One-Page Booklet of OSH Rules
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So I loved the Weird West one-page "PocketMod" booklet so much, I made one for Old School Hack:
http://homepage.mac.com/coreyr/Stuff/OSHPlayersHandbooklet.pdf
Print it (it's one page), and follow the instructions here (http://www.pocketmod.com/howto/) to cut and fold it into a tidy little booklet.
I also created a character sheet that just provides a bit more information about damage and recovery:
http://homepage.mac.com/coreyr/Stuff/ImprovedOSHCharSheet.pdf
With the booklet, the class sheets and the new character sheet, you have all the rules needed to run Old School Hack! -
I'm not sure about the selection of info. Maybe the Char Gen could be shortened so as to make room for the Arena descriptions? Right now that seems like the biggest missing piece. That, and the standard bad guy templates, but I decided to focus on the player-centric rules, since OSH DMs ought to be able to just make shit up.
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Also, I think I can go with a smaller font size. Stay tuned for a new revision.
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Updated (at the same link). Now has descriptions of the arenas, a little bit more detail here and there. Enjoy!
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This is now available at
http://homepage.mac.com/coreyr/Stuff/OSHPlayersHandbooklet.pdf
The name change reflects an idea I had at GenCon -- to produce a DM's Guide and a Monster Manual in the same format.
Any suggestions for necessary material in such volumes?
Tbese were a big hit at GenCon -- I handed one out to everyone who played in my games. It was a lot of fun and players really appreciated having all the rules right there in front of them. -
Wow, those would be perfect to hand out at a convention, great job! And I love the fact that the "Players Handbook" if a freaking pocketmod. Awesome Point to you sir!
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This is really neat! I've linked to it on my resources page.
http://fictivefantasies.wordpress.com/old-school-hack-resources/
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For a monster manual, I think the thing to do is to have the pocket mod in addition to a scenario with all the monsters and talents used in the scenario. I'm almost done working on a scenario that has 7 distinct foes in it that would use a write-up (as well as normal minions and such) and a pocket mod could be helpful for that.
For the DM guide, I know the rules discourage it, but I'm going to use a set difficulty scale. That would be helpful to include, to give a sense of what kind of difficulties to assign based on how hard you think it is. Also, guidance on feeding the bowl. Rundown of monster types. Description of attributes. Weapon and arena information. -
Another possibility for monsters could be a series: "Talents for Minions." "Talents for Guards." "Talents for [Type] Monsters. (Amphibious, magical, desert, animals, hunters, etc.)" "Talents for Dragons." "Talents for Dinosaurs."
Maybe an AC and Wound and Weapon Type assignment guide--"Monster Basics." -
I really like the one-page booklet. Could you update the Awesome Point costs to reflect the most recent rule set?
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Whoops! Good catch, thanks. Updated now.
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Hate to be a pest, but I think the heavy weapon damage needs an update--still says 3 wounds.
Thanks for providing this resource. -
There it is! Thanks!
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I appreciate the update. I hand these out every time I run a game, and people grin because they are cool and useful.
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I've also put together a "Monster Manual" -- this is styled for DINO-PIRATES, but it should work for anyone running OSH. Does this look helpful?
http://homepage.mac.com/coreyr/Stuff/OSHMonsters.pdf
Just wanted something that could help out a struggling GM who needs inspiration in-game. The idea is that you could just pick this book up and have some notion of how to provide interesting bad guys.
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