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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1626815" data-attributes="member: 158">A couple of comments about the tables in 1E:In my experience, chucking the tables didn't hurt much, because they have the same things now in the PHB chapter 3. Better yet for me, they're mathematically progressive, so I don't even need the charts. To use the example, my kobold thief has +3 to attack, about 8 rogue skills at +7, and 4d6 hit points. He's not perfectly legal, but then he wasn't in those days, either.One thing that used to drive me batty about my players years ago was that two or three of them used to NEVER write anything down combat-wise; they'd add everything up only AFTER they would roll... every time. I used to extoll them on the virtues of writing down modified THACO and saves, so they could tell me quickly what they'd hit, or what they rolled to save, but every single time it would take 10 to 15 seconds while they'd count up, then subtract, and THEN do they same thing for damage.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> One thing I'm forcing them to do now is MAKE them write up their Melee and Ranged Attack bonuses, and damages, or have another player keep track of them. It saves me from pulling hair out in frustration... not that I have any left to save... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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