Tenkar's Tavern: Kickstarter - Lost Hall of Tyr: A 5e Adventure (Dungeon Grappling support)

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Kickstarter - Lost Hall of Tyr: A 5e Adventure (Dungeon Grappling support)

The Lost Hall of Tyr: A 5e Adventure (Dungeon Grappling support) is Gaming Ballistic / +Douglas Cole 's 2nd Kickstarter, the first being Dungeon Grappling.

Now, if you don't know what Dungeon Grappling did is it brought usable grappling rules to the various D20 systems - everything from Swords & Wizardry / OSR through 5e.

So, what is the Lost Hall of Tyr?

Lost Hall of Tyr is an adventure scenario for Fifth Edition, targeted at four to six characters of level 3-6. It offers support for the alternate grappling rules from Dungeon Grappling, including an introductory two-page quick start.

And at $8k raised? It gets converted to Swords & Wizardry ;)

I'm looking forwarded to the S&W conversion...

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Douglas ColeOctober 4, 2017 at 10:18 AM
I should be around for an "Ask Me Anything" at the Tavern Chat tonight for questions if folks are curious beyond the pitch and video itself. Thanks for the mention!
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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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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Kickstarter - Lost Hall of Tyr: A 5e Adventure (Dungeon Grappling support)

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