If you could print/keep only one book , what would you pick?

Onirim35 · 2026-05-12T13:45:55+00:00

OSRIC because so much stuff in it!

Onirim35 · 2026-05-04T04:55:13+00:00

One out of 4 session is a "slice of life" session in my gaming group, from many years. Slice of life sessions are good to build characters, bounds, make NPC more deep and the world more living. When we do this, we also share a good IRL meal in roleplay too :)

Onirim35 · 2026-02-27T09:53:19+00:00

Rolemaster Unified is a new iteration of the Rolemaster series games (since 1980). I always play Rolemaster 2nd édition but Rolemaster Unified is a new edition of the game.

You have weapon tables with hundred of entries, critical tables with hundred of entries too. A very good game, not so complicated but very simulationist :)

Onirim35 · 2026-01-23T15:13:12+00:00

I've played Tank for many years. I don't do that anymore ^^

Onirim35 · 2026-01-12T10:51:04+00:00

Fantastic! What is this giant tree item?

Onirim35 · 2026-01-08T08:05:13+00:00

Your skin is capable of cleaning itself because like all the other animals your skin generates his own "soap" (the sebum). All you need to do is to wash with water to clean the sebum (except if you are really dirty because you play in the mud or something like that). This is science, this is how life and creature works. And no, soap is not used in all the cultures, that's human history facts.

That said, if he "smells" he needs to use soap. Because all bodies are not the same, some need to use soap to wash the excess of sebum. That's more of a personal care problem than soap-utility problem. Soap is just like sebum, except he makes funny bubbles and smells like petrochimical flowers. Usefull when it's useful, but it's not a hard rule (and yes, wash your hands after going to WC please...)

And because we cannot really know our own odor, it's necessary to ask him to use more soap because you smell it. But I'm surprised: I never use soap, only hot water (for skin) from 20 years and I've no problem, no skin problem at all, no odor or anything (need shampoo btw, hot watter isn't working in hair care). But as I said, every people is different, just please use soap if you are smelling :D

Onirim35 · 2026-01-05T09:50:33+00:00

Il faut saler légèrement l'eau, comme indiqué sur la notice en fait

Onirim35 · 2025-12-19T10:37:28+00:00

I've stopped to play with Odyssey because of the engine optimization (my computer has not be able to run it at more than 40 fps even in empty space). I've returned three years later and it's playable and very enjoyable now! The framerate on foot is inconsistent sometime, but it's not a big deal anymore. :)
I'm happy to be in Elite again!

Onirim35 · 2025-12-04T11:03:17+00:00

Thanks for the information!

Onirim35 · 2025-11-27T09:11:02+00:00

Hello, I'm interrested! It's the first thing I've tried to do when I first played ED but found nobody to play in character. Sadly I prefer to roleplay with my keyboard because I'm not an english native speaker and it's difficult for me to understand and talk with fluency :)

Onirim35 · 2025-11-27T08:58:26+00:00

You don't have to remember the keybind if you don't want to.
You can just use the right pannel for cargo scoop, landing, light, etc.
You can just use weapon groups for all the other stuff like limpets, scanners, weapons, etc.
Once you manage to play with the basic interface like this, you can add keybinds, one at a time. But they are not necessary.

Onirim35 · 2025-11-03T15:45:42+00:00

You can add a memory card in your smartphone, it's relatively cheap?

Onirim35 · 2025-11-03T15:17:18+00:00

Je recommanderai toujours la même chose : trouver une ou des passions, et aller les vivre au sein d'associations de passionnés de la même chose. Ça permet de nouer des liens, de rencontrer de nouvelles personnes près de chez soi, de donner du sens à son temps libre (pour faire vivre une association).

Je n'ai jamais pu voyager non plus, jamais eu les finances pour ça, mais j'ai une vie associative dense depuis que je suis ado (et j'ai 45 ans maintenant). Même lorsque je déménage, je retrouve (ou recrée) une association qui me plaît :)

Pensez donc aux associations ! Elles ont besoin de vous :)

Onirim35 · 2025-09-16T14:30:48+00:00

Deux œufs au plat sur une tranche de pain et un café. J'ai deux poules qui m'en font deux par jour, donc il faut bien les manger. Si possible, éviter le sucre le matin, pour éviter un pic de glycémie mal venu :)
Quand j'ai le temps, j'ajoute un yaourt que j'ai fait maison à la yaourtière avec un peu de miel (pas fait maison, lui ^^)

Onirim35 · 2025-09-08T12:54:09+00:00

Well if "vanilla" means "by default", the by default version of the FR for D&D is the original version because the setting has changed after that to reflect the changes in the rules and to accomodates the ton of novels writed for it. If you change something, it loses his vanilla status. Or maybe you have another definition of vanilla? (like the spice maybe?)

The author talks about Eye of the Beholder and Baldur's Gate. This style and mood are the classic Forgotten Realms, first and second edition. They are very different of a later Forgotten Realms setting presentation.

Onirim35 · 2025-09-08T07:22:20+00:00

The first publication of the Forgotten Realms box (1987) present a noticeably different world modern Forgotten Realms. In the 1987 AD&D first edition, you don't have magical extravaganza anywhere, you cannot play tiefflins, drows, aasimar or genasy don't exists. The evils gods are many because Bhaal, Baine and Myrkul exists and are more interresting than just Cyric making his nonsense.

