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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 4768402" data-attributes="member: 32740">Don't know about pedigree, but from 1E onwards a Dex check was, IME, very common indeed. It was used in checking to see if you could keep your balance on a log, footing on a slippery surface, getting up from prone, landing on your feet when your horse is killed underneath you, but most commonly of all it got used to determine who was actually IN the area-effect of a spell before saves were even made. Fireballs particularly, just by virtue of being most common.&nbsp;If your character was kinda half-in/half-out of the area then the DM would frequently give you a simple dex check to see if you were all-in or all-out. That's just how we rolled. YMMV.&nbsp;I didn't play much OD&amp;D before moving to 1E and the memories of it are conflated with what came later.&nbsp; To the best of my recollection, however, Dex checks, Str checks, etc. were even MORE likely in OD&amp;D because it otherwise just didn't have the rules to cover a myriad of situations.&nbsp; So much was left to the DM's discretion, and the DM's discretion frequently said, &quot;Just give 'em a dex check and they can't blame you for not giving them a decent chance at it.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 4768402, member: 32740"] Don't know about pedigree, but from 1E onwards a Dex check was, IME, very common indeed. It was used in checking to see if you could keep your balance on a log, footing on a slippery surface, getting up from prone, landing on your feet when your horse is killed underneath you, but most commonly of all it got used to determine who was actually IN the area-effect of a spell before saves were even made. Fireballs particularly, just by virtue of being most common. If your character was kinda half-in/half-out of the area then the DM would frequently give you a simple dex check to see if you were all-in or all-out. That's just how we rolled. YMMV. I didn't play much OD&D before moving to 1E and the memories of it are conflated with what came later. To the best of my recollection, however, Dex checks, Str checks, etc. were even MORE likely in OD&D because it otherwise just didn't have the rules to cover a myriad of situations. So much was left to the DM's discretion, and the DM's discretion frequently said, "Just give 'em a dex check and they can't blame you for not giving them a decent chance at it." [/QUOTE]

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