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<blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 3262625" data-attributes="member: 34865"><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">It doesn't feel like <strong>A</strong>D&D, 1st edition to me. And this is a realization I've had: it doesn't, because the bridge isn't from 1e to present. It's from late 2e to present. I think there's a lot of carryover from that era, which <strong>for me</strong> was too much, because I never went that far along. I've been happy in my backwards, "bad old days" gaming for many, many, <em>many</em> years. While I've run and played in current D&D I've never truly been comfortable there because (aside from...maybe a half dozen or ten sessions of 2e) I didn't "evolve" along with everyone else. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">So yes, I admit. <em><strong>To me</strong></em> it doesn't seem like <strong>AD&D</strong>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">I don't see the similarity with "my" <strong>AD&D</strong>, but I recognize it's probably "better" for folks coming from a fully evolved (IOW played through 2e to current) point of view.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">I don't mean that by way of denigration, however.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">HEY, that's a quote from a different d20 game (and one I rather enjoy, actually...! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">Are you percieving insult where none is? I don't mean any. I think just wiping the slate clean, dropping the silly number (and it is silly, and "three point five" is even more ridiculous; the only software I can think of that has prominently featured a "3.5" designation is WinNT 3.51, and is that something <strong>you'd</strong> want associated with <strong>any</strong> D&D?! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ) and calling it D&D might have been better overall. Regardless of what you, or I, think of the "cleanliness" of the break between 1e/2e and the current edition it <strong>is</strong> there, and a tabula rasa approach would've served the game better.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'">In my opinion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'century gothic'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thedungeondelver, post: 3262625, member: 34865"] [font=century gothic] It doesn't feel like [b]A[/b]D&D, 1st edition to me. And this is a realization I've had: it doesn't, because the bridge isn't from 1e to present. It's from late 2e to present. I think there's a lot of carryover from that era, which [b]for me[/b] was too much, because I never went that far along. I've been happy in my backwards, "bad old days" gaming for many, many, [i]many[/i] years. While I've run and played in current D&D I've never truly been comfortable there because (aside from...maybe a half dozen or ten sessions of 2e) I didn't "evolve" along with everyone else. So yes, I admit. [i][b]To me[/b][/i][b][/b] it doesn't seem like [b]AD&D[/b]. I don't see the similarity with "my" [b]AD&D[/b], but I recognize it's probably "better" for folks coming from a fully evolved (IOW played through 2e to current) point of view. I don't mean that by way of denigration, however. HEY, that's a quote from a different d20 game (and one I rather enjoy, actually...! :) ) Are you percieving insult where none is? I don't mean any. I think just wiping the slate clean, dropping the silly number (and it is silly, and "three point five" is even more ridiculous; the only software I can think of that has prominently featured a "3.5" designation is WinNT 3.51, and is that something [b]you'd[/b] want associated with [b]any[/b] D&D?! :D ) and calling it D&D might have been better overall. Regardless of what you, or I, think of the "cleanliness" of the break between 1e/2e and the current edition it [b]is[/b] there, and a tabula rasa approach would've served the game better. In my opinion. [/font] [/QUOTE]
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