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<blockquote data-quote="Dm_from_Brazil" data-source="post: 4591258" data-attributes="member: 55084">Baumi, if your friend is SUCH a purist (using only the rules contained in the Basic Box), yes, that WAS the way that things happened: the Fighter was the perfect &quot;defender&quot; (an euphemism for &quot;meat shield&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) - not causing much damage, but able to stay in front of the party, taking the brunt of the damage. BUT, if your friend in NOT such a purist, he can use the Damage Done by Weapon Type table from the Greyhawk supplement, as it IS part of the OD&amp;D Canon...In this case, a dagger and sling stones causes 1-4 points of damage (one HAS to love this weird OD&amp;D notation), a sword, spears, battle axes and polearms 1-8, a 2-h sword 1-10, hand axes, hammers , arrows and maces 1-6. This going VERY basic, because you could have &quot;damage vs. Man-sized opponents&quot; and &quot;vs. Larger Opponents&quot;May this help your friend!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dm_from_Brazil, post: 4591258, member: 55084"] Baumi, if your friend is SUCH a purist (using only the rules contained in the Basic Box), yes, that WAS the way that things happened: the Fighter was the perfect "defender" (an euphemism for "meat shield" ;) ) - not causing much damage, but able to stay in front of the party, taking the brunt of the damage. BUT, if your friend in NOT such a purist, he can use the Damage Done by Weapon Type table from the Greyhawk supplement, as it IS part of the OD&D Canon... In this case, a dagger and sling stones causes 1-4 points of damage (one HAS to love this weird OD&D notation), a sword, spears, battle axes and polearms 1-8, a 2-h sword 1-10, hand axes, hammers , arrows and maces 1-6. This going VERY basic, because you could have "damage vs. Man-sized opponents" and "vs. Larger Opponents" May this help your friend! [/QUOTE]

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