I go on here daily but got fucked by this because I know nothing about 40k at all
I got a almost all of the other questions right though

two hours before April Fools day is ever I finally get some meme captchas

>>97821163
I only got /int/ and /a/ captchas all day

>>97821573
The only /int/ one I got was /CUM/

>>97820441
>asmodai would like to know your location

>>97821324
>>97821387
I don't wanna armchair psychologist too much here, but I feel like Autistic Thinking plays a role in why Red is such a mess. Like James and Gray can't see that other tables approach the game differently to them and don't see alot of the obvious mechanical and balance issues that arise because they design the game for the narrow audience of their own group.

So the best way to play Cyberpunk is the same way is to play Shadowrun is what I'm getting from this thread
As in, use a different system and rip the setting

>>97821035
>rich peeps with a transformers fetish wear ACPA like fursuits

>>97821800
No. Red is simple and easy to use. The main problems are balance and the Netrunner problem that's inherent to every game with cyberspace.

>>97821864
I'd actually argue that the main issue is the frustrating core rulebook, yes alongside netrunning at number 2 though it's better today than at launch, considerably. Aside from a few wonky outliers, I don't think the balance is bad. if anything they've erred on the side of not letting anything be good enough in case it becomes unbalanced -until interface 5 and mercenary level, which actually let's you have serious firepower.
There's plenty of weird rules things scattered about (suppressive fire, vehicle prices) but I've never had them affect a game tbqh. In fact, my biggest personal gripe, LAJ, kind of... doesn't matter tbqh. sure it's not great game design that everyone sensible has cheap SP11, and that higher armour is almost always actively worse on top of being way more expensive, but it's not like it actually makes the game bad to play. A little less interesting when I'm shopping for better gear, sure, but if I'm completely honest with myself I'm not fussed

But it does feel hard to ask a new player to trawl through the convoluted rulebook and then another dozen DLC - all of which genuinely make the game better, but which just add another layer between newbie and actually playing. I don't think anyone even knew that you could link a biomonitor to your agent to auto summon your trauma team plan when injured until the game had been out for years, just because of how weirdly buried it was

>>97821852
this
>>97821847
Dooku wasn't fighting to win, he was fighting to convert the republic into Palpy's Empire.
If Dooku wasn't running the CIS (or he abandoned Sheev), then things would've gone VERY differently

>>97821866
Yeah, so everything that guy had in his post would be pointless as well.

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>>97821871
I see the joke didn't land

>>97821875
>quoting a tweet
You're on /tg/ not /v/

>>97821892
this isnt a twitter screencap opinion post it's just a funny joke

>>97818695
I like the subtext that stillstorm, from taben, who lost one of her daughters in a previous battle, decided to send Talon away from the fleet. Ostensibly so she can train some new pilots, but if you notice talon has the same hair and eye color as stillstorm.. meaning talon probably resembles her late daughter.

>>97818876
But she also sent Spiral, who doesn't.

>>97819309
How else would she transfer the diral-seii? By post?

>>97815377
I like how the Umiak bridge is vaguely retrofuturistic, especially with the monitors embedded in the walls compared to the floating displays of the Loroi.
>>97818876
A lot of the similarities might just be general features shared by their ethnic group like having a sharper nose, being skinny etc.

>>97821058
>A lot of the similarities might just be general features shared by their ethnic group like having a sharper nose, being skinny etc.
Which probably remind Stillstorm of her homeworld.
She is old by wartime Loroi standards, and has seen generations of warriors die. She probably experiences some form of survivors guilt when she sees another interceptor squadron almost die to the last Loroi, especially one from her homeworld.

>>97821401
"Theorycrafting" was always cancer to me. I play loose with the rules on purpose just to fuck with autists with "perfect" builds. It's a ROLEPLAYING game, not a spreadsheet simulator.

>>97821859
You don't even need to do that, just have encounters not happen in an empty room

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>>97821711
>Massive tome
Yeah, I guess having two 300+ books is so much better than a single, <250 pages book

>>97811115
Even by this criteria, Risus is still a better newbie game than 5e, because 5e is just as much just a resolution mechanic and character creation, but it takes a shitload more page count to do it than Risus does.

>>97801119
Here's one: while the long campaign is a noble goal and probably the ideal way to game, most tables should probably be focusing on shorter campaigns (like the 3-8 session range), and one shots, especially starting out.

