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Yeah, can't let those pesky players know they can do things!

In fact the segmented round is a very good idea, except it needs to be six segments (to line up with the d6 initiative roll) rather than...

So we used a custom initiative which worked well with Segments. We rolled a 1d10 for initiative and then added speed factor or casting...

Fair, but still... it's one of those "game" things that doesn't always mesh with the fiction of the world. I mean ... do the people in...

I'm not entirely sure about "many people," as I would argue you would need very small values of "many" for that to be correct. But...

YAASSS!!! Probably the best example of all. You said it too. The idea was so awesome! Everyone wanted to play with psionics, and just...

Oh, psionics! Here's the thing. Almost everyone I knew tried at some point to use them. Because ... psionics are cool. And the terms...

Something that's being lost here, and I played and DM'd AD&D from the very beginning, is that people back then used house rules and...

Randomness, lucky rolls and treasure drops, and exploiting luck to build your PC's legend were definitely part of the core game...

Gary really seemed to like making character creation a gamble with "bonus rounds" for more prizes. Roll stats. Roll hit points. Roll...

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

This thread is turning into a "1e bards are even worse than you thought." lol

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

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

I have never come across an explanation for why crossbows were so weak in AD&D, when IRL they were super effective. When I first got...