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On Saturday the 8th of June we continued with our Blackmoor campaign, playing B2 The Keep on the Borderlands which I have set in The Stormkiller Mountains, and which is reaching its climax. The last time that we played the PCs were left at a cliffhanger outside a cave entrance that was hidden behind...

Derricrane wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 13, 2024 8:34 pm

I'll be hospitalised due to a hand injury starting tomorrow until Sunday, I'll try check the forum once a day, but I can't promise anything.

I hope that your hand gets better soon Derricrane

You guys had been talking about Cairn a few days back so I bought the rules off Amazon and gave it a look see - WOW. I am digging this. And the Cairn site is pretty loaded with stuff too. I want to play this! Is it the new edition? The new edition on their website is absolutely gorgeous, though the...

Great character, BTW. Thanks! I'll get my character's infravision and race sorted out and yes - she's an Elf. If you feel the need to delete these question posts of mine in order to clean up the "Characters and NPCs" section then do so, as there will be no offence taken. It's best asked and out of ...

I'm working from home today so I've managed to be first in line with finishing my character. Do I qualify for the +5% XP bonus? My STR is 15 but my INT is 13. No rule is given for XP bonuses with the multi-class Fighter/ Magic User in White Box FMAG. So far I haven't been able to find any informatio...

NAME: Daerona Shadowbirth CLASS: Fighter/ Magic User LEVEL: 1 RACE: Elf ALIGNMENT: Lawful STR: 16 (+1 to hit in melee; +1 damage) DEX: 15 (+2 to hit with bows due to weapon focus; +1 to hit all other missile weapons; -1 armour class) CON: 9 INT: 13 (+3 additional languages) WIS: 12 CHA: 9 (maximum 4...

I am working on bits of OSRIC. I have just re-read your post and what you have written has just sunk in. Congratulations for getting yourself onto the OSRIC project! Last night I re-read all of the combat section in the 1e DMG, and for the first time ever I have fully 100% grokked the Initiative sy...

I also like 3d6 in order. The 7th roll I've seen used for gold, optionally swapped out for one of the other rolls, which (potentially) gives you a choice between a decent prime requisite and decent starting gold. I've never seen this before but it's a good idea. Obviously the final decision is Bran...

I'm happy with either method for generating a character, though I do think that 3D6 straight down the line can sometimes make illogical characters. I've never done it 7 times with the 7th roll being an optional number to replace one of the other totals though, so if you are happy with it we could do...

As promised here is some more information about the forthcoming OSRIC 3.0. This has been gleaned from posts on the internet made by the people who are working on the game, and a little bit of information from Mythmere (I have the occasional email exchange with them, though this has been the first si...