Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade, Gygaxian D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e and newer) should be discussed elsewhere. Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creators from 1974 to 1983 — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency. If you are new to the OSR, welcome! Ask us whatever you're curious about: we'll be happy to help you get started. We also have two excellent beginner guides created by Anons with feedback from the thread that you can check for help: >n00b DM's Guidehttps://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0 >Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128 >Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
So, when during the initiative special attacks of monsters happen? I presume is the DM that decides.Say a Dragon's breath is during the monsters ranged phase.. correct?
>>97381677Depending on the special attack. I would categorize Dragon's Breath as a Spell.
Say the party encounters a group of enemies fighting in a formation with two swordsmen in the front and two spearmen attacking from the second rank.1. If a party member charges, would the entire formation be entitled to an attack first if their weapons are all longer than the fighter's weapon?2. Can the second rank brace their spears against the charge, or would they have to be in the first rank?3. If the Fighter chooses to close into combat, would that prevent the second rank of spearmen from attacking in the first round of initiative, or only the first rank?
>>97380816I got really into colonial era adventure nonfiction lately. Plus stuff like Edgar Rice Burroughs and REH of course.
>>97381944That's an awesome book. I played a skirmish game based on it at a con once alongside someone who used to work for TSR back in the day. Unfortunately I can't remember who it was. He said he worker on Dark Tower.
Back From The Dead Edition Previous Thread: >>97241180The thread to talk about Super Heroes/Villains/Spies/Agents/Rogues be it in spandex or not.Popular Choices for Games:>Mutants & MastermindsCurrently the most played one, uses a d20 resolution for everything, has powers building and rules for tactical combat.>Marvel TSR/ FASERIPClassic Supers game from the 80s, still has a lot of fans and various retro-clones. Uses a d100 with an universal resolution table to decide the degree of success, has random character generation and abstract rules for powers and combat.>Masks (PbtA)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What are your favorite superhero archetypes to play as? Have you ever done a cross system conversion so you could keep playing the archetype?
>>97361714What more can you say about your character please?
>>97355136Anyone got any stories or experience running Tiny Supers? I was looking into running it, it looks like it strikes a nice balance between mechanics and powers without having massive lists detailing every power.
>>97373791>What more can you say about your character please?It was a superhero game, he was a space demigod with daddy issues that needed to take a short cut to another side of the galaxy through a parallel dimension, so without informing the group he went to a space colony's anti-matter core reactor and used it for his needs accidentally trapping the whole planet between planes of reality and making it look like he perished in the attempt, the rest of the group thought he died but in reality he went on an extra dimensional errant and came back later in the game.
>>97382056>It was a superhero gameWhat I meant is it's a "space superhero" game.
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>>97374445>Unglorious/d/4q8C49>>97374636>Super Skirmish Gaming/d/KDRd20>>97374863>Campaign Builders: Castles & Crowns or the Lineages & Heritages Supplements/d/l7LOcN>>97375458>>97374991>Thunderbolt: An Aerial Knight RPGComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Humbly requesting Arkham Horror RPG - Dreams of Kingsport
>>97374230Requesting Mud Blood and Rats, and also Drakonym, thank you for your time.
>>97375796>Hidden Depths/d/M1DOGw>>97377174Success!>>97377522>Abaddon: The Angel in the Void>* Evil Relics: The Bronze Man>* Book of Salvation: Paragons of Virtue>* Godless - This Land of Ours>* Blightscars: The Grimmerling Bore>* Evil Relics: Hide of Astrophon>* Blightscars: The Sky GraveComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97379654g0f1le /d/KqoP7W
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>>97381590Isn’t any sword blessed enough to effect deamons and warp spawn able to do that or am I forgetting something?
>>97381707A lot of swords can be sanctified, allowing them to cut through the daemonic energies that surround them and make killing them easier, but their daemonic essence will still return to the warp afterwards. Permakilling daemons has only been seen like twice, and one of those was the Emperor himself.
>>97381819What happens if you kill one of them inside the warp then? Like on a ship with a gellar failure
>>97381937The daemonic essence still returns to its patron god and its "realm" to reform. It won't reform instantly, but it will still reform eventually. Once again, perma-killing daemons is usually done a handful of ways.
