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<blockquote data-quote="BiggusGeekus" data-source="post: 2031642" data-attributes="member: 1014">He's not dead he's &quot;vitally challenged&quot;!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />That and 3.x cares more about your game than 1e ever did.1e had no problem in tossing you head first into the fantastic.&nbsp; 2e did and 3e really, really does.&nbsp; The old-school gamers make fun of 3e's persnickety almost nanny-ish attention to balance.&nbsp; But 3e was designed around a gaming group while 1e and 2e were more about throwing the game at you in full color extravaganza.Ever play Egg of the Phoenix?&nbsp; My group did.&nbsp; It's a huge roller coaster of a module that ended in a demi plane that would blow up if you cast too many spells.&nbsp; There was a percentage chance.&nbsp; Guess what the group rolled the first time?&nbsp; 02.&nbsp; Boom.&nbsp; No more game.You don't see that in 3e because in 3e we think a 7% chance to end the game is stupid.&nbsp; I think we're right, but there is a certain loss of tension and drama.&nbsp; And don't give me the whole &quot;fudge the roll&quot; routine, because if you have to fudge a save-or-die roll then you have to wonder why the roll was meant to be in there in the first place.3e is a better game.&nbsp; But it does have to work a little harder at being as grand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BiggusGeekus, post: 2031642, member: 1014"] He's not dead he's "vitally challenged"! ;) That and 3.x cares more about your game than 1e ever did. 1e had no problem in tossing you head first into the fantastic. 2e did and 3e really, really does. The old-school gamers make fun of 3e's persnickety almost nanny-ish attention to balance. But 3e was designed around a gaming group while 1e and 2e were more about throwing the game at you in full color extravaganza. Ever play [i]Egg of the Phoenix[/i]? My group did. It's a huge roller coaster of a module that ended in a demi plane that would blow up if you cast too many spells. There was a percentage chance. Guess what the group rolled the first time? 02. Boom. No more game. You don't see that in 3e because in 3e we think a 7% chance to end the game is stupid. I think we're right, but there is a certain loss of tension and drama. And don't give me the whole "fudge the roll" routine, because if you have to fudge a save-or-die roll then you have to wonder why the roll was meant to be in there in the first place. 3e is a better game. But it does have to work a little harder at being as grand. [/QUOTE]

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