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.
>>97348969You will never be a real /osrg/ poster, you have no games, you have no character sheets, ect, ect, so on, so forth.
>>97348969So do you mind telling us what the situation is with your character sheets and the DM's house rules? You said that your character sheets aren't full of errors that they're just filled with House rules. You also said that you are the forever DM but admitted that you have only ever run one session though. So what DM are those character sheets for, and what house rules specifically are reflected on those sheets?
Shut the fuck up already, trollcow.
>>97348984Please explain to us the thing with the character sheets. We pointed out numerous glaring errors, but you have told us that they are just House rules from your DM But you said that you don't play and never have played as well. So can you explain to us specifically what those house rules your DM is using on your character sheets?
>>97345111B4 might be a better bet, you'll spend less time fucking about in the keep.
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.
>>97347644Thank you kind sir! I really appreciate it.
Requesting Five Parsecs from Home: Planetfall. Thanks!
>>97348803Sorrz, forgot the please nd thanks in advance, was distracted by phone call
>>97347874Requesting any of the following for Shadow of the Demon Lord:Dungeon of the Damned 6: Prison of PainDungeon of the Damned 7: Chamber of Black IceReturn to AsylumThe Lands of ChaosWicked Cults: Wild BeastsVillains Codex: Ignatius MaliceVillains Codex: Domina CallariaSecrets of the GraveBlightscars: The Black DoorForest of HooksPare the FleshEvil Relics: The Thirty Wives of Kazan-KorOrc Wars: Whatever it Takes
Does anyone have this Bestiary for Mörk Borg? Thanks in advance!https://slimeofmanyhats.itch.io/bestiary
Finman 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.
>>97348582I agree.
>>97348582yes but this is still like a projection for at least 6 months into the future, they said premodern wouldn't be made into a permanent format until february and they're probably not going straight into penny right after it, they must have some other format ideas they want to try out first
>>97346495>the peak of British """humor"""
>>97346877Yugioh decision making usually comes down to>Do I do the combo line that instantly loses to Ash Blossom>Or do I do the combo line that instantly loses to- Oh wait they activated a Charmy this is all pointless and I should just skip my turn
Remember; Modern players fucking loooooooove competitive solitaire. If they didn't you wouldn't have commander and yugioh and all the other current versions of card games and other type of pvp games as well, that have "pretend-interaction".Ironically enough you can blame the existence of counterspells/negates for modern game design as well.
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.
>>97345862>Here's one with smaller print that's closer to how the official PDF looks. https://litter.catbox.moe/sguru1z1mwtigfnh.pdf>sentence and paragraph breaking still all over the place>column headers still break in the middle of words instead of on the spaces between words>tables still break over columns instead of trying to remain contiguousYou have fixed exactly nothing. It's really quite impressive how much nothing you've accomplished by changing the font size.>sane defaultA sane default would be building the content in LaTeX, to leverage its ability to take your content and drop it directly into a pre-prepared document formatting template with minimal work. There is a reason scientific journals use it to concatenate papers from multiple different authors.
>>97342362>I feel like I'm the only one who actually likes the system.Why is that?
>>97347993Despite my many efforts to explain and streamline things, they still think everything is way too complicated.They think there are too many skills, and that default penalties are too harsh. So I've introduced wildcard skills and taught them to use rules like Time Spent to offset default penalties. But they still don't like it.They think hit locations are too hard to hit, range penalties are too harsh, and that too many actions take too long in combat. I try to explain how you can offset penalties or do things faster by using combat options like Aim, Evaluate, All-Out Attack, Telegraphic Attack, and Extra Effort, or bump up skill or buy special advantages or techniques to make things easier. Their enemies are also subject to all the same rules, so knowing how to use these options should give them a huge leg up over their foes. But they think all these rules are unnecessary. "I've shot a gun before, [GM]. Anyone should be able to quick-draw a pistol and make a snap shot at a target's neck at 10 meters with 95% accuracy. These rules are stupid." I'm a noguns, so they don't take me seriously when I cite real-life firearm statistics.Generally, they think too many things give penalties, and don't like adding up penalties. I try to explain that these things which give penalties would just simply be impossible in other systems, and by leveraging modifiers they can make the impossible possible. They say "That's fine. Just don't let me do them then." Which baffles me, because when I was running D&D way back in the day, they were always complaining how they couldn't do anything.One player also dropped out of the game early while complaining that there was "too much combat." But he said he's also going to be joining my other player's DH2E/Sector-X game even though that game is going to have even more combat. So that also befuddled me. Although, it could've just been scheduling issues that he had to drop out, and the comment was incidental. He didn't say.
