OD&DITIES #2

August 2000; 9 pages

Table of Contents (author in parenthesis):

• Reviews – Reviews of the Creature Catalogue and the Book of Wonderous Inventions. (Richard Tongue)
  • Creature Catalogue
  • Book of Wondrous Inventions
• Special Items for New PCs – A selection of special items for new PCs. (Richard Tongue)
  • A selection of items are given below, to add to a PC’s starting equipment. Only one roll is suggested, but kind DM’s may allow two or three.
• Getting Started – Using the “Expert” Rules. (Richard Tongue)
  • Two options exist here – the Expert Set, or the Rules Cyclopedia. Your choice may well be dependant on what is available, but both are fine choices. The Expert Set will take you from levels 4 – 14, whilst the Rules Cyclopedia will take you from 1 – 36.
• Compendium of Characters – Two new NPCs for your OD&D games. (Richard Tongue)
  • Dalamer ( Lawful Cleric, 10th Level)
  • Lolis ( Chaotic Thief, 5th Level)
• Is this a Dagger I See Before Me? – New magical daggers for OD&D. (Richard Tongue)
  • Phasing Dagger
  • Dagger of Lightning
  • Dagger of Midas
  • Dagger of Speed
  • Diamond Blade
• Herbs – An article on the use of Herbs in OD&D. (Geoff Gander)
  • While clerics in the D&D game provide an essential service to adventuring parties of all levels – such as keeping them alive – it should be remembered that not all healing must be derived from magical sources.
• Street of a Thousand Adventures – Visit Drake’s Cartography, home of a retired pirate. (Richard Tongue)
  • Inside, a selection of charts awaiting delivery adorn the walls, as well as a collection of general ones that can be bought.
• My Character Would have Known That – A new skills system for OD&D. (Richard Tongue)
  • This article provides a new system for skills, designed to fit into the present rules system.
• Why Can’t My Character Join the Thieves’ Guild? – A discussion on Thieves’ Guilds in OD&D. (Richard Tongue)
  • It is a common misconception that a Thieves’ Guild will be primarily made up of Thieves.
• Pit of Shadows – A short adventure for OD&D PCs of levels 1-2. (Richard Tongue)
  • You are travelling down the King’s Highway, to Narborel, when, on your first night out, you see shadows in the darkness, and hear a mysterious noise.

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