OSE: Old Magic

It’s OSR June Jam 2023, and I’m back making more new things old again! This time, I’m “demaking” three of my favorite caster classes from later editions, in the style of Old School Essentials.

     The Oracle. An accursed seer, whose divine magic comes at a steep price. Oracles wield divine magic, similarly to clerics, but trade the ability to turn undead for incredible powers of foresight and prescience.

     The Sorcerer. The sorcerer is a magic-user who trades the flexibility of a spellbook for more spells per day. Their innate magical powers can be unleashed in destructive blasts of energy.

     The Witch. The witch studies the occult magic of hags and other creatures. Their intelligent familiars grant access to a wide range of spells, and secret recipes for creating their own potions.

Using these Classes

These classes are designed for (and written in the style of) Old School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy. They are meant to be roughly on par with the classes in that book, power-wise. You may use them in other B/X retroclones (or B/X itself) at your own peril discretion.

The Appendix

The most popular feature from last year's packet is returning! In the Appendix, I go over my design process in enthusiastic detail. Since so much of Old-School design can seem arbitrary, I consider this valuable context for how and why I designed these classes this way.