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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 8665516" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p>So, I've got a homebrew setting that I'll be pitching to a couple of different groups in my area. I've been statting it out in a couple of different systems since the groups are very different: Fantasy Hero (Hero System 6th edition, a fully point-buy system) for my long-standing home group who've gotten very used to it, D&D 5th edition for the hobby shop group, and for the latter group I'd like to also pitch OSE since it's a much simpler D&D. I'm pretty sure they'll be interested in using the Advanced Fantasy rules, where they can choose a race and a class. I'm not averse to this, but what makes it trickier is that my setting has a lot of fairy tale influence. There are beastfolk and intelligent animals available as player choices, in addition to the 5th edition standards. So, I thought I'd make a list of options currently available for OSE. These are the Advanced Fantasy-style race-not-as-class options I've found:</p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-advanced-fantasy-genre-rules-print-pdf" target="_blank">OSE Advanced Fantasy - Genre Rules</a> / <a href="https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-advanced-fantasy-players-tome" target="_blank">Advanced Fantasy Player's Tome</a>:</span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Drow:</em> deep elves, fallen from the light.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Duergar:</em> deep dwarves, twisted and cruel.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Dwarf:</em> short but powerfully-built demi-humans, dwelling in mountains or caverns</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Elf:</em> tall and gracefully-formed demi-humans, dwelling in forests and under hills</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Gnome:</em> short and mischievous demi-humans, fairty-tale craftsmen</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Half-Elf:</em> a union of the best of human and elf</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Halfling:</em> short and sedate demi-humans, at home in comfortable burrows</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Half-Orc:</em> a union of the best of human and orc</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Human:</em> the bog-standard local, it's unfair but they run everything</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Svirfneblin:</em> deep gnomes, subtle and reclusive</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px">Carcass Crawler Exclusive Inaugural Issue:</span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Changeling:</em> weird shapechanging race*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Mutoid:</em> MUTANTS! BURN THEM!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Mycelian:</em> weird fungus-men</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://necroticgnome.com/products/carcass-crawler-issue-1" target="_blank">Carcass Crawler Issue 1</a></span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Gargantua:</em> a playable demihuman race of “big people”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Goblin:</em> a classic monster species</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Hephaestan:</em> a race of elf-like demihumans who practice the arts of telepathy and mind control (... Yes, Vulcans.)</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://necroticgnome.com/products/carcass-crawler-issue-2" target="_blank">Carcass Crawler Issue 2</a></span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Phase Elf:</em> an split-personality elf subrace.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Wood Elf:</em> a wilderness-dwelling elf subrace</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://necroticgnome.com/products/carcass-crawler-issue-3" target="_blank">Carcass Crawler Issue 3</a></span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Dragonborn:</em> powerful dragon-men</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Mutoid:</em> MUTANTS! BURN THEM AGAIN!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Mycelian:</em> weird fungus-men</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Tiefling:</em> menacing devil-men</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px">Dolmenwood Player's Book (based on previews):</span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Dolmenwood Elf:</em> weird faerie-elves, less Tolkien, more Lord Dunsany</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Grimalkin:</em> shapechanging small folk who change into cats</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Moss Dwarf:</em> weird fungus-dwarves, less Tolkien, more Clark Ashton Smith</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Woodgrue:</em> weird party-goblins, less Tolkien, more Grimm's Fairy Tales</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/331763/Octhorrorfest" target="_blank">Octhorrorfest!