Wait, is THAT how that works?!

[MarkB]

(Also I couldn't fathom why "glaive" was listed under pole-arms, but I think every young gamer who was a Krull fan experienced that one. )

Yeah, I've been there.

 

[Mouseferatu]

So, I rolled a 15, and multiplied 150 by 15, getting a dwarf that was 4'8" and weighed 2,250 pounds. We reread the whole thing and found out the right way to do that.

"Yeah, it was when I realized the dwarf was so dense he was generating his own measurable gravity that I realize something might be a bit off..."

 

[Ancalagon]

"Yeah, it was when I realized the dwarf was so dense he was generating his own measurable gravity that I realize something might be a bit off..."

We have it upon good authority that *gnomes* generate gravity http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?645079-Mike-Mearls-explains-Gravity-Gnomes

 

[Eis]

When we (me/sister/her hubby) first got into 3rd edition, we read the random height and weight tables completely wrong. Well, the weight part, anyway. I was making a dwarf, and rolled his height (something like 4'8" or so), and went to the weight. We see (x2d8 or 2d6, can't remember) with a base weight of something like 150. We didn't know the (x2d8) meant you multiply the number you rolled for height modifier by that 2d8. So, I rolled a 15, and multiplied 150 by 15, getting a dwarf that was 4'8" and weighed 2,250 pounds. We reread the whole thing and found out the right way to do that.

had a player literally make this exact same mistake today for an Esper Genesis character.....he asked me about it aaaaaand......I didn't know the correct way to do it either....until just this minute

 

[Fanaelialae]

I was really interested in D&D as a kid, but I had no one to teach me. When I stumbled across a copy of the 2nd edition DMG in a hobby shop, I convinced my mom to buy it for me, I read it cover to cover but still had no clue how to play. Finally, I came across the black box of Basic, but it never occurred to me that D&D and AD&D weren't compatible. Which lead to some craziness, such as my multiclassed elven cleric. I mean, there was nothing in the 2e DMG that said you COULDN'T multiclass elf with cleric (course, that was because in AD&D elf wasn't a class).

 

[Ath-kethin]

I was really interested in D&D as a kid, but I had no one to teach me. When I stumbled across a copy of the 2nd edition DMG in a hobby shop, I convinced my mom to buy it for me, I read it cover to cover but still had no clue how to play. Finally, I came across the black box of Basic, but it never occurred to me that D&D and AD&D weren't compatible. Which lead to some craziness, such as my multiclassed elven cleric. I mean, there was nothing in the 2e DMG that said you COULDN'T multiclass elf with cleric (course, that was because in AD&D elf wasn't a class).

That's awesome. How many multiclass elf/dwarf/halfling/wizards did that game see?

 

[Ancalagon]

I was really interested in D&D as a kid, but I had no one to teach me. When I stumbled across a copy of the 2nd edition DMG in a hobby shop, I convinced my mom to buy it for me, I read it cover to cover but still had no clue how to play. Finally, I came across the black box of Basic, but it never occurred to me that D&D and AD&D weren't compatible. Which lead to some craziness, such as my multiclassed elven cleric. I mean, there was nothing in the 2e DMG that said you COULDN'T multiclass elf with cleric (course, that was because in AD&D elf wasn't a class).

Well... is it such a bad idea? Combining edition is, ah, risky if you don't know what you are doing, but if multiclassing is allowed, and if elf is a class...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

When we (me/sister/her hubby) first got into 3rd edition, we read the random height and weight tables completely wrong. Well, the weight part, anyway. I was making a dwarf, and rolled his height (something like 4'8" or so), and went to the weight. We see (x2d8 or 2d6, can't remember) with a base weight of something like 150. We didn't know the (x2d8) meant you multiply the number you rolled for height modifier by that 2d8. So, I rolled a 15, and multiplied 150 by 15, getting a dwarf that was 4'8" and weighed 2,250 pounds. We reread the whole thing and found out the right way to do that.

I had to wait until I was no longer blinded by tears of laughter to post.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

When playing 1e, 1” of distance was 10 feet underground and 10 yards above ground. This was his weapon and spell ranges worked. However, I mistakenly thought it applied to spell areas too. We had really big fireballs.

[video=youtube;_W-fIn2QZgg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W-fIn2QZgg[/video]

 

[CM]

in 2e PHB spell entries, Saving Throw: Neg means "negates" not "negative" much to the chagrin of the wizard's player.

In either 1e or basic D&D as kids we thought "Turn Undead" meant turn into one, of the type that the cleric was high enough level to turn.