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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 3326357" data-attributes="member: 7635">You know, its odd having never played 1e, to look back at it. I recall the first time I cracked the &quot;core three&quot; 1e books. I had bought them cheap in a used book store (original covers in fact!) and wanted to learn what the differences were. I walked away confused. I understood there wasn't proficiencies and there was a monk class, but I didn't expect a lot of things...I couldn't find encumbrance rules! How much could I carry? Forget that, how far could I MOVE! Why didn't Illusionists get bonus XP for high ability scores? WHAT THE HECK WAS UP WITH THE RANGER? Where in the world is a &quot;goblin&quot; giant-class? Wait, how does initiative work again? Casting Time: 1 SEGMENT? And what's this about weapon speeds NOT affecting initiative? Elves&nbsp; can cast in armor? Gygax's prose was elegant, but unwieldy. I loved when he riffed on the nature of cleric spells or gold in a dungeon, but I JUST WANTED TO FIND THE SILLY MOVEMENT RULES! There was no organization, no attempt to get like-concepts together. Ultimately, I decided I liked 2e more, if for no other reason I knew what my movement rate in armor was! In short, I salute all of you who ever used those books to game, my inner Virgo cried trying to look anything up!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 3326357, member: 7635"] You know, its odd having never played 1e, to look back at it. I recall the first time I cracked the "core three" 1e books. I had bought them cheap in a used book store (original covers in fact!) and wanted to learn what the differences were. I walked away confused. I understood there wasn't proficiencies and there was a monk class, but I didn't expect a lot of things... I couldn't find encumbrance rules! How much could I carry? Forget that, how far could I MOVE! Why didn't Illusionists get bonus XP for high ability scores? WHAT THE HECK WAS UP WITH THE RANGER? Where in the world is a "goblin" giant-class? Wait, how does initiative work again? Casting Time: 1 SEGMENT? And what's this about weapon speeds NOT affecting initiative? Elves can cast in armor? Gygax's prose was elegant, but unwieldy. I loved when he riffed on the nature of cleric spells or gold in a dungeon, but I JUST WANTED TO FIND THE SILLY MOVEMENT RULES! There was no organization, no attempt to get like-concepts together. Ultimately, I decided I liked 2e more, if for no other reason I knew what my movement rate in armor was! In short, I salute all of you who ever used those books to game, my inner Virgo cried trying to look anything up! [/QUOTE]

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