Dungeoneering is great fun! I'm still a pretty inexperienced GM and the simplicity of this game made it very approachable for me. I ran a couple friends through the starter dungeon, Mazar's Tower. There was no magician in the group but somehow they managed. Maybe I went too easy on them. But the Amalgamation kept them on their toes. In the end, despite my very imperfect GMing, they said they had fun!
Sometimes you just want a good old-fashioned dungeon crawl, and this game does a great job at that.
Hi, I might finally get the chance to run this game pretty soon, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around how combat works.
The errata says "A character wants to roll under their mod for the attack but equal to or over the monsters evasion." But what happens if the mod is lower than the evasion? Say a character's Might mod is 2 and the monster's evasion score is 5, does that mean the monster is just impossible to hit because you can't roll lower than the Might mod and higher than the evasion score?
And similarly when a monster attacks, what happens if the monster's attack is higher than your mod? If I understand correctly, you use a single roll to resolve attacks, so I'm confused about how the two different numbers are used together and how you determine success.
Oh, I was just looking at the updated PDF and I saw that all the sample monsters' evasions scores were updated with the errata. It makes more sense now!
Thanks! I guess there's one more thing I want to make sure of: when a monster attacks a character, does the character's Might or Agility mod come into play for the roll? Or is it just the monster's attack score that you look at?
Ability mods don’t come into play when defending, but if a creature has any amount of DR (from items or effects, etc.) they gain a +X to the check to defend, where X is the DR.
So for example, if a monster’s attack is 3, normally a character has a 3-in-6 chance at evading the attack. But if they’re wearing DR 1 armor, that becomes a 4-in-6 chance at evading the attack.
As an aside, I’ve been working on a few house rules regarding morale, sundering armor, and some other stuff I was planning on doing an errata for in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for that!
There will be! Currently working on getting backer copies out before selling physical copies. I'll have a bunch of information on that in the coming weeks.
Thanks for the interest! And might I say, I thoroughly enjoyed Halls of the Blood King!
I had originally gone without a character sheet as the stats are super slimmed down, but I think a character sheet could be pretty fun (maybe one for each role?)... I'll give it some thought!
If I do, I'll make it free for folks to download here on the itch.io page.
AR and DR are modifiers added by items and effects. As you can see on the Warrior, their armor and shield has a DR rating. There are no starting weapons that offer an AR bonus, so you’ll need to grab magic items to increase them.
In the testing I did, adding AR for starting characters made encounters a bit too easy whereas adding DR made it so they could at least survive a bit better if bad rolls came up. With more folks having more hands on the rules we’ll see if that logic holds up!
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Dungeoneering is great fun! I'm still a pretty inexperienced GM and the simplicity of this game made it very approachable for me. I ran a couple friends through the starter dungeon, Mazar's Tower. There was no magician in the group but somehow they managed. Maybe I went too easy on them. But the Amalgamation kept them on their toes. In the end, despite my very imperfect GMing, they said they had fun!
Sometimes you just want a good old-fashioned dungeon crawl, and this game does a great job at that.
Wonderful to hear! Glad you and your group had fun.
Hi, I might finally get the chance to run this game pretty soon, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around how combat works.
The errata says "A character wants to roll under their mod for the attack but equal to or over the monsters evasion." But what happens if the mod is lower than the evasion? Say a character's Might mod is 2 and the monster's evasion score is 5, does that mean the monster is just impossible to hit because you can't roll lower than the Might mod and higher than the evasion score?
And similarly when a monster attacks, what happens if the monster's attack is higher than your mod? If I understand correctly, you use a single roll to resolve attacks, so I'm confused about how the two different numbers are used together and how you determine success.
Thanks! This looks like a fun game!
Oh, I was just looking at the updated PDF and I saw that all the sample monsters' evasions scores were updated with the errata. It makes more sense now!
Apologies for the delay in responding - been a crazy week!
It sounds like you figured it out, but feel free to ask if there’s anything else that’s confusing. Happy to provide my thoughts.
Thanks! I guess there's one more thing I want to make sure of: when a monster attacks a character, does the character's Might or Agility mod come into play for the roll? Or is it just the monster's attack score that you look at?
Ability mods don’t come into play when defending, but if a creature has any amount of DR (from items or effects, etc.) they gain a +X to the check to defend, where X is the DR.
So for example, if a monster’s attack is 3, normally a character has a 3-in-6 chance at evading the attack. But if they’re wearing DR 1 armor, that becomes a 4-in-6 chance at evading the attack.
As an aside, I’ve been working on a few house rules regarding morale, sundering armor, and some other stuff I was planning on doing an errata for in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for that!
That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation! I'm excited to try Mazar's Tower tonight.
This dungeon is awesome, such a cool game!
Thanks Colin! Appreciate the support.
is there a print version of this available anywhere?
Hey there Diogo,
There will be! Currently working on getting backer copies out before selling physical copies. I'll have a bunch of information on that in the coming weeks.
Thanks for the interest! And might I say, I thoroughly enjoyed Halls of the Blood King!
Thank you very much. I am glad you did!
I asked because I mostly read physical books. I always forget where I put the PDFs lol.
Hi Nate, are there any plans to include a character sheet? Or is there already one that I just seem unable to find?
Thanks! Loving the product so far, will definitely take it for a test drive in the future.
Hey there!
I had originally gone without a character sheet as the stats are super slimmed down, but I think a character sheet could be pretty fun (maybe one for each role?)... I'll give it some thought!
If I do, I'll make it free for folks to download here on the itch.io page.
Thanks for the kind words!
EDIT: In case anyone is looking for character sheets, they're located here: Dungeoneering Character Sheets
Quick question, how do player characters determine their Attack Ratings(AR) and Defense Ratings(DR)? I can't find anything about it in the rules.
Hey there!
AR and DR are modifiers added by items and effects. As you can see on the Warrior, their armor and shield has a DR rating. There are no starting weapons that offer an AR bonus, so you’ll need to grab magic items to increase them.
In the testing I did, adding AR for starting characters made encounters a bit too easy whereas adding DR made it so they could at least survive a bit better if bad rolls came up. With more folks having more hands on the rules we’ll see if that logic holds up!
Let me know if there are further questions!