Do you still use your 1e DMG in your 3e game?

[johnsemlak]

My original idea for this thread was "101 uses for the 1e DMG in 3e". Don't know if we can come up with that many, but let's try.

I also thought we could include uses of other 1e rulebooks, like Unearthed Arcana, 1e Dieties and Demigods, etc.


For example, I still use the Random Dungeon Generoator in the DMG.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

Er..hmm..well, every now and then it gets busted out if anyone needs a random whore.

Hmm..actually, what DOES get used is the "potion mixing table" from the 2E DMG. I don't know if that was in 1E or not, but one of my DMs really loves to make potions explode in your stomach.

 

[Gizzard]

I got it out for Random Town Encounters and the Insanity descriptions. So, yes, it gets used from time to time, but mostly for inspiration.

 

[the Jester]

Well, the potion miscability table was indeed in the 1e dmg.

Personally, I'm very happy with the 3e dmg; but when I was running 2e, I used the 1e dmg exclusively, since the 2e book was a bunch of reprinted sections from the ph and the magic items.

 

[drnuncheon]

page 192...Harlot encounter table! Expanded my vocabulary when I bought the book way back when. The dungeon dressing in Appendix I was great too, as were the reputed magical properties of gems and the medicinal herbs & spices. Really, it had so much bizarre but useful stuff in it - there was always something new that Gary had stuck in in some strange corner.

I wonder how well a "DM's miscellany" book would sell for 3e...

 

[ErichDragon]

I used the costs for buildings and hiring mercenaries in several campaigns. The cover has fallen off, but it is still one of my favorite books.

 

[drnuncheon]

I used the costs for buildings and hiring mercenaries in several campaigns. The cover has fallen off, but it is still one of my favorite books.

You must have really used/abused it. Mine's in better condition than most of my other gaming books - I wish they still made bindings like that!

(Or did you have a later version? I've got the efreet cover - that era of D&D book was just about indestructible.)

J

 

[Rel]

I've got the efreet cover - that era of D&D book was just about indestructible.

J

What I remember most about that cover was some of the troubles it caused me back in the early 80's:

Rel's parents - "We've been hearing some disturbing things about D&D being linked to devil worship and suicide."

Rel - "That is complete hogwash. Utterly rediculous."

Rel's parents - "What's with the huge flaming demon on the cover of the Dungeon Master's Guide?"

Rel - "Nevermind that."

 

[Tuerny]

Nope.
I have yet to find a need for it.

 

[Jack]

- wilderness random encounter tables

- rules on mining