I want to run a game that’s SIMPLE, FUN, and RETRO.
If you agree with any of these statements, this game is for you:
If your character sheet can’t fit on an index card it’s too long.
Your “bonus” for a high Prime Requisite is a greater chance of surviving the adventure.
Your “bonus” for finding treasure is being able to spend it. If finding treasure was your primary goal, sure you'll get some XP for a job well done. Don't worry, you won't
lose XP when you get robbed or go bankrupt!
I’m using the Old School Essentials books published my Necrotic Gnome as my default set of rules, which is the
Basic and Expert Rules reorganized with some contradictions resolved and some holes patched. I include a few tweaks from Dungeon Crawl Classics, and I reserve the right to borrow from other OSR games. I’m willing to accept OSR characters you've already played in other games and race/classes not in B/X if you show me the source material.
They now have an SRD!
https://oldschoolessentials.ne.../index.php/Main_Page
To make things SIMPLE for everyone (especially me) I’m using these house rules:
SIMPLIFIED XP and LUCK: If you’re 1 point away from life or death on a combat roll you can spend 1XP to fudge the die roll. You must also sacrifice a shield, weapon, armor plate, or similar item.
ABILITY CHECKS: If your character had a profession he or she before become an adventurer, he gets a +4 on an ability check it’s applicable to his profession, such as a Jeweler identifying a gem's value or a Gravedigger guessing how a person died by examining the skeleton.
Wizards: Wizards gain Staff proficiency at 4th level and Sword at 7th level.
Clerics: Clerics gain Crossbow at 4th level. You still can't shed blood in anger. Shedding ichor is fine. And if the blood is
stolen to begin with then you're just
liberating it...
I now own the OSE
Genre Rules and
Druid & Illusionist Spells books, so you can play a character modeled after the
AD&D Player's Handbook and
Unearthed Arcana offerings. However I
will not allow the Underdark races. Also, I don't want to use the split race/class rules or multiclass rules.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:05, Mon 27 Jan 2020.