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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 208178" data-attributes="member: 1015"><p>1. THAC0 made little to no sense, and it seemed like it was complicated for the sake of being complicated. Although BAB works basically the same way, it is MUCH simpler to use.</p><p></p><p>2. 2e elves were too powerful. Although they had a few small disadvantages, they more than made up for it in advantages. Other demi-humans in 2e were overpowered as well (although not to the extent of elves). As stated above, the only reason you'd want to play as a human in 2e was for the ability to dual-class.</p><p></p><p>3. The multiclassing rules were very confusing. I took a look at the 2e multiclassing rules after playing 3e for a while, and I thought "What the hell was TSR thinking?"</p><p></p><p>4. Too many books.</p><p></p><p>5. Too many charts.</p><p></p><p>6. Character kits.</p><p></p><p>7. As stated in previous posts, the rules were inconsistant: Sometimes it was good to roll high, sometimes it was good to roll low. In 3e, a high roll is always good (unless you happen to be on the recieving end of that high die roll <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />).</p><p></p><p>Well, those are my reasons for disliking 2e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Jezter, post: 208178, member: 1015"] 1. THAC0 made little to no sense, and it seemed like it was complicated for the sake of being complicated. Although BAB works basically the same way, it is MUCH simpler to use. 2. 2e elves were too powerful. Although they had a few small disadvantages, they more than made up for it in advantages. Other demi-humans in 2e were overpowered as well (although not to the extent of elves). As stated above, the only reason you'd want to play as a human in 2e was for the ability to dual-class. 3. The multiclassing rules were very confusing. I took a look at the 2e multiclassing rules after playing 3e for a while, and I thought "What the hell was TSR thinking?" 4. Too many books. 5. Too many charts. 6. Character kits. 7. As stated in previous posts, the rules were inconsistant: Sometimes it was good to roll high, sometimes it was good to roll low. In 3e, a high roll is always good (unless you happen to be on the recieving end of that high die roll ;)). Well, those are my reasons for disliking 2e. [/QUOTE]
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