Previous: >>97235405>Most recent bracket system updatehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-october-21-2025>Outline article introducing the bracket systemhttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-commander-brackets-beta>Current banlisthttps://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list#commander-banned>Former Commander website, where you can learn the basics, and read the format philosophy laid down by the rules committeehttps://mtgcommander.net>Statistically see what everyone else puts in their commander decks based on what is posted to the internetComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97241797I drive 30 minutes because it takes that long to get 13 miles at rush hour
>>97241830This is the superior print tbhfam
>>97241816>drawing>cookingDrawing is expensive. Drawing tablets, photoshop, and expensive things like artist quality tools are not cheap. A fucking 8 pack of copics is like 80 dollars.>cookingYou are aware food costs money and grocery prices are rising, yes? I spend far more on food than MTG.
>>97241869Then you need roommates or not spent 500 on hobbies bro. I pay 1300 here in SC
>>972418912 bedroom apartment here in maine is like 900.Low LGS density though.
>Setting Basically late medieval to early Renaissance Europe >Magic Not really available to players, expect in the form of extremely rare high level magical weapons and items. BBEG should possess magic abilities >Player characters European presenting male fighters only, maximum one low level hedge wizard or shaman>Races All NPCs and PC should be human, finding a non-human village like elves should be extremely rare, unlikely, and magical experience
This is such a common set of "tasteful" opinions espoused here, are they all just nogames, and if not, why aren't arthurian/historical games more popular?
>>97222512no blacks, Indians, Tieflings or "that guy" player, low magic setting I'm not talking about Wizards being ultra rare literally not every damn class & their mother need spells there is only Humans, Gnomes, Dwarf, High Elf, Dark Elf for player Characters & classic Monster races are that *monsters* such as Orcs, Goblins & kobolds they will never be player races. for classes there will only be Cleric, Paladin, Fighter, Barbarian, Wizard, Sorcerer & Warlock(not the D&D shit kind) & Troubadour.
>>97241397Real answer: because d&d, which has it's own specific flavor of gonzo-ish fantasy, is the default game and when branching out people feel generally more comfortable in switching genre completely (going for scifi, modern, horror, etc..) so historicist fantasy games are mostly left out.
>>97241704you know that's a fair point, you see plenty of stuff outside fantasy, but fantasy is almost always dnd kitchen sink. I've tried to run slightly different fantasy games, but 90% of players will still play as if standard dnd fantasy tropes are the case so it's very hard to wrangle them off it. The solution I've found to get people out of that head space is to mandate from the GM chair what kind of characters everyone is playing, if you say "alright, everyone is playing an elf of this type" it's much easier for them to accept and learn the elf culture of your particular game and they're ready to accept the tone you have on offer, where's if you say "ok make whatever you like" they're going to come into it with DND standard brain no matter what you throw at them.
>>97241764why do you want to change their preferences? how do you know you're not the one who needs to change?
Go To Church Edition>RPG Rulebookshttps://rentry.org/40kRPGLinks>Homebrew Collection (Feb 2025)https://rentry.org/40RPGHB>WANG/Imperium Maledictum Newshttps://cubicle7games.com/blog/warhammer-40k>Bestiary, armoury, weapon quality and NPC databasehttp://www.40krpgtools.com/>Dark Heresy 2e Character Creator:https://apps.ajott.io/dh2chargen/>General 40kRPG Encyclopediahttps://www.scholaprogenium.com/>Offline Combined Armory (v6.48.161023)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97240278Check the PDF share thread, and their irc. If that fails, check Anna's Archive.
>>97239102>thread filled with grogs who won't touch newer, still actively supported systems>everything to say about the old FFG systems has been said>only new stuff is homebrew but that's slow as they're just hobby projectsThis thread has been on life support for ages. You're still correct about the drop in quality though, I've popped back in after a considerable hiatus to try see if there was an IM mechanicus book dl link and the thread's pitifully slow and barren atm.
>>97241210Closest thing to life was that guy running that game with that Hospitaller, and even then that's not exactly an All Guardsmen Party. But it's nice to see people still discover the games and enjoying them.
>>97241210There are multiple anons with active campaigns/groups, but campaign storytime rarely gets any extended discussion anymore.
