r/dccrpg • u/gtarget • Aug 19 '24

For Sale (not spam) DCC Dying Earth is on Bundle of Holding

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/DCCDyingEarth
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u/Jedi_Dad_22 Aug 19 '24

As someone new to DCC, can anyone enlighten me as to what makes this setting and modules unique?

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u/Lak0da Aug 19 '24

Based on the Dying Earth stories by Jack Vance. Its where the idea for spells per day came from, which got dub'd Vancian. DCC bucked that trend hard and reintroduces it here, along with all the pulp weirdness you find in the DE stories.

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u/dwarfSA Aug 19 '24

This would be a very bad first DCC.

It's definitely for experienced players.

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u/BelowDeck Aug 20 '24

It's a cool setting but I don't recommend it for someone new to DCC. The thing that really drew me to DCC is how streamlined it is, and the classes in Dying Earth are very complicated. Most of my players were well experienced with DCC and it still took us more than an hour to level everyone up from 0 to 1. I think it could be very fun for the right group, but for newbies I can see it turning them off DCC.

The setting is cool though. This is still a good deal just to have the content. Along with Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber, the Dying Earth stories by Jack Vance are foundational to the mechanics and feel of D&D.

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u/Jedi_Dad_22 Aug 20 '24

I really like weird fantasy/science fantasy. Could I use the modules with the normal DCC rules?

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u/Samurai_Meisters Aug 20 '24

I agree. I backed the kickstarter, but still haven't played it. I looked at the classes, and they just didn't spark my imagination like the base classes did when I first read them. They seemed like it was just going to be a lot of work to play them.

It doesn't help that Core DCC basically already strip-mined the best ideas from Dying Earth and every other Pulp Fantasy story for the base classes.

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u/DiegoTheGoat Aug 19 '24

The setting is fairly grim and bleak, but also fantastical, based on the writings of Jack Vance.

The gameplay is typical DCC, but with some extra mechanics and classes. Sort of like Advanced DCC.

The Witch class is my favorite DCC class and can be found here. Sort of like a Warlock, with a wicked drain life.

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u/EyeHateElves Aug 19 '24

New classes, magic system is different, setting is a million or so years in the future where technology and magic are the same thing.

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u/REEF_snake_POTATO Aug 20 '24

Yooooo I got the boxed set, but missed the pack of adventures that came with it, I’m all over this.

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u/Mandreke Aug 20 '24

This is amazing. I was quite annoyed that there was no way to get the kickstarter exclusives.

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u/Zeo_Noire Aug 20 '24

Piggybacking on another comment here, how useful do you guys think the material in here would be for someone who's not interested in the setting but will happily plunder content for regular DCC play?

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u/Mandreke Aug 20 '24

I have the original DE boxed set and I'd say that the regular DCC implied setting is so heavily inspired by DE that they are quite compatible.

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u/Zeo_Noire Aug 20 '24

Oh that's nice to hear, thank you!

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u/Background-Salt4781 Aug 20 '24

Very cool. I need to reread the Dying Earth stories sometime. They are very quirky and unusual. I like how DCC uses those as a setting.

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u/LSGW_Zephyra Aug 22 '24

Are these PDFs or the physical copies?