Thursday, February 6, 2025

Appendix Probi of the OSSR

 


Sandbox, not Any Box

Roll Tables, not Story Beats

Rumors, not Hooks

Character Progression, not Character Development

Scenario Generation, not Plot Writing

Decision Points, not Plot Points

Stakes, not Wish Fulfilment

Rolling, not Fudging

Good at the Table, not Good on the Shelf

Social Game, not Hijacking

Playtesting, not Raw Concepts

Retro Clones, not Cash Grabs

Die and Learn, not Live and Let Live

Role-Playing Game, not Role-Playing Game

OSSR, not O5R

Friday, January 17, 2025

Cabinet of Curiosities (I wrote a module!)

I wrote an 87-page module and it is for sale!

(CLICK HERE to check it out on DriveThruRpg)

WHAT THIS MODULE HAS:

- Two urban heist adventures (Cabinet of Curiosities and Our Lord in the Attic) set in Antwerp and Amsterdam in the year 1650.

- Full compatibility with LotFP, easy to run in other Old School systems.

- Two fully mapped out houses for your PCs to rob and commit atrocities in.

- Tons of full-color period art.

- Six custom spells, and custom miscast effects to go with them.

- Many, many magical paintings for your PCs to misuse.

- GM-Kit extras to make it easy to further flesh out the setting, to sandbox 17th century cities in the Lowlands, and to create your own NPCs, magic items, and other accoutrements for an expanded adventure.

- With your purchase, you get 1- the book in pdf form and 2- a zip file with just the maps to make it easier to show them to your table.

- Weird Fantasy vibes! Strange entities! Magical mishaps! Occultism! Bloodletting! Blasphemy! In short, fun for the whole (ADULT) family.

WHAT THIS MODULE DOES NOT HAVE:

- A print version. Only digital for the foreseeable future.

- Flawless, professional looking page layout, or beautifully inked top-of-the-line maps. This is a DIY product, and no one else other than me has participated in its making*. And, alas, I am not a great artist, nor a graphic designer.

(*Other than extensive playtesting, feedback and proofreading by wonderful people I am forever indebted to. See the credits for details.)

Check it out HERE.