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<blockquote data-quote="DarkCrisis" data-source="post: 9369144" data-attributes="member: 1788">Fun stories.Mine:Watched the D&amp;D cartoon as a kid.&nbsp; Never thought about it beyond that.2nd Ed: Tail end of it.&nbsp; Read some Drizzt and Dragonlance.&nbsp; Played some EQ.&nbsp; Decided to give D&amp;D a shot.&nbsp; Local gaming story had a group that met once a week so I went to watch. Clogged the toilet.&nbsp; They still invited me back.&nbsp; First ever character was a Human Fighter duel wielding swords. He wanted to find and marry a mermaid (he was a fisherman by trade).&nbsp; He died in the opening round vs a Death Knight via Power Word Kill.By the by, traded my MtG collection for the 3 core books.&nbsp; YES I regret that.&nbsp; Ugh those cards are worth so much now...3rd Ed:&nbsp; This is when I hit it like a drug addict on crack.&nbsp; Spent way to much money and started DMing (and never quit).&nbsp; First character was a Human Barbarian.&nbsp; DM had us start after a shipwreck on a beach scavenging for supplies which became my favorite way to start a campaign.&nbsp; Looking back now, the whole system was bloated and far to Min/Max able and I have PTSD just looking at a Pathfinder 1E book.&nbsp; I'd play it agan but I'd never want to run it,4th Ed.&nbsp; Bounced off pretty quick.&nbsp; If I wanted to play WoW I'd play WoW. (I was playing WoW at the time btw).5th Ed.&nbsp; D&amp;D is trying to bring us fans back! And it worked for a long time but the more I DMed it the less I liked it.&nbsp; I know some disagree, but this is D&amp;D Superheroes.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's still overly complicated and some of that is baked in.&nbsp; I go play just core 2E or Basic and with a shaving of some oddities and have a better time...&nbsp;&nbsp; Plan to pick up the Core 5.5 and might even run an adventure.&nbsp; We'll see.THEN WE GO BACK1st Ed. Finally picked up 1E and thanks to OSRIC ran it after &quot;Separating the Wheat from the Chaff&quot; and it was great.&nbsp; Ran awesome.&nbsp; Like I said with 2E trim some unneeded stuff and it flies.&nbsp; Yeah the saves are kind of odd but you get used to it.B/X BECMI.&nbsp; Currently running a B/X game and yeah its great.&nbsp; D&amp;D boiled down to simplicity.&nbsp; Sure it has that old school oddness like the Saves but you figure it out.&nbsp; Some OSR systems even change the AC to ascending and use a more modern version of calculating attacks in combat.Speaking of OSR, Shadowdark is almost perfect for me aside from the XP aspect of it.&nbsp; I love running prewritten adventures but converting can be a chore.&nbsp; I wonder if I can just use B/X's leveling system or 3rd eds.&nbsp; Hhmm . But if I made homebrew dungeon stuff I'd use this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarkCrisis, post: 9369144, member: 1788"] Fun stories. Mine: Watched the D&D cartoon as a kid. Never thought about it beyond that. 2nd Ed: Tail end of it. Read some Drizzt and Dragonlance. Played some EQ. Decided to give D&D a shot. Local gaming story had a group that met once a week so I went to watch. Clogged the toilet. They still invited me back. First ever character was a Human Fighter duel wielding swords. He wanted to find and marry a mermaid (he was a fisherman by trade). He died in the opening round vs a Death Knight via Power Word Kill. By the by, traded my MtG collection for the 3 core books. YES I regret that. Ugh those cards are worth so much now... 3rd Ed: This is when I hit it like a drug addict on crack. Spent way to much money and started DMing (and never quit). First character was a Human Barbarian. DM had us start after a shipwreck on a beach scavenging for supplies which became my favorite way to start a campaign. Looking back now, the whole system was bloated and far to Min/Max able and I have PTSD just looking at a Pathfinder 1E book. I'd play it agan but I'd never want to run it, 4th Ed. Bounced off pretty quick. If I wanted to play WoW I'd play WoW. (I was playing WoW at the time btw). 5th Ed. D&D is trying to bring us fans back! And it worked for a long time but the more I DMed it the less I liked it. I know some disagree, but this is D&D Superheroes. It's still overly complicated and some of that is baked in. I go play just core 2E or Basic and with a shaving of some oddities and have a better time... Plan to pick up the Core 5.5 and might even run an adventure. We'll see. THEN WE GO BACK 1st Ed. Finally picked up 1E and thanks to OSRIC ran it after "Separating the Wheat from the Chaff" and it was great. Ran awesome. Like I said with 2E trim some unneeded stuff and it flies. Yeah the saves are kind of odd but you get used to it. B/X BECMI. Currently running a B/X game and yeah its great. D&D boiled down to simplicity. Sure it has that old school oddness like the Saves but you figure it out. Some OSR systems even change the AC to ascending and use a more modern version of calculating attacks in combat. Speaking of OSR, Shadowdark is almost perfect for me aside from the XP aspect of it. I love running prewritten adventures but converting can be a chore. I wonder if I can just use B/X's leveling system or 3rd eds. Hhmm . But if I made homebrew dungeon stuff I'd use this. [/QUOTE]

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