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I'm not familiar with that module, but here's how I've arbitrated starting 1st-level NPC classes in the past: I had the party roll 3d6 for their ability scores. After a total is arrived at, I had them roll another d6, and record in parentheses what the stat would be using the normal 4d6 drop-lowest ...

That's easily one of my favorite modules from DCC. Good idea melding it with "modern" characters.

Don't care -- whichever is cheapest, usually, plus I'll buy the books on a whim. Printing them out isn't a big deal, and I don't DM with a laptop, so I don't care about running a game out of a book, either. I'll photocopy what I want the party to see. Kinko's is, after all, open 24/7.

I remember when 3.0 came out. For a long time, I thought roughly the same thing -- these rules, they have no style. They make the game too videogame-ish. Long story short, I played 3rd edition because it's convenient, but I think I was right all the same. I'm surprised people haven't brought up two ...