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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kwalish Kid" data-source="post: 6491843" data-attributes="member: 446">I'll try to briefly identify what I think are the connections I see:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Simplified class design: the classes have a straightforward construction (with a little variation, also straightforward)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stripped down combat (even though one can add in some nice extra bits through the DMG) with the best bits from other editions added in as specific class features</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The old way of doing spells (sure, the cantrips idea is new, and there is no bonus spells with ability scores--super smart--and there is concentration, and there are new classes that do things differently... but the cleric and wizard are back!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tables! Random tables!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A certain aesthetic of the game that brings me a certain je ne sais quoi</li> </ul>Seriously, the two games I immediately thought of running were Temple of Elemental Evil (Greyhawk, CY 573) or the Scrolls of Hyskosa (Ravenloft) campaign. And I think that they would work great with limited changes.(I did consider changing 1/2-orcs to something more 1st edition...)</blockquote>