Halfling and Dwarf..classes

[MrHemlocks]

So, if I read the rules correctly halflings and dwarves can not become warriors/thieves/wizards/clerics? Halflings and Dwarves are there own 'special' race/class thingy? I am a bit confused on it because in the book some of the pictures show halflings and dwarves as thieves and clerics. Or was that just the artist not reading the rules

[beermotor]

Dwarves are dwarves, halflings are halflings... similar to Moldvay B/X D&D. They get their own special advantages and disadvantages.

[Colin]

Yeah, artists tend to do their own thing. For example, one comic strip illo. in the book has a female half-orc with significant assets, but the book doesn't have rules for half-orcs.

As for race-as-class, it's like B/X/BECMI D&D as beermotor noted, and it also helps reinforce the fact that those races are absolutely not human and lack human versatility.

Colin

[MrHemlocks]

Yeah, artists tend to do their own thing. For example, one comic strip illo. in the book has a female half-orc with significant assets, but the book doesn't have rules for half-orcs.

As for race-as-class, it's like B/X/BECMI D&D as beermotor noted, and it also helps reinforce the fact that those races are absolutely not human and lack human versatility.

Colin

Thanks guys that is what I thought. I will be running my 1st DCC game in a few weeks . As of now I need to finish up the other games I am DMing... Pathfinder, D&D 1e, Call of Cthulhu and Hackmaster games. I will be encouraging my players to play all the classes/races in DCC. For they all look so fun. Really like the Neutral Clerics and their choice of a god...Cthulhu!