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Last year I started running a campaign, titled Daemonium. It ended near the start of this summer. Here I will reflect on the campaign. Daemonium was set in the Kingdom of Cashua on the continent of Ambern. This kingdom was in the process of being invaded by the Empire of Aeon, a magitech fueled empire with the major advantages of having firearms and airships.  I hadn't run a TTRPG for a while, as most of my irl friends whom I played with had moved away or lost interest. I figured it was time to run a game online! I had played a bit in a friend's 5e game, and decided that I could make online refereeing work for me. My first interest was just to get players. I spoke to my brother and the other prospective players and folk were most interested in 5e so we played that. I had three players initially. A Bard, a Paladin, and a Monk. A Fighter and Druid later joined. THE FIRST PHASE: The campaign was first made up in a linear fashion, and then became an open sandbox. The goal was to va...

Old School Stylish is a supplement that "replaces [the typical OSR] class system with one that focuses on what your characters do and find in the game world." Characters begin classless, and gain Styles, which grant a package of advanced abilities, in play. The author provides lots of examples of how to use these, ways to implement the styles, etc. You get the sense that the author has really played around with the mechanics here. I feel like the majority of OSR blog posts and supplements are virtually unplayed, so this is good to see.  The supplement comes with lots of stuff, but there are two main pillars to the supplement: changes to the magic and Styles. Part A - Styles: Lots of people have thought through diegetic advancement with varying degrees of success. Games like Cairn boil it down to "figure it out." This actually works very well in my mind, though may be unsatisfying for some. Delta Classes are on the other end. Basically, classes progress by performing...