Adventures Dark and Deep

[Thorindale]

Feeling a bit nostalgic for old rules, I came across this - Adventures Deep and Dark. I managed to get the v1.2 playtest PDFs and liked what I saw.

I saw that they have the "Players Manual" and "Game Master's Toolkit", some optional classes (the Necromancer, and the witch), and the Bestiary is on its way; but I'm curious what's in "A Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore", and do I need it if I get the other two main books?

Thanks

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm 99 percent sure that's just the stuff like the Mountebank and Savant that EGG mentioned for 2E but never got the chance to develop and isn't core in other OSR games. It's all in the other books, I believe.

 

[Greyhawk Grognard]

A Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore is a supplement book intended for use with other games like LL and S&W, to allow you to add all or some of the new classes and spells, the new treasure rules, the new combat system, etc. as you like. It requires that you already have some other old-school rules that you're using, and just want to add on to. It's very modular and you can take only the parts that you want.

The Players Manual, Game Masters Toolkit, and Bestiary together form a stand-alone game. There's obviously a lot more material in those books than there is in Forgotten Lore, and you don't need anything else to play.

Hope that helps!

 

[Thorindale]

Yes it does.
Thanks!