>>97382022Okay so a sword that got so good at killing daemons it can banish them back to the warp or their patron god if in the warp is fine?
dead before bump limit edition▶What is Kingdom Death?Kingdom Death is a tabletop miniature brand stared by Adam Poots and operated by himself and his Team that later spun off into a miniature based bored game funded by two very successful Kickstarter campaigns.▶What is Kingdom Death: Monster?Monster is a Nightmare Horror cooperative boss battler/miniature hobby game for 1-4 players about hope in a strange world of bizarre monstrosities and perpetually darkness. Players take on the role of survivors that band together to form a settlement, fighting monsters, crafting weapons and gear, and developing their civilization to ensure survival from generation to generation.Prologue Narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLc8dHv0AcThe Game is broken up into 3 phases:1. During your Hunt Phase your band of survivors traverse the world of KD in pursuit of their quarry.2. After successfully tracking your quarry you will begin the Showdown Phase, where you must fell these horrific creatures in order to acquire precious resources.3. After the battle, your survivors wander home with loot in hand to begin the Settlement Phase. Arm yourself by developing new weapons and bizarre structures to prepare for next year's hunt.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Every time I feel bad about my skills as a painter I look at some of the models that were submitted for the pinup painting contest.>>97373192This is why you should have let the bard play as the monster and just pass the controller token around to change who gets the benefit when targeted.
>>97379999>This is why you should have let the bard play as the monster and just pass the controller token around to change who gets the benefit when targeted.See? This is a houserule.This is not on the book.It makes perfect sense to be in it. It's not.But the other fanboy nigger would say "Nonononono you are cheating!!He should suck it up!"
>>97381051Page 226
>>97381406Page 226? The Game Variants?I'm really really hoping you arent pointing out using new game+ variants of the game in the core when it's convenient anon, that sounds like modding.Storyteller variant that, by the way, say they NEVER control a survivor.So you mean to say that the new player that lost his character, never play a survivor again and it's always the monster for the rest of the campaign? The new player picks the settlement event?
>he's still seething over being called outYou love to see it
Thread #008 A Storytelling Game of Personal and Collective Horror EditionWelcome to /schreck/ where you can rp your VTM character! For all questions concerning the World of Darkness, please consult the WoDg and CoDg thread>>97367924Previous Thread>>97270170Brief rules>We have no story teller, we are acephali>Threads are v20 based, although the night is long and full of whispers, lies, and half-truths. Decide your own canon but all will not believe you>all nicktuku will be diablerized on sight>all OOC discussion should be spoileredTHREAD QUESTIONComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Before you ask about my name I was unfortunately embraced while overweightBeen drinking alcoholics blood heavily missing the joy of a good dinner at a beautiful restaurant At this point I'd take a crime ridden O-Tulleys Blood isn't the fucking same I'm sick of lapping up red water like a fucking dogFor the love of Sett is there any way to experience solid food again And you tell me "BUT BLOOD IS BETTER THAN ANY 5 STAR RESTAURANT"You'd have be happy with 3 square meals of roach paste if it tasted good in life fucking cattle Sire crys about what joys was taken from him but my morning of fine gastronomy is laughed at by all at Elesum Meat will be back on tge menu even if many must meet death Be it final or a first of many
>>97380345And sorry if my response was late but I had to double check everyone was in their room, now is the time!
>>97380989>make sure you're safeI don't know if I should be flattered you care or offended you think I'm incapable of defending myself. I shall arrive shortly. I won't be staying as I'm needed elsewhere. In House Venus shadows begin to flicker and shift as through a large shadow on the wall steps a tall figure, shadows wisping off of him, the figure looks at Mercury with piercing purple eyes, hands her/him a box with a little label that says 'To House Venus' he then vanishes as quickly as he came. With his leave the room feels lighter and the shadows quiet down. the box is to be opened with all of House Venus present. Inside is a note and a small vial of clear liquid. the note reads: "This is all I managed to acquired from Boy Toy before he passed, a vial containing his tears, they were all that survived the destabilization. -Kakophoni" [they are actually Boy Toy's tears]
>>97381054we pay a great price for our eternityso it has been all the way since the beginning when caine forsook the mortal world over his prideif you cannot stomach that go meet the sunrise
>>97381414Mercury Lamp looks like a 12 year old girl with blonde curls and blue eyes in a cream Victorian dress, she approached Kakophoni without any fear and with rigid movements worthy of a a doll, in fact she looks too much like a doll. She looked at both Kakophoni and his gift with the same calm a kine would have for a timely Amazon delivery.She accepted said gift with both hands outstretched and a light bow, and will obediently wait for the right time to open it. She managed to say: "Welcome thank you farewell." in an dispassionate robotic monotone, she appeared to be more interested in the wall behind Kakophoni than him.Mercury Lamp's aura looks like a pure white canvas with a flickering gold border and multiple sparkles, it's indistinguishable from a human aura in term of intensity and opacity.Man of Florida is a 6'2'' tall, sharply dressed, hairless African-American Tzimisce Antitribu gentleman in his early 50s with complex scarification patterns all over his skin, but he doesn't show much skin, as he wears a Regency-era dark blue short slip waistcoat with a strangely thin waistline, and a high collar and trousers that make his figure appear taller, and a big, kind smile.He bowed in the manner of an European aristocrat from 2 centuries ago, and rushed in, in the hope to at least shake Kakophoni's hand, but the guest left too soon. Don't worry, he took it well, with a smile, and elegantly bid adieu. You couldn't have paired Mercury Lamp with a more dissimilar person.His aura is a womanly mix of lavender, pink and violet, it's even paler than the average vampire.
