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/9fzM6128Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97851293If you truly understand the DMG, which is no easy task not only because it's written in High Gygaxian, but more importantly because a large chunk of what it tells you to do is completely unclear until you actually try it at the table for months if not years, your inevitable conclusion will be that it is completely irreconcilable with 5e.
>>97851293There's a lot in there that's relevant to any game you run, and a lot that's specific to 1e. And a lot of polearms. In any event, it's worth a careful going over or three.
>>97851314>no easy task it's written in High GygaxianYou mean it emphasizes the need to track time
>>97851906Oh no don't bring up time tracking in this general.
>>97852175We've had many good discussions of time tracking here, though?
I keep seeing so many third party DnD stuff with massive kickstarters and loads of books. Are there any of these that are actually good?>inb4 no because 5e
>>97851642>As far as I've seen, most 5e-compatible content is fucking terrified of actually changing or improving anything. They'll tack on a handful of subclasses, but they won't make new classes or change the way the base classes work.Mostly because they are written by wanna be novelists and not actually game designers.
>>97851642>but they'll still be 5eWhich is a good thing, considering it's the best RPG and the most popular by far.
>>97851741>Mostly because they are written by wanna be novelists and not actually game designers.Then how come none of them ever write actual campaigns? Isn't that WotC's Achilles heel? If they like D&D so much, you'd think they'd write stories about it instead of just waiting for Paizo to convert their shit over.
>>97851401You want a shopping list?-Flee, Mortals!-Strongholds & Followers-Adventures in Middle Earth-Esper Genesis: Heroic 5E Sci-fi Roleplaying-Why Slay Dragons When You Could Be Fishing-Monster Manual Expanded 1, 2, and 3-Tome of Beasts 1 and 2-TPK Beastiary-The Dread Thingonomicon, and Laironomicon-Odyssey Of The Dragonlords-Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master-The Lazy DM's Forge of FoesComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97852049Let's hear about some
>Brutus' Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1qb0_OLhDrDYVVpbllIREdOczg?resourcekey=0-m3LU1xaC5-PnnA0VLRfK9g>DriveAnon's Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cx7KoDkQa9qmDfJN9_CehZ0fxXEweKOu?usp=sharing>Jumpchain IRC Chathttp://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/?#JumpchainCYOA>Ruleshttp://pastebin.com/Gqj3iKyn (embed)>How to Jumpchainhttp://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1qb0_OLhDrDVDFBR2NpdG03S0U/viewComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What does this symbol mean on the Drive? Is Reddit doing a 'tism?
I don't know if anyone else does this, but I've psyoped myself into only making Jumps that I think I could survive as a first Jump. Like, if there's no durability perks or whatnot, so hard to find a reason to make it. It's kind of the Mass Effect problem where Shepard or Nathan Drake from Uncharted just wouldn't survive what they go through. They're extremely skilled, but in the case of Nathan his health is explicitly representative of his luck, not him actually taking damage. Other settings don't necessarily do that, so you have this often extremely capable character that by all rights should just die. I put too much thought into the actuality of settings for the types of settings I'm interested in. It's not productive.
>>97852118>I've psyoped myself into only making Jumps that I think I could survive as a first Jump.Fascinating. You've somehow found a way to make me even more contemptuous of you than I thought possible. I am only interested in making jumps that will give me a war that can end me, or set me free.
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>>97852118I make jumps so I can use the jumps from settings that interest me. I'm not going to go out of my way to limit what I make jumps from. Makes no sense to me, just comes off as another way to procrastinate from the story.
Loyal Steed editionPrevious >>97821019>Basics Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/GWjTU9Uv>Anon's Locals Survival Guidehttps://pastebin.com/xXp5jShL>Fanmade PC simhttps://pastebin.com/u6aKrBSg>Official Mobile sim (Release Date TBA)https://www.digimon-alysion.com/en/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
first for DCGO
will this so-called dual revolution have any dual cards below UR rarity
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>>97852120the dravidian fears the color of strawberry jam
jamming > jamboys
Am I an autist for having my ascetic characters ask for small beers when they visit inns or taverns?
>>97850827What's the problem with that?
>>97850827Seems fine to me. On a unrelated note. The number one thing that made me quit playing mabinogi is that inventory and bank space was so artificially limited yet they would intentionally constantly have events, quest lines, and job paths, and literally every single mechanic in the game is designed to fill your inventory no matter what you do, and the only way to partially deal with it is buy more bags from the cash shop, ideally until your inventory is nothing but bags that are bound exclusively to your character. Then a huge bulk of your time is spent managing inventory space rather than playing the fucking game.I think a time when two events were running at the same time that both flooded your inventory with random borderline useless bullshit every 10 minutes made me finally snap and quit.Talk about building a problem then selling the solution.
>>97850827>beer>when they could be having WATERunhydrated/10
>>97850827You're an autist for asking if what you're doing is autistic.
>>97850827Traditional games?
