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Just a random thought to play with, develop, or throw away... What about combining or averaging the "extra"/new abilities? Take Strength and Dexterity -take the average of the score or the average of the bonuses or combine the bonuses outright or however you think makes the most sense = your...

How powerful is this wizard guy? He could be looking for a batch to fuel a new -very high level- spell he's developing. Or to have a "bank" to experiment with..."What happens/how does this spell function if I use 5 souls? Hm. Nothing. Ok, cast it again using 10. Not bad. <scribbles notes...

I'm with the majority of others here. "Angels," as such, are their own species. I would say most, if not all, "angelic beings" are spiritual entities, by their nature, and thus capable of altering their appearances as needed/wanted, to suit whatever audience/onlookers they are dealing. I...

The almost universally proclaimed and accepted "Worst module ever made." At least until this thread was made about this adventure.

huh. Three? Do you go with nations? Religions? Deities? Species? Geological/-graphic regions? Cultures? Languages? Classes? Organziations? ...or...or...or... Well, it's my setting, so I think ALL of it's cool. hahaha. This is hard....So, hmmm...I'll try to go in different directions. 1...

The World of Reptorth. The Lizardmen are the dominant species and ruling caste of a large empire called Hiz. They are sophisticated. Excellent warriors, scholars, guildsmen, and a few mages who have learned spellcraft from the Dracos of Thair. The empire of Hiz is home to the Lizard...

Oh, that's a HARD no, here. Rangers? No spells (just skills and learning). Paladins? No spells (just channel/be granted divine powers). Warlocks? No spells! Really. They "receive" powers from their patron...which may include a few spells. But they aren't spending their time researching and...

You know what? I was just rereading (for the million and a half'th time) the 1e PHB and saw, to my complete surprise, that Druid's were actually more related to Charisma, too. Makes complete sense that that would lead/connect to the Bard's reliance on Charisma (just as an archetype) and it's...

I 100% agree and have said in many-a-thread that Bard's should have been made 1/2 casters. I'd go further to say they should have been sent back to their myth/legend/historic roots and been made primarily natural/druidic style spells. Now, I do not have a system for my setting that uses all of...

Most populous...hmmm... #1. Humans. Hands down. Pervasive buggers're everywhere. Building their kingdoms and citites and nations. Making their wars and religions and evil and ruining existence in general. #2. Goblins. #3. Kobolds. #4. Orcs. #5. Trolls & Ogres (and Hags) are essentially the same...

Uhmmm...ok...Let's see what I can throw together off the top of my head (several of these are probably already in other posts, I would imagine) Well, you mentioned the first big/noticeable one: Race as Class. From there we go to Race AND Class... Races in B/X-BECMI: Human, Elf, Dwarf...

AH! Dungeon Crawl Classics! How did I forget DCC?

Pathfinder. Castles & Crusades Labyrinth Lord Basic Fantasy OSRIC Fantastic Heroes & Wizardry Swords & Wizardry For non-fantasy stuff... Mutants & Masterminds Starfinder Marvel Universe RPG Champions Call of Cthulu There's a few off the top of my head...should keep you playing for...oh, a few...

Orcs were a bit more broad and porcine back in the dawn of D&D. Half-orc characters were that slim percentage of creatures that could -concealing their features- possibly go unnoticed among humans. Not the Dwayne Johnson wannabe massive uber-muscled but somehow still a pretty boy with cute...

You need a mace and a hammer AND a snake staff...? Zargash, for what are you /really/ trying to compensate?

Oh, shoot. I totally missed the idea of them being "Unique" magic items for an OSR game. That'd be much much more interesting. Rings and potions, even wands, enchanted weapons and armor, and some staves can be dimes for the dozens. For "interesting and unique" items to include in a game...

Oo! Love this kinda thing...and have been picking around the edges of this kinda thing for my own homebrew for a long time. While 42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything, it is seriously whittling down most OSR-B/X-BECM style Magic Item lists...even at a "Basics" level. Let's see...

You mean Daemons? Yes, I forget them. ;)

Dragons Giants Demons Devils Genies Elementals Mephits Archons Angels Modrons Slaadi "Fey" beings Elves (8 types I can think of off the top of my head... and always counting) Lycanthropes (misnomer, but still, they're in the game) Hags Trolls Undead Yuan Ti I'm not sure what it is you're...

Everyone noticed that orange-maned unicorn in the final image is clearly a grown "Uni," from the cartoon, right?