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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 5417914" data-attributes="member: 7635">Before you make the 2e jump, let me suggest ONE more alternative.Basic/Classic D&amp;D.2e can be a holy pain in the ass. It has all manner or weird and wonky character rules, corner cases, and (worst for 2e) the rules are spread among multiple books and often contradict each other.Basic D&amp;D (which comes in either the old Basic/Expert books, the Basic/Expert/Companion/Masters boxes, or my personal favorite, the Rules Cyclopedia) is a streamlined elegant rules-lite system that is quick, fairly lower powered, scales nicely, and (in the case of the RC) is self-contained. Plus, its fairly compatible with AD&amp;D 1e and 2e, as well as all previous versions of Basic D&amp;D. You have all of TSR's run at your fingertips!Ability Scores range from -3 to +3. It has the classic classes (fighter, magic-user, cleric, thief) all simplified without excess class features or overcomplicated powers. Only three alignments (law, neutrality, chaos), an optional nwp system if you want (it runs fine without) initiative as easy as a d6, and monsters without a lot of complicated rules. Its fun, simple, and imaginative. As a bonus, you can get some great clones for FREE! <a href="http://darkdungeonsblog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dark Dungeons</a> is a clone of the Rules Cyclopedia/BECMI D&amp;D, and <a href="http://basicfantasy.org/main.html" target="_blank">Basic Fantasy</a> is a inspired clone that integrates some ideas from AD&amp;D (race/class separate) and 3e (upwards AC). The Rules Cyclopedia itself is fairly expensive though. :-(Don't get me wrong, I love 2e, but trading 3e for 2e is trading one set of headaches for another. Go simple, go basic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 5417914, member: 7635"] Before you make the 2e jump, let me suggest ONE more alternative. Basic/Classic D&D. 2e can be a holy pain in the ass. It has all manner or weird and wonky character rules, corner cases, and (worst for 2e) the rules are spread among multiple books and often contradict each other. Basic D&D (which comes in either the old Basic/Expert books, the Basic/Expert/Companion/Masters boxes, or my personal favorite, the Rules Cyclopedia) is a streamlined elegant rules-lite system that is quick, fairly lower powered, scales nicely, and (in the case of the RC) is self-contained. Plus, its fairly compatible with AD&D 1e and 2e, as well as all previous versions of Basic D&D. You have all of TSR's run at your fingertips! Ability Scores range from -3 to +3. It has the classic classes (fighter, magic-user, cleric, thief) all simplified without excess class features or overcomplicated powers. Only three alignments (law, neutrality, chaos), an optional nwp system if you want (it runs fine without) initiative as easy as a d6, and monsters without a lot of complicated rules. Its fun, simple, and imaginative. As a bonus, you can get some great clones for FREE! [URL="http://darkdungeonsblog.wordpress.com/"]Dark Dungeons[/URL] is a clone of the Rules Cyclopedia/BECMI D&D, and [URL="http://basicfantasy.org/main.html"]Basic Fantasy[/URL] is a inspired clone that integrates some ideas from AD&D (race/class separate) and 3e (upwards AC). The Rules Cyclopedia itself is fairly expensive though. :-( Don't get me wrong, I love 2e, but trading 3e for 2e is trading one set of headaches for another. Go simple, go basic. [/QUOTE]

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