Rough numeric comparison 1e-4e

[Prisoner6]

Number of pages is a misleading metric. The 1e books had *tiny* print and very limited artwork. I'm also relatively certain the tables had much less on them and thus took up less space.

A more meaningful measure would be word count.

 

[Rolflyn]

To be fair wizard and specialist are hardly much different in spell selection. I think he's only including full casters here though not dabblers like the ranger + paladin.

If so, his 3.5 numbers are off.

 

[davethegame]

Crazy, we JUST did something similar, though we've had the numbers for a few weeks now:
A Comparison of Content | Critical Hits

 

[Truename]

Correction + skills & feats

I fixed my original post to include the corrections mentioned above, and I also added skills and feats. Here's the new stuff:

SKILLS & NON-WEAPON PROFICIENCIES
1e: not included
2e: 82 (29 general, 12 priest, 16 rogue, 15 warrior, 10 wizard); 11 pages
3.5e: 45 (35 misc, 10 knowledge); 26 pages
4e: 17; 14 pages

FEATS & WEAPON PROFICIENCIES
1e: 1 (weapon proficiency); less than 1 page
2e: 2 (weapon proficiency, weapon specialization); 2 pages
3.5e: 109 (92 general, 8 item creation, 9 metamagic); 16 pages
4e: 172 (82 heroic, 62 paragon, 17 epic, 11 multiclass); 20 pages

 

[JDJblatherings]

I fixed my original post to include the corrections mentioned above, and I also added skills and feats. Here's the new stuff:

SKILLS & NON-WEAPON PROFICIENCIES
1e: not included

Secondary skills are a weak optional rule that appears in the DMG. So they are included but were ignored and unused by most folks.

 

[jdrakeh]

Secondary skills are a weak optional rule that appears in the DMG. So they are included but were ignored and unused by most folks.

He's comparing PHBs, yo