tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664355878657420803.post3978631289455395337..comments2024-03-26T03:05:58.787-05:00Comments on Dragons Gonna Drag: Counting D&D EditionsJustin Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05885816572933013245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664355878657420803.post-26635093435712346472017-02-08T02:23:41.847-05:002017-02-08T02:23:41.847-05:00If one were to count OD&D, Holmes, B/X, BECMI,...If one were to count OD&D, Holmes, B/X, BECMI, and the Rules Cyclopedia separately, that's 5 editions right there without even getting into AD&D at all. That also seems like a reasonable way to divide things. I don't know enough about BECMI and the RC yet to know for sure how different I would consider them to be from B/X. So far I've gotten the impression that they're not really that different, though, but that they just have more "stuff" added on. I could be wrong, of course.Justin Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885816572933013245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664355878657420803.post-86654435395880695562017-02-08T02:21:02.745-05:002017-02-08T02:21:02.745-05:00Good point. That makes sense. I'm not super fa...Good point. That makes sense. I'm not super familiar with the actual rules of 2E, so I don't know much about Skills and Powers, although strangely enough I did just read a discussion about that book the other day. I got the impression that it can be kind of confusing or hard to use.Justin Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885816572933013245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664355878657420803.post-78032094333094247432017-02-08T01:50:57.267-05:002017-02-08T01:50:57.267-05:00I count the versions of Basic separately, and I st...I count the versions of Basic separately, and I stop counting at 2e. <br /><br />Big picture, there's 2 big branches on the family tree: TSR D&D and WotC D&D. The old school and the new. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664355878657420803.post-25572593770532707662017-02-07T10:06:35.946-05:002017-02-07T10:06:35.946-05:00Skills and Powers would be 2.5e in my book. It es...Skills and Powers would be 2.5e in my book. It essentially introduced feats as an add-on to character generation. The Dragon magazine extension of Skills and Powers to Planescape pushed that into spell-like powers and monster special abilities.<br /><br />I think that marked a shift into character "builds"frijoles juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423720423119688947noreply@blogger.com