Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game Discussion Thread

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by Kromm

. . . especially when you take into account mandatory High Pain Threshold and options like the new and improved Very Rapid Healing ("I heal the barbarian for 8 HP . . . oh, wait, with HP 22 and VRH, that's 24 HP!").

The improved VRH is worth a call-out here: we've been playing with almost exactly this version of VRH[1] and it is an excellent tweak to the advantage. It's particularly attractive to the barbarian types :) but I think other characters will still enjoy it.

[1] We also added on: "Can make one "natural" healing roll a day even if you're running around being an Adventurer instead of convalescing. This roll gets no bonuses from VRH, and recovered HP from this roll are scaled for large HP as usual, but not the extra VRH bonus". This was so good in play for a face-tank[2] that it might actually be an extra 5 point advantage.

[2] "Face-tank" - a person who absorbs incoming damage destined for other players with their face, rather than doing something clever like wearing armor, or parrying.

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by Bruno

The improved VRH is worth a call-out here

I think it's thoroughly worth having. What it amounts to is Rapid Healing [5] + HP 10 (Only to increase healing rate, -50%) [10]. You could argue for up to -80% in games without healing everywhere, but in this game, HP are as valuable for this purpose as for soaking damage directly, as healing happens after every fight and Healing spells are penalized when recast on the same person.

A lot of professions have "must-have" advantages that aren't mandatory. You don't have to give your low-armor barbarian either Tough Skin or VRH, or your armored knight Armor Mastery, or your bare-fisted martial artist Unarmed Mastery, but odds are most such delvers will have those traits.

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Bruno

The improved VRH is worth a call-out here: we've been playing with almost exactly this version of VRH[1] and it is an excellent tweak to the advantage. It's particularly attractive to the barbarian types :) but I think other characters will still enjoy it.

Originally Posted by Kromm

I think it's thoroughly worth having. What it amounts to is Rapid Healing [5] + HP 10 (Only to increase healing rate, -50%) [10]. You could argue for up to -80% in games without healing everywhere, but in this game, HP are as valuable for this purpose as for soaking damage directly, as healing happens after every fight and Healing spells are penalized when recast on the same person.

I started using it as soon as I read the DF files for review. Ditto for slam damage. They are inspired simplifications and make both options worth having and easy to use.

[PK]

And this month's Pyramid is one of the promised Dungeon Fantasy RPG ones:

http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?p=2118869

[GM Joe]

And the sea of Dungeon Fantasy engulfed him, drowning him most pleasantly...

[Christopher R. Rice]

Anyone know if the DFRPG Companion books have their own page yet?

[lachimba]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

While mostly missing from the movies, book Conan wore armor when it was appropriate.

Actually I like the way Conan the Barbarian, the movie, handled armour.

No armour in stealth attack and full armour in the open battle.

[tbone]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

While mostly missing from the movies, book Conan wore armor when it was appropriate.

Yep. I don't think the image of the unarmored barbarian comes from Conan stories nearly as much as from Conan movie posters and Franzetta/Vallejo-type fantasy artwork.

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by tbone

Yep. I don't think the image of the unarmored barbarian comes from Conan stories nearly as much as from Conan movie posters and Franzetta/Vallejo-type fantasy artwork.

True enough, which is one of the reasons I'm so freakin' thrilled with the production values of the DFRPG boxed set. That artwork will live on and do a lot of selling.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by lachimba

Actually I like the way Conan the Barbarian, the movie, handled armour.

No armour in stealth attack and full armour in the open battle.

Arnie's Conan is what is best in life.