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 (embed)>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0 (embed)>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128 (embed)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97331436holy BASED thread. I'm feeling a bit lively, what should I post about, ACKS or pickles?
Thoughts on Scion?
>>97316805The Aesir aren't in that image. That's the Celtic pantheon.
>>97322258He's talking about the ones from the 1e Hero book probably, where they're pretty Americanized looking since two look like NYPD, one looks like an American SWAT faggot, one looks like CIA, and all but one or two otherwise look pretty American.
Can I have sex with my divine parent? Incest is a pretty big part of mythologies.
>>97316993Most of this art is honestly horryfing.
>>97316993>rez life lol. wtf? That's like making the slavic deities into a bunch of gopniks squatting outside of commie blocs (which would also be very funny)
Previous thread: >>97215703GURPS is a modular, adaptable system, capable of running a wide range of characters, settings, and play styles, with a level of detail varying from lightweight to completely autistic.Optional rules allow you to emulate different genres with a single system, or even switch genres within a single game.A nearly complete archive of GURPS books can be found by using the image. Never post direct links to the archive anywhere in plain text.If you're wondering where to start:- The Basic Set covers everything, including a lot of optional rules you probably won't use.- A genre guide can be found in the archive, under Unofficial/GURPSgen. It tells you what extra books and articles you may find useful for many common genres.- How To Be a GURPS GM is a good read even for players.- GCS (gurpscharactersheet.com) is an excellent character-builder software, with page references to all the books and the option to export to both Foundry and Fantasy Grounds.Thread question: What are some systems or you would like to include or see included in a campaign, but haven't been able to? They don't have to be the main focus of the game, having them only as something on the side is okay.
>>97329672Same as any flexible magic system; it can do literally anything, so the caster becomes the 'solution to every problem' character while everyone else plays second-fiddle and the party never have to get really creative finding ways to beat puzzles. The only real balancing factor is that it is too slow to use in the middle of combat, but there's a method of pre-preparing spells for rapid use, which turns it into a D&D style system where the wizard has to stop and prepare every couple of fights (this in turn is sort-of balanced in the originally intended genre by some uncertainty as to what the monsters might be vulnerable to, and the availability of guns and other powerful weapons which make combat spells a bit redundant). Also, some mechanics are very easy to exploit, especially in genres other than the originally intended wainscot horror.If you want an even better version of the 'flavour' see Path and Book magic in Thaumatology. It isn't flexible, but it uses similar mechanics.I'm not sure if there is a 'flexible but not the solution to every problem' system, but there have been many, many attempts at making flexible magic systems in GURPS and the later ones are at least a bit more refined. I think that Incantation Magic is probably the least open to abuse.
Is there a list of all the magic systems in gurps somewhere?
>playing GURPS>character gets shot with a 12 gauge shot>all pellets hit>But the character has a standard concealed vest>takes 0 (ZERO) damage, not even the max damage pellet could get through.>isn't even windedI feel like this isn't realistic. What am I missing?
>>97331097Zero penetration seems quite realistic. Buckshot isn't going to do well against even fairly light kevlar. However, it seems somewhat likely that you would suffer effects similar to being hit with a beanbag round from having a significant amount of kinetic energy dumped into your chest, even if it is spread over a wide area. The failure to achieve this effect is due to the buckshot being treated as a bunch of individual hits, when in fact they all arrive at the same time and should realistically be combined for the purposes of blunt trauma (Basic Set, p. 379). Note that at very short ranges, shotguns do work like this (Shotguns and Multiple Projectiles, Basic Set, p. 409).
>>97331535>blunt trauma>(Shotguns and Multiple Projectiles, Basic Set, p. 409).oh, so that's what I was missing. Yeah, taking 20 damage from pellets turning into two damage due to blunt trauma makes a lot more sense.
