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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 3800854" data-attributes="member: 20854">Well, your first two quotes are from OD&D, not AD&D.  As I said, variation in OD&D is a given.  I'm addressing AD&D, in particular.  I think one of AD&D's original goals was to provide a universal, common framework (again, in contrast to the *very* free-wheeling nature of the original D&D rules).  That's not to say that variation was to be crushed or that rules-lawyering was to rule the day.  A back-and-forth of dueling quotes taken out of context (or from completely different editions) is unhelpful, IMO.  I suggest reading the 1E DMG preface in full, if there's any question.  Gary states the whole thing quite plainly, including addressing the need (and desirability) of variation within the greater whole.</blockquote>