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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5043764" data-attributes="member: 29398">From my own experience, you've got those backwards.Departing from AD+D's rules results in AD+D with different rules.&nbsp; Performing said departure is relatively easy; the game is stable enough to withstand some trial-and-error experiments, and the result can be a very playable and enjoyable game.&nbsp; Mine has lasted me 25 years.Departing from 3e's rules results in, more often than not, a train wreck; mostly because competently performing said departure is - in comparison to 1e - extremely difficult.&nbsp; 3e's design was tight, and based around many different elements relying on each other; thus changing one potentially-unsatisfactory element (let's say, speed of level advancement) often had knock-on effects that could easily send things off the rails (wealth by level goes haywire in a slow-advancing 3e game unless the DM gives out very little treasure; and where's the fun in that?) somewhere further down the track.That's not to say it couldn't be changed at all.&nbsp; You just had to be much more careful with what you were doing.Also, of late there has developed a &quot;thriving industry based on creating variations&quot; of 1e as well...look at all the retro-clones...so that point, if ever relevant at all, has become moot.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 5043764, member: 29398"] From my own experience, you've got those backwards. Departing from AD+D's rules results in AD+D with different rules. Performing said departure is relatively easy; the game is stable enough to withstand some trial-and-error experiments, and the result can be a very playable and enjoyable game. Mine has lasted me 25 years. Departing from 3e's rules results in, more often than not, a train wreck; mostly because competently performing said departure is - in comparison to 1e - extremely difficult. 3e's design was tight, and based around many different elements relying on each other; thus changing one potentially-unsatisfactory element (let's say, speed of level advancement) often had knock-on effects that could easily send things off the rails (wealth by level goes haywire in a slow-advancing 3e game unless the DM gives out very little treasure; and where's the fun in that?) somewhere further down the track. That's not to say it couldn't be changed at all. You just had to be much more careful with what you were doing. Also, of late there has developed a "thriving industry based on creating variations" of 1e as well...look at all the retro-clones...so that point, if ever relevant at all, has become moot. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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