tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post7999643533090497239..comments2024-03-27T01:53:40.812-06:00Comments on Classic RPG Realms: Let's Talk OSRICSizzaxehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715649618278080709noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-14165145823204116752011-08-30T15:56:32.803-06:002011-08-30T15:56:32.803-06:00Sweet...thanks :)
Yeah, the whole OSRIC thing...i...Sweet...thanks :)<br /><br />Yeah, the whole OSRIC thing...it seemed to start when they released their creature collection and added the Osric License. I don't think that set to well with most folks (including me) and they seem to have drifted off.<br /><br />It's hard to go wrong with the LL and S&W lines-popular, TONS of community support and with all the free stuff around that works more or less with any of those guys (Like http://www.dragonsfoot.org/ -have you scrolled down this page lately? Wow. For EVERYTHING C&C, AD&D, etc.<br /><br />I'm still up in the air about the secondary. Just want to finish this DEEP DELVE project (yeah, slight re-title) and then muscle down the schedule. I realize more everyday I want to write and publish-not do design. If I ever get FS done it will get additions but not editions :)xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-28696040431387427102011-08-30T15:43:22.343-06:002011-08-30T15:43:22.343-06:00I have recently re-read BFRPG and I really like it...I have recently re-read BFRPG and I really like it. But I don't look at it like an advanced clone really. It seems to me more like a basic clone with race as class removed. Which is what Matt Finch has done with the most recent release of S&W. I personally like this approach, as I don't like the race as class mechanic. <br /><br />Beyond that the game is pretty much a basic game. Only slightly more dense than S&W. I have not, however, done a side by side with BFRPG and any original rule set. <br /><br />Lately I have considered using BFRPG / LL AEC / S&W as our club game, but am also seriously considering C&C. I am basically an "advanced" guy so LL AEC and C&C are both AD&D-like enough to keep me happy and yet rules lite. C&C kind of wins the day with the Seige Engine too. <br /><br />Also, I like being part of a community, and C&C has a great, supportive community. They are friendly helpful, courteous and all that other boy scout stuff. <br /><br />OSRIC is a good AD&D emulation, but their community is a little sparse. I love Dragonsfoot, but the whole OSRIC/1e disconnect make talking shop with others slightly stilted. And many of those who support OSRIC but play 1e. Which kind of defeats the purpose of playing OSRIC. So I'm still sort of non-OSRIC right now.Sizzaxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715649618278080709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-74805467270838702392011-08-27T18:22:06.571-06:002011-08-27T18:22:06.571-06:00On a side bar, did you have a chance to look the m...On a side bar, did you have a chance to look the main rulebook over for BFRPG?<br /><br />I was wondering if there were any parts that just didn't seem to work. I know you love AD&D 1e like me and I really want to do some of this cross platform development with another system and thought if you had any notes to share on major issues with using it. I have briefly went through it and some of the extras from the website and nothing has really struck me but I haven't done a side by side with my old copies and you are more current on AD&D than I am.<br /><br />Any comments are appreciated! :)xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-75922445738753490622011-08-27T17:21:15.091-06:002011-08-27T17:21:15.091-06:00I find OSRIC (and the reasons for its existence) g...I find OSRIC (and the reasons for its existence) genuinely fascinating. I bought a hard copy relatively recently so I could curl up properly with it like I used to with the DMG. I certainly think OSRIC is perfect for new players (perhaps after primer or intro game) because it seems to work best as a reference rule-book. I have fairly mixed feelings about AD&D (plus Unearthed Arcana and later OA), partly because I was not very good at prioritising useful rules, so it was no surprise that some rules completely vanish in OSRIC. I don't know what it's like to play, but the all-in-one rulebook, which is hopefully consistent with itself is a great idea, but like you say it's probably very frustrating to mesh it with AD&D-proper (especially with slight variations like with XP tables etc.). <br /><br />I recently gave a copy of OSRIC to a friend who remembered playing AD&D but didn't own any rulebooks currently so it was the perfect present (I think, he's yet to get back to me and looked a bit baffled by my excited explanation of the Old School Renaissance). <br /><br />Since I joined D&D during the TSR BECMI redbox period I remember finding the informal Gygaxian direct styleand referencing structure with appendices a little difficult to follow, but today, for me this is what makes all of the earlier editions so interesting. <br /><br />I rather respect OSRIC for simplifying the weapon names (which allows for a more generic fantasy feel rather than French-historical) and yet clarifying armour types (which helps with visualising characters). It's the little touches.<br /><br />In summary and response, I think I enjoy reading OSRIC, and I think up to now I was assuming it was just-about-almost compatible with AD&D - but I guess "compatible" is a word which range from "matching" to "mainly supplemental".<br /> <br />(Thanks for stimulating the old brain cells on this) Cool post. :)Billiam Babblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11504438538787804477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-56402333797421852492011-08-26T15:08:02.526-06:002011-08-26T15:08:02.526-06:00I even left the trusty M20 behind for this one. I ...I even left the trusty M20 behind for this one. I wanted to cut as much jargon up front as possible to keep it moving. <br /><br />The ability list is a point pool system and I'm going with a d6 pool for combat. Creatures HD are both their attack and defense, with a 5 or 6 being a success,etc. <br /><br />I'm going to try my hand at psionics for this one and and use some of -C psionics material so he doesn't feel the work he has done is in vain (for anyone looking for a psionics package check his out at Hack&Slash-he's got a ton of good stuff and leave comments! :).