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As traditionally played, Find/Remove Traps is the thief player's last resort when creative thinking fails. Traditionally, the skill doesn't interact with the player figuring things out. It's your backup plan. To build on my "how I reinterpret OSR thief skills" post above, Find/Remove Traps is...

I have a slightly unorthodox take... I think the lower chances of success with thief skills is best married with a slight reinterpretation of what those thief skills MEAN. OSE and Dolmenwood carry on mostly the traditional interpretations – you declare "I'm sneaking up on them" and then you...

Hah, between Swyvers and Into the Cess & Citadel, we're definitely looking at similar stuff. Were you able to find a print copy of either Into the Wyrd & Wild or Into the Cess and Citadel? I've only been able to find the PDF versions for sale, so I'm wondering if print was a kickstarter exclusive.

Hope I'm doing this right - haven't played Shadowdark yet! Mountebank Charlatans with elixirs rattling beneath their cloaks, tricksy scoundrels with hidden wands, or barely remembered guests solving the rat problem but leaving the inn's coffers dry and the staff hungover. Weapons: Club...

Oh yeah, I love 'em. With @Reynard's suggestion of a table of professions/background skills, I'd probably go with d66 just to get more options in there, with more "common" or widely applicable backgrounds/skills at the table entries with 16.6% chances like 61, 52, 43, 34, 25, and 16, etc. To...

Indeed. I listened to both Jorphdan’s and Mike Shea’s videos on the PHB - absolutely nothing in those videos that isn’t/hasn’t been done for plenty of other D&D products. They were flipping back and forth, the cameras don’t reveal the whole page most of the time, they don’t flip through every...

Wow. Jorphdan strikes me as one of the thoughtful, empathic, fun and just generally decent folks in the RPG space. To strike his work in this way without communication, forewarning, or reasonable cause is just… I’m… Geez WotC. Just geez. :(

Yeah, that would be a cool approach embracing the randomness. Nice touch using "Coifure" as a profession!

Yep, that would be easier for sure. My thinking is that there’s significant difference between how “pre-adventuring professions” apply to adventuring scenes. For ex, Sailor or Urchin is usually going to see more frequent and broader use than Beekeeper or Goldsmith.

I was imagining a combination of a class giving a certain number of skills (along with bonus skills for INT modifier if any), as well as certain thief-like classes providing unique skills. I also haven't ruled out the possibility of spending, say, 3 skill choices to instead take a background...

If you devise a way to temporarily block the trap, that could work. But the system you devised – magic fires & moving with ice toads – will also continue to work unless something changes.

Does 2d Delves use a single target number, pass/fail?

Sure. I believe that there are 3 unique situations in OSR play - talking with NPCs, looking around the environment, and "what do I know about X" lore questions - which are best addressed outside of skill resolution systems. That's a longer design discussion with some nuance. So what are skills...

A mind flayer whose severed tentacles function like a troll's Loathsome Limbs would be pretty terrifying. Haven't seen that before.

I'm interested in adapting a 2d6 skill system to my OSR games. Many OSR games eschew skills completely or limit them to specific classes. I'm not interested in rules-ifying "I roll to bribe the guard" or "I roll perception", but there are situations when a skill check would be valuable. 2d6...

Leaving aside my issues with their layout, I really like your compromise here with the Bite and Tail attack sort of being "Schrödinger's cats" / "quantum ogres" where they don't become true to the narrative until the dice say so. Very creative approach!

I don't really have an opinion about the Rend vs. Claw/Bite thing specifically, but I do have a concern about a greater level of abstraction seeping into 2024 D&D. What is the narrative behind Corrosive Miasma? What is happening there? Is the green dragon moving in a fast circle like a cat...

It's almost as if the marketing isn't clear, isn't it? ;) We don't have details yet. Allegedly it's a 3D visualizer with some VTT functionality, but we don't know degree to which it will include D&D rules integration or be primarily graphics which you can use with whatever rules. See this...

https://www.dndbeyond.com/project-sigil "Project Sigil is a 3D sandbox that brings your favorite franchises to life in a fast, fun, and immersive way. Play, create, and share imaginative adventures with friends across platforms from PC, console, and mobile. D&D in Project Sigil is the perfect...

It's great to see them designing in new problems to support the longevity of the game – got to have some things to fix with much ado when 6th edition comes out! :ROFLMAO: