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I stumbled across these in a post over on Troll Lord’s messageboards:

Gary’s OD&D House Rules:

For a score of 15 or over:
STR: +1 to hit and +1 to damage if a Fighter
INT: +1 1st level m-u spell
WIS: +1 1st level cleric spell
DEX: +1 to AC, and +1 to move silently
CON: +1 HP per HD (same as a Fighter class gets, +2 if a Fighter)
CHA: +1 (positive) on reaction checks

HPs: Characters are only unconscious at 0 HPs. For each level a character may have a minus HP total equal to the level, so a 1st level PC is dead at -2, a 2nd level at -3, etc.

Given the recent Reactions to OD&D essays, I thought it might be of interest. These help spread a little love around the prime requisites, fix the oddly incomprehensible rules for Constitution, and gives Charisma a front-end effect as well as a back-end effect (Charisma already had a really important role in governing follower loyalty in OD&D).

2 Responses to “Gary Gygax’s House Rules for OD&D”

  1. ¿The Gygax Code? – Cóctel de Rol says:

    […] mi primer impresión fuese que era solo una de esas frases atribuidas, primero di con un post de The Alexandrian que hablaba de ellas y aunque Justin nos da un enlace (de los foros de Troll Lord Games, lo cual me […]

  2. zw says:

    I think that link no longer works, I found this compilation though,
    https://ruinsofmurkhill.proboards.com/thread/621/gygax-house-rules-comments-additions

    The rules mentioned in this post are at the bottom of the first post on that forum.

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