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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8684831" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Honestly, of course there were some. I think the truth is though, 2e's rules were just a bit cleaner and easier to use than 1e's, and they are BASICALLY the same mechanics. So if you wanted to use some 1e thing that wasn't available in 2e or didn't do what you wanted, you just used the 1e version and it 'just worked'. Half-Orcs are a prime example, nobody was really deprived of them as long as they had a 1e PHB. So, I think a LOT of us basically played 1e with 2e rules. I mean, I think a lot of us never really even thoroughly read the 2e rules, we just noted what was missing, converted characters and monsters to the 2e versions, and kept the 1e versions of the missing stuff and played on uninterrupted. 1e stuff was readily available for anyone that wanted it, even in the late '90s you could still pick up a lot of the books in book stores and hobby shops brand new if you just dug around in the back of the store a bit. I mean, stuff like OA never DID get a reprint (there were 2e supplements that provided kits that did similar stuff). Still, I never played with anyone who eschewed THAC0 and insisted on using 1e attack tables instead, or stuck with d6 initiative rolls.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 8684831, member: 82106"] Honestly, of course there were some. I think the truth is though, 2e's rules were just a bit cleaner and easier to use than 1e's, and they are BASICALLY the same mechanics. So if you wanted to use some 1e thing that wasn't available in 2e or didn't do what you wanted, you just used the 1e version and it 'just worked'. Half-Orcs are a prime example, nobody was really deprived of them as long as they had a 1e PHB. So, I think a LOT of us basically played 1e with 2e rules. I mean, I think a lot of us never really even thoroughly read the 2e rules, we just noted what was missing, converted characters and monsters to the 2e versions, and kept the 1e versions of the missing stuff and played on uninterrupted. 1e stuff was readily available for anyone that wanted it, even in the late '90s you could still pick up a lot of the books in book stores and hobby shops brand new if you just dug around in the back of the store a bit. I mean, stuff like OA never DID get a reprint (there were 2e supplements that provided kits that did similar stuff). Still, I never played with anyone who eschewed THAC0 and insisted on using 1e attack tables instead, or stuck with d6 initiative rolls. [/QUOTE]

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