The Green Knight Edition>Resources:WFB: https://pastebin.com/qVGrgwwhWM: https://pastebin.com/EsDAgebaWFRP: https://pastebin.com/inbyBsR6Novels: https://pastebin.com/PFqPDr0H>TOW:https://gofile.io/d/fxFgXShttps://www.warhammer-community.com/downloads/warhammer-the-old-world/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Are all the 5th edition books written by Nigel Stillman? Was he just the guy back then?
>>97331368they didn't have that much content compared to 7th ed books, I guess
>>97331415I am finding it kinda the opposite. There's so much interesting older lore in these books, although I only have a couple of them now so I can't speak for the entire 5th edition library.
>>97331118I read all 4chan posts as if narrated by Matt Berry.
Okay a few things first I started a fanfiction based on this image with satura getting his Settra the Imperishable Magically getting his last living descendant teleported to his capital,And is there anything good to read to understand Settra outside of memorable moments like outside of he does not show but what he likes to do what his future plans are for his people now get them Mommy and skeleton people or a good look at how he deals with the living I know the High Queen Khalida appeared in Gotrek and Felix And I live in followers who work for her. I just want something where I get a more sense of who Settra is and his actual goals outside of at times or emergency situations or when somebody stole from him his hat and he's going to get it back even in the Frozen North.
>>97330922Genuinely have no idea, still, wtf you're pretending to talk about but afraid to mention. Is it voldemort?
>>97331272Canned catchphrases will surely win you this argument.Do you get a dopamine spike from looking stupid in front of your intellectual betters? lol
>>97331462Intellectual better? Youre defending retail 40k like an absolute tourist/corpo.
What a strange argument, to use it's popularity as some kind of gotcha. No one would say goyslop like Mcdonalds is superior to a Michelin star restaurant, despite being in another league of revenue generation. It's literally a logical fallacy, Argumentum ad Populum .
It's not terrible for 40k tournament terrain, better than bare MDF or cardboard. But come on. Dream table? That? Dream bigger
>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game still in a pre-release playtesting phase but with the full release slated for this year. 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, it's awesome, and it's very Blanchitsu.>What Trench Crusade is notTC not an excuse for you to discuss IRL religion, history that didn't occur in the game, culture war shit, or discord bullshit on /tg/. Keep it on topic.>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_C02wErnFTQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97326893This. Exhibit A:>>97326884
The Youtuber cope is to distract you from the fact that they rugpulled printfags on top of making shitty prints.
>name's Januz. Januz Strakon>heretic legion line trooper>trench designation K-17, frozen north front>boots full of mud, soul full of sins>assigned to forward battery detail>she arrives at dusk>no footsteps>no breathing>just an armored shape in a shroud stitched with sigils that hurt to look at>she raises one hand>the sky tears open and screams with flame and shrapnel>enemy trench ceases to exist>weeks passComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97331545>night bombardment>counterfire hits our position>wake up in crater that use to be our dugout>lungs full of mud and curses>she’s there>shroud torn to shreds>mud and someone's guts caked all over her armor>standing over me>calling down explosive death from the very hell itself>like a valkyrie of the old tales>later>offer her my rations>she doesn’t eatComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97331567>rumors spread>trooper’s gone soft in the head>trooper’s talking to the Witch>trooper’s marked by fate>i don’t care>when she gestures for me to follow, I do>when she points at the sky, I duck>when she rests her head against my shoulder>even the glare of the Hellgate feels comforting somehow>maybe she was made in Hell like they say>maybe she's nothing but a construct>a suit of armor filled with Hell's willComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like it's 2025!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.
Any chance for Shrine Depths: A Solo Adventure?
>>97326389Requesting The Swallowed Saint - An Adventure for Dolmenwood
>>97330827For backers, the PDFs were sent out weeks ago. So there's always a chance that someone may have already sent them, who knows.
Kindly requestingVileborn CorebookThe Winter King CorebookKingsmouth Traveller's GuideGerman version of the 2d20 Dune CorebookTIA
>>97330276Thanks mate for pointing me to the correct post!
