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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 9839122" data-attributes="member: 58416">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:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">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. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">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? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Does a critical hit on an attack roll do anything extra in OSE?</li> </ul></blockquote>

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