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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 3454665" data-attributes="member: 34865">Yes and no.  There is a great deal of rules clarification in early core AD&D (and some rules were made more complex as well).  With that said there is much that wasn't included in AD&D from the supplements.  Dave Arneson's assassins-are-true-neutral, psionics were changed somewhat, alignments went from three to nine - a lot of "optional" material discussed in THE STRATEGIC REVIEW and THE DRAGON became by the book.  The methodologies outlined in supplemental material were brought to the forefront in AD&D but many of the actual formulas changed. Example: in SUPPLEMENT I: GREYHAWK a new method of assigning XP rewards per monsters overcome is proposed, based on hit dice and any additional "special" abilities a monster might have (spells, psionics, poison, additional attacks like breath weapons or the crush attack of a werebear, etc.).  In THE DUNGEON MASTERS GUIDE this is brought over but in a more granular form: now we have XP by monster's hit dice, plus per hit-point according to hit dice (an up to 1 HD monster awards 1 XP per HP, a 2HD 2, and so forth) and awards are now given for exceptional abilities as well.  Thus dragons get an additional XP value based on their special abilities (multiple attacks, breath weapon attack) and another for exceptional abilities (spellcasting and, in the case of some dragons, innate invisibility detection and ESP).It is beyond the scope of a simple post in a web-forum to give any real depth to a discussion about the differences between D&D and AD&D; the best recommendation I can make is this: play D&D for a while.  Introduce other elements such as the supplements and THE STRATEGIC REVIEW and THE DRAGON.  Work forward adding as you see fit.  One of two things will happen: either you will create a workable whole that suits you and your group perfectly and you'll have such a "groove" that you won't feel the need to move to AD&D, or you'll reach a point at which chasing data across four supplements, countless printouts from the abovementioned magazines and two disparate combat system rulebooks (CHAINMAIL and SWORDS & SPELLS) becomes a maddening task and you'll wish to simplify by jumping to AD&D and having everything under one roof.Whichever system you elect to use, or if you hybridize between the two, I feel that you'll have one of the the richest D&D gaming  experiences one can either as player or DM</blockquote>

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