The bad guys

[havard]

I'm trying to understand how Dave's playing style worked back in the early days. From what I understand, he divided the players into two teams; the good guys and the bad guys.

Badguys could sometimes play Orcs, Vampires or even Balrogs. Did such characters gain experience and levels like standard characters? There seems to be conflicting statements on the subject...

Havard

[tavis]

That's a good question. At Gen Con '08, Dave did talk about having monsters played by PCs in the early days of the Blackmoor campaign, but the issue of their advancement didn't occur to me. He did say that the monster role often fell to whatever kids were around & wanted to play, as the chaotic alignment was well-suited to them!