No memeing or hyperbole: have you ever actually played an actively racist character? What kind of mindset did you have with such a character and how did it influence your general interactions in the game?
>>97318749>Near the end of the campaign, he went through a ritual that turned him into a full-blooded human.holy based
>>97305905Yes. I played a male drow wizard who genuinely liked his culture and society.The premise was that he'd been kicked out for some unspecified fuckup, and genuinely disliked the surface culture and so on. A lot of grumbling about things being "uncivilized" or "it's not as good as the Underdark". I wanted a character that would give as good as he got in any negative NPC interactions.
>>97305905>have you ever actually played an actively racist characterPlayed a paladin in a series of oneshots that hated elves due to being in a war against them.>What kind of mindset did you have with such a characterIt was very casual, like a WWII vet.>how did it influence your general interactions in the gameIt didn't. Some posh noble got offended I called him a knife ear at a fancy party.
Being a racist is totally morally justified, and in fact the right response, when the racism is towards a race that is destroying your own race. I think we virtually almost all agree on this, including progressives, jews, muslims, and the white nationalists.Conclusions are totally different across all these groups, but that's because they're based on totally different premises: "white people are oppressing and enslaving non-whites", "jews are being discriminated against everywhere", "muslims are being genocided", "whites are being eradicated in their home countries".These are compelling premises to a lot of people, and they all morally justify being an actual racist if you take them as truth. Are any of them true? Yeah there's a bit of truth to all of them, but can a narrative actually be "true"?
>>97305905Traditional games?
>player is suddenly turning into a retarded murderhobo who repeatedly ignores the wishes of the entire party after months of acting normal
>>97310767I would simply ask whether this is what the player's character is saying - if it's not being said in character then it can be ignored, and if it's being said in character then you ask what other characters say in response. Tbh it doesn't sound like a big deal.
>>97310497Good. The party isn't a single character. Every player should be able to spend their time doing whatever they want. The players choose whether, when, and how to work together, if they do at all. D&D is shit.
>>97314346A hobo who murders
>>97319632Party split-up sessions are dreadful for everyone involved, so while you're not wrong you're also very easy to ignore.
>>97311397>wise catGet your eyes checked.
Emotional support elf editionDiscuss elves.Post elves.Love elves.All elf lore, game stories art and any else that's elfy is all appreciated.Thread question: To what extent do elves share their wisdom and experience with other races to help them emotionally and psychologically?previous thread: >>97278632
Warcraft elves have shit tier aesthetics, please stop spamming images of them.
Why don't zombies eat each other?
>>97300419Traditional games?
>>97316210>Compared to people, yes.Urbanoid detected. Even the average beetle has better survival instincts than the modern zoomer or gen alpha.
>>97300419Would you eat rotting meat?
>>97321374>Even the average beetle has better survival instincts than the modern zoomer or gen alpha.You really are retarded, I already addressed that here:>Not compared to you, they're apparently geniuses.
>>97300419They do in most pornos?
A thread for talking about players doing dumb shit and acting like retards.>Be me>Running short campaigns for new groups at the LGS>Players are all tasked with defending some random hamlet in a backwater province from bandits that are planning to sack it and haul everyone off into slavery>First group is (rightly) terrified of a fair fight >Lures the bandits into an ambush by getting help from a neighboring village>raid their camp after they retreat and destroy the group>Second group tries brute force>Roll up on the bandit camp directly and alone>Talk their way into meeting with the leader when they rushed him>Catch him offguard>Are also playing optimized characters >Slaughter him and his guards and convince half of the bandit group to work for them, rest scatter>The third groupComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>running a game>one of the player, typical neckbeard guy wants to romance NPCs>I literally have no problem with this>meets an waitress NPC at the tavern the party decides to frequent>described as gentle, soft-spoken, a bit shy>some conversations as game goes on she says she just wants to marry one day and settle down with kids>basically virgin trad wife as anyone can get>neckbeard bro decides the way he's going to hit on her is to talk with her and try to barter her to be his informant>I'll give you a lot of money every time I come if you just give me all the latest information>also tries to act clever, sarcastic, and act like a playboy>this obviously doesn't work>she tells him she doesn't want to divulge anyone's secrets>tell him she seems put off by you>gets grumpy>later on party is undertaking contract for their a faction currently at war with other factions trying to take controlComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97313886>Shut up bitch and get my a coke>What? You said they like assertive men
>>97313886>roleplays the actual courtship with the playerPicrel, just make him roll and paraphrase the whole interaction. Why would you actively put yourself in these retarded situations?
