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From:     Bart Dedecker <dragoth_dm@?????.com>
Date:     Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:53:39 -0800
Subject:  Re: little question
most helpful thx!
you basically describe the same feeling I have towards
the problem... good to know, that there's a likeminded
someone out there (lol this goes way beyond SJ but hey
... just nice to know someone thinks the same thing
for once)


> In regards to 3rd ed. feeling.
> I myself stick to the older editions.
> 3rd ed., is very interesting but it has a
> manga-feeling to it, the heroes
> are mega powerful, the monsters, in turn, are EVEN
> more powerful and so and
> so...
>
> The feeling of the play is more like an playstation
> rpg, than the usual
> table playing.
> If you re-read some of the monster set in the 1st
> Non-Human war, like the
> bionoids, this manga-feeling can be quite
> appropriate.
>
> However, i find the spirit of spelljammer more like
> "weird", with a mix of
> medieval and 1600s heroes, with a mercantile aspect
> to it. The lower level
> of play, and harder progression of levels of the old
> editions sound better
> to me for an exploration type game than the
> escalating power of 3rd edition.
> I must remark that 3rd ed, style is very good for
> more linear story lines,
> with set villains and a lot of preparation by DMs.
>
> Helpful? :)
>

=====
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*Born Daemonic and loving it*

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SubjectFromDate (UTC)
little question    Bart Dedecker    05 Dec 2002 17:08:14
Re: little question    JJJ    05 Dec 2002 20:34:23
Re: little question    Downer, Chris    05 Dec 2002 21:05:15
Re: little question    Rian A. McMurtry    05 Dec 2002 22:57:52
Re: little question    Leroy Van Camp III    06 Dec 2002 03:18:01
Re: little question    Bart Dedecker    06 Dec 2002 06:53:39
Re: little question    Bart Dedecker    06 Dec 2002 07:01:10
Re: little question    Sebastian Lucier    06 Dec 2002 16:08:06
Re: little question    Burt Zoellick    07 Dec 2002 00:51:57
Re: little question    Niche Johnson    07 Dec 2002 15:20:35

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