Ad&d 2e is best in terms of lore, addon mechanics and pure content, if you have enough braincells to figure out THACO. This is a great gatekeep, by the way. Most nu-school DiVerSITy entryists vacate the premises when you mention negative AC and THACO.
Why did the negative AC and THACO get such a bad rep? Is not that complicated for fuck sake, I understood it when I was 10 and most people did, I hear a lot more people complaining about it now then back then.
Every damn game these days is expected to adhere to a number of universal constants, and any deviation from that formula is met with hostility by people who are either uninterested or incapable of learning anything new.
Ironically, it's that exact inflexibility that originally drove nerds to create their own hobbies rather than participate in popular culture.
Ad&d 2e is best in terms of lore, addon mechanics and pure content, if you have enough braincells to figure out THACO. This is a great gatekeep, by the way. Most nu-school DiVerSITy entryists vacate the premises when you mention negative AC and THACO.
Why did the negative AC and THACO get such a bad rep? Is not that complicated for fuck sake, I understood it when I was 10 and most people did, I hear a lot more people complaining about it now then back then.
Every damn game these days is expected to adhere to a number of universal constants, and any deviation from that formula is met with hostility by people who are either uninterested or incapable of learning anything new.
Ironically, it's that exact inflexibility that originally drove nerds to create their own hobbies rather than participate in popular culture.
Because people are dumb and cannot do simple math in their heads.