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5B: the 5th Edition - B/X hybrid

5B applies OSR principles of play to a ruleset compatible with 5e D&D material.

Featuring OSR procedures and mechanics:

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Flexible character customization:

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Rules lite classes for ease of play:

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Monsters boiled down to the basics while still offering up as much punch as their 5e counterparts:

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Streamlined magic items that work within a simplified inventory system:

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And lots more!

Including:

  • Four Classes (Fighter, Thief, Cleric, Magic-User)

  • XP for Gold

  • Safety Tools

  • Creature Reactions/Morale

  • Theater of the Mind Measurements (distance, time, weight, size)

  • On-the-Fly Roll-to-Cast Spells

  • Slimmed Down 3-Volume Format

  • And loads of examples of everything presented!



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Michael M. T May 29, 2023 9:57 pm UTC
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I've run a game of this, running In The Shadow of Tower Silveraxe and we had a blast! I was wondering how one would go about converting treasure amounts from OSR modules to 5B?
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Lex M May 29, 2023 10:48 pm UTC
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Heck yeah, Tower Silveraxe with 5B! The OSR module I play tested with was Willowby Hall.
Conversion from OSR to 5B is a good question, not really something Harald and I designed for but I can talk to him about it. Maybe we can put together a doc on that and Monsters at some point.
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Michael M. T May 30, 2023 12:16 am UTC
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I had a pretty easy time just using monsters out of the back of the book straight, as is, without too much trouble. The difference in what gold is expected to level up is the only killer! When you can possibly get a couple 1,000 platinum and gold coins from clearing out a dungeon you run into the problem of your PCs being able to buy everything they'll ever need; and possibly jumping several levels at once.
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Alexandar K May 26, 2023 5:06 pm UTC
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This is great! Is there anyway to get a higher quality PDF? There's a lot of compression artifacts present in the current one
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Lex M May 27, 2023 1:19 am UTC
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Oh wow, I hadn't realized how bad they got after I made them searchable and bookmarked. I can definitely upload an unoptimized hirez version until I can fix that compression issue.
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Allan K May 26, 2023 1:31 am UTC
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This is brilliant. Well done.
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Lex M May 26, 2023 4:12 am UTC
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Thank you so much!
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Jason S May 25, 2023 1:22 am UTC
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This is awesome! I have been wanting to work out for some time now. I do have a question about spell damage. Is there a roll associated with spell damage or is it just the flat number "potential damage" on the spellcasting matrix? I'm really looking forward to incorporating this ruleset into my home game. Great job on this! -Jason S
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Lex M May 25, 2023 1:19 pm UTC
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Thanks for the kind words! Spell damage is the flat number in parentheses next to the indicated power tier. Our math has that number map to the average damage a full caster in 5e can do in that level range. So like, instead of rolling damage dice, the spellcasting check is kind of already doing that for you with higher rolls not only allowing for higher power tiers but also higher damage output.
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Jason S May 26, 2023 12:46 am UTC
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For me, this is a literal game-changer. This doesn't intimidate a new player like a pile of $40-a-piece books and as a DM it's everything you need in one small booklet. My DriveThru account has over 140 titles I've tried to switch to or make a simple system out of. None of them has hit the mark like this one. Thanks for doing all the hard work cause now I get to go back to enjoy playing again!
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Lex M May 26, 2023 4:14 am UTC
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I’m glad it will save you a bunch of work. Bringing the OSR streamlined game experience to 5e was a big design goal for me. It’s what a wanted for my home games so I built this.
And thanks for the nice review!
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