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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 6867214" data-attributes="member: 92305">I loved the AD&D 2E system.  I've played that version more than any other, but that was all back in the day.  We played an adventure about 5 years ago using 2E, but since then, we've been playing a version of 3E (which I quite like as well).2E had Rate of Fire.  So, throwing darts meant something.  A person could throw 3 in a combat round, each doing 1-3 points of damage on a hit.  3-9 damage stacks up well against a longsword that does 1-8.Bows had ROF 2.  New types of arrows were introduced (like doing more damage but having less range).  And, bows meant for certain STR was standard.2E had armor adjustments for weapons, so different weapons did better or worse damage against specific types of armor.  A longsword may do more damage than a mace, but the mace will hit more often against a certain type of common armor. 2E had speed factors, which generally made slower characters with bigger, more unwieldy weapons, go later in the round, allowing faster characters with quicker, more easy to use weapons, to go earlier in the round.Dragons became bad-asses in 2E, with tail swipes and wing buffets in addition to the dragon's normal number of attacks, spells, and breath weapon.2E first promoted the idea of different levels for humanoids.  Not all Orcs were the same level.2E also expanded weapon proficiency slots for special fighter attacks.2E used and expanded upon the late 1E idea of using stats to roll skills.  Non-weapon proficiency slots.There's lots to applaud about the 2E game system.</blockquote>

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