Oh no no no
The retvrn meme is so fucking stupid
>>97331366Ok I will admit I assumed that GW Shoved Primaris down every legions throat. I truly did not know that the Space Wolves told Calw and Gilliman to pound sand. That is pretty cool.
>>97331495I know, comparing a mutation in melanin production to squirrel evolution is a weird comparison.
>>973315242 supposed people saying the same thing in response is much weirder than pointing out mutations happen under relatively light conditions.
>>97331551>supposed peopleAs opposed to what, subhumans like yourself?
The first four dubs and above makes it canon. Those will be the constraints to build the setting around.
>>97298399Only white humans exist in this setting, and magic is only for bad guys >>97298839You're a pedophile
>>97328631>>97298399I think I've said this before but:the best format for this kind of thread, would be that there's a requirement for everyone to link their post to one previous (accepted) post. Eg maybe the thread is about building a family tree? Then you must specify whose immediate relative your dude is. You describe a country? Then place it next to some other countries created by previous anons, and you MUST describe its relations with those countries.
>>97298399Everyone in this world has IBS
>>97329894I'm going to cap the technological level at 1453. It's the very end of the Middle Ages with firearms making their true debut in warfare, but also where a great rebirth is just beyond the horizon. The setting's Leonardo is just a little kid, his rise has yet to come but one can see great potential in those like him, their drawings perplexing the older generation who remember the plague and the great wars that left no time for such childish things. PCs however are too busy keeping the Crusader States up. Adventuring is a hell of a career: chasing desert raiders while somehow deescalating religious tensions between all three major groups. The first are the Outremer: European types that settled in the Holy Land, the second are Christianized Arabs who converted but are ultimately playing second best in a kingdom that's not theirs, and the Ghazi Desert Raider types who still hold to not-Islam. You spend more time doing counter terror operations than slaying Orcs.
So far, three religions are eminent on the map:>The Apostolic Church: the so called 'White Church' fell behind the First Apostle: Soll, or 'Saul' as he's known in modern common who became the first Pope. They hold that God made the world and left it in the stewardship of the Angels. Entire cathedrals are dedicated to the Archangels and every monastery has an 'alleged' divine patron. Conceptually, God is portrayed as a frequently merciless lawgiver who often gets drawn as holding a burning sword. The White Church managed to make itself the moral authority in its realm, with the Inquisition ruthlessly enforcing the divine law of the angels. >The Gregorian Church: the Gregorians broke away from the Apostolic early on, becoming the infamous 'Black Church' which is, functionally? Very similar to the White Church. They have monasteries and archpriests with the Exarch functioning as a rival to the Pope. Where they differ is the greater emphasis on the Saints. The portrayal of God is similar to that of the White Church, but here he carries a whip instead of a sword symbolizing God's authoritative nature. The Church is far more decentralized than the White faith with the patriarchs being subservient to the lay nobility. >Zaranim: the men of the desert. Worship the same God as the other two but differ much in prayer and structure. Women can't be clerics, nor can they be warriors, and only the word of the Zaran is taken as that of God's. Other differences abound as well: instead of angels they venerate a series of prophets, clergymen are always 'subservient' (hahaha) to an (often fanatical) king, and God himself is portrayed as a vengeful flame which is their religious symbol. Non-Believers, to the Zaranim, were created to serve them resulting in the raiders taking slaves and selling them to foreigners.Nonhumans mostly fall behind foreign, polytheistic faiths.
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
>>97321362>The only real 4e thing about the game is the math progression.I've found that in the majority of cases when people are comparing new games to 4e what they really mean is that the book has a readable layout and the math is baseline functional.
>>97321384Also that fighters are good
>>973209144e hate was always a meme. Almost all of its most vocal haters never played it, let alone actually read the books. They'll claim they have but then when pushed for what specifically they don't like they never actually had a real reason. They'll lie and squirm and make excuses but they just want to be mad at something and 4e was their obvious scapegoat.
Anyone ever looked this over? What are your thoughts?
