The Tomb 2023: Dungeon Crawl Classics Edition

Building Your First DCC PC

Got 30 minutes? Great! Sit down and start this process to build your
Level 5 Character.
Character

Don’t even bother pulling up a PDF of a character sheet yet, because you
won’t even know WHICH sheet to use until you’ve started this process.

You will need:

1. A full set of Dungeon Crawl Classics Dice
d3, d4, d5, d6, d7, d8, d10, d%, d12, d14, d16, d20, d24, d30

2. A printer for printing a sheet, or PDF software for digital sheets

3. An open mind,
mind you may not create the character you were
expecting to play, but you’ll discover organically a character that is
wholly your own.
 Step 1: OCCUPATION

Before we even know what your character can DO, we need to know what
they DID.

Roll 1d100 to Determine Your Occupation. You’re allowed to cheat this

step if you really see an occupation you like on the list, but I recommend
rolling randomly 2 or 3 times and picking the option you like best.
 Step 2: CLASS

Now that we know what you DID, you’ve got some options for what you can
DO based on the life skills you learned before your adventuring days.

Each class is Hyperlinked to the Character Sheet you will use. Print it
out or download it to edit digitally. You’ll need it for the next steps.

If you rolled (or picked) a Dwarven Job: Your class is DWARF

If you rolled (or picked) an Elven Job: Your class is ELF

If you rolled (or picked) an Halfling Job: Your class is HALFING

If you rolled (or picked) anything that didn’t specify a class, you can
pick from one of the classes below:

CLERIC

WIZARD

THIEF

WARRIOR
 Step 3: ABILITY SCORES and MODIFIERS

You’re gonna hate me for this. You really will.

Ability Scores in DCC are rolled as 3d6 in Order.

That means you roll them and place the sums IN ORDER from the top
ability to the bottom ability. No picking what your character is best at.

The Good News? For this one-shot you can reroll anything 5 or under.
Keep your 6s and above. The best adventurers have the best flaws.*

Your modifiers for these abilities are NOT the standard D&D modifiers,
but instead the old-school 1980s modifiers, which you can draw from this
chart.

*If you’re really not pleased with what you rolled, I recommend KEEPING the scores and
instead going back a step and CHANGING the occupation/class instead to fit your new
randomly assigned scores. The Random Scores are a big part of this system’s flavor.
 Step 4: LUCK

Now we get to play with luck. Will you be lucky in this step? Maybe! Or
you may wind up very unlucky. You will roll 1d30 and fill out your “Lucky
Roll” on your character sheet (near the abilites/saves)

For YOU specifically, your Luck modifier will affect one very specific part
of your character. You may possibly be unlucky and get a number (such
as 13: Spell Checks) that your character does NOT use. Tough luck.

Regarding Spending Luck:

Luck
Your Luck SCORE will be spent over the course of a game (so it might go
from 11 to 9 to 6 to 5 and eventually 0) but your Luck modifier is perma-
nent, so you will ALWAYS get that +Luck to any rolls of that type forev-
er, even when you spend all your “Luck points”.
 Step 6: SAVING THROWS

Our 3.5 and Pathfinder friends will find this familiar.

There are 3 Types of Saving [Link]

REFLEX: Equal to your Agility Modifier

REFLEX
(possibly plus Luck modifier if you rolled 20 on Lucky Roll)

FORTITUDE: Equal to your Stamina Modifier

FORTITUDE
(possibly plus Luck modifier if you rolled 21 on Lucky Roll)

WILLPOWER: Equal to your Personality Modifier

WILLPOWER
(possibly plus Luck modifier if you rolled 22 on Lucky Roll)

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Step 7: INITIATIVE

Your Initiative is equal to your Agility Modifier.

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Step 8: ALIGNMENT

ONLY 3 ALIGNMENTS. PICK ONE.

