The Portal Under the Stars: Intro to DCC

About the adventure

The Portal Under The Stars is an introductory 0-level funnel for Dungeon Crawl Classics. An astrological portal manifests under the alignment of stars that opens a path to riches, fame, and adventure. You will play as peasants seeking this treasure at their own peril. Focus is on tricks and traps! rather than combat since you're low level. Each player will control at least 4 level 0 characters. The characters that survive will become level 1 heroes that the players can use to continue their heroic legends. These characters become the classic powerful adventurers we are used to (clerics, fighters, wizards etc). The game system is similar to the d20 system of Dungeons and Dragons but with a twist! Rolling 1s and 20s can change the game dramatically. Bonuses and penalties add or subtract one whole die type! So you can get bumped from a d20 to a d24 or even a d30! Most of your level 0 characters will die but it will be glorious ... or inglorious deaths that bards will sing of for years to come. If we do not finish in one session, we will determine a time for the following session.

Additional Details

How to prepare

Mic is mandatory. Webcam is optional. Look over rules at your leisure, if you like. But this is not required. Characters will be generated during the first session. A browser capable of running foundry (chrome, safari) will be required. I will send a link to my server. You will also need to access my discord server. I will send a link for that, as well. We'll use that for chatting and voice. Dice rolls will be handled in foundry. You can print your character sheet, view it digitally, or use foundry. Just be aware that you will be in charge of keeping track of changes on your character sheet.

What I provide

I will provide a discord server and vtt server that will provide all we need to play. Please let me know if you are having issues viewing your character sheet or quickstart rules.

Gameplay details

There will be violence and gore in the game. Enemies based on insects and reptiles. No sexual violence. 1) Roleplaying is encouraged, but is not expected to be done at the expense of furthering the story and completing the adventure. The players are allowed to use their own wits to decide how encounters and puzzles should be solved. Players are allowed to discuss how to solve problems in or out of character. I set it to low just so that will be the expectations. This will be really laid back but please feel free to roleplay away! 2) There will be plenty of encounters with creatures that are hostile, or not. The players can decide if they want to fight or use other means to succeed. 3) There will be puzzles in the form of tricks and traps. I will be sure to telegraph traps as best I can without completely giving them away. That said, the GM is here to help and give hints or suggestions if inexperienced (or experienced) players are stuck. 4) This is the introductory adventure in the book so no experience is required. Please feel free to ask questions or even for a nudge from the GM. We're here to have fun and see which of the peasants survive and become heroes! We will spend the first hour (or less) discussing the system so don't worry! I'll also send everyone PDFs of the quickstart which is all they will need to learn to play. Players can also find it for themselves at the Goodman Games website, if they are so inclined.

Content warnings

(none)

Safety tools used

Aftercare
Bleed
Breaks
Debriefing
Luxton Technique
Open Door
Session 0
Stars and Wishes
X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

Quickstart rules are here: https://goodman-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DCC_QSR_Free.pdf level 0 characters can be automatically generated here: https://purplesorcerer.com/create_party.php Don't change any of the settings. This will generate 4 lvl 0 characters on a 4 panel PDF that you can print or view digitally. We can transfer this to the VTT character sheet if you wish to automate dice rolls but this will not be required as it may be cumbersome to do so. Upon reaching lvl 1, we will transfer the surviving character info and level them up. Don't worry if this is confusing. We'll discuss at the first session.

Players can expect

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• If you don't have a blast with your first game, your next game is on us.