>>82555592

Side note: Finch’s Primer is bad for converting 5e players, because 5e players can make a simple argument that all his “old school DM” examples can be accomplished in 5e as well. I’ve never gotten much use out of Finch’s OSR primer. It’s probably better to just say what you like about OSR and point out how 5e doesn’t do it.

>>82555773

Finch's primer is just bad in general. Not only does he use strawmen to make his point which will give most readers the impression that OSR people are just boomers with an irrational hatred of any edition post 2e despite having never really touched it (true in many cases), but most of the advice doesn't even apply if you're playing anything but the LBB. Why the fuck OSE still has it listed in the introduction is baffling to me.

>>82555848

Also, hilariously, one of his pieces of advice is literally "add in critical successes and failures" without using that terminology, which is something grogs always say they hate about WOTC editions.

 

 

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