OD&D errata sheet

[The Sons of L]

Rules - Errata for OD&D 1974 Edition
Hi all,

I apologize if this is not the correct place to post this question. The following quote from the FAQ in the Strategic Review indicates that there was an errata sheet for OD&D and I have been trying to track it down.

From the OD&D FAQ (1975 version) which originally appeared in THE STRATEGIC REVIEW Vol. 1, No. 2 (Summer 1975):

"In addition, there are a few errors which have been corrected by means of additional sheet in the latest printing of D & D. Those of you with sets of the rules which do not contain these corrections can acquire one simply by sending a stamped return envelope to TSR requesting “D & D Corrections”."

This errata sheet is, of course, not available from WOTC so I am wondering, does anyone still have this, that would be willing to provide this information or does anyone know where I might go to find a copy of this?

Thanks a heap for any info you might have,
Cheers,

Llaurenela

[foster1941]

Llaurenela already knows (she's the one who posted it), but in case anyone else is curious this sheet was found and posted at DF:

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
--Correction Sheet--

MEN & MAGIC, Volume 1

Page 9: Add “Griffons” under the neutrality column. Delete the first listing for “Wights” under the Chaos column.

Page 11, line 35: “30% to 40%” should be 40% to 50%.

Page 22, line 21: The “T” cross index for Zombie/Adept should be 7.

Page 23, lone 34: “…2+1), (“and” deleted) from 1-6, 3rd level types, and but 1 4th level type (up to 4+1 hit dice).”

Page 28, line 9: “each” should be east


MONSTERS & TREASURE, Volume 2

Page 3: Skeletons/Zombies hit dice should read 1/2/1

Page 14, line 24: “doing two, three or four dice of damage (depending on size) !”
Page 14, line 31: add Only magical weapons/attacks affect Gargoyles.
Page 14, line 33: add Only silver weapons or magical weapons/attacks affect Lycanthropes.

Page 18, line 22: add Only magical weapons/attacks affect Elementals.

Page 24, SCROLLS: There is a 25% chance that any scroll of spells found will contain those useable by Clerics.

Page 32, Heroism: add The potion will cause fighters of 5th – 7th level to increase two levels, and 8th – 10th level to increase by one level of ability.
SCROLLS: N.B. After reading a spell from a scroll the writing disappears, so the spell is usable one time only !


THE UNDERWORLD & WILDERNESS ADVENTURES, Volume 3

Page 11: Balrogs should have “Die” 9.

Page 18, line 10: An Encounter occurs in a City on a 6.

Page 24, line 16: The missing word is ten.

I haven't yet been able to check to see how much, if any, of this stuff was unchanged in the later (white-box and OCE) printings, but even if there aren't any changes to be made it's nice to actually know that for certain rathering than wondering what might be...

[foster1941]

FWIW, I checked this sheet against my (5th printing) set last night, and as I suspected all of the corrections noted on it are corrected in the text. So for anyone with a 5th (or, presumably 6th/OCE) printing set this is a win-win -- you don't need the errata sheet, but if you don't believe me and suspect you might (as I did before I saw it), now you've got it!

[The Sons of L]

Hi all, here is the most recent update of the annotated errata sheet:

Huge thanks to Finarvyn for typing this up from the blurry image that I received. I have went ahead and annotated it for the 5th and 6th printings, I don't have a 4th printing so if anyone does and wants to check and see if the corrections were made in the 4th printing, please let us know . EDIT:I received a response from an owner of the 4th printing and he indicates that the errata applies to the 4th printing also.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
--Correction Sheet--
A few added notes are in Italics! To the best of my knowledge, all of these changes are for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th printings since the errata sheet was inserted in the box for the 2nd and 3rd printing. All of these errata were corrected for the 5th and 6th printings, except as noted below. I have also added some errata in italics that applies to the 5th & 6th printing.

MEN & MAGIC, Volume 1
Page 9: Add “Griffons” under the neutrality column. Delete the first listing for “Wights” under the Chaos column.
Page 11, line 35: “30% to 40%” should be 40% to 50%.
Page 22, line 21: The “T” cross index for Zombie/Adept should be 7.
Page 23, line 34: “…2+1), (“and” deleted) from 1-6, 3rd level types, and but 1 4th level type (up to 4+1 hit dice).”
Page 28, line 9: “each” should be east (it may be this in the 1st , 2nd, 3rd and 4th printing I do not have any of those to check. However, in the 5th and 6th printing the reference is page 27, line 18: “each” should be east and it was corrected.
MONSTERS & TREASURE, Volume 2
Page 3: Table heading “% In Liar” should be “% In Lair”
Page 3: Skeletons/Zombies hit dice should read 1/2/1 (read as one-half / one)
Page 14, line 24: “doing two, three or four dice of damage (depending on size)!” Refers to Balrogs description, which is not in the 6th printing.
Page 14, line 31: add Only magical weapons/attacks affect Gargoyles. In the 6th printing, this is Page 14, line 15
Page 14, line 33: add Only silver weapons or magical weapons/attacks affect Lycanthropes. In the 6th printing, this is Page 14, Line 18
Page 14 In the 5th printing and earlier Balrogs appears immediately after dragon treasure, but in the 6th printing Balrogs is replaced with an illustration.
Page 18, line 22: add Only magical weapons/attacks affect Elementals.
Page 24, SCROLLS: There is a 25% chance that any scroll of spells found will contain those useable by Clerics.
Page 32, Heroism: add The potion will cause fighters of 5th – 7th level to increase two levels, and 8th – 10th level to increase by one level of ability.
SCROLLS: N.B. After reading a spell from a scroll the writing disappears, so the spell is usable one time only! In the 5th and 6th printing, this correction was made except that the “N.B.” was not inserted.

THE UNDERWORLD & WILDERNESS ADVENTURES, Volume 3
Page 11: Balrogs should have “Die” 9. In the 6th printing “Spectres” were inserted in place of Balrogs.
Page 18, line 10: An Encounter occurs in a City on a 6. Actually, line 7, at least in the 5th and 6th printings.
Page 24, line 16: The missing word is ten. Actually, line 18, at least in the 5th and 6th printings and is inserted as the number 10.
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