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NDFL – National Dungeoneering Fantasy League
I. Definitions
a. NDFL – National Dungeoneering Fantasy League
b. Pre-gen – Pre-generated, usually referring to a character or a dungeon
c. League Fantasy Player – The person who drafts PCs to create a fantasy adventuring party
d. League Tabletop Player – Person who plays a PC through dungeons
e. League PC – A pre-gen character, played by a league tabletop player and drafted by a league fantasy
player
f. League DM – Person who runs PCs through dungeons
g. League Adventuring Party – The party that gets together either online or in person to run dungeons
h. Fantasy Adventuring Party – The party created when league PCs are drafted
i. Successful/ Successfully – (when determining points awarded for successfully utilized abilities, skills,
spells, etc) A successfully utilized skill or spell indicates that either the desired effect of the skill or spell
(such as causing damage or locating information) was achieved OR that an unintended but still helpful
result was achieved.
II. Basic Order of Activities
Step 1) The NDFL heads create pre-gen PCs based on specific parameters.
Step 2) League fantasy players pay the season’s set buy-in amount in order to participate in a draft and build
their fantasy adventuring party.
Step 3) League DMs & league tabletop players run league PCs through a monthly NDFL dungeon.
Step 4) League PCs receive appropriate points based on the NDFL set scoring system and their performance
in that month’s dungeon.
Step 5a) At the end of the season, the two fantasy adventuring parties with the highest overall scores each
run a ‘playoff dungeon’.
Step 5b) The fantasy adventuring party with the highest score from the playoff dungeon wins the season,
earning the league fantasy player the title Fantasy Season Champion and the prize money for the season.
Step 6a) The league adventuring party with the highest overall score for the season wins the title League
Season Champions and season ribbons.
Step 6b) If two or more league adventuring parties are tied for first place, they run the playoff dungeon and
the team with the highest score wins the title League Season Champions and season ribbons.
Step 7a) The fantasy adventuring party with the lowest score for the season is the official season loser,
earning the league fantasy player the title Team Shame and a small Ribbon of Shame.
Step 7b) If two or more fantasy adventuring parties are tied for last place, they too run the playoff dungeon
and the fantasy adventuring party with the lowest score in the playoff dungeon is then the season loser,
earning the league fantasy player the title Team Shame.
Step 8a) The league adventuring party with the lowest score for the season is the official loser, earning the
league fantasy player the title Team Shame and small Team Shame ribbons.
Step 8b) If two or more league adventuring parties are tied for last place, they too run the playoff dungeon
and the league adventuring party with the lowest score in the playoff dungeon is then the season loser,
earning the league adventuring party the title Team Shame and small Team Shame ribbons.
III. Description
The NDFL is a tabletop roleplaying version of fantasy football. Instead of football teams built from real-
life football players, we play with fantasy adventuring parties built from the PCs of other adventuring parties.
Members of the league participate in a draft of pre-gen PCs to build, and name, their fantasy
adventuring party. Just like in fantasy football, a league adventuring party is comprised of PCs from multiple
other parties.
League DMs run the league tabletop players through one NDFL dungeon each month.
The NDFL uses the ‘total points’ system of scoring. Fantasy adventuring parties accumulate points based
on league PC performance during NDFL dungeons. Each league PC runs an NDFL dungeon once a month
during the season.
Just as some football teams, but not all teams, play on certain weeks, so too do some league DM’s run
their NDFL dungeon on certain weeks. League PCs only earn points on weeks that they’ve played; so if aleague PC in your fantasy adventuring party plays that week, that PC will earn you points that week. All of
the league PCs will run the same exact NDFL dungeons, allowing the same basic opportunities to earn points.
This first NDFL season is four months long with a new NDFL dungeon each month. At the end of the
season, the two league adventuring parties with the highest overall scores will have the opportunity to run a
‘playoff dungeon’; the party with the highest score at the end of the dungeon wins the playoff. Playoff
winners (the league tabletop players and the league fantasy player) receive the title Champions of
Everything.
The party with the lowest score for the season receives the title Team Shame. If two or more parties are
tied for last place, they too run the playoff dungeon and the party with the lowest score in the playoff
dungeon earns the Team Shame title.
The heads of the NDFL, league DMs, league tabletop players, and anyone who assists in running the PCs
through dungeons are not eligible to participate in the draft or to run a fantasy adventuring party.
