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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
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spallshurgenson@gmail.com wrote:
> Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 5/23/2024 1:03 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> spallshurgenson@gmail.com wrote:

>>>> Meh. If I'm playing old-school* then I'm playing old-school with my
>>>> original rules-books. My creaky, held-together-with-duct-tape rule
>>>> books.
>>> 
>>> Don't make me Troll-O-Meter you, bro!
>>> 
>>> The original rules were nigh indestructable, although the Unearth Arcana
>>> never seemed to last more than a couple years of use.
>>
>>Yet another reason not to use UA.
>
>Even as an uncouth and crass young(er) player at the time, I wasn't
>fond of Unearthed Arcana. It wasn't that a lot of the ideas didn't
>appeal to me, but they all felt poorly integrated with the greater
>game. They were good ideas tossed into the pot without consideration
>for how they affected the overall game balance and style. These days
>I'd accuse the developers of 'kitchen-sinking'* the game; throwing in
>new ideas without a real understanding of its effects, just to say
>that they've added something new.

If memory serves, a lot of the ideas came from Dragon Magazine and were 
meant to be a mix of errtta, clarifications, and new material. I especially
appreciated the boost to demi-human level limits.

>* I'm gonna make this phrase happen, just you watch.

I thought it already was, or already has a phrase.

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Let's go Brandon!