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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 4681158" data-attributes="member: 40177">You know, as a kid when 2e came out, I really appreciated this.&nbsp; I could actually use 2e to run games - I couldn't do that with 1e.&nbsp; While BECMI was a good step towards marketing the game to kids, I think 2e worked just as well.&nbsp; So, I don't consider the loss of Gygaxian prose to be a bad thing, necessarily.I like his writing, and now, looking back, I like my 1e PHB and DMG more than the 2e counterpart.&nbsp; But, were I going to run an old-school game, I'd run 2e.&nbsp; Yeah, those would have been nice touches.&nbsp; But I think that redesigning the wheel wasn't a goal at the time - I think they were thinking &quot;if it ain't broke, don't fix it&quot;.&nbsp; TSR was still on top of the world at the time, and there wasn't much in the way of real competition.&nbsp; While THAC0 to BAB seems like a no-brainer now, at the time, remember that THAC0 was a pretty big improvement.&nbsp; As for saves - 2e did use ability checks in core rules.&nbsp; And Ability checks replaced saves throughout many of the published materials.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 4681158, member: 40177"] You know, as a kid when 2e came out, I really appreciated this. I could actually use 2e to run games - I couldn't do that with 1e. While BECMI was a good step towards marketing the game to kids, I think 2e worked just as well. So, I don't consider the loss of Gygaxian prose to be a bad thing, necessarily. I like his writing, and now, looking back, I like my 1e PHB and DMG more than the 2e counterpart. But, were I going to run an old-school game, I'd run 2e. Yeah, those would have been nice touches. But I think that redesigning the wheel wasn't a goal at the time - I think they were thinking "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". TSR was still on top of the world at the time, and there wasn't much in the way of real competition. While THAC0 to BAB seems like a no-brainer now, at the time, remember that THAC0 was a pretty big improvement. As for saves - 2e did use ability checks in core rules. And Ability checks replaced saves throughout many of the published materials. [/QUOTE]

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