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[Old-School Essentials] Less Is More: Enhancing Campaign Themes with Limited Classes
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<blockquote data-quote="Libertad" data-source="post: 9459802" data-attributes="member: 6750502"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/rrVcwSb.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 552px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center">You're no hero.</p> <p style="text-align: center">You're a knight of death, a prophet of ruin, a skulker of dungeons.</p> <p style="text-align: center">You seek gold and glory in the sunlit lands of Law,</p> <p style="text-align: center">Caked in the blood and filth of valiant paladins and the soldiers of darkness who fell beside you</p> <p style="text-align: center">You are the <strong>Demon King's Grunts,</strong> and one day, when the last light is quashed, you will sit on his throne.</p><p></p><p>In this campaign, the Player Characters are the bad guys, part of the wicked armies befouling the good-aligned kingdoms. Acting at the behest of their unholy superiors, they raid holy shrines and dank dungeons alike, gathering the bounty of civilization and past eras to ensure the passing of a new age of Chaos. But it is not just angels, elves, and golden dragons they must fear. Evil is fated to turn on itself, and hell hath no fury like a paranoid overlord casting their gaze at upstarts rivals-to-be climbing the ranks, or jealous underlings wanting the wealth and prestige gained by others.</p><p></p><p><strong>Class List (Race is Class):</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Drow</p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Death Knight (Oh My Lost Darklords)</p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Fighter</p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Goblin (various sources)</p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Living Harness (Knock! Issue 1, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kijt7c1d91ht3s4pe924s/CharacterClass-LivingHarness.pdf?rlkey=92hb0oqwdc69d041ec8oxrwgn&e=1&dl=0" target="_blank">also free)</a></p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Necromancer <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/414657/old-school-essentials-the-necromancer" target="_blank">(free class)</a></p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Plague Doctor* (Knock! Issue 2, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/f314yd/please_enjoy_my_2nd_bx_dd_class_the_plague_dr_let/" target="_blank">also free)</a></p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Prophet of Ruin (Knock! Issue 2)</p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">Red Wizard (Oh My Lost Darklords)</p> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><p style="text-align: left">War-Bear (Slumbering Ursine Dunes, <a href="https://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-war-bear-yet-another-bx-or-ll-class.html" target="_blank">also free)</a></p> </li> </ol><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18mF166ok2YaIWXBtVZ05bpoQejudF8B_iuOQO43gk-0/edit" target="_blank">*Easy to read text format here.</a></p><p></p><p>Much Like Underdark Sandbox, the Demon King's Grunts is built in favor of a campaign with less traditional heroism, with classes themed around archetypes that would be stock villains in a fantasy world. The only "default" class present is the ever-versatile Fighter, that can represent everything from a bloody-handed reaver to a cruel general. The Death Knight, Living Harness, and War-Bear all reflect various nonhuman martial archetypes and can be easily reflavored to reflect various kinds of monstrous soldiers. The Drow substitutes for the Cleric, while the Prophet of Ruin is similar in being a religious supernatural class who hinders enemies via apocalyptic proclamations. The Necromancer and Red Wizard are more specialized types of arcane casters themed around forbidden and destructive magic. </p><p></p><p>The iconic Goblin serves as the sneak/skirmisher. Like my Monster Nation post above, the particular Goblin class chosen can do much to flavor the forces of darkness. For instance, the Carcass Crawler represents mobile skirmishers and wolf-riders, while Brave the Labyrinth does a nice job reflecting the idea that hobgoblins and bugbears are merely stronger/more evolved goblins.</p><p></p><p>The Plague Doctor is the more unique of the classes listed, being a specialist in biological warfare. They can also make for a healer via their False Fever contagion should the party need someone who can restore hit points.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Libertad, post: 9459802, member: 6750502"] [CENTER][IMG width="552px"]https://i.imgur.com/rrVcwSb.jpeg[/IMG] 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 [B]Demon King's Grunts,[/B] and one day, when the last light is quashed, you will sit on his throne.[/CENTER] In this campaign, the Player Characters are the bad guys, part of the wicked armies befouling the good-aligned kingdoms. Acting at the behest of their unholy superiors, they raid holy shrines and dank dungeons alike, gathering the bounty of civilization and past eras to ensure the passing of a new age of Chaos. But it is not just angels, elves, and golden dragons they must fear. Evil is fated to turn on itself, and hell hath no fury like a paranoid overlord casting their gaze at upstarts rivals-to-be climbing the ranks, or jealous underlings wanting the wealth and prestige gained by others. [B]Class List (Race is Class):[/B] [LIST=1] [*][LEFT]Drow[/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Death Knight (Oh My Lost Darklords)[/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Fighter[/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Goblin (various sources)[/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Living Harness (Knock! Issue 1, [URL='https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kijt7c1d91ht3s4pe924s/CharacterClass-LivingHarness.pdf?rlkey=92hb0oqwdc69d041ec8oxrwgn&e=1&dl=0']also free)[/URL][/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Necromancer [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/414657/old-school-essentials-the-necromancer'](free class)[/URL][/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Plague Doctor* (Knock! Issue 2, [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/f314yd/please_enjoy_my_2nd_bx_dd_class_the_plague_dr_let/']also free)[/URL][/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Prophet of Ruin (Knock! Issue 2)[/LEFT] [*][LEFT]Red Wizard (Oh My Lost Darklords)[/LEFT] [*][LEFT]War-Bear (Slumbering Ursine Dunes, [URL='https://hillcantons.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-war-bear-yet-another-bx-or-ll-class.html']also free)[/URL][/LEFT] [/LIST] [URL='https://docs.google.com/document/d/18mF166ok2YaIWXBtVZ05bpoQejudF8B_iuOQO43gk-0/edit']*Easy to read text format here.[/URL] Much Like Underdark Sandbox, the Demon King's Grunts is built in favor of a campaign with less traditional heroism, with classes themed around archetypes that would be stock villains in a fantasy world. The only "default" class present is the ever-versatile Fighter, that can represent everything from a bloody-handed reaver to a cruel general. The Death Knight, Living Harness, and War-Bear all reflect various nonhuman martial archetypes and can be easily reflavored to reflect various kinds of monstrous soldiers. The Drow substitutes for the Cleric, while the Prophet of Ruin is similar in being a religious supernatural class who hinders enemies via apocalyptic proclamations. The Necromancer and Red Wizard are more specialized types of arcane casters themed around forbidden and destructive magic. The iconic Goblin serves as the sneak/skirmisher. Like my Monster Nation post above, the particular Goblin class chosen can do much to flavor the forces of darkness. For instance, the Carcass Crawler represents mobile skirmishers and wolf-riders, while Brave the Labyrinth does a nice job reflecting the idea that hobgoblins and bugbears are merely stronger/more evolved goblins. The Plague Doctor is the more unique of the classes listed, being a specialist in biological warfare. They can also make for a healer via their False Fever contagion should the party need someone who can restore hit points. [/QUOTE]
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