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<blockquote data-quote="Erich the Fuzzy" data-source="post: 8660170" data-attributes="member: 7015978">1) Vecna was not a TSR-produced figure, so the DM had to come up with his own figure (to go with the stats he created), presumably by using an existing figure already missing its left arm. But technically, Vecna didn't lose his hand &amp; eye - rather, they were all that were left after the rest of him was destroyed. So perhaps whatever process restored him was imperfect, incomplete, or unfinished.2) I don't think they ever said the 20 was a critical hit, just that it was the number they needed to roll to succeed. Although in the case of the &quot;rogue&quot; (thief), her backstab damage would bump up the total damage significantly - but only if she hit. (As would her poison knife, since a 1E lich, like all 1E undead, was not specifically immune to poison). 3) As noted by others, yes. Assuming she was years ahead of her time by referring to a thief as a rogue. (The mere existence of the thief and assassin classes were part of the reason for the moral panic about D&amp;D, so leaving out that term actually goes against the theme of the season).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Erich the Fuzzy, post: 8660170, member: 7015978"] 1) Vecna was not a TSR-produced figure, so the DM had to come up with his own figure (to go with the stats he created), presumably by using an existing figure already missing its left arm. But technically, Vecna didn't lose his hand & eye - rather, they were all that were left after the rest of him was destroyed. So perhaps whatever process restored him was imperfect, incomplete, or unfinished. 2) I don't think they ever said the 20 was a critical hit, just that it was the number they needed to roll to succeed. Although in the case of the "rogue" (thief), her backstab damage would bump up the total damage significantly - but only if she hit. (As would her poison knife, since a 1E lich, like all 1E undead, was not specifically immune to poison). 3) As noted by others, yes. Assuming she was years ahead of her time by referring to a thief as a rogue. (The mere existence of the thief and assassin classes were part of the reason for the moral panic about D&D, so leaving out that term actually goes against the theme of the season). [/QUOTE]

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