• Registered: 2018-12-16
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Topic: DCC to LotFP

I'm a pretty new GM, but have fallen in love with the LotFP system, and OSR in general, and I find it super awesome how I can use actual old school modules from D&D as well as the tons of newer modules from games like S&W and LL with little to no work. 

unfortunately I have also fallen in love with DCC modules, but I'm finding them a touch harder to convert.

do you all have any advice for converting DCC modules and stats to LotFP?  my google-fu sucks and im not finding a lot of helpful stuff on my own.

  • Registered: 2013-08-08
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Re: DCC to LotFP

I'm currently running a primarily LotFP rules (with lots of house rules) game, with some DCC blended in. However, I primarily run LotFP modules and haven't actually tried a DCC module.

I may still be able to help. Can you provide a few examples of the things you are finding difficult to convert when running a DCC module?

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  • Registered: 2018-12-16
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Re: DCC to LotFP

the big ones are the modules call for a lot of "DC # stat" checks  for saving throws and spotting dangers and surviving obstacles and I'm not sure how to convert them.

examples: frigid touch siphons heat and vitality from the victim, DC8 fort save or take 1 point temp stamina damage"  or "DC 8 intelligence check is necessary to spot the guards" or "any character moving faster than half his normal speed must make a DC 7 Ref check to avoid slipping and falling prone"



also the magic system is weird and I'm not sure how to convert the effects of magical items and spells used on/against my players

and luck saves

Last edited by alien_sunset (2018-12-17 17:07:56)

  • Registered: 2013-08-08
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Re: DCC to LotFP

First off, have you checked out Vaginas Are Magic or Eldritch Cock? The PDFs are available for free and if you go with the magic system presented there, then that may give you a more viable way to bring in the DCC spells and systems.

Regarding the DC# stat checks, I think you can handle them a few different ways. The simplest, just either convert them in to saving throws or roll under stat rolls. DC 8 Fort Save becomes a save vs magic, DC 8 Intelligence becomes a "roll a d20 and roll equal to or less than your INT score" and DC 7 Reflex check could be a save against device, or a roll under DEX score.

This is typically how hazards are handled in LotFP anyway, so you're just ignoring the various levels of difficulty and making them into straight up saves.

Now, the slightly more complicated way would be you could cross check the DCs with LotFP saves and figure out where the sweet spot is - like is a DC 8 similar to having a save of 12? then just give a bonus or penalty to the saving throw when the DC is harder or easier than the "sweet spot." Personally, I'd just go with straight up saves and allow half saves on easier DCs.

(If you use the new saving throw system from VAM or EC, then it's even easier - it's either a magic or non-magic save, and you always allow a half save.)

Eldritch Cock also features the new playtest rules, which includes a mechanic for Luck. You could use that and replace the one in DCC, or you could use the DCC one and just have players record it on their character sheet and use the rule as-is.

(I use luck in my games, but it's a bit different from both - players take the average of all their stats, and that is their initial luck roll. They can burn points from it to reroll like in DCC, but only get 1 new luck point when leveling up. To make a luck save, they roll the die matching their luck number (so if it's 11, they roll a d11 or a d12 and reroll on a 12) and if they roll a 1, they fail. This creates a fun tension between wanting as high a luck value as possible, while also wanting to burn points to get rerolls.)

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