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EltonJ
Learned Scribe
USA
101 Posts |
 Posted - 15 Sep 2010 : 01:03:20
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No edition.
Sorry, everyone, but the way I want to play in the Realms is not really covered by any D&D edition except probably the original RED/BLUE/GREEN/PURPLE/BLACK boxes (BECMI).
The way I want to play in the Realms is covered by King Arthur Pendragon, HarnMaster, and Rolemaster. |
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Joran Nobleheart
Senior Scribe
USA
495 Posts |
Posted - 15 Sep 2010 : 01:14:10
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Originally posted by EltonJ
No edition.
Sorry, everyone, but the way I want to play in the Realms is not really covered by any D&D edition except probably the original RED/BLUE/GREEN/PURPLE/BLACK boxes (BECMI).
The way I want to play in the Realms is covered by King Arthur Pendragon, HarnMaster, and Rolemaster.
Actually, Sword & Sorcery put out a fine book called Relics & Rituals - Excalibur that's all about the Arthurian style campaign, complete with classic mythology we associate with the time. A great book, if anyone's interested. They even have one out for a Grecian campaign set back in that wondrous time, and even modifiers for the race if you want to play a Spartan or a citizen from another city. That book is called Relics & Rituals - Olympus.  |
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Icelander
Master of Realmslore
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
1089 Posts |
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Darsson Spellmaker
Seeker
56 Posts |
Posted - 16 Sep 2010 : 15:46:29
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I started with 2nd edition, jumped to 3.0, then settled on 3.5 D&D. I play and like Pathfinder too, but it depends on how my players are feeling if we play it or not. I love the 3.5 rules for all the flexibility and customization. I still flip through my 2e books and ESDs for the vast wealth of lore they have (3.X books are usually skimpy on the lore, I find).
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"Know, O mages, that there is learning, and there is wisdom, and they are very far from being the same thing."--Azuth the High One, Utterances from the Altar: Collected Verbal Manifestations of the Divine and Most Holy Lord of Spells (holy chapbook, assembled by anonymous priests of Azuth circa 1358 DR)
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 17 Sep 2010 : 07:04:12
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Originally posted by Saxmilian
...and think 4E is too much like a video game. I want details and descriptions, not a "quickie"
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
578 Posts |
Posted - 19 Sep 2010 : 22:48:21
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I play a home-brew mix of 2e through to 3.5e.
I like the Proficiences of 2e mixed with the Feats of 3.5 and the Kits of 2e as Prestige Classes of 3 and 3.5.
That and I mix the Old Grey Box with the FRCS 3e.
Some of the 2e weapons like the fencing sabre linked with the single weapon prof specialization and weapon specialization, as my favorite Half Elf weilds.
As for 4e I've had a flick through and NO it's not for me.
To be honest I only play pre Time of Troubles.
But that s me
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Iluvrien
Acolyte
United Kingdom
49 Posts |
Posted - 19 Sep 2010 : 23:38:10
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D&D(but not FR)-wise I am currently taking part in a longish running (about 2 years now) 4E campaign. It has its good and bad points.
FR-wise I am, and continue to be, novel only. |
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idilippy
Senior Scribe
USA
417 Posts |
Posted - 19 Sep 2010 : 23:43:00
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| I play Pathfinder mostly but also 3.5e with a number of house rules. I am also just now running a PbP 2e game that is mostly Planescape but does touch on the realms and still feel the urge to do some 2e gaming now and again. |
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Eltheron
Senior Scribe
740 Posts |
Posted - 21 Sep 2010 : 17:58:35
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We play in a modified 1E version of the Realms, but we use Rolemaster rules. Instead of "Essence Flows" we say "the Weave" (and similar).
How's that for different? Heh!
In the past, though, I've played AD&D/1E, some 2E, and some 3E, but really only with Greyhawk and home-made worlds.
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"The very best possible post-fourteenth-century Realms lets down those who love the specific, detailed social, political and magical situation, with its thousands of characters, developed over forty years, and want to learn more about it; and those who'd be open to a new one with equal depth, which there just isn't time to re-produce; and those repelled, some past the point of no return, by the bad-taste-and-plausibility gap of things done to the world when its guardianship was less careful."
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Xevo
Acolyte
USA
35 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2010 : 03:23:28
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| My group has played 2nd since the core of us first formed and it was the first I started playing back in '93. There are some things I like about 3.5, but as a group we just reconfigure everything to 2nd. Tried 4th and hated it. Don;tr agree with many of the changes in 3.5 and that is why we convert. My timeline is set about 30 yrs ahead of 3.5 FR. |
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
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Neil Bishop
Learned Scribe
Singapore
100 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2010 : 11:40:52
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I DM a 4E game in the 4E Realms. When this campaign finishes I plan another 4E game set in the 4E Realms but after that I plan a 4E game set in the 3E Realms using the FRCS as the base and ignoring all of the novels.
