I totally had forgotten  about the Horde rules, it solved all my problems. I don`t think such a game necessarily need full on Spell lists. I wrote an option into my Hack allowing for players to kind of create their own spell lists. I am thinking along the lines of having pre written spells be cheaper in AP and easier to cast than free form casting. But I am still pondering if what I have is good.

Spell Preparation
Only Wizards can prepare spells in advance and memorize them prior to casting. Memorizing such a spell requires 10 minutes of uninterrupted time per Magnitude of the spell in addition to a good night's sleep. Doing this reduces the difficulty to cast it by 2. Memorizing also counts as one casting requirements for the purpose of AP calculation. Wizards can memorize spells of a total Magnitude equal to their rank in Magician + Mind. A memorized spell is retained in memory after casting it. They are only wiped when the caster is incapacitated for any reason.


 

Hi Guys and Gals, 

I have been working on an OSR hack for BoL. on the G+ Group. I would love to hear what you think about it.

A topic I have found no good solution for yet is also monster conversion. There where some rough guidelines on Spriggan's Den and I believe they are OK and kind of work. Has anyone ever done a bigger conversion of the Monster Manual Classics to BoL?

As I also wrote on G+ a challenge for me is the reliance on rabble in BoL while this does not really exist in OSR games besides maybe swarms. If I want to really emulate the feeling of DCC or DnD or something in that lineage I would probably use only toughs and rabble only sparingly.  It may be a non issue to most of you but I am trying to set up a crawl game on Roll20 with all the bells and whistles when it comes to maps, and the normal rate of 10 Rabble per Character is just not something most classic "dungeons" could actually handle very well. :-)

I know Simon wrote the BoL Hack and that would make my live a tad easier maybe but I really love the basic BoL mechanics.


 

This sounds like a neat alternative. If you add a Boon dice to this equiation, does the player then have three dice to choose the damage from if it is not a H or L weapon? Or do you simply handle Boon with a different colored dice to sort it out? That you make big damage with a big to hit is not so bothersome but as you say kind of nice actually.

It is not a system I would use, as I say I miss a bit of granularity, but it sure sounds like a fast way to play.

That is true, but I think a reduced chance is actually a plus for me.

I did not think about the higer odds of And/But occuring. Good way to tweak how often you want this to happen.