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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7948995" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>A Groups home game: </p><p></p><p>Since I wanted to DM and to play it was rather "you do your thing based on this campaign world and I do mine on the other one". </p><p></p><p>PC Builds:</p><p></p><p>Well they were a (needed) thing in 3.x because of ASI and feat dependency. </p><p>Before that, magic items would define what becomes of you. </p><p>I never liked MC much neither the 1e/2e approach nor the 3.x /5e thing. Cannot talk about 4e here. Still I had several MC Dual class NPCs and occasionally PCs especially if a role had to be covered somehow.</p><p></p><p>RAW</p><p></p><p>Was impossible before 3e. Yes it was impossible. Of course it was not possible.</p><p>Everybody telling different did not make it past his first few encounters - in he never made it, or is lying.</p><p></p><p>You just could not run things by the book. As you surely know, there was much more space for interpretation and many interaction mechanics were not defined precisely, different character creation rules, different magic items, different party composition on top of the dice luck made for many more unknown variables. </p><p>Pulpy rules like e.g. you rol lfor a random encounter, so it is orc, so you open up the Monster compendium and read something like that no. appearing 2-20 if 6 or more are present then there is a 70% that they are accompanied by a 4hd chieftain etc. etc.</p><p>You*just*cannot*play*1e*or*2e*by*RAW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 7948995, member: 6895991"] A Groups home game: Since I wanted to DM and to play it was rather "you do your thing based on this campaign world and I do mine on the other one". PC Builds: Well they were a (needed) thing in 3.x because of ASI and feat dependency. Before that, magic items would define what becomes of you. I never liked MC much neither the 1e/2e approach nor the 3.x /5e thing. Cannot talk about 4e here. Still I had several MC Dual class NPCs and occasionally PCs especially if a role had to be covered somehow. RAW Was impossible before 3e. Yes it was impossible. Of course it was not possible. Everybody telling different did not make it past his first few encounters - in he never made it, or is lying. You just could not run things by the book. As you surely know, there was much more space for interpretation and many interaction mechanics were not defined precisely, different character creation rules, different magic items, different party composition on top of the dice luck made for many more unknown variables. Pulpy rules like e.g. you rol lfor a random encounter, so it is orc, so you open up the Monster compendium and read something like that no. appearing 2-20 if 6 or more are present then there is a 70% that they are accompanied by a 4hd chieftain etc. etc. You*just*cannot*play*1e*or*2e*by*RAW. [/QUOTE]
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