NEW DCC #4 Encounters v1 Netbook

Kellri · Post by **Kellri** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:14 pm

Hot from the pdf pipeline...Dungeon Designer's Netbook #4 - Encounters. Plenty of old school tables and charts for in-game use or just casual inspiration. This is version 1, with text-only, 1.2mb. Enjoy. As usual, comments and criticism welcome.

DCC #4 - Encounters

Rath · Post by **Rath** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:23 pm

Dude, this is way cool. Just downloaded it along with CDD#1-3 and old school puzzles too. Great work and thanks for sharing.

Amazan · Post by **Amazan** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:51 pm

This is a work of love

It makes the creation of a few NPC very easy. A simple d6 will even give all the spells the MU knows at the moment of the encounter.

Really, I'm impressed.

Turgenev · Post by **Turgenev** » Sat May 10, 2008 6:54 pm

Very nice! For some strange reason I found when I downloaded the files from orbitfiles it chopped off the .pdf file extension but that was easily fixed. Thanks for these! I can see all of these DCCs coming in handy during my games.

Cheers,
Tim

Maliki · Post by **Maliki** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:21 pm

Great stuff! Thanks a lot for sharing.

Greyharp · Post by **Greyharp** » Sat May 10, 2008 10:35 pm

Another amazing piece of work. So much to like, it's hard to know where to start. I particularly liked the "Settlement Record Sheet" near the end, great idea. Thanks Kellri.

bobjester · Post by **bobjester** » Sat May 10, 2008 11:29 pm

How come the PDF comes out as a blank file? I can open it by manually choosing "Open with Adobe Acrobat 8.0" but it takes like 2 minutes longer this way.

Amazan · Post by **Amazan** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:05 am

You have to rename it as a .pdf

CDD#4.pdf instead of CDD#4

Zulgyan · Post by **Zulgyan** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:15 am

SightblinderX · Post by **SightblinderX** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:38 am

Wow, just wow... nice work!

Grimaryl Atyar · Post by **Grimaryl Atyar** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:20 am

Thank you very, very much! I have been looking for just the spells for ages, thanks!

chrisspiller · Post by **chrisspiller** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:34 am

Nice!

I also like the illustration used for the cover

Pax,

Chris

Turgenev · Post by **Turgenev** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:39 am

I thought of one thing that would make this excellent document even better... bookmarks!

I'm in the process of bookmarking my copy. I'm about half way through the document now.

Edit: I've finished bookmarking the various sections of this document. Wow, it has helped me realize just how impressive this pdf is! Nice work, Kellri. If you want a copy of my bookmarked CDD #4 let me know (no sense doing the work if it is already done

). I can always upload it for download.

Cheers,
Tim

bobjester · Post by **bobjester** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:02 am

Amazan wrote:You have to rename it as a .pdf

CDD#4.pdf instead of CDD#4

D'oh! [smacks self on forehead]

That's how you change it! I tried to save it as a pdf from within the doc, which it would not do. Much simpler to "Rename" it by right clicking on the icon, without opening it at all...

Thanks!

Kellri · Post by **Kellri** » Sun May 11, 2008 5:00 am

Edit: I've finished bookmarking the various sections of this document.

Great idea! I'd love a copy to update the download.

Turgenev · Post by **Turgenev** » Sun May 11, 2008 5:44 am

Check your private messages Kellri.

Cheers,
Tim

Sir Clarence · Post by **Sir Clarence** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:16 am

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this with us. And also thanks to Turgenev for the bookmarked version - a very useful update indeed.

Rath · Post by **Rath** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:50 pm

I've spent the morning time looking through CDD#1-4 and just want to say again how awesome these volumes are... well done man!

So what's upcoming for CDD#5 or is it too early to speculate?

McDeath · Post by **McDeath** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:54 pm

I finished skimming through the entire document today and was just plain

; for lack of better words. How long did it take you to compile all that info? How long did it take you to write it up? How long did it take you to pdf it?

I'm also interested in all the sources you used to make many of the tables?

Critique.... Random Dungeon Generation as per dmg with expanded tables, more tables for caverns and tunnels (perhaps some of the tables from Vic Broquard's article "To the Center of the Oerth").

There's so much to digest you've given me heartburn.

(I mean that in a good way)

I love the typesetting (classic and easy to read). Very few if any tabulation errors (some #s were slightly off but I've seen products produced by big gaming companies that have done far worse).

I love that you left open slots for treasure types so there is room for personal customization.

Has anyone printed this out, punched holes in it for a 3-ring binder? Wow and double WOW again!

xyzchyx · Post by **xyzchyx** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:38 pm

Rath wrote:So what's upcoming for CDD#5 or is it too early to speculate?

Hmm... Dungeon Geomorphs? City Geomorphs? High level play? Magic item creation and recharging? The mind reels with possibilities.

McDeath wrote:Has anyone printed this out, punched holes in it for a 3-ring binder?

Done, and done. The holes intersect the boxed outline that's on each page, but it doesn't block any of the text.

Phread59 · Post by **Phread59** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:34 pm

I too want to add my thanks. This is some awesome work. It is a good thing I have just installed a new black ink cartridge.

Mark Shuman

Kellri · Post by **Kellri** » Mon May 12, 2008 1:48 am

Hey guys,

Thanks for all of the great comments. I've been working on parts of this book for almost 2 years, off and on. It was originally to be #1 in the series, but other projects were much easier to complete.

I've made a few changes to the file, adding an index, a new form (NPC Cards), and tidied up a few formatting issues. For those of you who have already printed a copy, you'll only need to print the last 4 pages to stay up to date. Remember, you may need to rename the file as a pdf. Here's the new link.

CDD#4 Encounters

DungeonDevil · Post by **DungeonDevil** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:50 am

Thanks! Give yourself a pat on the back!!

PeelSeel2 · Post by **PeelSeel2** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:44 am

I cannot download it. It says file not found. I got the first three from your sig.

Glgnfz · Post by **Glgnfz** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:20 am

click the link in the post 2 above yours - not in the 1st post in this thread.

Ghul · Post by **Ghul** » Mon May 12, 2008 1:16 pm

Absolutely fantastic.

bobjester · Post by **bobjester** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:27 pm

+4 Kellri! Awesome PDFs.

I'll be printing these as soon as I get a printer to work around here.

Post by **rredmond** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:34 pm

Is it me looking at it wrong, or is that a Chaotic Evil Druid in the Sages section (#1)? I'm assuming something in error I'm guessing...

bobjester · Post by **bobjester** » Tue May 13, 2008 12:18 am

rredmond wrote:Is it me looking at it wrong, or is that a Chaotic Evil Druid in the Sages section (#1)? I'm assuming something in error I'm guessing... Confused

This is in CDD#1? I just skimmed through it & I have no idea where this Sage section is that you speak of. What page? PDF page, or actual printed document page?

Post by **rredmond** » Tue May 13, 2008 12:26 am

CDD #4 the Sages section. The whole thing is awesome. I just saw CE and NG for what looked like Sage alignments in the Sages section on Page 23 - PDF page.