AD&D Reprints Errata
Because nothing is flawless...
Those who bought the AD&D books as they came out remember they were filled with errors which were a) noted in Dragon magazine, and b) mostly corrected in later printings. Such is printing.
It was pointed out to me today by a follower that the new printings which you can get through DriveThruRPG came from image scans and thus have errors in them as well.
I was given a list, I checked them, and they are certainly there.
Fortunately, the list is small, and you can copy/paste from here and correct them in your print copy:
NB: Using PDF page numbers (one greater than number at bottom of page) for easy location.
MONSTER MANUAL
Page 11:
Blink Dog should have 1 attack
Page 16:
Cockatrice should have 1 attack
Page 19:
Succubus should have 70% magic resistance
Page 20:
Type V demon should have AC -7/-5
Page 28:
Plesiosaurus missing move speed. Should be 15”
Page 33:
Chromatic Dragon (Tiamat) should have chance of Sleeping: 10%
Page 36:
Dryad % in lair should be 10%
Dwarf Hit Dice should be 1
Page 37:
Electric Eel should have No. Appearing 1-3, Move 12”
Page 40:
Elf % in lair should be 10%
Page 42:
Frog, Giant size is: S to M 6’ the 6’ is missing in the new pdf - could be a bug fix
Page 46:
Storm Giant number of attacks is 1
Page 51:
Groaning Spirit (Banshee) should have 10% in lair
Page 54:
Draft horse move should be 12”
Page 61:
Diff doesn’t change values, but Leucrotta % IN LAIR: 40% lost the percent sign on the 40 in the new PDF
Page 62:
Mountain Lion % IN LAIR should be 10%
Page 64:
Werewolf treasure type should be B
Page 94:
Looks like a possible error in the original text too. For Su-Monster “determine growth state by rolling a 20-sided die for maturity, using 10% increment, and treating 10% as 20% and 100% as 30%” - seems likely it should be a 10-sided die.
Page 102:
Wolf, Winter has treasure type “1” (one), rather than treasure type “I” (eye)
Page 106:
Index for Type I-Type V demons added name to match Type VI (Balor). Seems like improvement.
Page 108:
Removed duplicate entry for Giant. Seems like improvement
Page 109:
Removed “Merman (see M)” under the “Men” entry, leaving just the “Merman” entry directly below.
Page 110:
Reduced indent of “Giant” under “Wolverine” entry to make it “top level” entry under “W”. Looks like a formatting error.
Pages 112-113:
Replaced list of “Other Fantasy and Science Fiction Titles from TSR” with ad for Gygax Memorial Fund and a blank page.
PLAYERS HANDBOOK
Page 4:
Incorrect indentation of Spell Explanations: Clerics (should be indented to match other spell lists)
Page 18:
In Halflings section:
“so for every 3’/2 points of constitution” should be “so for every 3½ points of constitution”
“see heat radiation variation at up to 607 (normal infravision)” should be “ see heat radiation variation at up to 60’ (normal infravision)
In Half-Orcs section: “ADVANCED DUNGEONS ft DRAGONS, MONSTER MANUAL” should be “ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, MONSTER MANUAL”
Page 21:
In the first paragraph replaced E.P. with X.P. for “experience points”. Seems intentional
In the “Spells Usable By Class and Level - Clerics” table, the single asterisk marking “Usable only by clerics of 17 or greater wisdom” is incorrectly on the first level 5 spell, not the first level 6 spell (at cleric level 11)
Page 25:
Missing comma in “2750” in first row of “PALADINS (FIGHTERS) TABLE I.”
In “The Ranger” section, point 2. (“Rangers surprise…”, has 162/3% instead of 16⅔%
Page 27:
In “SPELLS USABLE BY CLASS AND LEVEL — ILLUSIONISTS (MAGIC-USERS)”, the first 5th level spell is given at Level 9 in the new pdf. This entry should be “-”, with the first 5th level spell the one given at level 10.
Page 29:
THIEF FUNCTION TAKE should be THIEF FUNCTION TABLE
Elf Hide in Shadows bonus of 10% should have “+” in front of it.
Page 30:
New PDF has commas to delineate the thousands places.
Page 37:
In Tack and Harness table, “Barding, plate” should be 500 g.p.
Page 38:
“Axe, Battle” should do 1-8 to Size L Opponents
Page 39:
“Axe, Battle” AC Adjustments should be -2 for AC 3 and -1 for AC 4
“Fork, Military” AC Adjustment should be -1 for AC 4
“Scimitar” AC Adjustment should be -1 for AC 5
“Staff, Quarter” AC Adjustment should be +1 for AC 10
Page 49:
“Detect Lie” updated to in new PDF to be Level: 4, which looks like a bug fix.
Page 53:
Earthquake: Added missing bullet and changed some formatting in terrain.
Page 54:
Holy (Unholy) Word - changed table formatting but entries are the same
Page 55:
Entangle - Saving throw changes from half to special. Meaning is the same, likely just for clarity since it’s half movement rate, not half damage.
Page 70:
Detect Evil: Area of Effect should be 1” path
Page 78:
Fire Trap: Removed “discharged” below “Saving throw”. Looks like deliberate clean up.
