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Conan had to run a few times too, thanks to "unbalanced encounters". Did it make him less badass? No.

GnomeBoy wrote:Great stuff!

But weren't we supposed to keep DCC RPG to ourselves? I thought there was a 'no new market segments' statement somewhere...

Don't worry! Coleston's kids are experts at D&D. It's in their DNA.

Based on the thread here, I'll focus on getting the full 10 levels into the core book.

Great news, thank you very much for listening to us!

There's a system like this in Dungeons & Dragons Online. Every level has five ranks, on the first four you get Action Points, that can be spent on Enhancements (in DDO, these are minor bonuses or the more expensive are prestigue "classes"), and on the fifth, you level up. Works pretty ...

I'm now leaning toward keeping the core rulebook focused on levels 1-5, and saving levels 6-10 for one of the annuals. Please don't. Let us have "complete" rules for the core classes. I don't know how often you plan to release annuals, but it can be annoying if you have a party that can p...

DCC RPG is aimed at experienced gamers, with no specific attempt to broaden the RPG audience. I certainly have no objections to new players joining, but my belief is that most of the new gamers exposed to DCC RPG will be children who are taught the game by their thirtysomething parents who buy DCC ...

IMO, one of the most "Appendix N"-feel published setting is Judges Guild's Wilderlands. It is sparsely-detailed and was released piece-by-piece over a span of years. Since february I've bought some old Judges Guild stuff for my S&W campaign (Wilderlands of High Fantasy, Modron, Ready ...

jmucchiello wrote:"How to use dice?"
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We all know this stuff.

I also thought this. Then, I read HackMaster's chapter about dice. I'm now enlightened.

I have no problem with skills, if they are done right. If skills only cover things like professions, it's fine. Knowledge skills are still okay for me. Once social skills come into the game, the whole gameplay begins to fall apart, especially if a game promotes the overuse of skill systems - like 4e...

Instead of setting info, I'd like to see some charts a DM can use to create a town, a random NPC and of course random encounter tables . Um, that is setting info. Saying gryphons are randomly encountered in mountains means your setting's mountains have gryphons. Encounter tables should be customize...

Personally, I'd rather see a setting book (seperate volume entirely) released ASAP after the core rulebook is released. No point in eating up pages with a setting that I might or might not actually use, but I'd like to have a "go to" setting if I'm too lazy to create something. (And a pla...

So, this means we've got the cleric Design Diary? :P Does your alignment/god define, which spells a cleric gets? Is there a pantheon in DCC RPG? I hope the answer is no for the latter, unless you're using some general gods (The Holy Lord, The Lord of Chaos, God of Storms, etc...) or mythological one...

They were fun to read. I'd really like to see more character sheet photos. Especially the elf wizard-astrologer. And those covers kick ass really hard! The two most awesome thing that comes to my mind watching them are: a DCC RPG boxed set, with the book, the funky dice and those modules getting tho...

gripnick wrote:Hi all! I am new to this group and I have a quick question. What is Appendix N? Which book or set of rules is it from? Many thanks for you help and kind reply.

-Nick

Welcome!

You can find it in 1st edition AD&D's Dungeon Master's Guide, on page 224.

He made the most badass Thor illustration in the history of D&D:

He earned his place in Valhalla, I'm sure.

Resurrection "not very Appendix N"? Hour of the Dragon, Xaltotun?

Make this topic sticky, please...

One high level and expensive Resurrection spell won't hurt. You can leave it out if you don't like, but it could be really annoying when you loose a high level character, and need to reroll. Heck, the Holy Bible is quite "low fantasy" and even that has a few resurrections. :D Just like alm...

And just for kicks, this is what I mean by "badass art." Did you know that Emirikol the Chaotic's infamous rampage was thwarted mere seconds after it begun by Lokerimon the Lawful? More will be on display at Gary Con... Poor Emirikol... Was hit in the head with a dagger (or throwing axe?)...

I find all these comments about permission to photocopy distressing. I'd rather copy/paste the actual text/chart from a PDF or a DCC Reference Document. Streamlined or not, I just about always would print a character sheet containing my spells fully lifted from the rule book just to avoid wear and ...

When I first heard about DCC RPG, I thought it will be "just another D&D clone". Now I see it as a unique game, one of the ways where D&D could have been taken - just like HackMaster. It's full of brilliant ideas and solutions. Can't wait to see the final product.

I was just thinking about the magic missile table. It's a bit oppressive. If every spell looks like that, it's gonna take up a lot of space and seem overwhelming. I'd prefer one table for all spells, kinda like the wild magic table from 2e. Put the table on the gm screen and call it a day. Since al...

Haha "This is Appendix N!" cries Mach spellburns all his Looks score (astronomically high, don't ya know) to fly* off @Mach1.9 into the sunset with a nubile maid under one arm and a print copy in the other ;) * The spell is named 'An Expeditious Call of the Thunderous Tornado F3' This als...

Machpants wrote:^Dibs

*kicks Machpants into a pit without screaming "This is Spartaaaa!"*

Oh poor Machpants, he was such a nice fellow. I think he wanted me to get his print copy if something happens to him...

Including movies and comics in the Appendix N is welcome, especially with commentary. Appendix O - only if you can't fill that one or two page with better stuff, ie.: a few more spells or monsters. What I would add to such appendix: Gene Wolfe - The Book of the New Sun : one of my favourites, way to...