Questions tagged [dnd-bx]
For questions about B/X D&D, the pair of Dungeons & Dragons products released in 1981. "B/X" refers to Tom Moldvay's Basic Set and David "Zeb" Cook's Expert Set.
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How are random encounters accounted for when tracking monster count in Keep on the Borderlands?
We are currently playing the original module Keep on the Borderlands. The module has pretty clear instructions about removing any humanoid that is killed in the Caves of Chaos from future encounters:
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How much should PCs weigh?
People are heavy.
I'm doing some syntheses of Moldvay Basic D&D (by way of the reissue Old School Essentials), the BECMI-based Rules Cyclopedia add-on, and some various other tweaks and whatnot ...
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How intercompatible are B/X and AD&D 1e spells?
What balance issues would/could arise if AD&D spells are transferred into a B/X game?
I'm only considering those spells which don't already exist in B/X and I'm not considering adding in the ...
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What are the differences between Labyrinth Lord and B/X D&D (Moldvay)?
Aside from small things like layout, art, and the exact wording of rules, what are the major differences between the D&D retro-clone Labyrinth Lord and its primary inspiration, the 1981 D&D ...
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Getting Lost in the Caves of Chaos
In the Keep on the Borderlands, the characters can stumble into a...
would work fine. But if a table who was primarily used to playing with a game board and miniatures were to encounter this area, how ...
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What is the typeface or font that is used for the text of the Moldvay Red Box basic D&D set?
I'm trying to find the iconic typeface that was used throughout the interiors of the B/X Moldvay Basic D&D set as well as the blue Expert Set. The publication dates pre-date desktop publishing so ...
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What changes are needed to maintain balance if all classes use the same XP table in BX D&D/OSR?
What balance problems are created by house-ruling B/X D&D (or derivatives) such that all classes advance at the same rate (i.e. they all use the fighter's XP-level table)? What fixes can be ...
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How can I import rules from B/X to D&D 5e to improve play with a large group? [closed]
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I am currently running a West Marches style game. In my world there is a particularly troublesome dungeon which certain players are extremely determined to explore. As they are still low ...
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Is this rule in Castle Amber necessary?
The title's vague to avoid spoiling the adventure module Castle Amber (1981).
I am baffled by the following conceit:
(And, yes, that's a pretty big deal, and, yes, that info's buried in the middle of ...
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How can this Castle Amber villain be updated?
Just in case, spoilered below is a description of the antagonist from Castle Amber (1981), room 34, the Throne Room:
I'm aware this encounter difficult, but I'm also unsure how to convert this ...
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What is the overview of TSR's Basic editions of D&D? [duplicate]
There are a variety of editions of D&D published by TSR in parallel to AD&D that get collectively called “Basic D&D”, but the overall relationship of the editions to each other — and which ...
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How were PCs expected to survive this encounter in Castle Amber?
Castle Amber (1981)—an adventure for characters levels 3 to 6— contains an encounter in area #34 with…
The spell magic jar mentions only the spell dispel evil as capable of exorcising an invading life ...
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Should Castle Amber be renamed Castle Monty Haul?
Castle Amber (1981) seems to offer an excessive amount of treasure for PCs of levels 3 to 6. For example:
What interests me is this: I didn't play a lot of dnd-bx, instead playing mainly adnd wherein ...
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What's equivalent to a wand of paralyzation?
I'm converting to dnd-3.5e a dnd-bx adventure and one magic item found in the adventure is a wand of paralyzation that "projects a cone-shaped ray… 60' long and 30' wide at its end. A creature struck ...
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The Keys on the Borderlands?
In The Keep on the Borderlands (1980) in the Caves of Chaos the doors to rooms 3 and 11 are locked. Does the adventure disclose the location of each door's key? Are there other hard to find keys ...
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