Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions
The difference between Ad&d 1st and 2nd edition?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8646424" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>1E has a lot of niggling rules in inappropriate places, so there's often something missed, misinterpreted, and/or ignored; the basics of combat and magic were pretty consistent BITD, but what the DM knew, and what they chose to use, varied widely</p><p></p><p>Further, a number of 1E specific rules were left out of 2E because the (fairly limited and informal by modern standards) surveys showed that, quite literally, almost no one was using them. Fans of 1E may or may not know them; many who know them don't use them anyway. (Amongst the better known of such: level training. AD&D1E RAW, it's not enough to have the XP, one has to have the training, and to get the training, the gold to pay for it.</p><p></p><p><strong>More importanly than all the above is that 1E PHB & DMG are written in a very stream of consciousness style;</strong> some like that, while I can't stand the gygaxian spew. It includes a lot of what E. Gary Gygax considered best practices, some of which are controversial today. Also note: not all 1Eprintings contain the same content. Early editions don't allow dwarf clerics, later ones do, but only as NPCs; IIRC, Unearthed Arcana allowed PC Dwarf Clerics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8646424, member: 6779310"] 1E has a lot of niggling rules in inappropriate places, so there's often something missed, misinterpreted, and/or ignored; the basics of combat and magic were pretty consistent BITD, but what the DM knew, and what they chose to use, varied widely Further, a number of 1E specific rules were left out of 2E because the (fairly limited and informal by modern standards) surveys showed that, quite literally, almost no one was using them. Fans of 1E may or may not know them; many who know them don't use them anyway. (Amongst the better known of such: level training. AD&D1E RAW, it's not enough to have the XP, one has to have the training, and to get the training, the gold to pay for it. [B]More importanly than all the above is that 1E PHB & DMG are written in a very stream of consciousness style;[/B] some like that, while I can't stand the gygaxian spew. It includes a lot of what E. Gary Gygax considered best practices, some of which are controversial today. Also note: not all 1Eprintings contain the same content. Early editions don't allow dwarf clerics, later ones do, but only as NPCs; IIRC, Unearthed Arcana allowed PC Dwarf Clerics. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
D&D Older Editions
The difference between Ad&d 1st and 2nd edition?
Top