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I played a half-orc str-based arcane trickster but only up to level 6. Started with 2 levels of barbarian so barb 2/rogue 4. Used a rapier (finesse) for sneak attack, which he could get at will using reckless attack for advantage (melee weapon attack using str), and then cunning action to...

I have Stoneheart Valley. It has three sections, and I have run the first two sections by weaving them into my Barakus campaign. These sections are mostly wilderness and I used them to expand the area around Endhome to give my players more things to do besides dungeon crawling in Barakus. But...

I2 Tomb of the Lizard King was originally written for levels 5-7 so it should be good fit. There is a 5e conversion on DMsGuild.

Less than a week ago = Yesterday on Roll20 (5e player), an in-person game two days earlier (5e DM), and another three days before that one on Foundry (OSE DM).

I guess I'm a grognard. Started with Holmes Basic in 1979 and was playing wargames before that. The Tower of Zenopus and B1 were the first modules I ran. I have enjoyed playing and running 5e, but my reaction to 1D&D is that I don't really care. Nobody in my 5e group is talking about it either...

Small sample size, but I'm surprised how little love S&W got. I use a lot of S&W material for the OSE campaign I'm running. If OSE didn't exist, I'd be perfectly happy playing and running S&W.

Maybe check out Slavers. It's presented as an adventure but it has a lot of information about the lands around the Woolly Bay, from Dyvers to Highport. Histories, NPC's, maps, encounter tables, adventure hooks, even some naval combat rules. The reason I got it was for the description and rough...

I run an OSE game and I let martial classes (THACO improves every 3 levels) cleave extra damage against foes, regardless of HD, that are in melee with the attacker and next to each other, or behind one another if it is a spear or polearm. I like this rule for several reasons: No extra die rolls...

If you are fan of Norse mythology, or the Germanic era between the Fall of Rome through the Norman Conquest, or thought the Rohirrim were the coolest folk in LotR, and want a duet DnD experience for one DM and one player, then this game could be for you. I backed the first KS and Twin Seas...

Answer depends on what you think of as Basic D&D. For me and the people I played Holmes Basic with in the late 1970's they were both the same game. In 1978, you could buy the Holmes basic set and the AD&D PHB, but the DMG hadn't been published. I didn't even know about OD&D so the only rules we...

Somewhere in the KS comments Gavin says that there may be leftover boxes after fulfillment and if that's the case they'll be available to buy at Exalted Funeral. For the lucky few who happen to be on the EF website for the 15 seconds they are in stock. I'd gladly pay an embarrassing amount of...

Six 3d6 ability scores, rolled in order Four classes Treasure = XP Dead at 0 hp If you've got that, you're playing old school D&D

Yes, they can. The "Advanced" vs "Classic" fantasy label implies that the Advanced rules are more akin to AD&D, but they aren't. Advanced Fantasy includes material from AD&D, but tuned down to fit B/X. The AF rules are the same as the CF rules, but have some clearly marked optional rules. AF...

I don't know if this has been clearly stated, but this KS is not offering any new OSE material. It is a reprint of previously published books with new artwork on boxes. I backed the Advanced Fantasy KS and run a weekly OSE game. It's my favorite D&D system right now. But their product line is a...

Keep the lethality, but give them a cheat sheet reminding them that parley, evasion, and combat are all possible encounter outcomes, and include the OSE rules for evading pursuit - line of sight, dropping food, dropping treasure, dropping obstacles like flaming oil. For an adventure, you might...