>>97185928>blood of the angels
After about 8 years since I last DM'ed a game, I've been asked to run a session. Unfortunately my books - adnd, 2e, 3e, 3.5, 4e, and 5e are in storage two states away.And i prefer physical copies. Thanks to critical role and the movie DND books have gone up in price which is weird.>4e books are ~10-15$ now. Is it viable to run 4e in 2025? I don't remember hating it and I still remember some home rules to streamline combat to speed it up a touch. Does anyone have suggestions for 1-3lvl adventures or campaign settings? >4e thread I guess
>>97237861Open access actually dates back to five years ago. So, not the greatest margin, but not entirely out of the question for people who were teenagers at the start of that cycle.
>>97235698isn't OSE super deadly like all the other OSR and NSR games?
>>97239031Only if players are actively being stupid.
>>97240259but OP is asking for 4e and that edition got made for people who want to revel in violence. so acting stupid. i don't think OSE would be a good fit for that
>>97237714The Rules Compendium is a better purchase than the Heroes of books. It came out a few months after the first Essentials books and its literally just all the rules and charts from the PHBs all errata'd up.Still suffers from being an Essentials book so it's smaller with larger print than the original books and so its not particularly page efficient. God I hate how Essentials fucked up book size and formatting.
Merry Christmas EditionHere is a thread to discuss trading card games other than the big three.>Build Divide>Force of Will>Final Fantasy TCG>DBZ CCG>Wixoss>Keyforge>Gundam>Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R)>Digimon>Flesh and Blood>Gate Ruler>Battle SpiritsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I see one piece has a new prerelease, is it worth jumping in?I own nothing one piece related
>>97241606You shouldn't say such things around here./tg/ is full of autistic hacks who like the idea of creativity but have rarely actually made anything. Many of them believe in "originality" and value it very highly.
>>97240457>>97238593>WoW, Netrunner and Ashesanon after my own heart right here. but definitely there's a fucking ton of great ones. just avoid super recent shit that gets shilled by bot posters, esp of the TCGs. 1/2 of them are low effort trash and 3/4 won't exist in 2 years.
>>97241827RETARD!FOOL THAT YOU ARE, you didn't realize that 1/2+3/4 = 5/4, that's more than all the games! I bet you're feeling pretty embarassed right now huh? You are verydumb and I am verysmart.This is my schizopost where I pretend categories can't overlap.I hope everyone is enjoying Christmas.
>>97241851Christmas is pretty blue here after my father's death earlier this month but I suppose life goes on.
Merry Christmas edition>Previous>>97224887>Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/WiCHizn0>Mediafirehttps://mediafire.com/folder/s9esc6u7ke8k5/CofD>Mega Ihttps://mega.nz/folder/ePQ1BKhJ#RCosRCh59Ki2Mpb1M9H3Uw>Mega II (also containing fanmade games)https://mega.nz/folder/ZbQ2zLJA#DOT-3df6rS2lLet4_RmqJQ>WoD5 Megahttps://mega.nz/folder/7rQQ1LbQ#16_AiXVGo0P3_rVOJuoZyA>STV content foldershttps://pastebin.com/9i9zhydQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97241662Take your subversive influence elsewhere. I have the gift of dogma to shield me from your lies.
>>97241783Very cool.>>97241820Interesting. I do figure you would still need a mentor I guess but Kindred are only beholden to the Tremere because they want to be and they need to use their edgy blood magic.
>>97241721>NTA but I like some of the stuff they did with the Coalition.I won't post my full anti-SI screed because it's Christmas, but they're actually my least favorite thing in V5. On its own, I would agree that humans should be genuine threats in a VtM game. Problem is I can't stand how they did it with the SI. They homogenized everyone, have crazy plot armor, fetishize the intelligence community (which is nowhere near that competent), and just make the vampires look retarded. I'm a vigilfah through and through, that game does threatening hunter groups right. SI is a tour de force in how to do them wrong.I would also disagree with "WoD is a ridiculous sci fi setting with vampires taped on" because I don't like most of oWoD outside of vampire so that doesn't apply to my table. I'm fine with reasonable hypertech like what TF:V has, the SI takes it into dumbass territory.
>>97241819DAMNED AUTUMN PEOPLE!!!!
>>97241832There's a few Blood Sorcery paths outside of the Tremere's but most of them are from Dark Ages, so using them in Modern Nights (Or other eras after DA) would need your Kindred to learn it from somewhere. Lasombra just have it easy in that regard.
