Which Retro-Clone would you use for DL Classic?

[Walking Dad]

As the title says. Please don't suggest the original system or SAGA.

BTW, this is for a PbP game, this maybe will affect the usefullness of the suggestions.

Thanks

 

[ExploderWizard]

If DL classic is referring to the original Dragonlance adventures then I would go with OSRIC. It is the closest to pure 1E AD&D which is the system the modules were written for.

 

[delericho]

Yeah, OSRIC will be the closest.

However, I would be inclined to just pick the system I preferred. They're probably all "close enough" to make it work.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If you're fond of AD&D with all its eccentricities, OSRIC is the obvious choice.

Castles & Crusades is more modern game with the spirit of AD&D, IMO, and would be my preference.

Either way, you'll need to create the DL races for yourself.

 

[Treebore]

OSRIC is definitely the most obvious choice, but you could certainly use Labyrinth Lord or Basic Fantasy with relative ease. I also played in two DL games where C&C was used, and had a lot of fun.

So I also suggest going with whichever you like best.

 

[darkseraphim]

DL Classic? Does that mean the original DL1-DL14 Dragons of Despair-Dragons of Triumph Dragonlance arc?

OSRIC's good; my recommendation for easy PbP play however would be Moldvay Basic-Expert with a few minor tweaks for the Krynn mythos. Sleek, simple and balanced with a minimum of lookup required.

 

[Grimstaff]

Did anyone mention OSRIC?

I think there's a 2E retro in the works, but the name eludes me...

 

[JeffB]

I guess I would ask, crunch-wise, what would the system require to run a DL game?What crunchy bits exist in DL that AD&D may have that clones may not?

From what I recall of the original book trilogy (I avoided the modules like the plague after I read the first way back when), everything could be modeled with AD&D, 2E or the most of the various retroclones as written- even S&W WhiteBox can do it with some minor crunch/fluff design for paladins, and the varying races (kender, gnomes).

I'd say pick whatever you like to run for PBP type games and do a little bit of crunch writeup if need be.

 

[Dragonhelm]

DL Classic? Does that mean the original DL1-DL14 Dragons of Despair-Dragons of Triumph Dragonlance arc?

Yup. Also called the Chronicles series.

I would highly recommend Castles & Crusades for one very important reason - there are already two C&C conversions of DL on the Dragonlance Nexus!


Castles & Crusades Dragonlance Adventures


Castles & Crusades DL Adaptation

 

[GreyLord]

I've used C&C for Dragonlance, though at the time it was utilizing the 3.X dragonlance books with C&C (for the older versions we just use AD&D).