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Had a blast running Scarlet Citadel. Listening to players fret as they try to outrun a cave creeper, having a player possessed and taking out the torch as they are fighting past a skeleton to escape the dungeon, a PC getting first aid from an Ettercap - good times. I don’t think I’ve ever...

Don’t buy into this combat as war stuff too much. I’m playing OSE with my kids and they’ve taken on combat and survived. They did roll better than some I’ve seen, no 1hp characters. Combat is not guaranteed death. A 1hp character in melee is a different story. I think what helps them is they...

I posted earlier about what I think mechanical improvements would look like but I think part of what needs to be addressed in these designs is the narrative. Which literary characters are Fighters supposed to represent? Which characters represent a Fighter at Tier 3 and 4? Why would a Wizard in...

Let Fighters add their proficiency bonus to their Armor class and weapon damage for the weapons / armor they specialize in. Let them add 2 times PB to attack rolls at later levels. Split the 9 or so mastery properties between Heavy, Light, and Versatile as effects you can declare on a hit...

It’s especially interesting to see the convoluted approach WotC is taking to make Fighters better when it doesn’t approach the impact of what Weapon Master, Grit and Hauler adds to the SD Fighter on half a page.

A rookie guard on his first day in the big city. A spy searching for a nobleman’s kidnapped daughter. Whatever was going on in that sixth chapter. Class: S. Kennedy Hit points:1d6 Armor: Leather, Dagger (as shield) Weapons: Dagger, Club, Staff, all ranged weapons Suplex As your action: make...

For me it is because I grew up watching a dub of David the Gnome.Though he rides a small animal and turns into something else 😭

I think the Dverg “monster” from Zine #3 is a good take. They can turn into a small animal instead of attacking and the flavor text sounds gnomish to me. I’d say the player version lets them turn into a small animal for 5 + half their level rounds per day (rounded down). Edit: On re-reading it...

I agree on per day abilities in general but here I like the 3/day because it thematically aligns with 3 Norns/Fates. My change would rather be to start the luck die at d4 and then increase the die size to d6, d8 etc when that talent is rolled. Luckily this game is OSR adjacent so we can both...

Yes she did. She explains that the classes for a Zine are for the most part contained to the setting. She says she want to experiment with the luck die mechanic. Edit: I don’t follow on the no cap on increasing the fate die talent. A level 10 character will have rolled on the table 5 times and...

Having caught up with the thread I feel like many opinions of dungeons would improve if the newer ones were read more widely? Complaints about death traps, empty rooms and lack of context might be true for some TSR modules but the state of the art has advanced and these problems have been...

Which of these combinations is better than Eldritch Blast + Invocations?

I’m running my first session on the 14th. I’m excited!

Cursed Scroll #2 which was/is? available for free via Gizmodo had Cavalry Rider, Pit Fighter, and Ras-Godai . Cursed Scroll # 3 has Sea Wolf and Seer I believe. Cursed Scroll 1 has Warlock too. These classes also come with systems such as Poison, Mounts and Patron Boons.

I think one of the reasons that talents are rolled randomly is to get 5e players out of the mindset of optimizing character builds.

Because it has the 5e resolution mechanics (streamlined) I feel like it would actually be much easier to handle the non-dungeoneering aspects of play.

The classes in the first zine use a diabolical mishap table with different and amusing effects.

CON is only added at level 1. Most things don’t add modifiers, Magic missile does d4 only. This simplifies things for new players as it is one less thing to look up.

The magic mishap table is there for tier 1-2 spells.

Backed! Between this and the eventual Dolmenwood Kickstarter there will be a lot of checking for updates and checking the porch in the months to come.