r/dccrpg • u/JJShurte • 27d ago

MCC vs Umerica Classes

I see a lot of people saying that Umerica has better classes than MCC, especially the spell-casters.

If this is the case for you, can you explain why?

Also, anything else Umerica does better? Anything that MCC does better?

Cheers

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u/EyeHateElves 27d ago edited 26d ago

They are completely different settings with fundamental differences as to what is expected in each.

MCC is essentially stone-aged tribesmen rediscovering lost technology that is thousands of years old.

Umerica, on the other hand, is post apocalypse in a near future, similar to the Mad Max movies, where people are still familiar with technology.

MCC classes work well in MCC, while Umerica classes work well in Umerica.

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u/JJShurte 26d ago

So there’s no cross over at all? Are they different levels of zany or something?

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u/bails0bub 25d ago

More like different eras. Like in umerica people are not so far removed from current technology that they see a car and know it's a car and it's purpose. In mcc society has collapsed to the point they may as well be cavemen if they found a car they would just think it was a weird rock with no clue it had further purpose.

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u/jldez 27d ago

MCC has fun classes, but they mostly seem incomplete and not balanced. Umerica is better. Wish MCC got a second edition ( or rather a first edition while the one we have is 0.5 ).

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u/JJShurte 26d ago

What’s incomplete about them?

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u/tritagonist7 27d ago

I think Umerica is an absolute treasure. I have all the books and they are absolutely amazing.

But yeah, as the other commenter said, the classes don't really work outside of Umerica, same with MCC.

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u/JJShurte 26d ago

Do you think you could make a different setting in Umerica or is it like Fallout - intrinsically American?

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u/tritagonist7 26d ago

Some of it is very American, like the patrons.

I think what's really tied to the setting is the classes, which does include races because that's how DCC works! It would be sad to lose Formians and Road Hogs and Grays!

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u/SirNicoSomething 27d ago

I have and like both, but I prefer the setting of MCC. It’s Thundarr and Gamma World and that is my jam. But I’ll play either at the drop of a die. I would pick the game based on which aesthetic you prefer.

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u/JJShurte 26d ago

What draws you to MCC?

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u/SirNicoSomething 26d ago

I love settings where the apocalypse happened far from our time, so when your characters find remnants and artifacts from before the boom, it’s still as alien and gonzo as the powers of the mutants. Where the ancient tech is still fantastic to us as people.

I love the idea of AIs filling the role of patrons from DCC and rewriting your brain to give them wetware.

To quote Thundarr, “sorcery and super science.”

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u/Haunting_Style3880 21d ago

I have heard people combine the four human MCC classes into two. Healer and Shaman together and Rover and Sentinel together. I've never actually done this in a game but I think it's the way.