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What was so bad about the Core 2e rules? Why is it the red-headed stepchild of D&D?
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<blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4599849" data-attributes="member: 70778"><p>Well that was because people tried to use everything in every game like the reason that Punpun character exists, where you aren't supposed to use everything or even close to it all the optional rules. The problem with using too many options was people were using too many options and you didn't need a core to do that, just to start using just the core again.</p><p></p><p>I was more asking the same as WizarDru did though... I ignored 3rd coming in because I didn't need it, but kept hearing how it was better than 2nd form people that never played before and didn't even have 3rd yet. Reminds me of the time prior to 4th coming out when people were just hearing parts of it.</p><p></p><p>So it may not have been an ad campaign, but the marketing seemed to be there via a word-of-mouth campaign that got out because of the hype.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justanobody, post: 4599849, member: 70778"] Well that was because people tried to use everything in every game like the reason that Punpun character exists, where you aren't supposed to use everything or even close to it all the optional rules. The problem with using too many options was people were using too many options and you didn't need a core to do that, just to start using just the core again. I was more asking the same as WizarDru did though... I ignored 3rd coming in because I didn't need it, but kept hearing how it was better than 2nd form people that never played before and didn't even have 3rd yet. Reminds me of the time prior to 4th coming out when people were just hearing parts of it. So it may not have been an ad campaign, but the marketing seemed to be there via a word-of-mouth campaign that got out because of the hype. [/QUOTE]
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