Subj : Third Edition
To   : mbottorff@sprintmail.com
From : Kenneth Abrams
Date : Fri Aug 11 2000 03:33 pm

Hello mbottorff@sprintmail.com,

10 Aug 00 22:14, mbottorff@sprintmail.com wrote to All:

 m> So, now that the third edition of AD&D has hit the shelves, has anyone
 m> looked through it?  I only had a few moments to skim the PHB; looked
 m> mostly like 1st/2nd, but with the tables changed around (nothing
 m> really different with them that I noticed-- different format for a lot
 m> of it, but the same numbers essentially).

 m> Was my quick skim correct?

I haven't seen the books, but a DM I've been playing with just recently had the 
beta material for it and has already incorporated some of the ideas from it 
into his own house rules. His existing game is a hybrid of 2nd edition, Skills 
& Powers, a variety of house rules, and now some elements from 3rd edition.

Now, I'm not familiar enough with his game (only met him in the last couple of 
months) to know for sure what's a house rule and what's from 3rd edition, but I 
can say that his game is considerably different from any I've ever previously 
played.

One element that I believe comes from 3rd is the "higher is better" approach to 
all stats and die rolls. He also uses a 20 for just about everything, but I'm 
not sure where that comes from. AC is reversed from the previous editions, 
instead of negative numbers being good, high numbers are. Hits are made by 
rolling higher than the target's AC.

Kenneth (kabrams@olg.com)

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