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I generally teach ThAC0 this way when I GM 2e D&D: Weapon ThAC0 - d20 roll = best AC you hit. For example, a 3rd level Fighter has a ThAC0 of 18, with a 17 strength (+1 to hit & damage) and a magical +1 longsword. Subtract your modifiers for this weapon from your ThAC0 (18 base -1 for strength -1 for the magic weapon) and note it on the character sheet something like “+1 Longsword (16) 1d8+2 damage”. That modified ThAC0 is what you'll use everytime you swing your weapon to attack, similar to how we pre-generate the attack bonus on a 5e/pathfinder character and you use that everytime you attack. So our fighter rolls a 13 to hit a goblin. ThAC0 16 - Dice 13 = AC 3. Which hits, because this theoretical goblin has an of 6. And... that's it. Until they level up, get a better +X weapon or an item like a magic belt to give them 18 XX/00 strength, the only modifiers they'll need to worry about are the ones I give them, which will penalize or add to their d20 roll. Once the player has the stats written down on their character sheet, they can easily just do all the required maths upon rolling the dice and tell me what they hit and i can just confirm the hit or not knowing that "yes kevin, if you hit AC3, you connect with the goblin" or "no kyle, the goblin doesn't have AC 11"

WTF am I watch 😂

Kalax, Malfak, and Paklak. I'm noticing a naming trend here...

This deserves a free ferry ride with the algorithm. Here's to that!

Love the bizarro Trump vibes Malfak is giving off.

You forgot to play the free attack of Sniv

Instasub for the song

If you ever collab with Runehammer you guys might accidentally start a band

Maybe you answered this elsewhere, but what are you using for your maps?

“You’re just making it up as you go.” Is that any different than how we GM with other people at the table? I was explaining to my wife the concept of solo GMing and while she a pathfinder player she’s never sat behind the DM screen. But I told her while it sounds weird from her perspective, it’s already what I do as a GM. The only difference is I also play the player. That’s the difference. And in order to keep things random and unknown to me, I use a GM oracle system. But other than that, it’s exactly how I run my games with other players.

It used to be very intuitive to me back in the day

Appreciate the commitment to the beatbox bit

great rundown, thanks! What program are you using to present this? Really nice having the character info clearly on the side, and thinking I could use something like this in my own games with friends online.

Ya, you inspire me to do this. This looks like so much fun! But this is fun to watch!

4.20 was how we did it and was the best - mystery dissapointment and fear was built this way - good days - miss 2e days

My game of choice! Would love a video on tips for storing coin. My character is too poor for cool stuff like houses, but the coins are too heavy to lug around for long periods

Thought you where gonna pick Burning Hands instead of Mage Armor not gonna lie lmao.

Epically fun tutorial!

No morale checks? :)

Excellent video, with a massive like and sub. Super new to OSE, However I do have a quick query? The Prime Requisite number needed for classes and races-what is the minimum number needed? So for the likes of Acrobat, requirements are none, but the prime req is DEX (but what number is required for Dex?)

Thaco minus die roll. It’s no more complex than adding numbers in 3-5e.

Liked because of beatbox groove!

You send the high CHA PC to parley, assuming he speaks a language they understand. Sometimes you end up relying on that 6 CHA Dwarf because he's the only one who knows Kobold! 😄

Jesus, I just wanted to play Baldurs Gate...why you invented this complicated shit...

I'm not sure what's best about this video: The clear explanations, the production values, or the sheer entertainment. Whatever the case may be, you got yourself a new subscriber. Thanks for the great video!

The fact the he swam ashore at night would explain why he doesn’t know where he’s at.

Damn nice voice ❤

Beatboxing = subscribed

This was amazing. Loving this. I'm trying to solo S&W too but lacking a bit of inspiration. I have a character, a bit of a story, but not much reason for going anywhere yet. Looking forward to more.

I watched this video randomly not really thinking i needed a tutorial for OSE but man was i wrong. I run OSE for my group once every couple of months and did not realize how much i ignore of the actual rules. I pretty much only ran Pathfinder and DCC for my group and those rules are hardcoded into my brain. Thanks for this and new sub here!

Just had this channel show up in my feed today, thanks UA-cam. Instant fan and subscriber here. Decided to come back to episode zero and work forward! Particularly enjoyed the quality of your voice, Epic. It's a rich, baritone sound with a smooth, even cadence. I wonder if your jazz career had anything to do with it?

I recently heard about THAC0, so I was curious to know what it is. This video was very informative. Also, loved the Bob Seger intro.

I need to get me some O’that boodoo quiche. Stuff sounds pretty good.

I had missed the part that the morale check is per creature, not for the whole surviving portion of the side. Thanks for that!

The to-hit chart in Rules Cyclopedia D&D just had to make two rows not be a standard increment so I can't just formula it, officially making THAC0 the worst thing ever. All joking aside, I do like THAC0 as a concept, but D&D was bad at explaining it (at least in the materials I've seen). Took me awhile just looking over the to-hit chart and it really only clicked when I mentally numbered the rows and columns. I've met people who thought you had to roll under the AC to get a hit. Managed to explain it as an attack bonus pre-calculated into the attack roll.

Wow these are really good for learning the flow of the game!

I like descending AC and the rules in BX but adding THAC0 into OSE is such a bad decision and makes the whole thing harder to use and understand. Just found your channel, good stuff

You’ve earned my subscription for that amazing intro THA C0 song, good sir! 😊

Do monsters not get strength bonus on damage?

It's been months since the last video 😞 Is this channel still active?

The confusion over thac0 is so weird. Never understood why old DMs tried some convoluted math to make AC the target number. New D&D: d20 + modifiers vs AC Old D&D: d20 + AC vs modified thac0 Exact same equation with two parts swapped. AC in old D&D was never a target number and was never meant to be. Why so many people tried to force it to be was so weird. Like yeah you can do it but the math gets way harder to figure out on the fly. And in either case the DM has to tell you the target's armor class, or else you have to add another step into the resolution of every to hit roll.

It really doesn't seem any easier than 5e, in terms of knowing when things hit or not. Thac0 is definitely less intuitive. In 5e you can easily know what you're hitting by knowing the roll, to hit mods, and the creature's AC. I'm not sure where the "benefit" of using Thac0 comes from...?

@EpicSolo - just found your channel recently, but have to say sometimes you seem to channel Jack Black. It's uncanny!

I started with and do understand THAC0, but have found it easier when teaching new players to use ascending AC. It is just more intuitive and makes more sense to people. So, I now use ascending AC in all my games, no matter what flavor of fantasy I'm running.

This is wonderful, thank you!

Going great until the singing...😢

This is so fun to watch, well done sir!!

Jack Black + Hankerin Ferinale