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Oe was an exception. 1st level charm person RAW was permanent until dispelled and they were effectively your slave and so could fight for you as a new meat shield. Very vancian of few spells but they could be whoppers, even from first level. Charm Person: This spell applies to all two-legged...

If you had the choice because you had the spell in your spellbook and made your percentage learn check to be able to prepare it. Similar to GURPS Magic. A big explicit rules use of wands and staves was extending your reach in combat beyond your fingertip in their highly granulated three foot...

1e Burning Hands is so weak, it goes out 3' from the caster's hands and does 1 damage per level. Shocking grasp at least does 1d8+(1 per level) at touch range (about the same as BH). Magic Missile is just so much better for a pure damage spell, an independently targetable 2-5 damage every odd...

For a while I was thinking of it this way, that the rules made it an evil cleric out of combat spell for torturing (cause wounds) or cursing (cause disease, curse) prisoners But recently I've been thinking of if it works sort of like 3e holding the charge, the first creature touched after...

The Book of Regency 2e Undead: ? Minor Undead: ?

My reading of B/X Basic (page B15 "Similarly, because the words and gestures must be repeated exactly, spells cannot be cast while performing any other action (such as walking or fighting)." was that you could not cast in melee, but in 1e I read the section in the 1e DMG spell casting in melee...

OK, so my guy with a two handed sword who loses initiative attacks the spellcaster on their initiative which is in the first 1-6 segments of the round, implied segment 2 for the winning side rolling a 5. All his other two-handed sword buddies trading blows in melee go at segments 3-6 depending...

The Book of Magecraft (2e) 2e Undead, Undead Creature: ? Undead Creation: Animate Army spell. Skeleton: ? Skeleton, Ancient Dead, Undead Minion: Legion of the Dead realm spell. Giant Skeleton, Ancient Dead, Undead Minion: Legion of the Dead realm spell. Zombie: ? Zombie, Ancient Dead, Undead...

Do you know where it says this in the 1e PH or DMG? I don't remember that being specified.

The Astromundi Cluster (2e) 2e Undead, Undead Being, Undead Creature: The Astromundi Cluster has always been a sphere high in both violence and magical activity. The combination of these two often results in the creation of undead beings, either as an indirect result of magical battles or...

Damascus Steel

Physically as far as stats? I don't remember a lot of stealth and surprise from Ookla, but yes, most hulking brute reskins could work for most of the stats. If you rewrote bugbears to narratively be a version of a Thundar Mook or a Star Wars Wookie (which Ookla is based off of) that would be...

I found them interesting when I read the first Dragonlance book when it came out, but I thought they would grow old quick. When the 1e Dragonlance Adventures came out with PC stats for them I thought they would make terrible PCs for more than a joke one shot. I had zero interest in ever playing...

It might not matter to their fellow party members, but it is likely to matter as to how most everyone the new incarnation interacts with is likely to treat them. Hiding from most every otherwise friendly NPC as a seven foot tall brute is an option but whether hiding or not it tends to direct a...

Their characterization is usually one of the more monstrous of the humanoids building off their classic CE alignment and ambush surprise powers. Volo's Guide to Monsters goes into it in some depth for 5e. In pathfinder they are particularly big on relishing the fear of others. In 5.5 they embody...

I was a big fan of Thor's bearded armored look in the 80s.

Tales of the Lance (2e) 2e Undead, Undead Creature: ? Especially Wicked Undead: ? Evil Undead: As lord of false redemption, Chemosh offers "eternal life": recipients spend immortality in an undead and eternally corrupted body. Chemosh rarely explains this when making a pact with Evil undead...

Something Wild (2e) 2e Undead:?