AD&D and 3rd edition math comparison

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#1

Alas

Mar 12, 2008 11:14:38		I've been going back through my old AD&D books for a lark, doing a little "through the ages" tracing of mechanics and tropes. I realized I'm a little rusty on designing for AD&D, so I had to do some number crunching to translate mechanics into terms I'm more practiced in. The first little bit I did was converting the AD&D attack tables into 3rd edition base attack bonuses. My conversion assumes that AD&D AC 0 equals 3rd edition AC 20. This conversion has doubtless been done before, but I thought I'd share it for fun.
AD&D classes' BAB

[b]Level Fighter Cleric Thief M-U 3.5 Full 3.5 3/4 3.5 Half[/b]<br /> 1 +0 +0 -1 -1 +1 +0 +0<br /> 2 +0 +0 -1 -1 +2 +1 +1<br /> 3 +2 +0 -1 -1 +3 +2 +1<br /> 4 +2 +2 -1 -1 +4 +3 +2<br /> 5 +4 +2 +1 -1 +5 +3 +2<br /> 6 +4 +2 +1 +1 +6 +4 +3<br /> 7 +6 +4 +1 +1 +7 +5 +3<br /> 8 +6 +4 +1 +1 +8 +6 +4<br /> 9 +8 +4 +4 +1 +9 +6 +4<br /> 10 +8 +6 +4 +1 +10 +7 +5<br /> 11 +10 +6 +4 +4 +11 +8 +5<br /> 12 +10 +6 +4 +4 +12 +9 +6<br /> 13 +12 +8 +6 +4 +13 +9 +6<br /> 14 +12 +8 +6 +4 +14 +10 +7<br /> 15 +14 +8 +6 +4 +15 +11 +7<br /> 16 +14 +10 +6 +7 +16 +12 +8<br /> 17 +16 +10 +8 +7 +17 +12 +8<br /> 18 +16 +10 +8 +7 +18 +13 +9<br /> 19 +16 +11 +8 +7 +19 +14 +9<br /> 20 +16 +11 +8 +7 +20 +15 +10<br /> 21 +16 +11 +10 +9 N/A N/A N/A
#2

Alas

Mar 12, 2008 13:00:25 		Next up, Mr. Average (a human with a base 10 in every ability score) grows old with AD&D and 3rd edition...

Mr. Average in AD&D
[b]Base YA Mature MA Old Venerable[/b]<br /> Str 10 10 11 10 8 7<br /> Dex 10 10 10 10 8 7<br /> Con 10 11 11 10 9 8<br /> Int 10 10 10 11 11 12<br /> Wis 10 9 10 11 12 13<br /> Cha 10 10 10 10 10 10