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<blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 1480223" data-attributes="member: 1014">I've been playing D&amp;D since the blue box.&nbsp; You kids talk about &quot;dice&quot;.&nbsp; We had chits you had to cut out and put into dixie cups ... and we were thankful!3rd edition is more D&amp;D than D&amp;D (sorry diaglo)<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't get into arguments about where people are in a combat.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">People can arbitrarily die just as quickly, only now its more in the high levels (where they get rezzes) instead of the low levels (where they don't).</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Orcs are tougher.&nbsp; They are chaotic, which is a shame, but they are tougher.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elves are weaker.&nbsp; They look like they got wacked upside the head, which is a shame, but they are weaker.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The modules make more sense and are less capricious.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wizards have a more diverse spell selection than Magic-Users ... they also have a better name.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bards can no longer solo a Panzer division.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">There is more meaningless crap for me to dive into than ever before.&nbsp; People act like there was no crap in the days of 1e.&nbsp; Oh, there was, there most gloriously was.&nbsp; But the 3e crap is better than the 1e crap ever was (I'm thinking specifically about a module that had a penguin artist and a rip off of Thomas Heretic ... no lie).</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cripes.&nbsp; The 3e era is like the future from Bill &amp; Ted's Excellent Adventure &quot;The Air is clean, the water is clean, even the DIRT is clean!&nbsp; Bolwing averages are way up, mini-golf scores are way down.&nbsp; And we have more excellent water slides than any planet we communicate with.&quot;</li>
</ul>3e rocks my socks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BiggusGeekus, post: 1480223, member: 1014"] I've been playing D&D since the blue box. You kids talk about "dice". We had chits you had to cut out and put into dixie cups ... [i]and we were thankful![/i] 3rd edition is more D&D than D&D (sorry diaglo) [list]I don't get into arguments about where people are in a combat.[/list] [list]People can arbitrarily die just as quickly, only now its more in the high levels (where they get rezzes) instead of the low levels (where they don't).[/list] [list]Orcs are tougher. They are chaotic, which is a shame, but they are tougher.[/list] [list]Elves are weaker. They look like they got wacked upside the head, which is a shame, but they are weaker.[/list] [list]The modules make more sense and are less capricious.[/list] [list]Wizards have a more diverse spell selection than Magic-Users ... they also have a better name.[/list] [list]Bards can no longer solo a Panzer division.[/list] [list]There is more meaningless crap for me to dive into than ever before. People act like there was no crap in the days of 1e. Oh, there was, there most gloriously was. But the 3e crap is better than the 1e crap ever was (I'm thinking specifically about a module that had a penguin artist and a rip off of Thomas Heretic ... no lie).[/list] [list]Cripes. The 3e era is like the future from [u]Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure[/u] [i]"The Air is clean, the water is clean, even the DIRT is clean! Bolwing averages are way up, mini-golf scores are way down. And we have more excellent water slides than any planet we communicate with."[/i][/list] 3e rocks my socks. [/QUOTE]

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