why are many creators so afraid of making a setting with napoleonic wars era technology?
>>97384394France and Prussia are humansBritain is half-elves, with the Irish and Scots as full elves (wood and high respectively)Austrians are dwarvesRussians are orcs
>>97291140Sounds like a skill issue, just don't get shot I do it every day.
The Napoleonic Era has too good fashion for slop artists to fuck with.
>>97285673>Very little to no room for individual heroism and prowess.there is always room for that, anonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Somosierra>Some authors have assumed that Napoleon had gone out of his mind in ordering the Polish to charge batteries of 16 cannon over several kilometers of extremely difficult terrain.[3] Others, however, think Napoleon ordered only the closest battery to be taken, in order to open the way for his infantry, and that Kozietulski had misunderstood the order.[4]>No matter – once the charge had begun, and the chevaux-légers found themselves under fire from the second battery, they had no choice but to press the attack, as the horses went to the highest speed and were unable to stop.>They took the second and third batteries but only a few of them reached the last battery, and the Spanish attempted to recapture it. It was then that Napoleon saw his chance and immediately committed the other squadrons.>The charge that continued to the last battery was led by Niegolewski, who miraculously survived a fierce attack by Spanish troops – he received nine wounds from bayonets and two carbine shots to the head.
>>97388037I think it's ironic to say this era is anti-individualistic, when it's literally defined by an individual becoming one of the most important people in the world by uprooting centuries of tradition by himself.
TP4 reanimation protocols Edition▶Previous thread:>>97139724▶News:Reminder that next box is Sisters vs Raptors:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zrjpzrms/adepta-sororitas-battle-chaos-space-marines-over-a-long-forgotten-tomb-in-kill-team-shadowhunt/▶Official Key Downloads, FAQs and Erratahttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/kill-team/▶Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/AinK04▶Boxed Set Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/NWRByw (deprecated)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Did they squat Kasrkin yet?
>>97385358>I'm a baby that has only been in the hobby for 12 year>think to myself "man, 12 years is pretty old akshully, what is it, since 2007-2008?">mfw it's 2014>fuckers born in 2008 turn 18 this year and will be legally allowed to post here
>>973853584th had a few different options of play. It had a "Kill Team" ruleset, which was a kill team vs brutes, basically player controlled mooks. It also had a city fighting ruleset which was single model units IIRC. Although google says it was a separate supplement, but I am sure the core book had it too because I never owned any supplements.
>>97345466How do I win as Kriegers, just shoot with lasgunners first and sac them to try and bait enemy models out of stealth?Spam the accurate one order every turn?
>>97386982read the rules
What do you even do in a ghost rpg?
>>97386997Go get named Phil.
>>97386874Find a cute boy and edge him while he's trying to sleep.
>>97387399>>97386953>>97387011>>97387161
>>97387952>retards spamming the board and me defending them isn't the problem, YOU are!Eat shit, wannabe jannie.
>>97387952>puckeelol how old is this
>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 Splatshttps://www.mediafire.com/folder/b54o6teut3fx6/Exalted_3eComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97374106our DM does the opposite. the pace is so fast that we all have a bunch of exp we "cant" spend because of training time. its hilarious, we are all grinding away on training charms just to compensate.
>>97374246so halta is effectively fractured.......like china was most of its existence.
Cool Dragon Blooded House Idea: They're also Ghost-Blooded. Yeah, Ghost-Blooded Deeb Houses is my new fix for Liminals.
>>97387811Now it just needs court eunuchs letting Malfeas loose.
>>97387981A court of scheming monkey-man eunuchs
How would you humanize enemy mooks even if the players have to put them down at the end of day? How do you make it so that players leaving piles of corpses in their wake is not a trivial matter?
>>97386763He implies ghetto niggers aren't capable of human feelings.
I've always wanted to see a Lord of the Rings story that takes place after the War of the Ring has concluded. A band of a half-dozen Orcs and two Goblin Warg-Riders from Mordor fleeing in the wake of Gondor and Rohirrim entering it, because they don't want to be wiped out (whether or not the Men actually intend to do this isn't clarified).These Orcs are still evil, to be clear. But we'd basically follow a sort of reverse-Fellowship as they travel from Mordor north, to Dol Guldur, because they're chasing rumors that Dol Guldur hasn't fallen, is holding out in the wake of Sauron's defeat.And the point would be to show that while they're evil, it's because they were shaped to it, not born to it. And it doesn't consume their every waking moment. We get moments of camaraderie, of humor, genuine friendship between the Goblins and their Wargs (who, remember, can speak) and of course the entire journey is one of desperate hope. Of course this being a tragedy, as they near Dol Guldur they'd come across an Orc fleeing from it - it's fallen to the Dwarves. Dwarves to the north, Men following from the south, this band of Orcs trapped in the middle.So the story concludes with them deciding to make a last stand against the Dwarves and Men, preferably at some historically significant ruin. And the final chapter is the battle in which they fall, one by one, while we also see them working together, defending each other, being aggrieved when one of them falls because they knew them...essentially everything that would go into a last stand if the characters were Men or Elves or Dwarves, it's just that instead we're following Orcs and Goblins and Wargs.They probably take up a song during the whole thing, something Orcish, something about battle that's nevertheless also somehow about the pointlessness of it all. Something tired.The last surviving Orc, run through by a sword, manages to finish the song."It's done."Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97386976Love it>while they're evil, it's because they were shaped to it, not born to itHate it
>>97386562I think animated return of the king illustrated it besthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoAfb3f04mo
>>97386976>the point would be to show that while they're evil, it's because they were shaped to it, not born to itTrite "le heckin subversion xD" garbage. Predictable and boring, and not in line with established LotR lore, within which the orcs were an extension of the discord of Melkor within the Song of the Ainur.Reconsider suicide.>>97386930They are, it's just that their feelings are not what we'd traditionally call human, based on the subset of humanity capable of creating higher culture as a consequence of their access to more meaningful or higher states of emotion, such as universal empathy, and access to theory of mind.
