Zardnaar
Legend
The more I play 5E the more it bugs me once you start go much past level 8 or even 4 if you have a 6+ person party.
Back in the 90s we did rarely play higher level in 2E and BECMI.
Feats in 5E has issues, no feats also has issues with Dex being super stat and things like rangers and paladin's more or less obsoleting fighters. Multiclassing is still a mess and has been since 2000.
So why 2E? Well it has a lower power level and it has a lot of levers to get the play experience you want. Low magic for example. 2E IMHO is also the best for game of thrones.
2E also has settings which seem to be popular. Converting somebody them us a lot of work however +(Spelljammer and Darksun come to mind).
Starting to wonder if it's easier to hack stuff you like from modern D&D back into 2E.
Some classes need some help but once again you could probably backwards convert 3.0 classes into 2E. 3.0 Rogue sucks due to 3.0 expectations it looks decent in 2E context though.
Ditching THAC0 is easy, you could probably use 5E skill system if you wanted.
Xp tables could be tweaked, one can use BECMI tables there.
Unified ability tables are another thing. Bend bars/lift gates could be a DC 25/20 athletic checks.
I even found some bits and pieces in OD&D that are interesting. Pathfinder 2 also gas some bits and pieces.
So is houseruling 2E a better idea than trying to get 5E to do things it's crap at?
Back in the 90s we did rarely play higher level in 2E and BECMI.
Feats in 5E has issues, no feats also has issues with Dex being super stat and things like rangers and paladin's more or less obsoleting fighters. Multiclassing is still a mess and has been since 2000.
So why 2E? Well it has a lower power level and it has a lot of levers to get the play experience you want. Low magic for example. 2E IMHO is also the best for game of thrones.
2E also has settings which seem to be popular. Converting somebody them us a lot of work however +(Spelljammer and Darksun come to mind).
Starting to wonder if it's easier to hack stuff you like from modern D&D back into 2E.
Some classes need some help but once again you could probably backwards convert 3.0 classes into 2E. 3.0 Rogue sucks due to 3.0 expectations it looks decent in 2E context though.
Ditching THAC0 is easy, you could probably use 5E skill system if you wanted.
Xp tables could be tweaked, one can use BECMI tables there.
Unified ability tables are another thing. Bend bars/lift gates could be a DC 25/20 athletic checks.
I even found some bits and pieces in OD&D that are interesting. Pathfinder 2 also gas some bits and pieces.
So is houseruling 2E a better idea than trying to get 5E to do things it's crap at?