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Wanting a FM multiclas then to go cleric... I would like to mention to the poster that said they had a player wanting to play an elven fighter/magic user mulitclass character that then switches to cleric that Gary has in fact addressed a way to play this sort of character in UA and UA's errata...

Yes, as I understand EGG's vision for "2nd" edition, it would have been a clean up of 1st. PHB would have been expanded to include the player matierals in UA, skill stuff from DSG & WSG, maybe the DMG's age, weight & height tables or revised ones and such. The bard from 1st ed would have been...

Too bad you didn't know about reversed version of that cast earlier. :lol: Let me know which saves you failed and/or what plane you ended up on. One a serious note, As for the 2nd Mu being able to do the same yes that's true given the spell lists are merged. For the most part 2nd ed was the...

... as you attempt to waylay a Projected Image, you might ponder the error of your ways just before a horizontally cast Prismatic Wall bisects your mid-section... :lol: BTW Overall, I agree the 3e stuff will out cruch the 1st ed stuff.

As long as we use the 1st ed AD&D inititaive system...I think your in trouble :p Save vs spells or eat 38d6 of fireball & if you do save take 72hp of damage thanks to the glory of old-school Demi-Shadow magic. :lol: j/k of course as I also play 3e. :uhoh:

I think your right on the mark R.A. I think that would fix the issue. BTW - as for changes would have allowed demi-humans unlimited progress IF they were single classed in their races favored class. I'd organize it from the start as EGG planned to organize it for what should have been the 2nd...

Seems like he should have to buy the pizza for the group, each session he's greedy. On a serious note does he chip in for the groups refreshments etc along with the other players? I would make sure he is keep up with his encumbrance by the book if he has loads of gold. :p I think switching the...

Japan Campagin: Who wants to be Shogun? I'll go with a homebrew I did back in 1981 before any of the OA materials were published. Japan Campagin: Who wants to be Shogun? Based on James Calvell's Shogun book and the TV movie. The players were involved in crafting our Japan and we had our own...

In 1st ed AD&D we had a fair number of Illusionist and it was my favorite class. When UA came out the balance tipped more in favor the magic-user. When 2nd ed came out with that combined spell list for magic-user/wizards, it was the death of the Illusionist class. The Illusionist was just...

I've ran into two sets of weird gamers. Back in college, I ran into someone that who was in his mid-30's that played AD&D. After talking about the game for a while, I was invited to sit in on the next session. Quickly, a character was rolled up and the combat system which was a mix of...

Suggestions on converting from 3e/3.5e to AD&D? I've picked up several interesting looking 3e products I'd like to use with my 1st ed group. Any suggestions, threads, tables, I should be aware of before I try to convert Gary Gygax's Necropolis? Thank You

Be sure to throw in a few senseless encounters like when they rent a room at the Inn and open the door to the room... DM:"You see an orc. He is guarding a chest."

Share your most bizarre player stories from the gaming table.

No. As DM I could make the worst call in the world and my group would forgive and forget but video a gaming session and let others see it? They'd kick me out of the group for even suggesting something like that and I organized the group!

First time was in ~1978 and was a one shot only. Didn't think it was much of a game as we had no idea how to play and were trying to figure it out from the blue box booklet. We actually started playing with AD&D. I wasn't very happy about it either at the time as I was stuck DMing and like...

Having save or die situations, keeps the risk in the game which is important to keeping the tension up and enjoyment. So the rolls should stand. Of course save or die situations don't need to be over used but they do need to occur.

I don't think it's an age issue. Over exposure and playing RPG's years on end will make most people some what jaded about new RPG products. Yet I think high quality ideas which are able to shatter this and return the "warm fuzzy feeling" After taking nine years away from gaming, I started...

Likewise, during the Golden Area of around 1980-1985 it appears about ~105 of those that voted of the 260 (at the time of this post) started playing D&D or OAD&D. That would be about 40% of those that voted! This poll is enlighting as I would not have guessed that many of the folks playing...

With about 260 votes in the poll, I think it is very interesting that only about 26 players that voted picked up the game in the last ~10 years. That would be about 10% of those that voted. The last ten years are about 1/3 of the time covered by the poll. Think it's interesting that ~ ten years...

Newton'd - Heroic AD&D Paladin played by "Newton" who crushed and ground into paste after rolling under a pivoting heavy tank, failing dex checks and getting caught up in the treads and running gear when visiting Gamma World. "I missed the arch wizard. I'm about to get Newton'd." Pork'd - when...