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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1878194" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>I posted some stories earlier in this thread about stupid things my players have done.</p><p></p><p>Here's something I actually did. Bear with me - it was one of my first times of playing D&D, ever.</p><p></p><p>Back in the halcyon days of AD&D, I decided my favourite class was the magic-user. Unfortunately, AD&D had a lot of things in it designed to completely frustrate the novice magic-user. One of these things was the way your initial spell book was determined.</p><p></p><p>Yes, it was <em>randomly</em> generated. If you were very "lucky", your only offensive spell would be <em>friends</em> (+2d4 charisma). That isn't that great now - it was even worse in those days. I wasn't that "lucky", though. I had <em>shocking grasp</em>.</p><p></p><p>One thing about being a 1st level wizard with 3 hit points and a AC of 10 - <em>shocking grasp</em> ain't the easiest spell to use. As the game went on, I progressively was getting more and more bored. I believe I cast my spell, and couldn't hit anything with it.</p><p></p><p>So, I persuaded one of the fighters to come with me, and we approached a previously unremarked door. I touched the doorknob and discharged my <em>shocking grasp</em> spell. Not unsurprisingly, no monster happened to be touching the other side of the door - and there was no thump of my first kill.</p><p></p><p>Instead, entering the room, we found an extremely large and unhurt ogre. It decided we were lunch. My fighter friend charged into melee, and turned to me.</p><p></p><p>"What spells can you use on it?" he asked.</p><p></p><p>This is AD&D. I had <em>one</em> spell only, and I'd just used that on a door.</p><p></p><p>Ogres kill lone fighters with a useless magic-user for back-up real easily, I found.</p><p></p><p>There's another stupid player story with myself in the starring role that I can think of, but I'll leave that for another day.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, that story is one reason I think the 1E DMG is overrated - it has the idiotic system for randomly determining magic-user spells.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 1878194, member: 3586"] I posted some stories earlier in this thread about stupid things my players have done. Here's something I actually did. Bear with me - it was one of my first times of playing D&D, ever. Back in the halcyon days of AD&D, I decided my favourite class was the magic-user. Unfortunately, AD&D had a lot of things in it designed to completely frustrate the novice magic-user. One of these things was the way your initial spell book was determined. Yes, it was [i]randomly[/i] generated. If you were very "lucky", your only offensive spell would be [i]friends[/i] (+2d4 charisma). That isn't that great now - it was even worse in those days. I wasn't that "lucky", though. I had [i]shocking grasp[/i]. One thing about being a 1st level wizard with 3 hit points and a AC of 10 - [i]shocking grasp[/i] ain't the easiest spell to use. As the game went on, I progressively was getting more and more bored. I believe I cast my spell, and couldn't hit anything with it. So, I persuaded one of the fighters to come with me, and we approached a previously unremarked door. I touched the doorknob and discharged my [i]shocking grasp[/i] spell. Not unsurprisingly, no monster happened to be touching the other side of the door - and there was no thump of my first kill. Instead, entering the room, we found an extremely large and unhurt ogre. It decided we were lunch. My fighter friend charged into melee, and turned to me. "What spells can you use on it?" he asked. This is AD&D. I had [i]one[/i] spell only, and I'd just used that on a door. Ogres kill lone fighters with a useless magic-user for back-up real easily, I found. There's another stupid player story with myself in the starring role that I can think of, but I'll leave that for another day. Incidentally, that story is one reason I think the 1E DMG is overrated - it has the idiotic system for randomly determining magic-user spells. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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