Page 85:
Geas: Range should be touch and casting time should be 4 segments
Page 86:
Otiluke’s Freezing Sphere: “cold damage upon all creatures with a 10, radius” should be “cold damage upon all creatures within a 10’ radius”
Page 100:
Projected Image adds Duration of 1 round/level, which matches the M-U spell it references, so looks like improvement.
Page 118:
Bard Experience Points: 2,001-4000 is missing the comma in 4000. Row 1,000,001-2,000,000 should be 1,800,001-2,000,000.
Page 119:
Bards Table II: Legend Lore and Item Knowledge Percentages for level 11 should be 40%, level 12 should be 45%, level 13 should be 50%
Page 112:
PSIONIC DISCIPLINES table, Minor (Devotions) entry 20 should be Reduction, not Seduction.
Page 125:
Missing * on the three Lances, and ** on the Spear. This could be deliberate because neither PDF explains their meaning (or that of italicization) on this page.
Hurled weapons and missiles table, Javelin Range M should be 4
Page 127:
Magic-Users 3rd Level spell 9 should be Fly
Illusionists second spell table (4th - 7th level spells): Extra period after Number 3, and column which should be 7th Level again says 5th Level
Page 128-129:
Replaced list of “Other Fantasy and Science Fiction Titles from TSR” with ad for Gygax Memorial Fund and a blank page.
DUNGEON MASTERS GUIDE
Page 3:
Missing description of image on the cover (which was changed): “Cover: The book cover painting shows an encounter between three adventurers and an efreet on the Elemental Plane of Fire. The fabled City of Brass can be seen floating over a flame-swept sea of oil.”
Page 6:
Changes indentation of 3 italicized entries under “Miscellaneous Magic”
Page 9:
Bolds initial paragraph of Credits & Acknowledgements
Page 18:
Race of Assassin Table missing entry: “26-50 half-orcish*”
Page 24:
Adds ** to 75% entry in 3 years/Full moon column.
Page 69:
In section “A. Food:”, the percentage sign is missing on the 100 in the first “from 10% to 100 likely”
Page 102:
In Morals (d12) table, changes “aesthetic” to “ascetic”. Seems like bug fix.
Page 105:
In “Cleric Spell Requested” restoration moved down a line, which seems like inferior formatting, but isn’t a rules change
Page 130:
“Djinni Summoning” renamed to “Ring of Djinni Summoning” in likely bug fix
Page 137:
Wand of Wonder entry for 66-69 switches the height from 1/12’ to 1”. This seems like a deliberate “clarification”, but given the variable meaning of inches in AD&D, this does not seem clarifying or an improvement.
Page 143:
In Deck of Many Thing, Donjon “imprisoned” should be italicized to make clear it is as the spell
Page 152:
End of Pearl of Power - “gotten rid of only be means of exorcism or a wish”, exorcism and wish should be italicized
Page 162:
Adds missing second blank for complete rod powers III, and IV
Adds second (duplicate) table of powers for quarter sets of Teeth of Dahlver-Nar and removes duplicate second “Tooth #” heading.
Page 172:
Asterisk after “Die” in table header for Table V. D. seems to be a tiny superscript dot instead of a clear asterisk.
Page 182:
Ethereal Encounter Table entry 53-57 seems like it should have ** after the “Human Subtable”, but my original doesn’t have it either.
Page 187:
Men subtable under Marsh Pilgrim/Tribesmen entries are inconsistent in new text and old. Pilgrim is 36-30, and tribesmen is 31-00. Perhaps should be 36-40 and 41-00?
Page 188:
Removes several * on “Rough” terrain roll ranges on the top table, which seems like a correction, as the header has the asterisk (as in other tables), not the individual entries.
Page 190:
For Men, dervish, hill should by 46-47, not 46-55, mountain should be 29-30 not 46-47, Marsh should be - not 29-30.
Page 195:
+1/+2/+3 rings of protection have “plusses” moved to end to match standard (e.g., +1 Ring of Protection became Ring of Protection +1). Seems deliberate.
Page 198:
Part of Demogorgon Special Defenses “resistance (95%)” is erroneously under the Intelligence column. Crayfish intelligence is blank but should be “non-”
Page 202:
Eel- eclectic switched to use 1-8/2-16/3-24 damage ranges for jolt instead of “1, 2 or 3D8”.
Page 203:
Ghost special attacks “touch” is italicized, while it shouldn’t be.
Page 206:
Ixitxachitl and vampire To Hit A.C. 0 - e should be a superscript (e.g. 18e -> 18e)
Page 209:
Nightmare should have AC -4. The negative sign is largely invisible in my 6th printing hard copy DMG, but the 4 is offset as if there is a negative sign, and in the MM the nightmare has an AC -4.
Page 230:
Glossary entry q.q.v. changed to qq.v., which is correct and likely deliberate.
Page 238:
In Morals aesthetic changed to ascetic. Likely deliberate.
Page 239:
In the random language table, 65 Nixie is incorrectly indented under the Naga, Guardian superheading.
TSR Games copyright and perforation notice removed.
Page 240:
In Encumbrance table, under Bow, long is not indented under the Bow superheading.
TSR Games Dungeon Masters Guide and performance notice removed.
Page 241:
In Training Or Status Level, loyalty modifier for newly recruited regulars should be -5%, not 5%.