college boy!
Wizard
You paid attention in school. You gain training in Arcana, one Lore skill of your choice, Nature, Occultism, and Religion. For any skill you are already trained in, gain a +1 competency bonus to that skill.
Thoughts?
Product– Legend in the Mist – Learn-to-Play Comic Book Adventure
System- Legend in the Mist
Producer– Son of Oak Game Studio
Price– FREE here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/532463/legend-in-the-mist-learn-to-play-comic-book-adventure?affiliate_id=658618
TL; DR-Solid way to learn a system. 97%
Basics– Apocolypse fantasy! Legnend in the Mist is a rules light RPG that is much more Roleplaying than rollplaying. It’s a fantasy setting of a long forgotten world fallen on hard times as people emerge fromt he primal forests of the world. let’s dig into the mechanics
Base mechanics– This is a 2d6 system mych like Apocolypse engine. When you do anything, you roll 2d6, add numbers, and hope for a 10 or better. A 10 means a solid success. Between a 6-9, you succeed, but there is a drawback. Less than 6 means only drawbacks. Legend in the Mist is more “yes, and “ and less “does a 20 hit the AC” type of system.
Tags and Powers– Your character in this game has a number of tags. Tags are short descriptions of yourself like a DnD ranger would have Wilderness Survivor as a tag. Each tag has three powers tags and a weakness tag. Going back to the ranger, they could have stalker, Nature bonded, and deft with a bow as power tags, but have loaner as a weakness tag. When you do an action, you count the number of power tags that help and subtract from that the number of weakness tags that hurt. That number is what you add to the 2d6 above.
Conditions and ending encounters– For every power tag you have, you add one to any level of success you achieve. If you attacked with that ranger above, rolled a 12 on 2d6, and had four power tags that helped you, you could put the status wounded on an enemy with a rank of five. If you only rolled a 7 total with those four tags, you would still wound that enemy, but you might also gain the headache one condition as you got bashed in the head on the attempt. Conflict either social or combat ends when a condition goes far enough one way or another.
And that’s it.
Mechanics or Crunch– This RPG has fun mechanics, but you have to want it. This is a very fluff heavy mechanics RPG. That’s completely fine, and fun, but is it what you want? I’m fine with this, but it might be a deterrent for some players. 4.5 /5
Theme or Fluff– This is a phenomenal product for story. It’s a comic that teaches you the game. It’s a comic that teaches you the world story. It’s everything I love for an intro product. 5/5
Execution– This is a choose your own adventure comic book. It’s not hyperlinked, but when you do things, you roll dice, and click the move to page box to move to the result. I love it! This is the product I would have wanted back in 3rd grade when I read choose your own adventure books. Good art, solid writing, and ease of reading makes this a near perfect product. 5/5
Summary– The Apocalypse engine is a funny thing. RPG have always been a meeting of the theater kids and the mathletes and the strange creations of those two. This RPG is much more theater kids product with less math and ability to power game. That’s not bad, but make sure this is what the group wants. The product itself is amazing, and it’s fun to go back and play a choose your own adventure book. For the price, you need to check this book out! 97%
IT BURNS!
| Sunlight Vulnerability | ||||
| Level: 1 | Range Self | Duration: perminent | Casting time: none | Save: none |
| General | The light, it burns! | |||
| Manifestation | roll 1d4: (1) You skin crackles and burns black (2) you litteraly light on fire (3)Your begin to blister and turn read (4) you beging to speed rot in the light | |||
| 1 | Roll this mutation check again, plus roll one additional defect. | |||
| 2-4 | You are weak to the sun and while in the sun you take 1d6 damage every 10 minutes in the light | |||
| 5-7 | You are weak to the sun and while in the sun you take 1d4 damage every 10 minutes in the light | |||
| 8-11 | You are weak to the sun and while in the sun you take 1d3 damage every 10 minutes in the light | |||
| 12-15 | You are weak to the sun and while in the sun you take 1d2 damage every 10 minutes in the light | |||
| 16-17 | You are weak to the sun and while in the sun you take 1 damage every 10 minutes in the light | |||
| 18-19 | You sparkle in the sunlight | |||
| 20+ | You heal 1d4 hit points every hour in the sun | |||
one more time to kill the pain!
Usage held in 1 hand; Bulk L
Activate [one-action] (manipulate)
Painkillers are pills that don’t prevent damage, but numb you to the pain your experiencing so you don’t care! These pills last for one hour and provide you temporary hit points at the start of each of your turns for the duration. If another source provides more temporary hit points, that amount is instead provided. If you are not damaged, you only game temporary hit points equal to the number provided each round and these do not build up.
Price 3 gp
Bulk L
Duration 1 hour
You gain 1 temporary hit point at the start of each round.
