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Help finding old module

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#1
timoteob
Jul 17, 2007 13:36:56 For nostalgia purposes I'm looking for and old module. It had a list of NPCs that the party could hire. One of them was "Krago of the Mountains". I know that's not alot of information, but can anyone remember which module this is from?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Timoteob
#2
ORC_Paradox
Jul 17, 2007 18:45:51 I think it was B1: Search of the Unknown.
#3
solaris
Jul 18, 2007 5:26:49
I think it was B1: Search of the Unknown.

Damn, well done!

Krago of the Mountains (Dwarf)
S 18/54 I 9 W 15 C 16 D 9 Ch 14
#4
timoteob
Jul 18, 2007 7:24:00 WizO_Paradox, Solaris,

Thank you for the info!
#5
timoteob
Jul 18, 2007 8:51:40 One thing I just noticed: good old Krago's Strength Score uses the percentile system for AD&D. However, the module clearly states on the front that is for the D&D Basic rules set, which, to the best of my knowledge, did not use the percentile system for strength.

I guess the people who worked on the module were playing AD&D while they worked on it!
#6
robertfisher
Jul 18, 2007 12:28:46
One thing I just noticed: good old Krago's Strength Score uses the percentile system for AD&D. However, the module clearly states on the front that is for the D&D Basic rules set, which, to the best of my knowledge, did not use the percentile system for strength.

Percentile strength was introduce in the Greyhawk supplement for (non-A)D&D.

The original Basic Set was something of an oddball itself, as it seems to draw from from both D&D and AD&D (which was being developed at contemporaneously) as well as some things that don't appear in any other edition.

While I don't think the original Basic Set had percentile strength, people likely used the Greyhawk supplement with the Basic Set or B1 with the original rules plus Greyhawk. The percentile may have been included as a nod to anyone doing that.

On the other hand, I think the Basic Set itself is evidence that TSR at the time thought of the game as fairly amorphous entity. They happily glossed over minor differences from product to product. (See also the D&D FAQ that appeared in an issue of the Strategic review.)
#7
timoteob
Jul 18, 2007 14:04:21
Percentile strength was introduce in the Greyhawk supplement for (non-A)D&D.

That's an interesting piece of D&D lore that I did not know.
#8
robertfisher
Jul 19, 2007 12:48:54 Nigh everything in AD&D appeared first either in the supplements or The Strategic Review/The Dragon. The AD&D version may be tweaked, more evolved, more detailed, &c.; but it's nearly all there.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 timoteob Jul 17, 2007 13:36:56	For nostalgia purposes I'm looking for and old module. It had a list of NPCs that the party could hire. One of them was "Krago of the Mountains". I know that's not alot of information, but can anyone remember which module this is from? Thanks in advance for any help! Timoteob
#2 ORC_Paradox Jul 17, 2007 18:45:51	I think it was B1: Search of the Unknown.
#3 solaris Jul 18, 2007 5:26:49	I think it was B1: Search of the Unknown. Damn, well done! Krago of the Mountains (Dwarf) S 18/54 I 9 W 15 C 16 D 9 Ch 14
#4 timoteob Jul 18, 2007 7:24:00	WizO_Paradox, Solaris, Thank you for the info!
#5 timoteob Jul 18, 2007 8:51:40	One thing I just noticed: good old Krago's Strength Score uses the percentile system for AD&D. However, the module clearly states on the front that is for the D&D Basic rules set, which, to the best of my knowledge, did not use the percentile system for strength. I guess the people who worked on the module were playing AD&D while they worked on it!
#6 robertfisher Jul 18, 2007 12:28:46	One thing I just noticed: good old Krago's Strength Score uses the percentile system for AD&D. However, the module clearly states on the front that is for the D&D Basic rules set, which, to the best of my knowledge, did not use the percentile system for strength. Percentile strength was introduce in the Greyhawk supplement for (non-A)D&D. The original Basic Set was something of an oddball itself, as it seems to draw from from both D&D and AD&D (which was being developed at contemporaneously) as well as some things that don't appear in any other edition. While I don't think the original Basic Set had percentile strength, people likely used the Greyhawk supplement with the Basic Set or B1 with the original rules plus Greyhawk. The percentile may have been included as a nod to anyone doing that. On the other hand, I think the Basic Set itself is evidence that TSR at the time thought of the game as fairly amorphous entity. They happily glossed over minor differences from product to product. (See also the D&D FAQ that appeared in an issue of the Strategic review.)
#7 timoteob Jul 18, 2007 14:04:21	Percentile strength was introduce in the Greyhawk supplement for (non-A)D&D. That's an interesting piece of D&D lore that I did not know.
#8 robertfisher Jul 19, 2007 12:48:54	Nigh everything in AD&D appeared first either in the supplements or The Strategic Review/The Dragon. The AD&D version may be tweaked, more evolved, more detailed, &c.; but it's nearly all there.