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Gus L reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread with
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How easy or difficult reskinning is isn't my issue actually. I don't like reskinning because I'm a simulationist at heart, and I feel if... -
Gus L replied to the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread.I don't think we're that far apart - I just tend not to enjoy the D&D by the book lore very much. I thought it was an interesting...
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Gus L replied to the thread OSR Errant.I've also written the first adventure for it "Curse of the Ganshoggr" (which is free) and converted "Tomb Robbers of the Crystal...
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Gus L replied to the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread.Manstorus Manual/Compendium (those binders) was pretty fun at the time - it had a feeling of being infinite because of the format...
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Gus L replied to the thread OSR The Gygaxian Naturalism Appreciation Thread.To me the core of Gygaxian Naturalism is the essay on "the Campaign" in the 1E DMG, especially the "Climate & Ecology" section on pg. 88...
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Gus L replied to the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions.I don't know why you assume I'm talking about AD&D... I don't like it as a system and I find it's online culture tends to attract the...
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Gus L replied to the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions.Three things here - and obviously we are coming from a different perspective of what we want in an RPG. A) I don't know that character...
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Gus L replied to the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions.Session what? I've got it down to rolling 7D6 and picking a name. We can get to adventure in 10 minutes. I get it that some people...
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Gus L replied to the thread TSR On the Relative Merits of the TSR Editions.I've played OD&D, B/X, 1E, BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia, and 2E over the years. When they were first out and I was a kid B/X was the starting...
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Gus L replied to the thread Modules: Made to Read vs Made to Run?.Jumping in a bit late here but what if rather then thinking of this as two distinct categories of adventure "To be run" and "to be read"...
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Gus L reacted to BruceWright's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
For the players, it doesn’t need to simplify it. As a DM, I’m glad that a flat map simplifies it. I’m just saying, as a person who...
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Gus L replied to the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation.I don't really think any of the old two column TSR modules can be described as having great layout or presentation. Art tends to be...
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Gus L reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR Modules with the best layout & presentation with Like.
That's pretty good, but I'd argue that 50% of that text can still get chopped, which will make it even easier to use.
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Gus L reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread OSR OSR-inspired video game, The Secret of Weepstone, has a trailer with Like.
That was a super-common house rule. I remember people I played with repeatedly being surprised that it wasn't in the DMG, but just...
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Gus L replied to the thread OSR Fallen Elphame and the Halls of Knowledge.I think you might find ASE quite instructive, not necessarily because it offers a guide for the sort of aesthetic your project seems to...