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Over on RPGnet, someone brought up a blog post series called the OSR Class Shaker, which has a similar premise save that the classes determined are random and the DM has to come up with what kind of world that represents. I saw Knock! magazine mentioned among the potential class results. It...

Although most OSR games tend to keep their number of classes on the low side, there are many zines and supplements that add more specialized and novel ones. However, it can be hard justifying new ones that are already served by the existing core options, and by adding too many that can result in...

Becqueshire Misty hills surrounding a lake home to ruins from the times of Once. Quiet villages home to subtle magics woven into the land, and living embodiments of spell-warped weather a frequent danger. Several interesting locations include Beasty Hill, where talking animals gather during...

Brobdin Wood Superstitious outlaws who wear charms to ward off supernatural dangers, the smell of wild honey crafted by nature’s artificers, and local offerings of food and hand-crafted items in wild glades to unseen entities. The Brobdin Wood is a place where civilized people are but guests, a...

Verinwine Vale Barring the capital of Cimbrine, each of Gnolune’s major regions take up one hex and follow a similar format: an outline of 7-8 major locations with relevant NPCs and events/quest hooks present; a d6 table of Rumors that can tip the party off to current goings on; NPCs local to...

Publisher Website. Drive-Thru RPG Product Page. Itch.io Product Page. Released around a year ago, the Valley of Flowers sailed relatively under the radar at first. Yet it’s steadily grown in acclaim, mentioned every so often with praise in OSR communities. Intrigued, I picked it up for...

Environments, Part 2 The Arctic is a frigid, deadly environment, and the lack of farmable land means that civilizations living so far north find alternative means of sustenance. The freezing temperatures mean that many bodies of water are frozen over, giving rise to specialized equipment to...

The Tournament of Pigs is a dual-statted 5e/DCC funnel adventure where the PCs compete in a series of deadly games at the behest of a cruel and eccentric king.

Environments, Part 1 The remainder of WSDWYCBF is dedicated to covering twelve general terrain types. Eight of them conveniently map up to favored terrain for the Ranger, with the other four covering Urban, Ocean, Deep Ocean (the lightless depths of the sea), and the Hells which represents...

But it’s not just living things that are of interest to anglers. Junk covers all sorts of bric-a-brac someone can pull up from fishing. While a lot of such Junk is of questionable value, sometimes an angler might net a nice prize. Like fish, Junk can be caught on a Fishing Table with results...

Fishing Catches Note: I realize that the posts for this review can be quite long, so I’ll be breaking them up into smaller readable chunks. This won’t affect the daily posting rate, as I already wrote drafts for every chapter in this book, but it does mean I may post 2 times a day instead of...

Why Slay Dragons When You Could Be FISHING is an in-depth, robust fishing mini-game that rewards the PCs who continue to invest in it.

Character Options, Part 2 The Paladin Oath of the Admiral represents those holy warriors in leadership positions, taking care of those under their charge. Their Tenets revolve around being a responsible military officer, being dutiful to those above you, and doing right by the people serving...

Drive-Thru RPG Product Page. Io Publishing Store Page. Finally, a sourcebook asking the important questions! Why Slay Dragons When You Could Be FISHING (abbreviated as WSDWYCBF from here on out) is a detailed mini-game supplement for 5th Edition. It converts all matter of fishing techniques to...

abe ray, please take this message in good faith for I can tell that you're passionate about this thread and subject matter, but you tend to ask some very open-ended questions to a mostly-neurotypical crowd on the best way to gameify autism. I get the feeling that you're expecting posters here to...

Sorry about the long-overdue reply, but you're very welcome. I had fun writing it even if my overall thoughts on the setting are average. For those who prefer to consolidate their online purchases on OneBookShelf, the Solasta Campaign Rulebook is now up on Drive-Thru RPG.

In the past I used to get excited at seeing more 3rd party support hit wider audiences via D&D Beyond, but after what they tried to pull by restricting legacy content people paid for, any such enthusiasm I used to have for this is gone. I don't mean to be a downer, but I can't trust buying...

Is this the book you're referring to? I haven't read it, so thank you for pointing me in its direction. I presumed that the OP was talking in a more official sense for missing races; if you include 3pp stuff there's probably something for everyone out there. The balance and playability, on the...

I think that the gameability of the elemental planes could be massively improved by expanding on the places that are hospitable to PCs and have incentives for planar travels to visit. The City of Brass is perhaps the best example of being a planar metropolis full of greedy, ambitious efreeti and...

While I figure it raises all sorts of balance concerns, I do feel that there should be room for talking/awakened animals as playable options in D&D. Even if not a core race like dwarves or elves, at least a supplementary one like genasi or tritons. They're such a huge archetype in so many...