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<blockquote data-quote="SpellObjectEnthusiast" data-source="post: 9477248" data-attributes="member: 7031017">Examples of rules that OSE has for the sole reason that they were in B/X, but that don't match the OSR ethos described in principia apocrypha or the Old School Primer:Searching in OSE is always done with an 1-in-6 roll rather than interrogating the fiction. Most people ignore this. OSE discourages referees from allowing Players to use knowledge their character would not have, which conflicts with the principle of &quot;player skill&quot;. Many rules core to the OSR experience - reaction rolls, morale for example - are presented as optional rules. Both basic and detailed encumbrance allow PCs to carry functionally unlimited torches, rations, etc. You need to use an encumbrance system from another game or from the CC zines to make encumbrance matter. OSE instructs the GM to balance encounters based on dungeon level, rather than picking encounters that &quot;make sense&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpellObjectEnthusiast, post: 9477248, member: 7031017"] Examples of rules that OSE has for the sole reason that they were in B/X, but that don't match the OSR ethos described in principia apocrypha or the Old School Primer: Searching in OSE is always done with an 1-in-6 roll rather than interrogating the fiction. Most people ignore this. OSE discourages referees from allowing Players to use knowledge their character would not have, which conflicts with the principle of "player skill". Many rules core to the OSR experience - reaction rolls, morale for example - are presented as optional rules. Both basic and detailed encumbrance allow PCs to carry functionally unlimited torches, rations, etc. You need to use an encumbrance system from another game or from the CC zines to make encumbrance matter. OSE instructs the GM to balance encounters based on dungeon level, rather than picking encounters that "make sense". [/QUOTE]

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