<br /><br />I figure keep it SUPER lite to start and then create a page for add ons and optional rules that may help a new comer feel the progression of the game.<br /><br />I would also be very honored if you offered this to your student players for maybe before or after sessions. It is designed to drop in and out of at anytime with little to no paperwork necessary. Like they could play at lunch, folks at work could play on a lunch hour or a break. Really go out there and find folks who might be game caterpillars waiting to become rpg butterflies :) <br /><br />Also-you will be very proud that the event table is right out of the DMG-page 117:<br /><br />01-12 Empty<br />13-14 Monster<br />15-17 Monster & Treasure<br />18 Special<br />19 Trick/Trap<br />20 Reward<br /><br />And this has really given me a boost. I feel good again about hitting the keyboard and working a system :)<br /><br />Last thing: Did the poll widget come up when you visited? Several folks, myself included, are having problems with widgets.<br /><br />Back to it!xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-77572745308749002162011-08-26T13:25:31.275-06:002011-08-26T13:25:31.275-06:00Sounds like a cool idea. Neat for getting people i...Sounds like a cool idea. Neat for getting people involved. And I can understand why you went with M20. Superlite. <br /><br />Good luck with it. I know what it's like having lots of irons melting on you at once. <br /><br />Have fun!Sizzaxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715649618278080709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-44518788174614107282011-08-26T00:34:13.418-06:002011-08-26T00:34:13.418-06:00Linky try to drive me crazy!!!
http://classicreal...Linky try to drive me crazy!!!<br /><br />http://classicrealms<br />ofadventure.blog<br />spot.com/<br /><br />Now let's see if it can post that without choppy choppy!xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-60443588918299237112011-08-26T00:32:23.791-06:002011-08-26T00:32:23.791-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-27202298035628589042011-08-26T00:30:31.759-06:002011-08-26T00:30:31.759-06:00Ok...I hit a mental brick wall working on Forsaken...Ok...I hit a mental brick wall working on Forsaken Souls about a week ago...one of those it all looks like symbols from an alien planet I can't look at this right now kinda wall.<br /><br />So I read this post:<br /><br /><i>First, how do you make roleplaying games something that anyone can pick up and play for as much or as little time as they like – for example, at a party where people who aren’t already gamers are walking up and looking to experience this new thing without having to commit their whole evening to something they’re not sure they’ll be into?</i><br /><br />http://muleabides.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/some-interesting-questions-for-rpgs-and-the-osr/ <br /><br />Read 5 posts over at soogagames starting with this one:<br /><br />http://soogagames.blogspot.com/2011/08/mass-appeal-in-2011.html<br /><br />Then decided to take the plunge and use it as a challenge to get myself out of the rut.<br /><br />I had set up a new blog, yes based on the 'fake game name' I had mentioned in a comment on one of your posts that sounded perfect for the Junior Edition (a little less doom and gloom, a little more adventure heroic-for the kids...and their parents :) and I thought that might be a better place to put it.<br /><br />So at:<br /><br />http://classicrealmsofadventure.blogspot.com/<br /><br />I have posted the first few updates on Drop & Delve-RPG. This will be a free system that I'm trying to finish over the weekend and have ready for download by Monday. It has gotten my blood pumping again so I think it's working. I have another concept piece after this one and have decided to re-work the Basic Edition of FS to make it stand out. I never dreamed we were going to have a system released nearly every month this year so I figured I better bring my A-game.<br /><br />Now we can publish this book I have just typed-1000 Irons In The Fire And Getting Hotter! :)xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-38050655628042314682011-08-25T21:18:23.892-06:002011-08-25T21:18:23.892-06:00Hey thanks ADD Grognard. I've actually thought...Hey thanks ADD Grognard. I've actually thought of that ; - )<br /><br />Btw, how's your game coming? Anywhere we can read some hints about? Would love to hear what you have going on.<br /><br />And well, let's just say I don't mind PF, and it is the running favorite among current sign-ups for the club, but it is not the game I prefer to play. We'll see what happens.Sizzaxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13715649618278080709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549940298295825812.post-75526073564698939072011-08-25T14:47:13.559-06:002011-08-25T14:47:13.559-06:00Honestly man, if you would prefer sticking with wh...Honestly man, if you would prefer sticking with what you know hook these kids up with AD&D PHBs (There are a TON for sale on Amazon) and be done with it. It's easy, you can explain the historical nature of the edition and a chance to play the first 'flagship' rpg system, play a system you know very well and can have a better experience all around for everyone.<br /><br />Next year, hell , play Pathfinder. It should be the official 'big dog' by then and it gives you a chance to study the system and be prepared from now until then.<br /><br />It's all good man...always remember if you are having fun you are doing it right. :)xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814063435676111475noreply@blogger.com