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<blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 1588211" data-attributes="member: 5890">In first ed, there were no rules for anything beyond combat and magic. So the GM was free to make it up.In 3rd ed, there are rules for just about anything, and they're not too difficult to find. The GM doesn't need to make anything up.In 2nd ed, there was something in the middle - enough rules that the GM wasn't free to make stuff up, but few enough that you could rarely find the rule you needed, and the GM would be forced to make something up. Furthermore rules were so difficult to find that often the GM would makes something up, and it'd be wrong, and you'd never be sure whether a rule really existed or not.I much prefer 3rd ed to 1st ed, because I like having rules to use - after all, if I'm just making stuff up, there are plenty of systems that I can do that with that are far, far better than any version of D&amp;D.I prefer anything to 2nd ed, because it gives the worst of both worlds from rules-light and rules-heavy, and adds in a good dollop of total confusion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saeviomagy, post: 1588211, member: 5890"] In first ed, there were no rules for anything beyond combat and magic. So the GM was free to make it up. In 3rd ed, there are rules for just about anything, and they're not too difficult to find. The GM doesn't need to make anything up. In 2nd ed, there was something in the middle - enough rules that the GM wasn't free to make stuff up, but few enough that you could rarely find the rule you needed, and the GM would be forced to make something up. Furthermore rules were so difficult to find that often the GM would makes something up, and it'd be wrong, and you'd never be sure whether a rule really existed or not. I much prefer 3rd ed to 1st ed, because I like having rules to use - after all, if I'm just making stuff up, there are plenty of systems that I can do that with that are far, far better than any version of D&D. I prefer anything to 2nd ed, because it gives the worst of both worlds from rules-light and rules-heavy, and adds in a good dollop of total confusion. [/QUOTE]

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