>>97275236As a Player and GM I usually actually like PCs that does insane, dumb, brash bullshit and I roll with it usually. I've had a few games end in TPKs but in those cases the rest of the players decided to go down with the ship and they were satisfied. The Players I usually really dislike as both a GM and a Player are super passive players that basically do nothing. I know a lot of them that basically do some sort of support role and don't even do anything in combat and do not interact with the world at all and if they were replaced with an NPC no one would notice or care. As a Player it's just kind of boring and often very annoying when I need to interact with them especially in some sort of Online game where they can take several minutes to do anything, and as a GM I'm just kind of bothered by needing to put any mental effort into accommodating someone who barely seems like they want to be at the table and would rather have a smaller group of engaged players than a larger one where half of them aren't doing anything.As a GM though I know some players are either a bit shy, unsure of their role, or feel like other players are hogging the spotlight so I usually try to put them on the spot for things and see if they engage. Usually the actual shy ones will step up to the plate while the NPCs will remain NPCs.
>>97299161I only see a problem if he is fat
New Year Edition!>What is Exalted?An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.Start here:http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial:http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.htmlIt’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. good luck>Resources for Third Edition>3E Core and SplatsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97321517Are you genuinely offended by the idea of charactetmrs having both room and need to grow, anon?
>>97321517Cool, looking forwards to making fun of you for not being able to understand even a power fantasy has obstacles, and there's no accomplishment to fixing the world if you don't have to work for it.There's valid reasons to dislike the deathlords and "some E10 first age solar ghosts granted pseudo-exaltation by merging with shards of the neverborn are stronger than my scrub chargen Abyssal" is nowhere near the list.
>>97321529>>97321540Brother I'm at work, slow your roll. Have this shitty phone version in the meantime because that's all I have to say to you.
>>97321550>If I can't win against everything from the moment the game starts the game is actually world of darkness
>>97321540>>97321557>Willfully misrepresenting what was said. "I don't play Exalted to have a vampire sire to answer to" and "I've never played games where Solars need patrons, that reminds me of Vampire" is not the same thing as what you're saying.
>Playing a scifi milsim TTRPG in the Alternity system>The party are a group of elite soldiers tasked with supporting a planetary authority during a low level insurgency>GM delivers briefing as out commander>We're going out on a routine patrol to have a nose around a nearby logging village, quick walk there chat up the locals and then back>Because it's been briefed as a ROUTINE patrol, I don't bring a lot of my special gear>Because it's a routine patrol, I won't need it>GM asks if I'm sure, I say yes>We set out on the patrol>Halfway there we're ambushed by slavers who have already taken all the girls in the village>We beat them off pretty good>Party opts to set off in hot pursuit in the space yacht of an NPC millionair playboy turned bounty hunter we met there>I'm not too worried, figure we'll be back to get my stuff>SEVEN sessions later, we've still not been back to base>I'm continually getting fucked over in fights and worse, I'm the party scout and I don't have a lot of crucial surveillance/stealth equipment that my build NEEDS to be useful>I get mad at the GM and tell him this is bullshit, he said it was going to be a routine patrolComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97319796uhh...?
>>97319796But a real muhreen would.
>>97319870You say this, but I actually did spend a few enlistments wearing the monkey suit and there's a wealth of braindead chucklefucks that will gladly leave all of their gear to uselessly walk in a patrol for an exercise until they get notionally killed (while they stand there with their mouths agape) and complain it "wasn't supposed to happen." If it's any consolation, these idiots either get sorted out before an actual deployment or they get phased out of their line unit into some kind of support role way in the rear. The latter are the loudest faggots who brag about being infantrymen, by the way.My point is OP could be for real and he'll fit right in, trust me.
