Old School RPG — what is it?

[Stormcrow]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Well, that's wrong. D&D thieves were constantly rolling to detect traps.

Nope. First off, thieves weren't in the original set; they're part of the "let's add more rules" movement that I said started right away. Second, in Greyhawk, thieves are given an ability to remove traps, not to find them. Thieves couldn't officially "find traps" until the Players Handbook was published in 1978. (Basic D&D didn't get Find Traps until the Moldvay rules in 1981.)

Now, some people may have been rolling detection rolls before the rules officially supported it, but we're talking about what games qualify as old school, not what house rules do.