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<blockquote data-quote="mhensley" data-source="post: 4316900" data-attributes="member: 1604">What follows is a by-the-number comparison of your average first level Fighter found in the various versions of D&amp;D.&nbsp; The ground rules followed for this comparison were:&nbsp; Human Fighter with the average stats that would be expected from using the standard stat generation method for a given edition.&nbsp; Stats were arranged in the same order for each fighter with Strength the highest stat and descending to Charisma with the lowest. Equipment would be long sword, shield, and the best armor that average starting money would allow.&nbsp; After generating the fighters for each edition, they would then be paired up against an unending stream of Goblins (also from that edition), one at a time, to see how effective they were.First up, the fighter from the little brown books-OD&amp;D FighterSTR- 13DEX- 12CON- 11INT- 10WIS-&nbsp; 9CHA-&nbsp; 8AC- 18HP- 4.5Hits Goblin- 40%Damage- 3.5OD&amp;D GoblinAC- 14HP- 2.5Hits Fighter- 20%Damage- 3.5FIGHT!It will take the Goblins an average of 7 rounds to kill this Fighter.The fighter will take down an average of 2.8 Goblins with him.Notes: The only bonus the OD&amp;D Fighter gets from his stats is a 5% xp bonus from his Strength.&nbsp; All weapons in OD&amp;D do 1d6 damage. All AC's given here have been stated in ascending AC's to make comparisons easier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mhensley, post: 4316900, member: 1604"] What follows is a by-the-number comparison of your average first level Fighter found in the various versions of D&D. The ground rules followed for this comparison were: Human Fighter with the average stats that would be expected from using the standard stat generation method for a given edition. Stats were arranged in the same order for each fighter with Strength the highest stat and descending to Charisma with the lowest. Equipment would be long sword, shield, and the best armor that average starting money would allow. After generating the fighters for each edition, they would then be paired up against an unending stream of Goblins (also from that edition), one at a time, to see how effective they were. First up, the fighter from the little brown books- OD&D Fighter STR- 13 DEX- 12 CON- 11 INT- 10 WIS- 9 CHA- 8 AC- 18 HP- 4.5 Hits Goblin- 40% Damage- 3.5 OD&D Goblin AC- 14 HP- 2.5 Hits Fighter- 20% Damage- 3.5 FIGHT! It will take the Goblins an average of 7 rounds to kill this Fighter. The fighter will take down an average of 2.8 Goblins with him. Notes: The only bonus the OD&D Fighter gets from his stats is a 5% xp bonus from his Strength. All weapons in OD&D do 1d6 damage. All AC's given here have been stated in ascending AC's to make comparisons easier. [/QUOTE]

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