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Math, history, and design of old-school D&D

2012-12-06

Charm Person Alternatives

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As I mentioned in the prior "Spells Through the Ages" blog post, charm person in the AD&D era is definitely one of those fidd...
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2012-12-03

Spells Through the Ages – Charm Person

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In classic D&D, the 1st-level spell charm person was one of the strongest possible selections for a beginning wizard character (pos...
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2012-11-20

Spells Through the Ages – Links

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Thanks to everyone who visits this blog! One of the more well-read ongoing features we've had here, in conjunction with my good friend P...
2012-11-15

Archery Revisited

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I've written about refining the D&D archery rules a few times, in regards to indoors ballistics and normalized probabilities (e.g.:...
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2012-11-12

Gygax on Scale

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It's possible that issues of scale in D&D (distance, time, figures, etc.) are the single most commonly discussed topic on this blog ...
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2012-11-09

More Pickman's Model

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More weirdness as I compare the Holmes Basic D&D text to H.P. Lovecraft's Pickman's Model -- this one more personal and not a d...
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2012-11-07

Fearful Symmetry

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J. Eric Holmes, D&D Basic (p. 41) -- "... the story tellers are always careful to point out that the reputed dungeons lie in close ...
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