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Hey folks -- I've completed the formatted/print version of Orcus, which involves two 150+ page books: the Hero's Handbook and the Game Master's Guide. Before the big launch I wanted to get some feedback, to pick up typos or other problems. If you'd be interested in getting early PDF copies...

Good question. I'm not planning to make any new content ... although occasionally I do anyway as the mood takes me. I do have a phrenic controller that I may polish off -- or may not. But it's basically all left for other content creators to play with. The phrenic stuff is actually only there...

Thanks for your questions. It means the former: if you have a Constitution modifier of +3 and a Strength modifier of +2, you add +3 to your Fortitude defense. Good catch on the typo -- I'll correct in the next version.

Cool! The beauty of the Open Game License is all this content can be reused and adapted, even if it's ostensibly for a different clone.

Good catch! It was there but the heading wasn't formatted so it didn't show up in the table of contents. Fixed now.

Everything listed in Section 15 is either a source, or appears in the Section 15 of a source. Most of the sources are for the game content - the classes, powers, monsters, feats and so on - rather than the core rules.

Just wanted to pop by quickly to say I've spun off the core rules of Orcus into the Rulebook document, which has a shorter Section 15 re the OGL. I prioritised that because this thread made it clear it was a pain point for people, so thanks for the feedback!

Hi folks, Another big update. This is now version 0.6 -- all of the main files have been updated. See the Pages site for all downloads and webpages. There is now a character sheet, in Excel spreadsheet format. It does some calculations for you, and prints out on one page. You'd want to print...

Thanks Jacob! Likewise to you.

The aim is 100% compatibility, within the constraints of using what has come before in Open Game Content. The classes I've designed work differently to 4e classes (they can always use use primary and secondary abilities, so MAD is never a problem, and they get access to lists of powers instead...

It works out to be three pages, in 8 point font. Without it, I wouldn't have most of the 300 pages of content. But you're not the only person to raise concerns about the length of Section 15. At some point I might go back and separate out the sources for the Orcus core rules, so people who are...

Yes you would (well, assuming you limit yourself to the A5E rules in the SRD, or that all A5E rules do indeed appear in the SRD.)

Thanks for the shout-out, Emryys! It sounds like Orcus is perfect for the use-case described in this thread: the 4E chassis, which can be either played straight or used as a basis for a 4E-inspired game. It already has examples of what @Jacob Lewis described up-thread, of healing surges...

Last year, I launched a 4E retroclone called Orcus. I've posted about it in a few other places, but never shared it here -- which I wanted to correct now. I'm very open to contributions from others, whether that's homebrew material you've created or proposing balance/gameplay fixes to the...

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Since we've started talking about simplified weapons as well, people might be interested in how I approached weapons in Microlite5E (under "Weapon damage by class" and later "Attacks"). Classes had fixed damage for light, one-handed melee, two-handed melee and ranged weapons. Light weapons can...

The miniatures game Arena Rex has a questing beast miniature, which would make a fantastic Tarrasque in the Shrouded Lands! I also hadn't realised that Gore was named after a place in Arthurian legend. Is "Thring" an allusion too?

I'm not, unfortunately - but they do great work!

Hi Afrodyte, The secondary abilities are based on what's recommended for the classes in the PHB. The designers based it on whether there are different builds that depend on different abilities, or not. As a second level spell, darkness is a bit more powerful than the other racial traits, so...