OD&DITIES #5

September 2001, 66 pages

Table of Contents (author in parenthesis):

• Letters
• Reviews – Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia. (Jesse Walker)
  • The D&D Rules Cyclopedia in one word; fantastic! Originally published in 1991, the Cyclopedia presents all the rules from the D&D Boxed Set series, including Basic, Expert, Companion, and Masters, in one well written, easy to understand tome – and all without destroying the flavour of the original Boxed Sets.
• Reviews – Review and ideas about the Dragonquest boxed set. (Royce Richardson)
  • It was marketed as an intro to D&D for kids 10-12 years of age who had never played the game before and who had no parent or older sibling to guide them.
• Imagine Magazine – A short tale of a sadly missed magazine. (Richard Tongue)
  • I tell here the sad story of a wonderful magazine – TSR UK’s house magazine, Imagine.
• Getting Started – Part 5 of our regular column on beginning D&D games. (Richard Tongue)
  • One of the most important elements of a successful campaign is the first adventure. It must be created with care, and with consideration to several important factors.
• The Isle (Part One) – First part of an epic story set in Mystara. (James John Gregoire)
  • The story I’m about to write is that of utter desperation and of great human endeavour. It is a story of fantastic creatures and vast treasure hoards of gold
• Swords High! – A D&D Mini-campaign. (Richard Tongue)
  • A group of three men wearing black armour claimed to be ‘Knights of Heldan’, and stated that Tharsis was now part of their domain.
• Kuvartma (Judges Guild) – An immortal from the City State Campaign. (James Mishler)
  • Patron Immortal of Strength, Fury, and of the Moon
• Winged Apes (Judges Guild) – A new and unusual monster. (James Mishler)
  • Winged apes are a very unusual evolutionary offshoot, the creation of a long- lost Immortal, or an ancient magical experiment
• The Prancing Ki-Rin Saloon (Judges Guild) – A seedy den of iniquity, detailed for your D&D Game. (James Mishler)
  • The faded and scarred sign depicts a male oriental unicorn rampant, wearing a hideous grin.
• Flail Lake – A unique campaign setting, set in the Underdark. (James John Gregoire)
  • Three small islands, actually raised sections of the cavern floor , are spaced around the lake. Flail Lake has a sinister reputation.
• Thyme and Thyme Again – Another article on herbs in D&D. (Richard Tongue)
  • In OD&D, it is interesting to note that only two herbs are given to exist – Garlic and Wolfsbane, to be used against Vampires or Lycanthropes respectively. However, it would seem logical that other herbs should exist in the game, with different uses.
• Ryaset of Angorit – A full and detailed Gazetteer. (James Mishler)
  • The Ryaset (Kingdom) of Angorit is a little- known realm on the Serpent Peninsula. It is often included among the possessions of the Seers of Yav, and in fact was for a time a dependency of the Divinarchy, however, it has for some centuries been an independent state.

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