Subj : Re: Third Edition
To   : All
From : _The_Druid_@excite.com
Date : Sun Aug 20 2000 02:08 pm

From: Jason Tamez <_The_Druid_@excite.com>
Subject: Re: Third Edition



>  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.

Yup, those are 3rd edition ideas. AC is just a type of DC, or Difficulty
Class. Nearly everything important that youe character can try is done using
d20, with the other dice used mostly for random fluff like spell effects,
damage, etc.

I haven't gotten ahold of the new book yet, but I've been reading the Dragon
articles about it. I'm looking at the sorcerer class warily right now. I
could see some major abuse with it. They're spellcasters who don't have to
memorize their spells ahead of time. They have stricter spell limits, but it
seemed a bit unbalanced.


-- Jason Tamez





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