01-02-2020, 06:46 PM
I think I would rather do 2nd edition too but not use the Player's Options books. Even though I really did like the Player's options, I think it might be adding a layer of complexity that people aren't familiar. Also, Player's Options almost feel like a 2.5 edition that can be abused fairly easily. I made a Full Plate wearing wizard with d8 hitpoints, fighters THACO, strength and con bonus who was only limited to only a couple of schools of magic but they had the most damaging spells. It was alright for that game because we were playing in the Birthright Campaign setting where the blooded characters were suppose to be more powerful and he and the other optimized characters were the rulers of their Kingdom/domains, but it wouldn't be appropriate for a grittier Ravenloft game.
