D&D General What's your second favorite edition of D&D?

[Voadam]

4e. I can’t go back to magic item treadmills, +1/2 level to everything, and a million micro-bonuses and penalties. But if it weren’t for those issues, it would still be my favorite.

The DMG2/Dark Sun Campaign Setting inherent bonuses took care of the item treadmill issue very well IMO.

 

[GreatestHonor]

3.X

 

[Clint_L]

1e - you never forget your first. No other version of the game will ever repeat that magic, though all of the subsequent editions had mechanical improvements.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

1st edition AD&D.

 

[Charlaquin]

The DMG2/Dark Sun Campaign Setting inherent bonuses took care of the item treadmill issue very well IMO.

Eh, it got the job done, but it was a kludge. What I would ideally like is a 4e-like system built from the ground up with bounded accuracy in mind. Sadly, with 4e never having been part of the OGL that’s unlikely to ever happen.

 

[Dioltach]

BECMI.

 

[Maxperson]

D&D 3.5. AD&D 2e would be third.

2e is third for me as well.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

if we're only counting official dnd, then 5e. if we're counting derivatives, either 4e or pf2e (not really sure which i prefer). i'll let you decide if they're fighting for 1st or 2nd.

 

[TwoSix]

Pathfinder 1st edition since it is D&D 3.75 but if you want D&D specifically, I'd have to say 2nd edition.

You (and anyone else) are welcome to use whatever version of the game you want to define as "D&D". If that's PF1 or 13th Age or Shadowdark or Tales of the Valiant for you, that's good for me.

 

[overgeeked]

2nd favorite? AD&D.