@HeyeBodo

These days, I’d probably say #SwordsAndWizardry or #OldSchoolEssentials just for ease of use and adaptability, although I have a fondness for the #RulesCyclopedia too.

For more complexity, I’d say #OSRIC—I’m eagerly awaiting the new version being printed by Mythmere Games (and in landscape form too!)

But it has to have some weirdness to it, as you say!

Has been a challenging week at work, doom is oozing from my device, whenever i‘m checking the news, and it‘s grey and dark outside - but ten minutes from now, friends will show up at my place, we will have pizza an Grauburgunder wine and play some #basicdnd 🙃
#rulescyclopedia #BECMI #osr
Camping weekend in the Nahe-region ahead and - behold ! - my read for the weekend just arrived by mail: a copy of the #dnd #RulesCyclopedia - a „lonely island“ pick of a game, pretty hard to come by here in Germany, where the Rules Cyclopedia was not widely used. A nice person sold it to me for 45 €.
#dnd #BECMI #osr

This past weekends old school #DnD game was a shining example of "know the party stats when designing an encounter."

Our DM forgot that in #RulesCyclopedia D&D, fighters have d8HD, not d10, and thought we had about 50% more HP than we actually had, and wiped the floor with us with a single blast of green dragon breath.

It's a good thing he missed the cleric & mage, who were able to teleport everyone (bodies included) away, and raise us all back to life.

He's gonna tweak the dragon's stats.

1. First #TTRPG ever played? #BasicDnD
2. First you ever ran? Basic D&D
3. Played the most? #RulesCyclopedia #DnD
4. Run the most? Rules Cyclopedia D&D
5. Favorite? Rules Cyclopedia D&D
6. Most recently played? #CallOfCthulu
7. Most recently run? Rules Cyclopedia D&D

I started with basic D&D quickly moved onto Rules Cyclopedia, then to AD&D2e, 3, 3.5, 4e, 5e (and a bunch of other games in between) I returned to Rules Cyclopedia and have been running games with it for 8+ years now.

Last night the party went to stop a snake cult's winter solstice ritual, but showed up late. The cultists all took a magic potion & gone through a portal. The party dithered for hours, waiting for the exactly moment of the solstice... But nothing happened. The flowing arch was beginning to dim, and the cauldron with the portion was growing cold.

1/3

#DnD
#RulesCyclopedia
#OldSchool
#OSR

Psychics for Rules Cyclopedia

I somewhat started working on a Rules Cyclopedia conversion of Dark Sun in my down time... nothing serious, just fiddling about with ideas...

After last night's #Stonehell #DnD game, the wizard asked about making a Staff of Power. I started looking into the cost, time, & chance of success. Fireball, lightning bolt, ice storm, no problem. Telekinesis though... 5th level spell really jacks up the cost and drops the chance of success.

Telekinesis must be amazing...

6 rounds duration, able to lift 10lbs/level at 20'/round, same to resist.

How is this a 5th level spell??

#oldschooldnd
#RulesCyclopedia
#OSE

In tonight's game my players managed to drive Song from his lair, and claimed a good chunk of the SP and EP as well as the magic items. Because of previous incursions, Song hid his gold. Now the question is, can he move what is left of his treasure before the return to get the rest of the SP and EP they left behind?
#Stonehell #DnD #osr #RulesCyclopedia #goodbeer
Last night's #Stonehell #RulesCyclopedia #DnD game never made it to the dungeon. It was almost entirely book keeping and downtime activities. In spite of that, it was a fun session!