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Frontiers of Eberron uses an onmniscient narrator vs a more subjective one, and the second quote I made appears to push hard against the idea that the Khaar'paal live a nomadic lifestyle by asserting that they're workers who came in to help with a job as opposed to living that way as a...

Chapter 2, The Western Frontier is also the longest one in the book. It comes with a gorgeous full-page map, some sample random encounters, and is broken up into several sections: Towns, Distant Cities, Landmarks, Famous and Infamous People, and Faiths of the Western Frontier. Towns cover the...

So I recently completed reading Frontiers of Eberron, and wanted to share my thoughts. This won’t be in-depth like a proper review, but instead a general collection of thoughts and initial impressions. Chapter 1, Life on the Edge does a good job of outlining the general vibe of the campaign...

Protip: the songs of a bard character (Scanlan, I believe) are muted in the playlist of the linked YT channel. Amazon Prime UK & Ireland has the uncensored songs. I linked their playlist below.

Cimbrine The capital city of Gnolune sits at a fork in the Vernwine and Yltou Rivers, and is home to the most prominent Silvered Nobles and Conclave mystagogues in the Valley of Flowers. Split into three major Districts, Cimbrine is also a very vertical city, home to a Hundred Splendid Towers...

Just got this book, reading it right now. Will share my thoughts as I dive into it more.

Ylgotha Our last major region for Gnolune is a dark, foreboding place. Dominated by dusty hills, sickness-carrying winds, and ruins from the days of Once, all tell a story of how victory against the Selenian invaders was a Pyrrhic one. Some interesting locations include a community of...

You're no hero. You're a knight of death, a prophet of ruin, a skulker of dungeons. You seek gold and glory in the sunlit lands of Law, Caked in the blood and filth of valiant paladins and the soldiers of darkness who fell beside you You are the Demon King's Grunts, and one day, when the last...

The Gnarl This heavily forested region is bisected by a river, and a constant aura of decay can be found throughout. Some interesting locations include a smuggler’s hideout filled with skeletons (at least one of which can talk) and cursed weapons that frequently break upon use; an illusory...

In New School news, Frontiers of Eberron is coming out tomorrow. Given that it takes place on the borderlands of that setting’s monstrous nation of Droaam, that product’s been on my mind. I started thinking of how to go about making an OSR campaign where all of the classes are monstrous, but...

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...