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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7944204" data-attributes="member: 29398">Started out with it, started kitbashing it, never stopped playing it, never stopped kitbashing it, still playing it (in a very kitbashed form), still kitbashing it.I like the randomness in abilities, where someone really can be better at everything than someone else, because that reflects real life.I like the lethality and risk, and the high rewards for the survivors.I like that there's vastly different subsystems for different things, as it's then possible to use or design the best sub-system for a particular need and not have to worry about how it affects any other systems.I like the strong niche protection afforded most classes (though it's still far from perfect)I like the underlying sense of whimsy and occasional silliness that quietly runs through it all.  Later editions, much to their demerit, lost this.I like that it's open-ended without really having to worry about being open-ended; as in if you drop xp-for-gp your advancement slows down so much that while in theory you can get to 15th level, in practice you're extremely likely not to unless your campaign is 30 years long.I like that it fairly often makes me use every die in the bag.</blockquote>