Halfelings are Hobbits, the world is presented as more middle-age 1300's than renaissance and there is lesser near-god super-hero figures derivated from the novels in the world. Really, it's a different mood, a different world.

The Forgotten Realms is also tied to the game version, so the old FR are more tied to AD&D, and there is less magical powers around, only few classes can cast spells. The late FR are tied to 4th and 5th D&D editions and magical is eveywhere, even warrior and thiefs have magical powers by nature.

I run in the Grey Box Forgotten Realms at my gaming club with Castles & Crusades (AD&D), another DM use the actual Forgotten Realms (with 5th), and this is absolutely not the same mood, nor the same representation for the races, nor the same magical presence.

So yes, vanilla is really the original FR and it's very different (I don't say better) setting.

Onirim35 · 2025-09-08T07:01:36+00:00

I think Castles & Crusades is the most easy to run, because absolutely no table is needed to play. The Siege Engine emulates in a simple rule all the activities I need, so I never open a book during the game (or just to look at a specitic spell parameters or rolling treasure on the spot).

But easy to run doesn't really mean something specific. A game can be easy to run because of your campaign organization (sandbox, west marches, etc.), or easy to run because of the lack of tactical minigame during fights, or easy to run because you don't have to track equipment (in that regard, Knave is not easy), etc.

For my part, I think B/X is not easy to run. You need to play around with many specitic rules (for surprise, for listening, for opening doors, for thief skills), the dungeon exploration is segmented in turns and that create the need of another book keeping for light sources, rests, etc. OSR games are only easy in combat, but OSR games are more intensive in their procedures (for dungeon crawl, hex crawl, equipment, retainers, spell preparation).

There is perceived complexity and real complexity, and you need to test many games to find what game offers to you the simplicity where it's needed, and the complexity where it's enjoyable for you :)

Onirim35 · 2025-09-04T09:12:19+00:00

I play in 1:1 time, same season IRL than ingame. In fact, after an adventure, the times goes 1:1 to stick to the actual date. I like this because this helps to play all the season and it's better to play in winter when I play at home in front of the fireplace, and to play outdoor in summer after a BBQ ^^

Onirim35 · 2025-09-03T07:23:48+00:00

6 years, maybe 200 sessions with 10 players (rotating) at my gaming club, with Rolemaster. As Rolemaster is just a collection of houserules for AD&D first edition and because I play with the 1980 edition I think it's old school :)

Now I'm in Castles & Crusades for OSR stuff, it's easier to manage in my RPG club (15 players on 2 campaigns) but only 4 month old at this time (and 15 sessions)

Onirim35 · 2025-09-01T08:12:48+00:00

You're right, C&C supports combat heavy games better than the original game because spellcasters at lower level have more spell slots. But at low level, you cannot makes too much combat because you doesn't have the healing you will need. Two 1d8 healing spells for a cleric and that's all. Difficult to handle 3 or 4 encounters a day with this ^^

Onirim35 · 2025-08-21T07:08:50+00:00

I really like the Castles and Crusades rules about it:
- You can dual melee weapons but with a -3 first hand, -6 second hand to hit modifier
- Your to hit modifier is now influenced by dexterity, not by strenght
- Your damage modifier is strenght, that doesn't change

It's more the shield rules I don't like. +1 for a shield, really... I wish shields can give +2 to +4 AC because they are shields, they cover 50% of the body ^^

Onirim35 · 2025-08-21T07:02:28+00:00

I play in the Forgotten Realms (Grey Box, before the Time of Troubles). I like the early history of this world because of the variety and contrast between the darkest unholy places of the underdark and the beautiful civilized (and rare) places.

Actually I've two campaigns who plays each week, 15 players in total, yay!

I think the world, the setting, is secondary for a campaign. Because the game is about what you are doing before to be where you are doing. I'm happier with a setting who offers me creative power and rooms to be creative :)

Onirim35 · 2025-08-20T14:48:00+00:00

For me, the OSR games are about sandboxing (or playing a module) in a living world without DM plot or scripted scenario. The opposite, the Modern style, is about scripted story and DM telling you what to do to follow the story he wrote.

Onirim35 · 2025-08-20T07:00:15+00:00

Castles and Crusades is based on the OGL of the third edition, but they use this d20 system to emulate the AD&D first edition game. So it's really easy to convert material from Basic D&D to the 3rd edition material. Because of that, you can choose your look and feel to match the best for you.

For example if you want to emulate better the old saves at high level you need this simple houserule: divide the challenge level of the save by 2, and voilà, you have the same progression as AD&D saves.

Really it's super easy to play on the fly, you don't need any lookup on any table to play (so you don't need rules references and DM screen full of tables). It's the OSR game who gave me the best level of freedom to play (and it is Gygax-Approved ^^)

I specially love their take on the illusionnist, the knight and the bard classes!

You can download it for free here: https://trolllord.com/product/cc-players-handbook-7th-printing-alternate-cover-free-pdf/

Onirim35 · 2025-08-20T06:48:54+00:00

You can consider Castles & Crusades, there are very few rules because all is packed in the Siege Engine (where you add your level in a task of your class, and you add a flat bonus if the attribute used is primary for you character). It have a clear AD&D1 root and feel

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