#delving deeper

OSR (Old School Renaissance ou Old School Revival) é um movimento moderno dentro das comunidades de RPG que busca recuperar o estilo de jogo dos primeiros jogos de D&D (Dungeons & Dragons). Ele surge da busca de certas características que eram prioridade nos jogos de antigamente e que foram sendo substituídas ou obscurecidas por tendências mais atuais, de forma simular uma experiência de jogo mais próxima da originalmente projetada por Gary Gygax e Dave Arneson (criadores originais do D&D).

Exemplos das tendências desses jogos:

O movimento começou a tomar forma através do uso do OGL (Open Game License) do D&D 3e colocado pela WotC (Wizards of the Coast) que alguns autores utilizaram para publicar suas próprias revistas e livros revisitando OD&D (Original Dungeons & Dragons), que embora revolucionário, tem a escrita bem nebulosa e confusa. Aos sistemas nascidos da reescrita dos D&D clássicos é dado o nome de Retroclones.

Mais do que a reescrita das regras antigas, o movimento do OSR busca a filosofia e estilo de jogo que esses sistemas e forma com que eram escritos preconizavam.

Características do estilo

Foco em exploração e campanhas sandbox, reforçado por regras como XP por ouro conquistado, direcionando os jogadores a buscar por si mesmos os mistérios do mundo fantástico que habitam.

Foco em imersão e solução de problemas através de ideias criativas, onde o jogador que deve sugerir soluções para os desafios.

Preocupação muito menor com equilíbrio na dificuldade. É encorajado o uso de monstros e armadilhas coerentes com o ambiente, independente do nível dos jogadores, e que devem ser enfrentados de forma inteligente ou evitados.

Alta letalidade advinda da vida de aventureiro em um mundo perigoso, apoiada por sistemas de criação de personagens agilizadas, fichas mais coesas e com menos informações.

Foco na narrativa emergente do jogo, ao invés de personagens com histórias e antecedentes completos.

Foco em homebrew, adaptação de regras e desconstrução de sistemas e ambientações. O cenário OSR cresceu a partir de jogadores e escritores que decidiram ser autores de uma nova linha de jogos paralela ao crescimento dos jogos de D&D moderno (D&D 3e em diante). É como se tivessem pegado OD&D e AD&D (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons) e feito suas próprias continuações. Os próprios sistemas de OSR são escritos esperando que os jogadores adicionem suas próprias regras e conteúdos

Por onde começar

Se essa forma de se jogar parece interessante para você, pode buscar alguns dos seguintes jogos gratuitos:

Basic Fantasy RPG: adaptação open source com anos de conteúdo desenvolvido por uma crescente comunidade.

Delving Deeper: retroclone de Chainmail (conhecido como 0e ou Edição Original) de 1974, que reorganiza e emula o sistema que viria a se tornar base da primeira edição de D&D.

For Gold & Glory: Retroclone de D&D 2e, com toda sua complexidade e riqueza em tabelas e customização reescrita.

The Ruination of Tenamen by Tim Ide

This is a short and sweet 4 page adventure by Simon J. Bull/Immersive Ink for the Delving Deeper retro-clone of 0e

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Delving Deeper by Josh K. Stevens read online In the second book in this action-packed Midwestern pulp noir trilogy with shades of Elmore Leonard and Donald E. Westlake, ex-gangster Deuce Walsh quickly realizes that his week just went from bad to worse. The Chianti Brothers want Deuce to run one final job for them to repay what they consider to be a debt that he owes them,and in order to finish…

4 and 6 were already answered~

1:their voice

Basically… the one who voices Savos Aren and a few of the other really smug sounding NPCs in Skyrim. A cross between that and the guy who does Vulpes Inculta’s voice in Fallout New Vegas. So basically a kinda low, calm voice with a distinct purr to it, a bit quiet and sinister.

2:their smile

Doesn’t show teeth when it’s a fake one. His smile can be a bit lopsided when he’s kinda amused at whatever douchey thing he’s just said, but when he’s truly happy it’s very wide and toothy, and he’ll normally close his eyes or bow his head while doing so because he’s embarrass.

3:their greatest achievement

Getting off the streets. Even after Hell’s authorities got a hold of him and forced him through training and fieldwork and all that, he was still technically homeless–a nothing. But he didn’t want to go back home without enough under his belt to get somewhere really nice, so getting his building in the Pride circe with space to open up his shop was his biggest achievement.

Even more so because he did it alone, without his brother Ves, who had been by his side for the entirety of their youth.

