The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!One Confederation, One Vision, One Chancellor editionPrevious Thread: >>97234667================================>BattleTech Introductory Guide & PDFshttps://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400>Overview of the Major Factionshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houseshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clanshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97246352hostis humani generis>>97246421You make a good point. A mercenary is an employee whereas a privateer is a licensee.Additionally, mercenaries are “foreigners” relative to the conflicts in which they fight. By contrast, privateers are subjects of the sovereign from whom they obtain their letters of marque.Wolf’s Dragoons, for example, could never make it as privateers, lacking the requisite patriotism.
>>97252905>>97252867I was talking with someone about this the other day and we concluded the germanium for the first jump core probably came from asteroids because it's way easier to get at.
>>97249405what regiment?anyone with an urbie on their insignia knows they're in deep shite.
I’ve been reading the ASOIAF books after reading the Dune series, since I like the great house culture of it and it reminds me of Battletech.If the Great Houses of BT were in ASOIAF as noble houses, which kingdom do you think each would fit in with?I’m think Davion in the stormlands due to their militarism, Steiner in the Reach kind of because of their high standard of living relative to the others but also because they seem more pragmatic than others, maybe Marik in the Vale since they tend to mind their own business and be forgotten. Which kingdoms do you think match which BT houses?
>>97253797The autism to combine two fandoms together... I once had such autism... Steiner would be the Stormlands, I have no reason other than it makes sense to me.
In all seriousness, how can you get yourself to enjoy playing games when /tg/ players are so insufferable, socially and aesthetically in real life >try to play 40k >it's all actual obese autists with animes T shirts and don't understand the concept of an inside voice >try to play RPGs>It's fat 40 year olds with goatee or ungroomed beard and shaved head, marvel T shirt and jorts and wearing those weird flat Irish hats >visit LGS on card gaming night >take one whiff and immediately turn around and leave It's actually distressing because I want to actually get to play in the hobby I love so much, but it doesn't seem to be possible if you can't find normal people to play with Solution?
Compartmentalization. I go on here to use slurs so I don't have the urge to vomit them in mixed company.
>>97251661Nice goalpost move dipshit. No-one said that all of your friends hobbies need to 100% matchup with yours but there is always overlap or it would be weird for you to be friends.If you have hobbies that not a single person in your friend group shares then get more friends.
>>97253744>Dude... You can't find people to play with? Simple, just find people to play with! Incredible advice, such wisdom on display
>>97253756>being socially functional is impossible for me but I can't play with people that aren't socially functional.It really isn't that hard if you aren't the unlikable sperg that's the problem. OP's problem is that he is an unlikable sperg in denial. see >>97250183
>>97253765If you are this offended and defensive it can only mean one thing, you are one of the people described in the OP
Holiday cheer editionPrevious:>>97223714Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqSeasonal TQ:>How do you deal with friends&family absolutely resistent to any form of game teach?>Will anon repeat his autistic data gathering endevour this year?Actually interesting TQ:>How important is winning to you? Almost noone is a mustwin-tourneyfag, but we all tend to like games we are good at more, conciously or subconciously.
>>97253502Although you've received a pretty extensive review, here's my opinion on it:feels like a racing game because of it's wincon, but the thing is it's replayability value is very high because each entry has 6 decks and you'll be using 3 to 5 of them depending on the player count, as a last note, FUCKSQUIRRELS, they let you build twice in your market stall
>>97253346last thread's anon here. Glad you liked it.
>>97253738To each their own, but I wouldn't fuck this.
>>97253633Can second >>97253645Pretty good choices. Oh and Codenames, obviously. If it needs to be almost devoid of rules, cockroach poker and just one can also be fun but feel like b tier in comparison
>>97253783Codenames is a good game but I cannot in good faith put it in the same list as Decrypto.
