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Old-School Essentials RPG: Classic Game Set

Old-School Essentials RPG: Classic Game Set

$69.99
$69.99
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Old-School Essentials Classic Game Set Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy is also available as a deluxe box set containing everything you need to play! 

 

The five books in the Classic Game Set detail:  

Characters: 7 fantastic classes (cleric, dwarf, elf, fighter, halfling, magic-user, thief), full equipment lists, specialists and mercenaries, stronghold construction. 
Magic: The complete set of 34 cleric spells (from 1st to 5th level) and 72 magic-user spells (from 1st to 6th level), for use by players of cleric, elf, and magic-user characters. Adventures: Full rules for adventuring in dungeons, the wilderness, and at sea, as well as guidelines for designing and running adventures. 

Monsters: A selection of over 200 classic monsters to challenge adventurers of all levels: dragons and dinosaurs, golems and giants, slimes and oozes, beast-men and unholy spirits, animals monstrous and mundane. Includes complete encounter tables for dungeon levels 1–8+ and all types of wilderness terrain. 

Treasures: A hoard of over 150 wondrous magic items: enchanted arms coveted by every warrior, scrolls, staves, and seeing stones, alchemical concoctions, rings of power, boots and cloaks woven with magic. 

 

Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy is a complete retelling of the classic 1980s Basic/Expert game, including all rules, character options, spells, monsters, and magic items. 

 

The Classic Game Set contains the same game as the Classic Fantasy Rules Tome , just presented in a 5 book set for those who share our love of RPG box sets! The Old-School Essentials Classic Game Set + the Advanced Expansion Set also contains the same game as the Advanced Fantasy Player’s + Referee’s Tomes. Celebrating 40 Years of Basic/Expert! The Basic/Expert game which Old-School Essentials is based on was published in 1981 — 40 years ago! In celebration of this anniversary, we're delighted and honoured to announce that Erol Otus, legendary creator of the original B/X covers, has painted a brand new cover for the Old-School Essentials Classic Game Set! 

 

The Team: Author: Gavin Norman Box Set cover artist: Erol Otus Individual book cover artist: David Hoskins 

 

Publication date: April 2023 

Published by: Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral Press 

 

Deluxe box set of 5 hardcover books; A5 (Digest) size; deluxe quality sewn bindings; endpapers printed with quick reference info. PDFs included.

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