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. And as we enter this happiest and newest of years, remember: 2e was never an old-school game, bait is for reporting, and fish is for smoking! Happy new year, grogs! 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.
>>97280032Could be something worth using there. I'll take a look.>>97280209I think I have Halls of the Blood King floating around somewhere. Worth considering. Thanks.>>97280830Yeah my initial idea was to generate a small lair and give some landmark designators to point them in the right direction when they search for it. (5 miles East of Obelisk, just beyond the lake. Place Obelisk and lake hexes accordingly on hexmap etc.) but I also thought this may be a good way to break up the process of delving such a huge dungeon as Stonehell.I was considering using The Hyqueous Vaults as it's been recommended by Prince and others. I could also have one of the macguffin rods from the module be bundled up in the map as my player hasn't actually examine it yet (fortunately for me). It's maybe a bit longer than I was looking for, at about 60 rooms, but it's only one floor and has "vault" in the title, so the allure of treasure would be strong.>Reposting the magic item I came up with the other day as I think the sloppa image I generated for it turned out decent.
>>97280181There is a supplement called Dungeon Grappling, you could maybe look into that.Although though it purports to be compatible with S&W, it seems to me that it's mainly written with modern editions in mind, but could be what you're looking for.
>>97280181TL;DR: No. The DMG has unarmed combat rules that are way more extensive than they ought to be, but they're not as detailed as what you seem to want.
>>97280830>Lone Colossus of the Akolouthos Sink by Gus LNow that's a name I've not heard in a long time. His Red Demon in the Vile Fens is in that level range although on the lower end.
>>97282325Oh yeah, that one's good too. Kind of the same concept though, isn't it.
Post amazing terrain, amazing tables, and good looking games Rules: no slop!
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Previously on /slop/: >>97241519▶ Thread Task: Moody and gloomy winter pictures.And maybe characters trying to find a comfy warm corner.▶ Generatorshttps://bing.com/images/create/https://sora.chatgpt.com/https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generatorhttps://civitai.com/Curious about local genning? Check out /g/'s stable diffusion OP or ask one of our friendly locals.▶ Perchance pastebin of generators and links:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97281838see yeah nah the talking is just a bit too uncanny for me still
>>97281838It is not my place to question Sister, for I am but a lowly Repentia, but I am ignorant of their tactical value, could you but enlighten me, as the God-Emperor enlightens our souls from the Holy Golden Throne on distant Holy Terra?
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>>97282238your bakery, whats the bread?
>>97282122wait a sec how are the boobskulls help in place?
Christmas 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.
I will buy recasts of monsters in order to have multiple palette swaps for higher levels.Also because spidicules is a spindly fuck and I need to practice ways to magnetize or convert his ass into something more wieldable for play.
Alright, Tyrant Lvl3 is dead (after a very scary early harvester incantation draw...) and we have our 4th people of the star and our 2nd and 3rd frozen heart. I think we're going to work on polishing their gear grids now, we've got 2 calcified shoulder pads cooking that'll pop right before the level 3 nemesis at 23, going to see if we can get 2 beast knuckles and a set of Lantern armor and dragon slayer for our katar and grand weapon user respectively. Ultimately, we're hoping to finish this campaign this weekend before we have to get to work, so we honestly might say it's a wipe to the king man at 23 to save time since we still don't have pottery (thank God barber burgeoning locked behind that anymore)
>>97281332Any good stl scans? I surprisingly find non on telegramHow's the recasts prices?
>>97280007What is the CoD expansion exclactly? Just an upgrade to the current ones? Or is it its own thing like gamblers?
>>97282335https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poots/kingdom-death-monster-15/posts/3951096TL;DR: >Updates to all wave 1 monsters to fit with strain and arc systems>Rules for choosing and/or randomizing expansions and swapping stuff out along the node system >A bunch of new campaigns and mini campaigns with accompanying monster minis >legacy system for more effects on the world post campaign >more crossover content between expansions like new combo armors, new settlement events, and calcified versions of expansion gear >fixing a bunch of retarded shit like silk armor and flower knight being too easy and lacking real gear
First thread of the year edition>Previously in the Mortal Realms:>>97261720>Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, Sharty on the 'log and FAQs:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-downloads/>Toolshttps://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/>Anvil of Apotheosis hero creator:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97282252>I'm not sure if I'll actually ever playIf you’re only looking for a single kit or two, whatever you buy would be perfectly playable in Warcry.
