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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8885312" data-attributes="member: 2209">AD&amp;D had you roll your first level Hit Die. Anybody could roll a 1 at first level. 3e gave you max hp on your first level HD. 1e only went unconscious if you went exactly to 0 hp losing one each round with no roll, otherwise if the blow took you to -1 it was death. 2e was death at -10. 3e gave you staggered at 0, unconscious at -1 and losing 1 per round but with a check to stabilize, then death at -10.AD&amp;D has a lot more save or die effects. Poison in AD&amp;D was generally save or die, in 3e it is ability damage. In AD&amp;D lots of undead things were permanent effects without magic like energy drain, ghost aging 10-40 years per round, etc. In 3e energy drain caused one negative level but you could save to get rid of it the next day.At higher levels however there was a bit more rocket tag in 3e where you can do more offense than defense and if you don't take out an opponent pretty fast there is big potential they can take you out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8885312, member: 2209"] AD&D had you roll your first level Hit Die. Anybody could roll a 1 at first level. 3e gave you max hp on your first level HD. 1e only went unconscious if you went exactly to 0 hp losing one each round with no roll, otherwise if the blow took you to -1 it was death. 2e was death at -10. 3e gave you staggered at 0, unconscious at -1 and losing 1 per round but with a check to stabilize, then death at -10. AD&D has a lot more save or die effects. Poison in AD&D was generally save or die, in 3e it is ability damage. In AD&D lots of undead things were permanent effects without magic like energy drain, ghost aging 10-40 years per round, etc. In 3e energy drain caused one negative level but you could save to get rid of it the next day. At higher levels however there was a bit more rocket tag in 3e where you can do more offense than defense and if you don't take out an opponent pretty fast there is big potential they can take you out. [/QUOTE]

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