Compendium of Secret Knowledge

DCC Lankhmar is designed to be 100% compatible with Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. It was the authors’ intent that every DCC RPG judge could use the information presented here with their home campaigns in several ways. First, judges who had no interest in adjudicating adventures set in Lankhmar could still utilize the new monsters, spells, and patrons as part of their campaign, cherry-picking what they desired. Secondly, judges could run a by-the-book DCC RPG campaign in Nehwon, using all the rules, classes, and so forth directly from the DCC rulebook. Lastly, judges desiring a true “literary” DCC Lankhmar campaign, one emulating Leiber’s fantastic stories, would have a host of new and entirely optional DCC rules to incorporate into their games and help invoke the world of Nehwon. This work is a collection of all those rules in a single handy reference book.

All of the following rules are optional, and judges are encouraged to use what they desire and discard the rest. In almost all cases, these rules are intended to replace similar ones presented in the DCC RPG rulebook and should not be used in conjunction with these core rules. Combining clerical healing and Lankhmar Luck healing, for example, might easily overpower the campaign and make for a less enjoyable play experience.

While these rules have been extensively playtested, conflicts between the optional DCC Lankhmar rules and those in the core book may still occur. The judge is left to adjudicate these conflicts as best suits his personal campaign. The one thing we’ve learned in creating the world of DCC Lankhmar is that everyone has their own interpretation of Leiber’s creation and how it should best be replicated at the game table. Make the following rules your own and your version of Nehwon will be true to yourself and your gaming group.

See you at the Silver Eel!