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<blockquote data-quote="Hrothgar Rannúlfr" data-source="post: 6565990" data-attributes="member: 54436"><p>My journey...</p><p></p><p>A friend gave me a copy of the red player's book from the basic set in the 80's. I got to play a mash-up of Basic and AD&D with him and his friends for a few adventures. When he retired from the game, he sold me his AD&D DM's Guide. I picked up an AD&D Player's Handbook and it wasn't long till I was hooked on AD&D and Dragonlance. My friends and I must've had 50+ characters in various parts of Krynn and in different times or timelines (including a wizard that became a lich and another player that had an incredible fighter with a vorpal sword he'd taken from a giant chief). Not to mention going immortal and battling some of the deities from Legends and Lore and taking over their spheres of influence. Those were the days! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>Then, graduated high school and moved on to jobs and college. Bought the AD&D 2nd Edition core books and several of the Player's Option Guides, but didn't get a chance to play them much.</p><p></p><p>Didn't think much about D&D until I happened upon 3.0 by accident. The core books were on sale on Amazon for something like $13 a piece. Couldn't pass them up, so I got them and called some old friends from high school and immediately got a game going.</p><p></p><p>Then there was 3.X. Loved it. Lots of options, but couldn't keep up with all of them or all the math. But, played and loved it, anyway. When 4th edition came out, a long time friend and I went to the bookstore and looked through the PHB and were unimpressed. It didn't seem like a D&D book. But, Pathfinder did. So, we gradually embraced a mashed up version of 3X/PF and played it for a long time (sticking to the lower levels, as I was a real fan of E6).</p><p></p><p>Then came 5E. And, the math and advantage/disadvantage seemed so simple. And, it looked like it'd be easy for me to houserule anything I wanted to keep from 3X/PF. So, we've embraced it and are using our 3X/PF materials as we want (converting math as needed). I'm getting characters ready to enter a friend's Hoard of the Dragon Queen campaign, soon. And, I'll continue the Shackled City, too. And, we've got about three other homebrew campaigns going, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hrothgar Rannúlfr, post: 6565990, member: 54436"] My journey... A friend gave me a copy of the red player's book from the basic set in the 80's. I got to play a mash-up of Basic and AD&D with him and his friends for a few adventures. When he retired from the game, he sold me his AD&D DM's Guide. I picked up an AD&D Player's Handbook and it wasn't long till I was hooked on AD&D and Dragonlance. My friends and I must've had 50+ characters in various parts of Krynn and in different times or timelines (including a wizard that became a lich and another player that had an incredible fighter with a vorpal sword he'd taken from a giant chief). Not to mention going immortal and battling some of the deities from Legends and Lore and taking over their spheres of influence. Those were the days! :cool: Then, graduated high school and moved on to jobs and college. Bought the AD&D 2nd Edition core books and several of the Player's Option Guides, but didn't get a chance to play them much. Didn't think much about D&D until I happened upon 3.0 by accident. The core books were on sale on Amazon for something like $13 a piece. Couldn't pass them up, so I got them and called some old friends from high school and immediately got a game going. Then there was 3.X. Loved it. Lots of options, but couldn't keep up with all of them or all the math. But, played and loved it, anyway. When 4th edition came out, a long time friend and I went to the bookstore and looked through the PHB and were unimpressed. It didn't seem like a D&D book. But, Pathfinder did. So, we gradually embraced a mashed up version of 3X/PF and played it for a long time (sticking to the lower levels, as I was a real fan of E6). Then came 5E. And, the math and advantage/disadvantage seemed so simple. And, it looked like it'd be easy for me to houserule anything I wanted to keep from 3X/PF. So, we've embraced it and are using our 3X/PF materials as we want (converting math as needed). I'm getting characters ready to enter a friend's Hoard of the Dragon Queen campaign, soon. And, I'll continue the Shackled City, too. And, we've got about three other homebrew campaigns going, too. [/QUOTE]
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