One more for the EGG

[thebitterguy]

via XKCD.com.

If only they had a DM's screen up, so we could see who was running the game.

What book was the Paladin in in OD&D?

Comments

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

Good old E. Gary Gygax. I'll miss the Dungeon Master.

[bcwalker.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahaha!

[mneme]

Not sure where the Paladin was introduced in OD&D. Greyhawk, probably.

In AD&D, it was Unearthed Arcana.

[thebitterguy]

Didn't the paladin pre-exist UA? There was that awesome "A Paladin in Hell" picture in the PH (or DMG).

[maliszew.livejournal.com]

The paladin is first introduced in Supplement I to OD&D (Greyhawk) in 1975, although it's a slightly different class than the one that appeared later in the AD&D Players Handbook in 1977. The OD&D paladin isn't a spellcaster, for example, and the class isn't technically limited by race, although the text doesn't specifically allow the possibility of dwarf, elf, or hobbit/halfling paladins.

[mneme]

Of course! The Paladin existed before AD&D!

As I said, Paladin is Greyhawk! (OD&D, not AD&D), which also added the Thief!

[optimussven.livejournal.com]

Saw that earlier, just brilliant!

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Heh heh...

::B::

[bald-ruminant.livejournal.com]

In AD&D, the Paladin was a Fighter subclass in the Players Handbook. Unearthed Arcana added the Cavalier as its own class, and the Paladin became a subclass of that.