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A great low-fantasy rpg system based on Swords & Wizardry White Box.
There are no elves, dwarves or halflings as PCs in this. They're briefly mentioned as being part of the writer's personal campaign world, but only as NPCs.
Instead, there are multiple types of fighting-based classes, and one magic-user.
The one magic user is the Sage, which cannot use any spells until at least level 4.
The writer mentions that if you want to bring in the Mage and/or the Cleric from the White Box, you are free to.
I, personally, will be keeping the Mage, but as a rarity, while Clerics and Paladins will be restricted to NPCs.
I will say that I do like magic in rpgs, but not as pew pew as it has become.
Magic in my perfect rpg would probably bore most players with its less showy effects and having to wait 1d20 days to see if it was a success or not.
My personal setting will be using Earothril as a base, with White Box Gothic overlayed, with the addition of the Witch class (from The Witch for Swords & Wizardry White Box).
This will give me a nice Castlevania/Ravenloft setting where the PCs are a bit more vulnerable (and human) and have to rely more on outside sources for healing.
Back to the actual product, Eorathril is a great foundation if you're wanting an OSR game reminiscent of Dark Age of Camelot, Conan or even Ray Harryhausen films (or, as in my case, Castlevania).
The book is well laid out and easy to read. And the illustrations are top notch. Some of the best art I've seen in an rpg game book.
I was also thrilled to see that the print size (6x9) places it perfectly the same size as some of my books for Dragonlance: Fifth Age, a game that I thought of when I say the cover design and the interior flourishes.
I think when my physical copy gets here, I'll look through my Fifth Age material to see if there's anything in there worth mining for it.
Thank you again for releasing your personal setting book to the public through Eorathril.
Others do share similar tastes.
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