Is it better to have fully anthropomorphic beast people in your settings or just humans with like animal ears and tails?
>>97336842I don't get what problem you're having. Is your rule system so terrible that a character being mildly strong breaks it? If so, why are you using it?
>>97336842What makes you think you have to balance body sizes?
>>97330128Nice butt
>>97381283You’re ugly nigga
>>97381283Don’t call my wife ugly, anon.
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>>97377305Depending on the timeline, stay away from Europe and especially London. War of Princes ain't good for you unless you are powerful, Tezghul the Insane is like his title and his demonic hordes aren't fun, War of Omens is a shitshow that will get you killed and London had Horus purging vampires for a time until Mithras drove him out
>>97369261>and while your forms might be very powerful comparatively, they're also likely to make your Hunter friends decide you're definitely the bad kind of monsterI don't know why but I just imagined Ananasi being the secret benefactor behind DNA.
>>97381227Spiders are rightfully fearful of the alpha male kings.
Is it possible to summon & control demons without becoming tainted yourself?
>>97381941Depends on the exact splat and their rules.In the case of the demon splat itself, easily, just get their True Name, and you can both concoct a summoning ritual and make them your bitch with pretty much no consequences.
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>>97380537Oh huh, what? Wow we really do. I had no idea.
I hate it when I'm listening to cutesy jpop songs and then youtube recommends me that one song about a girl in deep denial that her boyfriend's been infected in a weird tree apocalypse, followed by her having a mental breakdown when he doesn't wake up one day and committing suicide by infection with her tree-boyfriend immediately afterwards
>>97380874Jumps for this feel?
>>97380947Generic Post-Apocalypse, obviously. https://youtu.be/6zjCjZJWK5I?si=z7zYDGZ0BhjeqHOr
Anyone remember the name of that Final Fantasy Tactics doujin where Ramza's being taken advantage of by a creepy fat shopkeeper?
>get back into 40k after 9e killed my group>check out all the lgs's near me>every single group just plays symmetrical tournament scenarios>they all organize over discord, join it to get some games going>most of it is people posting 40+ minute ai generated warhammer fanfic videos and soijacking over it>mfw
>>9735071810e crusade rules are dogshit. my arbitrator was holding that shit together with hot glue and duct tape
>>97375940Horus Heresy is just another angle from the archenemy. The only way to win is to just stop playing GW shit or just accept all of your good times are gonna be temporary and eventually you’re gonna have to move on to something else.
>>97366891The problem is that there's a lot of focus and energy put into strictly competitive play. Consider the 4e rulebook that has a section dedicated to a huge campaign with these crazy custom rules where one board could affect the other board and vice-versa with objectives that affected the whole thing. That and there are people who will study the rules for hours and hours looking to game every little thing, there's no room for cool thematic rules like tracked vehicles utilizing roads better or the fact that the chimera is amphibious.
>>97350718All of the crusade games that have ever been run at my LGS have basically been tournaments.
>>97363774>a mungestwhat the fuck
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The new year brings new resolutions, inspirations, goals, dreams and half-baked ideas.>Why should I homebrew?/tg/ products are fairly unique in that it's actually pretty simple to make them these days, with a plethora of products to assist in making and playtesting your game. Making your own games helps understand why games are made the way they are, as well as being fun to do.>What you should postIdeas for games, games you're currently making, updates to your own games in broad strokes, and any homebrewing for existing products that don't get much attention. Discussion about the above is welcome. Post good, be good, and look over others products, they care if someone looks more than anything.Had to remake the thread>Resources for the aspiring developer>https://anydice.com/ (A fantastic resource for checking probabilities)>https://miro.com/ (A online whiteboard with tools to help organize yourself)>https://www.notion.so/ (Similar to the above, but in a bit cleaner format for those who work in larger teams)>https://rolz.org/ (Impromptu playtesting at its finest)>https://www.youtube.com/user/georgephillies/playlists (Game Design Lectures)
>>97372011>On that note, thoughts on it as a mechanic?I honestly wish more systems had extended test by default.Standard task resolution, extended tests and a teamwork mechanic seem like they should be foundational.
