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    AD&D 2E First example of official max hp at first level?

    2e Dark Sun did have characters start at 3rd level so that helped a bunch with the low starting hp issue in a different way.
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    AD&D 2E First example of official max hp at first level?

    In reading a little bit from PHBR1 The Complete Fighter's Handbook I came across this passage on page 4: When you're creating single class warrior characters, we recommend that you start all first-level warriors with the maximum number of hit points they can have at that level—don't even bother...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    The two revisions in weapon specialization are in PHBR1 The Complete Fighter's Handbook page 58: "Only single-class warriors (fighters, paladins, and rangers) can take weapon specialties. Such a character can only take one when he is first created, but may specialize in more weapons as he gains...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    2e specialization actually made picking up random new magic weapons more feasible for fighters than 1e did. In 2e you could specialize in more than one weapon, new weapons just had to be mastered after first level. So while an Unearthed Arcana fighter was double specialized in their one weapon...
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    RPG Sales of 2025

    Dungeon Masters' Guild Maps Sale. 30% off about 2,000 PDFs, two weeks.
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    1e darts are clearly for double specialized fighter NPCs. Four attacks a round at +3/+3 damage. And as hurled weapons you could get weighted ones for strength bonus. And it is designed for NPCs because PC fighters need a magic weapon ASAP for all the monsters that require magic to hit. I only...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    Potentially available, you could have friends as your random 1st level offensive spell instead. :) Thieves and MUs are actually one behind the fighters and clerics at level 1 in 1e, Fighters and clerics need a 19 to hit AC1 while thieves and MUs still need a 20. In Moldvay Basic everybody is...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    They are two different weapons so to use both types yes, two different proficiencies. Just like dagger and knife once you get the expanded list in UA. However if you only had one proficiency that was the main use of this weapon's magical properties! Whichever one you are proficient/specialized...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    With eleven classes in the PH and multiple races with various multiclass and level limits to pick from I felt 1e pre-UA had a bunch of impactful character build choices as it was even with random stat rolling and magic items and even just roleplaying and tactics being such big factors...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    Not as weapons, but they could still use such a trident as a low charge extra-long wand of fish command or marine predator detection. :) Still really weird that these four tridents are in the miscellaneous magic item tables and then the miscellaneous magic weapon table has one different magical...
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    TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?

    Cheaters. For my long term AD&D campaign I allowed anything from official sources from stuff I had (UA and OA at the time and then some Dragon and Best of Dragon options) but I did it fairly RAW. The party ended up mostly not human rolls with four using options from the DMG to get the sweet...
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    Undead Origins

    The Fate of Inglemia - Superlink Edition Mutants & Masterminds 2e Undead: ? Greater Undead: The rituals that Oregono uses to create Greater Undead work for the Node or without the Node, depending on how much someone is willing to pay. Greater Undead, Servant: ? Thinking Undead: ? Lich: ...
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    D&D General Any movement/update on Creative Commons SRD for previous editions?

    Really?!! I had given up hope on 4e happening. 3e and 3.5 have their OGL SRDs, and Oe, Basic, and AD&D have retroclones so there is a ton of stuff made for them and it is pretty easy for more stuff to be made, 4e is the one without that and so would be nicest to get out there. 4e is so...
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    Undead Origins

    Spells and Rituals Mutants & Masterminds 2e Undead: ? Skeleton: Raise Undead ritual. Raise Corpse Army ritual. Zombie: Raise Undead ritual. Raise Corpse Army ritual. Ghost: ? Raise Undead Power(s): Animate Objects 2 (Extras: Continuous Duration; Flaws: Limited to corpses) Power Point Total: 6...
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    Undead Origins

    Warriors & Warlocks Mutants & Masterminds 2e Undead Overlord: It may be an ancient king back from the grave to continue its conquest, or a spirit of vengeance seeking to slay the countrymen and descendants of those who originally ended its life. The Undead Overlord is an old enemy who was slain...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Atlas of Faerun (with some pictures from the internet)

    I would say 1e FR filled in a lot of blanks. There were 1e sourcebooks on Waterdeep and the North, the Moonshaes, Empires of the Sands, The Savage Frontier, Dreams of the Red Wizards, and the really big Kara Tur boxed set.
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    Undead Origins

    DC Adventures Heroes and Villains I Black Hand, William Hand, Black Lantern, Avatar of Death, Criminal, Necromancer: After several humiliating defeats, including an instance where the Spectre turned one of his hands into coal, Black Hand sank deeper and deeper into madness. While being...
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    Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

    Does that come out on Disney+ soon?
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    History Rhymes: Another Gygax Lawsuit

    I enjoyed parts of WG7, I ran at least two of the levels for the group in my longterm AD&D campaign (the party for Asmodeus one and the food-themed chefs one) and they went great. I loved the art, I am a big Jim Holloway fan when he is not doing cross-eyed silliness pictures. I really did not...
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    Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

    I am in the U.S. and the Hulu on my just Disney+ subscription is a limited thing, not all stuff on Hulu is on there. Things I have watched on the hulu on there have gone unavailable too.
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