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Heh, no need.  In this case, it is your character that takes precedence.  If we were to to explore the Known World more in a full campaign, I might get a little more picky as a dwarven waraxe is something invented for 3rd Edition (to the best of my knowledge...it may have shown up in a supplement in 2nd Edition at some point).  So, if you were to visit Rockhome, the nation of dwarves, you'd not find a single waraxe.  Artwork from BECMI D&D books generally depict dwarves wielding hammers. 

Not a problem.  Real life always takes precedence. 


When you get a chance, don't forget to add your character's thief abilities to your character sheet post in the character roster thread.

Open Locks: 15%
Find Traps: 10%
Remove Traps: 10%
Climb Walls: 87%
Move Silently: 20%
Hide in Shadows: 10%
Pick Pockets: 20%
Hear Noise: 1-2 on 1d6

Backstab: If you can sneak up on a target (usually involving a Move Silently roll and perhaps a Hide in Shadows roll), you can make an attack with a +4 bonus to hit.  If your attack succeeds, you deal double damage (roll damage once and multiply the result by 2).

A few notes on BECMI combat and monsters...

If you take a peek behind the DM screen on my IC post, you'll notice that I roll the creature's hit points.  Earlier editions didn't have hit points listed for monsters, merely a number of Hit Dice.  DMs were expected to roll creature hit points, either before hand when preparing the adventure, or right then and there during the game for wandering monsters and other unexpected encounters.

So, a group of goblins didn't all have 4 hit points, for example, each member of the group had anywhere from 1 to 7 hit points.  I would often use these numbers when DMing to describe the monsters, with the higher hit point members of the group looking like the strongest and toughest of the bunch.

You'll also notice that only one initiative roll is made for the entire group of PCs.  Combat in BECMI goes team against team, so all the PCs go at the same time, then all the monsters (or vice versa if the monsters win initiative.  As you'll see when we get to the combat sequence, different types of actions happen at different times, however. 

First of all, "To those who are about to die, I salute you!"  

Level 1 BECMI is about as hard as D&D can possibly get. I've lost track of how many characters I've lost just trying to get into that castle.

 Next, I love how flavorful all of your characters all. I like that you are all working your rolled ability scores into your character backgrounds, that was something I really missed from 4e. The organic, evolved nature of character creation. Seeing this has really made me rethink my stance against rolled stats in D&D Next (I was supporting point buy as the primary option).

I look forward to seeing how this battle plays out. The thing in the hole is one of my all time favorite D&D monsters because it was the first one I ever fought. It has eaten more of my characters than I can remember, their names now lost to the mists of time.