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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8040742" data-attributes="member: 6775477">There was a lot of similarities between the earlier editions, but mechanically they were different enough to prevent use of characters between editions (although converting them wasn't impossible). The original concept for 2E was supposed to allow 1E characters to play in 2E, but that didn't make it to the final version. Two aspects that were easily transferable was magic items and adventures. Magic items and adventures could be used almost interchangeably between those editions. A few tweaks here and there were all you really needed to fit the edition you were playing. It was quite common to use BECMI adventures in AD&amp;D, since not only were there far more of them, but they were usually much better than the AD&amp;D ones.Those adventures could be used in any edition, but converting them to 3E or 4E was harder than the earlier editions or 5E. Monsters and magic items had difficulty in those editions, because converting them (if they didn't make the edition) took a lot of work to make them balanced. 4E had extra difficulty because of the encounter design assumptions. Conversely, converting 3E adventures back to earlier editions or 5E has been fairly simple. I haven't converted any 4E adventures to any other edition, but to be honest I didn't like any of the ones I saw.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8040742, member: 6775477"] There was a lot of similarities between the earlier editions, but mechanically they were different enough to prevent use of characters between editions (although converting them wasn't impossible). The original concept for 2E was supposed to allow 1E characters to play in 2E, but that didn't make it to the final version. Two aspects that were easily transferable was magic items and adventures. Magic items and adventures could be used almost interchangeably between those editions. A few tweaks here and there were all you really needed to fit the edition you were playing. It was quite common to use BECMI adventures in AD&D, since not only were there far more of them, but they were usually much better than the AD&D ones. Those adventures could be used in any edition, but converting them to 3E or 4E was harder than the earlier editions or 5E. Monsters and magic items had difficulty in those editions, because converting them (if they didn't make the edition) took a lot of work to make them balanced. 4E had extra difficulty because of the encounter design assumptions. Conversely, converting 3E adventures back to earlier editions or 5E has been fairly simple. I haven't converted any 4E adventures to any other edition, but to be honest I didn't like any of the ones I saw. [/QUOTE]

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