tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post1232339918813968325..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: A Little Love for Everyonetrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-41482410421807552642012-12-23T08:37:18.905-06:002012-12-23T08:37:18.905-06:00Oh yeah, for all its flaws (the art blew) 2e was m...Oh yeah, for all its flaws (the art blew) 2e was my most-played edition, and frankly in retrospect has a lot to recommend it over the law-degree in gaming that the 3.x branch has turned into.<br /><br />I think people need to pick up and seriously compare the 2e splatbooks and kits to 3.x and following. People are like "oh the kits so unbalanced" but they really didn't offer much, not like all the charop cheese nowadays. We had some gypsy bards and gladiator fighters and whatnot, but the benefits you got were some proficiencies or a +1 somewhere if you were lucky, the system was very immune to "I have +10 more in that than you!" which is easy to do with the 3e paradigm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-55401785113784718462012-11-28T09:06:12.387-06:002012-11-28T09:06:12.387-06:00FWIW, I HATED the art in the 2e PHB, especially al...FWIW, I HATED the art in the 2e PHB, especially all of the blue. I didn't mind the rules, as after all, it was basically a cleaning-up, but the "feel" was all wrong.Alex J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00147269991231314528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-34753064282665718192012-11-27T22:55:56.435-06:002012-11-27T22:55:56.435-06:00Yep, that's the one.Yep, that's the one.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-38313586375543172432012-11-27T22:26:38.249-06:002012-11-27T22:26:38.249-06:00magic expansion hardback
Tome of Magic?<i>magic expansion hardback</i><br /><br />Tome of Magic?<br /><br />Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09873430636366896071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-91952641009303464112012-11-27T22:11:03.880-06:002012-11-27T22:11:03.880-06:00Yeah, 2e was pretty good to me, but I agree, that ...Yeah, 2e was pretty good to me, but I agree, that was primarily because we avoided all the crazy splat books. I did pick up the Castle Guide, Arms and Equipment Guide, and "A Mighty Fortress" campaign book, but pretty much we stuck with the PHB and monster book.<br /><br />We briefly used the magic expansion hardback (which I can't remember the name of right now) but too many of the clerical spells in it were of the campaign-shattering variety.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-85856738747499272742012-11-27T19:55:36.389-06:002012-11-27T19:55:36.389-06:00I think the 2e Player's Handbook is the best P...I think the 2e Player's Handbook is the best PHB of any published D&D edition. 2e definitely got off track when all the splat books came out for every class and race, but the original PHB is far better organized than 1e, makes some great changes to magic as you noted, includes weapon and non-weapon proficiencies as *optional* systems and is just an all around well put together book. I have been seriously thinking about going back to 2e after my experience playing Labyrinth Lord over the last few years has reminded me of how many things I like about 2e.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648499022366444265noreply@blogger.com