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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 4673727" data-attributes="member: 29112">It lacks the charm (or 'soul') of AD&amp;D 1e, and the breathtaking flexibility (in the 'rules as written') of 3e.If you like lots of fluff with your monsters, you could do worse than to use the AD&amp;D 1e DMG, the AD&amp;D 2e Monstrous Manual, and. . . the 3e PHB? Well, not really - the PHB mightn't work so well in the mix, I suppose. Pity though - all very strong books, in their own ways. Maybe OSRIC for PHB duty? Ignoring demihuman level limits, naturally. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant&nbsp; &nbsp; :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" />Really, the AD&amp;D 2e DMG is lukewarm at best. And now I think about it some more, that's my overall impression of 2e: lukewarm/mediocre/uninspiring. Not to say that some of the settings are lacking in flavour or what have you. Not at all.So on second thoughts, grab a setting worth its salt, and use AD&amp;D 1e instead. But maybe look to OSRIC 2.0 for some cleanup. You'll have 'more fun'. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/angel.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angel:" title="Angel&nbsp; &nbsp; :angel:" data-shortname=":angel:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 4673727, member: 29112"] It lacks the charm (or 'soul') of AD&D 1e, and the breathtaking flexibility (in the 'rules as written') of 3e. If you like lots of fluff with your monsters, you could do worse than to use the AD&D 1e DMG, the AD&D 2e Monstrous Manual, and. . . the 3e PHB? Well, not really - the PHB mightn't work so well in the mix, I suppose. Pity though - all very strong books, in their own ways. Maybe OSRIC for PHB duty? Ignoring demihuman level limits, naturally. :rant: Really, the AD&D 2e DMG is lukewarm at best. And now I think about it some more, that's my overall impression of 2e: lukewarm/mediocre/uninspiring. Not to say that some of the [I]settings[/I] are lacking in flavour or what have you. Not at all. So on second thoughts, grab a setting worth its salt, and use AD&D 1e instead. But maybe look to OSRIC 2.0 for some cleanup. You'll have 'more fun'. :angel: [/QUOTE]

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