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Besides the Basic Rules of B/X fame, Moldvay wrote modules such as B4 Lost City, X1 Isle of Dread, and X3 Castle Amber--all very well-received, and they retain their influence to today. One of his works, however, that doesn't receive such praise is his rewrite of B3 Palace of the Silver...

Goblins behind goblin corpse barricades. (OSE, Keep on the Borderlands)

Stayed home, rested, and dosed up with NyQuil. I'm glad I did: last night was rough in terms of sleep, and I've definitely come down with some kind of head cold/sore throat. So, since the pandemic, I've noticed that I don't tend to get sick much anymore. At least, that was the case until I...

Woke up with exceedingly dry sinuses and the spectre of a cold after a night of poor sleep. I'm not confident about the gym tonight, which sucks because I felt yesterday's session went very well. :(

Tuesday Upper Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM Pull Up Set 1: +35 lb × 10 Set 2: +35 lb × 8 Low row Set 1: 220 lb × 10 Set 2: 210 lb × 10 Shrug (Barbell) Set 1: 275 lb × 10 Bench Press (Smith Machine) Set 1: 235 lb × 10 Set 2: 235 lb × 7 Lateral Raise (Cable) Set 1: 30 lb × 10 Set 2: 30...

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Saturday Upper Saturday, Nov 01, 2025 at 10:09am Incline Chest Press (Machine) Set 1: 225 lbs x 8 Set 2: 225 lbs x 7 Cable Fly Crossovers Set 1: 40 lbs x 15 Set 2: 40 lbs x 12 Lat Pulldown (Machine) Set 1: 240 lbs x 9 Set 2: 240 lbs x 8 Iso-Lateral Row (Machine) "Plate loaded" Set 1: 170 lbs...

I'm not as well-versed in this as I'd like to be, but I'm deeply impressed with Necrotic Gnome's approach to layout and accessibility: DM facing maps with brief notes and room numbers that are colored to better stand out; doors designated (and color coded) on the map to let you know which are...

100% I'll occasionally go back to DBs for novelty or if the Smith machines are occupied, but I ran into this same stumbling block. Those 2.5 plates are such a difference-maker.

PODs of Castle Amber and Palace of the Silver Princess. Running Palace now and having an absolute blast.

You okay?

Thursday Arms Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM Incline Curl (Dumbbell) Set 1: 45 lb × 8 Set 2: 45 lb × 9 Triceps Pushdown (Cable - Straight Bar) Set 1: 90 lb × 10 Set 2: 90 lb × 10 Hammer Curl (Dumbbell) Set 1: 50 lb × 8 Triceps Dip Machine Set 1: 235 lb × 10 Set 2: 235 lb × 12 Bicep...

I suspect you're right here, and maybe that's what causing some of my confusion about what they'd tweak and why: I'm a bit less concerned with "fidelity to the original" in OSE as I am with "plays nicely with the existing classes." The OSE Ranger is VERY good, but not in such a way that eclipses...

Condolences, my friend.

I'm glad to see the incorporation of "Hovering at Death's Door" into the official options. We've been using the AD&D (1e) version for our OSE game. I'm thinking the Barbarian adjustments will be to HD, and possibly a version of the 1e UA Barbarian being able to use certain categories of magical...