I think a lot of the better experiences came precisely from the fact that the rules were so byzantine we tended towards ad hoc ruling a lot more.
There was a lot more background material for lore and world-building back then though. I still look to some of my second-edition Player's Option books for inspiration at times, but I haven't bought anything since I realised 3rd Edition forward was pretty much just a list of classes, feats, spells, magic items, monsters, prestige classes, powers, and so on, and so forth.
2nd Edition has monstrous Sea Urchins. That is awesome.
There was a lot more background material for lore and world-building back then though. I still look to some of my second-edition Player's Option books for inspiration at times, but I haven't bought anything since I realised 3rd Edition forward was pretty much just a list of classes, feats, spells, magic items, monsters, prestige classes, powers, and so on, and so forth.
2nd Edition has monstrous Sea Urchins. That is awesome.
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D&D 5th Edition... Hard to believe how many years this has been going.
- 09/01/2012 10:47:30 PM
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seriously? 4.0 hasn't even been out that long!
- 10/01/2012 12:28:09 AM
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4th Edition has been a commercial failure. 5th Edition wasn't originally due for several years yet.
- 10/01/2012 01:37:47 AM
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No, the future of D&D has resided with Pathfinder for a while. 
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- 10/01/2012 05:24:10 PM
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- 10/01/2012 05:24:10 PM
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Re: No, the future of D&D has resided with Pathfinder for a while.
- 10/01/2012 08:09:11 PM
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- 10/01/2012 08:09:11 PM
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Re: D&D 5th Edition... Hard to believe how many years this has been going.
- 10/01/2012 08:23:59 AM
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I found this blog entry enlightening:
- 10/01/2012 01:41:12 PM
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Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular
- 10/01/2012 02:21:37 PM
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I started playing when 2E came out.
- 10/01/2012 03:01:45 PM
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Same here.
- 11/01/2012 02:20:41 AM
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Re: Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular
- 10/01/2012 04:34:39 PM
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Re: Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular
- 11/01/2012 02:56:23 AM
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I can't wait to see the Edition Wars™ flare up again.
- 10/01/2012 02:55:27 PM
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True story:
- 10/01/2012 04:39:47 PM
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I felt like that was the whole goal of 4E...and I think that goal was accomplished.
- 10/01/2012 05:19:14 PM
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I think we'll probably see the pendulum swing back the other way a bit
- 11/01/2012 03:46:00 PM
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The last time I played an AD&D CRPG, it had THAC0.
- 10/01/2012 07:47:47 PM
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Baldur's Gate, woo!
- 11/01/2012 03:49:49 PM
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That was a Warrior trait, not a human one.
- 11/01/2012 07:18:09 PM
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That sounds insanely unintuitive. *NM*
- 11/01/2012 07:37:37 PM
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That's 2nd Edition.
- 11/01/2012 10:59:34 PM
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A fine example of a mechanic that seems lifted whole sale from GURPS 3rd ed.
- 25/01/2012 05:40:58 PM
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Incidentally, I am currently about halfway through replaying the BG series; great fun.
- 25/01/2012 06:41:53 PM
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Re: Incidentally, I am currently about halfway through replaying the BG series; great fun.
- 25/01/2012 07:52:29 PM
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Digging around online just now it looks that may have been a 1st ed. rule.
- 25/01/2012 08:40:13 PM
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AD&D represent! *throws up half-orc gang signs* *NM*
- 13/01/2012 01:50:06 AM
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Throwing up a half-eaten rat is not throwing up a gang sign... *NM*
- 13/01/2012 05:26:47 AM
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What about a half-eaten halfling?
- 13/01/2012 02:41:06 PM
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Been re-reading The Sleeping Dragon, have you? 
- 25/01/2012 05:29:15 PM
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- 25/01/2012 05:29:15 PM
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*hollas*
- 25/01/2012 05:30:45 PM
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GURPS is still in 4E.
- 25/01/2012 05:58:34 PM
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Thank God for small blessings; it is almost like those guys do not know HOW to milk a consumer base.
- 25/01/2012 07:02:44 PM
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They really don't, do they?
- 25/01/2012 09:12:07 PM
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They focused on rigorous rules that let people run games in the setting of their choice.
- 26/01/2012 08:59:59 AM
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I love Pathfinder and 4th edition. They're great, for different reasons. I'm excited to see 5th ed. *NM*
- 11/01/2012 04:58:28 PM
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