Monday, February 10, 2025

OSR D&D as if written by classic Appendix N authors

What if sections of the D&D rules had been written by Andre Norton, Jack Vance, Poul Anderson, Lin Carter, and L Sprague de Camp?

While I was writing my own Fantasy Heartbreaker OSR version of D&D, I was faced with the daunting task of adding all of the classic spells, monsters, magic items, etc. Re-writing them from scratch would be a chore. Copy-pasting them verbatim would be boring. So what to do?

Then I got an idea! Instead of copy-pasting them, why not use AI to rewrite them in the style of my favorite classic Sword and Sorcery authors? 

I share the general concern about AI, but this is the OSR. It is mostly about copying older works and putting a spin on them. To put the original work of a dead guy into the style of another dead guy or gal seems pretty harmless.






In addition to translating them into the authors' styles, the content has been tweaked to fit the rules for my game WyRM. These are works in progress. I will be adding more spells, monsters, etc. Feedback is welcome.

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