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Here is a list of the optional rules and house rules being used:

Ascending armour class: Better AC is higher (unarmoured: AC 10, leather: AC 12, chainmail: AC 14, plate mail: AC 16). Bonuses increase AC, penalties decrease. Attack rolls use an attack bonus, defined by class / monster HD. Ascending AC values and attack bonuses noted in [].
Reload: Crossbows require a round to reload between shots— they can only be fired every second round.
Slot Encumbrance:


Variable weapon damage: Different types of weapons inflict different damage, as noted in the equipment lists.
Morale: 2d6 rolls versus monsters’ morale rating is used to decide if they may surrender or flee. Morale is checked on the first death on a side and when half the side is incapacitated.
Arcane spell casters and staves: Illusionists and magic-users can wield a staff in combat.
Limits on turning the undead: Each character may attempt once per encounter. Turned undead are affected for 1 turn.
Advanced spell book rules: Spell books are unlimited. Spell acquisition is governed by INT.


Limits on returning from death: Chance of resurrection is governed by CON. Characters lose 1 CON after resurrection.
Attacking with two weapons: Characters with DEX or STR prime requisite may wield two weapons, making 2 attacks a round. Primary weapon –2 to attack, secondary weapon –4.
Charging into melee: Once per encounter. 20’ (or yard) charge, +2 attack bonus / –1 AC this round. Missile attacks on targets in melee: Randomly determine target before attack roll.
Parrying: Characters with STR 13+ may forfeit their attack to add their STR bonus to their AC.


This can be use as an optional alternative to the Vanilla Thief.
WarningNo Customising Thief Skills optional rule (bottom right in the screenshot below)



WarningThese rules are not considered active yet. They are here for the group to review and discuss. If there is an agreement we might implement them at the table.

This is to prevent PCs from immediately dying at 0 HP. Two possible variants:

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OSR stands for Old School {Revival | Renaissance}.
To quote wikipedia:
The Old School Renaissance, Old School Revival, or OSR, is a play style movement in tabletop role-playing games which draws inspiration from the earliest days of tabletop RPGs in the 1970s, especially Dungeons & Dragons. It consists of a loose network or community of gamers and game designers who share an interest in a certain style of play and set of game design principles.
And
The general ethos of OSR-style play emphasizes spontaneous rulings from the referee, or gamemaster, over set rules found in a book. The idea is for the players to engage with the fantasy as much as possible, and have the referee arbitrate the outcomes of their specific actions in real time. The idea of game balance is also de-emphasized in favour of a system which tests players' skill and ingenuity in often strange or unfair situations. The players should expect to lose if they merely pit their numbers against the monsters, and should instead attempt to outwit or outmanoeuvre challenges placed in their way.
In short expect:

Very few rules to learn
A lot of rules made up as we go
An emphasis on random and open gameplay
Oh, yeah, also your character will die in the first 10 minutes.

The system we'll be playing is called OSE (Old-School Essentials).
It's a modern print of the D&D ruleset from 1981 called B/X (more here and here). OSE doesn't introduce new rules or change anything when compared to the old 1981 game, it simply re-packages the old game in an easy to use and read book.

OSE comes in three flavours:

Basic
Classic
Advanced
All three flavours are compatible and are the same game. To keep it simple, from a player perspective what changes are the options available when creating a new character.
Basic is a free edition of the rules (can be downloaded from HERE). It's a small 60 pages book that covers all the rules and allows players to choose from 4 classes when creating a character.
Classic is not free, and expands the classes to 7 possible.
Advanced is also not free, and expands the classes to a whopping 22.
Here a quick breakdown of the classes by edition:

If you still don't know what edition to pick:

Think what sounds cool to you
Go for Basic if you want something free and easy to digest, particularly if this is your first game
Go Classic if you want a good balance
Go Advanced if you want a bit of a challenge
Also keep in mind:

All three versions are compatible with each other
Your first character(s) will die
Which means you can start with Basic and go up with a more meaty version if you get bored with the options you have.

You don't need much to start:

A notepad
Pencil and eraser
Some dice (or even more dice)
That's it.
You may also want to print a character sheet (this is optional, but recommended).

HERE is a list of random tools and links you may want to check.
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Yet another one
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OSE Wiki
OSE Basic Rules
OSE Classic Rules
OSE Advanced Players Rules
OSE Advanced Reference Booklet
OSE Advanced Reference Booklet Plus


Character sheet
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Here you'll find all the important notes and info for our current running campaign.
Use the index on the left to navigate. If you don't know where to start, go to HERE.
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