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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9388059" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Technically, it's not errata. The Wild Hunt was a fanzine (similar, if not quite as influential, as Alarums and Excursions). The Wild Hunt #19 (apparently from August 1977) predates AD&amp;D, as it mentions &quot;The new D&amp;D (referring to Holmes Basic) ...&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2012/09/[/URL]h/t [USER=42368]@zenopus[/USER] That means that it predates both the &quot;final&quot; version in Dragon as well as the &quot;official&quot; version in the PHB, released the following year (June 1978).Put another way, I would say that this is the final Aronson version of the class, but it predates the official adoption by TSR. I have never actually seen that Aronson version, and I would love to compare the final version Aronson released with the version that TSR ended up using- [USER=86051]@ilgatto[/USER] ... can you share the full article, or give us a synopsis?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9388059, member: 7023840"] Technically, it's not errata. [I]The Wild Hunt [/I]was a fanzine (similar, if not quite as influential, as [I]Alarums and Excursions[/I]). The Wild Hunt #19 (apparently from August 1977) predates AD&D, as it mentions "The new D&D (referring to Holmes Basic) ..." [URL unfurl="true"]https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2012/09/[/URL] h/t [USER=42368]@zenopus[/USER] That means that it predates both the "final" version in Dragon as well as the "official" version in the PHB, released the following year (June 1978). Put another way, I would say that this is the final [I]Aronson[/I] version of the class, but it predates the official adoption by TSR. I have never actually seen that Aronson version, and I would love to compare the final version Aronson released with the version that TSR ended up using- [USER=86051]@ilgatto[/USER] ... can you share the full article, or give us a synopsis? [/QUOTE]

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