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<blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 5649374" data-attributes="member: 15999">I'd agree with this, and I'd also agree with pming's suggestion to try BECMI or a retro-clone.&nbsp; Or, at the very least, 3E heavily house-ruled to be more in the spirit of earlier editions.It sounds like the OP's first 3E game was much more in the vein of earlier editions as I remember them (e.g. not taking for granted that you can just use your WBL to get wands of healing and making sure everybody is at 100% for every fight; also, slower leveling past level 6 or so).BECMI and the like feature a flatter power curve than 3E -- not only do you advance to level 10 more slowly, but level 10 isn't as far above level 1 as it is in 3E.&nbsp; Also, IME, it features less space for powergaming, so there is generally less difference in ability between the PCs.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is not to say it is a perfect system (well, family of systems with retro-clones), but I do feel it's a much better style for my preferences... and possibly for the OP's.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brother MacLaren, post: 5649374, member: 15999"] I'd agree with this, and I'd also agree with pming's suggestion to try BECMI or a retro-clone. Or, at the very least, 3E heavily house-ruled to be more in the spirit of earlier editions. It sounds like the OP's first 3E game was much more in the vein of earlier editions as I remember them (e.g. not taking for granted that you can just use your WBL to get wands of healing and making sure everybody is at 100% for every fight; also, slower leveling past level 6 or so). BECMI and the like feature a flatter power curve than 3E -- not only do you advance to level 10 more slowly, but level 10 isn't as far above level 1 as it is in 3E. Also, IME, it features less space for powergaming, so there is generally less difference in ability between the PCs. That is not to say it is a perfect system (well, family of systems with retro-clones), but I do feel it's a much better style for my preferences... and possibly for the OP's. [/QUOTE]

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