CHAOTIC

NEUTRAL

LAWFUL
 Step 9: LANGUAGES

You can speak the COMMON tongue and extra languages equal to your Intelligence
Modifier (+2 INT = 2 Extra Languages)

If you’ve luckily rolled a smarty, here are the languages you can choose from:
- DWARF
- ELF
- HALFLING
- CENTAUR
- GIANT
- GNOME
- GOBLIN
- KOBOLD
- BUGBEAR
- LIZARD MAN

If you’ve rolled a WIZARD then you learn TWO languages per point
(so +2 = 4 Extra Languages) and can choose from even more exclusive languages:
- CHAOS (only if you are Chaotic)
- LAW (only if you are Lawful)
- NEUTRALITY (only if you are Neutral)
- ANGELIC
- DEMONIC
- DOPPELGANGER
- DRAGON
- PIXIE
- NAGA
- BEAR
-EAGLE

EXTRA FREE LANGUAGES will be given out later in this document dependent on your
Class.
 Step 10: SPEED

Your speed is 30 FEET unless you are a DWARF or HALFLING

HALFLING; then your tiny legs
give you 20 FEET speed.
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Step 11: LEVEL and XP

You are LEVEL 5 with 290 XP

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Step 12: EQUIPMENT

You get a free weapon and equipment based on your occupation.
 Step 12: EQUIPMENT (cont)

Additionally take 2,000 GOLD PIECES which you can optionally spend in the SHOP at
the end of this document.
 Step 13a: CLERICS
HP 1d4 + 5d8 + (5 x Stamina Mod)
HP:
AC 10 by default, but you can wear ANY armor with no spell check penalties
AC:
(see SHOP at the end of the document)
Saving Throws Bonus:
Bonus Add +1 Reflex, +2 Fortitude, +3 Willpower
Action Dice:
Dice 1d20 [Can only do 1 Attack or 1 Spell in Combat]
Attack Bonus:
Bonus +3
Crit Die:
Die 1d12
Crit Table:
Table 3
Melee Attack:
Attack 3+Strength Mod
Missile Attack:
Attack 3+Agility Mod

DEITY Pick a God (link to god list) try to aim for something that matches your
DEITY:
alignment, as you’ll get your powers based on your alignment, not your god.

Lawful Cleric:
Weapons You Can Use:
Use Club, Mace, Sling, Staff, Warhammer
Creatures You Affect:
Affect Undead, Demons, Devils, Monsters, Chaotic humanoids
(there’s no spot on the sheet for affected Creatures, maybe just write it on the back)

Neutral Cleric (Druid-y):

Weapons You Can Use:Use Dagger, Mace, Sling, Staff, Swords
Creatures You Affect:
Affect Animals, Undead, Demons, Devils, Monsters, Lycan-
thropes, Abominations (like slimes, otyughs, etc)
(there’s no spot on the sheet for affected Creatures, maybe just write it on the back)

Chaos Cleric (Cultist-y):

Weapons You Can Use:
Use Axes, Bows, Dagger, Dart, Flail
Creatures You Affect:
Affect Angels, Paladins, Lawful Creatures and Humanoids
(there’s no spot on the sheet for affected Creatures, maybe just write it on the back)
 Step 13a: CLERICS
Spell Check: Your Spell Check Modifier is: 5+Personality Mod
(possibly plus Luck modifier if you rolled 13 on Lucky Roll)
On a critical check (natural 20) you’ll add an additional +5 to the check.

Disapproval Your disapproval starts at 1 .

Disapproval:
Every spell you fail to cast increases your disapproval by 1. Healing a creature of
an enemy god or alignment also increases disapproval by 1.
A personal sacrifice of 50 GP or similar value decreases it back by 1.

You’ll fill your spellbook with 13 Spells:

Spells
• Pick 6 Level 1 Spells
• Pick 5 Level 2 Spells
• Pick 2 Level 3 Spell

Each spell will have a WHOLE page of info that I’ll send you (that I generate from
this website). Spells are powerful and terrifying and each get their own table of
possible effects.
 Step 13b: THIEVES
HP 1d4 + 5d6 + (5 x Stamina Mod)
HP:
AC 10 by default, but you can buy and wear armor
AC:
(see SHOP at the end of the document)
Saving Throws Bonus:
Bonus Add +3 Reflex, +2 Fortitude, +1 Willpower
Action Dice:
Dice 1d20 [Can do any rolls you want in combat]
Attack Bonus:
Bonus +3
Crit Die:
Die 1d20
Crit Table:
Table 2
Melee Attack:
Attack 3+Strength Mod
Missile Attack:
Attack 3+Agility Mod
Weapons You Can Use:
Use blackjack, blowgun, crossbow, dagger, dart, garrote,
longsword, shortsword, sling, staff.
THIEF SKILLS MODIFIERS:
Lawful Neutral Chaotic

