Old School Revival
Old School Revival - Classic Rules Table Top Role-playing and the OSR Hobby
Rules- The community is to tiny, we can be really rules light at this point.
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Don't be a jerk.
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Everyone is welcome.
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Try to stay kind of on topic.
New to OSR?
Here are three widely tested systems which offer free PDF rulebooks.
Basic Fantasy Created to be compatible with 3/3.5e, this is fully fleshed out OSE goodness written to be more approachable. Uses ascending armor class. Print options are sold at near cost and are very very inexpensive.
Old School Essentials Basic OSE is the most popular reproduction of the original B/X set. Uses descending armor class. With several different iterations at several different prices, this PDF is free and covers the basics. Enough to get a game going.
White Box : Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game A spiritual successor to Swords & Sorcery White Box. This is the complete OSR experience. Uses descending armor class, but contains alternate status for ascending. Like Basic Fantasy, the print version is under five bucks on amazon.
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I think, as unfair as it is, my favorite system is probably the one I've been focused on making. I'd call it NSR since it isn't really a clone of any of the actual old school systems. It doesn't have a name yet, and the only copy lives on my Nextcloud server for now.
My favorite actually published system is Whitehack. It's so elegant and flexible that my system takes a ton of inspiration from it, and really just slightly tweaks it to make startupbquicker for players, and provide some more targeted tools for GMs.
And my favorite actual old school system is 0e. As weird and clunky as it is in some places, it really does feel like they got it right through first time. My system could be pitched as a 0e hack (is it still a hack if it brings almost none of the original mechanics unchanged?)
Good luck with your new rules set! Let us know when you have something you can share!