Besides 4E, I'm also interested in running Swords & Wizardry at some point. I expect I will use the 2E or 3E Realms for that. |
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Azuth
Senior Scribe
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 04:43:28
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Originally posted by Salius Kai
<snip>
(Why, oh why did Azuth have to die?)
‘Tis a good question, that.
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Azuth, the First Magister
Lord of All Spells
The greatest expression of creativity is through Art.
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Azuth
Senior Scribe
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 04:45:46
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
Is it somewhat telling that I'm the only one so far that has said they play 1st edition? 
It simply means you're one of the most learned sages here at Candlekeep, lad! I recall (and still have) my first edition PHB and DMG. I didn't mind the second edition until I had to learn THAC0. That was one thing where I felt the third edition really improved the game.
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Azuth, the First Magister
Lord of All Spells
The greatest expression of creativity is through Art.
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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ChieftainTwilight
Learned Scribe
171 Posts |
Posted - 13 Apr 2011 : 05:56:41
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I've started playing 3rd Edition D&D when I was 10 years old (my B-day). the very Christmas 11 months later (my B-day is in Febuary)I got a 2nd Edition FR boxed set which I incorporated (and later bought 3rd Edition FR books).
when 3.5 came out I rebelled at first, but eventually embraced it.
4th Edition has started to show some changes and such things which are worthy of stealing and bringing into 3rd Edition, but I'm not gonna go into 4th Edition itself at full.
I've been lately coming back to 2nd Edition stuff so that I can give it a shot. I think the first few times I played D&D were in 2nd Edition, but that was back when I didn't know any rules and didn't DM. I was only like 7 or 8 year sold at those times. |
and a heart can only break so many times
and I've been to hell and back so many times
and I've seen folks walk away so many times
but just like anyone else I gotta stand up by myself
and a heart can only break so many times
a heart can only break so many times
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MrHedgehog
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 19 Apr 2011 : 22:14:39
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AD&D 2nd Edition came out when I was like a year old? I'm 22 years old. I've read a lot of the second edition books because my parents had them but i've never really played it while understanding (I played it with my parents but didn't really understand - and it wasn't in the Forgotten Realms but their own universe) I used to read the Forgotten realms novels from a young age because my older brother had them (Starting with the Parched Sea and then the Crystal Shard... I don't think I knew they were related to D&D when I first started reading them)
I like 3.5 edition the best because I understand the system and all the rules. I haven't had an opportunity to learn 4th edition rules very well (I've played with them four times, though...) But never in the Forgotten Realms. I would NEVER in a million years consider using the Forgotten Realms they've butchered for 4th edition. I would use my own timeline with 4th edition rules. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4429 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2011 : 04:34:47
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Originally posted by MrHedgehog
I like 3.5 edition the best because I understand the system and all the rules. I haven't had an opportunity to learn 4th edition rules very well (I've played with them four times, though...) But never in the Forgotten Realms. I would NEVER in a million years consider using the Forgotten Realms they've butchered for 4th edition. I would use my own timeline with 4th edition rules.
Just a quick question: Why not use the 4th editon rules with a pre-spellplague timeline? I mean, I've always been a firm believer that rules=/=timeline of an campaign setting. People could easily run AD&D/2E in the post-Spellplague or 4E in the hey-day of Netheril. I'm just curious if you've given the idea a thought is all. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
USA
4211 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2011 : 05:21:36
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Originally posted by Azuth
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
Is it somewhat telling that I'm the only one so far that has said they play 1st edition?
It simply means you're one of the most learned sages here at Candlekeep, lad! I recall (and still have) my first edition PHB and DMG. I didn't mind the second edition until I had to learn THAC0. That was one thing where I felt the third edition really improved the game.
Lad...hehehe...now I feel all young again! 
I'm still loving 1st Edition...getting ready to play a 1e game online with a few friends in my World of Aerk (link in signature).
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Originally posted by MrHedgehog
I like 3.5 edition the best because I understand the system and all the rules. I haven't had an opportunity to learn 4th edition rules very well (I've played with them four times, though...) But never in the Forgotten Realms. I would NEVER in a million years consider using the Forgotten Realms they've butchered for 4th edition. I would use my own timeline with 4th edition rules.
Just a quick question: Why not use the 4th editon rules with a pre-spellplague timeline? I mean, I've always been a firm believer that rules=/=timeline of an campaign setting. People could easily run AD&D/2E in the post-Spellplague or 4E in the hey-day of Netheril. I'm just curious if you've given the idea a thought is all.
