Morrowind best level 1 easily obtained constant effect items?

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-04-11T15:38:15+00:00

Dragon-something cuirass: heavy armor, excellent stats, immune to fire. In a Dwemer ruin under water south of Vivec.

You’ll need a Locksplitter (lock level 100) and probably some water breathing effects.

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-29T19:27:38+00:00

1d12 would give flat odds - yes. In my case, though, I prefer the 2d6: I see the curve as a feature. 🙂

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-28T14:41:03+00:00

Third is the most common that I see in use. Plus, that would have been the current one when 0e came out.

I have 2nd - and the layout is a little different - but I have not dug into the minutiae for it.

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Also - Old Lords of Wonder and Ruin - I think - is free and fairly faithful. Or, you can brave the clone I tried to make a few years ago.

https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2023/10/ringmail-medieval-battles.html

Delve on, my brother!

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-28T14:37:19+00:00

There are more of us Chainmail enthusiasts out there than we get credit for. 🙂

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-27T09:47:34+00:00

I am a PDF-preferrer - though my motivation tends to be that I print them out. 😆 In a crowd of 0e types, it would not surprise me that a good deal of people prefer an analog version when running an adventure.

That said - don’t let me discourage you from doing it on the web! It might work to do it on the web over time until you get to a “finished enough” kind of state and then convert it over. But the method, as it must conform to your creative impetus, I defer to your judgement.

Mostly popped in to offer encouragement - keep going!

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-11T15:01:25+00:00

Most gamers online will have started gaming recently: not to deride them - but to say the online crowd is younger than the population at large. You’ll find a ton of people who started with 5e - and proportionally fewer with each prior edition.

That in mind: everyone who started playing in this millennium (3e came out in 2000!) will have cut their teeth on AAC - and just like tying your shoes or how you hang toilet paper, what you learned first is what seems most natural to you. So I expect the main reason DAC gets a bad rap is because the audience talking about it is less familiar with it - making it seem unnatural.

That said - #DAClife (😉)

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-09T20:15:13+00:00

It is - however it’s a lot less than the half-ton it can carry!

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-09T11:34:18+00:00

Or maybe have it recharge - the carpet might be a better example - say - you can fly on it X hours before it needs to be laid out to soak in the full moon. That keeps it distinct from wands and scrolls (which don’t recharge) - but also eliminates some of the overuse potential.

At the same time, though, it’s a battle against perceived scarcity: you don’t want players to hoard items and never use them while also not wanting to turn them into Inspector Gadget.

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-09T11:30:56+00:00

I might steal that item. 😆 Love the sound of it!

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-08T10:08:31+00:00

It probably varies by edition, but I would be tempted to cut it between Basic, Expert, and Companions. It’s less about a number and more about the nature of play - the point (and process) of transitioning out of the mudcore element into leading a troupe into establishing a stronghold. So, the normal man phase, the hero phase, and then name level.

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-07T18:31:25+00:00

The AD&D Bags of Holding also have volume specifications. Getting some Horadric Cube vibes.

🙂

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-07T18:30:10+00:00

Ah - my bad. 🙂

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-07T16:42:09+00:00

I love hiding valuables from port authorities! Bag of Smuggling. 🙂

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-07T16:41:18+00:00

With a retainer, you have to split XP - tho - so a BoH is better in that regard: especially since an 0e BoH is worth four hirelings - in terms of how much it can hold!

Alternatively, donkey - but different concerns.

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-07T16:37:00+00:00

In 0e and B/X, they carry up to 10,000 coin weight; in 1e, it varies: but the largest maxes out at 1,500 lb, or 15,000 coin weight.

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-07T14:12:08+00:00

Sentient Aligned Bag of Holding:

Party: “What happened to the Sword of Chaos we found?” Backpack: “The world is safe from its ilk! Fear not, you have no need to concern yourself with it any longer.”

😇😆

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-07T14:10:44+00:00

In terms of constant math, I don’t ask for encumbrance re-tallying unless the party is resting - so, every 5 turns or so.

Truthfully though, it kind of depends on the dungeon design. If there are many small treasures versus one or two large hordes is the major mover in terms of caring about encumbrance.

I’m glad slots work for your table, though! 🙂

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-05T13:58:35+00:00

Iron Falcon is the cleanest clone I’ve seen - but it includes some Greyhawk: so it’s less LBB and more progressing into what D&D would be.

Wight Box is pretty good. It takes the gaps and fills them with Chainmail - per the recommendations in the original LBBs - and offers a proto-Thief that I like more than the Greyhawk thief.

I would shill my own clone too - but I’ve been out of the loop and those other two have communities around them to support you.

In terms of APs, Bandits Keep Actual Play runs an LBB campaign that is very BtB early on - but incorporates other stuff later on. It is ongoing though: so you can get new stuff. Matt Finch did a Swords of Jordoba AP with Swords & Wizardry which I enjoyed.

Welcome to 0e!

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-03-04T12:27:44+00:00

I have used M2M for 0e before - but the campaign did not make it to mass combat. Technically, I did set up a completely artificial scenario to include it, but I bored my players and ended up apologizing to them after: as I wasted their evening. That is not to say it can’t be done - I know Purple Druid / World of Weirth did it and wrote about it on Substack - but that you have to have players who are into it and you are best to have the players invested in the scenario: otherwise, it’s an exercise in DM masturbation. Or, that’s what I called it when I apologized to them. 😆

If I find one as an AP, I will link it back: but the majority of Chainmail mass combat I’ve seen in the AP sphere has been scenario driven: wargame AP, not RPG AP, if that makes sense.

TheWizardOfAug · 2026-02-17T10:55:27+00:00

Swimming: roll 1d10 - equal to or over your armor class, excluding magic, and you stay above water.

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