OD&DITIES #10

July 2003, 47 pages

Table of Contents (author in parenthesis):

• Letters
• The World of Herol, Part II (Carl Quaif)
• Some Enchanted Item (Erin D. Smale)
  • Quiverbane
• Compendium of Characters (Richard Tongue)
  • Adriel (3rd-level Lawful Fighter)
  • Burdoyne (6th-level Chaotic Thief)
• Battlefield Fashions (Erin D. Smale)
  • Compared to the volume of historical fantasy media upon which many OD&D games are based, the official rules offer surprisingly few choices of armour and protective gear: six armour types and a generic, all-purpose shield. Where are the greaves, the different types of shields, the breastplates, helms, and studded leather jacks of old?
• The Bestiary (Jeff Chislett)
  • Caterpiggy (Glorm.)
  • Rock Monkey
  • Gorend
• Original Dungeons and Dragons: Analysis and Beauty (Jason L. Garner)
  • Rules are not the game itself. Rules are just the playground where the imagination is meant to play.
• Fairies or the Fey (Michael Stewart)
  • The Fairies, or Fay as some know them, are a strange woodland race akin to the Elves.
• OD&D Encumbrance for Common (or not so common) Items (Derrick A. Landwehr)
  • In my opinion, the encumbrance system used in OD&D (as presented in Basic D&D and the Rules Cyclopedia) is too often overlooked as one of the premier gauges of character carrying capacity in fantasy role-playing today. The system, in its simplicity is realistic and detailed enough to be an accurate representation of what a character can possibly carry as compared to his overall movement. Without being bogged down by endless rules, charts and quirky judgment calls, as used in other rules sets, the OD&D encumbrance system is easy to calculate for both player and DM alike.
• Another Truth (Chris Nix)
  • “Thirty years ago, unknown ships sailed up the Achelos and moored here in Achelos town. Over a hundred Thyatians there were, all under the two, in the time of your grandfather Gustov”,
• An Interview with Gary Gygax, Part II (Ciro Alessandro Sacco)

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