Book 1 Organization

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Book 1 Organization

Introducton: This is where Gary editorializes and tells neat stories as much as his little heart desires and if he wants to use the extra pages.
A rule book is a rule book not a novel.

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This comment made me laugh out loud!

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Note the things that are different in OD&D and the same in OD&D concerning the following:

Scope
Materials Needed
Preparation for the Campaign tell them to go to book 3 for expanded prep
Setting up the players
The players can be one of three classes of adventurers, Magic-Users, Fighting Men, or Clerics. Magic Users may be Human or Elven; Fighting Men may be Human or Dwarf; Clerics may only be Human. These three classes and the number of point required to move upwards a step are shown in Table 1:

Table 1 CLASSES OF ADVENTRUERS
Each adventurer has certain characteristics not dependent on what class he is in. These are the innate abilities of "Intelligence", "Cunning", "Strength", "Health" and "Apperance". Roll 3 six-sided dice and add them together for ability. Each player should record these scores in his notebook. A sample page might look like this:

Name: Xylarthan             Magic User
          Intelligence: 10     Cunning: 14     Strength: 5
          Health: 14            Appearance: 8

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Dungeons & Dragons (looks like that is what is above the word Organization)
Organization

1st Book Men & Magic 2nd Book Monsters & Treasure 3rd Book Underworld & Outdoor
Players & Characters Bestiary Reference Manual

[Morose]

Feb 22, 2024 17:46:56 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Note the things that are different in OD&D and the same in OD&D concerning the following:

Scope
Materials Needed
Preparation for the Campaign tell them to go to book 3 for expanded prep
Setting up the players
The players can be one of three classes of adventurers, Magic-Users, Fighting Men, or Clerics. Magic Users may be Human or Elven; Fighting Men may be Human or Dwarf; Clerics may only be Human. These three classes and the number of point required to move upwards a step are shown in Table 1:

Table 1 CLASSES OF ADVENTRUERS
Each adventurer has certain characteristics not dependent on what class he is in. These are the innate abilities of "Intelligence", "Cunning", "Strength", "Health" and "Apperance". Roll 3 six-sided dice and add them together for ability. Each player should record these scores in his notebook. A sample page might look like this:

Name: Xylarthan             Magic User
          Intelligence: 10     Cunning: 14     Strength: 5
          Health: 14            Appearance: 8

You can see that this early draft had a lot of Arneson, and must have come from those original notes that Arneson provided to Gygax sometime after showing him Blackmoor on that visit to Lake Geneva. No hobbits, Gygax apparently added them because some of his players really wanted them. See the original Arneson stats. Health became Constitution, Cunning became Wisdom and Appearance became Charisma. Then of course Dexterity was added. 

[Morose]

Feb 22, 2024 17:49:49 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

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Organization

1st Book Men & Magic         2nd Book Monsters & Treasure         3rd Book Underworld & Outdoor
Players & Characters         Bestiary                             Reference Manual

You can see from this that the PHB, MM and DMG was the split of the books from the beginning. I really have never seen why people have a problem with the way the original booklets were organized.