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<blockquote data-quote="Koloth" data-source="post: 7693116" data-attributes="member: 6706231">One thing that most folks forget is that D&amp;D was created to allow role play gaming rather then tactical board game combat(think Chainmail).&nbsp; Somewhere in those 3 original books is a comment that if you really want to include miniatures, you can use the Chainmail rules.&nbsp; It seems odd that as the version numbers increased, miniatures slowly crept back in, becoming mandatory in 3.5.&nbsp; The escape from tedious miniature combat had came full circle back to a tedious miniatures combat game with some bits of role playing still around.&nbsp; One of the things I remember most fondly from my D&amp;D gaming sessions was the speed of combat.&nbsp; Entire combats were resolved in just a few minutes since we didn't have to bother with precise miniature movements.&nbsp; Then we could get back to the role playing.&nbsp; The other thing is magic items tended to be rare and unique.&nbsp; None of this expected magic equipment based on level.&nbsp; And they tended to stay useful as your levels increased.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Koloth, post: 7693116, member: 6706231"] One thing that most folks forget is that D&D was created to allow role play gaming rather then tactical board game combat(think Chainmail). Somewhere in those 3 original books is a comment that if you really want to include miniatures, you can use the Chainmail rules. It seems odd that as the version numbers increased, miniatures slowly crept back in, becoming mandatory in 3.5. The escape from tedious miniature combat had came full circle back to a tedious miniatures combat game with some bits of role playing still around. One of the things I remember most fondly from my D&D gaming sessions was the speed of combat. Entire combats were resolved in just a few minutes since we didn't have to bother with precise miniature movements. Then we could get back to the role playing. The other thing is magic items tended to be rare and unique. None of this expected magic equipment based on level. And they tended to stay useful as your levels increased. [/QUOTE]

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