And then add the following additional modifiers to the skills:

• +Agility Mod to “Sneak Silently”, “Hide in Shadows”, “Pick Pocket”, “Climb Sheer”,
“Pick Lock”, “Disable Trap”, “Forge Document”
• +Intelligence Mod to “Find Trap”, “Read Languages”, “Cast Spell from Scroll”
• +Personality Mod to “Disguise Self”
 Step 13b: THIEVES
Languages: Add Thieves Cant
Languages

Luck Die:
Die When you spend luck, you roll 1d7 for each point spent.
In addition, you regain 5 spent luck score each night. You are the only class that
regains luck in this way.
 Step 13c: WARRIORS
HP 1d4 + 5d12 + (5 x Stamina Mod)
HP:
AC 10 by default, but you can buy and wear armor
AC:
(see SHOP at the end of the document)
Saving Throws Bonus
Bonus: Add +2 Reflex, +3 Fortitude, +1 Willpower
Initiative: +5 to your initiative
Initiative
Action Dice:
Dice 1d20 & 1d14 [Can do 2 attacks in combat, once with d20, then d14]
Attack Bonus:
Bonus +1d7
(This is a dynamic modifier, not a static one, so it’s an extra die instead of a flat bonus. This bonus die is
also called the “Deed Die” as it also controls the success of your “Mighty Deeds”)
Crit Die:
Die 1d24
Crit Table:
Table 5
Melee Attack:
Attack +1d7+Strength Mod
Missile Attack:
Attack +1d7+Agility Mod
Weapons You Can Use: Use battleaxe, club, crossbow, dagger, dart, flail, handaxe,
javelin, lance, longbow, longsword, mace, polearm, shortbow, short sword, sling,
spear, staff, two-handed sword, and warhammer

Critical Threat Range: 18-20

(so you crit on a natural 18 or higher)

Lucky Weapon:
Weapon Pick one type of weapon;
you will always add your Luck Modifier to that weapon’s attack rolls.
 Step 13c: WARRIORS
Mighty Deeds of Arms: Arms A generic term that means you can “empower” each of
your attacks with bonus effects. Such effects are called BEFORE any dice are rolled
(“I roll to hit the orc, and in doing so I try to push him into the pit”)

Deeds are both specific and non-specific, and I recommend writing down some com-
mon deeds on the back of your sheet for reference, as well as inventing your own.

Blinding Attacks: Enemies get penalties as they are hit in the eyes.
Disarming Attacks: Enemies drop their weapons
Pushbacks/Throws/Trips: Move enemies around
Precision Shots: Hit enemies in specific spots or weakpoints for additional damage
Rallying Cry: Urge your allies to form up and fight harder
Defensive Manuever: Fight defensively, granting yourself short lived AC buffs

The higher you roll on your attack’s 1d7 die (or Deed Die), the more powerfully
your deed manifests, examples of how deeds scale can be seen in this document.
 Step 13d: WIZARDS
HP 6d4 + (5 x Stamina Mod)
HP:
AC 10 by default, but you can armor up at the cost of spell casting penalties.
AC:
(see SHOP at the end of the document)
Saving Throws Bonus
Bonus: Add +2 Reflex, +1 Fortitude, +3 Willpower
Action Dice:
Dice 1d20 & 1d14
[Acts twice in combat, once with 1d20 to attack or spellcast, then can cast again with 1d14.]
Attack Bonus:
Bonus +2
Crit Die:
Die 1d10
Crit Table:
Table 1
Melee Attack:
Attack 2+Strength Mod
Missile Attack:
Attack 2+Agility Mod
Weapons You Can Use:
Use dagger, longbow, long sword, shortbow, short sword,
staff.

Spells: Roll your Spells first (next page) before looking at these options below.
Spells

Familiar If you rolled “Find Familiar” you can add your familiar’s name and type
Familiar:
here, choosing from any sort of typical creature. Bat, snake, imp, homunculus, etc.

