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(A) Nobody's Perspective on D&D 3rd, 4th, and 5th Editions

 Hello folks my name is Nilsine /Fellstrike and before I write some on other games, I thought I’d talk about the Gargantuan Red Dragon in the Dungeon. Dungeons and Dragons has had a lot of versions over the years and funny enough I’ve pretty much played around the time the OGL was created (baring like 2 sessions of AD&D but I am definitely not qualified to talk about those. 3 rd (3.5 and Pathfinder 1e) are what I tend to think of as far as a simulation style game. Though honestly, I think that case is a bit overblown it is the game where without magic you can min-max characters who are nigh-invisible or can wrestle literal giants. However, in these games the for lack of a better word physics numbers matter. Range in foots, carrying in pounds, most things tend to be spelled out and kind of work how you might think. 3 rd edition was also when D&D stopped using THACO and instead you added a number to a d20 roll and compared it to a DC. It can be a lot of fun but I feel lik...