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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Resting for 10 minutes every hour is a new one on me. Was that hidden in a random place in BD&D, or did my groups just gloss over it?

 

[Nikosandros]

Resting for 10 minutes every hour is a new one on me. Was that hidden in a random place in BD&D, or did my groups just gloss over it?

It's on page B19 of Moldvay.

 

[Nikosandros]

It's on page B19 of Moldvay.

I haven't personally checked all the details, but IIRC, the claim is that Basic OSE is exactly as B/X, except for optional ascending AC and the resolution of a few ambiguities according to Gavin's opinion. There shouldn't be any additional rules.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's on page B19 of Moldvay.

Glossed over it in favor of looking at the art and the magic items, then!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I haven't personally checked all the details, but IIRC, the claim is that Basic OSE is exactly as B/X, except for optional ascending AC and the resolution of a few ambiguities according to Gavin's opinion. There shouldn't be any additional rules.

That wasn't what I was thinking had happened. TSR D&D, especially during Gygax's time, had a real problem with rules organization. Rules that, realistically, are critical to understanding AD&D, for instance, are hidden in the last sentence of seemingly unimportant sections of the DMG, rather than appearing in the PHB.

I had no doubt the rule was in BD&D somewhere. I just didn't know if it was in a sane place -- and we skimmed past it -- or if it was in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard."

 

[overgeeked]

I haven't personally checked all the details, but IIRC, the claim is that Basic OSE is exactly as B/X, except for optional ascending AC and the resolution of a few ambiguities according to Gavin's opinion. There shouldn't be any additional rules.

The only "changes" made were to resolve contradictions.

 

[Nikosandros]

That wasn't what I was thinking had happened. TSR D&D, especially during Gygax's time, had a real problem with rules organization. Rules that, realistically, are critical to understanding AD&D, for instance, are hidden in the last sentence of seemingly unimportant sections of the DMG, rather than appearing in the PHB.

I had no doubt the rule was in BD&D somewhere. I just didn't know if it was in a sane place -- and we skimmed past it -- or if it was in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard."

Fair enough. I think that B/X is fairly well organized, all things considered, but it is also true that I first read it much later in my gaming career. AD&D, is a veritable mess. I think that when I started playing it, I must have glossed about half of it...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The only "changes" made were to resolve contradictions.

Well, until it came time to incorporate AD&D classes and races.

 

[Nikosandros]

The only "changes" made were to resolve contradictions.

Is there a list somewhere of this "resolved" contradictions?

 

[Nikosandros]

Well, until it came time to incorporate AD&D classes and races.

Basic OSE is a restatement of B/X. Advanced, while heavily inspired by TSR material is, of course, new material.