Smoldering Wizard's Old-School Gaming Forums

For me, the introduction of retro-clones such as Swords and Wizardry and Labyrinth Lord gave a much needed shot in the arm to the hobby. It provided a way to introduce new players to the games we loved to play. Also it sparked the creativity of those daring to publish new adventures and add their ow...

Here's a table for generating hirelings on the fly. I hope you like it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HXK ... sp=sharing

Here's a map that I drew for a small kingdom called Pendria.
It will be populated with humans who have some fey blood in their ancestry.
Some are believed to have innate magical ability.

I would play it as 1d6 for the first round of burning and then additional damage for the next round as it burns off. Perhaps 1d3 the second round. I can't imagine any creature or PC standing there in flames and continuing to fight an opponent. It might be reasonable to request a Saving Throw to eith...

Hey Chainsaw and Tomkin, welcome to the forum. Hello! S&W WB was the first real D&D I played when I came back to the hobby about five years ago. Great game. My experience is similar to yours. I dabbled with microlite20 and then found Swords and Wizardry and Labyrinth Lord. All of it is really good s...

Hello everyone!
This is a great site! Thanks for the hard work.