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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 7928719" data-attributes="member: 2804"><p>I grew up playing old school D&amp;D. I would never go back to it for a long term campaign. Far too limiting and lethal. Its wizards with crossbows and 15 minute adventuring day turned up to 11. Your skill at surviving was based on how persuasive you could be with the DM in talking your way through situations, and cleverly avoiding both combat and any situation that required a die roll as randomness was your enemy. For a one shot or mini-campaign, it can be a lot of fun if all the players and the DM really &quot;get&quot; that old school style of play and recognize that your PC is just a shallow proxy for you the player to interact with the world, and you are prepared to quickly roll up another when needed. If you try to play old school with a modern story-oriented sensibility, you will only be frustrated when your handcrafted PC with the developed background inevitably perishes. It requires a very different mindset.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 7928719, member: 2804"] I grew up playing old school D&D. I would never go back to it for a long term campaign. Far too limiting and lethal. Its wizards with crossbows and 15 minute adventuring day turned up to 11. Your skill at surviving was based on how persuasive you could be with the DM in talking your way through situations, and cleverly avoiding both combat and any situation that required a die roll as randomness was your enemy. For a one shot or mini-campaign, it can be a lot of fun if all the players and the DM really "get" that old school style of play and recognize that your PC is just a shallow proxy for you the player to interact with the world, and you are prepared to quickly roll up another when needed. If you try to play old school with a modern story-oriented sensibility, you will only be frustrated when your handcrafted PC with the developed background inevitably perishes. It requires a very different mindset. [/QUOTE]

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