As a thought experiment, how would I write up an ability that lets me send my mind back in time? Like reloading a "save point" in video games, but it can go to any point in the past since the time you first acquired the ability. I'm thinking it would probably involve Jumper (Time) with Accessibility or some other limitations. It should be possible to use with conscious effort, but also trigger automatically on death, so Reflexive should also be there.
>>97348922>Anyone should be able to quick-draw a pistol and make a snap shot at a target's neck at 10 meters with 95% accuracy. These rules are stupid." I'm a noguns, so they don't take me seriously when I cite real-life firearm statistics.On a stationary target at the range you get something like +4, I doubt your friends can do that either or they're at least national level competitors
Welcome to /wbg/, the official thread for the discussion of in-progress settings for traditional games.Here is where you go to present and develop the details of your worlds such as lore, factions, magic and ecosystems. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art (either created by you or used as inspiration for your work). Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback or post whatever relevant input you might have!Last thread: >>97165346Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: https://pastebin.com/JNnj79S5 (embed) (embed)https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Eo+fK41FKVR7xDpbNO0a0N4k0YYxrmyrhX3VxnM14Ew/Fantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator/wbi/: https://discord.gg/6ZjEc7dy4TWorldbuilding Hub: https://discord.com/invite/wGjxK3YThe Writer's Forge: https://discord.com/invite/CUxHxWqTira: https://discord.com/invite/f52W6KgComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97314389The first mistake you make is thinking magic is something to systematize.
The names I use for my fantasy gods and characters are impossibly cringe. How do I find sufficiently cool names?
>>97347961>How do I find sufficiently cool names?Look up random drug names and change a letter.
>>97348270FertinykCoicanOpionHeroijPsiliocyar
I genuinely actually unironically no fooling have NO idea what to worldbuild.
First Order of the Stick of the new year is up.
>>97348260I agree, that was really good.
>>97324517a previous strip said Scruffy and Belkar had influence on each other but it still averaged out somewhere south of neutralso Scruffy might count as just evil enough to avoid the spellthat being said if Nale did just kill Scruffy he is utterly and completely fucked beyond belief and the Fiends are going to have to deal with their entire plan being upended because their chosen devil killed the wrong person's cat and now the world's most murderous halfling is going John Wick on them
>>97348329Don't forget Scruffy executed an innocent commoner whose only sin was getting imprisoned by the Empire of Blood. They don't call him a stone cold carnivore for nothing.
>>97348329>>97348355the cat has the afterimage, it was affected by the spell
>>97348938...Displacer image?
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)
Quick question.In my game, Strength increases your Health Points and Resistance increases your Willpower Points.Resistance also contains the ability "Toughness", which allows you to decrease damages (therefore, increases your effective number of Health Points in some circumstances) and Strength contains the ability "Endurance", which should allow you to use Willpower more effectively when performing physical tasks.Here's the problem:While rolling Toughness to decrease damage is no problem, I recently switched to using WP as a way to change the result of a dice after rolling (the system is a dice pool. Success are always on a 5-6, but if you spend one WP you can count a 3-4 on one die as a success).I playtested it and it works per-fect-lyHowever, because there's no additional roll when using WP, I don't know how to factor in Endurance anymore.Any idea how I could make Endurance matter again? Don't overthink it, just give me what's on top of your mind.So far I've considered:>Spend one WP to reroll, but using Endurance in the second roll. If you get a margin of success, you can get your WP backIt's great, but Endurance would then be useless at lower levels>After spending one WP for an action and the action is finished, you can roll Endurance to recover itMakes sense I guess, but it feels weird.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97348819Do something like forbidden lands where you can use your endurance to push rolls.Pushing rolls means retrying extra hard but if you fail the negative results are much worse.Mechanically you reroll the check that you pushed. So if you could use both the 3-4 success range that you get from WP would work synergistically which is what you want thematically from what i can understand
>>97348819Ok ok, I think I've got it:>Spending one WP for a physical action allows you to count 3-4 as a success AND roll endurance on top of that. If you get additional successes on your endurance roll, you can use one to either get your WP back or keep them as more successes.Hmm... shit but it adds an additional roll, when WP are supposed to be spent a lot in combat. Shit
>>97348919>Do something like forbidden lands where you can use your endurance to push rolls.>Pushing rolls means retrying extra hard but if you fail the negative results are much worse.I really like the sound of that, but I'm not too sure I understand your last sentence, although yeah you got the synergy right.It's just that part>So if you could use both the 3-4 success range that you get from WP would work synergisticallywhich is don't get
>>97348819>but if you spend one WP you can count a 3-4 on one die as a successyou could make that spending WP lowers the "success range" for each point spentso, if you spend 1 WP dice with results 4+ would succeed, is you spend 2 WP they would succeed with 3+, and so on
https://www.youtube.com/live/RXINrUSQEVk?si=DNE8b716wqOKWJKt&t=2634OK, which one of you was this?
