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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Quixote" data-source="post: 9888540" data-attributes="member: 694">My edition of choice is BECMI/Cyclopedia, but with a few major house rules pulled from earlier editions (or their retro clones) and two important bits that are at least partially borrowed from later editions (2nd and 3rd).From various LBB/Oe clones like Swords & Wizardry and White Box FMAG, I borrow the ability score modifier table that only goes up to ±1 (rather than the BXcetera standard that goes to ±3). Because I prefer to cut down on the power creep.From 1st Edition, I borrow a scaled-down version of the all-important rules for training to level up, which are very necessary to an old-school campaign if you want players developing whole stables of player characters over time. This, in conjunction with the 1:1 time rules outlined in both Oe and 1e.From 2nd Edition, I take the idea behind my version of the monk class, which is a divine caster. Monks were fully a sub-class of clerics in Oe, but they're always this weird thiefy martial artist weird power-user class in their every incarnation (Oe Blackmoor, 1e PHB and OA and Dragon Magazine, 2e Scarlet Brotherhood, everything 3e and later except for 4e where they're kinda psionic) — except for the 2e priest kit and the priest-type monk from Players Option Spells & Magic. I like that priestly spellcaster monk vibe, so I use it.From 3rd Edition (or rather, 3e-based games like Pulp Heroes and d20 Past), I get the mechanics for my tinker/engineer class.</blockquote>

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