>>97374626>Standard TaskBasic roll dice, add modifier, compare to TN>Extended testsYou saw it here, its the standard but with expanded resolution stuff>TeamworkNothing major at the moment. Just bonuses on whoever has the best roll. Nothing hard mechanically. Mostly for fighting against mobs.
So am I the only one here who does his own art? Or do most of you guys do your own or otherwise just not bother? Given some of the Species I have on offer, I feel the need to have some representation of them in visual form since some of them are a bit odd.
>>97376489i have shitty art skills, so my book has no art so far.. i'm illustrating the world with minis for my players, but idk what i'd do if i wanted to release anything lmao
Hey guys the system I'm running does not give any kind of hit bonus or anything for stealth, and I'm not sure that that omission is a rule in itself because it's incredibly sparsely written to the point of being unclear in many different places, not just here. The system is called Five Torches Deep. anyflip dot com slash oynzm slash goyb I'm now stuck somewhere between nothing, the OSR sources where attacking from stealth gives +4 to hit, or 5e where attacking from stealth gives advantage. What do I do? What works?
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>>97379528Yeah
>>97379441Thats unfortunate, 99% of the reason why i wanted to play bees was tiger vespa.
Titamon ft. Titans seems fun to play so far, biggest issue I have with the deck currently is that we don't have a better lvl 6; the promo isn't bad it just lacks ways to keep discarding to proc effects, it relies to heavily on the lower levels. I hope BT25 gives us a good [TS] Titamon and PlutomonBT24 Purple Tsuno is a fun card to use since it can shit out a level 4 or 5 that you've just discarded, but I only run 1 of it since BT6 Tsuno keeps your hand at a decent size. Dan/Kanan seem to be the best Tamer to use for the deck since they let you use option cards for free and keep the ability to attack. The generic [TS] option cards are busted in combination with this - especially Tidal stream since it unsuspends.
who asked for this? glad bandai is always ready to support tier 2 decks
>>97380675Yeah, there are some strong fundamental weaknesses in the deck. Both promo titamon and the egg cause a lot of problems you have no solution for.If you can stomach spending 1 for a rookie, try BT9 Pagumon. It makes the whole deck run way smoother, although at an obvious cost.
How do I get my players to stop calling everything dwarf related "digslop"?
>>97374277They gangrape you.What now?
>>97354435first off it's "dorfslop" not "digslop"
>>97374342Set their houses on fire when they sleep after nailing their doors shut.
>>97355167Dwarves aren't chads, they're superficially masculine but sexless so as to be safe in a time when male sexuality is demonized. Conan was a chad.
>>97354435Cut them short.
So I bought this as I really like Conan 2d20 System and I was surprised that system appears to be very rules lite compared to Conan 2d20 or WHFR 4E and a lot of rules and stuff appears to be on GM to flesh out. Usually i pay for RPG books because i don't want to figure out how much damage or to hit modifier some fancy sword has but in Dune core rulebook, its precisely that, book demands that i figure it out instead of giving me stat blocks. may be its just I'm retarded, or this system is lazy slop cashing in on movie craze?
>>97378943>We put in all this effort to include stuff>But then we made it pointless by reducing it all to a single roll>This is "elegant" and not "fucking retarded shrimplified trash for ickle babbies"
>>97378943"My loss" would be wasting more time and money with yet another system claiming to be a game, only to end up hearing "sorry that doesn't fit in with the story I'm trying to tell" and sitting around doing nothing while retards make voices at each other most of the session.That aside, if I wanted Dune and Star Trek, I'd just go watch their respective media.It isn't really my loss at all, because I'd rather spend my time testing mechanics I like to use in a game someday.
>>97378875> How does it set up "the session." That I don’t know, I only skimmed the book before shelving it.But if I were to speculate, given the power and status the PCs are likely to poses right out of the gate, my guess would be to expect the game to play more like an open-world sandbox. The degree to which being based on status.
I asked one of veteran players at my local hobby shop/club and they said that Dune is similar to Fate as a lot of what you can do is moderated by "assets" you have, which can range from character aspects like "honorable" or "Duelist", to special knowledge you have like kompromats or special gear you have. Assets work in similar fashion as aspects in fate. They also said item i have (agents of dune) is good for initial run and getting hang of the system as its designed to ease in into using system fully. >>97378875like >>97379650 said, your PC are either heads of house or very high ranking retainers so its usual stuff of increasing prestige/power of the house, corporate warfare between rival houses (as each house produce stuff, so you want to sabotage competitors while protecting yours) and appeasing powerful factions such as sisterhood, guild, the Emperor etc.
>>97379362>I haven't read it>Lemme make things up and project it on others>This is definitely about other ppl trust me brok
