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Baldur's Gate, woo! beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 11/01/2012 03:49:49 PM
Okay, I'll admit to trying NWN, but I didn't like 3.0. I guess it's hard to let go of silly rulesets once you bother to learn them.



As much as I LOVE the BG games (and Planescape: Torment... never got around to trying Icewind Dale), the weird little bits of 2e I saw in there were... weird.

Ability charts, especially. Humans couldn't reach 19 strength, but they could do increasing fractions? So, a human barbarian with 18 1/2 strength. I don't even remember some of the other stuff, but I remember obsessing over the back of the BG manual, trying to figure out the best way to configure my stats. It was like doing calculus.

And THAC0 is... no. I've seen valid complaints against 3e, but BAB seems insanely more intuitive than THAC0, and they do basically the same thing.
I amuse myself.
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D&D 5th Edition... Hard to believe how many years this has been going. TaskmasterJack - 09/01/2012 10:47:30 PM 1566 Views
We still play 3.5 ironclad - 09/01/2012 11:05:52 PM 1015 Views
Nerd! *NM* Dark Knight - 09/01/2012 11:13:04 PM 558 Views
Yessssssss ironclad - 10/01/2012 08:51:04 AM 1042 Views
I use 3.5 rules too... vandevere - 13/01/2012 05:50:58 PM 1054 Views
seriously? 4.0 hasn't even been out that long! LadyLorraine - 10/01/2012 12:28:09 AM 939 Views
4th Edition has been a commercial failure. 5th Edition wasn't originally due for several years yet. Werthead - 10/01/2012 01:37:47 AM 1096 Views
No, the future of D&D has resided with Pathfinder for a while. *NM* Kotagg - 10/01/2012 05:24:10 PM 509 Views
Re: No, the future of D&D has resided with Pathfinder for a while. Macharius - 10/01/2012 08:09:11 PM 992 Views
Thanks to 4th Edition, sadly not. Werthead - 10/01/2012 01:55:04 AM 917 Views
Hey now! ironclad - 10/01/2012 08:50:02 AM 952 Views
Re: D&D 5th Edition... Hard to believe how many years this has been going. Japhy - 10/01/2012 08:23:59 AM 964 Views
I found this blog entry enlightening: Macharius - 10/01/2012 01:41:12 PM 1057 Views
Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular beetnemesis - 10/01/2012 02:21:37 PM 965 Views
I started playing when 2E came out. Kaldric - 10/01/2012 03:01:45 PM 1069 Views
Same here. Fanatic-Templar - 11/01/2012 02:20:41 AM 918 Views
Re: Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular Macharius - 10/01/2012 04:34:39 PM 984 Views
If you want to know more, read this thread. Macharius - 11/01/2012 02:42:06 PM 1001 Views
Cool, thanks. *NM* beetnemesis - 11/01/2012 03:40:46 PM 510 Views
Re: Dunno about the "Old-School Revival," but Pathfinder is definitely pretty popular Werthead - 11/01/2012 02:56:23 AM 943 Views
I can't wait to see the Edition Wars™ flare up again. Kaldric - 10/01/2012 02:55:27 PM 1138 Views
True story: Macharius - 10/01/2012 04:39:47 PM 1044 Views
I felt like that was the whole goal of 4E...and I think that goal was accomplished. LadyLorraine - 10/01/2012 05:19:14 PM 956 Views
I think we'll probably see the pendulum swing back the other way a bit beetnemesis - 11/01/2012 03:46:00 PM 905 Views
I still play 3.5 grogg0316 - 10/01/2012 04:31:27 PM 1013 Views
The last time I played an AD&D CRPG, it had THAC0. Zalis - 10/01/2012 07:47:47 PM 975 Views
Baldur's Gate, woo! beetnemesis - 11/01/2012 03:49:49 PM 903 Views
That was a Warrior trait, not a human one. Fanatic-Templar - 11/01/2012 07:18:09 PM 1060 Views
That sounds insanely unintuitive. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 11/01/2012 07:37:37 PM 525 Views
That's 2nd Edition. Fanatic-Templar - 11/01/2012 10:59:34 PM 875 Views
A fine example of a mechanic that seems lifted whole sale from GURPS 3rd ed. Joel - 25/01/2012 05:40:58 PM 1343 Views
I repeat what FT said, that was 2nd edition. *NM* Roland00 - 12/01/2012 04:20:28 AM 472 Views
Incidentally, I am currently about halfway through replaying the BG series; great fun. Joel - 25/01/2012 06:41:53 PM 1018 Views
Re: Incidentally, I am currently about halfway through replaying the BG series; great fun. Fanatic-Templar - 25/01/2012 07:52:29 PM 920 Views
Digging around online just now it looks that may have been a 1st ed. rule. Joel - 25/01/2012 08:40:13 PM 1096 Views
AD&D represent! *throws up half-orc gang signs* *NM* TaskmasterJack - 13/01/2012 01:50:06 AM 605 Views
Throwing up a half-eaten rat is not throwing up a gang sign... *NM* Kotagg - 13/01/2012 05:26:47 AM 526 Views
What about a half-eaten halfling? Kaldric - 13/01/2012 02:41:06 PM 1007 Views
*facedesk* *NM* LadyLorraine - 13/01/2012 03:45:05 PM 460 Views
(-:,` *NM* Kaldric - 17/01/2012 09:02:26 PM 515 Views
Been re-reading The Sleeping Dragon, have you? Joel - 25/01/2012 05:29:15 PM 981 Views
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. Kaldric - 25/01/2012 06:41:46 PM 1021 Views
A joke in Joel Rosenbergs "The Sleeping Dragon." Joel - 25/01/2012 07:13:26 PM 1052 Views
*sign* *NM* HyogaRott - 13/01/2012 02:41:57 PM 524 Views
*hollas* Joel - 25/01/2012 05:30:45 PM 898 Views
GURPS is still in 4E. Macharius - 25/01/2012 05:58:34 PM 940 Views
Thank God for small blessings; it is almost like those guys do not know HOW to milk a consumer base. Joel - 25/01/2012 07:02:44 PM 867 Views
They really don't, do they? Macharius - 25/01/2012 09:12:07 PM 858 Views
They focused on rigorous rules that let people run games in the setting of their choice. Joel - 26/01/2012 08:59:59 AM 956 Views
What? I've barely had the opportunity to play 4th Edition yet. Fanatic-Templar - 11/01/2012 02:38:50 AM 884 Views
Dude.. I still remember the 1st edition books.. Kel - 11/01/2012 12:54:27 PM 1073 Views
I love Pathfinder and 4th edition. They're great, for different reasons. I'm excited to see 5th ed. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 11/01/2012 04:58:28 PM 487 Views
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