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That's not quite right, humans did have more hp in 2e, but most had 1-6 instead of a full d8 hit die. They had something like a dozen...

Good reminder! That was an excellent thread, which already covered a ton of this ground in terms of what elements can be traced to what...

This thread doesn't say for everything what it particularly influenced in D&D, but has some thoughts on the "core" of Appendix N. D&D...

I just came into a handful of Leiber's Lankhmar books, which I've not read heretofore I'll keep this in mind for the reading order...

Three other DMG methods, which I think is part of why others got overlooked, since they didn't put any method in the PH! :LOL: Method V...

The concept of the Cavalier is one that's been a part of fantasy literature for ages. Most of us grew up hearing tales of the Knights of...

For that you'd have to refer to the DMG in several places: the generation of ability scores for NPCs, the rules for general inhabitants...

AD&D is a statistically interesting case. The odds of rolling 15 or better on 3d6 are about 10% (19/216). In Gary's world we can infer...

This is from AD&D. Use this as gospel. If they roll a character without these traits...reroll. 16 or above in at least one, just to...

My old AD&D groups never really settled on a consistent method. I think we sometimes used Method I (4d6, drop lowest, arrange as...

I have seen suggestions that the UA barbarian and cavalier might have worked for one-on-one play, in which the DM does not have to worry...

I'm also farting around with random NPC generation, which I'll probably apply to actual monsters at some point.

Another one inspired by the Grandiloquent Word of the Day. TRAGELAPH Half-goat, half-deer, this beast has a strange unworldly quality...

Did it myself. Threw some strawberries into some Campari, let it sit a week, and then, well, down the hatch.

Strawberry negroni tonight. Equal parts strawberry-infused campari, gin, and sweet vermouth, garnished with a strawberry. It's gentler...