OSR [Old School Essentials] Advanced Fantasy Races?

[RealAlHazred]

How well does OSE do with mixing both styles at the table? Are the race-as-class characters roughly comparable to the characters where those two are split?

Pretty well, actually. One player can play an Elf (race-as-class) and another can do an Elf (race) Magic-User (class) and they feel similar-but-different. The race-classes generally include a mix of abilities (well, except for Dwarves, I guess) so they still feel like distinct character types.

I'm currently gearing up to run a one-off one-shot. I'm planning to use A Fistful of Feathers, which is technically for Cairn but I foresee no issues converting it. A lot of the great OSE scenarios would take longer than the 4 hours I've got to fill. But I've got some 5E players in the mix, so I'm preparing my race options ahead of time!

 

[RealAlHazred]

Ah, I missed the race and class note. I'm a dyed-in-a-wool race-as-class guy.

Not a problem! You're coming down with something, so rest up! Them hexes ain't gonna populate themselves!