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That's what we do. Usually characters have henchmen or hirelings for carrying torches, equipment, minding horses, etc. If your character is paralyzed, grab the hireling and keep playing. Character dies - grab the henchman and keep playing. Or play an NPC if they happen to be with the party...

At least in OSE/BX, Cure Light Wounds also cured Paralysis. So recovering from it was only a 1st 2nd level cleric away. And that was something I only recently learned. I have no idea if Cure Light doing that was a thing in Ad&d, I certainly don't remember it. And I always thought paralysis...

Agreed, it is a nice platform to bolt things to. I do think that I remember in their optional rules section, you could use "simplified saves" of Reflex, Fortitude, and Will, and they gave you a chart to use if you wanted that system. I also use their Playbook system for my OSE games, and...

Taking this a step further, in Beyond, Cantrips require a skill roll to cast, and, if failed, the player chooses either 1) no more magic for the rest of the day, or 2) the Cantrip misfires (usually negatively affecting the caster) but they can continue to cast Cantrips. Spells, by contrast, are...

We played all through 1e and 2e with about 6-10 at the table, in a basement game, for years. We never knew any different, and it worked for us. If a couple people couldn't make it, and we had 6, we'd press ahead. If we had 4 or 5, we'd sometimes find something else to do that session, because...

Agree, but the accent is different when used locally, and when used by non-gangsters :LOL: People around here also say "wooder" instead of Water, and "mayan" instead of Mine. I'm sometimes guilty as well on those last two, but its a work in progress.

Somewhat unsatisfied. We've been playing together for about 40 years now (heavy 1e through 2e, fell off 3e, skipped 4e, back with 5e for a few years), and I'm realizing I don't want to spend my time playing systems I don't enjoy (5e), and dealing with the same stuff as I get older (i.e. people...

You forgot Youse. Short for you all where I'm from. Not that I ever use it... But that may be a little too regional... I find language and it's idiosyncrasies to be very interesting. :)

In Carcass Crawler Magazine #1, I think, for OSE, they have an optional d6 thief ability system outlined. Basically, your thief starts at a 1 in 6 chance to do each thief skill. You then add a number of 1 in 6 chances at first level to whatever skill you choose, then gain additional 1 in 6...

I have read most of the four of these megadungeons, but due to their size, I had the same problem of wrapping my head around the whole thing, similar to @Art Waring and so have never run them. I do have a couple set up to be run in one of my planned campaigns, so I "might". However, I have...

I voted yes in both polls as well. I've currently left 5e and moved to OSE for its more barebones and easier to hack systems. Fewer species, fewer classes, and its been really nice to get into a character (even if short lived) without having to fight the character sheet and use up bandwidth...

In OSE, and I'm assuming B/X, which it is reorganized from, XP is gained thusly: "All characters who make it through an adventure alive receive experience points (XP), awarded by the referee. XP is gained from two sources: treasure recovered and monsters defeated." NPC's, merchants, and farmers...

I agree with everything @Oofta says above. I'm planning on running a Dolmenwood Campaign soon, using a combination of OSE and Dolmenwood rules, and all of the characters have to be human UNTIL they encounter any of the other kindreds in the wood. Want to play an elf, who in the setting is...

Classes: Warrior, Mage (for both cleric and wizard), and Rogue Species: Human, Changeling and/or Half-Elf, Dwarf Simple. With weapons, magic items, and approach to the character giving it "ranger", "paladin", "knight", "cleric", or "wizard" flavor/feel, and not using 5e as the structure. So...

I abandoned 5e DnD after two years of playing and DM'ing - this after 40 or so years of playing DnD from Ad&d onward (skipping 4e and 3.5e). It was too much work to change up to fit our play style, and was distinctly unfun for many of us. I went back to B/X and OSE Advanced/Beyond the Wall...

Bee-Ex and Beck-me. Saying each letter sounds strange to me. Of course, I spent 20+ years in an organization built upon acronyms. So making up words based on the acronym was a major part of the job, we never just used the letters.

Great summaries and reviews (all of them). I really enjoy your presentation style and ideas on how to remix things. I was going to get this product, but like a lot of stuff I've bought recently, seems like more work, which I'm not looking for in a 'complete', not to mention expensive product.

I've run Dark Heresy and Rogue Trader on and off, and enjoy the system. However, it is crunchy, and can be lethal. That being said, there were substantial changes in Dark Heresy 2.0 with regard to weapons, and I think skills (still d100 though). And Wrath and Glory is a different system, as...

When we had rules questions during play, or edge cases, or unclear situations (TTRPG, Board Game, Miniatures Game, etc.), I would (usually) be the one to go searching for an "official" errata or clarification. It would then be brought back to the group for us to discuss - and either adopt, or...

I’m not @Maxperson but I just played a fighter in B/X for our last campaign who had a 12 in strength, and all the rest of the scores were below 12, lowest was 8 in Wis, so no bonuses at all, and one penalty. The campaign lasted until 5th level, and he was just as competent as the fighters with...