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The official PhoenixCrawl Open Player Pack is now available here on the site ( click here to download the PDF). The Player Pack details the policies and guidelines for players who have already registered for the tournament, as well as the Goodman Games policies for Generic Ticket Holders looking to ...

Greetings, all. In addition to answering questions on the individual Goodman Games forums, Joseph was kind enough to create this Adventure Design forum for aspiring writers and GG regulars to talk about Adventure Design and writing. I hope the other writers will follow suit and open up a thread dedi...

Not related to the original question, but a GenCon question in general... For the XCrawl tourneys (which are completely full in terms of registration), if one of the players doesn't show will Generic Tickets be accepted? Sorry this took so long to respond - I only saw this post now. I am conferring...

Yep - big thanks to Adrian for working so hard to fix the problems posed by the original room assignments and the printing errors GenCon made regarding both the Xcrawl and DCC tournaments. I cannot stress this following point enough -- if you have ANY questions about the tournaments, your time slot ...

And yes it was the golem guarding the ring. We made it past that room searched around and then decided to go back. It was the last thing we decided to do. Hehe.... Ordo the Paragon of Law was one of my contributions to the module. He is beatable - but he is a tough nut to crack. Seeing his stats an...

Also...I know that this will probably be in the Player Packs, but I'd like to ask while I have the chance to post...any changes in the tournament structure? Last year, the "take 20" penalty was introduced (which definitely made things more challenging). Anything else worthy of mention? Ye...

http://linnaeus.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/phoenix-open/ My good friend Gerald Cameron, one of the playtesters and editors who helped provide some great feedback on the PhoenixCrawl module, wrote about it in his latest blog. He really enjoyed the sneak peak, and talks a bit about the product line. His...

Things have been developing rather nicely, from what I've seen. The PCs are going to present some tough decisions for the players -- I think most folks will have a hard time keeping some of them off the roster. Round 1 has some interesting twists that haven't appeared in a previous DCC tourney, and ...

Yes - the drop off is equal on both sides of the path for the road leading up to the entrance of the Dunerain mines.

there weren't any old school creatures that really engaged me as a player that had a distinct psionic threat. From MM1 - brain mole, couatl, all demon lords, all demons Type II and up, Succubus, all archdevils, horned devil, ice devil, pit fiend, intellect devourer, ki-rin, mind flayers (obviously)...

Yep, all the basic Psionic data is indeed SRD - only a few minor things are absent, such as some specialty creatures/races. My reservation is that psionics doesn't really feel "classic" in the sense that other fantasy tropes and adventures do. Aside from the Mind Flayer (which is not SRD) ...

Both Crypt and Vault were just...brutal. In Vault, I've heard that some teams lost party members in the very first encounter. You make that sound like a bad thing! :) Where you see lethal, I see "memorable" -- I wanted to start Vault of the Dragon Kings with a bang, and based on player fe...

Thanks for organizing this, Joseph - this is a great, handy reference for all us DMs who want quick access to all the latest (and most current/updated/accurate) information for our modules!

Anyone else interested in giving it a whirl? If there's enough pre-Con interest, I'll try to schedule something more concrete -- otherwise, it'll be pretty casual. I'm leaning toward Saturday afternoon or evening at the moment... We'll see how things go.

Thanks for posting that updated pic, Joseph - and sorry to all for any confusion that caused. Good catch on Jarson Tender's racial ambiguity... At least for the second printing we fixed Spineshank's racial mixup -- being referenced as both gnome and human in several areas. That's what I get for chan...

Actually -- I just found out I'll be attending Origins 2007 this year, and may try to run some pick-up game sessions of XCrawl (DungeonBattle Brooklyn) in the general gaming areas even though there is no official Goodman Games presence/booth at Origins...

i really like the thieves' guild sort of idea. the thieves' guild concept is a pretty classic fantasy trope... and it makes for all sorts of interesting ideas -- whether it be to recover some artifact from a dangerous lair or to break into a rival guild base and kidnap their leader... gosh, even if ...

The core XCrawl rulebook does not include the character creation guidelines or the player class listings (other than the new XCrawl class The Athlete). It contains new spells, equipment, feats and skills - but all the default information is still in the PHB... Bottomline -- you still need access to ...

I notice there is a new version of BBBoards available, as well... perhaps upgrading the forum code to the new version will introduce some tighter spam control? Also, is there a "code" option you can include on submissions -- ie, to post, you need to enter a 3-6 digit series of letters show...

A few of the characters have a nice phat Charisma score, and several will have ranks in Grandstanding and/or Mugging - a few may even have some special feats tailored to the crowd aspect of XCrawl... So "Crowd Control" would be represented in the PCs in that regard, but likely not as a PCs...

What about the athlete to play up the crowd? I struggled with this, and Brendan and I discussed it... I love the Athlete, but its role and significance is easily overlooked by people not as familiar with XCrawl. My fear was people would dismiss it because it is so unlike any of the other characters...

We're already designing our "I killed Monte in the DCC 2007 GenCon Tournament" T-shirts...

The DMs I know are eager to show Mr. Cook and friends a very, very (deadly) good time.

The GenCon XCrawl Tournament is a 3-round event. If your team advances from Round 1 to Round 2, event slots will be posted. Likewise, if you are one of the lucky, intrepid teams to survive and advance from Round 2 into the Finals, you will reconvene for the Final round of the tournament - after whic...

I'm so glad I came back to re-read this whole thread. I love seeing how you've woven different DCCs together and customized them to tailor your tastes and the group - and the little details for having it mesh with Eberron... I'm also pleased to see so many Interludes elements strung through with the...

Cardinal wrote:vault of the dragon kings

am I a chinzy shillking if I vote for Vault, too???