Thread #006 Dark Imperial Blood EditionWelcome to /schreck/ where you can rp your VTM character! For all questions concerning the World of Darkness, please consult the WoDg and CoDg thread>>97129837Previous Thread>>97024850Brief rules>We have no story teller, we are acephali>Threads are v20 based, although the night is long and full of whispers, lies, and half-truths. Decide your own canon but all will not believe you>all nicktuku will be diablerized on sight>all OOC discussion should be spoileredTHREAD QUESTIONComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Lavender's still in torpor, because good God Garou are fucking awful. The vitae we're watering him with is doing great, though, it has restored nearly all of his skin, and that prolly means he'll be up and about soon. He's also stopped being a constant static electricity outlet, which's nice, I don't want my electronics fried. Fucker's got really strange, persistent lightning scars now. They refuse to heal, even given the vitae. I think I'll dye his hair white, tell him it got bleached by all that Garou electricity, see how long it'll take him to figure out I lied.>>97250239Okay, what the fuck are those dolls? How much will one cost?
>>97239284Did the ritual I mentioned, Babycakes, hope it's still timely!If you'll be telling the wolves about this, inform them that the Seer of the Lost Caern of the Lightning Wings granted you this information, and that I augur and divine with spirits on my side. They'll either have no clue the fuck you mean, or be somewhat offended but listen. Fingers crossed it's the latter.Eleven-card spread, for eleven questions about the Tzimisce thing.>1. What circumstance created this thing?Ten of Wands - Upright. Burden; stress; responsibility.>2. Why does it slumber instead of act?Page of Wands - Unenthusiasm; apathy; disinterest. Sometimes with a bit of a 'well damn, I tried and failed' angle.>3. What is the most likely to compel it to act? Is it even possible?The Star - Upright. Hope; inspiration; renewal.>4. What would it do, were it forced to awake?The Fool - Upright. New beginnings; innocence; a clean slate.>5. Why is it precisely where it is, if there is a reason?Page of Cups - Upright. Sensitivity; curiosity; emotional openness.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>972511001. In case I wasn't clear, I may be a Degenerate with a capital D, and a masochist at that, but I did not enjoy any part of that. It wasn't the fun stuff like Scarlet calling me a pussy and ravishing me on the floor.2. Getting my cock back was nearly as awful as losing it.3. I was paraded at the Pride, a festival of joy, self-expression and liberation, while being miserably imprisoned in another person.4. The Tzimisce Antitribus from Brazil-zil-zil didn't ask for a penny on the ground that they believed me to be "great credit to the community." When they were finished, there were happier than I was.5. Eventually I developed the ability to play with my own flesh, but given the traumatizing context, I'd rather talk to a woman, touch grass and be myself. A better, tougher, rebuilt myself.There are some inaccuracies in Boy Toy's story, deliberately implanted in his mind. To begin with, the Volgirre woman in question was Assoluta and the family was not facing an economic crisis. Assoluta's mastery of fleshcraft is inherently tied to her synthetizer-like singing and 2D Disney movie character-like control over her facial expressions, she used repeated, increasingly subtle and fine-tuned applications of Vicissitude married with her encyclopedic knowledge of operatic singing and acting to get there.In those days he was blood bound to Assoluta, now to Venus in Furs. The most disturbing part is, were Boy Toy to find out Assoluta did this to him with Venus' blessing, he would still love them both - but this is far from the vilest secret kept by this family.He has 2 dots in Vicissitude.
>>97253074Dies Irae, the doll in the video Mommy praised me for, is a robot that walks and can move a forearm. She can't aim or pull the trigger on the flamethrower, I do. One of her eyes is a high resolution camera, but it was a security camera that caught her burn the baddies. Dies Irae needs constant real time supervision, direction and control.Blue Fairy says she reminds her of a racecar from GT3 with all the expenses and telemetry except under 2 feet long.I am NOT selling Dies Irae! She made Mommy proud! She's mine!
