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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 754222" data-attributes="member: 7635">As a player and DM, I ran Basic (Cyclopedia), 2e, and 3e. (I missed 1e).&nbsp; This is my take.Magic Users: Most of the M-U I saw either carried lots of flaming oil and slings, or were multi-classed or elves. (slightly better hp, casting in armor, the latter gone in 2e.) Lastly, mages were patient. They were either cowards, XP sponges, or excellent manipulators and negociators. Then, when they had absorbed enough XP and magic from the rest of the team, they became true power houses. We always have used max hp at first level. I know its a houserule, but we decided that upon first character roll up. And you could survive you con in rounds after 0 hp, as an optional rule in Basic D&amp;D. The first time I played a thief was in 2e, where racial, dex, and armor all adjusted thief skills and you could devide 60 points among them. I always went with OL/FRT/MS/HS/DN as my combo, ingoring the others. I would guess not alot of old Modules had fatal traps at first level, but I'm sure there are execptions to that!Most of the poisons I saw were just damage (1d6, ect). I personally never saw a save or die poison until around 6th level. Old D&amp;D (basic, original, 1e and early 2e) assumed that there would be large parties of multiple classes, some great magic at first level (+1 swords were common), and lots of fatalities. Remember, the game came from WAR GAME roots, and these notions were commonplace. Great role-playing of a particular character would develop later, and the rules would (try) to play catch up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 754222, member: 7635"] As a player and DM, I ran Basic (Cyclopedia), 2e, and 3e. (I missed 1e). This is my take. Magic Users: Most of the M-U I saw either carried lots of flaming oil and slings, or were multi-classed or elves. (slightly better hp, casting in armor, the latter gone in 2e.) Lastly, mages were patient. They were either cowards, XP sponges, or excellent manipulators and negociators. Then, when they had absorbed enough XP and magic from the rest of the team, they became true power houses. We always have used max hp at first level. I know its a houserule, but we decided that upon first character roll up. And you could survive you con in rounds after 0 hp, as an optional rule in Basic D&D. The first time I played a thief was in 2e, where racial, dex, and armor all adjusted thief skills and you could devide 60 points among them. I always went with OL/FRT/MS/HS/DN as my combo, ingoring the others. I would guess not alot of old Modules had fatal traps at first level, but I'm sure there are execptions to that! Most of the poisons I saw were just damage (1d6, ect). I personally never saw a save or die poison until around 6th level. Old D&D (basic, original, 1e and early 2e) assumed that there would be large parties of multiple classes, some great magic at first level (+1 swords were common), and lots of fatalities. Remember, the game came from WAR GAME roots, and these notions were commonplace. Great role-playing of a particular character would develop later, and the rules would (try) to play catch up. [/QUOTE]

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