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Sunday, December 14, 2014

OD&D - The Ranger - Simplifying the Description - 004

The last section to look at reads as follows:

Special Followers: For each of the 2-24 followers the Ranger gains a dice roll must be made to determine what the follower is. Further dice rolls to determine type, class, and/or level will also be necessary.

Type
01-60 Man
61 -75 Elf or Half-Elf
76 - 90 Dwarf
91 - 99 2 Hobbits
00 Extraordinary (see below)

Multi-Class (Elves Only)
01 - 50 Fighter
51 - 75 Fighter/Magic-User
76 - 90 Magic-User
91-00 Fighter/Magic-User/Thief

Class (Men Only)
01 - 50 Fighter
51 - 75 Cleric
75- 95 Magic-User
95- 00 Thief

Level of Ability (Roll for each)
01 - 50 2nd Level
51 - 65 3rd Level
66 - 80 4th Level
81 - 90 5th Level
91 - 99 6th Level
00 7th Level

Extraordinary Followers

01 - 20 Ranger, 3rd - 7th Level
21 - 40 Lawful Werebear
41 -55 2 Unicorns
65 - 70 Pegasus
71-80 Hill Giant
81 - 90 Stone Giant
91 - 99 Golden Dragon
00 Take two rolls ignoring any 00's which might come up

Where not otherwise specified Rangers perform as Fighting Men. They may build strongholds. In all cases the Ranger will prefer Lawful to Neutral types.

Rewrite this as follows:

Special Followers: For each of the 2-24 followers the Ranger gains a dice roll must be made to determine what the follower is. Further dice rolls to determine type, class, and/or level will also be necessary and rolls should be made using a d20.
 

Type
1-10 Man
11-13 Elf or Half-Elf
14-16 Dwarf
17-18 2 Hobbits
19-20 Extraordinary (see below)
 

Multi-Class (Elves Only)
1-10 Fighter
11-16 Fighter/Magic-User
17-20 Magic-User
 

Class (Men Only)
1-10 Fighter
11-15 Cleric
16-20 Magic-User

Level of Ability (Roll for each)
1-10 2nd Level
11-13 3rd Level
14-16 4th Level
17-18 5th Level
19 6th Level
20 7th Level
 

Extraordinary Followers
1-5 Ranger, 3rd - 7th Level
5-10 Lawful Werebear
11-12 2 Unicorns
13-14 Pegasus
15-16 Hill Giant
17-18 Stone Giant
19 Golden Dragon
20 Take two rolls ignoring any 00's which might come up

Where not otherwise specified Rangers perform as Fighting Men and they will prefer Lawful characters to Neutral characters.


EDIT: I did make a revision based on the advice in the comment below. Please fill free to advise me as to mistakes in spelling or grammar.

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