IV. Mechanics
a. PCs
i. PCs are generated by the heads of the NDFL so that they fit within the following limits
1. Level 5
2. Stats are generated w/ best three out of four d6 rolls
3. Spell lists are limited to pre-gen NDFL lists for simplicity
4. Each PC starts with
a. class-appropriate mundane armor
b. class-appropriate mundane weapon
c. mundane dagger
d. Standard list of 100 gp (appx) in mundane utility items
e. Two Cure Light potions
5. PC inventory will evolve throughout the season during dungeon crawls
b. Adventuring Parties
i. All adventuring parties, league and fantasy, are comprised of one of each of the following
character archetypes:
1. Rogue-type
2. Healer
3. Warrior
4. Mage/Psion
5. Wildcard
a. The wildcard PCs do not follow a specific archetype and can be any class with
any specialty
c. Dungeons
i. Dungeons are generated by the heads of the NDFL
ii. Each dungeon is between three and five rooms each and includes:
1. At least one trap
2. At least one puzzle
3. At least one group of enemies
4. One boss
d. ‘Total Points’ League
i. Parties accumulate points on an ongoing basis. The league standings are determined by the
teams’ total points. The two parties who accrue the highest total of points throughout the
duration of the NDFL-regular season advance to the playoffs.
e. Scoring
i. Specific actions earn specific points as broken down below. Please see the definition of
‘successful’ or ‘successfully’ under section III. Definitions.
1. Hits Taken
a. -1 point to the league PC taking damage
2. Hits Dealt
a. 2 points to the league PC dealing the melee or ranged hit3. Special Ability Utilized
a. 2 points to the league PC using the special ability
4. Feat Ability Utilized
a. 2 points to the league PC using the feat ability
5. Skill Successfully Utilized
a. 1 point to the league PC utilizing the skill
6. Unconsciousness
a. -3 points to the league PC knocked unconscious
7. Deaths
a. League PC is suspended for one game; stops earning points upon death
8. Spells Successfully Cast
a. 2 points to the league PC casting the spell
9. Traps Successfully Disabled/Beaten
a. 2 points each to the league PCs involved in disabling, disarming, warning against
(and thus avoiding), or harmlessly setting of a trap
10. Puzzles Successfully Solved
a. 2 points to each league PC intellectually or physically involved in solving the
puzzle
ii. League DMs and tabletop players should work together to keep an accurate tally of character
actions since an accurate tally is imperative to good league play, for both the league adventuring
parties and fantasy adventuring parties.
1. The DM has the final say on any disputes, as always.
V. Documentation & Accountability
a. The number one rule of the NDFL is to be honest. This is for fun. Let’s maintain our community’s
integrity by playing by the rules.
b. Score Reporting
i. After each dungeon has been completed, the stats for that specific dungeon must be submitted
to the NDFL via our Report Scores form, linked on the subreddit sidebar.
1. Stats required to be reported are:
a. Hits Taken
b. Hits Dealt
c. Special Ability Utilized
d. Feat Ability Utilized
e. Skill Successfully Utilized
f. Spells Successfully Cast
g. Traps Successfully Disabled/Beaten
h. Puzzles Successfully Solved
i. Times Unconscious
j. Deaths
2. Stats must be reported for each league PC.
3. Stats can be reported by any player or the DM but must only be reported once.
4. Once the above stats are received, NDFL officials will list the PC’s stats, current dungeon
score, and overall score on the subreddit.
c. Video Recording or Chat Transcripts
i. Each dungeon run, if held in person, should be video recorded in full (web cam quality is fine)
and uploaded to YouTube.
1. Recording should start once all members are present at the table.
2. The recording should include all player actions, from entering the dungeon, all the way
through defeat of the boss and loot distribution.
3. Audio should be intelligible.
4. The entire dungeon should be visible during the entire recording.
a. Exceptions being considered if people must walk in front of the camera
momentarily.5. A link to the YouTube video is required when the score report is submitted to the NDFL
ii. If dungeons are run online rather than in person, there are several options for recording
1. Video chat sessions (such as through Skype or Yahoo) should be recorded following the
same guidelines outlined under section b above.
