Powers are factions. In addition to their resources, their size and influence are reflected in the amount of favor they can bestow upon Characters. Earning Favor Characters complete Deeds to earn Favor with Powers. This adds to their renown (ie. level). Earning Favor may also unlock rights and privileges with that Power. Some Powers may […]
Experience helps you level up but it isn’t and shouldn’t be the only reward for the doing of great things that characters do in a campaign. Looking beyond gear— devices that make numbers go up and render characters more puissant practically— there are other achievements for characters to chase and receive for their deeds. What’s […]
A short follow-up to my earlier potpourri of 1d6 tables because I yet again need to meet some blogging obligations and finish the month strong! In this installment, we'll roll up some bonds and some alternate methods of gaining experience. Let's get some bonding time Ages ago, particularly in internet time, I put out this […]
How can you tell if someone is lying to you? In popular media, it seems so simple. In real life, it's much more complicated. That said, we're not playing life here, we're playing games! If a player asks whether their character sees any signs that the NPC they're dealing with is lying, we can roll […]
Take the generic player character classes and tweak them for your setting.
Are you set on a fixed number of classes for your OSR game? If so, why?
Prestige Classes were introduced in the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons as a new form of multiclassing. I always appreciated this concept but, unfortunately, not the execution. Here is my re-imagining of it for OSR style fantasy TTRPGs.
Isle of Dread illustrates a way to handle thief skills in the context of party play.
