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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 1459035" data-attributes="member: 11697">Well for starters, I never played a single game of D&D till 3rd ed had already been out for a few months. *grin*However after getting to know the system and feel of 3e D&D I discovered Planescape (and to a lesser extent RL and DS) and realized just how much of a soul 3e lacked. Mechanics-wise it blew the socks off of the 2e stuff, but it was seemingly devoid of ingenuity, flavor, fluff, and the sheer detail that 2e products oozed (especially Planescape).I've never played a 2e game, but I get more use from my 2e books than I do half of my 3e books. 2e flavor text and metaplots = brilliant. 3e is sorely lacking this in many cases.However... that said, I've been more and more impressed with the quality and depth that FR has gotten in 3e. There's a high standard for most of the books for that setting, and I must comment on that.As well, the 3e Manual of the Planes was very very good, though simply for page length it couldn't contain the depth of material that Planescape had created and handed to it on a silver platter. It's my favorite 3e book, hands down, and hopefully the Planar Handbook this summer is just as good. I expect it to be so, at least with respect to some things. *gets a knowing glimmer in one eye but says nothing*</blockquote>