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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 3103988" data-attributes="member: 3586">Oh, certainly! As I said in another thread, D&amp;D has always been an evolving game. In fact, some of the clunkiest bits of 3e come from earlier editions. A case in point would be the skills of Move Silently and Hide. They were separate in AD&amp;D, and so they've been preserved here, along with Listen/Spot as their opposites. However, as more recent designs have built on this, these skills evolve into &quot;Sneak&quot; (or &quot;Stealth&quot;) and &quot;Notice&quot;. The result is far more efficient.(There are a few clangers in 1e as well, such as weapons vs armour types, especially as they didn't apply to monsters!)However, the basic structure of the game - Resolution, Abilities, Races, Classes, Skills &amp; Feats - is extremely solid. Even if you don't like the current feat system, it wouldn't be hard to have more basic feats (+1 to attack, +1 to skill, etc.) that would fulfill the same function, if not quite so entertainingly.D&amp;D is a game that, ever since its original release, has had option after option after option added to it. In 2e, the options overwhelmed the system utterly. (This started about the year after it was released, as the lack of any form of balance in the Complete series kicked in). 3e provides the basis, the benchmark and the framework to which options can be added. Feats and Skills, in particular, are in the system because they work extremely well, although they might not be to the taste of the minimalistic players out there.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 3103988, member: 3586"] Oh, certainly! As I said in another thread, D&D has always been an evolving game. In fact, some of the clunkiest bits of 3e come from earlier editions. A case in point would be the skills of Move Silently and Hide. They were separate in AD&D, and so they've been preserved here, along with Listen/Spot as their opposites. However, as more recent designs have built on this, these skills evolve into "Sneak" (or "Stealth") and "Notice". The result is far more efficient. (There are a few clangers in 1e as well, such as weapons vs armour types, especially as they didn't apply to monsters!) However, the basic structure of the game - Resolution, Abilities, Races, Classes, Skills & Feats - is extremely solid. Even if you don't like the current feat system, it wouldn't be hard to have more basic feats (+1 to attack, +1 to skill, etc.) that would fulfill the same function, if not quite so entertainingly. D&D is a game that, ever since its original release, has had option after option after option added to it. In 2e, the options overwhelmed the system utterly. (This started about the year after it was released, as the lack of any form of balance in the Complete series kicked in). 3e provides the basis, the benchmark and the framework to which options can be added. Feats and Skills, in particular, are in the system because they work extremely well, although they might not be to the taste of the minimalistic players out there. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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