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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Devall2000" data-source="post: 4155908" data-attributes="member: 1682">Below is my response to his blog.  My response is by no means a call for an editions war.  It's about finding the right D&D.My response:"I believe 3rd edition was needed but something got lost along the way.IMO, too many combat rules combined with more dice rolls(multiple attacks, etc.) put a pinch on the roleplaying aspect of D&D. There's just a lot more page turning than I remember with previous editions.Some have told me that I'm just nostalgic. However, it just doesn't feel the same. Maybe calculating CR's and being a bit pressed to rely on 4 member adventuring parties has something to do with it.Don't get me wrong. I've had plenty of good experiences with 3E and had a long running group that used it. I will also continue to use it over 4th edition. I may steal a little from Pathfinder but I won't go over to it.Maybe there weren't enough campaign worlds from the getgo. Ravenloft, Dragonlance, Birthright, Darksun, and Planescape all got cancelled with the new edition. Thankfully, some got new life with 3rd parties but only later on. I was never really much of a Greyhawk or realms guy so that didn't leave too much when 3E came out.Perhaps there is something to be said for simplicity. It was easier to make a character and start campaigning in the previous editions.I feel like I'm going in circles and remain unable to put my finger on exactly what it is. Maybe, there's not just that same sense of mystery. I don't feel the same when I crack open these new books compared to the old ones.The answer could be to make the necessary changes to make the game play faster and not have to rely on miniatures and battle maps. If there was a way for 3e D&D and AD&D to meet halfway, that could be it. I know about C&C and that's not what I'm suggesting by making that statement.That's all. I just felt like I had more to say on the subject and this is more of what I was feeling compared to my post from yesterday."-Jamie</blockquote>

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