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<blockquote data-quote="fletch137" data-source="post: 5773628" data-attributes="member: 19337">Basic D&amp;DThe way adventuring changed over the life of the character.&nbsp; Rather than just levelling up to fight different monsters, PCs would pass through phases of dungeon--&gt;wilderness--&gt;kingdom building--&gt;multi-planar--&gt;godhood.1st Ed.Adventures based on self-serving dungeon looting rather than heroic village saving.2nd Ed.Rich settings and adventures to explore them.&nbsp; Al-Qadim particularly hit this bullseye for me, releasing bunches of great locales with epic, non-linear adventures.3rd Ed.Crafting rules.&nbsp; Not just being able to make your own sword (which I did like), but the recipe-based rules for building magic items still make me smile.&nbsp; So much more enjoyable to &quot;earn&quot; a magic item than just shelling out gold.4th Ed.Character roles.&nbsp; I liked knowing what my purpose was.&nbsp; I'd like to see that expanded to non-combat roles too, such as dungeoneering or social skills.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fletch137, post: 5773628, member: 19337"] Basic D&D The way adventuring changed over the life of the character. Rather than just levelling up to fight different monsters, PCs would pass through phases of dungeon-->wilderness-->kingdom building-->multi-planar-->godhood. 1st Ed. Adventures based on self-serving dungeon looting rather than heroic village saving. 2nd Ed. Rich settings and adventures to explore them. Al-Qadim particularly hit this bullseye for me, releasing bunches of great locales with epic, non-linear adventures. 3rd Ed. Crafting rules. Not just being able to make your own sword (which I did like), but the recipe-based rules for building magic items still make me smile. So much more enjoyable to "earn" a magic item than just shelling out gold. 4th Ed. Character roles. I liked knowing what my purpose was. I'd like to see that expanded to non-combat roles too, such as dungeoneering or social skills. [/QUOTE]

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