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In our weekly FLGS DCC game we finished our 31st session ... one character was brought to 0 hp but saved by his companions. After the initial funnel, we've had 4 deaths, mostly henchmen or 0-level characters ... the possibility of death is there, and it makes the players stress over encounters...

You don't have to kill characters, you can set the lethality at whatever you want, it's not baked into the game that PCs need to die to make the game work ...

I have a 5-panel DM screen that has the common critical hit/fumble tables, and use the purple sorcerer website to print spells out for my players -- beyond that, I really don't need to access many tables at all, maybe 1-2 a session like an adventure-based random encounter table, or a monster...

I wanted something a little fancier ... but that is my fallback plan ...

Hey folks ... I'm looking to replace my gaming table set up. Currently I use two Ikea expandable tables that have end leaves that go from 3x3 to 3x5, so combined it's 6x4 or 6x5. What I'm looking for is a collapsing or foldable 4x6 ... anyone have any recommendations?

Hey everyone, It's been a while since I blogged, and I'm working on a potential DCC RPG Barrowmaze game when in-person gaming can resume. So I made another entry in my bestiary, the Boggard ... but not the one you are thinking of...

It's been a little while since I blogged, so as I sit here enjoying my New Year's Day tradition of watching the entire LOTR trilogy (expanded DVD set, of course) and eating Chinese food, I thought I would post our DCC group's expanded augury table. It also occurs to me this is usable for your...

Yep, absolutely! If the PCs try to build renown with competing or opposing factions, I'd offset gains 1 to 2 or 1 to 1, if the factions know what you are doing -- the Merchant Council won't appreciate you doing side gigs for the Thieves' Guild ...

I'll be interested to see that! I'm wondering how heavy the mechanics might be ...

New blog is up! Something I did in my home campaign is build some light faction rules for generic organizations, to hook players into not just doing a good deed for the Temple of Churcainn, or the Merchant Council of Goethe, but also motivate them to be hooked and immersed in the world's...

Got a creation myth for your world? How many years ago did the celestials fall to the Nine Hells? Why is sorcery different than wizardry? Why do people worship the gods? Here's my blog article explaining what I wrote for my campaign world ...

It's a fair question, and I take it as a genuine one. Here's what I think. I've played all sorts of games. D&D, AD&D, D&D 2E, Gurps, Fantasy Hero, Call of Cthulu, Paranoia, Harnmaster, D&D 3E, D&D 3.5E, Pathfinder, DCC, D&D 5E ... lots of other ones too. Each game has a different flavour ...

I have! Love the stuff Goodman Games puts out, they truly get it ...

I'm a huge fan of 3d6 in order for my DCC games, but I am not sure that would work in a 5E game, as stats are a lot more critical to character success in the long run where 1E/AD&D stats are less integral without skills and lower bonuses/penalties to combat and saving throws. That being said...

Love Rappan Athuk!

Interesting idea ... I looked at the Wight and it's level drain is pretty kind compared to AD&D days, but the old school permanent loss of XP is definitely too punitive. Maybe change it to a restoration of 1 hp per day? Or a level of exhaustion that requires a potent cure spell to remove?

This week's blog, looking at the small changes I made to my 5E campaign to make it feel old school, without breaking the game ... http://archadestower.blogspot.com/2018/12/making-5e-feel-old-school.html

Agreed JD, it's all numbers. Smaller numbers are easier to manage by players, easier to adjudicate by GMs, and leaves more time for adventuring.

Because my players tend to lose track of what they are carrying ... suddenly they've looted 16 sets of chainmail, a tapestry, 16 spears, and 12,000 gp ... and don't have an easy explanation of who is carrying what .... This is a simpler alternative to bookkeeping for my game ...

Hey folks, new article at my blog, this is a simplified encumbrance system for characters in Dungeon Crawl Classics, but easily ported to any other system ... https://archadestower.blogspot.com/2020/10/dcc-encumbrance-simplified.html