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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9226245" data-attributes="member: 7026594">Both of these.This is part of why I usually say that B/X and 4E are probably my two favorite editions overall.&nbsp; They provide different play experiences, emphasizing different parts of D&amp;D (exploration and risk management vs set piece tactical combat and a different kind of resource management), but both give you monsters and magic and excitement.&nbsp; A B/X Magic-user doesn't get cantrips/at-will magic (although it's easy to house rule them some minor stuff to feel more magical), but their spells are individually more powerful and decisive in impact, as a rule.&nbsp; It's a different experience to play a Magic-User who mostly stays out of fights except when they need to deploy a room-clearer like Sleep or Fireball and often END or decide a combat right then and there, but if the game in question isn't centered on large numbers of long, set-piece fights, that can still be quite a fun play experience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 9226245, member: 7026594"] Both of these. This is part of why I usually say that B/X and 4E are probably my two favorite editions overall. They provide different play experiences, emphasizing different parts of D&D (exploration and risk management vs set piece tactical combat and a different kind of resource management), but both give you monsters and magic and excitement. A B/X Magic-user doesn't get cantrips/at-will magic (although it's easy to house rule them some minor stuff to feel more magical), but their spells are individually more powerful and decisive in impact, as a rule. It's a different experience to play a Magic-User who mostly stays out of fights except when they need to deploy a room-clearer like Sleep or Fireball and often END or decide a combat right then and there, but if the game in question isn't centered on large numbers of long, set-piece fights, that can still be quite a fun play experience. [/QUOTE]

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