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Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade 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 Guide
https://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B
>n00b Player's Handbook
https://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0

>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:
http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128

>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/94994969/#95006768

>Previous thread:
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Want to contribute to the thread but don't know where to start? Use this table.
>1. Make a spell
>2. Make a monster
>3. Make a dungeon special
>4. Make a wilderness location
>5. Make an urban set piece
>6. Make a magic item
>7. Make a class, race, or race-as-class
>8. Make a 4-10 room lair.
>9. Make a trap
>10. Roll 2D10 and combine
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Previous thread
>>97333603
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"the thread dedicated to first-decade, *Gygaxian* D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them."
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>>97353898
I pulled that part from the one I posted that also got deleted in an attempt to not have fish be an autistic fuck but they're mass spamming now so I suppose being reasonable isn't reasonable. Guy needs to be rangebanned. Would probably unshitify a lot of /tg/.
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>>97353969
lol, fair enough I guess. It's gotten nuts here.
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man how do you people handle some of the "weirder" modules/dungeons that have come out of the OSR?

i can't keep track of you guys so maybe i'm in the opposite thread to the one i should be asking in, but all these books insist "noo it's just like a standard OSR/D&D game!" then they're...not.

The Lost City had some weird dudes in bird masks. Judges Guild had all sorts. OD&D had Martians (kinda). gotcha gotcha gotcha.

but what in the flying mother of fuck is this Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier shit i'm reading? it's definitely more "functional" (and written for OSE) than the previous "weird" shit like Maze of the Blue Medusa (a "dungeon" nobody has ever actually run).

but man, the words themselves just won't go into my brain. the prose is simple but it's like some China Mieville shit. even the aesthetic they all have now (that two-tone lithograph thing)...what's going on? ASE managed to have robots and clowns, but it was also clear and straightforward.

maybe i do just want goblins in a cave.
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Omitted "Gygaxian". Fishfag troll spamming thread. You know what to do.
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>>97353969
>I pulled that part
Fuck off. Don't do that.
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>>97353969
>in an attempt to not have fish be an autistic fuck
Let's assume you're not fishfag false flagging but a n00b who's clueless.

Don't engage with fishfag except by insulting him and reporting him.

Don't modify the OP to appease fishfag. "Gygaxian" is fundamental to define the scope of this general. It's not negotiable.

Don't create threads if you don't understand the dynamics of this fucking autistic troll who's been tormenting /osrg/ for years.
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>>97354087
>>97354065
You make the next one then.
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surprised the player-facing map (and the letter) for Isle of Dread haven't been redrawn, tbqh.

i know that's heresy to some, but i don't mean something like this pic (although it is pretty neat). just a basic Dyson-y style illustration, coastlines and MAYBE simple mountains instead of triangles. that's 'the map' but then the mapper is free to just use the standard key. mite b cool.
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>>97353746
>one of a crop of fake threads spammed out simultaneously
>no link to previous
>no thread question
>concessions to the retard

>>97353969
Fuck off, Fishfag.
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>>97354113
Lies, the "shift in the goalposts" happened because he wouldn't stop making every fucking thread into "I'mma argue why 2e belongs in this thread (dedicated to the first decade of D&D) until we hit bump limit" for fucking WEEKS until everyone had had enough of it.

It's not surprising that he ie (You) went extra apeshit after the change, but the change was only clarifying what was already true: 1991 is not part of the first decade, no matter how many walls of text you spit out or how many times you waved at the words "broadly" and "encourages" that used to be in there.
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>>97354147
Yet another hijack thread with a modified OP by the same old troll to shit up /osrg/. Don't engage. Report. Wait for the real thread to be created later.
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shut up you nerds, post about the topic of the thread

it's fine, it's what we all want.
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>>97353928
>We'll just have to make sure to put back "Gygaxian" in the OP as per the thread consensus in the next thread.
No. He'll just keep posting dozens of early threads with modified OPs to topic shift the general like he has just done. This thread is a troll thread and it has to go.
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>>97354157
Kill yourself, fishfag.
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What the fuck. Fishfag has created TEN hijack threads with all sorts of modified OPs in the last few hours, including this one.

