D&D Basic question

[Daedalus]

Could anyone tell me which box set had the elf as both a race and a class? IIRC all elves were essentially fighter/mages or something.

I played it a looooong time ago and now I can't for the life of me remember which set it was. The mind's the first thing to go I guess

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

In Basic D&D the elves were basically fighter/mages. The basic through master sets took you through the whole progression, and the cyclopidia had full progressions.

 

[Daedalus]

Was that in the old red box set? The elves being fighter/mages that is...

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Was that in the old red box set? The elves being fighter/mages that is...

level progression 1-5 was in the old red boxed set, and yes they were basically Fighter/mages.

 

[Daedalus]

Great! Thanks for the help

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Great! Thanks for the help

No problem!

 

[Mark]

Originally posted here - http://rdushay.home.mindspring.com/Museum/Fantasy/DDrevw.html
There were only three character classes (Fighting-Man, Magic-User, and Cleric) and four races (Human, Dwarf, Elf, and Hobbit). Yes, the original version of D&D had hobbits. TSR brought down the wrath of the Tolkien estate when they got bigger. One could imagine that TSR's infamous litigious nature was born of their legal troubles with the Tolkien estate. Dwarves and Hobbits were limited to being Fighting-Men, while Elves could be Fighting-Men or Magic-Users, switching roles from adventure to adventure, but not doing both at once—except that they were permitted to wear armor while serving as a Magic-User.

Hope that helps!

 

[Daedalus]

<g> I had forgotten that they originally used hobbits.

Thanks for all the help!

Anyone remember the old "Dungeon" board game? For some reason I've had a hankering to get my hands on a copy of that lately...

 

[Desdichado]

Anyone remember the old "Dungeon" board game? For some reason I've had a hankering to get my hands on a copy of that lately...

Yeah, look here