OSR OSR Inclusive? What's in a name?

[Ancalagon]

You really should visit the OSR discord. This "rising toxicity" in OSR is not found there. I'm not saying that it's perfect but... where are you seeing this?

 

[Lakesidefantasy]

I like New School Revival from up-thread.

 

[Blue Orange]

As an aside, 'chromatic' in music means using all twelve notes in the scale, rather than seven at a time as in major or minor key. So if you wanted to work in musical metaphors you could do that too.

 

[Lanefan]

So being an OSR-style game it's going to be pretty lethal, right? Right?

If yes, then the name might play on this a bit; as in death everyone's equal. A few off-the-cuff ideas:

Grave Fortunes. (or, Graves and Fortunes? Graves and Glories? Either way, 'GM' in this game would stand for Grave Master )
One Fate. (or, DOFFA - Death: One Fate For All?)

Thinking about it, for all that I could get behind Graves and Glories for any OSR system.

not serious

SHIELD - Smackdown-Hammer Immersion: Everyone Leaves Dead.

/not serious

 

[Sacrosanct]

So being an OSR-style game it's going to be pretty lethal, right? Right?

Saving throws stay true to AD&D, as do level drain, and nasty things like rot grubs and green slimes (not the watered down "not monsters but hazards now" that is 5e

The math is a bit more intuitive, dead levels are gone for the most part, and alignment has been really streamlined and has less impact, but as far as lethality, yes.