Post by tavis on Oct 27, 2008 9:30:30 GMT -6
I recently got Caverns of Thracia and am finding it inspiring both as an adventure and as a window into '79-era play - for example, there are lots of "ability check" situations where you're instructed that characters must roll under their Dexterity on a d20 or fall off the rope bridge, for example.
In these cases, it's clearly a special ruling that's explained in the module. However, there's a room where Jaquays says that if you're standing on top of the flames when they emerge, your character takes damage and your items have to make a saving throw against normal fire. This seems like he's referring to something in the core D&D rules, since he neither explains the procedure nor cites a source (as when he refers you to Strategic Review #4 for details of an illusionist), but I don't remember ever seeing item saving throws in the pre-AD&D era to which I think Caverns of Thracia belongs.
Can anyone point me toward either OD&D rules for whether your items are destroyed by fire etc., or the house rules you use?
In these cases, it's clearly a special ruling that's explained in the module. However, there's a room where Jaquays says that if you're standing on top of the flames when they emerge, your character takes damage and your items have to make a saving throw against normal fire. This seems like he's referring to something in the core D&D rules, since he neither explains the procedure nor cites a source (as when he refers you to Strategic Review #4 for details of an illusionist), but I don't remember ever seeing item saving throws in the pre-AD&D era to which I think Caverns of Thracia belongs.
Can anyone point me toward either OD&D rules for whether your items are destroyed by fire etc., or the house rules you use?
