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How to switch to OSR?

Started by kanePL, May 10, 2019, 04:03:51 AM

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#30
May 13, 2019, 05:05:41 PM
Quote from: Razor 007;1087627Yeah, good luck with that...  It's awesome, but not due to its clarity.

That's why using them as you think they're written is the essence of old school.

The idea that the game can be reduced to precise, elegant direction(s) which a DM can entirely wrap their arms around - that is a decidedly recent phenomenon.
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https://mewe.com/join/osric A MeWe OSRIC group - find an online game; share a monster, class, or spell; give input on what you\'d like for new OSRIC products.  Just don\'t 1) talk religion/politics, or 2) be a Richard

Svenhelgrim

#31
April 11, 2021, 06:51:31 PM
Quote from: S'mon on May 11, 2019, 01:07:58 PM
Quote from: Razor 007;1087278Agreed.  There's a good game in there somewhere.

E6, E8, and (at a stretch) E10 are all good. :D

E6 made a world of difference when I introduced it to my 3.x  group. Ever since then, I slowed my advancement down during the middle levels.

VisionStorm

#32
April 11, 2021, 08:05:58 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on May 12, 2019, 04:49:39 PM
Quote from: Theory of Games;1087183How do we even call 3E "D&D"? It changed everything that mattered at a SYSTEMATIC level. I see 3E, 3.5, PF, 4E, & 5E as some other thing that fails to capture the true essence of BECMI + AD&D.

Ha, making all the rolls go the same way and fixing AC so that as it improves it does not go down makes DnD not DnD.

Classic.

Old post, but FACTS are timeless.

3E was the Pinnacle of D&D, unrivalled by the old and unsurpassed by later editions. You could almost make the case that 3e wasn't D&D, but only cuz it was in a league of its own. 8)

GeekyBugle

#33
April 11, 2021, 10:33:50 PM
Quote from: VisionStorm on April 11, 2021, 08:05:58 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on May 12, 2019, 04:49:39 PM
Quote from: Theory of Games;1087183How do we even call 3E "D&D"? It changed everything that mattered at a SYSTEMATIC level. I see 3E, 3.5, PF, 4E, & 5E as some other thing that fails to capture the true essence of BECMI + AD&D.

Ha, making all the rolls go the same way and fixing AC so that as it improves it does not go down makes DnD not DnD.

Classic.

Old post, but FACTS are timeless.

3E was the Pinnacle of D&D, unrivalled by the old and unsurpassed by later editions. You could almost make the case that 3e wasn't D&D, but only cuz it was in a league of its own. 8)

What are you smoking?

Clearly 4e was and is the superior game /s
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Shasarak

#34
April 11, 2021, 11:44:02 PM
Quote from: S'mon on May 11, 2019, 03:04:39 AM
Quote from: Theory of Games;1087183
How do we even call 3E "D&D"? It changed everything that mattered at a SYSTEMATIC level.

It still has classes, levels, the 6 stats, and fireballs. And dungeons.

3e certainly narrowed the scope of play and introduced huge class imbalances. That doesn't make it 'not D&D'.

Huge class imbalance is the essence of DnD so much so that the true not-DnD was celebrated for its class balance.
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VisionStorm

#35
April 12, 2021, 01:50:07 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on April 11, 2021, 10:33:50 PM
Quote from: VisionStorm on April 11, 2021, 08:05:58 PM
Quote from: Shasarak on May 12, 2019, 04:49:39 PM
Quote from: Theory of Games;1087183How do we even call 3E "D&D"? It changed everything that mattered at a SYSTEMATIC level. I see 3E, 3.5, PF, 4E, & 5E as some other thing that fails to capture the true essence of BECMI + AD&D.

Ha, making all the rolls go the same way and fixing AC so that as it improves it does not go down makes DnD not DnD.

Classic.

Old post, but FACTS are timeless.

3E was the Pinnacle of D&D, unrivalled by the old and unsurpassed by later editions. You could almost make the case that 3e wasn't D&D, but only cuz it was in a league of its own. 8)

What are you smoking?

Clearly 4e was and is the superior game /s

Just wait till 6e comes out. It's going to blow every other edition right out of the water!

In pure WOKENESS!  :o
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