For your consideration, I offer discovery, risk, reward, gothic
decadence, and a destroyed wizarding school in an OSR (old school
renaissance) megadungeon.
Because extracting treasure from the huge ruined piles you
dive into will be the primary way for your characters to gain XP and
level up, avoiding danger, talking your way out of fights, fighting
dirty when you do fight, planning heists, and making friends (or at
least allies) with monsters will probably be smart moves. Like a lot of
old-school games, you'll be encouraged to have followers, henchmen and
animal companions, and attract an eclectic and useful bunch of outcasts,
scoundrels and friends.
This game will build upon the rules contained in B/X
Essentials, a retroclone reproduction based on Basic/Expert D&D. The
core ruleset is available for free: <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product/220729/B-X-Essentials-Core-Rules--Plain-Text-Edition" rel="nofollow">http://www.rpgnow.com/product/220729/B-X-Essentials-Core-Rules--Plain-Text-Edition</a>
Additional rules include a Death & Dismemberment table, and
Rhabdomancy -- all PCs can try to pull randomly generated spells from
the ether as they delve in magically active areas!
New players are very welcome -- worrying about the rules and
helping you make informed choices is my job. And from fighting wild
monsters to casting your first fireball into a crowd of unfortunates, this game will have a lot of opportunities to cross things off of your D&D bucket list! Also: I'm LGBTQ friendly and expect my players to be, too.
The game will run in open table format, so attendance is not
mandatory for every session, and you can organize groups for
expeditions. Sessions will normally be held Sunday afternoons at 3 PST
with the option of scheduling another during the week UPDATE : currently looking at 5pm PST on Thursdays. The current plan
is for those sessions to be about 4 hours, with a break for stretching
in the middle. The game listing is here, along with more
information about the setting and your character's place in it, and I
hope to hear from you soon!: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/89942/within-th" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/89942/within-th</a>...