>>97281832I feel like elves in AoS are weird>LRLStandard high elves but with a bunch of weird flavor bits that don't directly mesh with the whole pristine elf thing. weird bull horns everywhere, cow mountain god thing, weird mounts, a wuxia looking fan user riding a goku cloud. just generally a weird vibe>DoKDark elves, but missing every male unit, no armored units, and not monsters that aren't snake ladies. Strictly a downgrade unless your a femdom/trannydom enjoyer>sylvanethliterally not elves which is why they're so cool. I enjoy traditional fantasy race tropes but I appreciate that AoS takes things in a different direction even if they're not all hits.
>>97282070>sphiranx heroI don't think we really need a hero, they just need to add the sphiranx to the battletome. If they made a second spearhead box, something with jade obelisk and the sphiranx would be nice, it's a pain trying to get those things seperately.
>>97282153one new battle tome, and one relevant foot hero for that faction, I'm calling it as being the only announcements for AoS. Maybe OBR since they teased bones in the announcement trailer.
What's a good anvil unit for Cities?
Flaming edition>Banshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-november-10-2025>NewsThe 2025 Magic Con and Pro Tour Schedule:https://www.magic.gg/news/the-2025-magiccon-and-pro-tour-schedule>Metagame Mentor: The Winners and Losers from Standard's 2025 Rotationhttps://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-winners-and-losers-from-standards-2025-rotation>Spoilershttp://www.magicspoiler.com/https://mythicspoiler.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97281098Make artifacts brown again.
>>97281460>Hindus seem to graspThe only thing they understand is how to get free money from government employees
>>97281098Purple. Was the original 6 color idea, should be the "Izzet Police" color and you can add new mechanics and less colorpie break than currently these faggots at WotC are doing.
>>97281608>Everyoneone jotc shill is not everyone
Honest question: is there any pattern in the cards being posted in these threads? Or is just random?
SCP editionTell us about your horror settings, games, etc. Share inspirational art, prompts, etc.>List of games:Call of Cthulhu, Chill, Cold and Dark, Degenesis, Delta Green, Don't Rest Your Head, Dread, Esoterrorists/Fear Itself+Book of Unremitting Horror, Fall of Delta Green, GORE, Into The Shadows, KULT, Little Fears, Mothership RPG, Nemesis (free on Arc Dream's website), Nights Black Agents, Silent Legions (Mostly for the tables), Stalker: The SciFi RPG, Symbaroum, Ten Candles, Trail of Cthulhu, Unisystem (All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Witchcraft, Conspiracy X, etc.), Unknown Armies, The Whispering Vault, Vaesen>Inspirational stuff:Caitlin R Kiernan, Castlevania, Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, Doom Watch, Fear & Hunger, George Romero, Ghostwatch, House of Leaves, I Am In Eskew, John Carpenter, Kolchak the Nightstalker, Laird Barron, John Langan, M.R. James, Nick Cutter, Old Gods of Appalachia, Quatermass, Ramsey Campbell, Remedy Series (Alan Wake, Control), SCP Foundation, Scarfolk Council, Shaun Hutson, Silent Hill, Stand Still Stay Silent, The Evil Dead, The Magnus Archives, The Secret World, The Stone Tapes, Anatomy, Thomas Ligotti, Twin Peaks, Vault of Evil forums, toomuchhorrorfictionOther News:H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society releases "The Spark Devil"https://www.hplhs.org/sparkdevil.phpCurrent Book Club Topic:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97266292>Would you join the SCP Foundation or one of its rivals?If I were to join the Foundation, it'd be Ethics Committee just to see what their internal barometer is looking like in there.For a POI besides? Anartists at large, whether or not they're part of "Are We Cool Yet?".
>>97279640>If I have to pick then it will be the one that eliminates kaiju. I don't remember their name.NTA but an MTF is literally called "Kaijumancers" in SCP-5000, but there's probably another MTF that you're thinking of.
>>97266292>Would you join the SCP Foundation or one of its rivals?Yeah, it seems like a good gig if you join it willingly. The MTFs have a shorter life expectancy but it's one of the most exciting jobs in the world.>Which Mobile Task Force would you join?I don't know the names but I've spent enough time on /x/ that I'd want to deal with supernatural or psi anomalies.>Have you played any of the tabletop games based on SCP?No.
