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I was wondering if anyone would be interested in a good old Swords and Wizardry adventure. It would likely be a dungeon crawl of some description, unless someone else has a suggestion.

Swords and Wizardry is a modern attempt to clone the original 1974 Dungeons and Dragons rules created by Gary Gygax. Because of this, it is fairly rules light, with much of what happens (beyond combat, at least) left to fictional positioning and house ruling. There are no skill checks, so rather than rolling perception to determine if you find hidden treasure, your success is based off your actions. Do you peer under the bed to find a hidden chest? Do you run your hand along the wall to find a loose brick?

The combat is fairly brutal. A single attack is generally able to instantly kill a first or second level character, and some monsters have the ability to instantly kill or cripple a player, regardless of hitpoints.

The core rulebook is available completely free on the Swords and Wizardry website here.
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I've never done a dice roleplay before, but I'm willing to try! Are you still looking for players?
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Yep. You are the first person to respond to this.
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I'm always down for a good Swords and Wizardry Dungeon! I'm new to this site, but I have both played and DMed Swords and Wizardry, so I am familiar with the rules. If you're still looking for players let me know!
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Great! Can't wait to learn lol
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I'd love to do this; S&W is something I've been meaning to try but could never get any players for in person.

Dibs on a magic-user.
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Sweet. Glad to see some people are interested.
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Yes, it is.
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Can I assume level 1 characters?
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If you guys want, we could start with around 3rd-level characters to (hopefully) avoid everyone dying in one hit and allow for a little more enemy and character variety.
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Cool with me! I'll probably play a thief. Btw here is a good reference for the rules for everyone: http://www.d20swsrd.com/
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Ok, I'll just play along woth you guys. I'll check out the rules in a min.
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Hmm may be interested. Never played Swords & Wizardry but I have DMed a game of the original D&D
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I'm working on an OOC. Any one have any suggestions or anything about the setting/characters/etc?
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Good thing to figure out beforehand- High fantasy or low fantasy? I tend to go for low fantasy as it makes Magic abilities and items more valuable. The rules on different races are a bit kerflunky as well- you may wanna give them a looking over.
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I have interest in this. I'm looking at the core rulebook right now-...
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It could lean more towards low fantasy, if that is what you guys want. As for the character races...yeah...that's Swords & Wizardry.

As for the dungeon, I was thinking an abandoned Dwarven city. That allows it to be large, have a lot of treasure, traps, and all kinds of monsters.
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Hey is this still happening?
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This seems interesting, but is it still alive...
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Of course it is * pulls out necromancy for dummy just in case*
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