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Sunday, April 6, 2025

1e, str limits by race and gender; psionics

 So much common sense stuff was in adnd 1e. I remember being annoyed at … was it the first book of BECMI or 2e or 3e(?) (or just my incorrect friends ) where a halfling could have max strength. Pretty sure 3.5e at least did a -2 str and plus 2 dex for them or something. 

Via Willy Muffin’s yt “review- advanced dungeons & dragons 1st edition” : at time 36:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1GaEOmYYSs

Strength Table I.

14 was max str possible for a female halfling character 

15 was max str poss for a female gnome character 

At time 43:45 talks about min 12 CON for dwarfs etc  Then takes the “just ignore the male female limits stuff… misogyny”. Well… there is a level of realism there, it’s not anti-female just physics, so… seems ok to me. I mean a female character could get a magical device to get super strength and thatd make sense. 

 

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Paionics analysis at time 41:00, and it was stolen for adnd from “Eldrich Wizardry” he says. 

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Unearthed Arcana pros and cons at about time 1:03:00 to 1:05:00. Cavaliers for example. And much earlier he said paladines were probably overpowered too. 

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Near end, says adnd DMGuide is best for allveraions. The tables for inspiration. The Appendix N list of classic fantasy novels and books. 


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