Welcome to /2eg/, a thread dedicated to all things 2nd Edition D&D related - including settings, lore, modules, and derived systems (Alternity, Buck Rogers XXVc, For Gold and Glory, Hackmaster, Myth and Magic, and more).Since 2e draws heavily from earlier editions, older modules are welcome too. Other media derived from AD&D (such as Infinity Engine video games) also has a home here.It's what you play, not how you play it. RAW or homebrew, as long as your table is having fun, there's no wrong way to play.There's a surprisingly complete 2e fan wiki for rules stuff, it's excellent for quick reference:https://adnd2e.fandom.com/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_2nd_Edition_Wikiad&d 2e archiveaHR0cHM6Ly93ZWIuYXJjaGl2ZS5vcmcvd2ViLzIwMjUwMjA0MTczNzUwL2h0dHBzOi8vdGhlLWV5ZS5ldS9wdWJsaWMvQm9va3MvcnBnLnJlbS51ei9EdW5nZW9ucyUyMCYlMjBEcmFnb25zL0FEJkQlMjAybmQlMjBFZGl0aW9uLw==Remember to keep things civil.Previous thread: >>97806516Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97851901You mean the skills and powers stuff?
>>97851927Yeah
>>978439145e is simple in its presentation but an absolute chore to run. The amount of encounters you need to run PER ADVENTURING DAY makes it an actual slog to get through. The system focused too heavy on the epic side of epic fantasy, that it became more of a power fantasy than an adventuring questing game. You can throw monsters well above the Party's level at them and there is a high possibility they will not only kill the thing but do so without any real threat to themselves.So, designing encounters in 5e requires a lot more effort and needs to have a lot of combat to make even exploration more exciting. Its also a mentality thing, because a lot of 5e players treat the game as an MMORPG which we can thank 4e for.
>>97852088>Its also a mentality thing, because a lot of 5e players treat the game as an MMORPG which we can thank 4e for.3.5 is the one with not one but two MMOs.
>>97852088D&D is ideally MMO, it's the idea behind West Marches and what Gygax envisioned when stressing the need for time keeping. WoW just gave MMOs a bad name.
I always hear about the stir this caused, and recently about how bad or redeemable it is. I'm not certain about it myself because I dabbled with 3e and then got into 5e, never paid much attention to the scene during that entire era. What does /tg/ think of the system?
>>97838238>"Na, don't feel like it right now. I'll maybe try it again later today, probably tomorrow."Me after doing one thing at work.
>>97844516If WotC was any worse they would have been out there murdering people. We're not far off.I know they won't because they are nothing but liars and shitheads but a few years ago when they were in trouble WotC promised 4e would be released from its current mega restrictive license and into the same really loose license that 3e and 5e are under. It would be great if they did though because then people would be able to openly make a 4.5 that's actually like 4e and not just kind of adjacent without scratching the same itch like Draw Steel.
>>97842360You forgot he also shot her lover.
>>97848813>If WotC was any worse they would have been out there murdering people
>>97852158God damn it.
Thread #012 Degenerate 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>>97733980Previous Thread>>97621954Brief 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.
>>97850474>>97850498Oh I almost forgot, any special requests on size shape and colour? Number of limbs? How many spike launchers and where? I want you to be happy with the product.
>>97850816>>97850816a crab is a crab, legs don't matter so much as long as it looks like a crab. six spines, legs about that, claws. probably safer to make them on the thicker side though for the journey we got a gangrel over in haiti who keeps ghouled crabs as sentries. keep em fed and theyll probably outlive ye.but for colours? one violet and one green.
>>97848233I guess I deserve that for speaking in metaphor. But hey, we made some progress in our pest control! Caught ourselves a rare invasive species of snake! Can't wait to see how it tastes, yum yum! Now if we can just deal with our rat problem.Whoops, there I go with the metaphors again. Silly me!
>>9A851091God you are fucking stupid. Shit keeper. Shit servant of Caine. Shit fashion taste and shit posting security.Did you really think skipping borders would let you avoid those debts lacheur?
>>97845730It's mostly for my peace of mind. If I tried to make sense of that goobledegook I'd end up as batshit as a Malk.>>97846731>>97846699I have it in good authority a Bishop is taking his squad of Paladins and a few Packs of heavies there in the near future.
Has the sun ever become a story focus in any of your campaigns?
>>97800235Sun's dead, the Moon and Stars are the only remaining sources of celestial light. One of the possible side objectives for the party was vanquishing the God of the Dead Sun so he could be reborn anew.
>>97800235It is the main deity in the setting.
>>97826622Because this one was started by puckee or someone similar.
>>97800235Yes
Pigheaded Edition>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game. Based on the art and lore of Mike Franchina, whose illustrations you may have seen floating around on /tg/ for a several years now, and designed by Tuomas Pirinen, one of the original creators of Mordheim. It's grimdark, it's visceral, and it's very Blanchitsu.>What's the QRD on the background?The Knights Templar turned heretic and opened the Gates of Hell when they took Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Over 800 years later the war is still ongoing as technology has developed to a pseudo diesel-punk WW1 standard and a third of Humanity has sided with the Infernal Princes.>How do I get started?All the files are free online:https://www.trenchcrusade.com/rules/They used to be split between the website and the discord, but no more. For posterity's sake, the old mega will still be kept active even if it's unlikely to need updating: https://mega.nz/folder/70QH0BBa#Eg-blxYQKkY_C02wErnFTQ>third party sources for making trenchers:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97848777>still can't answer the question or explain clearly Nigger, you are double plus dumb.
