Tam Albren:
Tam shakes his head as he readies his sling.."Can't," ...
I think this may be relevant, RAW:
AD&D 1e DMG, p65, col 2:
"...if the cleric attempting the turning is successful against any or all types within the group.." [Tam was successful] "..of multiple forms of undead, that type or multiple types, to the maximum number indicated by the dice roll.." [The word 'roll' is critical here: meaning the result of rolling the dice, (Tam got 5), not the maximum number possible on the dice, which, in passing, are usually 2d6, not 1d12] "..or othrwise indicated by the rules,.." [would be the extra 2d4 turned at high clerical levels] "..are turrned, and on the nxt round the cleric so successful may attempt to turn other undead of the group. This process may continue as long as each successive attempt is successful and the cleric lives."
I believe we have been in error in applying this and it lead us to think no turning could be repeated unless 12 was rolled as the number turned and therefore Tam thought he couldn't turn again. I'd urge re-reading this taking note of "number rolled" and
not "max number possible to roll" and then let Tam try turning again this round instead of slinging.
That's my two cents. I really do think this has an immense impact.
Limiting the
possibility of repeat turning to 2.7% of the time (as opposed to RAW 100%) makes undead up to 30x more powerful, (in reality probably only 10x more powerful).