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by The Disgruntled Poet
Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:41 am
Forum: DCC College - New Judges Start Here
Topic: Switching my group to DCC
Replies: 7
Views: 23809

Re: Switching my group to DCC

Kind of like saying that every, "you begin in a tavern" adventure is like every other one. Sure they sound familiar, but.... ;) I promised my players that I would never, ever, ever, ever start an adventure that way. Believe me, as a teen and young GM, I threw the party into a tavern as a ...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:57 am
Forum: DCC College - New Judges Start Here
Topic: Any tips for running public games?
Replies: 8
Views: 21193

Re: Any tips for running public games?

I used to make some really bad hand-drawn maps as the adventures progressed, but I was worried that in a more time-sensitive environment it would take too long and/or people would get bored if the map is too big. Sounds like that shouldn't be as big of a deal as I thought though! I only draw out th...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:43 pm
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: How to Improve Your Chances of Making an Artifact Check
Replies: 3
Views: 19685

Re: How to Improve Your Chances of Making an Artifact Check

Would a judge also have the ability to improve chances of a character by giving them lower CM because they already understand a similar artifact? Yes please. Example: In an adventure I am running a lot right now, there's an elevator and I generally assume that 3rd / 4th level seekers have seen thes...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:35 pm
Forum: DCC RPG General
Topic: Trading Post?
Replies: 3
Views: 12224

Re: Trading Post?

You might try to swap that stuff on RPG.net in a similar way (on the appropriate forum.) The only thing here is... a lot of diehards, so we might mostly have all those things.
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Feb 04, 2021 8:24 pm
Forum: DCC College - New Judges Start Here
Topic: Any tips for running public games?
Replies: 8
Views: 21193

Re: Any tips for running public games?

Map-wise, I'm a draw -as-you-go guy. Never had much problem with it. My maps end up kind of sucking, but that's OK, they just need to be more or less to scale and represent the world to the PCs for positioning. I've got pretty fast with it so I don't use minis..I just quick-rease PCs and monsters as...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:49 pm
Forum: Characters
Topic: Character Sheets for Alternate Classes
Replies: 4
Views: 20065

Re: Character Sheets for Alternate Classes

For what it's worth, Nowhere City Nights has custom character sheets (really just modified Warrior, Thief, Wizard). If you're interested, send me a PM!
by The Disgruntled Poet
Mon Dec 21, 2020 6:57 pm
Forum: Rules discussion
Topic: Question: Thieves, Luck & Death
Replies: 24
Views: 46216

Re: Question: Thieves, Luck & Death

It's rather amusing to re-read these posts today. The answer (to myself, 7 years ago, from myself of 2020) is don't allow people to burn luck in this fashion. DIE, Player Charcter, DIE!!
by The Disgruntled Poet
Mon Dec 21, 2020 6:44 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Muster: a friendly primer to old school D&D
Replies: 8
Views: 26052

Re: Muster: a friendly primer to old school D&D

I thought 80 PCs over 8 years is kind of light. I mean, if you are running an 8 year campaign (much respect!) then of course you probably have mostly high level PCs who don't die much. But if you do 4-5 funnels, that right there would be 10-15 deaths apiece...60ish? Sounds like one year of con games...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Muster: a friendly primer to old school D&D
Replies: 8
Views: 26052

Re: Muster: a friendly primer to old school D&D

Johann wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:47 pm Eight years and 80+ PC casualties and counting -- though admittedly, the funnels help the numbers!)
only 80 PCs in 8 years? Including funnels? :lol:
by The Disgruntled Poet
Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: MCC House Rules in Your Game (Updated to v5 on 12/14/20)
Replies: 6
Views: 25421

Re: MCC House Rules in Your Game (Updated to v5 on 12/14/20)

Re: Shroomer class, I love it! Looks really fun, would love to bring that into my game. Got any pregens to share? :) Just because I'm lazy. Expanded background & equipment lists above- links appear broken. However, I am interested in moving my MCC stuff to a little more dark ages/early medieval ...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:02 pm
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: The A-B-C's of Determining Your Shaman's Programs (Superseded by New Post)
Replies: 12
Views: 32295

Re: The A-B-C's of Determining Your Shaman's Programs (Superseded by New Post)

Re: #1, I think I mentioned really briefly around here but maybe not... one of the approaches that is explicitly mentioned in the book IIRC is to bond to more than one patron. As long as you stay on the same or adjacent axes (e.g, Mainframe of Order) so your patrons don't constantly conflict, there'...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:59 pm
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: Revised A-B-C's of Shaman Programs (One More Look at How to Run Shamans) -- Big Change in Approach (Simpler)
Replies: 3
Views: 17108

Re: Revised A-B-C's of Shaman Programs (One More Look at How to Run Shamans) -- Big Change in Approach (Simpler)

"If you end up in a situation where you rolled a high enough Patron AI Bond check to get multiple wetware programs, but your Intelligence is not high enough to learn your Patron AI's next program when you normally could, your Judge could allow you to learn a lower level program the Patron provi...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:45 pm
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: The A-B-C's of Determining Your Shaman's Programs (Superseded by New Post)
Replies: 12
Views: 32295

Re: The A-B-C's of Determining Your Shaman's Programs (Superseded by New Post)