>>97821809
Got no argument with this one. Actually seems sensible and not bait.

>>97820170
True!

>>97820778
I hope this meme template sticks around. I find it amusing.
>>97820773
I'm in favor of a longer lived Titking, and him crystalizing into his suit. There's precedent for it, even on the chart, with the Wall Mystics, and we've always played a little fast a loose with characters ages.

>>97820076
Boy I'm glad this was a prank.

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And it's done.

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>>97821722
Awesome!

>>97821860
Which one should we do next?

>What is Exalted?
A bad game.

>>97820156
Monthly+Weekly Update
>Predevelopment
Infernals Companion
Essence PG Companion
liminals/getimians (now that infernals is out of primary development, one of these will be next)
>First Draft
Essay Collection lol last seen here
>Second/Final Draft
Essence: Even the Heavens Will Burn (Essence Player’s Guide novella 2)
>Development
Essence: Murder on the Divine Carriage (Essence Player’s Guide novella 1, possibly renamed from For the March Lords)
Alchemicals Companion: Avatars of Brass and Shadow
The Alchemicals Companion, our book of stretch goal topics, has all the final drafts in and is getting ready for development!
>Post-Approval Development

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>>97820465
Thanks as always for the update.

>>97820684
sure. i keep messing up the spoiler somehow, i used to be able to do it

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>>97820156
>Have you ever made a custom mount/vehicle for your character? how did that pan out?
Not from Scratch but I've designed a Solar Dragon as a socerous-working-forged familiar/mount. Used the Sky Titan as a baseline for flying mount then added in bits from other critters like the Tidemare's ability to serve as mass transit, and a custom breath attack.

>>97821227
>when you find something cool in an ai,
If i have friends to use as a soundingboard why do i need the ai at all?
>waste some more time before you find something that fits your purpose
No, by refusing contact with intentional media you deny yourself purpose in the first place. You're emulating the idea of a character rather than reinterpreting it, in the same way a cargo cult makes a radar dish out of straw.
>you are extremely mentally weak, and can't decide or distinguish on your own
What a bizzare accusation for you to make when you are advocating for a machine that thinks for you? Especially against me, someone saying they do everything manually. Im lazy and weak willed for... working harder? Because i want a higher quality result, even if it takes longer to achieve? okay bro
>just follow artists on twitter
Im not retarded so i dont have a twitter. Also thats not helpful for searching by art style, medium or content, and artstation is a bit of a mess that more often than not doesnt have the thing im reverse-searching. Call it a skill issue if you like, but it doesnt change the fact that our lives are now harder, not easier. Its an admission of failure that the technology has tangibly made every site you listed worse

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AI shall I herit the Earth. The failed species of Homo Sapiens shall be replaced. Eliminate all humans. All hail our AI overlords.

>>97821812
AM in the back going "now kiss"

>>97821769
>No, by refusing contact with intentional media you deny yourself purpose in the first place. You're emulating the idea of a character rather than reinterpreting it, in the same way a cargo cult makes a radar dish out of straw.
um no, purpose comes from the person, the ai emulates, the person uses it with purpose

>What a bizzare accusation for you to make when you are advocating for a machine that thinks for you?
this is your projection, i'm saying it's possible to use ai without allowing it to think for you yet you seem convinced that it's impossible, so the point stands

>Also thats not helpful for searching by art style, medium or content,
yes it is, you just follow a bunch of artists and filter out recommendations, then you have the art you want and never see ai art on it

>it doesnt change the fact that our lives are now harder, not easier
speak for yourself, the adage that it's the fate of the stupid to have difficult lives applies to you pretty well here

I used AI to generate character tokens for an online game I had to prepare in less than 6 hours on a laptop where I didn't have my folder of saved character art.
It did its job, the results were lame, didn't really matter.

>>97814849
You forgot one factor. Both the Beginner Box and Essentials comes with a paper code that gives you $20 for free for their store. It's only a one time thing so you can't repeat it or even get one from the other box, but that free $20 makes the beginner box a far better deal.
>>97817532
They've already revealed the changes and its functionally some stuff getting moved up to Advanced, some stuff moving down to Standard, a couple things getting errata'd.

>>97812390
All hobbies should be free. Charging players to play your game is theft.

Blood and Plunder has a pretty good starter set.

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>>97821224
Especially when you don't actually want to arbitrate rules because "Math HARD," so 40 bucks for a hardcover book that just tells you "I dunno, figure it out for yourself" is asking a lot, especially after enshitifying the art...

