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General D&D Discussion / Second Edition Leveling and Dual-Classing -- How did it break?
« on: March 10, 2019, 03:32:27 AM »
While I did play in a 2e game, and said 2e game is probably the second-longest running game I was ever part of, I was a wee lil' one when that happened and I had nowhere near the level of system mastery I can claim in 3e. That said, I *also* play video games, and of course that means I've played Baldur's Gate, so I'm well aware of the concept of Dual Classing and how it makes Humans a super cool race even though they can't get that kinda silly broken 19 Strength that Half-Orcs can from the beginning. Furthermore, there is another thing from older editions that clearly didn't make it into later editions: class-specific experience tables. I can imagine that class-specific experience tables was a bit of a bookkeeping addition, but in retrospect it actually seems like it went a long way towards giving some help to classes that kinda need it (Thieves) and putting off the slow march towards Wizards conquering the world.
So what I'd like to know is... How did Dual Classing break 2e? Were there any particularly disruptive abuses of the system? Did anyone play with any Dual Classing Houserules, and how did they turn out for you?
Similar idea for experience tables, except... I just kinda want to know why they went away in favor of uniform tables. I guess it wouldn't have made sense to have them since, mathematically, it would likely cause problems a la the 'Experience is a River' concept, but then they went and put in Item Creation feats...
So what I'd like to know is... How did Dual Classing break 2e? Were there any particularly disruptive abuses of the system? Did anyone play with any Dual Classing Houserules, and how did they turn out for you?
Similar idea for experience tables, except... I just kinda want to know why they went away in favor of uniform tables. I guess it wouldn't have made sense to have them since, mathematically, it would likely cause problems a la the 'Experience is a River' concept, but then they went and put in Item Creation feats...