You have a general.
>>97347859Go fuck yourself.
Dead Frequency Edition>Previous>>97324423>Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/WiCHizn0>Mediafirehttps://mediafire.com/folder/s9esc6u7ke8k5/CofD>Mega Ihttps://mega.nz/folder/ePQ1BKhJ#RCosRCh59Ki2Mpb1M9H3Uw>Mega II (also containing fanmade games)https://mega.nz/folder/ZbQ2zLJA#DOT-3df6rS2lLet4_RmqJQ>WoD5 Megahttps://mega.nz/folder/7rQQ1LbQ#16_AiXVGo0P3_rVOJuoZyA>STV content foldershttps://pastebin.com/9i9zhydQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What book exists for CofD that would fit best for Ashley? Is there something like Infernalist books and if so how good is it?>Ashley “Leyley” Graves>Age: early 20s (young adult)>Build: very thin, slight/waifish frame, 5'3"–5'6" range; moves with quick, jittery energy or languid entitlement depending on mood.>Skin: very pale, almost translucent; faint blue veins visible on forearms in bright light.Background Grew up as the younger sibling of Andrew Graves. Parents designated Andrew as primary caregiver; Ashley was emotionally spoiled yet materially neglected. She learned to manipulate for attention. Early memory: Andrew spending his allowance to buy her lemon muffins for a birthday — formative attachment memory. Social history: few friends (Nina, Julia) who were more interested in Andrew; jealousy led Ashley to orchestrate cruel punishments and, eventually, murder. No meaningful peer bonds; antisocial and isolated. Recent crisis origin (campaign start): quarantined in apartment building due to a supposed parasite in the water. Food deliveries stop; long deprivation and cabin fever. As supplies dwindle she and Andrew resort to transgressive survival choices (scavenging, later cannibalism). The quarantine and scarcity intensify her dependency on Andrew and destabilize moral limits.>AttributesPhysical (Total 4)>Strength 2>Dexterity 3Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97348869And what could be good Merits to add? I think their world is basically the WoD already.
>>97348840Not if it's suitably weird. A biotech Etherite could be a diehard Lysenkoist who spits on the concept of genetic and makes all sorts of new plant species that defy logic and reason, through grafting and Lamarckian inheritance.
>>97348840What about an Etherite Yakub creating an even more devilish race of whites.
>>97348909Maybe he's a fan of the aquatic ape hypothesis and believes that human intelligence is a product of great ape adaption to more aquatic habitats, so he's dabbling in Time magic to try and create a hyperbolic time chamber in which he can force thousands of generations of humans to adapt to even more alien environments, until they develop even greater intelligence than baseline humanity.The science is sound.
It is probably not too controversial to say that the art of modern rulebooks is made with female representation in mind.These women are predominantly filling important roles, such as archmages, military officers, or nobles.But how come there is barely any art that shows them in peril, or at a clear disadvantage? Regardless of their status.There is no shortage of men in peril.Neither in classic nor in modern art.
>>97329624I mean that's just false. The men who draw things like OP are drawing a power fantasy in which being super-male means you "deserve" attractive women. Your version of the power fantasy plays out in romance novels--not Frazetta's art.
>>97348809Do you think intention equals result? lol
>>97348863No. I think you're trying to spin a personal interpretation into a universal truth. Those two things are not equal.
>>97348809>being super-male means you "deserve" attractive womenSuper-males know that nobody, including them, deserve anything. It's not a POWER fantasy if it involves gibs.
>>97348939He-Man's target audience wasn't accomplish 40-somethings, anon. It was children.
existential edition >Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Tata Steel | January 16th - February 1st- Speed Chess Championship Finals | February 7th - 8th- Prague International Chess Festival: Masters | February 25th - March 6th- Chesscom Global Championship | March 14th - April 26th- Reykjavik Open | March 25th - 31st- FIDE Candidates Tournament | March 28th - April 16th- European Individual Chess Championship | April 7th - 19th- Lichess Spring Marathon | April 18th- Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | May 3rd - 10thComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97341713>HansHe better focus on more important things: https://tatasteelchess.com/en/masters/players
wrong move
what are some good moves to always keep in mind? I've just now learned that a3 and h3 are often good to block off knights
>>97348512Don't double fianchetto. Knights are good blockers of isolated pawns. Castle in the opposite direction for a more dynamic game. Keep bishops when the position is open, knights when it's closed. Chess is full of these type of principles. For single moves I guess they belong to opening theory rather than principles.
