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<blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 8617969" data-attributes="member: 21938"><p>I'm only going up to Issue 50 - the Fiend Factory after that slides first into conversions from various book series (Majipoor Chronicles, Many Coloured Land etc) and then into relative obscurity. And issue 50 is the anniversary special that gives stats to the "White Dwarf Personalities", so it's kind of a jokey one.</p><p></p><p>But yes, the early issues are OD&D. They never really produce any material specifically for BECMI rules, but since they usually portray the stat blocks in a simpler fashion than standard AD&D, I think any halfway competent DM could have used them for either. Although there is a phase in the late 20s/early 30s where everybody loves psionics for some reason, even when they're not really thematically applicable to the monster.</p><p></p><p>As for HD, it's my sense that the Spinescale is meant to be more of a nuisance monster than a major threat, so let's go with 4d6 (which is an easy doubling of the original and probably a reasonable rule of thumb to stick to). There's one used in the WD scenario The Lichway, where its an obstacle in a "secret passage" area and not a major/necessary feature of the adventure. I reckon you could replace the giant frogs outside the Moathouse in T1 Village of Hommlet with a couple of these as well, although they are somewhat tougher with the resistances and poison.</p><p></p><p>Also, I see that you have a similar thread going - for simplicity should I just append any future conversion to that, save reinventing the wheel?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr Simon, post: 8617969, member: 21938"] I'm only going up to Issue 50 - the Fiend Factory after that slides first into conversions from various book series (Majipoor Chronicles, Many Coloured Land etc) and then into relative obscurity. And issue 50 is the anniversary special that gives stats to the "White Dwarf Personalities", so it's kind of a jokey one. But yes, the early issues are OD&D. They never really produce any material specifically for BECMI rules, but since they usually portray the stat blocks in a simpler fashion than standard AD&D, I think any halfway competent DM could have used them for either. Although there is a phase in the late 20s/early 30s where everybody loves psionics for some reason, even when they're not really thematically applicable to the monster. As for HD, it's my sense that the Spinescale is meant to be more of a nuisance monster than a major threat, so let's go with 4d6 (which is an easy doubling of the original and probably a reasonable rule of thumb to stick to). There's one used in the WD scenario The Lichway, where its an obstacle in a "secret passage" area and not a major/necessary feature of the adventure. I reckon you could replace the giant frogs outside the Moathouse in T1 Village of Hommlet with a couple of these as well, although they are somewhat tougher with the resistances and poison. Also, I see that you have a similar thread going - for simplicity should I just append any future conversion to that, save reinventing the wheel? [/QUOTE]
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