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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6273558" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>Monster level and HD don't always correspond perfectly. I don't remember how BD&D did it, but AD&D had much the same advice but the monster entries also included their monster level as a separate row from their HD. Marids for instance had 13 HD, but were 'only' monster level VIII. Vargouille have but a single HD, but are monster level III. I imagine in BD&D you added HD to the number of '*'s indicating special abilities to determine level.</p><p></p><p>I've never done this exactly, but I did run an open dungeon crawl for a local gaming store for a while and after a time adopted the classical Gygaxian megadungeon as the most practical for a weekly format not involving a narrative of any sort. Even at a young age though, my sensibilities weren't very gamist. </p><p></p><p>Still, the megadungeon is an interesting exercise in creativity in its own right and easy to run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6273558, member: 4937"] Monster level and HD don't always correspond perfectly. I don't remember how BD&D did it, but AD&D had much the same advice but the monster entries also included their monster level as a separate row from their HD. Marids for instance had 13 HD, but were 'only' monster level VIII. Vargouille have but a single HD, but are monster level III. I imagine in BD&D you added HD to the number of '*'s indicating special abilities to determine level. I've never done this exactly, but I did run an open dungeon crawl for a local gaming store for a while and after a time adopted the classical Gygaxian megadungeon as the most practical for a weekly format not involving a narrative of any sort. Even at a young age though, my sensibilities weren't very gamist. Still, the megadungeon is an interesting exercise in creativity in its own right and easy to run. [/QUOTE]
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