Tall's Portal Under the Stars - IC

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Rules Basics <------------------------------------------------------------------------------>

Strength
Add your modifier to melee attacks and damage rolls
Agility
Affects AC, ranged attack, initiative and reflex saves
Stamina
Add modifier to HP
Personality
Affects Will saves and cleric spells.
Intelligence
Affects known languages, Important for Wizards
Luck
Affects several abilities based on class. Can be gained/lost during the game. Thieves and halflings are particularly affected by luck. Roll 1d30+luck modifier to gain a specific affect.

The Dice Chain
DCC uses a number of dice to reflect different probabilities. (mostly this won't affect 0 level characters)
d3 – d4 – d5 – d6 – d7 – d8 – d10 – d12 – d14 – d16 – d20 – d24 – d30

Combat
roll 1d20+str for melee attacks
roll 1d20+agi for ranged attacks
This assumes you are trained with the weapon you are using. You are considered trained with your starting weapon at 0-level. If you are untrained then roll 1d16.

Weapon List:
[TABLE="align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]dagger[/TD]
[TD]1d4[/TD]
[TD]10/20/30[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]spear[/TD]
[TD]1d6[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]shortbow[/TD]
[TD]1d6[/TD]
[TD]50/100/150[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]shortsword[/TD]
[TD]1d6[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]longsword[/TD]
[TD]1d8[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]staff[/TD]
[TD]1d4[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]handaxe[/TD]
[TD]1d6[/TD]
[TD]10/20/30[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]club[/TD]
[TD]1d4[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


Ranged weapons have a short/medium/long range bracket. This imposes has a 0/-2/-1d penalty. =1d means one die lower in the chain. For 0-level this will mostly likely be d16

Checks.Checks are best roleplayed or described. eg; "I tap each of the flagstones, listening for a hollow sound." rather than; "I search the room." Often the description of the action will result in a success without the need for a roll.

If a roll is required. If you are considered trained you use a d20 + relevant modifiers in your checks. If you are untrainined then you roll a d10 and add any relevant modifiers.

You are considered trained in a skill you could reasonably claim to be through your starting profession, eg a mushroom farmer could claim to be trained when deciding if fungi are edible or poisonous or how to divert a minor water flow to cause a flood.

If you might be trained in something (ie it's a bit of a stretch to) you roll 1d10 with a +2 bonus. eg a scribe could claim to know some astrology.

Finally, you can burn luck to gain a bonus to any roll. For each point of luck you burn you gain +1 to a roll, but your luck is now that many point lower - however you luck modifier is NOT changed. You regain luck (or even lose it) through certain deeds; like completing adventures; faithfully RPing your character; gaining the favour or disdain of supernatural entities. Thieves and halflings regain luck much faster, regaining some each night they rest.

The dwarves, Brik and Brak, look through the doorway suspiciously, but before they can step in their two drinking companions, Squire Farquad and his woodsman Boil, stride into the hallway and up to the door.

Brik and Brak look at each other for a moment, shrug, then call in. "Hey, uhh... you guys see anything on that door?"

Squire Farquad pokes at the door crystals. "I think they're magical crystals. Yes, must be. And valuable! Or maybe... buttons?"

As Farquad presses a number of the crystals he quickly realises that they are not buttons. They are made up of common crystal that peasants use for jewelry and mountebanks sell for "magical" remedies. Prying them out would yield a small amount of coin, enough to pay for room and board perhaps.

Marqe scoffs at the petty gemstones. "There must be something better than that in here."
Luther taps the walls and ceiling with his 10-foot pole. "Maybe there's a seeecrit entrance."
Jared lights his torch to see if more light will help.

Luther taps the ceiling, walls and floor only to find that everything feels very much like solid stone. Each time he taps at the door he notices sparks coming from the edge of the door.

Jared's torch flares brightly in the narrow corridor, revealing grey stone walls, floor and ceiling. The door is earily black - apart from the crystals, which twinkle in the firelight.

"Anyone notice those sparks?" Luther asks as he tries to figure out if there's a specific spot that causes the sparks or does it happen no matter where he taps.

The sparks seem to come from a spot about head height no matter where Luther taps. The harder he taps the brighter the sparks are though.

The squire nods and tries to appear as if he already knew whatever it was that Luther said, and is certain that if the gems are worthless they must therefore be disgusting.

“This whole place is just, uh, just full of sorcery. Disgusting!”

Luther says, "Okay. There are sparks. But what do they mean? Anybody?"