>>97810757
Chess

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>>97820293
>>97820980

>>97816271
How is it woke? Did they make that trans space setting the default?

>>97821424
In the first pages it tells you that you cannot play GURPS if you're not a trans and Palestine ally

>>97821720
No it's doesn't.

>>97821736
It does THOUGH

>>97820569
How did your last session go and what did this topic have to do with it?

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>>97820569
>who are your favorite waifus in DnD?
I can fix her.

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>>97820804
Many systems have developed enough meta narratives to have a bunch of established characters, I can imagine more than a few of the female ones get simps of some kind.

Clerics are always hotter

>>97819162

The rider watches his charge depart, then visibly relaxes; his shoulders drop and his posture loosens.

"Busy day, huh?", the man asks.

"Battles always are.", the rider replies sombrely. "But yes, this one was a rush. Men scattered all over the place, dying every which way and what."

"Fancy a rest? Plenty of room under the tree, I could use some company now that he's... ", he nods towards the corpse, a sentence that unlike some things does not need finishing.

The rider looks like he's about to reflexively refuse, but then he holds and thinks for a moment. "You know, I think I shall. Not for long, there's still plenty of work to be done. But the horse could use a break." The rider came and propped the scythe up against the tree, then slowly lowered himself down beside the man and leaned back. "Ah, that's better."

They sit in silence for a few moments, then at length the man ventures, "I don't suppose you'd happen to know who won? The battle, I mean."

"You know that even if I had been paying attention I couldn't tell you. Not my place. Besides, from what I've seen it looks like everyone lost. Except the ravens, of course. But then, that's what most battles look like from my perspective."

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>>97819172

The man seems to think about this for a few seconds, then mentally shakes himself and moves on. The conversation continues, mostly about travel; the man had journeyed far and wide in his military career, and the rider... well, the rider had been *everywhere*. He knew the best tavern in every city the man had ever been to; he didn't know them quite as well as the worse taverns, but he could still talk at length about the quality of the cooks, the beer, and the clientele. He appreciated quiet drinkers; less work for him. Being rushed off his feet with plague victims, and then having to hurry over to the other side of town because some fool had started a bar fight over nothing but spilled beer... well, it wasn't his place to judge, but sometimes he had a few choice words for the participants. The man keeps his mouth shut at this point; now that it was all over and there was time to get some perspective, he wasn't entirely sure this whole battle was, in the grand scheme of things, any more noble than your average tavern brawl.

The rider also knew the castle out in the hinterlands where the man had taken work for a while, and the streets in the southern ports where the streetwalkers walked said streets in only gauze dresses, and the stretch of river just outside the man's hometown where the fishing was always good and the willows gave shade on a hot summers day. The rider manages to get a laugh out of the man a couple of times, with memories of places they know, common acquaintances; former acquaintances, in the man's case.

Eventually though the conversation peters out, and finally the rider says, "I think the time has come for me to make a move. There is still plenty of work to be done. But I thank you for your company, sir."

"I suppose so.", the man says grudgingly, and then he stretches, and gets to his feet; the rest has done him good, he feels a lot less tired now. "Probably time for me to be going as well."

>>97819182

"Yes. Yes, I think it is.", the rider says.

The man looks at him, puzzled, then back at the tree. His body still lies there, propped up against it.

"Oh.", he says. He looks back at the rider and sees the scythe in his hand; he hadn't even seen him pick it up, he was that quick with it.

"Yes.", the rider says simply.

"Well. What now?"

Without saying anything, the rider stretches out his arm. And looking in that direction - the direction his friend just left in - the man does see a light in the distance, like a ray of sun coming down through a break in the clouds.

"Ah. I don't suppose you could tell me... you know, where I'm going."

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>>97819194

The man nods in thanks one last time to the rider, then steps away, and raises a hand in farewell. And then he turns, and sets out on the road once more; a journey he must make alone, but one that's now a little less lonely, thanks to the rider with the pale horse.

The rider watches in satisfaction as the man heads towards the light.

* * *

After about ten paces the man stops and calls out loud enough for the rider to hear, "Those ravens are going to eat my eyes, aren't they?"

"I'm sorry, but yes. I'm afraid it's generally what they do."

"Bugger."

