[DCC] What are you doing with it?

Fiasco · June 09, 2014, 07:28:15 AM

Quote from: One Horse Town;756763Bloody GM!

Hahahahahahaha :-)

One Horse Town · June 09, 2014, 07:33:06 AM

Quote from: Fiasco;756764Hahahahahahaha :-)

Nah, we all presumed when 'wizard' was mentioned in the text that it applied to Elves casting spells as well.

languagegeek · June 09, 2014, 12:45:45 PM

I ran a funnel a while back. One thing I'd say is that make sure the players are on the same page for the point of the funnel. One player got it and had his peasants gleefully falling to horrible deaths, one survived. Other players were extremely cautious with their peasants and were almost loathe to action so that 3 out of 4 survived but there was no carefree abandon in the role playing.

DCC is on my short-list of games-to-run-soon. I do use the critical hit tables in other games.

ostap bender · June 10, 2014, 08:48:12 AM

i think that elves roll on corruption tables and are also subject to misfire and patron taint.

RPGPundit · June 12, 2014, 11:57:04 AM

Quote from: ostap bender;757089i think that elves roll on corruption tables and are also subject to misfire and patron taint.

That's definitely how I've run it. Given that there's absolutely nothing (that I can find) that disadvantages demi-humans over humans (they don't get higher xp tables like in regular D&D) I would think you wouldn't want that on top of that elves get no repercussions from magic use.

RPGPundit · June 12, 2014, 04:25:38 PM

Quote from: The Butcher;756281Who's running it?

Me.

QuoteWhat's your setting like?

I just updated it on today's blog:

And the quote of the night? "DCC sure has taught us a lot about tolerance!"
There's a string of words that might never have been heard in that particular sequence before.

QuoteAre you running published stuff, other than Goodman Games adventures?

Not even running goodman game adventures. However, I've cannibalized bits from all over; I think I've used at least something from each of the following:
AD&D DMG 1e
AD&D Monster Manual
Adventures Dark & Deep GM guide
Vornheim
Advanced Fighting Fantasy (Port Blacksand book)
Machinations of the Space Princess (modified version of the carousing table)
Hulks & Horrors (some of the sci-fi stuff)
Vornheim (weirder random tables)

QuoteHow are you handling treasure? Magical items, in particular -- are they reliable like trad D&D, or wild and prone to random effects like DCC magic?

Mostly reliable. But weird. A lot of them have side-effects.

QuoteHow's it different from playing and/or running trad D&D, beyond the obvious differences?

Its fairly similar, but more gonzo!

RPGPundit

MonsterSlayer · June 12, 2014, 08:11:20 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;757663That's definitely how I've run it. Given that there's absolutely nothing (that I can find) that disadvantages demi-humans over humans (they don't get higher xp tables like in regular D&D) I would think you wouldn't want that on top of that elves get no repercussions from magic use.

This.

let the pointy ears suffer too.

Besides the core rule book has "King of Elfland" as a patron. His entry has plenty of misfire/ corruption in it. Seems like he would be the perfect patron for elves.

RPGPundit · June 14, 2014, 10:33:01 AM

Clearly. And this thread is the first place I ever heard the suggestion that Elves are immune to corruption.

The Butcher · June 14, 2014, 10:45:15 AM

I think it may be possible, simply by swapping the equipment price lists and adopting the treasure tables, to graft the whole ACKS economy and endgame into DCC.

The result would The One OSR RPG To Rule Them All.

More on this as I get to work on it.

RabidWookie · June 15, 2014, 01:23:11 AM

Quote from: The Butcher;758108I think it may be possible, simply by swapping the equipment price lists and adopting the treasure tables, to graft the whole ACKS economy and endgame into DCC.

The result would The One OSR RPG To Rule Them All.

More on this as I get to work on it.

Get to work on it immediately!

Marleycat · June 15, 2014, 01:35:41 AM

Can't you use Spellburn and Luck to avoid spell corruption?

The Butcher · June 15, 2014, 10:23:43 AM

Quote from: RabidWookie;758222Get to work on it immediately!

The beauty of this is that it's actually easy. See, I'm a lazy bum when it comes to gaming.

I'll post a bit about it later today.

DKChannelBoredom · June 15, 2014, 04:44:43 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;758106Clearly. And this thread is the first place I ever heard the suggestion that Elves are immune to corruption.

But if they are, is it such a bad thing? If "to hell with everything must balance" is part of the creed and since you only get an elf if you roll an elf during the funnel, is it a problem if they are immune to corruption?

Marleycat · June 15, 2014, 05:49:02 PM

I would argue they are. It's like Warhammer and elves being lawful and being able to use all forms of magic. They're rare and that's their advantage so deal with it. Given they have huge in game disadvantages beyond the basic simple mechanical.

Simlasa · June 15, 2014, 06:43:59 PM

Quote from: Marleycat;758343I would argue they are. It's like Warhammer and elves being lawful and being able to use all forms of magic. They're rare and that's their advantage so deal with it. Given they have huge in game disadvantages beyond the basic simple mechanical.

I'd be fine with them being immune to corruption... though I wouldn't have them be lawful. I'd have them be more innately magical... but without souls. Kinda creepy and lots of people don't like them... some towns won't let them in. Social stigma.