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As my long term DCC RPG campaign comes to a close (1 year+ with the same group and mostly the same characters), there's a few core systems we would want to round out. One of them is skills. The occupation system is great in its flexibility, but there are often skills that exist outside of what those...

In an upcoming session my players are going to be fighting something underwater. I have some ideas sketched out on how to handle this, but wanted feedback. The world implied by the core rulebook is probably one in which most people can't swim and would only be a trained skill to those with the relev...

Let's see:

Equipment conditions
Custom Masterwork Rules
Auto-corruption on any spell that rolls a 1
Shield and Helmet Rule
Custom Corruption Tables

Probably others, but those are the big ones at my table

There is no table for this. I handle stat bonuses above 18 differently than just giving more mechanical bonuses and instead allow my players to pick 1 ability from the list below. -When using any ability rooted in this stat, the player rolls +1d on the die chain -When using any ability rooted in thi...

Something is amiss if your Thief is not getting to use Backstab regularly. My group of player's Thief is constantly Hiding in the Shadows so when combat begins, they pretty much always get to use it.

The modules are great. Even if you don't run them, pretty much every single one of them comes with new spells, new magic items, and the occasional patron. Given the low cost of entry, I'd rather just grab a module once a month than a hardback.

I threw this up on my blog today, crediting you. This is rad.

How would you let that affect thieves? At low levels, a simple 1d3 +1 makes sense, but at higher levels where they throw many sided dice it doesn't seem as effective.

Or is this for only non-thieves.

One could conceivably allow spellburn for Cleric's as a Divine Aid request. Essentially, "I sacrifice my life force for a power boost." Maybe make it burn at two stat points for for +1?

I find the best way to get people to play a new game is to run it yourself. Your full time GM, if you're not that person, will welcome the break.

The Dungeon Alphabet is neat. I'm going to have a review up on my blog once life slows down after the turn of the year.

I would rather just have the image from the LE foil cover, honestly.

If they have a second occupation they should get skills and equipment to match it, especially if it's the only racial trait.

Good to see NH getting in on the DCC (I lived there for 20 years).

The Creepy/Eerie archives are much better than EC, in my opinion. Better art, more complex stories (I found ECs stories to be a little too formulaic).

Weapons are pretty easy to homebrew in this game. One of my players has a Greatbow, which deals 1d8 worth of damage. Heavy Flails require two hands but do 1d8 damage, etc.

Ughh Koplow make the ugliest dice ever.

I lost my D30 a few months ago walking home and have not found a replacement yet.

You can read full rules at http://earthlightacademy.blogspot.com/2012/08/minor-magic-item-asmodeus-coin.html . Um - I, for one, would never use an item called Asmodeus' ___insert_the_name_of_anything_but_"arrow_of_always_hitting_and_slaying_utterly"____. That's just asking for trouble. Ha...

Pesky wrote:

Vanguard wrote:A magical/cursed coin that aids/hinders the success of any action 1/day depending in what face it lands on

Oh, nice. Simple and fun.

You can read full rules at http://earthlightacademy.blogspot.com/2 ... -coin.html.

Hmmm, good idea, but I think I'll save my Crawl submissions for something bigger. I'm pretty involved in this once game I'm running, which is making it hard to get these other projects done, but I have new patrons, classes, and mechanics in the works.

This will, however, go on my blog.

I have my players declare whether or not they are in primary or support roles. The one who is primary rolls a d20 normally. Anyone in a support rolls 1d20 and their result determines how much help they provide as follows: 1: -2 to check 5: +1 to check 10 +2 to check 15: +3 to check 20: +4 to check ...

Unless there are delays, I'm guessing Emrikol Was Framed! is out this week, as October begins next week.

The Compleat Strategist usually gets this stuff very early.

Edit: I was wrong. Next week it is!

I have my players declare whether or not they are in primary or support roles. The one who is primary rolls a d20 normally. Anyone in a support rolls 1d20 and their result determines how much help they provide as follows: 1: -2 to check 5: +1 to check 10 +2 to check 15: +3 to check 20: +4 to check ...

Crimsontree wrote:GMG5070, 480 pages, hardcover, $39.99

GMG5070W, 480 pages, hardcover, $59.99 Pre-order now!

Is the 50% hike in price because of the pre-order or is the rulebook going to cost more?

I think it's because it's a LE cover and will come with some little extra.

My current group just finished its 7th session, are level 3, and have a grand total of three magic items. My players almost never use them, and none of them are weapons. In total they have: A magical/cursed coin that aids/hinders the success of any action 1/day depending in what face it lands on A m...