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OSR and Old are not the same thing. BECMI doesn't qualify, strictly speaking.

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Not trying to speak for the other guy you're arguing with, but you can see those things and still find them somewhat obtuse and wonder where they come from. That IS a writing issue; the motivations of the characters is not very clear, it doesn't make sense why they do the things that they do...

I know it might seem inconceivable to you, but asking someone to stop race-baiting can be done without wanting to "junior-mod". It's called "basic social skills" to be able to talk to someone without having to run to Mommy to tell her to deal with everything we don't like. And no; the AP style...

That last character bears a striking resemblance to Tsathoggua.

Can't wait to see what Forgotten Ruin has in store for us...

Your view is wrong and designed to cause trouble. Please stop. It's offensive to run around pretending to be offended all of the time.

Yes, quite assertively it is. Yeah, yeah... Hajnal Line High Medieval Europe with a handful of other things thrown in as afterthoughts here and there. Only if you're more interested in China than in Japan. What you call "being a hack" is exactly what you describe for regular European fantasy...

Or it's like doing a tour of Lichenstein and visiting Lichenstein. Most of "fantasy Europe" is actually "fantasy England" and that's fine. I mean, when's the last time your fantasy Europe included anything like Albania or Hungary? There's nothing wrong with basing your fantasy East mostly on...

Why does it need to do that?

The greater the expansion of furries (and... featheries? Scalies?) in a given OA setting, the less attractive it is to normal people. It's wise to minimize them, and even offer a cultural apologia for them if you include them at all.

Oh, yeah? Available online, or in print? I'm genuinely curious where I can find it. I can get the old OA on pds easily enough, but clearly that won't give me anything at all like modern rules*. Not that I need them, but I'm curious to look over them. *For certain crotchety old fart...

Compared to what? Kara-Tur doesn't have that either.

In my case, I'm really only familiar with Rokugan from the D&D books, so whatever was going on with the other stuff I don't know about. I suppose I'm talking about taking the D&D stuff in print and using it to play D&D in the setting, moreso than doing anything else with the stuff. Converting...

Not that there's a lot of votes yet, but I'm a little surprised that there aren't ANY votes for Rokugan. Really? Is Kara-Tur really THAT much better? Why? In what way?