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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4857217" data-attributes="member: 2209">I read further on the Mentzer [later edit, actually meant Holmes] initiative, combat, and some of the monster sections last night.Daggers and other light weapons attack twice in a round. Swords and such go once a round, heavy weapons like axes, flails, two-handed swords and polearms go once every two rounds. No advantages for using a heavy over a light melee weapon. Sounds like half of a system there.Most monsters have little description, orcs are CE humanoids, goblins are LE humanoids, bugbears are sneaky CE giant goblins, hobgoblins are LE giant goblins, kobolds are dwarflike evil humanoids. What do they look like? "humanoid".Basilisks are small reptilian creatures.Carrion crawlers only do 8 paralysis attacks, no damage.Djinnis are neutral and do not grant wishes, though they can conjure stuff like the later spells.Elves are tougher than dwarves (1+1 vs 1 HD) and do more damage (d10 vs d8). Dwarves have 1 AC advantage though.Neat system for giant rock throwing, they do damage to areas of effect and you roll two d6s, one for overshooting and one for undershooting, to see how close to their targeted area they get. Giant damage is significantly big.Hobgoblin (I think it is hobs) elites use gnoll stats but there is no gnoll entryHell hounds do 1d6 per hit die on their flame breath, no limits for their breathing listed.Horses have no attacks.Hydras have 6 hp per HD and 1 head per HD that does an attack for d6. Every 6 damage and a head is killed, no regeneration. I really like their hydra.Mummy rot from mummy touch slows healing down to 1/10 normal rate unless a quick cure disease which brings it down to 1/2. Mummy fear paralyzes everyone who misses a save until the mummy touches someone. I forget if they are 1/2 damage or immune to fire but they are not vulnerable to fire as they later become.Oozes, slimes, jellies, puddings, all still really tough and deadly, most require magic or fire, many with odd specific unexplained immunities.</blockquote>

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