Recent content by nightraven

Corathan, curious as to how the bedlam witch worked out for you. What level/number were the PCs and what sort of nasty witchy toys did she employ against them? These remind me a bit of a cross between the stereo-typical green faced witch of legend and the Blare Witch Project witch (scary and...

I would suggest loosing your 4E, 3E and 2E books for awhile. Take out (or download) your 1E AD&D or 0E D&D (Gygax) and play for a few sessions. As DMs you will see the VAST majority of what is in todays statblocks actually slows the game down to a crawl, limits the DMs ability to make...

Sorry for not being clear, I'm saying its the best monster book since the original Monsters Manual (I still consider MM1 superior). And I agree with you, both the MM2 and FF were mixed bags. I consider Monsters of Myth better then both (but it is perhaps more specialized though it has its...

I noticed the recent thread about the Monsters of Myth book and wanted to chime in. This is probably the best monster book made for 1E AD&D (or any retro-clone) since the original MM (the MoM is for OSRIC). I think Black Blade will have both available at Gen Con. Anyhow, my favorite monster...

Yes, for the most part. EXPR does have modules that are OSRIC compatable (some excellent) that are in stores. This publisher took the leadership in both moving forward with using OSRIC and in producing a high quality product. What OSRIC needs now is more publishers doing runs (rather then...

John OSRIC is a restatement of the rules, thus 100% percent legal (the fact that it walks talks and acts like a duck doesn't really matter…as far as I can see its never been tested in court). The OGL was cleverly used along with this restatement (something WOTC didn't see coming no...

Aus Snow, you might be correct about causing a negative reaction (pointing out how unfair and damaging it is to make/or repeat accusations OSRIC is illegal (without any proof). But so what? I don't have a horse in this race. My objections didn't relate to some master goal of "spreading OSRIC"...

Magan, for companies to make public statements claiming OSRIC is illegal is slander (in spirit if not by the law) and require some sort of explanation (other then "spirit") or those statements should have never been publically made. I think your head is in the sand my friend. I have no problem...

Thats just it Maggan, the publishers (and their employees) so far mentioned that are poopooing OSRIC 1. have no specific reasons (just "its too risky") and 2. have already established brands in direct competition with OSRIC. Its very likely their objections are based on scaring others from using...

OSRIC is LEGAL (until some specific clear argument is articulated or its proven in court..."spirit" -don't cut it). I suggest everyone stop giving the impression OSRIC is anything but legal. your really doing harm to the owners of the IP of OSRIC. Intentional or not, Your rumor spreading and...

To be profitable, OSRIC products would need to be run in quantity just like any other book. Thats why I don't understand why Goodman Games, or PPP for instance (who do good sized runs in the 100s I believe), don't jump at using OSRIC (its 1E, and its 100% legal). Those products would be so much...

By widely I mean its free PDF (OSRIC 1 has been out now for years, combined with OSRIC 2 its gotta be on ALOT of hard drives. How many have looked at it? Anyones guess.) Yep, the book isn't in book stores just Lulu. Lets hope that changes.

Forked from: Is OSRIC the new in print "defacto" D&D? This is a wonderful question. What can be done to get OSRIC into FLGS and other outlets. And why haven't some (all) of the bigger self described "old school" publishers started using OSRIC as a publishing platform (now that the legal...

Remember too, no one is making a profit from OSRIC (as I understand). So, its original design (to be a publishers tool) probably comes threw a bit (I read threw it a little and honestly don't see the problem). If you read the OSRIC book you'll find it blows out of the water most other rpg...

Treebore, I didn't mean to say 1E AD&D was a better system then C&C, to each their own. 1E AD&D just seems like the system people (my age) go to first when trying to describe what the version or game they are playing is like (at least amongst the old timers I know) thus the default. Its old...