CapnZapp
Legend
I don't want to upend the balance of D&D character classes, so I'm thinking that there are many cool and unique things about DCC that will have to stay there, if I can't justify bringing it to everybody.
Luck is easily justifiable as a universal mechanism; Mighty Deeds not so much.
That doesn't mean I don't like Mighty Deeds or that it isn't a worthy rule, just that it makes sense only to half the character classes (at most). That, and that it's free-form-ness, which absolutely is what makes it so awesome in DCC, makes for an ill fit to D&D's much more codified abilities.
The Luck mechanic given to DCC Thieves is much more mechanically defined (and limited), which is why it is a good fit for D&D imho.
I try not just to think of great rules from the source ruleset, I also try to think of how well they fit in the destination ruleset.
To that end, try to imagine a lucky fighter, and you'll see that this ability (to spend some Luck to succeed) can easily be interpreted as "might", not "luck". Just like the luck of say a wizard probably is brilliance or being a smartass rather than something that involves happenstance.
Luck is easily justifiable as a universal mechanism; Mighty Deeds not so much.
That doesn't mean I don't like Mighty Deeds or that it isn't a worthy rule, just that it makes sense only to half the character classes (at most). That, and that it's free-form-ness, which absolutely is what makes it so awesome in DCC, makes for an ill fit to D&D's much more codified abilities.
The Luck mechanic given to DCC Thieves is much more mechanically defined (and limited), which is why it is a good fit for D&D imho.
I try not just to think of great rules from the source ruleset, I also try to think of how well they fit in the destination ruleset.
To that end, try to imagine a lucky fighter, and you'll see that this ability (to spend some Luck to succeed) can easily be interpreted as "might", not "luck". Just like the luck of say a wizard probably is brilliance or being a smartass rather than something that involves happenstance.