My rule does nail it down very tightly. It is also the rule *as written* in the original game (page 4, Supplement I). So, the original game explicitly states that thieves may only use magical swords and daggers and may *not* use any other magical weapons.Solomoriah wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 4:46 pm
You point out accurately the features of the original game; note, however, that in that game the rules do not say that a thief may use any magical weapon, nor do they say that the thief may not, leaving the final rule vague and thus inviting referee interpretation. My rules in IF nail this down slightly more with the "in general" bit, but it is still left to the referee's interpretation. Your rule nails this down even more than my text does (in fact, it's nailed rather tightly).
As far as I can verify (having just now re-read the old game texts), the original game from 1975 did not offer such rules.Katkin_kalvin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 21, 2022 11:13 am 2. There don't seem to be any rules for human dual classing. Was that an intentional omission?
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The original game did offer such rules but doesn't call it "dual classing". There is a short paragraph on page 10 of Vol. I titled "Changing Character Classes".
--- Joan