>>97281610Oh and out of SCP's rivals, Church of the Broken God is really cool.
Book Club starter questions:>What works?>What's cool about it?>Why is it so effective?>What is the best part of it in your opinion?>Thoughts on the characters?>Is the villain effective?>If you had to pick a moment that really scared you, which would it be?>Is there anything you feel could have been expanded upon?>What would you change?>Would you use it as inspiration for a game?
After about 8 years since I last DM'ed a game, I've been asked to run a session. Unfortunately my books - adnd, 2e, 3e, 3.5, 4e, and 5e are in storage two states away.And i prefer physical copies. Thanks to critical role and the movie DND books have gone up in price which is weird.>4e books are ~10-15$ now. Is it viable to run 4e in 2025? I don't remember hating it and I still remember some home rules to streamline combat to speed it up a touch. Does anyone have suggestions for 1-3lvl adventures or campaign settings? >4e thread I guess
>>97235255The movie? why are culture warriors so retarded, the recent movie was not successful.
>>97254793Wait, they had elemental monks?
>>97279807Only Fire (Desert Wind) and Water (Eternal Tide) from Heroes of the Elemental Chaos. Unfortunately it was one of the last book with player options ever printed for 4e so we never got ones for other elements.
>>97254866>BinderI have no idea what the fuck they were thinking with this class.>Oh hey let's make a squishy ranged controller >Now let's make it's primary controller feature be based around standing in melee with enemies or beign the one to deal the killing blow(minions didn't count iirc?)Honestly the Hexblade was everything the Binder should have been.
>>97282374Binder seems like it was supposed to be designed with a Curse like base Warlock so it could trigger its Pact Boon at ranged when its Cursed target went down but they didn't want it to be damage and just erased it right before shipping it. What I would have done is make the Curse be "Minor Action you lay your Curse on the closest target. When you hit your Cursed target it is Slowed/Slid/Gains Vulnerable/whatever based on your Pact. When a target under your Curse falls to 0 Hit Points trigger your Pact Boon".Instead they made you, a Controller, have to finish something off or be next to it. And in a jank way to facilitate that you get at-wills that are fake Blasts so you can fire them off in melee. I wish I could have been in the room when they decided on that asinine bandaid. And to top it off as written you can't take the generic or other Pact specific Encounter Powers. It specifically says "You gain an encounter attack power associated with your pact." which absolutely guts your pool of Powers.If someone for some psychotic reason wants to play Binder just slap them and then make them play base Warlock, especially almost any Cha Warlock. You'll still have access to the Binder Powers if you really want them but the increased flexibility, better Pact boons, Curse which opens up so many options, the ability to stay ranged and in the end more consistent Control its just better. Similarly if someone wants to play Bladesinger you should beat them with a brick. If you want to be a magic sword guy Swordmage is awesome, Hexblade is okay and you can rig Sorcerer to be melee too. Or if you desperately want to be a Wizard then be a Mage and use AIP to poach a longsword onto it and waggle that around like a wand. Hell even just Hybrid Wizard with literally anything is better than Bladesinger.
Valakut editionPrevious: >>97129473>News & RemindersWorld Championship 31 won by Seth Manfield (Izzet Lessons, United States, he/him)Complete winter achievements for rewards December 16-January 6From November 18, 2025–January 19, 2026 Golden Packs will temporary contain cards differently than before due to "various pieces of internal nonsense"https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-december-15-2025>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQHave you played the brawl challenge, and if so, which commander?
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did a streamer just play this deck or something? i feel like half the matches ive played today are against this deck ive seen maybe one single time before
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>>97282578at the world championships the entire top 8 was mice and izzet
Grogmas in the hive streets editionPrevious Thread:>>97019770Check out here for useful links and a catalogue of relevant miniatures retailers:https://pastebin.com/nnNqqFLnThe Rogue Trader magazine article compilation:https://gofile.io/d/yNK9bq
>>97281824Why the fuck do you need AI to do something you can do by just cutting the horns and spike off it takes literally five seconds irl
>>97282192Because they're a low effort troll. >>97266352Post it with a timestamp on a real table.