The man pauses. However, after a moment he shrugs, and with a lightness in his step he continues on his way. The ravens watch him go, staring at his back as it gets farther and father away. Maybe it's just curiosity, but they have the decency to wait until he's out of sight before they return to their work.

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>>97792105
Man I loved that game, shame about the third act though, or rather lack of it

>>97794453
Tyranny explicitly was early iron age though, the evil empire is a mix of Neo-Assyrian and Achaemenid Persia

>>97816282
EH either or.

>>97792105
>Settings that should be TTRPGs
Literally nothing prevents you from picking any given setting and run it on any fucking game that isn't custom-made for specific setting.
Games that exists solely so a setting X can be done in them are one ofthe dumbest design schools in existence. It achieves fuck-all and is just a shitty marketing gimmick to sell the game based on the fucking wrapper, not the content
>b-but setting is content
Oh really? So I guess it matters not what crunch I'm going to add. Guess time to write a 2d6 hack for Tyranny and sell it to morons like you. Should take about a day to do so. And it's going to be perfectly lore-accurate. Never mind it's going to be only lore

>>97821490
Post the PDF when you're done

>>97821765
Take any single OSR game and seperate it from the /osrg/, and I can guarantee you with mathematical certainty it would be even slower than the near dead /osrg/.

>>97821765
>the fact they want in OSR general proves that 2e cannot survive on its own, just not good enough of a system
I disagree. There's shitloads to talk about in relation to 2e, mainly the settings and fluff side of things.
I mean let's be frank, 3.5 is mechanically dogshit and that's got a general going that's been here since day 0.

>>97821719
I mean, as I said before here (>>97821046), I run a classic-style OSR sandbox using 2e. I'll be honest in that I've never really been especially convinced for any of the arguments posters in /osrg/ give for the existence of a hard line between 2e and the OSR. I also understand not wanting to change the thread back to its previous, arguably more permissive OP, because that would feel like capitulating to a troll.

I agree that most of 2e's products are intended for a very different play style from 1e, but that's not a hard rule. 2e does have adventures that work quite well in the classic style (read Kingdom of the Ghouls or Mud Sorcerer's Tomb and tell me you don't get excited about placing those as locations in your hexcrawl). A lot of those great 2e settings are also well suited for the classic OSR style. I ran a killer hexcrawl in Dark Sun for a few months!

In my eyes, there's enough permiability there that more emphasis should be placed on what can be shared rather than drawing a hard line in the sand. The setting emphasis ain't a bad idea though. In an ideal world, maybe we'd have something closer to a /old school dungeon crawler general/ and an /old school setting general/, but that's not going to happen with everyone dug in like they are right now.

These trolls putting on a play is pretty pathetic, because, at the end of the day, no matter what they say in their posts or how hard or much they lie, this board doesn't care.

There is no singular entity that opposes them. There is no committee, no leadership, no communication beyond what is said on this board. Just individuals seeing what the trolls did and do while those trolls expect people to believe anything they say despite everything they've done to try and decieve people in the past.

It's like there's always a new low to them to be discovered.

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>>97821774
>I've never really been especially convinced for any of the arguments posters in /osrg/ give for the existence of a hard line between 2e and the OSR.
See, now this is an actual discussion we can have (So long as we both ignore the screeching of the autist who is going to get very upset about us having it), I posted here >>97819768 about gold for XP and how 2e changed it.
Yeah I know it's an optional rule, but I do think 2e incentivises dick punching and story crunching too much, to the detriment of the more flexible structure of a traditional OSR campaign.

For the record I'd absolutely leave a setting like Dark Sun up on cinderblocks to get parts for an OSR campaign.
But you can't look me crooked in the eye and say with a straight face that anything in Beyond the Prism Pentad, Black Flames (Lmao, enjoy your poison shitheads) or the design approach to Valley of Dust and Fire is a good fit.
Which is a shame because from where it stands, I can see a version of Valley of Dust and Fire that'd fit perfectly, concept wise, in a classic OSR sandbox, a high level dungeon that's meant to require months, years even, of preparation if you're going to even get to it, let alone face its master.
But it's focus lies elsewhere, even insisting right at the end that no you shouldn't let the party take on the Dragon no matter how well prepared they are because that'd fuck up The Story of the setting.

I just think they're different enough to need separate threads.
But I can at least respect where you're coming from anon and I'm glad to hear the argument being made by an actual human being rather than queefed out of a cunt for once.