#13: On the Topic of Topics

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[Greylond]

There are charts in the 2nd Edition AD&D GMG for non-thieves climbing and hearing noise.



Greylond

[LBrownIII]

There are charts in the 2nd Edition AD&D GMG for non-thieves climbing and hearing noise.

That agrees perfectly with this sentence taken directly from the column:
After 25 years, D&D either didn’t have basic rules for these things, or they were scattered across different books and hampered by "optional" status.
The point is that what partial rules existed weren't in the same place as the rules for riding, finding things, swimming, jumping, and all the other stuff that every character should be able to do. They were scattered throughout random books without pre-planning.

D&D operated for nearly three decades without a universal skills system. I recognized that lack and sold an article because of it, which is the point of the article.