I'm afraid the conversational sparks died when this thread was moved to the OSR ghetto from the 5e board. Above discussing FH&W, my original goal was to get 5e fans to start thinking about (or just paying attention to) the OSR. Regardless, I hope that I clarified a few things for you. VS [/QUOTE]

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