Reading more Dungeon Crawl Classics. I'd really like to play it, I don't think I want to run it.
Reading more Dungeon Crawl Classics. I'd really like to play it, I don't think I want to run it.
Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close.
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
What puts you off from running it?
ReplyDelete(I just got to judge my first session a week ago and I'm still settling in, so I'm curious).
I've had a lot more fun playing than I thought I would . I thought all those charts would really bog things down but it wasn't that bad.
ReplyDeleteThe sheer number of charts and other bits and pieces. Many of those are on the PCs to keep track of, but there's plenty for the DM too.
ReplyDelete<---not a very organized DM.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I didn't find it too bad either, and I had a printer malfunction that kept me from printing out the necessary reference charts beforehand. Still, we only played for about three hours and only managed two combats, so the opportunity for charts to come into play was pretty minimal (apart from the spellcasting charts, which was the bulk of the rolling). We'll see how it goes as we dig deeper into the game.
ReplyDelete(my biggest worry is that what's fun right now - rolling on the charts and getting lots of weird, cool results - will lose its charm after a while. Especially after we've seen a chunk of what the game has to offer.)
Back when I ran it I didn't find the tables coming up enough to make it a hassle, but I made sure I had the crits in my binder of mayhem.
ReplyDeleteI think Binder of Mayhem deserves some capital letters.
ReplyDeleteSold.
ReplyDeleteIt's not as bad as you would think Casey Garske
ReplyDeleteThe only fiddly bit is spell duels and you can easily avoid those til you're ready. Don't be put off by all the charts. I'm really not into complicated rules and DCC is one of my favourite games.
ReplyDeleteFor the most parts, most of the charts are player facing. I've been running DCC for over a year, and it's been way less prep than most other games I've run. (Admittedly, I ran Pathfinder for four years before this.)
ReplyDeleteMost of the charts are just used as needed during game.
Of course, if you want to design your own charts (particularly spells, I would pay all the $$ for a DCC spell compendium) that's another story.
Wasn't there an Android app that had all the tables in it so you could just pick a table and it would display all the details for a random result? That might help organizing all that stuff.
ReplyDeleteApps would be good.
ReplyDeleteNote to my players, I'm not looking to switch systems any time soon.
Since you're interested, this is the App I was talking about:
ReplyDeletehttp://purplesorcerer.com/news/?page_id=215
It looks like there's even a web version if you want to give it a quick inspection.
Yeah the crawler app makes it real easy
ReplyDeleteCasey Garske Come on Casey, what's one more system?
ReplyDeleteI know, right?
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty fun to run, and not as complicated as it might appear, at first.
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