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Currently playing through Icewind Dale II, which is the first D&D 3rd ed game I've had a chance to play through. I thought the 3rd edition was supposed to simplify the previous ruleset? The feats etc now make it far more complicated to create an ideal character, and the whole multi-classing thing now makes it almost pointless to use any race for multi-classing other than human.
Anyone else have any issues in this regard?
Anyone else have any issues in this regard?
See, that's why I didn't pay any attention.
Insane Bartender wrote:
> And doesn't Baldur's Gate II use the 2nd edition rules?
Yup, it certainly does.
> And doesn't Baldur's Gate II use the 2nd edition rules?
Yup, it certainly does.
MoJoJoJo wrote:
> D&D? Dungeons & Dragons?
>
> I thought all of the Dungeons & Dragons nerds were dead?
How is it nerdy? Because it's not some mindless pick up and play hack n slash? If I were meeting up with a bunch of people dressed as medieval wizards and Knight's Templar, hurling wooden weaponry at eachother and quoting dice rolls then running away to feverishly record the battle statistics for our clan leaders all the while having to put up with pouring rain, muddy terrain and 'youth's hurling rocks at us, then yes, it'd be somewhat nerdy. But it's playing a PC game, and to get the best level of enjoyment out of a game, you need to understand the ruleset.
And doesn't Baldur's Gate II use the 2nd edition rules?
> D&D? Dungeons & Dragons?
>
> I thought all of the Dungeons & Dragons nerds were dead?
How is it nerdy? Because it's not some mindless pick up and play hack n slash? If I were meeting up with a bunch of people dressed as medieval wizards and Knight's Templar, hurling wooden weaponry at eachother and quoting dice rolls then running away to feverishly record the battle statistics for our clan leaders all the while having to put up with pouring rain, muddy terrain and 'youth's hurling rocks at us, then yes, it'd be somewhat nerdy. But it's playing a PC game, and to get the best level of enjoyment out of a game, you need to understand the ruleset.
And doesn't Baldur's Gate II use the 2nd edition rules?
When playing Baldur's Gate 2, I did try to figure out what all this 3rh edition crap was. In the end, I just went by intuition - the Flaming sword of Marogath or whatever is bound to be much better than a Ogre's axe in terms of speed. Zzzz... I'm boring myself talking about it...
D&D? Dungeons & Dragons?
I thought all of the Dungeons & Dragons nerds were dead?
I thought all of the Dungeons & Dragons nerds were dead?
Sounds a bit complicatd, seeing that I don't have the game.
Are there any patches/downloads available?
Are there any patches/downloads available?
Currently playing through Icewind Dale II, which is the first D&D 3rd ed game I've had a chance to play through. I thought the 3rd edition was supposed to simplify the previous ruleset? The feats etc now make it far more complicated to create an ideal character, and the whole multi-classing thing now makes it almost pointless to use any race for multi-classing other than human.
Anyone else have any issues in this regard?
Anyone else have any issues in this regard?