</a>:</span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Jack-o-kin:</em> strange pumpkin-men, dwellers of the night</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348934/The-High-Moors-OSE" target="_blank">The High Moors</a>:</span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Bearfolk:</em> large ursine humanoid farmers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Goblin:</em> small green-skinned humanoid tinkers</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/355499/Trypilia-Land-of-Seven-Islands-Domain-of-Meru-Issue-One" target="_blank">The Domain of Meru 1: Trypilia Land of the Seven Islands</a>:</span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Domvoi:</em> shape-changing halflingesque people prone to epic heroism and epic depression</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Feya:</em> born of water, forest or cloud these fey tend to nature and battle evil</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Kar:</em> underground people who are compulsively greedy and clockwork smart</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/355505/Povitrya-Isle-of-Wind-The-Domain-of-Meru-Issue-Two" target="_blank">The Domain of Meru 2 Povitrya Isle of the Wind</a>:</span></u></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Vetry:</em> aerial race comprised of six species: Burivnyk, Litnyk, Siver, Stryga, Vitroico, Vitrylo</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Kazhennik:</em> other-worlder that struggles with luck, controls cosmic winds and carries one special keepsake</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/325673/OSR-Alternative-Classes" target="_blank">OSR Alternative Classes</a></span></u></strong> From Third Kingdom Games (also collected in Into the Wild, note that these use many optional/house rules):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Cerves Brave:</em> deer-folk hunters</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Godborn:</em> humanoids descended from angels or demons</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Ironskin (Sidernos):</em> iron-skinned humanoids (might be a replacement for Eberron Warforged)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Mochyn (Boar-folk):</em> boar-people berserkers</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/297980/Lost-Classes-The-Arnesonian-Classes" target="_blank">Lost Classes: The Arnesonian Classes</a></span></u></strong>, by R.J. Thompson for Appendix N Entertainment</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Chimpanzee Folk:</em> athletic, sage-like humanoid chimpanzees</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Duck Folk:</em> flightless humanoid ducks (inspired by RuneQuest ducks)</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 26px"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/350509/The-Leprechaun-A-Class-For-OldSchool-Essentials" target="_blank">The Leprechaun: A Class For Old-School Essentials</a></span></u></strong>, by R.J. Thompson for Appendix N Entertainment</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Leprechaun:</em> tiny, fey humanoids</li> </ul><p></p><p>Are there any that I've missed? Does anybody have their own homebrew races; if so, I'd love to see them!</p><p></p><p>I made <a href="https://madgamingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/05/fantasy-friday-old-school-essentials.html" target="_blank">a version of the Aarakocra</a> on my blog, because I love that race.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 8665516, member: 25818"] So, I've got a homebrew setting that I'll be pitching to a couple of different groups in my area. I've been statting it out in a couple of different systems since the groups are very different: Fantasy Hero (Hero System 6th edition, a fully point-buy system) for my long-standing home group who've gotten very used to it, D&D 5th edition for the hobby shop group, and for the latter group I'd like to also pitch OSE since it's a much simpler D&D. I'm pretty sure they'll be interested in using the Advanced Fantasy rules, where they can choose a race and a class. I'm not averse to this, but what makes it trickier is that my setting has a lot of fairy tale influence. There are beastfolk and intelligent animals available as player choices, in addition to the 5th edition standards. So, I thought I'd make a list of options currently available for OSE. These are the Advanced Fantasy-style race-not-as-class options I've found: [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-advanced-fantasy-genre-rules-print-pdf']OSE Advanced Fantasy - Genre Rules[/URL] / [URL='https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-advanced-fantasy-players-tome']Advanced Fantasy Player's Tome[/URL]:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Drow:[/I] deep elves, fallen from the light. [*][I]Duergar:[/I] deep dwarves, twisted and cruel. [*][I]Dwarf:[/I] short but powerfully-built demi-humans, dwelling in mountains or caverns [*][I]Elf:[/I] tall and gracefully-formed demi-humans, dwelling in forests and under hills [*][I]Gnome:[/I] short