>>97849031Not that anon but I'll break it down real simple for you:>drama spreads to more and more /pol/fags because collectively agreeing on something as bad evil wrongthink is comfy and safemany /pol/fags (see politically incorrect aka /pol/. Also see AltRight, political far-right ideology, political far-left ideology, political extremism, racism, autocracy, religious extremism, cult of personality, etc) feel like they belong, feel safer and more comfortable agreeing with others of the same ilk that something is bad or should be shunned/ridiculed, not from looking at the thing in question but because their compatriots have deemed the thing in question as despicable.>while contradicting a /pol/fag is bad evil wrongthink/pol/fags (see above) often view people outside of their circle or community defending, accepting or even enjoying the previously mentioned thing decreed to be despicable as a moral failing and thus the people who enjoy the despicable thing must be despicable degenerates of a lower social standing and intelligence that the circle of people who have decreed the thing to be bad. If a /pol/fag comes out and defends teh thing that has been decreed bad then he is seen as worse then the people who enjoy said thing, for he has abandoned the True Belief of the /polfag/ and has now become the enemy, even if he still agrees on all other points beside the thing in question. There. Is that comprehensive enough for you?
>>97843967sovl
>>97849165No, examples are required otherwise its just ideological posturing from people complaining about >muh pol as an abstract vague post.
>>97820513I'm just getting into trench crusade this evening, and I whipped up a basic list of the Sultanate. I vaguely understand the rules, but not the meta or really how games actually go. Did I make a shit list?## Muslims ## Faction: Iron SultanateRating: 700 Ducats | 0 GloryPatron: None## Elites ##Yüzbaşı Captain - 101DBattlekit: Jezzail, Sword / Axe, Medi-Kit, Standard ArmourJabirean Alchemist - 82DComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Elves are here to help editionDiscuss elves.Post elves.Love elves.All elf lore, games, stories, and anything else elfy is all appreciated. No AI or anime, please.Thread question:What classes or roles combo best with elves?Previous >>97814421
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>Yeah uh you *dice roll* *flip flip flip* uh you see uh *dice roll* *dice roll* *scribble scribble* yeah you see uh Goblin!Do zero preppers really run games this way?
>>97849989I thought the entire mod team was replaced because a bunch of info was leaked?
>>97851149This guy gets it
>>97848073Oh so you have never played a game in your life? Great to know.
>>97851149I assure you your improvisation is no where near as convincing or interesting as you think it is. You'll have half a dozen emotional hooks and easy plays you cycle through without even realizing it and anyone with half a brain will see through it in just as many sessions of actual gameplay.
>>97848073Some systems like Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay play like that regardless of prep time.
WIP In Progress Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97851926I'm contemplating wearing it for a new tabletop gaming store grand opening in my town. Gonna be donating a lot of my terrain and supplies so people can make more and just hang out and make stuff, or play some games
What are your top, most important painting tips that you think make the biggest impact on your painting?
>>97852031the most important thing you can do is paint cleanly without chalkyness, splotchyness, visible brush strokes, or getting paint outside where you wanted it to be. if you can do this your work will look professional no matter how simple otherwise it is. if you can't do this your models will always look amateur no matter how many advanced techniques you learned from jewtube you use.
I’m so sorry for posting a non-WIP.
>>97852068apology accepted.The bottles and sword look very nice.
Thread died and I recently got to play so I'm making it again.>What are you painting?>What are you looking forward to?>good stories about your huntsThread question: favorite fight? Least favorite fight?
>>97850744I wish they still sold the original Apotheosis M and Apotheosis F. Or at least let pinup Apotheosis F keep her abs when they made her tits bigger
>>97849443my problem is that I can't find where it went on my desk that is covered in unpainted miniatures. I might have to start looking for pirated STLs just for replacement parts.
>>97850744Thats my plan, to get all the monsters done before getting any (more) survivors. I did the OP Pic after the smog Singers and the BK posted. Working on Atnas now. Way more gaps then I'd like on the cloth surfaces. >>97851179God speed anon. I am currently trying to find the microscopic baby arm from pic related as well.
>>97851436Damn. Good luch with that. I may end up green stuff sculpting them since I don't know where to look for stls. I could.... clean my desk... but that is probably more work than making new ones
>>97851179Are those STL even available online? Never seen them
Whatever you may think of the idea of martial characters in D&D or any other fantasy rpg basically doing sword magic, it is at least a lot more fun from a gameplay perspective than just going "I make an attack roll" every round.
>>97840201>how many systems have you played where magic is always just a single roll with the same function each time it's used?Basic Role-Playing and I believe Savage Worlds and the Storyteller system.
>>97846031>Basic Role-Playing>with the same function You use one roll for the others, but all the various magic types (Magic, Sorcery, Psychic Powers, Superpowers, Mutations) have distinct functions. Can't comment on the others.
>>97843743yep, no response as expected. you were wrong and you lose.
>>97846003>classes>levelsyeesh.
>>97840158No