Work in Progress, Christmas Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97241725yeah you can use them straight out of the bottle
>>97241725They are thinner, yes but still have very good coverage. And I noticed they require much more water than, say, Vallejo, before they break, which is quite good for glazing.
>>97241725>thinning them like I do other brandwhy would you when you are already seeing they are thinneryou want to chase a target consistency or coverage, not a target mixing ratio, the ratio is different even for different colors in the same brand
>>97241804People will often follow advice without understanding the reasoning behind it. So when told "thin your paints lmao" they think they have to religiously do it every single time instead of aiming for correct consistency.
I just started fucking around with volumetric highlights and was wondering if the backs of busier models are meant to just be duller than the front where the source light usually isit makes sense from a realism standpoint but still feels wrong since so much detail just winds up undefined
In my games, high level wizards turn to stone.
>>97230372Because that way you die from getting clocked in the head with a lead tile from the gable end of a temple roof, that's covered in apotropaic ciphers.Or infected with mummy rot via a letter doused with necromantic gack.
>>97195417Carians kicked you out kek
>>97235260they left voluntarily
>>97195417Hehehehe that's an ELO song
>>97195417What are some potential consequences specific to each element? Like I can see flame wizards looking like their flesh is charred and burned for example.
Magic should be rare, mysterious, superstitious. It should take time to use and be exhausting to cast When did fantasy magic and wizards turn in Avatar the Last Airbender shooting fire and lightning out their assholes?
>>97240152Magic eventually becomes an opinion in a materialistic world, or overwhelmingly deconstructed and reconstructed. Something can look like magic - have all the necessary criteria for magical qualification - but still not be seen as magic. Look at Christian rites. Look at modern day science and technology. We are living in an Atlantean world.
>>97240152>>97240168Blame boring grey blob atheists refusing to see the beauty, mystery and wonder (the magic) still in nature for this paradox.
>>97240173>he thinks cancer is beautifulActually fucking kill yourself
>>97237233To be fair, they were dealing with the forces of Sauron. Both Gandalf and Sauron are the same kind of being.
>>97241531yes but gandalf is contractually forced to not be that kind of being and i believe even forget most of the stuff he was and could do before incarnation into mortal flesh.so i don't think he should count for that weird crusade against any form of fantasy that isn't low.
Another Infernals edition 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.
I’m looking for the best character sheets. This is both for IRL printed paper use, and online game use. The one from 3e’s book sucks because of the textured background; I can’t just fill in circles with the MS Paint bucket tool because of the background. It looks ugly. Years ago I remember a program named Anathema. Is there something better?
>>97241066>Years ago I remember a program named Anathema. Is there something better?There's no 3e equivalent, unfortunately. There was a project for it but it's long dead.
>>97241066If you're looking for just straight online use, Lot-Casting Atemi is probably the best choice. Unfortunately, it's not printer-friendly.
>>97241105>>97241122I see. I haven’t heard of Lot-Casting Atemi. Thanks guys!
>>97218678What have you done for Calibration in your campaigns? And have you ever used Five Days Darkness?
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?
>>97240306The only issue I can think of is that 3rd edition was fairly generous with sloped armour. In reality, the effects are rather variable depending on the form and angle of the attack, but the vehicles rules just made it universally good against everything.
>>97240378Vehicle rules in 4e are pretty ass anyway
>>97240790Sorry we can't expand on that we need to republish Basic Set to own the chuds
>>97241343Isn't there some anon that paid the guy to write a pseudo-vehicle 4e for him o 'algo?
>>97241755You'll have to wait until next year for that.
Mondstille Edition>Resources:WFB: https://pastebin.com/qVGrgwwhWM: https://pastebin.com/EsDAgebaWFRP: https://pastebin.com/inbyBsR6Novels: https://pastebin.com/PFqPDr0H>TOW:https://gofile.io/d/fxFgXShttps://www.warhammer-community.com/the-old-world-downloads/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97241758And the green is too saturated, does not look like rotting flesh. Maybe try drybrushing some sort of tan/brown on top of it ?
>>97241758nta, they look like infected ogres at best
>>97241782>use some spears lances sticking out of their bodyHmmm... That's pretty good idea, anon, thanks.
>parents bought me literally none of the minis I wanted for Christmas
>>97241758But I think I may try to sculpt guts spilling from behind a belt buckle. Sounds reasonable?
