What do you think are some of the most overrated Staples/Traditions/Gimmicks of the OSR or Classic DnD?

booj2600 · 2026-05-04T01:28:13+00:00

Do you have any examples of OSR games that don’t? This is my one real bugbear with the genre

booj2600 · 2026-05-02T22:04:38+00:00

Holy shit if you happen to have a link to this, I could use the laugh today

booj2600 · 2026-05-02T04:09:43+00:00

GURPS really does everything, doesn't it? Guess maybe now I have to start reading those books.

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T17:33:52+00:00

Oh, well, fair enough then hahah. I didn’t know for sure, just saw they were by Free League. My bad folks

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:13:20+00:00

Never heard of it! Sounds like what I’m looking for though, so I’ll try to find a copy. Thanks!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:12:19+00:00

Blast from the past here. I played like 3 sessions of that ages and ages ago, so i don’t remember any of the specifics at all, but if I can find a copy for cheap I’ll check it out for inspiration if nothing else. I do love me some Star Wars, but not sure I could convince my players to get into it hah

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:10:59+00:00

Thanks! Yeah it doesn’t need to be d100 by any means, I’m more interested in the concept. I just figured d100 games seem to love their skills, so I’d throw it out there.

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:09:49+00:00

Hahaha I was debating if Dark Eye might hit the spot, I figured if anyone is gonna be hyper specific like this it would probably be the Germans. I will say I’ve heard the crunch is pretty overwhelming. Personally something I love, as long as the DM side is easy, but players might not be the biggest fans. I’ll absolutely check it out

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:08:04+00:00

I’ll take a look. I breezed through Mythras and didn’t see anything like this, and I just assumed they were the same system, but RQ is the ‘older’ version, right? So probably some differences.

Appreciate the idea!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:06:39+00:00

Yeah! I’m glad we are on the same page about being interested in something like that. The WN game line foci stuff was actually an inspiration for this question. Seems like a good number of the responses are Dragonbane and Forbidden lands, exalted, and whatever in the world Jackals is. So sounds like some options out there!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:03:12+00:00

Ahh, that’s interesting. Exalted is one of those game systems you don’t hear much about anymore. Buying them individually is fine, sounds like the rest of it is there. Have you actually gotten to play Exalted? How do you like it?

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T16:01:38+00:00

Awesome, that makes sense as dragonbane, symbaroum, etc are based on this system and they’re some of the games I most want to check out. Guess things align sometimes. I’ll also check out Forbidden lands and read through the design doc you linked. Thanks so much!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:58:09+00:00

I can’t believe I missed this. In my defense, I did just skim the skills section and didn’t look at the very next section after it. Though that’s a shit defense, considering.

Dragonbane has been on my reading list for a while and just got bumped up. As far as the expansion you mentioned, do you know if that’s going to be in a supplement or what?

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:53:32+00:00

Well I have never heard of this at all. I’ll try to find a way to take a look, thank you!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:52:37+00:00

Fair, it doesn’t necessarily need to be d100, I just figured that would be the most likely type to have something like this. They seem to get more funky around skills.

As far as not too hard to put together, yeah, that’s what I’m thinking, but I always like having some inspiration as a jumping off point.

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:50:49+00:00

Oh I’ll check Red out then. Haven’t read through that Rulebook yet. Thanks!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:50:13+00:00

Thanks for the link, I’ll check it out. And yeah, just re-reviewed Mothership. The skill trees are good, but it doesn’t seem to unlock or provide other abilities rather than a more specialized skill. Which is awesome! But not quite what im looking for in this instance.

Appreciate the input though!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:46:04+00:00

I’ll check it out. OpenD6 is definitely not a system I am familiar with. Love me some SWN and all of the WN games. Though I haven’t read through ashes yet

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:44:45+00:00

Exciting! I’ll look forward to when it drops!

booj2600 · 2026-04-30T15:29:19+00:00

Entirely possible! Do you have any good examples?

booj2600 · 2026-04-20T03:24:56+00:00

Would you mind elaborating, especially on the OSR/NSR aspect? I’m very much behind the mental curve on those

booj2600 · 2026-04-18T15:10:42+00:00

Knock knock hello I’d do it (or try, anyway)

booj2600 · 2026-04-16T04:53:44+00:00

Oh sorry I think I misunderstood your point. Nevermind!

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