>>97319870>The restaurant example (re: "Are you sure") was also glowing. If a waiter asks you "are you sure" hell fucking no you aren't, and you change your order. They know something you don't know.I actually thought that was a fair point. English is my second language but even in my native one a waiter asking are you sure isn't a red flag. Waiters are often told to push certain items or try to discourage other ones because stocks of something are low.
>>97310607Baby, you have autism
I've always wanted to do a 'girls with guns' kind of game, but I confess a serious problem: Me and my army buddies have a good idea of what happens when someone gets shot, and if everyone has a gun, someone is going to get shot in the face which might ruin the mood somewhat.How do I handle that kind of that, when taking into account - you know - the inherently lethal nature of RPG combat?
>>97321122That's got nothing to do with the reaction to applied violence.
>>97321179In modern civilized society reaction to applied violence should always be the same.Regardless to who the victim is.Regardless to who the perpetrator is.
>>97321217Biology begs to differ. I can understand you're frustrated about the situation, but there's nothing to be done.
>>97321222Civilization is all about overcoming our animal impulses. Just as you should quiet down the part of your brain that commands to eat as much as you can before becoming diabetic lardball you should quiet down the part that nudges you to feel better or worse about violence against particular group of people.
>>97315803Have you teied playing traditional games?
I want to have players more invested in the creation of the world itself, and what embodies it. An old GM I played with would have players name NPC's as they were introduced, so I'm looking for more things like that.
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>>97314237>sexy clown in a high thigh cut leotard
>>97314237isn't she like 30?
>>97321465Out of 10 Yes
>>97310604Elfs arent real retard.
A thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.Under Construction editionPrevious: >>97217145 #Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing, Armada, and Legion>https://pastebin.com/9puqx1zeStar Wars Roleplaying Games (d6/d20/FFG)>https://pastebin.com/iUriRfaAOther FFG Star Wars tabletop (Imperial Assault, Destiny and the LCG)>http://pastebin.com/ZE4gn0yNComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
So what kind of ship is your character flying around in? is there a maximum comfy ship that you daydream about your star wars self flying around in?
>>97319779Hey, I'll have you known that "DARK GREETINGS!" is the ritual greeting on the Prophets of the Dark Side, a centuries-old cult of Sith-worshipers founded by the great three-eyed Sith Darth Millenial to further the Sith's grand plan of destroying the Jedi.They'll have you know that they're a very serious and menacing cult and you shouldn't be laughing at them. It hurts their feelings.
>>97315323We're playing a SWTOR era Sith Empire game using SW5E.>Iyvar Godsthief (selfstyled)>Kaleesh>Way of Technology Consular (Think Mechu Deru practioner)>Far too curious for his own good. Driven by both his natural inclinations and the whispers of the Force to understand things. >This curiosity leads him to desecrating a religious site his tribe calls 'the Godsfalls', a place where ancient capital ships crashed centuries ago>Gets away with it for years, learning from the databanks and a half mad droid survivor until his tribe catches him>Sentenced to death>Escapes back to the wrecks and manages to get the point defences online, starting a year long holdout against his tribe>That only ends when the distress beacon he 'accidently' (the force) activated pays off/>Gets picked up by a strangely reasonable Darth who has a habit of collecting freaks and weirdos to use (i.e the rest of the party)>is now learning to channel the force through his shotgun while poking at everything he comes across.He's a weirdo primitive force fuelled tech savant who considers aliens to be demons or other entities that share the heavens with the true Kaleesh gods. He sees himself as something of a trickster deity that basically skipped the line to become a god by stealing the knowledge of the cosmos and now needs to 'catch up' so he can survive the madness of these wartorn heavens he's stumbled into.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97320013Trioculus wasn't actually Palpatine's son. He was just some random human with a mutation that gave him a third eye who pretended to be Palpatine's son since apparently Palpatine's son having three eyes was common knowledge among the moffs. Though apparently they didn't know that Triclops, Palpatine's real three-eyed son had his third eye in the back of his head and not on his forehead like Trioculus.
