Down We Go

Fantastic game! Congrats! Just one question. Is there a rule for a PC to cause more than 1 hit of damage instead of natural 20 on a D20? A lot of NPCs do cause multiple hits of damage. That difference is by design? Thanks!

Ya'll took a rules-lite system and gave it ALLLLLLL the bells and whistles, huh? Wow! So many tools! So much content! My head is spinning. Thank-you so much for making such a great game!

I did a visual review and breakdown of Down We Go on my substack, and the creative team behind it were extremely generous with me and answered all my questions.

Call me a shill angling to play more with the gang, but I keep coming back to tbe book and it just blows my mind! The sheer depth of the tools and the possible variations on the presented locations/ dungeons/ adventures is absolutely wild. Like, I fully recommend playing DWG because it's great, but this is a book that is an invaluable tool for any referee. Just... *Chef's Kiss*

Hello - is there a discord for down we go?

Any news on when the gamefound backers will be receiving the physical copies? 

It's honestly amazing how much mechanical depth that you guys managed to fit into so little space. I come from 5e, and really the core parts of the D&D experience are still basically intact, but the 5e phb is 300 pages, while this is just 17.  And the art is good to, so that's a plus. 

I haven't played this yet, but just reading it was eye-opening for what's possible in game design. 

I like this. Plays fast and loose, with simple rules (so it's easy to hack). I just did a quick read through and then checked again.. no mechanical advantages/rules for weapons and armor? That aside it looks like a lot of  fun to play or run. Looking forward to see this in print.

The vibe reminds me of Fritz Lieber's "Ill Met in Lankhmar". Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser meet for the first time, get knee-walking drunk and go break into the Wizards Guild tower to steal treasure. As a reader you know it's the dumbest idea anyone ever came up with, but you really want to be there with them and you can't wait to see how badly it turns out.

Thanks!

I download this version, and backed the gamefound.  Played with my kids, and used one weekend on our D&D 3.5 campaign with a few no shows.  Fun was had by all.   Can't wait for the infinite edition!   What a solid package!  *****

Seems very cool! What kind of 3rd party license (if any) do you think y'all will have for this?

(Also YAY cannabis golems!)

Can you clarify how hits work? It looks like if your highest stat is Mystical you get 2 hits, Sneaky-3, Holy-4, Bloodthirsty-5. But there are an additional 5 hit circles. What are those for? Is it that you get base + LVL hit dots? Is there an implied LVL 5 cap per Role?

Down We Go is a single page OSR dungeon crawler.

It's got lovely art and layout, and the font choices feel whispery but readable.

Mechanics-wise, your default roll is a d20, trying to hit a DC 15. You add your level in your most relevant class to your roll, and this is where the system gets interesting. There are four classes, Holy, Sneaky, Bloodthirsty, and Mystical, and you can freely assign your levels to any of them. In addition to boosting your rolls, each class comes with a set of level/day abilities. And your highest levelled class determines your hit points.

Combat in Down We Go uses the same dice system, with effectively a coin flip to determine which side goes first. Damage is typically 1/hit, and HP totals are low across the board.

All of this makes for an extremely tight, quick system that still retains flexibility and crunch, but the real standout is the game's optional rule: if you drop a die on the floor, you die.

This optional rule catapults Down We Go from a solid single-page dungeon crawler to a game with a complicated meta about maneuvering people into rolling near the table's edge.

Overall, I'd strongly recommend this. It's a satisfying engine. It's great for pick-up-and-play. And it's got a strong sense of character. It's genuinely fun.

Question to clarify: "It states to put +2 in one role or +1 in two Roles at the start." Example: Say I want to play a Sneaky character. I put the +2 in that Role. I am Level 1, so I choose Hide for my Ability. For defensive Combat you only add your Sneaky lvl. Where in the game would you use your +2 Role ? What benefits and where does the +2/+1 in Role come to play? Hope that makes sense. Thanks!

Hello here!

can you please tell us if there's any major or minor differences between this product and the one on DriveThruRPG? I bought it a few weeks ago, so I don't know if this one will be updated or if the one on itch represents the future of "Down We Go" ;o)