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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1408898" data-attributes="member: 3424">Just as a follow up to my previous post, the fact that more people are now willing or able to DM may have partly created the impression that 1e or 2e games were more flavorful.  It might simply have been due to the fact that only the most imaginative and creative people (or those who thought they were) dared to DM in 1e and 2e. The games were good only because the DMs were good, not through any superior quality of the game system.  Take a simple +1 longsword, for example:Good DM: The longsword bears the mark of a crossed shield, identifying it as one of the blades crafted by the master swordsmiths of the realm for the Hundred Heroes who fought against the fiendish beasts from the Shadow Gate.Player: Wow.Average DM: This is a generic +1 longsword.Player: OK, I use it to make a generic attack against the generic orc.Bad DM: You swing your sword at the orc, but it shatters harmlessly against its skin.  While you are staring at the broken blade in amazement, the elven archwizard Thalor the Mighty teleports in, blasts the orc with a barrage of magic missiles and saves you all.  How are you going to show your gratitude?Player:I'm starting my own game.</blockquote>