Watch my latest video, "DM Tips: Designing a Random Encounter System for your Dungeons & Dragons Hexcrawl", at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPu-YERDkHg --~-- The Skill Challenge was one of the mechanical innovations introduced by 4E-- basically imposing a combat like process to taking on non-combat tasks. I was not a big fan at the time but I can see the appeal and usefulness of such a mechanic. Like it? Hate it? Have you ported it to other games that you run? Links: The blog: http://hexed.press The reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hexedpress/ The patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress The DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12161/Hexed-Press The hireling generator: https://hirelings.hexed.press/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_xD8tdE_2U

Every episode, we manage to uncover the curious, the interesting, and sometimes very useful stuff that our fellow TTRPG gamers. Who knows what we'll find this time! Watch the video or, better yet, join the live stream to find out! Show Notes: * Discuss it on the forums: https://forums.hexed.press * Send me a voicemail about this video: https://hxpr.to/voicemail *** Welcome to my newest subscriber: Art Basler! Thanks so much for becoming a Patreon Supporter: Hanis Jacobi - Heroic Tier ! *** Have something you'd like me to preview, review, or otherwise cover on the channel? Get in touch: https://hxpr.to/contact I've partnered with 1985 Games! Get 10% off your next order by using coupon code, "HexedPress," at check-out: https://hxpr.to/1985 *** Like these videos? Here's how you can show your support: * Like this video and subscribe! * Join the forums: https://forums.hexed.press * Become a channel member: https://hxpr.to/ytmembership * Become a Patron of my Patreon: http://hxpr.to/patreon * Buy me a coffee on ko-fi: http://hxpr.to/kofi * Buy some Hexed Press swag on Red Bubble: https://hxpr.to/5sqj1h * "Bent Worlds" Newsletter: https://hxpr.to/mrju0 #HexedPress #ttrpg #kickstarter ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPUCZ6lnJwQ

Curated from my read-along medley stream, here's my read-through of "Creature Feature Quarterly, Volume 1," with a look at the upcoming "Creature Feature Quarterly, Volume 3," both for Old School Essentials or your OSR RPG system of choice. While I quibble a bit about the layout and the lack of a proper introduction, this is a really nice collection of monsters with interesting lore, encounter and adventure hooks, and effective artwork. Need a huge feline tribe for a forest hex? What about a degenerate giant species to let loose on your villages and towns? Join me for a meander through this menagerie of monsters! Show Notes: * "Creature Feature Quarterly Vol. 1" at DriveThruRPG: https://tinyurl.com/y36zh7ky Links: I’m part of a creator network. Join Jetpack7’s community Discord server for even more gaming-related content! https://discord.gg/PMZ9UKZ Like What I Do? Here are Some Ways That You Can Help Me Keep the Lights On and Cooking More Content: * Like this video and subscribe to channel! :) * Become a Patron of my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hexedpress * Buy me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/hexedpress ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i55scP75pr8

OSE is a retroclone of the 1981 Basic/Expert ruleset. Originally, that set of rules was going to expand further but it was replaced by the Mentzer rules which did follow through and fill out the game from Expert into Companion and then Master and then Immortals. The Companion book has some excellent resources in it that might prove useful-- let's take a look! Show Notes: * Buy The BECMI Companion book at DTRPG: https://geni.us/m1Aph * Download the Old School Essentials Basic Rules free at DTRPG: https://geni.us/fNKNnVu * Download the OSE Dungeoncrawling Cheat Sheet FREE from itch: https://geni.us/06aLM5D * "Wilderness Adventuring Simplified" on Itch: https://hexedpress.itch.io/wilderness-adventuring-simplified * "Do Anything D6" on Itch: https://hexedpress.itch.io/do-anything-d6 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O01mOGp2_Uw