Carcass Crawler 4! New Necrotic Gnome adventures and third-party OSE releases!

Carcass Crawler 4 Coming Soon!

The next issue of our official Old-School Essentials zine is almost ready! Planned for release in December, Issue 4 features a grab bag of goodies for your game, including:

• New classes, including the Arcane Bard, and two specialist classes for halflings—the Reeve and the Hearthsinger.
• More spells, as well as grimoires with unique traits.
• Deities and cults, plus alternative spells and abilities for adherents.
• Expanded potion rules, including taste testing, alchemists, and manufacturing procedures.
• Dark-dwelling monsters that lurk in the shadows.
• A new adventure in an umbral locale.

Featuring contributions from Chance Dudinack, Brad Kerr, James Spahn, and of course, Gavin Norman, Carcass Crawler 4 is just about ready to slither from its lair. Click the link below and hit "EMAIL ME WHEN AVAILABLE" to be notified when print copies are available to order on Exalted Funeral!

New OSE Adventures from Necrotic Gnome in the Works!

The gnome’s mouldy pen stirs once more to conjure trials and treasures for bold adventurers. Watch this space for further news of three upcoming adventure modules for OSE, one by Gavin Norman, and two others by favourite old-school auteurs...

Latest Third-Party OSE Releases!

Wind Wraith — A Generative Wavecrawl Setting Toolkit

Dive into floodland fantasy with Wind Wraith, a toolkit for creating your own post-apocalyptic waterworld for OSE. Adventurers brave the swirling oceans to discover lost islands, ancient technology, and magical secrets. With procedures for generating islands, seas, factions, NPCs, monsters, and more, as well as new playable classes, Wind Wraith presents an original world where metal is rare, fresh water is currency, and cults and tyrants vie for power.  

Available as a hardcover book with gorgeous black-and-white illustrations, Wind Wraith can currently be ordered as part of a bundle with one more book, three zines, and extra art prints at a bargain price. Grab this treasure on BackerKit before it sinks below the waves!

The Secret Vault of Windswept Island

On the desolate Windswept Island, a death cult's dungeon conceals the path to an extraplanar vault containing a powerful sword linked to a death deity's fervent follower. This 40-page adventure for characters levels 1–3 blends classic fantasy horror with a unique mechanic allowing dead characters to return as ghosts and even gain a second chance at life, which could prove crucial to overcoming the puzzles and perils of the cursed island.

Essential Enemies 9: Not of This Earth

The latest issue of this monster manual zine for Old-School Essentials introduces 13 unique creatures, from the astral-plane-born Astral Glutton to the reality-warping Traveller and his many-eyed bear.

Add a dash of cosmic weirdness to your campaign with fresh, bizarre challenges for adventurers, including monstrous beings like the tentacled Mass of Limbs, the flesh-mangling Blubbering Manglers, and the parasitic Reptiloids.

Populated Hexes Monthly 38

Another month, another hex! This issue dives into the rugged coast of Marmond, populated by cities that boast unique schools of combat. The detailed hex between two cities features deadly amphibians, prophetic giant ravens, and more. It also introduces the Eldritch Warrior class, blending magic and combat in a distinct way from the classic Elf.