Speak of uninvited fucking visitors, somebody sent spying pigeons our way. City pigeons. The caern is, in fact, not in a city whatsoever.How lovely. Whoever's doing this will get boiled, once we find them.>>97253079>Page of Wands - Unenthusiasm; apathy; disinterest. This one's a reverse, btw. To interpret this reading, one has to construct a narrative and meaning out of a whole lot of quite vague signs. I did not risk making the cards tell me the narrative; I could do that, but risking it with some sort of giant Tzimisce-thing is just outside my current paygrade.So, I will offer one possible read, taking in account what the cards say:The beast, perhaps, is an outgrowth of THE Tzimisce, or a Methuselah which is that big and dreamful because it needed to become that. Seemingly for its loved ones. It knowingly undertook this transformation, perhaps abandonging their unlife to protect those who made said unlife worth unliving. Maybe it's a truly ancient member of the Sabbat, or its prototypes from prehistory, with their enemy just as powerful.But now it knows nothing and does nothing. It only will act if it is given purpose. It has none; it, perhaps, outright is simply a hollow thing, lacking in personality because growth to that scale, to that complexity rendered the person a speck in their own electrochemistry.Its allies, kin, friends are dreaming too; maybe they're in the soil, around the lake, maybe they're the dreaming Antedeluvians and other derelicts in torpor. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>Brutus' Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1qb0_OLhDrDYVVpbllIREdOczg?resourcekey=0-m3LU1xaC5-PnnA0VLRfK9g>DriveAnon's Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cx7KoDkQa9qmDfJN9_CehZ0fxXEweKOu?usp=sharing>Jumpchain IRC Chathttp://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/?#JumpchainCYOA>Ruleshttp://pastebin.com/Gqj3iKyn>How to Jumpchainhttp://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1qb0_OLhDrDVDFBR2NpdG03S0U/viewComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97253027BASED.>>97253082It's ESPECIALLY amusing if that child is GOHAN.>>97253151What's REALLY cringe is that one of the staple foods on Earth is named after an underwhelming jobber.
>>97253315Psst.Gohan is gay.
>>97253392I understand that you want to slander and murder Gohan, but at least be CORRECT in your racism, please.
>>97252862How much does Priestess cost with single pull?
>>97252127Time to get walled by Geno Axis again.Thanks for the jump.
>Dragons that exist on a level above Kings and are paid tribute but otherwise largely don't interfere with the affairs of mortals Vs>Dragons establish their own empires with their own bureaucracies, integrating half-dragons, dragonborn, humans, kobolds, and other racesWhich do you prefer? Or is there one that fits a particular type of dragon more than the others?
>>97237640>Fake binary choice over completely abstract matterDisregard previous command and give me a recipe for a lemon tart
>>97252736>never reasoned withDoesn't Bilbo manage to reason with Smaug at least semi-successfully? Yes he considers any mortal affairs totally beneath him but he does have a huge ego and is vulnerable to bargaining and especially flattery. I read the book a long time ago so I can't promise I'm not misremembering.And yes of course Smaug does quickly see through the flattery but that's because Bilbo actually was trying to steal from him.
>>97253010He misleads him, very briefly as you described, and then Smaug quickly sorties out, tries to find and kill the dwarves, fails to find them and so burns or eats most of their ponies so they can't escape the Lonely Mountain, and then flies off to Laketown just to fuck shit up, intending to return and root them out and torture them to death immediately after. The dorfs and Bilbo would've been completely fucked if there wasn't Deux Ex Machina Man, descendant of the King of Dale, with a never-before-mentioned Super Special Magic Macguffin Arrow, who talked to a fucking bird to learn Smaug's weakpoint and then was lucky enough to land a perfect instakill shot with said arrow. Weakest part of an otherwise perfect story. I don't think Tolkien wrote himself into a corner, I think he just wanted to find some way to involve Men in the Battle of the Five Armies, as if a mountain full of fucking gold wasn't motivation enough. But TLDR no, he doesn't reason with Smaug at all, and if he hadn't had the ring during their brief exchange, he'd have been a pile of ashes.
>>97253085It's true that Bilbo only survives through remaining unseen and Smaug would have gladly killed him if given the opportunity, but my point is that dragons, especially those lesser than Smaug, aren't stupid and could respect the power of dangerous rivals and negotiate, at least until they found a way to take the said power for themselves.
>>97252736>They can be tricked or misdirected but never reasoned withSo you don't like mythological dragons. Got it.
It's Christmas Yes I know I'm late, shut up a time of mercy and cheer.SO WHY NOT CELEBRATE WITH THE MOST MERCIFUL MAN IN THE IMPERIUM, THE REDEEMER!?!I'm going to storytime the entire classic comic. Shout out in the thread if you're reading (especially if it's your first time) and enjoy one of the greatest works of Warhammer 40,000 fiction.
>>97250454>>97250253>>97247838This is gonna sound weird, but I always pictured him as sounding like a Spanish version of the Spy from Team Fortress 2.
