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The OSR is dead! DEEEAD!

Only for that tonight- it’s still an option

Don't worry, we solved our problem by having the PC come in contact with another, stronger, cured item the party owns.

The curse object is suppressing the demons that were possessing the PCs. Its a cat-rat-cheese situation in the body of a grave robber instead of a grandma.

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hmmm... its also bad when the local necromancer also can't help...

Y'all, don't let demons in... it's bad... possession is tough... it's hard on the rest of the party...

Nightwick Session 136

Trench Crusade is also interesting. For any check, roll 2d6 & aim for a 7+; things are modified with a + or - die meaning you roll 3d6 or 4d6 take 2 highest/lowest dice.

Then roll on an injury chart

I really like it for a potentially exploration focused system. Where combat is not the point but you might want spiky moments of opportunity *in* combat

@benlaurence.bsky.social I’d also look at Trench Crusade for inspiration too!

It was called Pearl Seed and @claytonian.bsky.social translated some of it. Here’s the Fighter’s matrix:

There is a “lite” Japanese RPG we’re each class rolls on a 2d6 table during combat. The higher the better but hits and misses (and spells) are different frequencies by class.

Random advancement is one great way to run character classes. Because a roll stymies optimization & frequency is assigned, you can put some pretty crazy powers on there.

Plus multi-classing can be done by pick which of two tables to roll on.

work in progress painting of a sorceress astounded at her freshly sculpted homunculus

wip

had this idea for the longest time, a sorceress astounded at her freshly sculpted homunculus. will use this in the omios ures book

Save vs. Total Party Kill - Masters of Carcosa - Session 1 When I was running my Carcosa campaign, I would post session recaps on my blog in the form of hex descriptions written as if they came straight from the book. Each session had additional descriptions ...

When G+ disappeared it took all the session recaps for my Carcosa game with it. 11 years later I thought it might be nice to get them back online. Slowly.

December 2025 - Save Against Holiday Cheer The Americans have now completed their annual Turkey Feast, and so we are solidly in jolliest, holliest, holiday period of the year. Regardless of whether you're decking your halls or covering your ea...

another issue of the indie ttrpg focused newsletter Carouse! Carouse! has dropped. I drew the banner image...inspired by Bill Watterson's Calvin and his insane snowmen

www.carouse.blog/december-202...

HOW MUCH IS TOO LITTLE? Calculating Treasure in Dungeons A common problem quickly encountered when designing your own dungeon or stocking a map drawn by another is the optimal amount of treasure to...

Here was my own investigation into the matter: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/02/how-...

Strong work again around clarifying frequency & amount of treasure from older D&D edition; a critical element in 1 GP = 1 XP games

This is a great lie enemies should tell PCs “You’re great! The best! They are holding you back. I can help. Trust me…”

I’ve always thought BREAK!! would be a great alternative for 5e players

Save vs. Total Party Kill - Defining the OSR I have joked on Twitter that the three defining characteristics of the OSR are: No one can agree what the OSR is. No one can agree what the R stands for. The OSR is always over.It takes bravery to ...

Two brave souls attempt to define the OSR — and succeed? Sharing two posts I found and enjoyed recently.

Stump gun and crew for my turnip28 army. I kitbashed them a little but the base minis are a combo of 3D prints and a metal mini from knucklebone miniatures, tine fieldling, darksword miniatures, and the frogspawn's 50 Pounder

Love that part of Meow Wolf!

The OSR Onion The OSR may be best understood as a layered approach to design centered around a specific way of writing, refereeing, and playing adventures.

Every RPG blogger is allowed one “What is the OSR?” post. Here’s mine:

I do think sometimes these things are best handled case by case

I think too my aim with all the 1 hp stuff was to make PC change their action. 1 hp feels like juuust enough hope to make the PCs want to stick around.

Oooo I like the descriptions of the status effects

DEATH & INJURY, TOO: 0hp is not always the end While you are planning to carve up the turkey 🦃, here's how to carve up 🔪 PCs. Death & dismemberment tables are a bit of table "tech" I re...

Happy Turkey Day 🦃 🔜 🍗

Alright! Time to carve up PCs and spill
their cranberry innards: icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat...

Oh lawd… as they say “close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and atom bombs…and turkey fryer accidents”

From Trench Crusade (left) and British Space Program 1930 (right)

BLOG!: Good God! What Is It Good For? How Twitter views blogging With the recent Twitter turmoil caused by its new owner, there has been a call to return to blogging as a means o...

Also, should you start a blog? YES! icastlight.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog...

Been watching this develop. It’s pretty amazing.

I think it helps highlight how the old-school scene (by blogs) is ~6 different groups of people who may/may not be communicating.

Harder to see, but present, is the temporal aspect of the old-school scene growth & change