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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scrivener of Doom" data-source="post: 7929696" data-attributes="member: 87576">Yes, been there and done that - and decided I prefer The Four Yorkshiremen as a comedy sketch rather than as a tabletop RPG game design philosophy.Now, about those flasks of oil. They cost 1 gp each. Where will you get the money? Oh, and if they work, you know what an adversarial old school DM will do? Yep, suddenly they're scarce or more expensive. Hire a fighter? Money again. Oh, and make sure your Charisma is good enough that he will hang around.I do, however, agree that a magic-user is just as useful in old school metagaming as any other character because it is about the player and not the character. However, as your M-U is likely to have the highest Intelligence of any character in the group, you may be the only one who can actually justify your player-side metagaming as consistent with the nature of the character you are playing.Don't get me wrong, I had a lot of fun with old school gaming nearly 40 years ago. And I am sure I could enjoy it again - although I would use a modern clone written by someone who can actually communicate clearly and coherently rather than return to the Gygaxian originals. I particularly like the look of OSRIC and various editions of Swords & Wizardry. And it would be so easy to run them again!</blockquote>