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<blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 4285311" data-attributes="member: 518"><p>Here's some I remember</p><p></p><p>Dwarven Wizards????</p><p></p><p>Wizards with Swords???? and Crossbows??</p><p></p><p>Clerics with Swords?????? (from those of us who didn't use any 2E specialty priests/kits)</p><p></p><p>Greyhawk is the default setting?? agg...I want my (insert even less popular setting here)!</p><p></p><p>wait a minute..ANY RACE..can be ANY CLASS? WHAT THE F!!!!!!!</p><p></p><p>The MM is how many pages? Umm..sorry the Monstrous Manual is like twice that size ..what a freakin' rip.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now for some counterpoint-</p><p></p><p>It was MUCH MUCH more exciting- WOTC had saved TSR and turned it around and was bringing back alot of 1E D&D-isms that had been lost during the dark days. A Manual of the Planes??? A remake of TOEE? Gary Gygax writing a column in dragon Mag? Phil & Dixie????</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, and we aren't going to make you buy any other books besides the 3 corebooks and possiblya campaign setting to use a splat or accessory book (coming off 2E , this was a HUGE relief for many)</p><p></p><p>And the D20 license made things even more exciting- Things like Ravenloft being farmed out to WW, and Gamma World, all the smaller publishers like Necro and Green Ronin, and FFG, and on and on. There was so much to look forward to. It was an amazing time for D&D.</p><p></p><p>Kalamar was an OFFICIAL licensed setting! And they got to re-do the AD&D books in Hackmaster. </p><p></p><p>And hell...lets not forget full color core books for $19.99 for the first year or so. </p><p></p><p>And Plans for a d20 MODERN?? </p><p></p><p>D20 Star Wars is gonna be out a couple months after the PHB!!</p><p></p><p>This was another "golden age" for D&D , WOTC gave off a really different vibe of being "just like you and I", and certainly their mentality was a huge change in direction from TSR's previous 10 years. WOTC worked damn hard to impress and win over the gaming community at that time.</p><p></p><p>Of course 2 years down the road most of the guys from the 3E release had left WOTC to do their own thing and things started to change . The game (with it's increasing fiddly complexity and add-ons) and company attitude (not nearly so gamer friendly as it had been) was something that totally turned me off.</p><p></p><p>Its pretty wild how good things were 3E release compared to this one- which is frankly as exciting as watching paint peel. The front page on Eric Noahs site was FILLED with gobs of infomation day in and day out..from WOTC proper and other D20 companies. Today..not even a week after release we have...that not so excirting video interview.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(please dont mistake this as 4E hate- its not)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JeffB, post: 4285311, member: 518"] Here's some I remember Dwarven Wizards???? Wizards with Swords???? and Crossbows?? Clerics with Swords?????? (from those of us who didn't use any 2E specialty priests/kits) Greyhawk is the default setting?? agg...I want my (insert even less popular setting here)! wait a minute..ANY RACE..can be ANY CLASS? WHAT THE F!!!!!!! The MM is how many pages? Umm..sorry the Monstrous Manual is like twice that size ..what a freakin' rip. Now for some counterpoint- It was MUCH MUCH more exciting- WOTC had saved TSR and turned it around and was bringing back alot of 1E D&D-isms that had been lost during the dark days. A Manual of the Planes??? A remake of TOEE? Gary Gygax writing a column in dragon Mag? Phil & Dixie???? Oh yeah, and we aren't going to make you buy any other books besides the 3 corebooks and possiblya campaign setting to use a splat or accessory book (coming off 2E , this was a HUGE relief for many) And the D20 license made things even more exciting- Things like Ravenloft being farmed out to WW, and Gamma World, all the smaller publishers like Necro and Green Ronin, and FFG, and on and on. There was so much to look forward to. It was an amazing time for D&D. Kalamar was an OFFICIAL licensed setting! And they got to re-do the AD&D books in Hackmaster. And hell...lets not forget full color core books for $19.99 for the first year or so. And Plans for a d20 MODERN?? D20 Star Wars is gonna be out a couple months after the PHB!! This was another "golden age" for D&D , WOTC gave off a really different vibe of being "just like you and I", and certainly their mentality was a huge change in direction from TSR's previous 10 years. WOTC worked damn hard to impress and win over the gaming community at that time. Of course 2 years down the road most of the guys from the 3E release had left WOTC to do their own thing and things started to change . The game (with it's increasing fiddly complexity and add-ons) and company attitude (not nearly so gamer friendly as it had been) was something that totally turned me off. Its pretty wild how good things were 3E release compared to this one- which is frankly as exciting as watching paint peel. The front page on Eric Noahs site was FILLED with gobs of infomation day in and day out..from WOTC proper and other D20 companies. Today..not even a week after release we have...that not so excirting video interview. (please dont mistake this as 4E hate- its not) [/QUOTE]
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