Patron If you rolled “Invoke Patron” or “Patron Spell” or “Patron Bond”, congrats,
Patron:
you’re a warlock. You get to pick a great entity who watches over you that you can
draw dangerous power from. You can invent the patron, but must assign it one of
the following archetypes:
• Swamp/Putrid Patron
• Storm Patron
• Undead Patron
• Fey Patron
• Fate & Law Patron
(If you rolled “Patron Spell”, we will replace it with a specific spell exclusive to your patron.
Additionally, if you rolled “Invoke Patron” but NOT “Patron Bond” or vice versa, add the other
spell to your list FOR FREE! If you had rolled both, add any other spell to your list FOR FREE!)
 Step 13d: WIZARDS
Spell Check: Your Spell Check Modifier is: 5+Intelligence Mod
(possibly plus Luck modifier if you rolled 13 on Lucky Roll)
On a critical check (natural 20 or natural 14) you’ll add an additional +5 to the check.

You’ll fill your spellbook with 8 Spells of any level combination.

combination But the
spells themselves must be rolled. So decide the level, then roll 1d24 to get the
spell, do that 8 times.

Each spell will have a WHOLE page of info that I’ll send you (that I generate from
this website). Spells are powerful and terrifying and each get their own table of
possible effects.
 Step 13e: DWARVES
HP 1d4 + 5d10 + (5 x Stamina Mod)
HP:
AC 10 by default, but you can buy and wear armor
AC:
(see SHOP at the end of the document)
Saving Throws Bonus
Bonus: Add +2 Reflex, +3 Fortitude, +2 Willpower
Initiative: +5 to your initiative
Initiative
Action Dice:
Dice 1d20 & 1d14 [Can do 2 attacks in combat, once with d20, then d14]
Attack Bonus:
Bonus +1d7
(This is a dynamic modifier, not a static one, so it’s an extra die instead of a flat bonus. This bonus die is
also called the “Deed Die” as it also controls the success of your “Mighty Deeds”)
Crit Die:
Die 1d20
Crit Table:
Table 4
Melee Attack:
Attack +1d7+Strength Mod
Missile Attack:
Attack +1d7+Agility Mod
Weapons You Can Use:Use battleaxe, club, crossbow, dagger, handaxe, javelin,
longsword, mace, shortbow, short sword, sling, spear, two-handed sword, and war-
hammer

Shield Bash:
Bash Every round for free you can also do a single Shield Bash in addi-
tion to your two attacks, it is also rolled as (d14+d7
d14+d7) to hit and does 1d3 damage,
Mighty Deeds can be also applied to it.

Underground Skills:
Skills Dwarves excel at all the typical dungeon delving skills in-
volving stonework and construction, AND can roll to detect piles of gold and gems
from 100 feet away.

Lucky Weapon:
Weapon Pick one type of weapon;
you will always add your Luck Modifier to that weapon’s attack rolls.

Languages: Add Dwarf and one other language of your choice

Languages
 Step 13f: ELVES
HP 1d4 + 5d8 + (5 x Stamina Mod)
HP:
AC 10 by default, but you can wear ANY mithril armor with no spell check penalties
AC:
(see SHOP at the end of the document)
Saving Throws Bonus
Bonus: Add +2 Reflex, +2 Fortitude, +3 Willpower
Action Dice:
Dice 1d20 & 1d14
[Acts twice in combat, once with 1d20 and again with 1d14, can sepllcast or attack with either or both.]
Attack Bonus:
Bonus +3
Crit Die:
Die 1D10
Crit Table:
Table 2
Melee Attack:
Attack 3+Strength Mod
Missile Attack:
Attack 3+Agility Mod
Weapons You Can Use:
Use dagger, javelin, lance, longbow, long sword, shortbow,
short sword, staff, spear, two-handed sword.

Iron Sensitivity: Elves feel pain when touching Iron, and as such, their weapons,
armor, and shields are all made of valuable mithril instead. This restriction means
you may not use another’s weapons or armor without suffering additional penalties.

Languages: Add Elf and one other language of your choice.

