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You do realize that if the game starts at level 0 and goes up to level 10 then the game really has 11 levels.

Isn't it past time for a new designer's blog post?

Joe, I think a lot of people are going to be very, very pleased to read this post. I know I am. :D And honestly, I think things like building keeps and facing off against patrons is perfect supplementary material... In my 30 years of playing D&D (damn, i'm getting old), I've never once played o...

I'm sort of curious as to what level is a "minimun" in order to have folks be interested in the DCC rpg. Would it have to go up to 8th level instead of 5th? Would it need to go to 10th? What's the "magic number" for this? :? I'm not sure that numbers really mean anything. It's t...

Personally I have no problem with the level range as I'm more attuned to Traveller (no levels), Trail of Cthulhu (no levels) and Call of Cthulhu (slow progression). In those games it's about roleplaying not leveling up like some sort of computer game. It's all about expectations. I love Traveller a...

And we haven't had any solid explanation for why that's so... other than "I think it will work better this way". Why? I'm guessing that the spell tables and crit tables take up a whole lot more space than they first expected and now they need to chop the game down to make it fit into the ...

As sort of a pulse on my own anticipation, I'll necro this thread. My attitude towards DCC has tanked since the levels thing. I'm kind of feeling the same way since the 5 levels comment myself. That combined with having to buy a bunch of weird dice will make selling this to my group awfully tough t...

smathis wrote:

mshensley wrote:

smathis wrote:Jeff Rient's 3rd level Wizard

FTFY

I don't know what "FTFY" means and, right now, those don't look like friendly F's. So I'll just offer my apologies. My bad.

nah, it's friendly enough: FTFY means Fixed That For You.

I just wanted credit to go to the correct person.

smathis wrote:Jeff Rient's 3rd level Wizard

FTFY

Add this store to your listing please-

http://organizedplay.org/

Organized Play
131 S Central Street, Knoxville, TN

It's where my group plays.

Man, I really need to hire an editor. Oh, wait, I do have one. :) I need to get him reading my posts! That's JUNE 17. JUNE 17! Hopefully that makes more sense. Post edited. And now - will I see you guys in Tennessee?? Honestly since freerpgday is the next day, it doesn't make a whole lot of economi...

smathis wrote:I want this to be my go-to fantasy rpg. Not Hackmaster Lite.

Yep, I agree completely. Either the game has sufficient depth in the core rulebook or I'm not going to buy it. I don't want to have to invest in another shelf of rpg books to run a decent campaign.

Looking at the calendar, the next friday the 17th is in June.

I don't like the idea of the core only supporting levels 1-5. It would feel like an incomplete game, just like HackMaster Basic does. By all means, use additional books to bring in rules for building castles, mass warfare, etc, but the core rulebook should be all I need to run a game if I don't want...

The easiest way to turn down the lethality dial in any version of D&D is to start the pc's at a higher level. I've often thought that 1st level characters (nevermind 0 level ones) were underpowered. I mean, given the same equipment, a measly 4' tall goblin is as tough as the average human. If th...

geordie racer wrote:Am I right in that the type of thief in DCC is influenced by alignment ?

i recall that being said somewhere

I disagree with you on this. There are enough elements of the game that someone who is familiar with d20 DnD or d20 C&C will have very little problem picking up the game. Except that there are no feats, no skills (not in d20 sense anyway), bonuses are added by additional dice - not a constant n...

I'm not that familiar with Áereth (I couldn't afford it - please no more expensive box sets), but would it have to be changed to better fit with the Appendix N feel they are going for?

I have a feeling that most of the game will barely resemble d20 at all.

Machpants wrote:Yeah my attitude has changed... I am getting more and more and MORE ....

IMPATIENT!

Well another month has passed by so it's time for another designer's blog!

Ravenheart87 wrote:

jmucchiello wrote:"How to use dice?"
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We all know this stuff.

I also thought this. Then, I read HackMaster's chapter about dice. I'm now enlightened.

Meh, I could have really done without the 10 or so pages on dice in HMB.

I don't know about whether we need that or not, but we absolutely need at least a page or two of an example of play. Preferably one where everybody dies...

I agree with you in theory, but it seems like it would be a royal PITA to dm a game where I had to look up the results of every, single spell by myself.

finarvyn wrote:I'd like to see some charts a DM can use to create a town, a random NPC and of course random encounter tables.

This, please.

How about instead of an Alignment, characters have a Motivation. It could be stuff like- get rich, revenge, power, protect the weak, defend the realm, etc. You would pick one and that would be your reason for adventuring and perhaps you get bonus xp for achieving goals that match it.