Hexcrawl Basics

2019 · Sourcebook (rules/options to enhance play)

Hexcrawl Basics

A guide to the mechanics of running hexcrawl campaigns for OSR-style games, with a focus on Old School Essentials. It covers travel between hexes, exploration within a hex, getting lost, populating hexes with lairs, and determining the ranges of monsters inhabiting them. The methods can also be adapted for other fantasy roleplaying systems.

Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc)Level Based (Earn XP and level up)Class Based (Pilot, Wizard, Scientist, etc)

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