Languages

Patron All Elves have gotten involved one way or another with a great entity who
Patron:
watches over you that you can also draw power from. You can invent the patron, but
must assign it one of the following archetypes:
• Swamp/Putrid Patron
• Storm Patron
• Undead Patron
• Fey Patron
• Fate & Law Patron

Spells: You automatically gain the “patron bond” and “invoke patron” spells. Oth-
Spells
erwise see next page for rolling the rest of your spells.
 Step 13f: ELVES
Spell Check: Your Spell Check Modifier is: +5
(possibly plus Luck modifier if you rolled 13 on Lucky Roll)
On a critical check (natural 20 or natural 14) you’ll add an additional +5 to the check.

You’ll fill your spellbook with 6 Spells of any level combination.

combination But the
spells themselves must be rolled. So decide the level, then roll 1d24 to get the
spell, do that 8 times. (Reroll “Invoke Patron” or “Patron Bond”)

Each spell will have a WHOLE page of

info that I’ll send you (that I generate
from this website). Spells are power-
ful and terrifying and each get their
own table of possible effects.

Lucky Spell:
Spell Pick one of your level
1 spells. You will always add your Luck
modifier to that spell’s check from
now on.

Familiar If you rolled “Find Famil-

Familiar:
iar” you can add your familiar’s name
and type here, choosing from any sort
of typical creature. Bat, snake, imp,
homunculus, etc.

Mercurial Effect: Skip this we

ain’t using it for the one-shot.

Other Notes:
Notes Detect Secret Doors
by walking 10 feet near them. Immune
to magical sleep and Paralysis.
 Step 13g: HALFLINGS
HP 1d4 + 5d6 + (5 x Stamina Mod)
HP:
AC 10 by default, but you can wear ANY armor with no Check Penalties
AC:
(see SHOP at the end of the document)
Saving Throws Bonus:
Bonus Add +3 Reflex, +2 Fortitude, +3 Willpower
Action Dice:
Dice 1d20 [Can only do 1 Attack or 1 Skill Check in Combat]
Attack Bonus:
Bonus +4
Crit Die:
Die 1D12
Crit Table:
Table 3
Melee Attack:
Attack 4+Strength Mod
Missile Attack:
Attack 4+Agility Mod
Weapons You Can Use:
Use club, crossbow, dagger, handaxe, javelin, shortbow, short
sword, sling, staff

(Optional) Two Weapon Fighting:

Fighting Swap your Action Dice from “1d20” to “1d16
& 1d16” and make two attacks if you choose to buy and wield two weapons. If duel
wielding, you are immune to critical fumbles unless both attacks roll 1.

Stealth Bonus:
Bonus 9 + Agility Mod

Languages: Add Halfing and one other language of your choice.

Languages

Lucky Charm
Charm: Whenever you burn your luck score, you get +2 for every one point
spent. Each night you also restore your luck points by 5.
YOU ARE THE ONLY PARTY MEMBER THAT CAN SPEND THEIR LUCK ON ALLIES.
If there are two halflings in the party, ONLY ONE GETS THIS FEATURE. :O
 Step 14: Titles
Your title is based on your alignment and class. Refer to the quick chart below to
fill in your title.

Class Lawful Title Chaotic Title Neutral Title

Cleric Father High Priest Druid
Thief Boss Assassin Swindler
Warrior Paladin Reaver Chieftain
Wizard Elementalist Necromancer Sorcerer
Dwarf Syndic Renegade Thegn
Elf Elder Elder Elder
Halfling Wise One Wise One Wise One
 Step 15: THE SHOP!
Use these pages to spend your 2,000 starting gold pieces.
 Step 15: THE SHOP!
Use these pages to spend your 2,000 starting gold pieces.
 Step 15: THE SHOP!
Use these pages to spend your 2,000 starting gold pieces.
 The End

You will now have a new, perhaps surprising character that you didn’t expect to have
when you started this document, but I assure you this special new creation of yours
is ready to take their dive into the final(?) chapter of the Tomb of Horrors.

If you find yourself wanting to rebuild a new character after the party has done
their character building and you want to maybe specialize in something (for exam-
ple, maybe nobody picks or rolls up a rogue) then feel free to return to this docu-
ment and generate another character. Having backups can be handy in the Tomb.

Technically speaking, in DCC players generates 2-4 characters...but I’m going easy
on you, we will trust these 1st characters are strong enough to make it to the end.

If you still want to learn more about how to play from here, you can find the basic
reference rules for “Dungeon Crawl Classics” at this link.
link

Otherwise...see you in the tomb!