OSR Dolmenwood to be published as a standalone game

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Dolmenwood Progress Update — May 2023

(Header art by Rachel Quinlan.) Following the announcement that Dolmenwood is now going to be published as a standalone game, there has been a great flurry of moss-clad activity at the Necrotic Gnome HQ. As the fungal spores settle, I felt it was high time for a progress update! Short version...

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Gavin posted an update today on the progress of Dolmenwood. The big news is the Kickstarter is planned for this summer (probably July or August).

Damn, I love how customized it is for the setting.

• Kindreds: The six playable kindreds (breggle, elf, grimalkin, human, mossling, woodgrue), each presented with background info, mechanical abilities, tables of names and backgrounds, a table of 50 random trinkets, and a set of eight tables of quirky characteristics.
• Classes: The nine playable classes (cleric, enchanter, fighter, friar, hunter, knight, magician, minstrel, thief).
• Magic: The rules for arcane, fairy, and holy magic, along with complete spell lists. The arcane and holy spell lists are largely based on the Old-School Essentials spells, with a lot of tweaks and additional flavour to tie them in with Dolmenwood. For example, each holy spell is connected with a specific saint and is accompanied by the myth of that saint's most renowned miracle.

If I am buying a setting book, and it's not going to be systemless, this is the kind of stuff I want.

 

[Weiley31]

AKA Breggles?

Aaaaah. I didn't know they got a name change.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Bummer. I was planning to use it for Shadowdark. Don't really want to pay for pagecount of core game rules.

 

[Arilyn]

Bummer. I was planning to use it for Shadowdark. Don't really want to pay for pagecount of core game rules.

I think the core rules are pretty much an extra. Don't think price will be much more, as it's still predominantly a setting book.

 

[Aldarc]

Bummer. I was planning to use it for Shadowdark. Don't really want to pay for pagecount of core game rules.

Your bummer is my boon. I waited on buying OSE for Dolmenwood. I was hoping for a self-contained rule and setting book, and that's what I will be getting in spades.