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[The Game Analists]

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[Excidium II]

I played it very briefly, it was p. fun but the people I larp with aren't much into that kind of stuff except for me and another guy.

Also, gotta thank DCC for keeping the spirit of D&D art alive in this age of incloosive deviant-art digital paintings.

Alex

 

[catfood]

I read the book from cover to cover and enjoyed every moment of it. It is written in such a way as to make you want to play the game, and most of the artwork is stunning. I haven't played it yet but I can't wait to give it a go once we finish up our Call of Cthulhu campaign.

 

[Helly]

It's great. Check the codex pnp games subforums, there is one game ongoing.

 

[catfood]

Question for those who played it: how badly is the combat bogged down by having to look up tables for crits, spell casting and whatnot?

 

[Llywelyn ap Gruffydd]

As Helly said, it's great. It's fairly easy to learn and get the hang of.

 

[nikolokolus]

Question for those who played it: how badly is the combat bogged down by having to look up tables for crits, spell casting and whatnot?

It works pretty well since it doesn't throw everything at you at once if you start the game from the character funnel. Additionally, there are a ton of free fan-made products like quick reference sheets that makes looking up crits/fumbles a breeze. Spell lookups could take a lot of time if a referee fucks up and forgets that spells are a lot like magic items and should be rare and hard-won; a spell caster is going to be lucky to have more than 6 or 7 spells in his repertoire.

If anybody is really interested, there's a ton of resources available on the DCC RPG Google+ page.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105339967712243499289

The Purple Sorcerer tablet/Android/Iphone app is a must have for quick rules lookups and even rolling funky dice.
http://purplesorcerer.com/crawler/crawler.htm

 

[Dustin DePenning]

Which module do you guys recommend for someone starting out with DCC?

 

[nikolokolus]

Sailors on the Starless Sea

 

[Dustin DePenning]

Sailors on the Starless Sea

Thanks

 

[Alchemist]

I love DCC, I even have one of these gold-foil beauties:

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Played in a DCC campaign as a wizard a while back with my weekly group and it was a total blast. I love how it makes magic actually dangerous and unpredictable. And it really captures the pulpy sword and sorcery feel. It's one of the best and most interesting variants of D&D released in recent years for sure.

I plan to draw a lot of inspiration from DCC for my CRPG project, like the corruption mechanic and possibly mercurial magic.

One of my favorite pieces from the book - showing the progression of a wizard as he dabbles in too much magic:

 

[Alchemist]

I really like the idea of not getting spells upon level up. I know some might ask why, but I love that idea. Having to learn that spells exist, and then raid ancient tombs and temples for spells is a great mechanic, it really ties into this idea i had years ago to improve the fable series.

I agree - it's much more interesting to have spells be closely guarded secrets, a goal of dungeon crawls or patron / demon bargaining, instead of just handing them out automatically. I'll probably have stuff like that in my game too... at least for the really powerful ones.

That's the strength of DCC - it really makes magic actually magical and mysterious again.

 

[Excidium II]

That's how it should be. But players missed the point about wizardry, and those people ended up becoming designers.

 

[Excidium II]

What cunts. That's the best kind of magic.

 

[nikolokolus]

For the mildly interested, Goodman is doing a print-run of Softcover rule-books for the 4th printing that are going to retail for about $25. I was able to preorder a couple of copies through the kickstarter for a table copy and a loaner. Keep your eye on the Goodman Games website in the next month or so or subscribe to their newsletter if you want a chance to grab one. I have a feeling they are going to disappear fast.

 

[Semper]

I really like the idea of not getting spells upon level up. I know some might ask why, but I love that idea. Having to learn that spells exist, and then raid ancient tombs and temples for spells is a great mechanic

technically that's not quite true. a wizard gets a chance to learn new spells at every level up, but those are randomly rolled. he can choose to learn a specific spell if he gained access to it, like through a grimoire or a ancient scroll. in either case he has to roll a spell check specified by the dm to learn every new spell.

 

[udm]

For the mildly interested, Goodman is doing a print-run of Softcover rule-books for the 4th printing that are going to retail for about $25. I was able to preorder a couple of copies through the kickstarter for a table copy and a loaner. Keep your eye on the Goodman Games website in the next month or so or subscribe to their newsletter if you want a chance to grab one. I have a feeling they are going to disappear fast.

Just waiting for my silver foil copy, but no harm getting a few more to pass around the table.

 

[nikolokolus]

At $15 a piece (for kickstarter backers only) it seemed like a no-brainer. I'll end up putting my gold foil, silver foil and Jeff Easley books in storage and lug the softcovers around when needed.

 

[Dedup]

After reading that I went and bought the module on principle.

 

[Alchemist]

I bought that module a while back, mainly because of the cover art. I love some good ol' Clyde Caldwell fantasy cheesecake. And it's great to see a classic TSR artist on the cover of a new gaming product. I have no idea what the module is like as I haven't read it yet, but Harley Stroh's stuff is usually good.

And there is a flaw in that complainer's logic (about it only being for straight white men and not LGBT people). Wouldn't lesbians actually love the cover?


And to add an extra layer of irony, that same guy posted on the DCC G+ community. And here's his profile page background image:

This made me wonder if it's all an elaborate attempt at trolling.

 

[Melan]

That's the Illhiedrin Book! :D Here it is in its full glory, front and back cover:

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Fortunately, she is empowered and free from the male gaze.

 

[Alchemist]

That is a lovely cover! Yeah, that staff gives her +5 vs. male gaze attacks, and immunity to objectification...

 

[udm]

Looks like Jeff was simply trying to Goad some people.

 

[Xorphitus]

Most of the 3.5 DCC modules were better than what WOTC put out. Also had some cool covers for some of them.

 

[Melan]

Better than WotC, but that's not saying much. They were still a rather mixed bag. They got the old-school trade dress perfectly, and the basic concepts were gold, but the contents often didn't live up to the example set by classic TSR and Judges Guild. Many suffered from excessive linearity and a heavy focus on setpiece combat encounters (as opposed to a more even mixture of combat, exploration and light social interaction, which is closer to the old-school spirit). Some adventures, notably by Harley Stroh, were getting better - but overall, Necromancer Games did a better job with their product line in the 3.x period. I am not that familiar with GG's DCC modules, though; they may have improved.