Lone Horizons

  Introduction When we left our six surviving dwarves they had decided to retreat from the dungeon, picking up their locked iron chest on the way. They'll go back to the closest human settlement, rest up and hire a cleric to act as their healer on their next trip. Unfortunately I've since learnt that in OSE, clerics don't even get any spells until they're second level, at which point they only get one per day. Hirelings have to be the same level or lower than PCs, which makes it pointless hiring a cleric for healing. The only way the dwarves can heal is by resting at an inn which will heal 3 HP per day. The Adventure Bardi, Bomli, Bomrek, Borri, Frodu and Urist need to backtrack through the dungeon to the exit, rolling for wandering monsters every two turns and taking the crowbar back from where they had wedged open a portcullis with it. Soon after starting their journey a pair of giant shrews approach them in the corridor. The mole-like animals seem quite friendly and ...

  Introduction That Old School Essentials session was quite fun, so I thought I'd try it again. This time I'm doing something a bit different - creating a party of seven dwarves! They won't be able to cast any spells, pick any locks or disable any traps. The best they can hope to do is kick down any stuck doors. I've been working on some new critical hit tables too, which should be fun to use. Our group have left their hall in search of The Forsaken Shrine of Ningudu the Sorceror (another Donjon  creation), as they heard it's supposed to be hiding a horde of treasure. Here are the dwarves themselves, all male. The descriptions were generated using the excellent Maze Rats character generator. Bardi STR: 9 INT: 7 WIS: 13 DEX: 15 CON: 11 CHA: 11 Description: Ugly Gear: Battleaxe, platemail, crossbow and 30 bolts, 50 ft rope, 2 oil flasks, backpack, 17GP Bomli STR: 13 INT: 7 WIS: 16 DEX: 12 CON: 10 CHA: 9 Description: Corpulent Gear: Warhammer, shield, platemail, crossb...

The map as it stands at the end of this session. C means cleared of monster lairs. I'm playing a mashup of  Scarlet Heroes  and  Basic Fantasy RPG  with a few supplements to turn it into a solo fantasy hexcrawl in the world of Eilobar, a doomed land entering its end times. I'm using the  Level 0 Character Tumbler , Hexcrawl Aventures and also  47 Critical Hit Tables to Spice Up Your Game . The characters started as level 0 peasants and have since levelled up to become heroes. Introduction The party has recovered six hundred gold pieces from the home of Erdulf, a dwarf who stole it from a group of ragged strangers who need to be moved on from a cave in the wasteland outside Keyham. The Adventure The heroes wake up and meet early. It's the 93rd day of the wet season and a light rain is falling. As they leave Keyham a rider enters the village and proclaims that the King died in his sleep one week ago and has been succeeded by his son Robert. The new king is fi...

The Tunnels of Mothric, updated map I'm playing  Basic Fantasy RPG  with a few supplements to turn it into a solo fantasy hexcrawl in the world of Eilobar, a doomed land entering its end times. I'm using the  Level 0 Character Tumbler , Hexcrawl Aventures and also  47 Critical Hit Tables to Spice Up Your Game . Starting with level 0 characters I'm attempting to keep them alive long enough to level up from -100 to 1 XP and become actual heroes. Introduction Now that we have our party of level 1 heroes, let's take a look at them and flesh out their characters a bit more by using the excellent NPC generator tables from Maze Rats (which is so cheap you should buy it just for the tables). Urim, male elf cleric and party leader Age: 84 (young for an elf in Eilobar) Background: Monastic initiate Appearance: Chiselled but with some missing teeth Personality: Jolly Dinas, male halfling fighter Age: 30 Background: Ragpicker Appearance: Brawny with braided hair Personality: A ...