Hi Melfast, I am not too keen on the first rule as I think the Patron should demand some service for a restored program. The wetware comes from the Patron. I mean, unless you reimagine the Shaman as a wetware-casting MCC Wizard a la Pozenal, which is fine with me, but not per the way it's designed i...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Sat Dec 05, 2020 2:28 pm
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: The A-B-C's of Determining Your Shaman's Programs (Superseded by New Post)
Replies: 12
Views: 32295

Re: The A-B-C's of Determining Your Shaman's Programs (Superseded by New Post)

Hey gang, cool discussion and cool breakdown, I think most of the A-B-Cs looks right to me. Looking at the questions: 1) Based on the quote from p. 140, I have applied the Patron AI Bond result to determine the frequency of how often the Shaman can use their programs. I'm not sure that is right. Sho...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:52 am
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: MCC 2nd Edition Core Book Errata and Rules Omissions/Suggestions for a 3rd Printing of the MCC Core Book
Replies: 9
Views: 27434

Re: MCC 2nd Edition Core Book Errata and Rules Omissions/Suggestions for a 3rd Printing of the MCC Core Book

Hey Maceo, all of the above makes sense to me. I think there has not been that much online and fan support which is unfortunate. In fact, I feel like there's almost more 3rd party product than there is active play, but then again, I only know from the cons I go to, probably not the complete picture ...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:54 pm
Forum: Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Topic: MCC 2nd Edition Core Book Errata and Rules Omissions/Suggestions for a 3rd Printing of the MCC Core Book
Replies: 9
Views: 27434

Re: MCC 2nd Edition Core Book Errata and Rules Omissions/Suggestions for a 3rd Printing of the MCC Core Book

Great discussion guys. Question on perception of the Shaman. I agree people don't understand the class and there is confusion. I think the source of the confusion is that people think it's going to be like a DCC Wizard, but it's very different. It's as if the DCC Wizard/Elf class had ONLY patron spe...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:45 pm
Forum: DCC RPG Adventure Modules
Topic: Shorter adventures (Less than 4 hours)
Replies: 4
Views: 20219

Shorter adventures (Less than 4 hours)

What DCC adventures can be run in 2-3 hours for a convention slot? It's been many years since I ran Portal Under the Stars, I think that's one.

What about others? I'm happy to consider 3PP stuff as well as Goodman Games published.
by The Disgruntled Poet
Fri May 10, 2019 2:00 pm
Forum: DCC RPG General
Topic: Secret door base detection rules?
Replies: 6
Views: 20391

Re: Secret door base detection rules?

Depending on the situation, the Judge and the group, a Luck check can be appropriate too. You could apply the Elf mod as a minus for a Luck check if desired.
by The Disgruntled Poet
Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:11 pm
Forum: DCC RPG Community
Topic: DCC for MInneapolis
Replies: 0
Views: 14560

DCC for MInneapolis

Running a new campaign in MInneapolis, straight-up DCC with some bits of Lankhmar (Dooms, Benisons, Fleeting Luck), sort of a city-crawl, sort of a mega-dungeon, depending on who shows up and what they want to do. Aiming to play at least a couple times a month if I can work it out, generally on week...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:58 am
Forum: DCC RPG General
Topic: Anyone know what the closest airport to GameHole Con?
Replies: 1
Views: 7975

Re: Anyone know what the closest airport to GameHole Con?

GameHoleCon is just outside of Madison, WI. Here's a page for the local Madison airport:

http://www.msnairport.com/
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:00 am
Forum: DCC RPG General
Topic: Need rules for mass combat...using DCC characters
Replies: 7
Views: 25355

Re: Need rules for mass combat...using DCC characters

Hi all, I'm resurrecting this thread hoping that maybe those who posted earlier reached more final forms in the ideas they presented earlier. My group is heading toward a village defense, so a mass system would be great :) For quick and dirty, I'll throw out the following system. Keep it as simple ...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:46 am
Forum: DCC RPG General
Topic: Gen Con questions
Replies: 7
Views: 20832

Re: Gen Con questions

I was at last years GenCon. This year my friend backed out so I also backed out but now Im tempted to say F it and use some airmiles I have to go for Thursday and Friday but I was just wondering is there any cool stuff happening Thursday and Friday? Tell me all the coolness please. I know the DCC c...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:38 am
Forum: DCC RPG Third Party Publishers
Topic: Nowhere City Nights for DCC RPG!
Replies: 1
Views: 11584

Nowhere City Nights for DCC RPG!

New third party product launching from Julian Bernick, published by Order of the Quill (Clint Bohaty). Welcome to Nowhere! In Nowhere City, power-mad Sorcerers battle the righteous Gutter Knights for the final fate of Humanity, while selfish Free Agents seek to profit from the conflict. The End Time...
by The Disgruntled Poet
Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:24 pm
Forum: DCC RPG General
Topic: Softcover printing for retailer
Replies: 1
Views: 6396

Softcover printing for retailer

I am running some DCC at my FLGS and my buddy and retailer owner asked me if I could see about getting some softcover Fourth printing "bridge copies" into the store to sell. I am a fourth printing backer and he is not. Is this weird/ unethical /frowned upon, grinned upon, etc?

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