>>97282219Probably true actually yea
>>97282192Just to see what it look likes. Not quite as good as this real one. But close enough
Deciding which wyvern I want
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like Santa's Magic Sack!STEP 0:<----- That image is not a PDF, it's an image, at least for now. Check the 4plebs link below to find the PDF.PLEASE READ DA FAQ BEFORE REQUESTING OR SHARING.It will answer 99% of your questions about this thread. If you haven't read it, we will know.STEP 1:Please exhibit good manners. Threads start sliding off the board after a certain number of posts. More posts wasted on being rude means fewer posts available for sharing.STEP 2:Request, share, stay awesome!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Requesting Kazad Mor by Taylor Seely-Wright
Looking for- one way out- Hell World Earth- rue from ruin-brightborne- everything available for entity
Anyone willing to point me to a VTT Trove? Tokens (been to the one in the OP), Foundry, Roll20 I might be able to find something in any of them. Thank you in advance.
>>97280101It's not available yet, even to backers.
Requesting Pathfinder Adventure Path #221: Into the Apocalypse Archive (Revenge of the Runelords 3 of 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekU3T9M3E9IFrenopolis is a gamified tetragrammaton clothed in the memetic zeitgeist.This thread is for discussion and development logging.It's easiest to learn with YGO/MTG experience.It's not for sale, but you can request a free physical 2-player 90 card set by following the instructions in the description of this video:https://youtu.be/oPoBUoagO_k(No payment or identifying info required)Playmats have arrived and will be sent out with the playtesting kits. Anyone who already received a set with the shipping label name "Current Resident" should be receiving one by 1/10/26. If your shipping label was not sent to "Current Resident", email or DM me on telegram so I can send you one. Tabletop Simulator Demo Implementation:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97282550Rules have been condensed to 1 page in MTG terms. Covers everything but technical information and edge cases.8.5*11in, printable.
>>97282554Here is the advanced interaction sheet which covers edge cases and technical information which generally is not needed for general gameplay. You can print both of these images on the same sheet front/back.
here is the game board
>>97282587In picrel top two MTG diagrams, you can see that each of the 5 colors is composed of 2 base concepts, which are then arranged on a spectrum wheel. These concepts are what define the mechanics belonging to a particular color identity. This is a sort of top down approach, letting the concept inform the mechanics.In Frenopolis, each color is also composed of 2, but they're not concepts, they're Elements which correspond to card types and board zone mappings. The mechanics inform the concept. This is a bottom up approach. The Frenopolis color pie is strictly defined in terms of the game board itself. Color identity cannot be broken.
Mages and wizards of /tg/, make your predictions for 2026! What will happen in the RPG-verse? Do it now before it happens!
>>97275941>the Jewish conservative in the comments saying he only meant Jewish democratsLmao>>97277587I'm inclined to believe the accusations of racism when the memes are actually funny.
>>97274207Elon Musk buys D&D
>>97276175There are, admittedly, some things in that prognostication I would be quite happy with.
>>97274550>copyright shitfuckery when wotc placed their prize and joy into the CC w/ the SRD.
>>97282221>Grok, make this anon naked
Work in Progress, HAPPY NEW YEAR! 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.
>>97282440Also, love that you even got the detail of the chains having a place to retract to. Your conversions are VERY good. Idk if it means anything but you could do numbers on IG just posting what you've posted here.
>>97282477I can't take credit for that, the talos arm comes with the chain spools, I only remove 2 of the 4 that were too close to the pilot's cabin. Cheers though.Going through other old projects, I only ever painted up 1 squat and an additional head, really should finish those at some point...
>>97282491This head as it is now is giving me Spurdo vibes.
>>97282491why is he wearing sunglasses inside a helmet that has a visor?
>>97282535He sometimes has the visor up.
Would love to share some YTers I like to use for inspiration. Looking for anyone you find helpful. Preferably smaller creators and not restricted to 5e. I’ll submit three that I really enjoy while I’m doing prepFirst I’ll submit is Desk and Dorks. The channel is made by a medieval historian and combines his knowledge of subjects to enhance games. I particularly like his take on Bronze Age fantasy and building better town guards
>>97228344If you're talking about the video I saw a while ago, the point was about making distinctive NPCs without having to prep or overthink. It's an important thing if you have the players interact with a lot of NPCs, for example when they are creating their keep and gather a bunch of followers in one go or if they want to interact with some powerful group like nobles or a merchant guild.
>>97225250>good>YouTubersPick one.
>>97272272This!
>>97252545Hey man thats still not CR levels
>>97281891If that's your benchmark than literally every other RPG youtuber is "lesser known"
