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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Distracted DM" data-source="post: 9890625" data-attributes="member: 6894926">Whenever I see peoples' only experience with DCC is having played through a funnel, I know they didn't get a good view of the actual game. Funnel characters are level 0's- they can't do much!My intro to DCC was a 2hr one-shot with level 3 premade characters at the GAMA trade show, by Good Games' own people. How much more fun is the game when you get to actually engage with the vast majority of the ruleset? Very. You get to use mighty deeds, you get to cast magic- you get to actually (probably) survive getting knocked out in a fight!DCC's core rules say (IIRC) if a character gets brought to 0HP, it takes a number of rounds equal to their level to bleed out/die. So level 0, instadeath. A level 1 character has 1 round for their allies to patch them up, level 2 has 2 rounds, etc. And most importantly, when the fight is over and your companions roll you over, you make a luck check to see if you weren't actually slain, you were just knocked unconscious and it turns out you're not dead!Once your character gets a couple levels under their belt, they're much less likely to die.Not only that, but the Lankhmar supplement has heroic rules that make characters a bit more sword-and-sorcery tough- it even skips the funnel entirely.The DCC book heavily suggests that you play through the funnel to start a campaign- and it's probably right, that is a fun way of forming a party, it gives them a shared narrative on why they all came together in the first place. BUT I think it should include some additional advice to pitch the game to new players: run a one-shot with level 2 or 3 characters.This is literally how Goodman Games showcases their games at tabletop trade shows! Why not suggest it for your player base?!</blockquote>

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