Reaction From Friends to C&C

Dragonhelm · Post by **Dragonhelm** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:54 am

Well, gang, I'm starting an online game soon with a few friends, set in Dragonlance of course. My players have the C&C PHB now and are getting their characters together.

I asked them what they thought of the book thus far, and there were a couple of neat reactions. In terms of rules, one guy said it reminded him of 2nd edition (in a good way!). We got to talking about ability scores, and about how C&C doesn't lend to "superman characters." It occurred to me that since getting the bonus was harder now, it became more special. That brought a smile to my face.

I asked how they liked the art, and they both love it. My friend who is a True20 fan says that C&C art blows both D&D and True20's away. Kudos to Peter on that.

So I think this will go well. I'm going to run a straight C&C game without much in terms of house rules. No skills or anything like that. Just giving it a shot and seeing how it goes, and whether I need to make any additional tweaks or not.

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DangerDwarf · Post by **DangerDwarf** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:58 am

Sweet. Hope it goes well.

I started without any house rules, with plans to tweak as needed once I saw the core system in action. A year later, still very little tweaking.

rabindranath72 · Post by **rabindranath72** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:13 am

Cool! Good luck on the new endeavour
And yes, those bonuses are really special. The overall feel of playing Dragonlance with C&C will be very much like in SAGA: dramatic.

Cheers,

Antonio

Rigon · Post by **Rigon** » Wed May 02, 2007 10:19 am

Good luck with your game, Trampas. Let us know how it goes.

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Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:30 am

Dragonhelm wrote:
It occurred to me that since getting the bonus was harder now, it became more special. That brought a smile to my face.

Unless you use a different method to roll stats, the bonus's are easier to get in C&C than in 2E.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:46 pm

Good to hear, DH. With a positive reaction like that it looks like you'll have a good group of C&Cers. Best luck.

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Nifelhein · Post by **Nifelhein** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:48 pm

A nice thing on the bonuses is that while they are good, the prime thing makes a low score still shine, what I think is a great thing indeed. Let us know how this fares, when I get the chance to give it a shot with my group i will let you guys know as well.
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gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Wed May 02, 2007 3:04 pm

Dragonhelm wrote:
In terms of rules, one guy said it reminded him of 2nd edition (in a good way!).

*chuckles* I have some local friends who think the same thing. Ironicly, a couple of them were part of the OD&D playtest groups. ^_~`
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Dragonhelm · Post by **Dragonhelm** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:47 pm

Maliki wrote:
Unless you use a different method to roll stats, the bonus's are easier to get in C&C than in 2E.

I was comparing C&C to 3e, where bonuses are fairly easy to get. In those regards, C&C is a slower progression.
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:17 pm

Heh, that's an understatement.

Glad to see you're giving the game a shot without tweaks. Helps to get an idea of what its supposed to be like before making it do what you like it to do.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:26 am

Very excellent, Trampas. Seems like a, by-the-book approach for the first game is the way to go.

Enjoy!
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Rigon · Post by **Rigon** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:56 am

If you need help with anything, I know of a couple of damn fine addaptions you can use.
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Dragonhelm · Post by **Dragonhelm** » Thu May 03, 2007 4:20 am

Rhuvein wrote:
Very excellent, Trampas. Seems like a, by-the-book approach for the first game is the way to go.

Enjoy!

Thanks! Yeah, one of my players strongly suggested it, and I thought it would be a great way to introduce everyone to the system and get me more familiar with it as well.

Rigon wrote:
If you need help with anything, I know of a couple of damn fine addaptions you can use.
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I've been using both yours and Antonio's already. Got a kender in the party.
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