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I realize I never answered the first/most basic question "how do I explain that narratively" Gord-Gygax(Thief acrobat) is fighting a fire giant. The fight started promisingly, with a surprise backstab, but the giant, after bellowing out in pain & shock, simply turned(morale test made), and...

the OP did it on purpose, methinks...as the top has almost nothing to do with initiative. It's only potentially an issue due the wording (melee+ initiative, vs non-melee attacks) & house rules or rather, simplifications on initiative if you change things to low roll wins, that makes...

look good to me

initiative is rolled every round, but there is a misunderstanding about evasion (also, no one understands 1e initiative, but it need not be a big deal, high roller goes first, attacks generally landing on the die of the other side) Evasion only requires initiative to be won if the character is...

Great cover & some useful advice columns, but the far and away stand out is Len's 5% article, especially the XP table portion. Absolutely essential to my games then & when I came back to AD&D this century

This one is not a favorite issue of mine in any regard. Not at all.

cool cover, as usual! very AD&D, to sport Mordenkainen's Sword in action I enjoyed the Peryton article, as I did most ecology articles. I do wish they'd be more bold; today they would be, with alternate stat-blocks & variants, one of very few improvements time has made magical rings! I used...

This is a VERY strong issue indeed! the cover & creepy & strange & cool Ed Greenwood's shields are much needed...even if not that great, D&D has always had a horrible lack of cool magical shields, and still does to this day! His attempt to begin to address that defect thus can only garner...

"The cover is by Denis Beauvais and depicts a pair of knights battling on a multi-level chessboard." I liked this one a lot too "Ed Greenwood presents "The Ecology of the Slithering Tracker," offering fresh insight into this underutilized predator. Delivered as the notes of the wizard...

"This month's cover is by Clyde Caldwell, and it is a personal favorite." same here! "In "Featured Creatures," Gygax shares stats for the Baku and Phoenix. The baku, a psionic elephant-like creature, was last seen in AD&D second edition, but the phoenix has become a staple monster." they made...

i need to apologize, i now noticed i am responding to 2024 tagged stuff, and I never ever wanted to do that...no wonder it's 2024 oriented. My bad, and sorry to all. You can like what you like, of course, I thought I was in 5e discussion. sorry!

nah, it's me, though I'm not active on message boards anymore. So a quick & hi & bye Willie!

yep, won't be bothered to try here in 2024world