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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 5588508" data-attributes="member: 17551">It was a trade off.&nbsp; Spells were more powerful (harder to save against) but wands and other devices were more reliable (harder to disrupt).&nbsp; In every case, going down the chart, you have a 5% better chance of saving against a device than a spell.&nbsp; So maybe it would have been better to eliminate one of the save categories and have a notation somewhere saying that all characters get a +1 to save against magical effects from devices.&nbsp; But that seems like the type of rule that people complain about missing in AD&amp;D.Not sure what is meant by the categories are inconsistent and there was sketchy differentiation between them.&nbsp; Of the very few times more than one thing might apply (Wand of Paralysis, for example), the rules plainly state which save applies.&nbsp; If there are any cases that don't state which one applies (I haven't found one yet), how hard is it to just pick one?&nbsp; And how is that any different from 3.x+ e when both reflex and fortitude might apply?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 5588508, member: 17551"] It was a trade off. Spells were more powerful (harder to save against) but wands and other devices were more reliable (harder to disrupt). In every case, going down the chart, you have a 5% better chance of saving against a device than a spell. So maybe it would have been better to eliminate one of the save categories and have a notation somewhere saying that all characters get a +1 to save against magical effects from devices. But that seems like the type of rule that people complain about missing in AD&D. Not sure what is meant by the categories are inconsistent and there was sketchy differentiation between them. Of the very few times more than one thing might apply (Wand of Paralysis, for example), the rules plainly state which save applies. If there are any cases that don't state which one applies (I haven't found one yet), how hard is it to just pick one? And how is that any different from 3.x+ e when both reflex and fortitude might apply? [/QUOTE]

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