![]() The original D&D divided adventuring between "the underworld" and "the wilderness," but prior to the release of the Expert Set, almost all published D&D adventures focused on dungeons, caverns, ruins, and monstrous lairs. Though halflings, elves, and dwarves are limited to 8, 10, and 12 levels, respectively, that's not necessarily a big deal when the game only went up to level 14.Įnter the Wilderness. However, they make a lot more sense in the "B/X" presentation. Levels limits for demihumans were a point of contention in both Basic D&D and AD&D. Instead, that desire would have to await the Frank Mentzer revision of Basic D&D, which began in 1983.Ībout Those Level Limits. Gygax had also planned for a "D&D Companion Set," which would carry Basic D&D characters from levels 15-36, but that would not appear under the Moldvay/Zeb "B/X" edition of Basic D&D. When Gary Gygax first announced the upcoming Expert Rules in The Dragon #35 (March 1980), he said they would include "new classes, spells, magic, monsters, and so on." There were indeed magic item, monsters, and spells, but sadly no new classes. ![]() Ironically, this controversy caused sales of Holmes' Basic Set to soar and resulted in a new directive for the newly created Design Department at TSR: supplement Basic D&D (which only covered levels 1-3) with Expert Rules that would allow players to play "through at least 12th level of experience." After that, TSR didn't put any more work into the Basic D&D game, instead focusing on AD&D (1977-1979).Įnter the "James Dallas Egbert III affair" (1979), where a college student disappeared and D&D somehow took the blame in the media. ![]() Eric Holmes simplifying the original D&D rules (1974) as the first Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977). For the first time ever, it offered the opportunity to achieve levels 4-14 in TSR's introductory game.īeyond Basic. The Dungeons & Dragons Expert Rules (1981), by David "Zeb" Cook, was released simultaneously with the second edition Basic Rules (1981) in January 1981. This is the 1981 edition of the D&D Expert Rulebook by Dave Cook, which was sold as a counterpart to the Moldvay D&D Basic Set. ![]()
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