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What does the structure of the planes look like? They mentioned that they were thinking "Great Wheel". Did they end up going with that? Is it different from Planescape at all? If so, how? (especially elemental planes - are there 1, 4, 6, or 16?, and fey/shadow/dream planes?)

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Where are the best discussions going on online for S&W/OSR?

Thanks much, Whizbang and Jeremy. You've given me a lot to think about and try to tweak. I'm going to look into scaling weapon damage for PCs, reducing monster AC over 20 to half PF normal, and using larger hit die for PCs. We'll see what sticks in my game. Comparing high level monsters made...

Nope, in 13th age escalation is just for the PCs, not for monsters (except dragons). The idea is that heroes are rising to the occasion to change getting beaten into a beatdown. Kinda like in the movies. Very cool. I hope its just that easy - that OSR PCs can be properly challenged with lower...

Oh, excellent! Thank you! How would I go about figuring out the level difference? Straight 1-on-1 comparison of HP and damage? Same HP and damage equals same effective level? Also, how far would 13th age style escalating combat die (second round of combat, PCs add +1 to attack rolls, third...

What would happen if I tried to play Swords and Wizardry complete (0e retroclone) with unconverted Pathfinder monsters? Would PCs be a different effective level against the monsters?