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To be clear, I am suggesting that there is no "unit of play" until the last die is cast. Encounters can bleed into other encounters. The orcs in one area can hear you fighting next door and reinforce their kin. Adventures can bleed into each other. Of course, but my point is that the spel...

Since we are now talking about "in town" spellchecks, this post might not be relevant, but in terms of adventure design, I think this is: Consider an Agility check of DC 1. Characters without a penalty do not even need to roll, as they cannot fail. Those burdened by armor, or with low Agil...

I would also like to point out that your entire premise is predicated on the PCs being able to assume that the campaign world is simply going to pause while they rest and recover. Nothing important is going to happen for the next 20 days. To use an AD&D example, the Ghost Tower of Inverness migh...

First off, we are both experienced roleplayers. When I say there are problems, you can be assured there are. I am 100% assured that, when you say you have a problem, you are experiencing a problem. What I am not assured is that this is a general problem. When you give an example, though, we can act...

I am not sure what specifically is being cast during downtime at your table, or why it is a problem. Perhaps you could enlighten up poor low-horizon folks? I don't want to quarrel. But neither do I want to talk to someone who doesn't even try to understand your problem. (Hint: any decent gamer will...

You reducing the issue to porridge is just not arguing in good faith. Either you are or you are not arguing the Spellburn Actions table 5-1 is just fine and playable. So which is it - please state your position explicitly - and if you truly suggest it should be default, how come you yourself doesn'...

First off, the table is clearly not written with playability in mind. Many results are downright disabling, to a much MUCH greater degree than the official "lose ability point" rules. So, in one case you find the porridge too hot, and in another too cold. The point is not that the porridg...

MajorLeeAwesome wrote: ↑Tue May 24, 2022 12:45 pm I don't want to completely spoil things, but there's magical armor in a module I'm running. Does it do anything besides give a bonus to AC? Does it lower the check penalty?

Unless it specifies otherwise, I would assume that it just increases AC.

The flaw in this logic is, you're not questioning the rule in the first place. That isn't a flaw in logic. If you think that the Spellburn rules in the book are patently abusable , I have to ask whether or not you are using the spellburn table in the book? I don't, because spellburn at my table is ...

Maybe I haven't been clear on where my camp is... I think it makes sense when it makes sense, and doesn't make sense when it doesn't make sense. No worries friend! The rules bend to you (and me), not the other way around! What makes the most sense to YOU is absolutely how you should do it! I was ju...

...Or is Invoke Patron actually invoking the Patron to step in and offer assistance, as the term implies...? I'm not saying anyone has to define it that way, but if you do then Mercurial effects may make less sense. When Toth Amon loses the Ring of Set, he can no longer invoke Set until he recovers...

Google Purple Sorcerer Crawlers Companion and you should be fine.

Yes and No. Lots of people play a series of loosely linked adventures, and DCC works very well for that. But, man, does DCC shine when you let the players take the lead, like in a sandbox. The game is full of adventure hooks just by itself, so players should be pondering which hook to follow, rather...

Baron wrote: ↑Fri May 06, 2022 10:54 pm Here you go, Raven_Crowking. I'm always glad to share. This is a direct link to the exported file on my Google Drive. I'd love to hear what you think.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12A-xIp ... sp=sharing

Thank you kind sir.

Baron wrote: ↑Tue May 03, 2022 1:21 pm OK. Well, not getting an assist from my fellow Gamemasters, I've started working on the map myself. Fortunately I didn't need an overland map on the first game session. When it's done I'll do the right thing and share it with YOU.

You are a hero amongst gongfarmers!

Thank you!

There is a hack in one of the GFAs. You basically give him X "red shirts" which do nothing but take the hit for one of the main characters. Once the funnel is wrapped up, this might help: https://ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2020/06/big-damn-heroes.html Good article. Thank you! You are very...

There is a hack in one of the GFAs. You basically give him X "red shirts" which do nothing but take the hit for one of the main characters.

Once the funnel is wrapped up, this might help: https://ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2020 ... eroes.html

GnomeBoy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:12 pm Most likely it was Tomb of the Savage Kings -- or something that's part of the DCC Horror line...

https://goodman-games.com/store/product ... cc-horror/

The Corpse That Love Built also fits the bill.

Hello, Egg of Coot here. I've been gaming for about thirty-five years (give or take) and paint miniatures semi-professionally. Was a moderator over at Dragonsfoot for close to a decade - recognize some of the usual suspects from over there posting here - so some of you will know me. Got into DCC is...

I "let" players roll damage against them, but they are not allowed to use Luck to modify those rolls. But I don't think that using Luck to modify attack rolls against you would break the game. Luck use has its own built-in balance mechanism - your Luck is now lower than it was. This decrea...

I've been absent from these OG boards for way too long! For those who haven't heard elsewhere, a few months back I posted the beta version of the Lankhmar character generator: https://purplesorcerer.com/lankhmar Lots of Lankhmar specific customization in this one, so as everyone gets deeper into th...

That does sound rather like a Snafufubar, doesn't it?

Father Goose wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:20 pm

GnomeBoy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 9:13 am The original Kickstarter for the Purple Planet boxed set raised $60,000+ -- maybe just front that or something close to it to GG to re-print the boxed set and I bet they'd go for it!

Oh, so an easy quest then...

Quest For It is the beating heart of the game.

Father Goose wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:48 am

Raven_Crowking wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:19 pm Well, in that case, the obvious answer is "Anything by the delightful Daniel J. Bishop".

Of course! Why didn't I think of that? Lol

I bought the New Fan kit and a few modules. I also bought a few 3pp that looked interesting. I received additional dice and the DCC Annual for Christmas. I have run a few sessions already and definitely plan to write a lot of my own material. I was lucky enough to find Purple Sorcerer and your blog...