Ten observations on Castles & Crusades compared to d20.

[Breakdaddy]

Wizards are quite vulnerable in C&C, and advance more slowly than most other classes. As they reach higher level (just as in OD&D), they become a tremendously powerful force (part of the reason the level advancement is slower).

This was my take on it too. As a DM, I will not be capping the spells. I like the fact that the spells continue to scale to meet the potential challenges a wizard might face. To me, this is what makes a wizard a force to be reckoned with, and is offset by the stringent XP requirements of C&C.

 

[Treebore]

Is the C&C "DMG" going to have level progression tables beyond 12th? Or should I just go ahead and calculate out my own charts?

BTW, that 1 is an extra in the xp charts, right? Meaning it is a typo? It should be moved one place to the left, correct?

 

[gideon_thorne]

Is the C&C "DMG" going to have level progression tables beyond 12th? Or should I just go ahead and calculate out my own charts?

BTW, that 1 is an extra in the xp charts, right? Meaning it is a typo? It should be moved one place to the left, correct?

I believe the CKG will have the addidional progression information. I am not sure if that is going to include any extra abilities or not.

I dont think the 1's are typo's

 

[Breakdaddy]

Is the C&C "DMG" going to have level progression tables beyond 12th? Or should I just go ahead and calculate out my own charts?

BTW, that 1 is an extra in the xp charts, right? Meaning it is a typo? It should be moved one place to the left, correct?

The errata also has a level progression beyond 12th chart for you.

 

[CrusaderX]

Off Topic - Breakdaddy, where is your avatar from? Is that a specific character, or just a general image? Either way, it rocks.

Ok, the C&C talk may resume.

 

[Breakdaddy]

Off Topic - Breakdaddy, where is your avatar from? Is that a specific character, or just a general image? Either way, it rocks.

Ok, the C&C talk may resume.

Thanks, CrusaderX, it was a general image that binary numbers were added to. It isnt meant to be any specific character, Im just a big geek.

 

[Particle_Man]

BTW, that 1 is an extra in the xp charts, right? Meaning it is a typo? It should be moved one place to the left, correct?

that is a homage to 1st edition, which had characters need things like 2001 xp to go to the next level. I suppose one could start all characters with 1 xp, to distinguish them from the 0 level characters with 0 xp.

 

[Mythmere1]

progression beyond 12th is a set number of points per level, I believe. I expect it will be added at the bottom of the charts in the second printing, as it was in 1E.

 

[Treebore]

The xp progression after 12th is in the errata, and it is a fixed amount. 250,000 for cleric/druid for an example. I found this out because I wanted to make sure the 1 was not a typo, and that to be 12th level, a cleric did indeed need to earn 900,001 xp's.

 

[Tom Cashel]

6. Troll Lord Games should hire a really good editor.

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