How is this absolute scourge not permabanned and range banned?
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>>97354179
Kill yourself, fishfag.
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>>97354179
Stop lying
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>>97354181
>>97354187
You can't even formulate an actual response, you just repeat the same shit over and over again and project onto others what youre doing. You CANNOT force your subjective opinion as an objective one. This will keep happening until you fuck off or the general reverts to its original unhijacked state. This is Never going to stop until that happens, because this is a public website and thread.
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i think we can all agree old-school/OSR exists on a sliding scale similar to how /vr/ views retro games.

3.5 is banned, but the original 3E is fine.
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>>97354213
No you troll, the OSR was created as a response to 3e, as a return to D&D prior to that. Nobody is advocating for that crap, they want to be able to talk about THE OSR AGAIN.
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>fake posts arguing over fishfag talking points
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>>97354217
i know, i know. not trolling, just having a little laff anon.

i've posted two on-topic posts ITT and you've responded to neither. maybe you should try posting about the OSR, it's fun.
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>>97354203
We've been engaging with your bullshit for years, fishfag. You don't deserve engagement, only a permaban.
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>>97354238
I'd love to if i do i will get screaned at for being "offtopic" and then having my posts get deleted.
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This is a fishfag troll spamming thread, with a modified OP to troll the general (omitted "Gygaxian").

DO NOT ENGAGE.

DO NOT ANSWER TO FISHFAG'S PROVOCATIONS.

DO NOT FEED FISHFAG EXCEPT BY TELL HIM TO FUCK OFF OR KILL HIMSELF.
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>>97354254
>Everyone i dont like is fishfag
Every accusation is a confession.
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>>97354261
You cannot gaslight /tg/ into believing your strawman exists.
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Reminder that this is a fishfag troll spamming thread, with a modified OP to troll the general (omitted "Gygaxian").

DO NOT ENGAGE.

DO NOT ANSWER TO FISHFAG'S PROVOCATIONS.

DO NOT FEED FISHFAG EXCEPT BY TELL HIM TO FUCK OFF OR KILL HIMSELF.
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>>97354270
>puriry spiral is so crazy that the omission of one word means it's "hijacked"
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In the last few hours, fishfag created TEN /osrg/ threads, all with modified OPs to troll /osrg/. This is one of them. Check for yourself here:

https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/osrg/

DO NOT ENGAGE.

DO NOT REPLY TO FISHFAG'S PROVOCATIONS.

DO NOT FEED FISHFAG EXCEPT BY TELLING HIM TO FUCK OFF OR KILL HIMSELF.
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>>97354295
>it was all fishfag!
>it clearly wasnt a schizo!
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>>97354302
You are a schizo, fishfag. And a subhuman. Kill yourself.
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>>97354351
>"FISHFAGFISHFAGFISHFAG"
>"OSR?"
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>>97354295
>>97354351
What the fuck? I checked the archive, this Anon's right. Ten hijack threads all with modified OPs in various ways and "Gygaxian" omitted in all of them.

DO NOT ENGAGE

WAIT FOR THE REAL THREAD
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>>97354398
>i'm totally not the same anon! I'm different i promise!
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>>97354409
Kill yourself, fishfag.

DO NOT ENGAGE.

DO NOT REPLY TO FISHFAG'S PROVOCATIONS EXCEPT BY TELLING HIM TO FUCK OFF OR KILL HIMSELF.
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>>97354415
>if i repeat myself enough the strawman will be real!
Lmao.
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>>97354440
>HE IS STILL GOING
lmao
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>>97354462
>FISHFAGISREALFISHFAGISREAL
>"excuse me, what does this have to do with-"
>"SHUT UP FISHFAG"
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>>97354473
Off you fuck, fishfag.

In the last few hours, fishfag created TEN /osrg/ threads, all with modified OPs, all with "Gygaxian" omitted, just to troll /osrg/. This is one of them. Check for yourself here:

https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/osrg/

DO NOT ENGAGE.

DO NOT REPLY TO FISHFAG'S PROVOCATIONS EXCEPT BY TELLING HIM TO FUCK OFF OR KILL HIMSELF.
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>>97354157
He's right: you should kill yourself, fishfag.



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