What are you talking about? AD&D is about making rulings at the table, not rigidly adhering to published rules. Rule Zero trumps basically any other rule.
It is interesting the rather large number of people that think that Hasbro cops will break down your door and ban you from D&D if your group agrees to some other rules. The number of times I see the question “If my gaming group agrees to play by some rule, is that allowed in D&D?” (or whichever system) is… Well, it’s a lot
On the other hand Hasbro is the only ttrpg publisher that’s actually sent Pinkertons to break down someone’s door, so the concern isn’t entirely unfounded
THAC0, twenty different charts, attributes being split into two different categories, percentile rolls. I love the system on some level, but you can apply rule zero to anything to claim it’s simple.
Yeah, that’s why the OSR exists, I think. I have a copy of Old School Essentials, which is basically just a rewritten 2E, but one of the first things they did was convert THAC0 to the system 5E uses, for everything.
Hey, I love the system for what it is. I think it’s better for fine-tuning a character sheet than 3.5, plus some settings in that era had post-nuclear devastation and canonically bisexual elves.
But I’m just calling it out on thinking grammar was the most mindracking thing.
Damn, if only AD&D’s rules were that straightforward.
What are you talking about? AD&D is about making rulings at the table, not rigidly adhering to published rules. Rule Zero trumps basically any other rule.
It is interesting the rather large number of people that think that Hasbro cops will break down your door and ban you from D&D if your group agrees to some other rules. The number of times I see the question “If my gaming group agrees to play by some rule, is that allowed in D&D?” (or whichever system) is… Well, it’s a lot
On the other hand Hasbro is the only ttrpg publisher that’s actually sent Pinkertons to break down someone’s door, so the concern isn’t entirely unfounded
THAC0, twenty different charts, attributes being split into two different categories, percentile rolls. I love the system on some level, but you can apply rule zero to anything to claim it’s simple.
Yeah, that’s why the OSR exists, I think. I have a copy of Old School Essentials, which is basically just a rewritten 2E, but one of the first things they did was convert THAC0 to the system 5E uses, for everything.
I agree that THAC0 and all the charts were awful but role-playing was still evolving out of wargaming, where that sort of thing is much more common.
Hey, I love the system for what it is. I think it’s better for fine-tuning a character sheet than 3.5, plus some settings in that era had post-nuclear devastation and canonically bisexual elves.
But I’m just calling it out on thinking grammar was the most mindracking thing.