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Possibly - but it's also true. The bard, if they get there, has all the advantages listed for the fighter except some armour. They get...

Except when the rubber met the road that didn't matter much. Clerics had almost as many hit points, had as much armour, and could heal...

Magic Users xp charts started slow but accelerated once they got going, noticeably around 6th level when they got multiple fireballs...

So to get back to the fighter, the ranged weapons thing is pretty striking. Sling is not on the 1e PH cleric weapons list table...

In B/X Basic it is clear for the xp maximum: "MAXIMUM XP: A character should never be given enough XP in a single adventure to advance...

Thieves could also throw daggers and darts. Druids had daggers, darts, hammers, and spears. And so on.

This feels like the result of the original, basic, and advanced game all doing nearly the same thing but differently. The XP lost vs 1...

I'm not so sure now. I looked at the DMG and saw this on page 79. "Multi-class characters, characters with two classes, and bards...

It is true for your Thief levels, but it is not true for your Bard levels. Bard was not a dual class and your Bard hit dice are in...

This is correct

Yeah, I know 1e has a reputation for being obtuse at times, but in this case I think it's as simple as reading the requirements on the...

But the bard is not dual classing so the character does not have to meet the requirement for dual-classing.

I'm thinking the 1e bard is the Wimp Lo of AD&D 1e. "We intentionally designed it to make no sense and be bad as a joke."

I'm familiar with this position (which is reasonable), but I disagree. You decide to be a bard at the time of creation. You must meet...

That is one long debate. My interpretation has always been that the rules for bards entirely supersede those for dual classing.