Price 30 gp
Bulk L
Duration 1 hour
You gain 3 temporary hit point at the start of each round.
Price 150 gp
Bulk L
Duration 1 hour
You gain 6 temporary hit point at the start of each round.
Price 600 gp
Bulk L
Duration 1 hour
You gain 9 temporary hit point at the start of each round.
Price 1,300 gp
Bulk L
Duration 1 hour
You gain 12 temporary hit point at the start of each round.
Price 8,000 gp
Bulk L
Duration 1 hour
You gain 15 temporary hit point at the start of each round.
Product– Dreadnought RPG
System- Dreadnought RPG
Producer– Liminal Artifact
Price– FREE here https://liminalartifact.com/
TL; DR– Rules light horror. 90%
Basics– Don’t worry, you are already dead. Dreadnought is a simple RPG of horror and monsters beyond the waves. Players attempt to solve problems, get gold, and serve the gods in this simple RPG.
Base mechanics– This game has VERY simple mechanics. Players roll 2 d8s when they want to do anything. This action is called a move. The Dread maker (DM, nice!) rolls a die: either a d4, d6, or a d8, and you compare. If one of the player’s dice is a larger number, they succeed. If both succeed, it’s even better, and if none beat the DMs dice, the player has a problem!
Characters– Players get four different archetypes that range from pirate, aboriginal fisherman/warrior, fleshwizard, or paladin. You have NO stats. The archetypes give you different moves that other characters don’t have. You also have the same number of hit points called wounds as everyone else. When you get four wounds, bad things start to pile up quickly!
And that’s it. It’s very rules light, but action forward!
Mechanics or Crunch– This is a simple RPG with simple mechanics. I don’t hate what’s here. It almost feels like a GMless system with how few rules there are. It’s got all the elements of a standard RPG, but with almost no rules to it. I’d like a bit more description of things, but it works. Then again, I think the goal is to be as rules light as possible. 4.5 /5
Theme or Fluff– This book feels like Mork Borg had a baby with Scary Stories to tell in the dark and it was raised by Lovecraft. I like the art and tone. It feels dark and dreary. And it’s supposed to. 5/5
Execution– This book choose style over substance, and it might have hurt the overall project. I like what’s here, but I also have been playing RPGs for almost 30 years. I know what to expect. If you are completely new, this might not be the best book for you. The theme is everywhere, but the flow of ideas is a bit off if you don’t know what each section generally is. I can follow, but newer players might need a few read throughs to understand. I also feel some sections are not as clear as they should be. Furthermore, it’s all digital, but there are no hyperlinks. Help me navigate this book! Lastly, I must commend the book as it’s got an adventure that you and your friends can start playing in about 20 minutes. This book is rules light, and the adventure reflects that. Good, but help the newer players see what this is about. 4/5
Summary– Style and execution are a hard mix. I love what’s here. The atmosphere and crazy mechanics are a fun way to approach challenges. It’s random as hell, but that can be fun. However, I feel this book needs some editing to really help newer players get into it. This is more indy rock and less top 40 pop. If you love that kind of thing, you will absolutely love this. Especially if you love horror! However, if you want nice clean tables and combat flow charts, then you will be a bit lost. But, don’t fear the nonstandard. Check this one out even if you’re not sure you’ll like it because it’s free! 90%
BULK UP!
I’m coming back to make more DCC RPG content! Here is something for my undead character book!
| Undead Strength | ||||
| Level: 1 | Range Self | Duration: perminent | Casting time: action | Save: none |
| General | Your body grows | |||
| Manifestation | roll 1d4: (1) You swell with power (2) Your pure wiry strength (3)Your skin is taught with muscles (4) you grow bigger and bader | |||
| 1 | failure; gain a drawback | |||
| 2-11 | failure | |||
| 12-13 | Your strength score increases by +1 | |||
| 14-17 | Your strength score increases by +2 | |||
| 18-19 | Your strength score increases by +3 | |||
| 20-23 | Your strength score increases by +4 and you deal an additional point of damage on all melee attacks | |||
| 24-27 | Your strength score increases by +5 and you deal an additional 2 points of damage on all melee attacks | |||
| 28-29 | Your strength score increases by +6 and you deal an additional 3 points of damage on all melee attacks | |||
| 30-31 | Your strength score increases by +7 and you deal an additional 4 points of damage on all melee attacks | |||
| 32+ | Your strength score increases by +8 and you deal an additional 5 points of damage on all melee attacks and any hit by you must make a Fortitude save equal to damage dealt or be knocked prone | |||
So cold….
Archetype
Archetype Ghost
Prerequisites Ghost Dedication
You’ve learned to touch the very soul of your enemies. You gain the Void Warp cantrip that you can cast at will.
Thoughts?
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