Guys, I want to talk about HELLPIERCERS. I bought this game a bit ago because I thought it looked cool, and I've read it, and I don't know enough people weird enough to play it with me, and I can't stop thinking about it, and I just have to talk about it with someone.>First up: what the fuck is Hellpiercers? And why do you spell it in all-caps? Do you have autism?HELLPIERCERS is a tactical tabletop RPG developed by SandyPug Games alongside a few people who did some dev work on some of the Lancer supplements. It casts the PCs as gnostic demigod heroes and veterans of the War in Heaven, who aided the forces of humanity in regaining their stolen gnosis and slaying the Demiurge, his Archons, and angelic generals. Having conquered Heaven and liberated the mortal plane from the tyranny of false divinity, they now cast their eyes downward, into Hell, where countless human souls remain enslaved by the demon lords below. Hellpiercers, armed with their god-slaying weapons, clad in armor forged from the corpses of angels, lead a war of liberation against the forces of Hell, to free the enslaved souls of every human who has ever lived.I spell it in all-caps because it's title is rendered in all-caps. I'm pretty sure I'm not autistic, but I've never been tested, so who even fucking knows?
drive dot proton dot me slash urls slashYC90B4722C#lfkFb80mHTysFile will be active for the next two hours.
Looks Kill Six Billion Demons core, which is to say incredibly gay. I will not be partaking further of this advertisement.
>>97241022And file's done. Hope anyone who wanted it got it.
>>97235661More fiddly than I want to deal with but interested in the lock system, how's the operate?
>>97239791You try reporting it? If n then do. If y and its still here then what?>>97241768Shit looks like I missed that. Anyone send it to the NV?
I refuse to believe Halo Flashpoint is even a 10th as successful as Mantic claims. In terms of online, easy to find metrics it has:3100 people as part of its sub(P)reddit.2100 or so people as part of Facebook Groups.No one discussing it on Twitter gets many likes/comments/retweets.No one big or well known talks about/plays it on Youtube.Yet it's one of the fastest growing and more popular tabletop games to come out recently?I don't buy it.I don't hate the system, but I am baffled by Mantic's ability to get away with lying about how successful this game is.
>>97237885The second most common complaint about H:GC (after it not being in 28mm) was that the gameplay didn't resemble the videogames.I also think making a tabletop game based on the multiplayer was stupid, but it was kinda what people wanted.
MFW I learned it's basically a tabletop recreation of a multiplayer match. I mean, I always figured it was a given players would want to do whole squads and armored vehicles etc.
>>97239294>Roll for mission>Roll for deployment>Setup>Roll for first turn>Opponent finds rocket launcher+sword+jump pack>I find a needler and smg.>Concede the game.
>>97238770I wish fleet battles and ground combat to come back with the same models and scale.
>>97239294For Spartan v Spartan it's the only thing that makes sense. Although there's nothing stopping them squads and combined arms in the MP simulations either.>>97236626Nobody gives a shit about NuHalo
For discussion of D&D 3.0e, 3.5e and D20 OGL> Toolshttps://srd.dndtools.orghttps://dndtools.one/https://d20srd.orghttps://www.realmshelps.net/> Indices> 3.5https://archive.burne99.com/archive/4/http://web.archive.org/web/20080617022745/http://www.crystalkeep.com/d20/index.php> 3.0http://web.archive.org/web/20060330114049/http://www.crystalkeep.com:80/d20/rules3.0.php> 3e/3.5 Book PDFsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97240580Yeah I love picking up new ones on ebay once in a while. It feels the tiniest bit silly because when Im actually brewing or building its generally superior to use the pdf trove but having the books is still a cool feeling.
>>97240617It's a collectabble. In a world where ao much is digital, it feels good to have something physical to interact with.And once in a blue moon it does come in handy.Somehow I'm faster at picking up the rules compendium and navigating the index than I am at finding shit in a PDF that takes a moment to load the page chunks.
>>97240057There's a Monk ACF that gets Sneak Attack. I wouldn't play Monk if I wanted to use daggers though, too much hoop jumping that involves Channel Energy to be able to flurry with them, and if you're not flurrying or abusing MoMS Monk is pretty useless. Deer horn knife is the closest thing to a dagger that they're proficient in by default, if you're using Unchained Monk as the base, and it's probably not what you're looking for.
>>97241059Er, Archetype, not ACF. Pathfinder, right.
>>97241067Guess again retard
