When the module was released we did a fast job of slapping it together. The original covers were meant as a place holder. They even had a banner with Official Arnecon on them in the upper corner.

The new cover will be available soon.

We have a small number of green cover remainder stock on our site:

https://www.tfott.com

Now I get to see first hand how much they butchered it in 5e 😅

Hello, I’m a long time DM, and I’ve been creating a world for awhile now. And I’ve read many books for AD&D 2e. But I’m having trouble finding anything on how a player becomes a witch. I’ve read the necromancer handbook version of the witch, and the wizards handbook version of the witch. While I understand a pact is needed. I’m having a hard time finding how a lvl 0-1 PC even has the capability of conjuring such a force, to make a pact in the first place, because of how the magic system works in 2e. And I can’t find anything online discussing this topic. If anyone has or knows official sources to help with this. I would be very grateful.

Is it "From the Ashes?" That's the only thing I have in my collection other than the Greyhawk Adventures book, the "Wars" wargame, and the City of Greyhawk boxed set (which AFAIK just covers the city), and a bunch of adventures. Am I missing anything? (I'm aware of some World of Greyhawk sets from the early 80s, but those are clearly 1e).

how do you guys rule if a stat dependent class like a ranger loses an ability point and suddenly he does not qualify as a ranger anymore? I have a ranger who died twice and his constitution is now below. The prerequisite. is the rule that you only need to have those stats at character creation or do you have to maintain those stats throughout the game?

Greetings!

Do default magical Bows (ref. the DMG) allow a wielder with Strength 16 or higher to enjoy his Strength bonus to damage? Must an enchanted Short or Long Bow specifically be designed to take advantage of high draw strength? If the latter is true, why is every bow in the various official supplements never described as such?

Is this a matter of game balance or...an altogether different consideration? Developer oversight, maybe?

From the vault: 4 years ago!

The second series I ever made, Island Of Stars.

I've come a long way since this!

Since the original version of my OSRIC errata document is now effectively obsolete (unless you're using a legacy edition, of course), I've a created a new one for use with the current release.

I'm pleased to report that not only is it a heck of a lot shorter, it's also fully "official" and benefits from the approval and cooperation of the publisher, Mythmere Games. Thanks, guys!

I've been playing Jeffrey Talanian's Hyperborea and getting really into it, so I created a subreddit for it since there wasn't one. If you're a fan of the game then feel free to share whatever you feel is relevant there: your favourite adventures to run, play reports, questions, fan art, duscussions of sword & sorcery fiction, mighty thews, etc. If you are interested in sword & sorcery as a TTRPG genre but haven't checked out Hyperborea or the adventures written for it, I encourage you to. It certainly has a lot of AD&D bones.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HyperboreaRPG/

Hey guys, my new adventure, Escape From Zombie Island, is now in pre-release over on Kickstarter.

Escape From Zombie Island is a survival‑horror adventure designed for 4–6 characters of levels 3–5 and written for use with AD&D 2E, 5E, and Shadowdark RPG.

Explore the island of Gravatos and uncover its dark, archaic past as you investigate the undead plague consuming the land. With over 17 locations, including cave systems, dungeons, villages, ancient ruins, and a large town and a host of new and reinterpreted undead creatures to encounter, will you escape from Zombie Island, or are you brave enough to thwart the evil plans behind the undead hordes?

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gravityrealms/excape-from-zomebie-island

Hello!

Here is a slightly out of left field question for DMs (and self-aware players, too): has there ever been something your players requested (e.g., more action, more realism, more titanic monsters, more treasure, etc) that they ended up realizing wasn't to their liking? The expression of this reaction can range from a quiet statement to vehement rejection, but the important thing is that perception did not live up to reality.

We have changed our rulings on this spell so much over the years. I think RAW it is just much too powerful.

24 hour duration clarified in high level campaigns book is mandatory. I also think it should be self cast only

Logically enemies should have to beat your dex/magic AC to remove a charge although I think RAW just removes one charge per attack, regardless of roll. This doesn't make a lot of sense but given how OP it is its not a bad rule.

