Kai Lord
Hero
Hello, I know that most who play OD&D simply use the "Alternative Combat Method" that syncs up with pretty much every version of D&D/AD&D up until 3E but I've been reading through both the OD&D and Chainmail rules and have been trying to wrap my head around the idea of going full Chainmail for combat as referenced by Book I Men & Magic. What I'm wondering is how the game expects players and referees to adjudicate combat with monsters that were not listed in the Chainmail "Fantasy Combat Table." For PC's M&M gives a "Fighting Capability" Chainmail equivalent for each class and level so we know where they stack on the Fantasy Combat Table. But where does say a Beholder or a Purple Worm fit in? I've combed through the books and Reference Sheets to see if there's a chart listing the Chainmail Fighting Capability of all the new monsters but so far haven't found anything. Does such a chart exist or is that one of the many things that Gygax & Arneson assumed that each gaming group would simply write up their own rules for?