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10-13-2017, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Location: Saint Paul, MN
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DFRPG for kids
Background: We've got an active gaming community in the middle school where I work. I often sponsor RPG activities for students, sometimes managing 40+ students at tables in multiple classrooms. We've generally fallen back on D&D as the default system since it is better known, it was easier to pick up used rulebooks, and it required less work from me and the other adults. We could pull sets of pre-generated characters from on-line sources, purchase cheap, age-appropriate PDF adventures, and give an initial presentation about the d20 mechanic so that even totally new players could have a game going within 45 minutes. With the arrival of the DFRPG, I have a GURPS-based system that I can easily introduce to younger players. I think it will be a hit.
We're planning on purchasing a few boxed sets and offering a DFRPG activity this spring. Leading up to that, I've got a few questions:
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10-13-2017, 12:32 PM | #2 |
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Re: DFRPG for kids
2. There is the sequel to I Smell a Rat, Against The Ratmen. After that, there is Mirror of the Fire Demon (which may be too fiddly for inexperienced GMs), The Pagoda of Worlds, and a few Pyramid adventures, all for the DF line, but mostly easily used with the DFRPG.
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10-14-2017, 06:07 PM | #3 | |
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Re: DFRPG for kids
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10-14-2017, 06:55 PM | #5 |
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Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.
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Re: DFRPG for kids
All three expansion that were put into the DF Companion should also have been given out as PDFs to all kickstarter backers. If you weren't a backer I'm sure the Companion and the three PDFs will be made available in PDF and print eventually.
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10-14-2017, 07:10 PM | #6 |
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Re: DFRPG for kids
They were. Or, at least I got mine and I was scrub-tier backer. I didn't go deep enough to get anything other than the box set and the stretch goals.
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10-15-2017, 09:15 PM | #7 |
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Re: DFRPG for kids
I'll have to check my tablet to see if I've downloaded it yet.
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10-13-2017, 12:43 PM | #8 |
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Re: DFRPG for kids
How old are these "kids"?
How many sessions are they going to play? The big thing that immediately leaps out to me if you plan to have players ready in "45 minutes" is that it takes much longer to fill out a GURPS/DFRPG character than a D&D character (even if you know exactly what you are doing) simply because there is so much to write. I think either giving the players pregens, or at least pre-genning some elements (eg, let them fill out the char sheet as they like, but have cultivated lists of spells for all the casters, or figuring out a way to have most of the "mandatory" fields filled out for the templates so that you can at least save them from writing out tennish skills, and 1~4 advantages per occupation) You might also specifically ban buying up any attributes to start with because that is the biggest headache on the template, and without the relative skill levels on the template, it makes adjusting the skill levels if you DX+1 someone annoying at best for someone that has memorized all of the skills already, and a huge timesink at worse as they have to look up all the skills on a cross-reference table to see if that one gets a +1 or not. Casting talents are a little better in that regard because spells have their own section on a worksheet so it's obvious that "all these things get a +1"
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10-13-2017, 02:48 PM | #9 | |
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I will definitely have the pregens from Delvers to Go available for students. In the past, most groups opted for pregens unless they knew the rules already. Even with D&D rules, some groups spent the first three sessions making characters, of course, but as long as they're having fun I don't intervene. (Some groups, in fact, seemed to spend all six sessions vociferously arguing about the rules, and appearing to have a blast while doing so. Early preparation for law school?) With a less familiar game, I think most groups will dive in with the pregens. Plus, the pregens are pretty great. Might even create a few additional ones if I can find the time. |
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10-13-2017, 02:53 PM | #10 |
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Re: DFRPG for kids
Are there any criteria that need to be met for the adventures that you are after? Language/content/cultural issues and so forth.
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