Not much to post today. I did, however, finally get my interpretations of OD&D elves, dwarves, and halflings posted over on my Links and Resources page. These interpretations are for elves, dwarves, and halflings presented in the original 3 Little Brown Books only, not later supplements like Greyhawk.
I’m trying to get some of my own clarifications posted in anticipation of an upcoming open table game using the 3LBBs only. Here are the individual links to the material:
Peace,
RC
In my game setting, almost everyone interacts (to some degree) with gods, goddesses, and Otherworld beings like elves, dwarfs, and land wights. Most do not question their existence since it is part of the assumed cultural worldview. All recognize the need to appease and respect such beings in order to maintain well-being and prosperity. Conversely, people also desire to avoid harm, sickness, and disease through the regular upkeep of ritual acts. Propitiatory rites, offerings to seek favors, and votive acts linked with oaths are widespread among common folk and highborn alike. Players, too, are able to engage in such practices. Mechanically, I handle such practices and interactions using OD&D’s existing reaction rules.
What? Am I about to walk back everything I just said about infravision in my previous post? Am I about to engage in rambling hypocrisy? Nope. I still prefer to run D&D games without infravision as a character ability for demihumans like dwarves and elves. Nevertheless, I wasn’t being completely straightforward about infravision in OD&D. I didn’t lie, however. Infravision doesn’t show up, at least directly, as a demihuman ability in the three original booklets. However, a case can be made that demihumans were understood to possess infravision even in the three original D&D booklets. One just needs to refer to Chainmail.
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