Exponential XP costs mean catch-up is almost always 1 Level per session.
Of course experience awards aren't a "punishment", they're a representation of a character learning by *actually experiencing* things. So if a character isn't present, they don't get any. Someone who contributes less to the game, gets less from the game.
It's one of the most deranged things I've heard. Won't play if there's a Level gap?!
I saw this fairly terrible video:
Level Gaps Are Bad For Your Game, Stop Making These Excuses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VThgGVAcEPw
And I'm like WTF. What does Level have to do with social activity or fun? You don't use your Level to determine if the barmaid likes your PC.
Combat, it *can* matter, but you stay back and plink arrows or low-Level spells, you can contribute without dying.
Puzzles, exploration, and role-playing have nothing to do with your Level.
#ttrpg #dnd #osr
Check out this #unboxing video to see what’s inside the #warhammer #Soulbound #StarterSet!
So yesterday we had session 23 of my Glimmermark game. Last time the players caught the local bandits, this time they hunted down the maneating bear they encountered back then.
After the fight they found themselves under observation by a giant, who left them in peace and went his way.
A quick trip to the goblin castle the next day found their goblin friends had been attacked by the giant and the victims being devoured by wolves. So they dealt with those.
3d6 DTL Arden Vul Ep 108! After a fiery tragedy unfolds, the party's journey back to the Hangar Bay begins. But first, one of the greatest and most terrible mysteries of the Halls stands before them: the dreaded Obsidian Gates!
#OSE #OSR #TTRPGs
Video: https://youtu.be/Fqdui5ENYEU
Audio Podcast: https://bit.ly/3EJQfTZ
It is quite striking... I have been messing with Backswords & Bucklers, a first-generation #osr white box hack and it is light as a feather.
LotFP similarly has none of these weird Walking Simulation rules but look at an OSR title produced after 2020 and you see an obsession with torches and travel distances starting to creep in.
Ich habe für September eine Unterkunft in Leipzig gebucht.. Es geht auf eine #OSR Mini-Con, die dort von Bekannten ausgerichtet wird.
Hätte vorher gar nicht so gedacht, dass mir das ganze OSR Zeug liegen könnte. Aber inzwischen habe ich da richtig Spaß dran und freue mich nun sehr auf ein verlängertes Wochenende mit Spielern, die ich bisher nur in Videostreams kennen gelernt habe.. 
#pnpde
Another take on this noble chevalier.
Adding some shadows and textures.
The wild sorcerer alters the environment; entropy grows, spawning unpredictable consequences.
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I think I prefer the BW version.
I draw the rest of this eerie place. For the columns, I took inspiration from Gaudi's Sagrada Familia.
Grenzland 5 - Science Fantasy ist draußen!
13 von 50 Heften sind noch übrig. Wer noch eins will, bitte melden!
After his long-awaited blessing, the renowned knight Tacitus awoke to an unforeseen consequence: total blindness. Yet fortune smiled upon him: the Tower’s elders granted him The Seeing Shield. He kept his job.
Hopefully you don't think this is dumb - or you think it's dumb but do it anyway.
Could you finish this sentence for me, without looking what other people wrote?
I know I'm assuming maybe a bit too much.
"Playing role-playing games is an exercise in ___"
Es sind nur noch wenige Plätze frei. Die Slots füllen sich rasant 
Crazy!
Den Link für die Anmeldung findet ihr im Screenshot des Einladungstextes. Ihr könnt mir auch einfach eine Direktnachricht schicken, dann schicke ich euch den Link zu.
PS: Wenn ihr wissen wollt, was es mit dem Mini in Mini #OSR Con auf sich hat, gibt es dazu einen kleinen Beitrag im aktuellen #Grenzland Zine. 2/2
+++ LoFi Mini-OSR Con 2025 +++ Leipzig ++++ 12.-14. September +++
letztes Jahr habe ich gemeinsam mit ein paar Friends die #PinkPonyOfDeathCon organisiert. Und auch dieses Jahr organisieren wir (mit ein paar mehr Leuten) wieder eine Mini #osr Con. Diesmal in Leipzig und unter dem Namen "Lovely Looters & Fabulous Fights Mini-OSR Con".
Anbei Screenshots mit der Einladung und Details zum Ablauf und zur Anmeldung. 1/2 #pnpde
Secrets of the Draaken Emperor - a previous #Dragonbane #rpg #session summary!
https://stevestillstanding.com/2025/04/24/secrets-of-the-draaken-emperor-2024-25-session-5/
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