Tenkar's Tavern: There's a 5e Sale Going on at RPGNow Right Now

Thursday, April 21, 2016

There's a 5e Sale Going on at RPGNow Right Now

Yep, there's a D&D 5e sale going on as RPGNow as I type this and it lasts for the next 9 days or so.

Now, to be honest, the depth of my 5e product knowledge is pretty shallow compared to the OSR but there are some things that deserve highlighting.

Depths of Felk Mor - an old school styled megadungeon for you 5e game that will take your party from levels 1 to 10. I have the soft cover next to me for review purposes (I need to read the whole thing - like what I see thus far) and it has a nice heft to it ;)

What follows are repackaged Encounters storylines...

Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle - this was written for (and includes) the last of the 5e / D&D Next playtest rules. Includes all you need to get your characters to level 10. Nearly 300 pages.

Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast - continuing the storyline from Ghost of Dragonspear Castle.

Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay - continuing the story from Scourge of the Sword Coast.

Murder in Baldur's Gate - comes without 5e / Next, 3.5 and 4e stats. Yes, editionless.

Legacy of the Crystal Shard - again, without monster stats, so edition is flexible.

Strangely enough, the current Adventurer League releases are not included in the sale, unless you grab the bundles, which come in at 40% off.

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Caleb CollinsApril 21, 2016 at 10:35 PM
Murder in Baldur's Gate and Legacy of the Crystal Shard both have 5e/Next monster stat block supplements available for download; like, totally legit, WotC produced. Dinosaur that I am, I found it much easier to do a google search than navigate WotC's nightmare of a website. I really feel like there were 3.5 stat blocks too at one point, but that many have been one of my many D&D dreams.

On the other hand, anyone who's reading the comments section of Tenkar's Tavern probably has the right handy-capable OSR attitude to just open their Monster Manual and use the version for their preferred edition.
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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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