>>97320849he just grew up and also saw a bunch of people die
If you created an Amazon setting, what would it be like? By Amazon setting, I don't mean a single society among many where women are primarily the fighters, I mean a setting where every society is this way. Some question to start someone off:>What genre would you make your setting be?>Do women tend to be musclegirls, men tend to be twinks, both, or does comparative height and build not change?>Is the magic that men and women are capable of different?>For pursuits that don't involve combat (such as hunting), are ones that are considered masculine and feminine swapped? Which ones?>While women would dominate military matters, what about other goverment matters? Do those end up women dominated?>How does courtship change?>Did you Amazon setting start off as such in-universe or was it some new development that lead to it being that way?
>>97311086>>97314719>>97311440I'm defining an Amazon setting as being one where women are the primary combatants. As the question:>Do women tend to be musclegirls, men tend to be twinks, both, or does comparative height and build not change?indicates, an Amazon setting doesn't necessarily mean that women in it are bigger than men.
>>97279861well the idea is, you capture the other side's women with your superior numbers, then put their menfolk to the sword and end up with a larger territory and a servile population you can inflict the physical costs of childbirth on
>>97319813And that shit sucks. Amazons are only even remotely interesting in contrast to normal societies. You may as well just make an all-girl yuri setting otherwise and do away with the pretense of males at all
>>97279861>The society that doesn't let women fight wins by sheer numbersDon't forget that mixed gender armies are always less effective to boot. By sending women to battle you're kneecapping both your present war effort as well as your future population growth
>>97298657How did your last game session go? What system did you use? Care to post character sheets?
Would love to share some YTers I like to use for inspiration. Looking for anyone you find helpful. Preferably smaller creators and not restricted to 5e. I’ll submit three that I really enjoy while I’m doing prepFirst I’ll submit is Desk and Dorks. The channel is made by a medieval historian and combines his knowledge of subjects to enhance games. I particularly like his take on Bronze Age fantasy and building better town guards
>>97312843Exactly the kind of bullshit he would post
There’s a 3rd edition YouTuber who starts all his videos with “It’s your main man ___”. I forget his name but his videos are fantastic despite the low production quality, some of the best GM advice I’ve ever found.
Tablerunner Crispy is all about actually playing in character
>>97249098>You're a shallow guy.For you.
>>97316832That would be the absolute legend Ander Wood aka @Woodwwad
Am i rite fellas?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I've always been mildly disappointed him being Robbie Williams never got much traction, but then it's not like he was big in the States after all (which is really all that matters for memes).
>>97318656>Jaggy Can>Volkswagen>Lionel Johnson>Alfred and Oscar>Comrade
>>97317099He should've been called Charlie Le Mane
>>97316897Lol>>97317015Lmao
>>97316897I was not a fan of Gorillaman when he first came back, and I still largely am not. But I do love reading novels with his perspective in them because literally every single one is some variation of>everything sucks>the skulls are badly made and fucking everywhere>stop worshipping me>I hate the hymns>our dream is dead>nobody knows how anything works>what do you fucking mean there's a civil war over the fucking date>it's just a fucking joke can you not lighten up for two minutes>no Calgar it's just a FUCKING CHAIR FUCKING HELL>my feet hurt>I wish I was crusading in 30k with my bros
Holiday Special EditionPrevious Thread: >>96962908 The thread to talk about Super Heroes/Villains/Spies/Agents/Rogues be it in spandex or not.Popular Choices for Games:>Mutants & MastermindsCurrently the most played one, uses a d20 resolution for everything, has powers building and rules for tactical combat.>Marvel TSR/ FASERIPClassic Supers game from the 80s, still has a lot of fans and various retro-clones. Uses a d100 with an universal resolution table to decide the degree of success, has random character generation and abstract rules for powers and combat.>Masks (PbtA)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97241180Do you prefer your supers settings to have true telepaths or not? And what are some good weaknesses for Psionics supers besides a limit to how many people the super can affect at once?
>>97318245Only if the telepath powers are specific and limited. I hate the whole "I can memory wipe and mind control all of you." shit and plotholes it makes.
>>97318245One good weakness is making a character have migraines as they overuse psionic powers, kind of like pic related.
