@GygaxianProse@regxreg: what does OD&D stand for? Googling didn't help me much, the term points to the original D&D box set it seems, but that doesn't seem to be what you are talking about.
@GygaxianProse@regxreg: what does OD&D stand for? Googling didn't help me much, the term points to the original D&D box set it seems, but that doesn't seem to be what you are talking about.
No, that is it. First thing on Google. This is what Gygax used if running D&D, plus a few supplements. It doesn't appear he ever actually playd AD&D...
@GygaxianProse for all the 1st ed. I played, the given weapon vs. AC always seemed too cumbersome...interesting & accurate in its own way, but cumbersome...love weapon speed/casting time, though
Yeah, the hammer has lost its pinch and its place in the medieval arms race, despite all the rules heaviness of latter editions. Weapon vs. AC seems fairly light by comparison. I found a "combat calculator" for AD&D in a dragon magazine lot. IDK how well it plays, but it includes the AC adjustments.
@Son_of_Imoen OD&D is the original box set (3 small booklets + a handful of later add-ons); this rules set was built off the original Chainmail rules D&D is comprised of Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, Immortal sets; these were later compiled into the D&D Rules Cyclopedia... AD&D is 1st & 2nd ed. 3.X & 4th are, again, called D&D D&D (Basic et al.) & AD&D ran concurrently & the names were used to differentiate the rules systems; D&D was simpler & gave fewer options
Well, since Forgotten Realms dosn't seem to have Long Axes (danish axes?), I am stuck with using Halberds every now and then. Truely beautiful and impressive weapons! Unlike Great Axes, which are.. well, as we all know, tools for a barbarian.
Question of the day: Does Forgotten Realms include any Elven culture where Axes would've been used extensively as weapons? If I recall right, Wild elves in Dragonlance did, but not in FR?
Now, don't bring the argument - no axes for elves! That's bull----. Since LOTR elves have had long axes and they've kept this tradition alive even in Warhammer.
@Son_of_Imoen OD&D is the original box set (3 small booklets + a handful of later add-ons); this rules set was built off the original Chainmail rules D&D is comprised of Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, Immortal sets; these were later compiled into the D&D Rules Cyclopedia... AD&D is 1st & 2nd ed. 3.X & 4th are, again, called D&D D&D (Basic et al.) & AD&D ran concurrently & the names were used to differentiate the rules systems; D&D was simpler & gave fewer options
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I found a "combat calculator" for AD&D in a dragon magazine lot. IDK how well it plays, but it includes the AC adjustments.
OD&D is the original box set (3 small booklets + a handful of later add-ons); this rules set was built off the original Chainmail rules
D&D is comprised of Basic, Expert, Companion, Master, Immortal sets; these were later compiled into the D&D Rules Cyclopedia...
AD&D is 1st & 2nd ed.
3.X & 4th are, again, called D&D
D&D (Basic et al.) & AD&D ran concurrently & the names were used to differentiate the rules systems; D&D was simpler & gave fewer options
Naginatas for you!
Question of the day: Does Forgotten Realms include any Elven culture where Axes would've been used extensively as weapons? If I recall right, Wild elves in Dragonlance did, but not in FR?
Now, don't bring the argument - no axes for elves! That's bull----. Since LOTR elves have had long axes and they've kept this tradition alive even in Warhammer.