Timeline for Did AD&D players use Leomund's Tiny Hut to keep out enemies?
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| Jan 28, 2023 at 16:12 | comment | added | RBarryYoung | Agreed. The answer to "How was Leomund's Tiny Hut used back in 1e, 2e?" is, "It Wasn't". I actively played AD&D several times a week for over a decade (including many conventions) and other than random spell rolls and maybe one published module, I NEVER saw any player, nor even any DM ever use it. (And DM's don't necessarily have to worry about spell slots). Virtually everyone considered it to be nigh-useless, and a real head-scratcher as to why it was even in the spell lists. | |
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| Jan 27, 2023 at 17:12 | comment | added | Nobody the Hobgoblin | @Martin The "these" would not be needed in that case, you could just say Up to 7 other creatures can fit, and (other creatures) can freely pass in and out of the hut, but the spellcaster himself…". However you read it though, it's just a relatively situational spell for your precious level 3 pick (if you have one), and one rarely found. We at least played it that way, so to the question, which is if people did the answer is yes, even if you think the wording is ambiguous. | |
| Jan 27, 2023 at 16:01 | comment | added | ShadowRanger | @Martin: Yeah, that's how I read it. It can fit a certain number of man-sized creatures. Anyone who can fit can enter, and they can freely leave and return unless the sphere is full when they return. If you want to read it very strictly, I suppose it might protect against creatures that aren't man-sized, but really, I read that as defining capacity, not strict "only man-sized can pass"; it would be very strange if you could use this spell to trap the party gnome/halfling. Perfectly reasonable to house rule some minimum size to enter based on its ability to block rain/dust/sand of course. | |
| Jan 27, 2023 at 14:52 | comment | added | Martin |
"... it would not be these creatures ..." : observation : IMO, the paragraph can be read as contrasting the caster himself vs. these. That is, the these is there because n creatures can pass/fit, but if the caster leaves it dissipates.
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