tim@unc.UUCP (Tim Maroney) (10/19/83)
Please do not ask AD&D questions to this group if they are completely handled in Gygax's set of rules. One person asked about the hit dice of monsters which are listed as having a fixed number of hit points; another asked about spell casting during melee. Both questions are answered in clearly labeled sections of the Dungeon Masters' Guide. The answer to the first is that you divide the fixed hit points by 4.5, so that you assume that the monster had exactly average hit dice. The answer to the second depends on the situation, but there are procedures for resolving the exact order of actions when it becomes necessary. In general, the spell will be blown only if you take hit points of damage during the casting period, or voluntarily interrupt the spell (for instance, to make a saving throw or put up a psi defense). It is hard for me to believe that anyone would try to run AD&D without having read the entire DMG. It isn't THAT long.... ________________________________________________ Tim Maroney duke!unc!tim (USENET), tim.unc@udel-relay (ARPA) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
blk@sytek.UUCP (Brian L. Kahn) (10/28/83)
Please don't listen to Tim. Ask any questions. Many of us actually (gasp!) don't follow the might Gygax on every issue. I personally take great liberties with the melee system, especially for cases like an MU being charged by a fighter. B<