Questions on FFC Printings & Blackmoor

[finarvyn]

Personally, I put less faith in the DA series modules, even less in the 3E products, much less in the 4E book.

I thought I should explain this a little. The upside of the later products is that they expand the setting a lot. I mean, the total amound of new background material in the DA modules, the 3E books, and so on, is amazing.

It's also a lot for me to remember. I like to think about Blackmoor as a campaign from a simpler era, not one where I have to keep track of a zillion details. That's one thing that bothered me about later editions of D&D, and I have this same problem with monster stat blocks and so on. Keep 'em simple and I'm happy.

Also, I find some of the new material disturbing. For example, I know that there weren't prestige classes in 1971. This stuff was added later to fit the 3E rules system. They didn't have "at will" powers, etc, until 4th edition. I should be able to look past that part and focus on the background material, but I just can't.

As Havard put it, apparently I'm "allergic to 3E material".