Does anyone use any decent random super power generators online? A lot of them feel pretty generic.
I only played once a superhero game many many years ago, wish I played more because I had a lot of fun.And really liked how everything came up. For example we made our chars with a roll generation system (SHInc) and then ported the results to M&M. My character was literally Bat-man, as in man with bat powers (Flight, Super hearing and Echolocation, Sonic Scream, Emotion Control with focus on Fear), not rich btw, there was a plot point that WB hired super mercenaries to hunt me down because I was using Bat-man name (not really that was what news called me, not the actual alter ego) and one of the mercenaries was Big Barda like and ended falling for me. Freaking loved how everything fit together on that char despite being randomly rolled.
I would like to talk about the Chronicles of Darkness game line Deviant: The Renegades, or more specifically, one major upcoming supplement. Deviant was released in late 2021, and has had three additional sourcebooks since then. A new supplement, Black Vans, has been in playtesting for a while, and is currently being previewed.I am not being paid or sponsored to promote this book in any way. I am just very fascinated by it, and indeed, I already ran a mini-campaign using the playtest material.Deviant is, by default, a game about playing angsty, scarred superheroes who either fight world-manipulating conspiracies or work for them. Black Vans is a toolkit full of variant rules, quick NPC creation, variant character types, and variant genres. These variants range from the minor to the dramatic, completely overhauling what were once non-negotiable, foundational themes and mechanics. Maybe your character is not angsty or scarred at all, perhaps they are a """""regular human""""" like John Wick or Batman, or the campaign might have nothing to do with world-manipulating conspiracies.These variant genres include cyberpunk, high fantasy, post-apocalypse, space opera, and superhero emergence.This is a beefy supplement. For example, one chapter alone dedicates 38,000+ words to playing other monsters of the Chronicles of Darkness: Beasts, changelings, demons, Sin-Eaters, hunters (entirely separate from the variant rules for """natural""" superpowers), mages, mummies, Prometheans, vampires, and werewolves. No additional supplements beyond Deviant are necessary; the rules are self-contained, allowing the group to play a monster mash of an urban fantasy setting without needing a daunting 7+ books. And yes, they are supposed to be balanced against one another, so a vampire in the same group as a full-fledged mage is probably some older Kindred.(Continued.)
>>97317070This is a Hunterknow the difference.
How would I build a Coactive with Randiant Solar Energy in their body which she can unleash
>>97317094That is a power source, not a power set. It could take many forms: Bioluminescence, Lash, many more."Channels solar energy" could justify a wide variety of Variations.
>>97217920Okay OP, you got me drawn in. It sounds like this thing could potentially run a mixed-everything Nasuverse game. What’s your verdict on that? Any problems to look out for? Can it do different power levels among PCs or is it better to relegate some characters to friendly NPCs? Does it do any resource management if powers are per-scene/session? If you know anything else about how it would interact with that setting, go ahead and brief us.
>>97321158Well, the book is out, for one: https://www.storytellersvault.com/en/product/550535/black-vansYou will have to pay close attention to the crossover chapter's rules on Standing/Threat Level. It is far from perfect, but it tries to create parity between supernaturals of different types. For instance, if a mage and a vampire are together in the same party, then the vampire is assumed to be much more experienced than the mage.You could give each player two PCs if you want, one at a lower Standing/Threat Level and one at a higher level. Alternatively, you could represent the entire duo as a level 8, 9, or 10 character with the Summoner Form from Shallow Graves.Heroic spirits are probably characters built using the high fantasy genre rules.You might be interested in knowing that one of the Standing 8 conspiracies in Deep Dive, the Magorum Collegia, is specifically themed as an international society of magicians who summon all sorts of creatures. Certainly, the game has room for anime-esque nonsense; one of the sample characters in Deep Dive curses enemies to have a mortal weakness to steel, and just so happens to conjure (flaming) knives of steel.Yes, the game does resource management, mostly in the form of per-scene, per-chapter (session), and per-story (story arc) abilities. Different character types have different ways to pay a resource to reset cooldowns. For example, in Black Vans, vampires can pay Vitae (that is, from imbibed blood) to reset cooldowns.
