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I've capped the DCs of saves vs. spells at 20.

I was considering [20 + spell level] but as beermotor pointed out saves vs. 15+ are rare as is.

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Johann

Man, I can't believe I just bought* this for the Easley artwork alone. I already have the %&$@ book. I guess it will see use as an additional spell & critical hit reference at the table. The spine clinched the deal, by the way -- it screams "Sword & Planet" / "Science Fant...

I also think it is of vital importance to keep the venue of the game in mind. The skill-sets and tools involved in handling a 1-off game are entirely different from those used to carefully manage long-term play. [...] I’m convinced that there are two distinct forms of DCCRPG. With the 1-off, or ‘ov...

The main problem we had with spellburn was that the wizards burned 20 points and used this to max-out "Wizard Staff," which then gave them +2 on their main offensive spells. When I look at spells with permanent effects - e.g. Arcane Affinity, Patron Bond, Wizard Staff etc. - it seems to m...

Thank you all for this very civil discussion and the great feedback! Ravenheart87: I agree that “higher level characters deserve to be sturdier” . You say that Luck is a downward spiral, though. Doesn’t that mean that survivability decreases? (Thanks for the correction about Elves and Wizards. I’ve ...

Running, tinkering with and reading about DCC, I’ve encountered four problems. I’m offering my solutions to the first three – and asking for help with the fourth. 1. The balance is spotty in some places Disclaimer: I do NOT care about balanced encounters or classes that can always contribute equally...

I roll initiative for both the players and the monsters at the outset; then those players that win initiative get to act on round 1, and those that did not win initiative do not act on round 1; then the monsters act on round 1; and then for round 2 and all subsequent rounds all players act first, a...

I do not allow PCs to burn Luck on a "recover the body roll". In fact, I do not even allow them to burn Luck on saves *at all* because that makes Luck into another pool of hit points (depleted by failed saves rather than successful enemy attacks). I prefer Luck to be a "Seize the Mome...

The first thing I fell in love with about Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG (DCC) was the new take on the fighter - thanks to the wonderful 'Mighty Deeds of Arms' mechanic. The mechanic is granular enough to be intuitive ("You wanna push him over the cliff? You'll need to roll a 4+ on your deed die.&q...

18 of 20 .... yikes ... :shock: They drowned the beast in the blood of their fallen comrades! "Out for Blood," indeed! Well played, sir. //H The players made the choice to face the beast. After a veritable bloodbath in the dungeon, I gave the survivors the option to hand over the spear to...

I ran Doom of the Savage Kings yesterday and we had a blast. Five players ran four 0-level characters each. Time was short, so I started them off right in front of the dungeon.* They lost 18 out of 20 characters and slew the hound. Great times! *I'll use the village as a base for a planned mini-camp...

I wouldn't argue that the skill DCs are fair. In fact, mine are often deliberately unfair. If a non-thief PC reaches the point where he has to make a skill check, he's likely already down the wrong road, having missed the chance to solve the challenge via roleplaying. [...] Fair? No. Just as not ev...

I've reviewed Doom of the Savage Kings here . Here's a quote and a question about the module: The dungeon is no cakewalk - which is fine by me - but some of the difficulty numbers (DCs) for saves and skill checks seem awfully high to me. The walls of a pit, for instance, require a DC 23 climb check ...

Give him some rare magical component (dragons blood) or have him cast it through his magical staff (stored power)- giving a one time bonus. Or at least limit it some way. This sounds good. Combined with Harley's take on the matter, I guess I'll grant the wizard's player a vial of dragon blood for a...

Hi there! I'm running another DCC one-shot on Monday (Doom of the Savage Kings). My first one was great fun (The Portal Under the Stars)! Some characters are now level 1, so character classes and spell casting come into play. However, I'd like to keep things simple for now, so I'm ignoring several (...

'Cutting off the opponent's hand'. Is that 3+, 4+, 5+, 6+ or 7+? 'Taking the rider out of his saddle with well aimed blow' Is that 3+, 4+, 5+, 6+ or 7+? And so on. Perhaps not the best of examples, but I hope it gets my point across. These are excellent examples of Mighty Deeds of Arms. However, I ...

I've only run the introductory adventure for 0-level characters so far (read my impressions here ), but I'm leaning towards keeping the tradeoff of the beta rules (mighty deed vs. extra damage, possibly even extra accuracy as well). Of course, a successful deed would then have to be really powerful ...

I ran the introductory adventure "The Portal under the Stars" last week. We had a blast. You can find my (brief) actual play review of DCC here.