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Old School Revival

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Old School Revival - Classic Rules Table Top Role-playing and the OSR Hobby

Rules- The community is to tiny, we can be really rules light at this point.

  1. Don't be a jerk.

  2. Everyone is welcome.

  3. Try to stay kind of on topic.

New to OSR?

Here are three widely tested systems which offer free PDF rulebooks.

Basic Fantasy Created to be compatible with 3/3.5e, this is fully fleshed out OSE goodness written to be more approachable. Uses ascending armor class. Print options are sold at near cost and are very very inexpensive.

Old School Essentials Basic OSE is the most popular reproduction of the original B/X set. Uses descending armor class. With several different iterations at several different prices, this PDF is free and covers the basics. Enough to get a game going.

White Box : Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game A spiritual successor to Swords & Sorcery White Box. This is the complete OSR experience. Uses descending armor class, but contains alternate status for ascending. Like Basic Fantasy, the print version is under five bucks on amazon.

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Since we have this community running, I want to open a project which will allow us to give something back. I'm opening a few threads for content to be created for a free zine which will consolidate our discussions to be released early next year. My goal is to have a POD version available 100% at cost.

Associated Threads: Create a Monster: https://lemmy.world/post/164957 Garden of Bones: https://lemmy.world/post/345605

How to contribute? To borrow a page from osrgcontent.blogspot.com,

Roll 1d10 and create the following:

  1. Make a spell
  2. Make a monster
  3. Make a dungeon setpiece
  4. Make a wilderness setpiece
  5. Make a city setpiece
  6. Make a magic item
  7. Make a class, race, or race-as-class
  8. Make a 4-10 room dungeon
  9. Make a trap.
  10. Roll 2d10 and combine

Thanks!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

The end of the year is fast approaching. I will enjoy releasing this zine in January. For better or for worse, it is coming out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Where did you get that cover art? It's lovely.