Argyle King
Legend
After some discussion on the General forum (where DCC was being compared to OSE,) I decided to pick up a few materials. I felt that increasing my knowledge of the product -by actually looking at it and trying to understand it- would allow me to have a more educated opinion, rather than relying on a mix of second-hand knowledge from YouTube and whatever sunk-cost emotions the primal part of my brain may feel toward products I already own. So, I picked up the Classic Game Set.
To be completely honest, I did not expect to like the product. The previous discussion over on the General forum mostly centered around the layout of a few adventures, and I did not particularly care for the layout. To my surprise, I found that the layout (used in the set's booklets) was something that I liked. There is still a lot to digest, but I feel confident that, even from just a brief perusal of the material, that I could play the game and mostly know what I was doing. (I would need a little bit of help getting accustomed to Thac0 and different save categories that modern D&D has.)
But I do have questions:
To be completely honest, I did not expect to like the product. The previous discussion over on the General forum mostly centered around the layout of a few adventures, and I did not particularly care for the layout. To my surprise, I found that the layout (used in the set's booklets) was something that I liked. There is still a lot to digest, but I feel confident that, even from just a brief perusal of the material, that I could play the game and mostly know what I was doing. (I would need a little bit of help getting accustomed to Thac0 and different save categories that modern D&D has.)
But I do have questions:
- How compatible is OSE with OSRIC? While I have not (yet) played OSRIC, I did back the upcoming newer version. From a lot of what I have read online, both games share the same roots, so are said to be mostly compatible with minor adjustments. However, I am new to OSR games as whole, so I am still figuring things out.
- The quick rule of thumb is have see online is that DCC levels equal roughly 2 OSR levels. If you have done conversions to or from DCC, have you found that to be accurate?
- Does a critical hit on an attack roll do anything extra in OSE?
