PapersAndPaychecks
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I'm a fan, mate. Which is what most "publishers" are.
I don't perceive a "line" in the sense you mention, but of course I'll comply with your wishes!
Explain to me what OSRIC is
- Thread starter Simon Atavax
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I'm a fan, mate. Which is what most "publishers" are.
I don't perceive a "line" in the sense you mention, but of course I'll comply with your wishes!
Thanks a lot!
By the way, will OSRIC 2.0 be only released in PDF or also in a more "edit friendly" way like the SRD was?
Yes, this is very understandable. I have my own theory about what would happen if the exact same tables from the source material were to be printed... but since I'm not the one who is doing the work and exposing himself to potential litigation, I'll keep it to myself...
PapersAndPaychecks
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Initially, as a .pdf. I want to get that right first.
I have some fairly grandiose plans about what to do with it later... for example, I'm minded to look round and see if any other fans can be persuaded to help me convert it to a wiki.
Simon Atavax
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Flipping through OSRIC 1.0 for the first time; where's the monk?
PapersAndPaychecks
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No monks in OSRIC, I'm afraid. Sorry.
HelloChristian
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I'll add my voice to the choir and say that I'd love to see Osric in print. I really think retro clones are a boon to the hobby since they preserve a style of play so many of us grew up with.
FATDRAGONGAMES
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Ditto.
There's no Monk in OSRIC, for much the same reason as there's no exact replication of the XP tables in OSRIC - the game can include logically duplicatable material and stuff which follows clear patterns without getting into dodgy copyright territory, but the 1E AD&D version of the monk is just too unique to be copied safely.
I believe there are a few other cases where OSRIC makes similar choices to keep itself more clearly safe. Since it's geared towards being a publishers tool more than rule-book, though, this shouldn't get in the way of people using the thing as intended: it just means an adventure can't include a monk, or has to provide it's own unique monster stats for a martial artist.
Then again, it seems clear that OSRIC has mutated somewhat once exposed to the public. Retro-clones seemed more originally geared towards being SRDs for their respective game, whereas it seems to me that more and more people have been more interested in having free/searchable/copy & pastable/whatever rulebooks for the games in questions.
Obryn
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Quick question, since I plan on running a 1e/OSRIC game soon.
You mentioned version 1.03 above. The download link only has 1.00. Is this just an internal edition counter for typos and whatnot?
Thanks!
-O
You mentioned version 1.03 above. The download link only has 1.00. Is this just an internal edition counter for typos and whatnot?
Thanks!
-O
PapersAndPaychecks
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Sorry for the confusion, Obryn--v1.03 is indeed an internal edition counter.
The last release version was v1.00.
Since 2.00 is really radically different and hugely more complete, I'll get a preview of v2.00 to you in case you'd prefer to use it to run your game.