>>97329180Going by the previews it seems okay I guess? Outside the flavor and maybe vamps into mid paragon instead of being end of heroic threats I don't really see a need for the book. From the previews it doesn't seem to do anything that can't be done by just refluffing existing monsters. If you don't have to spend money on it then use it I guess but I don't think its probably worth the $8 they are asking for it.I am always super wary of 4e homebrew. Because of the much tighter math of 4e compared to other editions most homebrew stuff is just thrown together and ends up either unusably weak or way too strong. More modern homebrew has gotten better since the system has been flayed open for so long but that book is from like 2011/2012 when 4e was still in print and thus is sketchy on its quality. If you are desperate for more monsters, even though 4e already has like 5.3k, then I'd check out the 4e Discord. They have a few of the premier 4e homebrew writers there who autistically fix people's fucked up homemade ones.
Previous: >>97324084I love my multicolored daughter edition>Most recent bracket system updatehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-october-21-2025>Outline article introducing the bracket systemhttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-commander-brackets-beta>Current banlisthttps://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list#commander-banned>Former Commander website, where you can learn the basics, and read the format philosophy laid down by the ruleshttps://mtgcommander.net">committeeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97331315>The guy who plays Tifa at our table nearly puked he was so upset about the artwell he clearly doesn't know shit about FF then i saw way more beefcake in the opening act of FF10
How does everyone store/sort their cards? I've got like 10 bundle boxes with more cards on top of them
>>97331502Bulk are in those big multi row cardboard boxes. Rares over 5 dollars are in a binder, and all cards over 20 dollars are in another smaller binder. Cards worth 80 dollars or more are in picrels in a fireproof lockbox
>>97331502You don't wanna see how I store my bulk
>>97331528Based
>no display names>no player cards >large groupHow do I keep track of the characters? It’s such a weird thing to ignore. Just throw a name and picture onto the screen like every other Channel does
Are they even making this show anymore? It's like they've just stopped caring
>>97248009I'm a complete nogames only here for worldbuilding and lore, and even I know people who game can also watch others game in their downtime. You can have multiple ways to enjoy something.
>rewatching a C2 episode>Liam knows Laura is going to be taking time off from the show>asks to carry her bag of holding for a whileCan someone find an episode in CR's 10yrs where Liam doesn't Liam (metagame, cheat, be creepy, try to grab the spotlight, etc.)?
>>97330883just matching your level at this point, waiting for you to say something ridiculous to point and laugh at.
>>97330892no shows for a month, even though to have few missed weeks was a reason they gave for prerecording. They only do enough to stay in the press and keep the subs/merch/cartoon money flowing. They did more when there was nine of them, than they do when there is twenty of them.
>paid GMing>AI slop>unironic "badwrongfun"/"you can't play that way" shitThe unholy trinity of what's killing ttrpgs.
>>97329872You don't want me to reply to you anymore because you don't want to confront the reality that you're being a retard. These people were adults, they were in control of their own actions.
>>97329585I'm not paying for slop.
>>97326491I expect people to chip in for snacks and equipment when I DM and its never been an issue
>there are actually people paying to play on /tg/ right now
>>97326491I hate how all the dirtbags transitioned from dealing drugs to making youtube videos now
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>>97330940Is Creativity supposed to be an in-between of Supernatural and Science?
>>97331173I call being the cat
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>>97331369Its easy to misunderstand anti heroes and anti villains and most people call anti villains for anti heroes, when really they are not. Anti-Heroes and Anti-Villains, are not opposites of each other.The Anti-Hero is not necessarily right, but when he wins, the world is generally considered to improve.The Anti-Villain is usually right in their arguments. But if they win, the world is often worse for it.
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>>97331410Wasn't there more builds
>>97331420nyo
>>97331420There were relationship charts. And #7 had two versions.
>>97331445i though i made a build but too late to be in the image
>>97331481That was #7, unless you haven't linked the cyoa back then.https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97138332/#97153459