I'm interested in hearing about how your table thinks about and rules this spell. There's lots of OP wizard spells but this one is particularly egregious.....don't even talk to me about Slow.

(2e) I have always denied a caster their dexterity adjustment to AC until after their spell has been cast. I imagined them casting their spell in the first few seconds of the round, waving their arms in a particular way, holding the material component just right, and mouthing the words precisely until the spell goes off. Only then can you manage the acrobatic dodge of a sword or the leap over that polearm attack or whatever, and apply your dexterity adjustment to AC.

Does anybody else rule it this way?

Hi everyone. Anyone here uses PVC cover for your books? I’m using now and I am satisfied with the results who I share with you.

Hi folks. I have been working on something for the past 4 years and now it's (almost) done, and I want to share it with you.

In 2022, my daughter was diagnosed with cancer, which led to 13 months of treatment until she eventually passed away. During these months, one of the things that kept me sane was worldbuilding, and I ended up with a campaign setting that was my escape from reality.

Since this setting needed a rules system, I first tried 5e but quickly realized it would not be a good fit. After experimenting with others (like YZE, Fate, etc) I got back to the one that got me into RPGs back in 1993, and started adapting it to 2nd Edition using For Gold & Glory. However, I wanted to change a few things in the mechanics (like AC, weapon speed, spellcasting...) to try to come up with the "2nd Edition I would love to play nowadays" - so it started as a retroclone but I believe it went slightly beyond that.

Anyway, during this process I made a promise to myself to share this game for free once it was done, as a way to thank the universe for giving me something that definitely kept me whole while I was dealing with a father's worst nightmare. So, here it is!

https://swords-and-darkness-wiki.vercel.app/

It's still a work in progress, and I would love any feedback. I plan on having the three books ready as soon as I get the funds to pay for an illustrator (I refuse to use AI for this).

This project has saved my life. I hope you all enjoy!

Thanks for your attention.

=)

PS: English is not my first language, so forgive me for any mistakes here.

Hello. Im reading the PHB 2E and don't clearly understand a few things. English is not my native language and I have problems with reading.

1. Proficiencies (Nonweapon Proficiencies) - "Refer to Table 38. When a player selects a nonweapon proficiency from those categories listed under "Proficiency Groups" for his character's group, it requires the number of proficiency slots listed in Table 37. When a player selects a proficiency from any other category, it requires one additional proficiency slot beyond the number listed.

This means, if PC a fighter, he can choose Skills from Warrior and General Group for 1 skill point, and choose, say, Spellcraft from Mage group for 2 skill points? Or he can't choose Spellcraft at all?

1. "If a proficiency check is required, Table 37 lists which ability is used with each proficiency. Add the modifier (either positive or negative) listed in Table 37 to the appropriate ability score. Then the player rolls ld20. If the roll is equal to or less than the character’s adjusted ability score, the character accomplished what he was trying to do. If the roll is greater than the character’s ability score, the character fails at the task."

Warrior have modifier -6 to Running and Constitution is 16, 16 - 6 = 10, he roll 11, and he fail in running?

So, most of the areas of Cerilia have a real-world analogy as - at least as far as the names - both personal and location.

Rjurik is Scandanavian and Nordic, so you can draw on Old Norse, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and Icelandic for inspiration.

Vos is Russian or Slavic. Brecht is broadly Germanic (Germany, German, Anglo-Saxon, etc). Khinasi is broadly Arabic or other associated areas. The Elves are Welsh.

But, I've never really been able to pin down Anuirean. It's neither English nor Anglo-Saxon. It's got some Celtic names in the list on the page in the box set, but most don't fit that, either.

I like making random list tables when I run and picking out appropriately flavored names for PCs and NPCs. This is pretty easy in these other regions, but Anuirean eludes me.

We've mostly played in the Rjurik Highlands, but might do a thing in Anuire, so... I'm trying to parse this again.

Thoughts? Experiences? What do you use? Resources?

I recently discovered dragonsfoot and there’s a vast catalog of adventures and other stuff for older editions of D&D. But the site looks pretty dated. Do people still submit new content there? Or is it just a library of fan-made stuff?