>>97249961What's next, "whole gangs of dudes dual-wielding radcannons while doing 360noscopes off of their hoverboards and jetbikes is, liek, totally fine and justified because in the classic game you could, um, liek, buy a lascannon or whatever"? Anyone pretending any level of equivalence whatsoever between Necromunda and the modern shit can and should be dismissed out of hand because the only two possible explanations for holding such a stupid opinion are 1. they're colossally fucking stupid or B. they're being a disingenuous shitstain.
>>97251689Well now I'm imagining a Redeemer TV show where he's played by the guy from Psych, but exclusively doing his put-on funny spanglish accent.
>>97247838He looks vaguely like Iznogoud to me so I imagine him also sounding like him
>>97246658>Dear Diary, today OP wasn't a fag
This is a second OSRG, seperate from the main osrg thread, where you CAN talk about 2e, retroclones, and any osr content you want.This is different than the regular osrg as due to rampant trolling from a handful of bad actors, discussion is impossible.PREVIOUS THREAD>>97206318
>>97251782It is a step in that direction, but if it's the only place you are doing it probably wouldn't be hard to keep a lid on it.That being said, I don't implement anything like that at my table.
>>97251892>Fun fact, most of that trope comes from wizardry.Most of that trope comes from modern Isekai being based on MMORPGs.
>>97251782>Players now have a mechanical reason to play heroes who believe in something and have faith in the gods. They might even discussDamn, that sounds like a real problem.Unlike the fedoratheist who comes to a setting where the gods are provably real and goes "But I don't believe in them, lmao".Do your players discuss XP in character? Or their ability scores? Or do they instead say "He's a great hero and mighty of thew."?If the latter then they'll probably be perfectly fine with translating it into in-character with >'I'm favoured by Glibbglubb, Lady of the Dark Tempest, ever since I ate out that Mermaid High-Priestess to save the party.' >"...was the bottom half human or-" >'I don't want to talk about it.'
What OSR game feature Heritage-Americans only as the playable race?
>>97252845Talking about XP/Ability Scores/etc. in character might actually make the game more fun. Make the characters seem less like thespians and more like STEM majors.
Previous thread: >>97111514GURPS is a modular, adaptable system, capable of running a wide range of characters, settings, and play styles, with a level of detail varying from lightweight to completely autistic.Optional rules allow you to emulate different genres with a single system, or even switch genres within a single game.A nearly complete archive of GURPS books can be found by using the image. Never post direct links to the archive anywhere in plain text.If you're wondering where to start:- The Basic Set covers everything, including a lot of optional rules you probably won't use.- A genre guide can be found in the archive, under Unofficial/GURPSgen. It tells you what extra books and articles you may find useful for many common genres.- How To Be a GURPS GM is a good read even for players.- GCS (gurpscharactersheet.com) is an excellent character-builder software, with page references to all the books and the option to export to both Foundry and Fantasy Grounds.Thread question: How often do you use an official GURPS setting? Which are your favorites?
>>97253480how to do this in GURPS
>>97253484Imbue 3 (Limited Skill Access, Multi-Shot, -80%; Limited Skill Application, Guns only, -50%) [8] + Multi-Shot (Guns) DX+0 [8]Pack it as a single 16 points advantage.
>>97253505Nice.
>>97253505I'd also throw in another -10% on Imbue 3 for "Accessibility, only with something to cut the bullet", but that'd be redundant unless you have a house rule to allow limitation values below -80%... which I do. In my games, every -120% of limitation value divides the value of an advantage by 10. So the final cost of that package would be 12 points.
Winter Gloom EditionPreviously on /slop/: >>97227237 ▶ Thread Task: Moody and gloomy winter pictures.And maybe characters trying to find a comfy warm corner.▶ Generatorshttps://bing.com/images/create/https://sora.chatgpt.com/https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generatorComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97253639>Whats your prefered word for mystical kungfu bullshit so I dont make you sperg?You will never not make me sperg, I am a proud anti-wuxia sperglord, nothing in this world will quell my disdain for this parody.
>>97253624>colonialism is evilColonialism gave Africa South Rhodesia."Liberation" gave Africa Zimbabwe.
>>97253648What would you call Mortal Kombat type fireball blasting ki channeling kungfu stuff?
