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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 5877399" data-attributes="member: 3586">One of the very interesting features of having almost every (fightable) monster in oD&D/AD&D being in the 2-9 range of AC is that it makes all characters relevant in physical combat, something that quickly became not the case when you dropped into the negatives.Speaking in terms of THAC0, first level magic-users and thieves in AD&D had a THAC0 of 21; this translates into a THAC2 of 19 and a THAC5 of 16. For the thief, this doesn't change until the character reaches 5th level, at which point it improves by a massive 2 points (THAC2=17, THAC5=14). At 9th level, the thief's next point of improvement, this improves by 3 (THAC2=14, THAC5=11).Meanwhile, the fighter has been improving by 1/level from a start of THAC0=20, so by 9th level, he's at THAC2=9, THAC5=6.I look at AC5 because it's a pretty standard AC for low-level monsters in the game (and some higher-level ones as well), whilst AC2 is about as high as your regular foes will get. Once you move outside those values - above level 9, and below AC 2 - the mathematics of AD&D combat begins to look a lot more shaky.More soon...</blockquote>