Old School Essentials Dungeoncrawling Cheat Sheet

Devlog

• 4 tips for improving your random encounters
  October 07, 2024 by Hexed Press#how to, #video

  Howdy folks, I put out a video today talking about random encounters that I thought might be relevant. If you have a chance to check it out, let me know what you think! Happy dungeoncrawling!... Continue reading
• On overloading the encounter check
  October 04, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #video, #tips

  Familiar with the concept of the overloaded encounter die? I understand it's utility but I'm not sure I'm a fan of it for my games. That said, a user asked a question about if I would like it better i... Continue reading

  
• Get Lost! Embrace misadventure in your wilderness campaigns!
  August 08, 2024 by Hexed Press#video, #tutorial

  If your players adventure in the wilderness as well as underground, this stream about utilizing the getting lost mechanic from OSE might be just what you need!... Continue reading

  
• Run a “Marco Polo” style adventure with OSE
  June 29, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #tutorial

  Earlier this week, on stream, I ran through how you can tweak Old School Essentials, or your b/x retroclone of choice, to run a travelogue type of campaign... Continue reading

  
• A Random Attack Hack
  June 11, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #tutorial

  Hey all, I posted a very slim and trim random attack hack over at the blog. There's not much to it, which is part of the charm (I hope), but it let's fighters and thieves interact with the mechanic to... Continue reading

  
• Don't sleep on the Surprise step of the Encounter!
  June 04, 2024 by Hexed Press#tutorial

  The surprise roll is a key component of the Old School Essentials or b/x-based old school D&D encounter. Don't sleep on its role of mitigating the danger of some of those situations that might otherwi... Continue reading

  
• Simplify Light Tracking with Candlepower
  May 28, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #blog

  Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day and/or weekend! I posted an entry over on my blog that I thought folks here might find interesting and/or useful: simplifying light tracking in dungeoncrawls . T... Continue reading

  
• OSE Teaching Live Play
  May 18, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #tutorial

  Hexed Press x Bandit's Keep: OSE Teaching Play, "Hole in the Oak" You asked for it and, with some help from Daniel of Bandit's Keep fame, I am going to attempt to deliver it-- a teaching play of Hole... Continue reading

  
• Running, Evasion, and Learning the Ropes
  May 17, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #tutorial

  This comment provides the jumping off point to talk more about dungeoncrawling in Old School Essentials and b/x-like games: Not really a fan of this idea. Unless you are on a horse and trained in taki... Continue reading
• How to Handle Running in Old School Essentials Combat
  May 16, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #tutorial

  Robert Cook asked about how to handle running in Old School Essentials style combat: Running: B/X does not REALLY indicate whether or not you can run in combat or any context outside of evasion but I... Continue reading

  
• How to Run a Dungeon Adventure in Old School Essentials
  May 14, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #tutorial

  You've got a copy of OSE (maybe one of those fancy hardcovers from a Kickstarter) and you've downloaded the cheat sheet. You've got players and a dungeon and the time has arrived to adventure! ...Now... Continue reading

  
• Surprise & Distance in OSE Dungeons
  May 14, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #discussion

  It was pointed out to me that my Cheat Sheet and Wandering Creature Prep Sheet do not factor in Surprise when determining the encounter distance. This is a feature, not a defect! While it has been eng... Continue reading

  
• A Wandering Creature Prep Sheet!
  May 13, 2024 by Hexed Press

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  #update

  Happy Monday all! I'm so glad folks have found this cheat sheet useful and thanks so much for the folks who decided to donate something for it. To that end, I've added a second sheet for anyone who ha... Continue reading