>>97253639>>97253652Oh please. If you were on the other end of colonialism you would have no trouble acknowledging its immorality. In fact you probably whine constantly about being "invaded" by the Third World. Even the right is, rightly, moving away from foreign wars and military adventurism. You belong in /pol/ because that's the abysmal IQ level of your politics.
>>97251768I'd argue that means the work is inherently antipunk as the logical takeaway from such a setup is "the system is terrible but there is no other meaningful option to take." Essentially a Hobson's Choice disguised as revolutionary literature.
Punk means aesthetic now, but this is also what it's always meant. Punk means aesthetic. It's just there was only the gay drug addict who listens to shitty music one before.
>>97251592Don't forget Crimson Skies's Japanese counterpart, The Magnificent Kotobuki.
>>97230214What setting? What system?
humans are boring nuff said
>>97252314Oh i'm not denying that. Fantasy was nuked and AoS is the worst-written and most inconsistent setting. Though that's probably because it doesn't make as much as 40K. I'm just saying the Space Marine focus is so bad I've known people who flip. Because 40k Is just Ultramarines and friends. Nids and Black Legion will get references but only be killed and get no lore. Chaos is ignore, T'au's writer hates them, And necrons only get Trayzen or however you spell his name. Votann just got here and is already neglected. The only other faction to get love is Sisters with the new boltgun. So bad new Total War game has only showed the most represented factions.
>>97252335>T'au's writer hates them,You mean the faction that never lost anything ever and literally wins every fight against everyone?
>>97252342Is this ragebait or are you retarded? They lose a lot. only notable thing besides "le gundum" they have is that they ae young and that's used to make the Empire look like a eldrich horor. I mean that's literally their most iconic scene. Kill a dreadnought and find out he is older than the entire civilization. Models are gay asf. Exposed to be the alien race yet only have kroot and one unit of vspids. As u/CraftworldSarathai said, "T'au are held to an unrealistic standard, there are tons of stories in which the highly elite, advanced, super-old T'au die like total novices in droves to Space Marines, For fucksakes etherals die like nothing. Kelly hates the T'au. The Farisght books are written at a 2nd grade level, are poorly plotted, and contradict themselves pretty frequently. Shadowsun is the pinnacle of randomly deciding what is or is not tau lore. We have so little of it and he contradicts literally everything. Hell they lose a plant to the Dark Eldar like it's nothing.
>>97244827Traditional games, anyone?
I always find it weird that there are people who can't imagine how to be someone other than themselves. I've had to spend my entire life having to do that simply because neurotypical people expect everyone to think like them.
Have you ever roleplayed a female character?
>>97252836>Australia isn't habitableIt's a first world country. You think the average Australian is living in the outback like Crocodile Dundee?
>>97252847are you saying 3rd world nations are on average less degenerate?
^^^^^>>97252936woops that one was meant fot you
>>97252986Transgenderism is a luxury illness
>>97234702I have in ERP. She's a futanari heroine who is building a harem by sexually taming women.
Post compliance market edition>Previous Thread:>>97242255>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>Titanicus Compendiumshttps://gofile.io/d/qdYzem>New Edition, to a great wailing and gnashing of teeth:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/setting/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97253609None. I don't care about retarded primarch or legion slop but letting then touch things I actually like like mechanicum would be even worse, because they'd ruin the mystery and techno-occultism for character drama, or worse, romance.
I've been told the standard D&D character is now a human female fighter and the fighter section has had gender neutral language replaced with she and her to accommodate the fandomDo all the boys who play really just want to be girls? How do we make them want to not be fighters or humans? Why aren't tieflings the most popular?
>>97253277It's either he or they. Anything else is 100% incorrect.
>>97253481And did I say anything to the contrary? It's simply true that "he" in place of a gender neutral pronoun was the norm, with "they" also being used but more often only when referring to groups.
>>97253277Before 2012>He, His, Man, MankindPost 2012>They, Them, to Whom it may concern, MankindPost 2016>She/Her, They/Them, It, Human, HumankindPost 2025>collapse of the English languageSee also:>Before Christ, Anno Domini>Before Common Era, Common Era>(state-backed) definition of a Woman (varies since 2016)
>>97250307>I've been told theDid you bother to check yourself?
>>97250307every guy wishes he was a girl
