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Message: [QUOTE="Octopus, post: 69306, member: 4"] The confusion is very real. Nowadays when you hear someone say "I play DnD" you can usually assume they're talking about 5th Ed at least, but before in the lawless times of even 3rd Ed it wasn't so. And as this article shows, back in the 80s it was even worse. "Oh, I play Basic- the second one, not third one." Never forget the value of the hireling meat shields. DMs would rightfully start cracking down on it if overly abused of course, but the tactical power of a disposable hireling is key. Ye it made things definitely have a different vibe. You did still get XP for monsters, but it was such a small ratio compared to loot. I'm actually pretty against loot as xp, but it makes sense in first ed being focused on dungeon delving more than anything else. Maybe, I did slightly talk about it in my Capcom DnD article but maybe it could be expanded on more. [/QUOTE]

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