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"Once a character is engaged in melee, he cannot back away without opening himself up to attack. If a character or monster withdraws from an active melee – whether to retreat, move to a new position, or attempt some action – his opponents immediately receive a single free attack." Imagine...

I think "Withdraw" in this instance is any movement in combat, period. It lists retreat as a act distinct from moving to a new position in combat. I'm interpreting it as similar to an attack of opportunity. Enemies move past the character more than one square, and they are technically rea...

OK, first off, so long as you are figuring out what has happened, and what the villains are doing, you are not railroading. Railroading is deciding what the PCs will do with what you hand them, which is not in your control (nor should it be). Holmes didn't solve all his cases, and if your PC fails t...

From my understanding, Cthulhu cultists may be evil, but Cthulhu himself is simply uncaring.

In playtests, I've found elves to be humbled by armor penalties in a lovely, lovely way. I actually had a 3 hp elf stripping before going into combat so that he didn't take the armor penalty to his spellcasting. Armor + Spells may look sexy on paper, but it is challenging to pull off with a high de...

An interesting take on languages can be found in Burroughs' Mars series. On Barsoom there is a single common spoken language but each city has its own written language. Not very realistic from a historical Earth standpoint, but kind of neat for a fantasy world. This get rid of the "we hit town...

An interesting take on languages can be found in Burroughs' Mars series. On Barsoom there is a single common spoken language but each city has its own written language. Not very realistic from a historical Earth standpoint, but kind of neat for a fantasy world. This get rid of the "we hit town...

Just saw this. Found e-mail in my spam folder, missed the deadline. How can I download my copy? I sent an e-mail to info @goodmangames. -Daniel W. Cisek- dcisek@gmail.com Daniel, Sorry for the trouble. You should be receiving an email from Joseph, shortly. //H Not the person you just helped, but I ...

Those are some great posts.

This product might be adaptable for "Modern man encounters fantasy world" scenarios, from the sounds of it. That would be a very good thing!

http://www.unseenservant.us/forum/viewt ... f=36&t=525

I will need people's Unseen Servant user names to add them to the forum so that they can post.

caveman wrote:I'd like to play!

I've received your characters. You're in.

http://www.unseenservant.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=523 I am looking to start a pbp game, exploring the Barrowmaze using the Dungeon Crawl Classics rules by Goodman Games. I have the full rules release pdf, but all players need to get going are the Beta Quickstart rules, located here: http://...

Just a quick question, esp. to those who have done more playtesting in the Beta. I really like the 0-lvl funnel, but I am curious what the design idea is for when part of a party dies (as will happen!) -- are new characters brought in at 0-lvl? Does the player make 4 nobodies, or is he intended to c...

I found a neat Blog entry giving a review of DCC. I wasn't sure where to put it, but it seemed like it would be cool to have a thread that had a list of Blogs and reviews for the game. http://ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2012/04/dungeon-crawl-classics-i-have-it-and-im.html Thanks. I've read quite a b...

I've only just begun reading the PDF, but I'll say this: I am very impressed. Not only is the book gorgeous , it's also well written and imaginative. I've already found myself nodding and smiling as I read. This is good stuff. Hey James, if you need a Toronto player for some DCC fun, let me know! I...

Thank you for the review, Raven. (And those maps in the blog's background are absolutely awesome.) //H You are very welcome for the review. An awesome product, and a fantastic job overall. While I picked nits, I don't think that they were that serious of nits, and I hope they inspire others to fill...

Well, I've got it, and I've been going through it, and I've posted some thoughts. http://ravencrowking.blogspot.ca/2012/04/dungeon-crawl-classics-i-have-it-and-im.html Mostly a very good impression, with a few concerns. Feel free to post comments about those impressions or concerns if you like, beca...

I have mine, and have been slowly perusing it.

The idea of the scrivener is good, because robbing a treasury makes sense, and robbing a scrivener is more unusual. Some notes: (1) There will be a client who knows what was being copied. Was that client killed? If so, that is a clue, and might point toward the killer more directly. Also, a friend o...

You are not alone. I find myself checking and re-checking my email!

I understand that right now is going to be a busy time, though, getting the book to the printers, formatting the pdf, bookmarking, etc., so I am trying to be patient.

I am trying.....

The best solution to this, IMHO, is that the GM include areas and means in the campaign world that can undo the effects of corruption, but which require adventuring in and of themselves. A chance to mitigate effects is fine, but that mitigation should by no means be certain, and the difficulty is se...

(i.e., everything is completely done and we're just waiting on the physical production) Any word when that day will be? :D I am assuming sometime in March, but didn't know if you could be more specific. I'll let you know as soon as I know. :) Literally every day is spent working on DCC RPG right no...