>>97348722I guess principles (and maybe tactics) where the terms I was looking for. Thanks anon
>30 years>bestselling book series of all time>world's most famous fantasy setting>still no (official) tabletop RPGlolwut
>>97348824Yes. It's something like Mahoutokoro.Mahou being loosely translateable as 'magic' and tokoro meaning 'place'I'm not a weeb, but it seems pretty unimaginative. And it's pretty funny that koreans and chinese apparently go to japan for studies
>>97345736You know perfectly well what it was about, stop trying to stir up shit.
>>97345504>l>for hundreds and hundreds of years until muggles invented modern plumbing in the 1800s, wizards simply shat themselves in public and apparated it away, paying no mind to the smells and sounds made as they shart themselves until all the fecal matter was expelledWhat? Is this real? Lmao
>>97347620>shifting the argument to "w-well it COULD be interpreted badly, they should have known!" is absurd.No, this makes perfect sense! We have to tear down every Indian temple with a swastika in it right now, otherwise some retard might associate them with Nazism!
>>97348847joke's on you, i'm actually underweight.
This game had such a kino setting. What is a good system to play a kung-fu RPG that involves a lot of punching?
>>97348349>>97347584>hey get the same 2-3 replies bemoaning generals and backseat modding and demanding to get on subject for a thread with no actual subjectclockwork
>>97347584Seek fucking therapy. This isnt even a joke. You're a real fucking piece of work. like you are actually fucking schizo
>>97347559>The problem is the rampant harassment and shitposting in every single thread, that's what pisses people off. It's literally only (You) who bitches and moans like this when someone asks "what system?" to yet another boring, tedious shitpost thread. Rest of /tg/ is pissed off that the mods aren't banning those faggots and purging those threads.
>>97348602The OP asked for systems.
>>97346849But you are losing your shit and crying.
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A halo of flies orbited her skull, like a constant droning crown. She raised one swollen hand and beckoned you forward.Your stomach lurched. The air was thick with it; the vast, massive sweet-rank altars of rot looming behind her, cathedrals of corruption that pressed into the lungs and clawed at the eyes. Your nose burned, then ran freely, tears following in helpless sympathy.From her own nostrils, viscous strands of snot slid downward. They did not splatter. They did not smear. Instead, they fell with deliberate grace, congealing upon her breast into three perfect rings, interlocked and whole.She writhed in rapt, fetid ecstasy, and she smiled at you, slow and knowing. She could see the response she had drawn from you by glancing at the tinting of your pants. She leaned closer, breath hot and sour, and pressed her blackened tongue to your lips.You did not pull away.You took it into your mouth and tasted her. Pain flared at once; her saliva burned, raising blisters along the soft skin inside your cheeks, but you swallowed the sensation down, welcomed it, let it mark you.
>>97348831not sure why you catboxed my picture, maybe because i accidently deleted it?
>>97348862I fixed the right hand, I really like the pic
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>>97348904i didn't even notice! oh well, maybe its a mutation or something lol
We're going to have to come up with a phrase for the new era of Warhammer 40,000 ushered in by the Amazon TV show, DoW 4 and Total War 40k, and increased market value of Games Workshop.nu40k isn't going to cover it. nu40k is already bad enough for many of us from headier days like 1st through 4th edition. You are going to see horrific debasements to the thing you know and love that you will still see with your eyes closed. Every 80 IQ person with internet access will have an opinion on Warhammer without knowing what a Tau Remora Drone is.
>>97348618Fallout 1 is not that good. Fallout 2 fixes some things but wasnt built upon.
>>97348629>Fallout 1 is not that goodFallout 1 is a very lean and tightly focussed package which manages to do everything it sets out to do well
>>97344553Normiekay
>>97348618>After the lack of any sustained interest generated by Space Marine 2Don't know about here, but in more normie oriented hobby spaces (in my local wargaming and RPG groups as well as on normie social media like facebook) I've definitely seen a significant influx of noobs who are interested in 40k, but don't really know or understand much about it other than SM2 or (even worse) some shitty youtube videos/reels which appeared due to it
You forgot the prime suspect of Space Marine 2Where I work I don’t need to do much so I usually end up cracking open an old codex or one of the Heresy Libers to read through to pass the time and I’ve had more interactions with newfags than I can count who call themselves “massively autistic warhammer fans” but couldn’t tell you what the fuck a Tactical Squad is because all they know is primarislop
