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Post by hedgehobbit on May 5, 2015 11:07:28 GMT -5
I was just re-reading Gygax's How to Set Up Your D&D Campaign article from Europa 6 (April '75). When he's describing how to roll up characters (and he has the players rolling the dice despite what he says in the rulebook), he mentions that players who have bad rolls should be the ones choosing non-human character types because "If the character is poor anyway, will he ever be worked up very high? Possibly, but the odds are against it as a human." So the level limits won't matter since the character will probably die before hitting them. Wonderfully nonsensical Gygax logic.
Later he ponders what DMs should do if the player wants to play a dragon, "Agree, of course." What a change from pg 13 of the DMG.
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Post by The Archivist on May 5, 2015 11:57:22 GMT -5
I go with option 1 and I can do without any hobbits in the game.
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Post by Irish Warrior on May 5, 2015 12:44:00 GMT -5
I treat all the races the same. However, to earn experience you have to play your demi-humans as "not human". Most people find that really hard to do.
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Post by Vile Traveller on May 5, 2015 21:13:27 GMT -5
I was just re-reading Gygax's How to Set Up Your D&D Campaign article from Europa 6 (April '75). When he's describing how to roll up characters (and he has the players rolling the dice despite what he says in the rulebook), he mentions that players who have bad rolls should be the ones choosing non-human character types because "If the character is poor anyway, will he ever be worked up very high? Possibly, but the odds are against it as a human." So the level limits won't matter since the character will probably die before hitting them. Wonderfully nonsensical Gygax logic. Later he ponders what DMs should do if the player wants to play a dragon, "Agree, of course." What a change from pg 13 of the DMG. Heh, by all accounts Gygax had two very different approaches to the rules - his own game, and tournament play. I see OD&D and the fast-and-loose attitude of the time as more a reflection of how Gary and "that lot" actually played, and AD&D as simply a rigid codification of rules to ensure a level playing field for tournament play.
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Post by True Black Raven on Mar 13, 2018 23:21:32 GMT -5
No, I don't use them, never saw the need to.
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Post by Yaleric on Jun 29, 2018 19:23:00 GMT -5
I do it the Greyhawk way.
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Post by Warrior Twin One on Aug 21, 2018 0:32:21 GMT -5
No level limits period.
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Post by Warrior Twin Two on Aug 22, 2018 10:16:08 GMT -5
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Post by clooney on May 2, 2022 12:41:34 GMT -5
Yes sir, I use them!
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Post by Q. F o s t e r on May 2, 2022 13:04:31 GMT -5
Of course I use them, nasty hobbits.
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Post by Snuffy Smith on May 3, 2022 12:14:02 GMT -5
Option 2 for me, I like it that way.
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Post by Ibizan Zamway on May 3, 2022 21:21:54 GMT -5
I stick with the original specs for demi-humans, although they were not called that until later.
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Post by nobody on Jun 16, 2022 19:25:40 GMT -5
The original method.
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Post by Kujik on Aug 15, 2022 11:48:57 GMT -5
I don't use them, however, a lot of magic items are not useable by anyone but humans.
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Post by The Man From Coventry on Aug 17, 2022 16:25:43 GMT -5
Yes, I use them, although demi-humans are only NPCs in my game.
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Post by Morose on Sept 5, 2022 18:04:49 GMT -5
I use the first, the original option.
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Post by Bartholmew Quarrels on Sept 9, 2022 9:52:24 GMT -5
Option One for me.
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