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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5980739" data-attributes="member: 996">What can I say, when the broader community was united only through the occasional letter to 'out on a limb,' play experiences probably varied even more than they do now.&nbsp; In all the time I played AD&amp;D, I never saw anyone run it 'RAW,' every DM had their own spin, binder of house rules, or used variants from Dragon (or banned them), or whatever.&nbsp; The Dragon was what passed for a barometer of the community, and it regularly included rules variations, particularly Len Lakofka's in 'Leomund's Tiny Hut.'&nbsp; Seems like house rules were generally more acceptable then.If 5e does turn out to be a module-heavy, DM-customized &quot;Frankenstein edition,&quot; at least that might tend to bring back tolerance of house rules and variants, which is something I'd love to see.&nbsp; There, I just said something positive and hopeful.&nbsp; Mark your calendars.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5980739, member: 996"] What can I say, when the broader community was united only through the occasional letter to 'out on a limb,' play experiences probably varied even more than they do now. In all the time I played AD&D, I never saw anyone run it 'RAW,' every DM had their own spin, binder of house rules, or used variants from Dragon (or banned them), or whatever. The Dragon was what passed for a barometer of the community, and it regularly included rules variations, particularly Len Lakofka's in 'Leomund's Tiny Hut.' Seems like house rules were generally more acceptable then. If 5e does turn out to be a module-heavy, DM-customized "Frankenstein edition," at least that might tend to bring back tolerance of house rules and variants, which is something I'd love to see. There, I just said something positive and hopeful. Mark your calendars. ;) [/QUOTE]

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