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Why I love Hackmaster and 1st edition

Author: Charles Phipps (---.zoomnet.net) Date: 11-28-2001 20:02 D&D in my opinion will always hold it's place as the best RPG ever written and ever will be created. Long after Vampire the Masquerade has gone the way of 1d20 like Cthulhu has.....and thus all shall be consumed D&D with it's "sacred cows" will live on in basements and lexicon. Unfortunately in my opinion Dungeons and Dragons won't survive under Wizards of the Coast's work as 3rd edition attempts to do the thing that I most depise in RPGs and watered down the very thing which makes Dungeons and Dragons so great. It lies ironically in a "joke" RPG named Hackmaster. The key to anything great in fantasy is not to be derivitive and while some might say an RPGs potential lies in replicating anything possible it in truth lies in providing you with ideas and an ambiance much like the popularity of Vampire: The Masquerade isn't in the system but in the setting and the concepts. How many of you own copies of Dragon and Dungeon magazine? Handbooks? Monstrous Manuals beyond the initial compendium? How about Campaign boxed sets? I thought so.... Sure it's not perfect as possibly can be with all that you've described but the system is as flexible as it needs to be. If you want to play the Grey Mouser then play a bard or play a type of Wizard with thief abilities (called "kits") or just recognize the dang rule was for game balance just like people have ignored Level limits etc when needed but many swear by them.... It's still provided TRUCKLOADS more information for running a game than any other system and will continue to provide truckloads. Hackmaster the RPG unlike 3rd edition which only provided the slightest nods in my opinion toward the beautiful world of fantasy AD&D built all it's own (mentions of the demihuman gods thankfully and of course kender) was a display of all the strange and majestic glory that were the weirdnesses of 1st edition... Barbarians who could strike magical beings with a big stick LG solely Paladins and their Chaotic Evil counterparts (never printed out of dungeon until now) Female Dwarves with beards Mages who can't use weapons unless dual classes beyond knives etc. In a very real way AD&D the system is as rich a fantasy world as Middle Earth or Narnia inhabited by a host of creatures more detailed and more vivid than anyone can imagine. Whereas you see a Wizard not being able to be rich at start or the inability to play Elven paladins as limiting, I see them as part of Dungeons and Dragons flavor as a game just as surely as the Brujah are.

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Why I love Hackmaster and 1st edition

Charles Phipps 11-28-2001 20:02

Why Hackmaster succeeds and 1st edition failed  new

Alkzndr 11-29-2001 23:42

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GAZZA 02-28-2002 19:06

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Atari X 04-08-2002 22:18

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Eric Christian Berg 05-29-2002 06:32

The Joke should have been more pronounced.  new

Law Dog 05-29-2002 09:10

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Uccisore 06-18-2002 22:20

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Daniel Greenfeld 06-04-2002 10:39

Todays RPG community seems to miss the point...  new

Dennis Emanuele 06-19-2002 03:19

The awesome power of nostalgia!  new

Dired 06-19-2002 09:29

RE: The awesome power of nostalgia!  new

Jeremy 10-19-2002 09:51