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<blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 7938773" data-attributes="member: 6687260">People often forget in celebrating older editions that a lot of things included in later games were already house rules for a long time.Things like Starting with Max Hps or starting with consitution hps were not uncommon.&nbsp; The same with -10 HP before dying or minus Con before death.Also starting at 3rd level.&nbsp; I remember reading in several places that even Gary Gygax would often start PCs off at 3rd level and let pcs have up to their level in negative HPs before death.Also there seems to be this thing nowadays about running AD&amp;D with 3d6 in order.&nbsp; That's fine for OD&amp;D where ability scores don't have much impact.&nbsp; But if you actually read AD&amp;D 1e it recommends at least two 15s for a viable starting character and none of its offered alternatives for rolling characters are 3d6 in order once.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Durito, post: 7938773, member: 6687260"] People often forget in celebrating older editions that a lot of things included in later games were already house rules for a long time. Things like Starting with Max Hps or starting with consitution hps were not uncommon. The same with -10 HP before dying or minus Con before death. Also starting at 3rd level. I remember reading in several places that even Gary Gygax would often start PCs off at 3rd level and let pcs have up to their level in negative HPs before death. Also there seems to be this thing nowadays about running AD&D with 3d6 in order. That's fine for OD&D where ability scores don't have much impact. But if you actually read AD&D 1e it recommends at least [I]two[/I] 15s for a viable starting character and none of its offered alternatives for rolling characters are 3d6 in order once. [/QUOTE]

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