Sell Me on OSE

[Mannahnin]

Most of the key stats are completely mechanically compatible, HD, AC, damage, special attacks and defenses.

AC is sometimes a point off, as I recall, since AD&D sets unarmored AC at 10, and D&D has it at 9.

But yeah, generally speaking they're super close. The 1E MM is even closer, since it was really written as much for OD&D as it was for AD&D.

 

[Reynard]

HUGE old school Humble Bundle.

 

[overgeeked]

HUGE old school Humble Bundle.

That's a crazy good deal. All of OSE for $45 is a steal. Plus all those modules. That's fantastic.

 

[Reynard]

That's a crazy good deal. All of OSE for $45 is a steal. Plus all those modules. That's fantastic.

Right? I just bought OSE last night and I still sprung for the Bundle because there is so much in it.

 

[overgeeked]

Right? I just bought OSE last night and I still sprung for the Bundle because there is so much in it.

Including the free optional rules checklist I just linked to yesterday. LOL.

 

[Grendel_Khan]

That's a crazy good deal. All of OSE for $45 is a steal. Plus all those modules. That's fantastic.

Even the $1 bundle is incredible. Wow.

 

[overgeeked]

Even the $1 bundle is incredible. Wow.

Absolutely. The OSE Classic Fantasy Rules Tome (the one in the $1 bundle) is all you need to play. It's the complete retroclone of B/X. The Hole in the Oak is a fantastic module and well worth full price. And the optional rules checklist is still free. LOL.

 

[Voadam]

I already had Rappan Athuk and a bunch of the other Frog god ones (though for 5e) but Highfell and a bunch of Necrotic stuff that I didn't already have was a quick grab.

 

[Reynard]

On dungeons: I don't want to do a mega dungeon, but I still want PCs to explore in the traditional manner. One thing I am thinking of is that all of the ancient burial tombs are far more extensive inside that the mounds or cairns would suggest. Maybe the first two or three chambers seem "normal" but as you go deeper it starts to expand and change. There is some mystical effect-- maybe based on the land, maybe religious, I haven't decided -- that turns the tomb into a kind of mini heaven or hell based on the nature of, deeds and sins of the one buried within.

Something like this would let me do very different isolated dungeons while not having to rely on the IMO boring 5 room model.

Thoughts?

 

[aia_2]

Sorry but where is it written the format? For that price i assume theseare pdfs but i could not find the info ...

Re to the topic: is OSE more or less collectable than the previous edition (entitled "B/X essential")?