2. Roll20, MapTool, Fantasy Grounds, and other chat-based programs do not have to be
recorded but instead must submit a chat transcript when score reporting.
iii. We do not want both a video and a chat transcript. Only one is necessary per dungeon.
VI. Flow of the Season
a. Phase 1: First Season Pre-Season
i. League Adventuring Parties run the pre-season dungeon in order to generate stats that can be
viewed by league fantasy players and considered when drafting
b. Phase 2: First Season Drafting
i. All league fantasy players are randomly assigned a number from a die roll made by the heads of
the NDFL.
ii. The league fantasy player who receives the highest die roll gets first pick in the draft, second
highest roll gets second pick, and so on until everyone has chosen one PC for their fantasy
adventuring team.
iii. Drafting then starts again, repeating in the same order, until all league fantasy players have built
complete fantasy adventuring parties.
c. Phase 3: Dungeon Runs & Score Reporting
i. League adventuring parties run the NDFL’s monthly dungeon once and follow the score
reporting procedures outlined under section V. Documentation & Accountability
d. Phase 5: Trading
i. At the end of each month, after all league PCs have been through the NDFL dungeon, players
will be allowed to request trades.
ii. If agreed upon by both trading parties and approved by NDFL heads, trades will be recorded and
fantasy adventuring party rosters updated.
e. Phase 4: Play Offs
i. At the end of the season, the two fantasy adventuring parties with the highest overall scores
each run a playoff dungeon.
1. The fantasy adventuring party with the highest score from the playoff dungeon wins the
season, earning the league fantasy player the title Fantasy Season Champion and the
prize money for the season.
2. The league adventuring party with the highest overall score for the season wins the title
League Season Champions and season ribbons.
a. If two or more league adventuring parties are tied for first place, they run the
playoff dungeon and the team with the highest score wins the title League
Season Champions and season ribbons.
3. The fantasy adventuring party with the lowest score for the season is the official season
loser, earning the league fantasy player the title Team Shame and a small Ribbon of
Shame.
a. If two or more fantasy adventuring parties are tied for last place, they too run
the playoff dungeon and the fantasy adventuring party with the lowest score in
the playoff dungeon is then the season loser, earning the league fantasy player
the title Team Shame.
4. The league adventuring party with the lowest score for the season is the official loser,
earning the league fantasy player the title Team Shame and small Team Shame ribbons.
a. If two or more league adventuring parties are tied for last place, they too run
the playoff dungeon and the league adventuring party with the lowest score in
the playoff dungeon is then the season loser, earning the league adventuring
party the title Team Shame and small Team Shame ribbons.
VII. Player Conduct
a. All players are expected to adhere to the following:i. Follow all guidelines in the Basic Descriptive Document.
ii. Play to the best of your ability.
iii. Play honestly and report any cheating you become aware of.
VIII. Additional Guidelines
a. The NDFL is for players 18 and older.
b. Team Naming
i. Names should be limited to three words or less.
1. But make it good. At least try to be funny, clever, cool, or awesome.
2. And don’t just try to make us puke with something really gross.
ii. Names should not reference anyone else’s username.
iii. Names should not include any personal information.
iv. Once a name is accepted by the NDFL, that name cannot be changed until the next season.
v. The first person to submit a name request for a specific name has priority for being awarded
that name.
vi. Names should not infringe upon copyrights or trademarks.
vii. The NDFL reserves the right to deny a name for any reason.
viii. Denial of a single name does not mean, in itself, that the league fantasy player is being denied
the ability to play for the season, only that he or she must request a different name.
c. Prizes
i. The winning league fantasy player receives a cash prize, set each year based on the buy-in.
ii. The winning league adventuring party & league DM receive winner’s ribbons.
iii. The losing league fantasy player receives a loser’s ribbon.
iv. The losing league adventuring party & league DM receive loser’s ribbons.
d. Cheating
i. All allegations of cheating will be investigated.
ii. If it is determined that a league DM, league tabletop player, or league fantasy player is cheating,
he or she will be banned from the NDFL for life and is no long eligible for any prizes.
1. All reasonable efforts will be made to replace players or DMs that have been removed in
order to disrupt league play as little as possible.
2. NDFL heads will review any scoring that may have been affected by the cheating and will
make a determination on appropriate action at that time.
3. Each situation will be examined and specific, appropriate actions will be taken at that
time.
iii. We really hate cheaters.
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