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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7933686" data-attributes="member: 57383">Bear in mind that a typical squad/platoon/mob would not be composed of 1st level fighters in early D&amp;D.&nbsp; Being 1st level was a step up from the &quot;average human&quot; who didn't have a level per se. Instead they were &quot;Normal Man&quot; level in BECMI, had &quot;1-1 HD&quot; in Original D&amp;D or were &quot;0-level&quot; in 1st edition AD&amp;D.Fighters had the special ability to attack such opponents once per level in those editions - so a 4th-level &quot;Hero&quot; AD&amp;D fighter could attack 0-level bandits or footsoldiers four times in a melee round, just as a Hero figure did in Chainmail.In really primeval OD&amp;D the ability of fighters to attack opponents with less than 1 full HD once per level meant a fighter over 2nd level could attack 1st level wizard multiple times per round, since those characters had HD of 1-1 originally (i.e. 1d6-1 - the system assumed the same dice was used for HD). I think that got amended when the MU got four-sided HD but my memory might be playing me tricks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7933686, member: 57383"] Bear in mind that a typical squad/platoon/mob would not be composed of 1st level fighters in early D&D. Being 1st level was a step up from the "average human" who didn't have a level per se. Instead they were "Normal Man" level in BECMI, had "1-1 HD" in Original D&D or were "0-level" in 1st edition AD&D. Fighters had the special ability to attack such opponents [I]once per level[/I] in those editions - so a 4th-level "Hero" AD&D fighter could attack 0-level bandits or footsoldiers four times in a melee round, just as a Hero figure did in [I]Chainmail[/I]. In really primeval OD&D the ability of fighters to attack opponents with less than 1 full HD once per level meant a fighter over 2nd level could attack 1st level wizard multiple times per round, since those characters had HD of 1-1 originally (i.e. 1d6-1 - the system assumed the same dice was used for HD). I think that got amended when the MU got four-sided HD but my memory might be playing me tricks. [/QUOTE]

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