and mischievous demi-humans, fairty-tale craftsmen [*][I]Half-Elf:[/I] a union of the best of human and elf [*][I]Halfling:[/I] short and sedate demi-humans, at home in comfortable burrows [*][I]Half-Orc:[/I] a union of the best of human and orc [*][I]Human:[/I] the bog-standard local, it's unfair but they run everything [*][I]Svirfneblin:[/I] deep gnomes, subtle and reclusive [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7]Carcass Crawler Exclusive Inaugural Issue:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Changeling:[/I] weird shapechanging race* [*][I]Mutoid:[/I] MUTANTS! BURN THEM! [*][I]Mycelian:[/I] weird fungus-men [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://necroticgnome.com/products/carcass-crawler-issue-1']Carcass Crawler Issue 1[/URL][/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Gargantua:[/I] a playable demihuman race of “big people” [*][I]Goblin:[/I] a classic monster species [*][I]Hephaestan:[/I] a race of elf-like demihumans who practice the arts of telepathy and mind control (... Yes, Vulcans.) [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://necroticgnome.com/products/carcass-crawler-issue-2']Carcass Crawler Issue 2[/URL][/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Phase Elf:[/I] an split-personality elf subrace. [*][I]Wood Elf:[/I] a wilderness-dwelling elf subrace [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://necroticgnome.com/products/carcass-crawler-issue-3']Carcass Crawler Issue 3[/URL][/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Dragonborn:[/I] powerful dragon-men [*][I]Mutoid:[/I] MUTANTS! BURN THEM AGAIN! [*][I]Mycelian:[/I] weird fungus-men [*][I]Tiefling:[/I] menacing devil-men [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7]Dolmenwood Player's Book (based on previews):[/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Dolmenwood Elf:[/I] weird faerie-elves, less Tolkien, more Lord Dunsany [*][I]Grimalkin:[/I] shapechanging small folk who change into cats [*][I]Moss Dwarf:[/I] weird fungus-dwarves, less Tolkien, more Clark Ashton Smith [*][I]Woodgrue:[/I] weird party-goblins, less Tolkien, more Grimm's Fairy Tales [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/331763/Octhorrorfest']Octhorrorfest![/URL]:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Jack-o-kin:[/I] strange pumpkin-men, dwellers of the night [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348934/The-High-Moors-OSE']The High Moors[/URL]:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Bearfolk:[/I] large ursine humanoid farmers [*][I]Goblin:[/I] small green-skinned humanoid tinkers [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/355499/Trypilia-Land-of-Seven-Islands-Domain-of-Meru-Issue-One']The Domain of Meru 1: Trypilia Land of the Seven Islands[/URL]:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Domvoi:[/I] shape-changing halflingesque people prone to epic heroism and epic depression [*][I]Feya:[/I] born of water, forest or cloud these fey tend to nature and battle evil [*][I]Kar:[/I] underground people who are compulsively greedy and clockwork smart [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/355505/Povitrya-Isle-of-Wind-The-Domain-of-Meru-Issue-Two']The Domain of Meru 2 Povitrya Isle of the Wind[/URL]:[/SIZE][/U][/B] [LIST] [*][I]Vetry:[/I] aerial race comprised of six species: Burivnyk, Litnyk, Siver, Stryga, Vitroico, Vitrylo [*][I]Kazhennik:[/I] other-worlder that struggles with luck, controls cosmic winds and carries one special keepsake [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://www.dmsguild.com/product/325673/OSR-Alternative-Classes']OSR Alternative Classes[/URL][/SIZE][/U][/B] From Third Kingdom Games (also collected in Into the Wild, note that these use many optional/house rules): [LIST] [*][I]Cerves Brave:[/I] deer-folk hunters [*][I]Godborn:[/I] humanoids descended from angels or demons [*][I]Ironskin (Sidernos):[/I] iron-skinned humanoids (might be a replacement for Eberron Warforged) [*][I]Mochyn (Boar-folk):[/I] boar-people berserkers [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/297980/Lost-Classes-The-Arnesonian-Classes']Lost Classes: The Arnesonian Classes[/URL][/SIZE][/U][/B], by R.J. Thompson for Appendix N Entertainment [LIST] [*][I]Chimpanzee Folk:[/I] athletic, sage-like humanoid chimpanzees [*][I]Duck Folk:[/I] flightless humanoid ducks (inspired by RuneQuest ducks) [/LIST] [B][U][SIZE=7][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/350509/The-Leprechaun-A-Class-For-OldSchool-Essentials']The Leprechaun: A Class For Old-School Essentials[/URL][/SIZE][/U][/B], by R.J. Thompson for Appendix N Entertainment [LIST] [*][I]Leprechaun:[/I] tiny, fey humanoids [/LIST] Are there any that I've missed? Does anybody have their own homebrew races; if so, I'd love to see them! I made [URL='https://madgamingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/05/fantasy-friday-old-school-essentials.html']a version of the Aarakocra[/URL] on my blog, because I love that race. [/QUOTE]
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