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I was Looking at the REF 2 Player Character Record Sheet Book recently since I had finally managed to find a PDF of it that had all 14 pages and I noticed the Spell list for Magic-user is full of errors in the Cantrip section. It list most of the cantrips as allowing save throws, which if you are farmilliar with the unearthed Arcana you will know that very few cantrips actually allow any kind of save throw at all and even less had one that negated the effect. The Mad Irishman had actually accurately recreated this character sheet over here :http://www.mad-irishman.net/pub_dnd_1e.html
It also has all the errors as the original, which is a shame because a complete spell list that Accurately includes the cantrips too would be so useful.


So for anyone wanting to play a 1st edition game with the Unearthed Arcane using this character sheet here are the actual magic-user cantrips that allow a save throw: Change, Distract, Mute, Present, Belch, Blink, Cough, Giggle, Nod, Scratch, Sneeze, Twitch, Wink, Yawn, Gnats, Spider, Tweak, Groan, Rattle, Thump, Mirage, Noise, and Rainbow.

Cantrips Save Throw
Legedemain Cantrips
Change Special, Negates
Distract Special
Mute Negates
Present Special, Negates
Person-Affecting Cantrips
Belch Special
Blink Special
Cough Negates
Giggle Special
Nod Negates
Scratch Negates
Sneeze Negates
Twitch Negates
Wink Special
Yawn Negates
Personal Cantrips
Gnats Special
Spider Special
Tweak Negates
Haunting-Sounds Cantrips
Groan Negates
Rattle Negates
Thump Negates
Minor Illusion Cantrips
Mirage Special
Noise Negates
Rainbow Special

It really feels like that guy they had making this character sheet back in 1986 didn't even read Unearthed Arcana let alone paid any attention to the How cantrips would. Hell, there isn't any place to put you cantrip spells per day on the Spell list though there is for 1st -9th desipte that fact Unearthed Arcana had rules for starting a Magic-user as a -1 level character who start with 1 cantrip per day before reach normal 1st level where you end up with 3 cantrips per day. Its weird.

It isn't really that surprising. If big companies like Hasbro/WotC can massively screw up on even basic lore continuity *and* have errors in the rules as well, smaller companies will of course have the same kind of troubles.

Even though, I must say, this looks more like not caring about putting out curated stuff, rather than accidental mistakes.

Irennan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 6:44 am It isn't really that surprising. If big companies like Hasbro/WotC can massively screw up on even basic lore continuity *and* have errors in the rules as well, smaller companies will of course have the same kind of troubles.

Even though, I must say, this looks more like not caring about putting out curated stuff, rather than accidental mistakes.

Yeah, you got a point. It just The Unearthed Arcana just doesn't get enough love from player most of the time and it is just down disheartening to see that not even 1986 TSR Cared enough about it to make a product that is compatible with it that is without errors.