Tenkar's Tavern: If the OSR WERE a Scarecrow, This is How it Would Look

Thursday, October 16, 2014

If the OSR WERE a Scarecrow, This is How it Would Look

Big thanks to +Russ Morrissey of ENWorld for sharing this and WOTC's Trevor Kidd for whipping it together.

Now, as it was posted Monday, it had nothing to do with yesterday's (and today's) continuing conversation, but it fits perfectly.

Seems like that poor adventurer is going to get a whooping ;)

(image updated thanks to mwschmeer)

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Matthew SchmeerOctober 16, 2014 at 5:27 PM
Here's a better quality image, straight from dnd.wizards.com:

http://dnd.wizards.com/sites/default/files/media/styles/hubpage_banner/public/images/large-background/01_Home_Hero_BannerCarousel2.png
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JohnnySakoOctober 16, 2014 at 9:47 PM
Yeah, that is scary.
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Doctor FuturityOctober 16, 2014 at 11:04 PM
When people ask for a definition of the OSR I am henceforth just linking to this picture.
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HuckSawyerOctober 17, 2014 at 8:20 AM
"Follow the Yellow Brick, Follow the Yellow Brick . . . "

Absolutely stunning illustration.

-Rick
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p1r8October 17, 2014 at 2:19 PM
Looks like another glowing endorsement from Trevor.
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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If the OSR WERE a Scarecrow, This is How it Would Look

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