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Understandable - its a specific kind of game that appeals to a specific playstyle, not a system that everyone will love.

The PF2 version is excellent. I can run it with zero modifications. I'd assume the 5e version is comparable quality.

The 3e roundtable was extremely interesting+insightful and the actual one shot is just kinda... slow and lame and bad.

They fit perfectly in when a common B/X party has Elves, Magic Users, and Clerics with magic, and the fighter has a talking sword.

Take a look at the popular, modern OSR modules written for Old School Essentials. Its lots of small, self-contained dungeon crawls, smaller-scale sandbox hexcrawls, and a handful of Megadungeons, mostly all lower level. Nobody really writes anything for Domain Level play, and Mid/High level...

This is why my favorite way to run the thief is that their skills are Supernaturally Beyond what anyone can attempt. Anyone can hide, a thief can hide in shadows - in plain sight, no cover. Anyone can climb a wall - a thief can climb a sheer surface. A thief can climb a perfectly smooth...

This is effectively how Cypher System works.

Why would they ever want to compete with themselves lol

I'm a fan of this design, excited to see the Alt cover.

Hard agree. WEG star wars 1st ed is simple and great, but d6 Space is an unwieldy mess.

There's already enough PF1 content published to last a dozen lifetimes, without even considering all the legacy content from 3.0/3.5 which is 90% compatible.

I've removed passive perception.

How long do you want each "module" to take? KotB, for example, will likely take 4-8 sessions to play through.

Rather than an enumerated list of specific combat options, let players describe the actions they want to take and adjudicate accordingly. Assign penalties and bonuses ad-hoc. If something is too good, adjust. If something becomes a common tactic, codify it in your own campaign doc.

75 feats is about 75 too many.

Retainers were essential for my OSE party. With only 3 PCs, the large Number Appearing meant every single encounter was a likely TPK, making it difficult for the party to progress. Adding a trio of fighters and a cleric with access to Turn Undead leveled the playing field a bit more in their...

That's the point though, imo. The entire reason for higher damage, lower HP is to cut combat encounters short rather than allowing them to turn into a slog. The outcome of the fight is clear and decisive after the first 1-2 rounds, leaving the losing side the choice of risking death, fleeing...

Falkrest Abbey is phenomenal. It's excellent for new players and GMs, and unlike most normal OSR module suggestions, its actually short enough to finish in a single 4h session.

You're pretty much just describing shadowdark.

So could a 10 STR wizard. A 10 STR wizard could jump and climb up an ~12' ledge. That's hardly an impressive difference. You must have a Tool which is capably of damaging the object you are trying to destroy. You're more likely to break your weapon hitting it against a stone wall than make...