NebuonB's Trivia Game O' Cash

[Gairun]

Question 6, worth 2 points.


Where did the famous mage 'Melf' get his name from, I.E. how was he named?

[MKartMaster]

Gygax was too lazy to come up with a name, and had "M Elf" on it instead of anything proper. Thus, Melf was born.

[Gairun]

MKartMaster pulls this one out of his mushroom hat at the get-go! He gains 2 points.

Gygax indeed was lazy naming his characters, on his character sheet it said,

Sex: M Race: Elf

[Gairun]

Question 7 worth 2 points.


What was the name of the book where cavaliers and monks made their first official appearance along with all their stats and progression tables?

Hint: It came out between first and second edition.

[Mighty_Draco]

Sword and Fist?

[MKartMaster]

Unearthed Arcana

[cmosier]

The original D&D wasn't called first edition, it was simply called D&D. Later it came known as "Basic D&D". In Basic, there were only Fighters, Thieves, Clerics, Magic Users, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings. Each had its own experience table.

Then came Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (AD&D 1st Edition).
The races and classes became seperate. The base races are the same as in 3.5. The base classes were Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Cleric, Druid, Magic User, Illusionists, and Thief. Other books came out and more races and classes came available.

Then there was Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition. A little more divided up. There were four main class categories: Warriors, Priests, Wizards, and Rogues. They further divided these in the classes. Warriors had Fighters, Paladins, and Rangers. Priests had Clerics and Druids. Wizards had Mages and Specialists. Rogues had Thieves and Bards. They eliminated the half orc from the orginal book, but they came back in a handbook called the Complete Humanoids Handbook (which brought about a rush of Furbolg fighters).

That ofcourse brings us to now. TSR to Wizards of the Coast.

Please feel free to add anything.

[nickbeat]

I think Kart gets that one again.

[Gairun]

MKmaster does indeed have that winning answer and gains another two points for a total of four.

Cmosier has been referred to rule number 2!

[Gairun]

Question 7 worth 1 point.

In Dungeons and Dragons, if your class is 'Elf', what type of a die do you roll to determine your hit points when you gain a level?

[Jaeram]

die 6?

[Gairun]

Jaeram has indeed aquired the title of DnD nerd and has gained a point.



EDIT: In the adorable world of original DnD the Elf class was a fighter/mage blend, able to use a sword and cast spells! He also had a respectable 1d6 hit die!

[nickbeat]

d8? random guess.

[Gairun]

Question 8, worth 2 points.

Multi-part question, both parts must be correct.

In the kick-ass world of Dark-sun all characters start out at what level? And since that world is so friggen extreme to the max, what was the highest level Arcane spells you could cast?

[cmosier]

3rd level and 10th level, called Psionic Enchantments.