We're playing the classic Planescape adventure Dead Gods and it inspired me to write up a Bariaur class for Old School Essentials. Here it is: Bariaur Requirements: Minimum CON 9, Minimum INT 9 Prime requisite: STR Hit Dice: 1d6 Maximum level: 12 Armor: Any Weapons: Any Languages: Alignment, Common, Planar In appearance, it's a...
The Scourge of the Scorn Lords from Knight Owl Publishing is unapologetically dangerous! We like to think of it as a mashup of Mad Max, Fist of the North Star, and the Beastmaster, with a healthy dose of The Land That Time Forgot for good...
As an Indie RPG company, we cannot afford to send out the massive amounts of physical products that would be required to participate in Free RPG Day. However, we still love the idea of giving away free digital products to our fans--so we came up...
We have a ton of good stuff lying around and we have always wanted to make an old-school zine, so when ZineQuest2 came up we couldn't say no. Old School & Cool, our 40-page OSR zine, will include some wild new classes, some...
I added an option to my game wherein Spellcasters may choose to take a Cantrip instead of a Feat on even levels. At first the Spellcasters (particularly the Clerics in the party) were resistant to Cantrips because they preferred the more immediate combat-oriented advantages of...
I've been playing for almost a year with these OSR Feats. They add a little flavor to the game and give the players a lot more control as they level up. I grant one feat at every even level. We play with the 5e-style Advantage/Disadvantage rules,...
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We made it through the Kickstarter and it's been a blast! Yay! Thanks a million to our 254 backers. We officially raised $11,103! We are blown away by the results! Thank you. Thank you. We are continuing to work on the getting this all polished up...
When making a good NPC, I find that it is important to give them a character type from the very beginning that can determine their motivations and fears and which can inform how they will interact with players at the table. Recently, I have been...
