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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 8434567" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>Never played or ran 1e myself as I started with 2e. There's a good amount of UA material, particularly magic that made it into 2e but luckily the bad stuff generally didn't make the cut. In general, I've noticed that 1e players often don't have a good opinion of the book, especially if they started in early 1e or even OD&D. I have taken a look at it, and these are my impressions.</p><p></p><p>Comeliness is totally unnecessary and an extra complication to the game. I can't think of any reason to use it.</p><p></p><p>Method V for character creation is ridiculously overpowered. How many 18s do you want for your character anyway?</p><p></p><p>Barbarian is a terrible class. Stupid slow XP progression, and the whole hates magic thing is bad for party teamwork. I think it reflects the nature of Gary's personal game where there was a good amount of competition between the players and he had people playing solo at times; the magic item destruction and hatred of caster types maybe made sense at his table, and barbarian might play well solo, but it seems like a bad character to put in a typical group.</p><p></p><p>Cavalier maybe isn't as bad, but it has a reputation for being overpowered.</p><p></p><p>The new subraces aren't a big deal to me, because they're present in optional 2e material, but I'd likely not allow them except for svirfneblins in an underdark campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orius, post: 8434567, member: 8863"] Never played or ran 1e myself as I started with 2e. There's a good amount of UA material, particularly magic that made it into 2e but luckily the bad stuff generally didn't make the cut. In general, I've noticed that 1e players often don't have a good opinion of the book, especially if they started in early 1e or even OD&D. I have taken a look at it, and these are my impressions. Comeliness is totally unnecessary and an extra complication to the game. I can't think of any reason to use it. Method V for character creation is ridiculously overpowered. How many 18s do you want for your character anyway? Barbarian is a terrible class. Stupid slow XP progression, and the whole hates magic thing is bad for party teamwork. I think it reflects the nature of Gary's personal game where there was a good amount of competition between the players and he had people playing solo at times; the magic item destruction and hatred of caster types maybe made sense at his table, and barbarian might play well solo, but it seems like a bad character to put in a typical group. Cavalier maybe isn't as bad, but it has a reputation for being overpowered. The new subraces aren't a big deal to me, because they're present in optional 2e material, but I'd likely not allow them except for svirfneblins in an underdark campaign. [/QUOTE]
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