tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post7373931175013588384..comments2024-03-27T22:37:01.796-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: DF Game, Session 16 - Felltower, Wights ReduxPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-35480637157462213412012-10-18T09:02:44.026-04:002012-10-18T09:02:44.026-04:00Yeah, it's still GURPS, right? So combat is da...Yeah, it's still GURPS, right? So combat is dangerous. Our barbarian took a spear to the chest charging into some goblins in the first session. I think it disabused them of the idea that they were invincible. They swept up the humanoids easily after that, generally, but then one little mistake and a missed roll later and they had a dead wizard - killed by a minotaur.<br /><br />So it functioned well as a shakedown cruise - dangerous, but not so dangerous they couldn't survive a mistake. Sounds like you're getting some of the same.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-29351385190012459532012-10-17T16:52:10.519-04:002012-10-17T16:52:10.519-04:00Do you know where the wight stats are located? I ...Do you know where the wight stats are located? I found a template in...Banestorm, I think. Maybe Fantasy. Is there a DF wight somewhere?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504026197265931967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-82045985593856587412012-10-17T15:11:09.973-04:002012-10-17T15:11:09.973-04:00Oops, I meant underpowered *200* pointers!Oops, I meant underpowered *200* pointers!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504026197265931967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-23583044548441851432012-10-17T15:10:09.753-04:002012-10-17T15:10:09.753-04:00So far, so good. I have all of DF (I'm an inv...So far, so good. I have all of DF (I'm an inveterate collector anyway) and Mirror of the Fire Demon has been EXTREMELY helpful. I'll have to start using DF 15 as well (kinda waiting on GCA templates because I'm lazy). <br /><br />The funniest thing to happen was really an oversight from when we started. I made this group as underpowered 250 pointers and so the Knight only had a mail _shirt_ rather than a hauberk or scale armor. So, when 6 goblins threw spears at him, one actually hit and I rolled randomly...Abdomen, of course. Then max damage. So he goes from uninjured to 7 points of impaling = 14 injury from a single goblin all because the player didn't remember to change out his mail shirt for something better. <br /><br />(This is the second adventure--there was a first, very small custom made dungeon I ran through them, then gave them the final 50 points and had them travel to the Keep.)<br /><br />It's been great fun so far!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504026197265931967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-17393724362733821852012-10-17T09:15:04.345-04:002012-10-17T09:15:04.345-04:00KotB will be easy for even a small group of DFers....KotB will be easy for even a small group of DFers. The monsters are mostly fodder-level, and not in large groups. I used it mostly to tune up people's understanding of the play style.<br /><br />My humanoids were a racial template + the guard template from DF15 Henchmen (I had early access to the draft, ha ha). I didn't "buy" the race, I just bolted it on. The tougher ones got a flat bonus (+1 to 2 to ST, to skill, and sometimes +1 DX), and leaders were generally a 125-point template like Brute from DF15, again with the race bolted on.<br /><br />They still all died in droves.<br /><br />Alternatively, you can get Mirror of the Fire Demon and use the stats for fodder-types from there. Mine and those aren't that different.<br /><br />I'd suggest making the Lord of the Maze and a few of the notables (the name/ranked NPCs in the caves) as custom NPCs, scaled up to be at least as tough as a 250-300 point guy.<br /><br />It's a good choice of a starting adventure if the players aren't up to speed on GURPS or the power level of DF. Even if you screw up, it's hard to get wiped out by six orcs or a dozen goblins if you've got a knight or swashbuckler in the party.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-78644869300182877492012-10-17T00:10:32.236-04:002012-10-17T00:10:32.236-04:00Random question, Peter: I'm running my players...Random question, Peter: I'm running my players through Keep on the Borderland and I'm wondering if you have any of your NPCs/monsters conveniently written up and wouldn't mind sharing. Alternately, I'm trying to find some better challenges for the PCs, as KotB is rather easy for 250 point delvers. <br /><br />But this is my first DF game and only second GURPS 4th Ed game, so I'm still learning as I go. Thanks for any help at all!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504026197265931967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-15025141617750788772012-10-16T23:55:04.788-04:002012-10-16T23:55:04.788-04:00OMG, I haven't read the post yet, but the LEGO...OMG, I haven't read the post yet, but the LEGO (or cheap knock-off LEGO) for walls is like mind-blowingly awesomely simple and amazing. And yet non-obvious. Incredible. <br /><br />You can buy LEGO hex bases and some really detailed LEGO weapons online these days too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504026197265931967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-79427032574594248562012-10-16T20:36:17.123-04:002012-10-16T20:36:17.123-04:00It's made up, but it won't see the light o...It's made up, but it won't see the light of print until after the PCs determine enough of its details in game. I want to avoid spoilers by posting it here or elsewhere. But yeah, it's a direct attack spell that requires Unholy Power Investiture and which has some target type limitations.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-17939930127104143682012-10-16T20:34:44.583-04:002012-10-16T20:34:44.583-04:00Those are just cheap LEGO knock-offs I rescued fro...Those are just cheap LEGO knock-offs I rescued from being thrown out at some point years ago. We'd used them before, but I found it's easier to just keep a few roughly 10' wall sections assembled and lay them out. It's faster and less cleanup than my wet-erase pens.<br /><br />Any Lego set with a lot of straight lines would be enough, you wouldn't need specifically fantasy-themed stuff.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-2927852614100271302012-10-15T13:22:42.702-04:002012-10-15T13:22:42.702-04:00I am interested about the unholy spells that the w...I am interested about the unholy spells that the wight was casting, is it in DF or is it something you made up? I like the whole evil as a force kind of stuff.b-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618256665898788769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-83869301790042506222012-10-15T11:01:59.480-04:002012-10-15T11:01:59.480-04:00I really like the use of lego for walls. It's...I really like the use of lego for walls. It's a nice visceral feel for objects, they're movable, don't ruin your battlemat, and since they're LEGO, you can reconfigure them around whatever you're doing.<br /><br />I'll have to remember that. A LEGO castle set probably would contain more than enough goodness to get through a scenario or three.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-40009110847127756852012-10-15T05:22:06.309-04:002012-10-15T05:22:06.309-04:00Dungeon Fantasy 1: Adventurers, page 25.<b>Dungeon Fantasy 1: Adventurers</b>, page 25.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-86186926434980174312012-10-14T23:26:03.999-04:002012-10-14T23:26:03.999-04:00Dwarven whetstone? Put an edge on weapons? Can you...Dwarven whetstone? Put an edge on weapons? Can you hit me with a page reference? This sounds like something I need to be better acquainted with.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-23574690963822728002012-10-14T23:24:15.165-04:002012-10-14T23:24:15.165-04:00You have the wight to remain silent . . .You have the wight to remain silent . . .Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.com