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Yes, you are correct about the distinction between character creation vs. character advancement in Champions/HERO system. I was just lazy and didn't bother to make the distinction myself but the game still fails my Old School = simple character creation (or character advancement) test. As I...

I was going to upvote this comment and then, sadly, I remembered that EGG was responsible for most of the junk in Unearthed Arcana which, as I stated in an earlier post, was the death knell for 'Old School' gaming. I just died a little inside. ;)

It's funny but I was thinking about whether or not Champions (aka the HERO system) would qualify as 'Old School' while reading the OP. I LOVE Champions but in all honesty I'm not sure it would meet my criteria of 'Old School' as it violates what I consider to be a central tenant of Old School...

I agree with this sentiment 100%. I'm sure Tracy Hickman is a wonderful fellow but, for my money, he did more to "ruin" the game of D&D for me than any other individual. He started the beginning of the end and the Unearthed Arcana rules supplement put the final nail in the coffin on the...

I don't play 5E any longer but I liked the simplicity of Advantage/Disadvantage. The K.I.S.S. principle is a personal mantra for me and Ad/Dis aligns well with that philosophy. I hate both Crits and Fumbles. I agree that if you are going to use Crits you should use Fumbles as well but I...

Remind me...why did you stop using the OSE ruleset in favor of Worlds Without Number?

I'm not sure that actually opening the book was a prerequisite for it falling apart. I'm pretty sure my copy disintegrated just after a few side eye glances. Given how much I disliked most of the material actually presented in said book...maybe that was for the best. :D

Roll 2d4 + 7. Which would result in a range of 9-15 so do the following... In the event a player rolls two ones on the two d4s (normally generating a value of '2'), roll a d20, if the result of the d20 is 1-10, the roll is set to '1', if the result of the d20 is 11-20 the roll is set to '2'...

I never actually fully answered the OP but for my money, Original D&D is the most appropriate system for old school megadungeons (even though I never played ODD) and as Swords & Wizardry is just the modern, cleaned up version of ODD, it would probably be my personal selection.

Interestingly, I believe megadungeons actually are the campaign best suited for MORE lethal systems like ODD, B/X and AD&D. There isn't (or at least shouldn't be IMO) a "story" for a megadungeon so it is perfectly acceptable for a group to roll up an entirely new party because there is no long...

I just finished watching the original Star Wars trilogy and realized that I have a few opinions about the Star Wars "saga" that probably don't "fit the mold" in relation to most Star Wars fans. So naturally, I wanted to air those opinions for your amusement/ridicule/internet slap fighting! ;)...

This. I was really pleased to see this new sub-forum so that I can more easily find the thread topics of greater interest to me as someone who prefers the older editions (B/X and 1E) of the game. NOTE: One thing that I did notice is that this forum cannot be directly reached via the "forum...

I should point out that all of the changes I would like to see to magic in game would go hand in hand with a refocusing of the game on exploration and other non-combat activities. In TSR-era D&D combat was generally to be eschewed as it was so deadly and unpredictable. WotC has made combat...

Agreed so very, very much. I loved D&D when I was a kid but I have always hated the way magic works in the game. I prefer Dungeon Crawl Classics magic system which makes magic wild and unpredictable as it, IMO, should be. I did not include it in my original post because it would be such a...

My preferred fixes for casters would include: 1) Eliminate all cantrips. Of the many things in 5E that I dislike, spammable cantrips are at the very top of the list. 2) Increase the number of low level spells casters start with. For example, at first level a caster would have four or five...

I enjoyed the Moonshae series. They reminded me of the Chronicles of Prydain series which I loved as a kid (and still enjoy today!). The Moonshae isles are the only area of the Forgotten Realms that I really like due to their obvious Celtic/Brtion overtones.

I've always felt that the title of N1 could have been ripped from any R.E. Howard Conan tale. The mere title: Against the Cult of the Reptile God just oozes pulpy goodness! :D

I think Tallifer made his/her post with an older post. I am seeing several differences between that post (#686) and the one that preceded it (#685). I am going to use post 685 and then make the modifications for the posts by Tallifer, Swarmkeeper and RoughCoronet0 as well as my own...hold on to...

B/X: 1981-1982 (only about 8-9 months, family moved and new group was playing 1E) AD&D (1E): 1982-1989 (also played a smattering of times in college around 93-94) 3E: 1 session in 2001 (tried PF 1E about a decade later for a few sessions) 5E: 2015 (played for a few months via Adventurer's...

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 1st Edition 54 + 1 = 55 Basic Dungeons and Dragons 14 B/X Dungeons and Dragons 24 BECMI Dungeons and Dragons 50 Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 2nd Edition 46 Dungeons & Dragons, Rules Cyclopedia Edition 53 - 2 = 51 Dungeons & Dragons, 4th Edition 24 + 1 = 25...