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Quick note...

I will be at GenCon.

Early copies of Transylvanian Adventures may be. We'll see...

Three of us are heading to GenCon from Atlanta. We were really hoping to get in some DCC and have someone familiar with the system teach us. Unfortunately, the events were all sold out. Any chance of expansion? Will there be staff to support generic tickets? It looks like I'll be at GenCon this yea...

ragboy wrote:Where are you at in Austin? I'm in RR. There's a few Austinites on the boards.

I think ragboy has his own group. But he's part of the "list" that comprises where we cull together groups for our games as well.

So, yeah, DCC RPG is all up in the Austin area.

Are you in Austin? I'm in a group here locally that plays (infrequently). Sometimes we play DCC RPG. I'm also writing Transylvanian Adventures (a "Hammer Horror" supplement for DCC RPG which will be released at some point), so there's the opportunity we could do that as well. I'd be willin...

1. DCC was based on the d20 SRD (standard reference doc) and as such tends to use by default the stat bonuses that were used in the SRD. Then changed those, because the d20 system reference document's -5 to +5 range influenced the rolls a bit more than Lord Goodman wanted to, plus with using 3d6 du...

Here, here!

Happy 91st.

Very sad news. He will be missed.

Sweet Bobugbubilz! Is it June already?!

I've got a new update on the blog...

Due to popular demand, the characters in the Quickstart adventure are 4th level instead of 2nd level.

Which just means they'll suffer longer...

Thanks, Liu Jen Hao. I'll certainly check out that recommendation. Not sure if you've been following but I tried the solo adventure chapter. It didn't work, however, because of too many decision points with Luck expenditure and all. So I'm going for a more traditional "Example of Play" sec...

Well done. Thanks.

I allow my players to burn stamina to heal HD. One HD per point burned. During combat, burning stamina is permanent and takes an action. During downtime, it takes one turn, uninterrupted and it's only temporary and can be healed through rest or magic. TATG does something similar to this, albeit a b...

Nice. I love it.

I'll be "Tailgating at NTRPG" as well. Wish I could make it up to KublaCon.

For anyone who's planning on being at NTRPG con in June... I've just signed up and will be attending this year. Looking forward to meeting a lot of you. Mike and Doug told me I was too late to get a table of my own in the nicest way possible. I'm on a sort-of-reserve list to run DCC and TATG if ther...

Just signed up for NTRPG. I will be attending this year. Looking forward to meeting a lot of you. Hoping to roll out TATG and some DCC while I'm there. Space and Mike Badolato willing, it will happen. Edit: So Mike and Doug told me I was too late to get a table of my own in the nicest way possible. ...

I created special Corruption and Mercurial Magic tables for The Transylvanian Grimoire. They're not as gonzo as the DCC tables and fit more with what you'd see in Conan, LotR or Buffy.

I like using those.

But the DCC tables are fun for wilder magical effects.

Stuff like that will be appearing in the Transylvanian Grimoire. Along with (potentially) steampunk upgrades, armor and the ability to graft monster parts onto a character. Not all are givens. But that's the direction the third book is going at this time. The first book is light on those types of th...

Thanks. Doug is doing a fantastic job.

I should have the Free RPG Day Quickstart adventure available in the next week or two for review/playtesting.

Exciting times in the Land of Phantoms.

Hi RCK:
Thanks for doing this. I sent over what I could via PayPal.

I hope John and his wife are doing okay. My thoughts are with them.

Also wanted to note that Simarillius is looking to write some adventures for TATG. He's started up a thread called Adventure Designs.

Check it out or roll Save vs. Energy Drain.

Yup. Simarillius, RCK and I have been in steady contact over the last few days. Simarillius is being very modest with his reveal here. He's got some amazing stuff lined up. The details in this thread are just the tip of a radioactive iceberg filled with frozen prehistoric zombie dinosaurs that are g...

Skars wrote:If you use this example or a modified version for a chase scene in one of your games, let me know about it!

That sounds like a lot of fun. You should consider writing it up and submitting it to reverenddak for inclusion in Crawl. Sounds like a great subsystem for the fanzine.

Just added an update over at the blog. It includes a preview of the map for the quickstart adventure I'm trying to get ready for Free RPG Day.

It's pretty straight-forward to "reskin" the demi-humans in DCC into another type of class. The Elf would become a "Spellsword" or a "Warlock". The Dwarf would become an Armiger/Man-at-Arms/Knight. Or the Halfling could become a Swashbuckler. Or they could be re-raced w...

Generally, it's been positive. The only complaint I had was from a guy playing a Cleric on a night when he simply could not roll above a 9 on his spellchecks. That was a bummer for him.

But no one's reacted negatively thus far. Most people I've played with seem to think the spellcasting is very cool.

Rather than having a cleric treated like a medic, I've tinkered a little with using "healing surges" a la D&D 4E. This removes some of the need for the cleric. @finarvyn: Why not use the Injury Die and quicker healing in the TATG Beta? I've simplified the mechanics a great deal and th...