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The equipment lists were expanded in UA. Base PHB the clerics only ranged weapon is throwing hammers, and thieves only had slings.

The training rules really make the most sense in a context where the PCs are exploring a mega-dungeon relatively near a home base West...

I am experiencing some Mandela Effect here regarding missile weapons. I could have sworn that clerics, druids, mages, and illusionists...

I like putting the magic back into magic items by giving more of them names, histories, notable former owners, and extra powers that are...

This. Also, slings. Had Gary never heard of Balearic Slingers?

well i'd say there's two main points to that attitude, the first being wanting VS needing, 'well how much of the awesome i'm doing is...

In retrospect it is kind of amazing how EGG’s writing could be so verbose while also being so thoroughly opaque, leaving important game...

Well, there are rules for training without a mentor, it just takes twice as long (and therefore twice as much gold :)) There is also...

Strict application of the training rules would also act as a disincentive to exploration. It would be hard to go hex-crawling over the...

Most retroclones (mine included) mirror the tables and core rules while omitting the more complicated stuff (like initiative, spell...

Magic gear as a power add is fine. Magic everything is silly, and a major contributor to making magic feel uninteresting (especially if...

I think the reason I bounce off any hard line discussion of 1e rules is just the actual structure and organization of the books...

Okay, but by the same token, one of the rules of the game was also that before you even got to the training, the DM had to grade your...

I think the larger point or takeaway (at least for me) is that the base qualities of the fighter like more hit points, extra attacks...

Here's where you're not making the right connection. That 10th level bard isn't really a 20-24th level AD&D character at all. If a...