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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talinthas" data-source="post: 1789955" data-attributes="member: 10339"><p>You know what?  I _do_ miss the D&D of 2000.  That was when i ran my first game (despite having played off and on for ten years) to a willing group of total newbies who i taught to play.  We only had the 3e phb, since the DMG and MM hadnt come out yet, and nobody knew the rules well enough to be a hardcore lawyer, and ruin cinematically cool moments by saying that the BBEG can't do so and so because he's got hte wrong feat package.  I ran a Dragonlance game for 13 people, and it was probably the best campaign i ever played.  It was early in my college career, so i had all the time in the world, and we could play till the sun came up.  I miss not having to worry about splat books and knowitall players who grapple my bad guys to death.  I miss having groups of gamers who were so new that every goblin was frightening, every roll breathtaking, and every crit a reason for jubilation.  I can finally understand what these grognards mean when they say they miss the newness and the soul of 1e.  I truly miss the early days of 3e.</p></blockquote><p></p>