The main reason I don't like rules changes is that I'm lazy. I seldom have time it seems to convert all the rules from edition to edition so that the proper stats are to be had...easier to simply play in an era that has the same game system I'm using. |
The Old Grey Box and AD&D for me! |
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Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2011 : 05:44:29
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Since I can’t stand D&D anymore (any edition), I always said to myself that I should try FR with another system (e.g. Burning Wheel, Shadow of Yesterday), but then my gaming partners moved away, so I had to made up my mind that FR will be "novels only" for me further on. |
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Asharak
Learned Scribe
France
268 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2011 : 11:18:00
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| I've play 1E, 2E, 3E, and my preference goes to AD&D 2E with Players Options. |
"Soyez réalistes : demandez l'impossible"
Sorry for my English... it's not my native tongue. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4429 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2011 : 13:56:54
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Originally posted by Dalor Darden
The main reason I don't like rules changes is that I'm lazy. I seldom have time it seems to convert all the rules from edition to edition so that the proper stats are to be had...easier to simply play in an era that has the same game system I'm using.
I hear that, but there really isn't much to convert unless you using a specific NPC's stats or strong magical items. And for those hurdles, you can always ask for advise or a homebrew write up from one of us  |
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Big Mac
Acolyte
United Kingdom
21 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2011 : 15:27:33
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I used to play AD&D, but never did any Forgotten Realms gaming until after I gave up D&D and later got lured back by a 3e Forgotten Realms game. I own some 2e FR products, but have never played them, as is.
The 3e PHB and FRCS were my first two 3e books. I originally found the changes in the rules frustrating...and was disappointed when I found out that Leira was removed from the pantheon. But eventually I came to prefer the 3e rules. I know that some folk find 3e stats a bit OTT, but I find that things like skills and feats give me a bigger picture of characters. I quite like a long description of a major NPC. (I would be happy to see a netbook full of FR NPCs.)
However, when it comes to lore, I think that 2e covers a lot of area that 3e neglects. I am interested in all the FR sub-settings and am sorry that each of them did not get at least a single 3e hardback. I consider 3e FR to be "incomplete" without 2e to back it up.
I would love to see every FR element converted to 3e rules for myself. And for fans of other rules, I would love to see the best 3e stuff retro-converted to 2e or 1e rules.
I would even say the same for cross-edition games using 4e, although I've not touched it. I think that taking the time travel rules from Arcane Age and allowing some PCs from Maztica to travel into the far future and see Returned Abeir displacing their land could be fun. A bunch of PC from The True World could actually be shown Returned Abeir by the Maztican gods and then sent back to an era closer to their own time to discover how the gods of the invading Amnians were about to unleash the Spellplague and destroy the world. If successful, they could "cancel" The Spellplague and avert many of the changes that 4e brought to the Realms. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2011 : 20:08:43
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| Close to Pathfinder/2e E6, with a lot houserules (e.g. just three classes, mostly no xp for fights ...) |
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chamber101
Seeker
57 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2011 : 02:51:34
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Originally posted by Gambit
Personally I play both Pathfinder and 2nd Edition. I voted for 2E because it is where I started, and it has this...mystical feel to it (I cant really describe it), one that was prevelent throughout AD&D, slightly lessened in 3E, and taken out back and slaughtered with the rest of the sacred cows in 4E.
I know that feeling - an intagible nostalgia and almost mythical quality. It comes whenever my DMs guide just falls open at the THAC0 charts! |
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froglegg
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 24 Apr 2011 : 06:06:02
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As of late I have been looking at B/X, BECM and RC. Ahh old is new again.
John |
Long live Alias and Dragonbait! Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb the Realms need you more then ever!
On my word as a sage nothing within these pages is false, but not all of it may prove to be true. - Elminster of Shadowdale
The Old Grey Box gets better with age! |
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MrHedgehog
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2011 : 08:49:40
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| I just haven't learnt the 4th edition rules well enough, and don't know anyone to play with. I occasionally play with a couple of people but its like...every couple of months. Also i'm not the DM and the DM uses his own world. |
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Diffan
Great Reader
USA
4429 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2011 : 13:58:34
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Originally posted by MrHedgehog
I just haven't learnt the 4th edition rules well enough, and don't know anyone to play with. I occasionally play with a couple of people but its like...every couple of months. Also i'm not the DM and the DM uses his own world.
If your ever in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania, let me knwo and we're run a few games of 4E |
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GMWestermeyer
Learned Scribe
USA
215 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2011 : 18:23:07
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| I played 0D&D and AD&D 1e and 2e. My current campaigns use 2e rules, but I allow some 1e and Hackmaster elements. Primarily classes, I allow old 1e classes like monks, Anti-paladins, or Duelists. From Hackmaster I especially allow spells. |
"Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true."
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 26 Aug 2011 : 19:16:06
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| It's been a few years since i have played, but i have always loved the 2nd edition. For me it always felt like a good balance of rules and freedom to have a good time. I don't think i would be able to get on board with 3rd or especially 4th edition. |
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