[CLOSED] Recruitment: Axes of the Dwarves (OSE)

Axes of the Dwarves
An OSR dungeon crawl for up to six low-level characters.



Players play a party of Dwarves seeking fortune and glory in the lost Dwarven city Mirn Dural.

Long ago, the great halls of the Dwarves were lost, one by one – plundered by dragons, lost in bitter wars with the goblin-kin, or fallen into darkness. Since then, some Dwarves have established newer, lesser dwellings; mere echoes of the work of their fore-fathers. Others live amongst men, as famed smiths and craftsmen. But the boldest refuse to surrender their ancestral homelands, and seek to reclaim their birthright treasures by courage, cunning and strength of arms.

Rumour and mystery surround the fall of Mirn Dural, the Crystal Halls, once famed for the beauty of its caverns. Some tell tales of treachery from within, of madness and black magic. Others recall its rich treasures, and the sublime skill of the rune-smith Novric, whose finest blades, it is said, remain lost in Mirn Dural.



This game will use the Old School Essentials basic rules. These are available for free from DriveThruRPG (pdf) or at the OSE online SRD (web browser).

Each Player Character is narratively a Dwarf but uses the rules for their chosen character class (all of the OSE Basic classes are available except Elf). PCs start with 6000 experience points.

This is a one-off dungeon crawl adventure, not an on-going campaign. Players are expected to post about 5 times a week (once every 1-2 days).

Players who are new to Play-by-Post, RPGs or OSR games are welcome.

Let me know if you are interested.

I would be interested. I am new to PbP and OSR gaming, but I've recently gotten really interested in OSR. A short dungeon-crawl campaign sounds like a great way to learn. I'd be happy to play any of the classes, but I'm not as excited by Fighter as the others. When were you hoping to start? It might take a couple of days to get through the rulebook.

Awesome, love the theme! I won't be pitching a PC, but axes high, go!

I am super interested. I got OSE advanced and haven’t had a chance to play yet!

I aim to get the the game forum up and invites sent out in the next 24 hours, so people can begin rolling up PCs. That's likely to take a couple of days itself; play-by-post isn't a lightning-fast format.

I'm interested. A dungeon crawl sounds fun. Smooth and simple, like a good summer ale.

I'm potentially interested, but I won't have much time to get things together for about 10 days (major project). If the start date falls beyond that, I'd like to try this out.

I've only played more recent editions of D&D, though I've spent lots of time reading through retroclones and other systems and theorizing about an ideal game system for my tastes. I don't think OSE will be my favorite, but it's something I'd love to try out for a relatively limited dungeon delve.

I see an invite, Robago, but as much as I like the theme I don't have bandwidth at the moment. Thanks, though.

No worries Harrigan, thanks for getting back to me!

I am interested love the idea of dwarves reclaiming a lost hall.

I currently play in a Dolmenwood pbp campaign it has been going since December last year.

Am interested. Love playing dwarves. Have GMed and played play by forum and play by discord.

Hello! I saw your post on reddit and wanted to throw my hat in the ring. I am familiar with OSE and I've always wanted to play in a themed game like this where all of the players share an origin/background to tie things together.

Got any room left?