Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3

Kromm · 03-24-2022, 09:08 AM

Capable delvers
Mighty challenges to face
Await you within
— Writing on a mysterious pyramid

If you agree that the theme of the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game is "more," then you'll be pleased to learn that there's more "more." It was always right under your nose . . . but strewn across nine issues of Pyramid. Here's all that goodness in one place, with better art, text tweaked and updated to reflect the system as it stands today, and in the same layout as the rest of the game (the original Pyramid issues were formatted differently from Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game supplements).

Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 offers four new delving professions, plus more than a chapter of rules for customizing your hero's background, outlook, gear, and abilities; another complete chapter on designing dungeons, encounters, and entire adventures; a whole slew of monsters and traps; and six ready-to-use adventures. All tied together by a proper table of contents and index, plus new intro text, so it feels like a book, not just a random collection of stuff. With proper front and back cover pages, for those who plan to print and bind . . . say, by using the handy service at DriveThruRPG.

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Store Link: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/SJG31-1014

Kristoffer · 03-24-2022, 09:13 AM

Wow! That was a bit of a stealth launch, I thought it was gonna be a kickstarter

Kromm · 03-24-2022, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Kristoffer

Wow! That was a bit of a stealth launch, I thought it was gonna be a kickstarter

So did I! But I guess The Powers That Be (of whom I'm a servant, not a member) had other plans. Or too many Kickstarters for one year. One of those.

Baldo · 03-24-2022, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Kromm

With proper front and back cover pages, for those who plan to print and bind . . . say, by using the handy service at DriveThruRPG.

I use Amazon for PODs, hoping to see the book there...

sparcipx · 03-24-2022, 05:45 PM

Hopefully the POD has the same dimensions as the other DFRPG books (so it can join them in the box)!

AOTA · 03-24-2022, 05:50 PM

From looking at the PDF it appears to be the same size as the other books. This makes me happy.

Michael Thayne · 03-24-2022, 05:54 PM

Conflicted because I'm a GURPS completist and am curious what revisions got made, but I already own every issue of Pyramid Volume 3 and this is probably not the best use of my $25.

Blind Mapmaker · 03-25-2022, 04:11 AM

While I am very excited about the book and the preview looks really good to me, I am quite taken aback by the image of a money-counting, pointy-eared, hook-nosed goblin on the back-cover.

At first glance, this feels almost as much like an anti-semitic caricature as anything a certain fantasy author condones and there has been a lot of talk about this sort of thing lately. Here's a short article (from the Jewish Chroncile) on why this is problematic, even if it's completely coincidental.

Dungeon Fantasy goblins aren't even like that; they aren't naturally greedy or good with money (judging from DFRPG Monsters and how they're presented in GURPS DF). On the one hand, that makes it much better than what some other game companies are doing at the moment, but, on the other hand, the fact that this is on the second page of the preview will make some potentially interested buyers shy away from what is probably an excellent product. I sure am. For the first time in almost a decade I am not snapping up a GURPS or DFRPG product the moment it's available.

To make it perfectly clear, I am not accusing Steve Jackson Games of any intentional racism, but to me this feels like at least a quality control issue. I'd very much like the DFRPG to live up to the style it had in the boxed set that was refreshingly inclusive and avoided stereotyping. Goblins that are way too close to real-world anti-semitic caricatures are not the way to do that.

sir_pudding · 03-25-2022, 05:56 AM

Maybe it's one of the goblins that Herschel defeated.

Expy · 03-25-2022, 06:32 AM

Wow, some of the art on that preview looks beautiful. The three images of the halfling in exploits, and the ones in preparing too. Oooh and I just noticed the art credits. Gonna check them out!
Definitely buying the book when the next paycheck hits.

03-24-2022, 09:08 AM	#1
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 Capable delvers Mighty challenges to face Await you within — Writing on a mysterious pyramid If you agree that the theme of the *Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game* is "more," then you'll be pleased to learn that there's more "more." It was always right under your nose . . . but strewn across nine issues of Pyramid. Here's all that goodness in one place, with better art, text tweaked and updated to reflect the system as it stands today, and in the same layout as the rest of the game (the original Pyramid issues were formatted differently from *Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game* supplements). *Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3* offers four new delving professions, plus more than a chapter of rules for customizing your hero's background, outlook, gear, and abilities; another complete chapter on designing dungeons, encounters, and entire adventures; a whole slew of monsters and traps; and six ready-to-use adventures. All tied together by a proper table of contents and index, plus new intro text, so it feels like a book, not just a random collection of stuff. With proper front and back cover pages, for those who plan to print and bind . . . say, by using the handy service at DriveThruRPG. — Store Link: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/SJG31-1014 __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> *GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

03-24-2022, 09:13 AM	#2
Kristoffer Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Odense, Denmark	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 Wow! That was a bit of a stealth launch, I thought it was gonna be a kickstarter

03-24-2022, 05:45 PM	#5
sparcipx Join Date: May 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 Hopefully the POD has the same dimensions as the other DFRPG books (so it can join them in the box)!

03-24-2022, 05:50 PM	#6
AOTA MIB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Olathe, KS	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 From looking at the PDF it appears to be the same size as the other books. This makes me happy. __________________ Bob Gilson Mib#3477 Formally Bobzilla GURPS Checker for Prime Directive

03-24-2022, 05:54 PM	#7
Michael Thayne Join Date: May 2010	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 Conflicted because I'm a *GURPS* completist and am curious what revisions got made, but I already own every issue of Pyramid Volume 3 and this is probably not the best use of my $25. __________________ Handle is a character from the StarDrive* setting (a.k.a. d20 Future), not my real name.

03-25-2022, 04:11 AM	#8
Blind Mapmaker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mannheim, Baden	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 While I am very excited about the book and the preview looks really good to me, I am quite taken aback by the image of a money-counting, pointy-eared, hook-nosed goblin on the back-cover. At first glance, this feels almost as much like an anti-semitic caricature as anything a certain fantasy author condones and there has been a lot of talk about this sort of thing lately. Here's a short article (from the Jewish Chroncile) on why this is problematic, even if it's completely coincidental. Dungeon Fantasy goblins aren't even like that; they aren't naturally greedy or good with money (judging from DFRPG Monsters and how they're presented in GURPS DF). On the one hand, that makes it much better than what some other game companies are doing at the moment, but, on the other hand, the fact that this is on the second page of the preview will make some potentially interested buyers shy away from what is probably an excellent product. I sure am. For the first time in almost a decade I am not snapping up a GURPS or DFRPG product the moment it's available. To make it perfectly clear, I am not accusing Steve Jackson Games of any intentional racism, but to me this feels like at least a quality control issue. I'd very much like the DFRPG to live up to the style it had in the boxed set that was refreshingly inclusive and avoided stereotyping. Goblins that are way too close to real-world anti-semitic caricatures are not the way to do that. __________________ My GURPS and mapmaking blog: The Blind Mapmaker

03-25-2022, 05:56 AM	#9
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 Maybe it's one of the goblins that Herschel defeated.

03-25-2022, 06:32 AM	#10
Expy Join Date: Dec 2015	Re: Dungeon Fantasy Companion 3 Wow, some of the art on that preview looks beautiful. The three images of the halfling in exploits, and the ones in preparing too. Oooh and I just noticed the art credits. Gonna check them out! Definitely buying the book when the next paycheck hits.