Old-School Essentials-compatible apps for players and referees

OSTools is a suite of independent iPhone, iPad, and Mac tools designed for Old-School Essentials and B/X-style tabletop play. Create characters, organize campaign regions, run encounters, and keep connected table play close without losing the feel of pencil-and-paper play.

Three apps, one table workflow.

OSCharacter handles player-side sheets. OSReferee runs the table on iPhone and iPad. OSTools brings the same referee library and connected session controls to Mac, synchronized privately through Apple CloudKit.

OSCharacter

Generate and manage OSE-compatible characters with rules-aware ability scores, combat stats, inventory, encumbrance, retainers, spells, notes, and printable exports.

  • Guided character creation
  • Live computed sheet
  • PDF character export
  • OSReferee export
Explore the OSCharacter character sheet app
OSCharacter ability scores screen OSCharacter combat statistics screen OSCharacter inventory and encumbrance screen

OSReferee

Prepare and run OSE-compatible campaigns with settlement, hex, faction, religion, NPC, treasure, encounter, combat, dice, and reference tools built for active sessions.

  • Region dashboards
  • Encounter runner
  • Compendium reference
  • Backup and import tools
Explore the OSReferee campaign manager
OSReferee settlement detail screen OSReferee contextual dice tools OSReferee compendium reference

Built for local-first table use.

Both apps are designed to work with data on your device first, with user-controlled export, backup, and optional iCloud features where the apps support them.