Hephaestans are Vulcans (as in, from Star Trek). Hephaestus was a Greek god, whose Roman counterpart (similar domains, powers, etc.) was named Vulcan. I love that they did this. 😀

"Black Pudding Heavy Helping Vol. One" has a lot of interesting/goofy classes like "Barbarabunny," "Star Wizard," and a class that is just an eyeball with arms and legs. Thay can be plugged into any B/X style retro clone.

I love OSR content and hope hit gets more mainstream!

The Phase Elf is actually the rules for Elves from OD&D, which had to chose to be a fighter or a magic-user in the morning (and then switch their HP, Atk Bonus, Spells, etc.) :)

I share your enthusiasm for OSE, sir! Also, that thumbnail is world class.

15:18 the X files theme bit gets me every time 😆

Gotta catch ‘em all.

The Beast Master: "Sic 'em boy"

This was literally the video I was looking for a month ago but couldn’t find! Perfect

Great zine! It really helps push the idea that we're really in imaginative control of our old school characters and brings me back to the early 80s making my own character designs.

Super easy to make your own especially when you play race as class.

I like taking the races and just turning them into classes. The old BECMI halfling with some tweaks is sort of a ranger, elf is a bit like a druid, that sort of thing. Then people can play whatever they like with an expanded class list, though it takes a bit of work.

Great video ! Ever see the labyrinth lord class compendium by Spahn? Those are really cool. And a good way to get variety out of race as class

Knock #4 Kickstarter just funded!

More vids, pleeze! Love your stuff!!!

Great vid. Always wanted a list of all the OSE classes. Please post your document! I tend to limit this for players though as otherwise it becomes a tyranny of choice.

I think Dragonborne should go into a barbarian like rage near treasure. Their draconic heritage to covet precious metals, gems and magic items is a yin to the yang of breath weapon etc.

I've been interested in OSE for awhile now. It does look like a very solid game. Unfortunately their shipping option for Canada is prohibitively expensive and the core books seem to be perpetually out of print. PDF currently on sale (July 2023) ay Drive Thru RPG, though.

These all look fantastic! Very excited about Gavin Norman's Dolmenwood (to be released soon I think). Any chance of running this when it comes out?

I missed the Kickstarter. Is there any options to get the Kickstarter only Carcass Crawler zine?

If I don't have the Advanced Fantasy Rules and I only have the Classic Fantasy Tome, will I be able to pick up CC01 and run the classes as-is?

I found a PDF of Issue 0 of CC on Scribd. Get a trial membership and you can grab it there. Great video! I've been playing OSE and loving it. It's definitely not your nephew/niece's D&D haha. It reminded me of the disheartening days of 80s early 90s roleplaying where your character's survival was never guaranteed. I had a cleric last a whole two sessions! I played him as frantic and insane the second session as he witnessed half the party get slaughtered by skeletons, and then saw the dead come back to life to attack the remaining party! A tough call for a cleric to watch. And there was a new cleric in the group that was all righteousness and pomp and I played the disdain I felt for that character as I knew the evil in that dungeon was well above our capabilities. My frustration with the new members grew as they ran through the dungeon like it was Christmas Land and the only other character from the original party was wandering around pretty shell shocked. And then to see his impotent rage when he slashed his two handed sword through a ghost to no effect was priceless. Eventually the undead version of the original party caught up to us and I was taken down by two members of the former party. It was grisly and doom-laden. It was more MÖRK BORG than even MÖRK BORG! Fantastic session and I'm eager to roll up a new character and get back into the game!

Sucks you can't get CC00 if you missed it.

Welp, wish I got Knock when it was at my local game store. I looked at the website and it will cost about $45. I know it has a lot of material, but that is way too much for a zine. For now I think I'm just gonna skip that part of the video. Also, I can't do pdfs. It's a pain to print or even read them on a screen.

1:08 wtf are those Carcass Crawler zines? I know that issue 1, 2 and 3 are out, but none of them have that cover. edit: Kickstarter exclusive... I hate gatekeepy stuff like that.