5:their shortcomings

A distinct lack of will and passion in his general approach to life. Very happy to coast along since he went back to Hell because he has sufficient wealth. He makes little effort towards forming new relationships because in his eyes, he’s achieved everything alone–not only that, he fears what emotional involvement with another will bring. He fears how intense his own determination and obsession can become–in work, romance and everything else–so he forces himself to remain cut off from it all.

7:how they like to dress

In Hell– bold jewellery in geometric shapes that enhance his most elegant features, loose and sheer fabrics to tastefully show off his body. He’ll always wear a palette of black, red, gold, oranges and yellows. Sometimes he’ll go for more of a fetish look, with lots of glossy black latex etc. Usually reserved for nights out.

On Earth he has been known to wear traditional Japanese attire and makeup, until modern times where fashion is a whole lot more varied. He favours a ‘lagenlook’ style with lots of blacks and charcoals, soft fabrics that feel good against the skin and shield him from the weather which is almost always too cold for his liking. He also loves geometric designs and prints–Aztec or Middle-Eastern inspired, modern and sleek cuts of fabric etc. Again he tends to stick with the same sort of palette.

8:what they like to eat

He loves curried ramen, tofu, tandoori spiced meats, any Indian food in general tbh, crunchy stir-fried vegetables and fried chicken. Anything spicy tbh, he loves.

He can be fussy with cold dairy as it messes with his tummy-furnace.

9:their theme

Symmetry, geometric shapes, red/gold/black, opulence, earth and fire, sleep and hallucination/highs, laziness v. ambition, vanity and pride, art and music. I feel like in my head he’s just a big fucking bundle of awesome themes, but it’s actually hard to describe in words without it sounding like a clusterfuck.

If the question meant theme as in a song, I’d say ‘The Adrenalin Room’ by IAMX.

10:their fashion sense

4:their insecurities

That he’s easy for others to get tired/bored of. He has a tendency to grow so complacent and stagnate in one place for years on end, either due to laziness or just being ‘too comfortable’, that he’ll allow others to drift away from him just to stay in his comfort zone–this isn’t helped by the fact he’ll rarely let others close enough for them to become a motivating factor.

6:how they deal with grief

Burying his head in the sand, constantly seeking physical distractions (sex, drugs, drink etc.), holds a bitter long-term grudge against whoever caused the grief.

13:their embarrassing memory from years ago

Fine, you can have another one.

The first time he got a facial piercing was the bridge of his nose, and it got pretty badly infected. He’s never been a healer, and even though his saliva can heal to an extent it wasn’t enough to help. So he had a pretty nasty infected wound for a while right in the middle of his face (which he obviously DESPISED and refused to go out ever), and there’s still two little pockmarks where the piercing was–even after he finally managed to bribe a healer for treatment, because as young demons he and Ves had nothing of worth.

Luckily Ves is still the only one who knows… and, more importantly, saw him in such a state.

20:their reaction to a mystery love letter

13:their embarrassing memory from years ago

One of the first times he and his brother Ves had a party as young demons he smoked too much and puked so much it melted clean through a few of their guests, mid-fuck.

14:how they react to burning their tongue on food

Since he’s seemingly impervious to heat of any kind, he’ll just cough up smoke, maybe a bit of ash, then compliment the chef.

15:how they react to a brainfreeze

He’s not fond of the cold, so after the initial rigidness and his eyes rolling up creepily, he’ll be shivering for a good hour or so after. He may also eat some burning coals to soothe his stomach.

21:how they react to pain

Quietly and with grace, yet at the same time with subtle twitches/hisses and his eyes glowering with an ‘I’m going to cut a bitch’ kind of look.

25:why you enjoy them

Oh god, so many reasons! I enjoy that he’s all the aspects of creativity I wish I had and I enjoy that he has a strong visual theme to him. But what I enjoy most is that I originally created him to be an egomaniacal, calculating, overambitious, EVIL creature and he pretty much refused in favour of being only a mildly bitchy, eloquent but actually dumb-as-a-brick, chilled out little stoner nerd who is happy playing music and making pretty things and living comfortably. There’s a lot more that I’ve discussed with @voluptasroseus‘ owner and hope to eventually exhibit here, but yeah, this character has become surprisingly multi-faceted the more I’ve gotten to know him, and I’m just so proud.

13:Biggest turn ons

I like someone who can switch comfortably. It just gets dull otherwise. I really like sitting on faces. I like being bitten and… constricted… and even having my hair pulled… and maybe sometimes being utterly overpowered..

–though I’ve only allowed it to happen with one other.

A demon has his pride, you know?

Another little turn-on his having the back of my neck touched. Just. Nghhh.

34:What I find attractive in women 35:What I find attractive in men