tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post1091165574936800142..comments2023-11-11T03:38:28.863-05:00Comments on Once More Unto the Breach!: What I (Re)discovered When Looking at 1E and 2E AD&DAnthony Simeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-69020663470202410012011-06-08T11:17:33.838-04:002011-06-08T11:17:33.838-04:00I remember when the 1E Unearthed Arcana book opene...I remember when the 1E <i>Unearthed Arcana</i> book opened up a bunch more classes for demi-humans and how cool I thought that was, and as I remember, 2E pretty much continued that tradition (although, if memory serves, 2E was even <i>more</i>restrictive than <i>UA</i> but of course less restrictive than original 1E). <br /><br />One thing I always thought was weird in 1E was how NPC demi-humans were allowed to take levels in some classes, like dwarves taking levels in Cleric, or halflings taking levels in Druid, but as a PC, you "weren't allowed" to do that. We played "by the book" so we kept those restrictions intact, but I always thought it was kind of silly.<br /><br />That's one thing that I feel 3.x D&D got right - any race can be any class.Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-37792044642938362052011-06-07T20:57:48.084-04:002011-06-07T20:57:48.084-04:00I was so into 2e in my younger days...we always ig...I was so into 2e in my younger days...we always ignored the racial level limits. However, more and more nowadays I see some value in them.<br /><br />EricERIC!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18251132223571608976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-78755222918059372602011-06-07T13:25:52.805-04:002011-06-07T13:25:52.805-04:00Google keeps eating my post. Since my gaming grou...Google keeps eating my post. Since my gaming group and I were already playing 1E, we tended to only add 2E stuff as it came out if we thought it would add more to the game.aka Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-56645218317068173502011-06-07T13:13:09.569-04:002011-06-07T13:13:09.569-04:00You know, I had that exact same experience just la...You know, I had that exact same experience just last night! Was flipping through my old 2e player's handbook and discovered, to my shock, that dwarves have a 20% chance of having a magic item (excluding weapons and armor and certain class-specific items) malfunction every time they try to use it! Made me wonder how many groups actually used that rule!Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08775443433933924102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-41721461880584171182011-06-07T10:10:34.528-04:002011-06-07T10:10:34.528-04:002e's unforgivable sin, though, was dropping 1/...2e's unforgivable sin, though, was dropping 1/2 orcs. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com