>dagger deals more damage than broadswordAt what point do you decide enough is enough and you won't respect a game that won't respect historically accurate weapons?
>>97383539Nta and i don't like Daggerheart (too gimmicky and too specifically set to its flavor of fantasy) but for the matter, like that anon, i do like games that are supposedly antithetical like gurps and prime time adventures for example.
>>97376611>t. has never been stabbedDagger should be d12 at least.
>>97376717I like how GURPS, in a way, has both weapons that favor STR or DEX, but it's more subtle.Big weapons like great axes favor STR because they have higher higher STR requirements, often inflict Swing damage (which gets better damage-scaling than Thrust), and high STR often goes hand-in-hand with higher HP and encumbrance; so you can afford a somewhat lower weapon skill (almost all physical skills are based on DEX), and just go on All-Out Attack for a to-hit bonus, relying on your high HP and heay armor to protect you. Bigger weapons also get longer reach, which means shorter-reach opponents will have to take a penalty to attack and/or defenses if they want to get close to you and hit you on the same turn.Small weapons like daggers favor DEX because they have low STR requirements, often inflict Thrust damage (which gets worse damage-scaling, so high STR is less effective), but often inflict Impaling damage which can target armor gaps and vulnerable hit locations like the eyes and vitals. These attack options get huge damage multipliers, but also come with huge attack penalties, so having high skill is favored. Also, since you won't have as much HP or armor as beefier fighters, you'll have to rely on dodging and parrying to stay alive, which also favor high skill.But it's not totally one way or the other. You can make a beefy dagger fighter (especially with grappling, like >>97383277) or an agile barbarian warrior. Unlike many other systems I've played, it pays to be a balance of strong and skilled; you don't have to be just one or the other. It's realistic and intuitive, and I like that.
>>97382749I used to insist on targeted attacks but changed my view after playing some Twilight 2000 4e, random locations actually make armor pieces like helmets matter and partial armor on limbs etc. can be crucial for survival
If you wanted to be realistic, you'd need some sort of reach and clearance mechanics to represent how restrictive a large weapon is in tight quarters or when the enemy is already in your face, as well as how utterly fucked a dagger-wielder is when the other guy's sharpened stick outranged his by a factor of ten. As for the actual damage potential, you'd need a million rules for edge alignment, different armours with different weak points, different abilities to turn a cutting attack into a blunt one, to where you can model the difference between getting daggered in the armpit vs taking a sword blow to your helmeted head.
Okay...they got me...
>>97379138Looks like something that belongs in first edition AoS sigmarine line>>97379188Thin and elegant details, unlike gw crap.
>>97379138Anyone else think the arms look incredibly short? I don't think it's just an angling thing, the hands look like they only go down to the waist
>>97386855>>97386877Are you ok anon?
>>97379188I can't tell the difference.
>>97386855posts like this remind me that after space marines, gold super space marines are the second largest fanbase.
Who would you rather fight?A master swordsman.A literal demon.Or.. the chalice master.
>>97386500None of that. I'd rather tackle two soft pale skinned plumper girls, one with ginger hair and a slight sunburn/tan plus freckles, and the other one with black hair and black lipstick/eyeliner, both without tattoos.
>>97386500Marry, Kill, Fuck
>>97386500These are neat art, what deck are they from?
>>97386500You know that you have to pay taxes on goblets too, right?
>>97386500This is remarkably bad art of Severian throwing his avern.
>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.
>>97386765That sounds like you have no self control. I've never had problems like that even after filtering out most of the sex related topics that I don't care for.
>>97386765The SOLUTION is to IMAGINE that every single THING they're spouting is nothing but jobber GOHAN noises. BELIEVE me, the URGE to know more will QUICKLY disappear once you VISUALISE them jobbing textually.
>>97385470>Your SCHIZO VOICE hates Gohan as much as YOULiving the DREAM
>>97380162What part did you dislike in particular? I can't say I was super into it personally, but I also can't say I thought it was overtly bad.
>>97386765A broken clock may be right twice a day, but you can't tell when it is right unless you have a second, working, clock to compare it to.This is not a redeeming factor of the broken clock, because if you have a working clock to check it by then you don't need to reference the broken one at all. The maximally useful information the broken one could convey is done as a matter of course by the working one.Your only concern should be potentially misidentifying a slow clock (potentially useful if you are aware of its limitations) as a broken one.
Prototype 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 RulerComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
bought 2 boxes of each set. seems like I got insane luck in the beta ones.
>>97387034I wonder if picking up a copy of the Monsters! artbook now still nets me the Great Beast promo card, since it was exclusive to the first edition but still shows up in the specific one I'm looking at. I should ask the seller. Card's sadly a lot cooler than the Cthulhu promo too, despite the nice effects on it that one is a very bog standard pop rendition of the guy and I'd have liked something more in line with the book. I'll probably pick up a box of Dinosaurs late this year if the cards are on the same level of quality.
>>97387023>Love the mat! What is it?It's a Gen Con 2025 exclusive mat we got at the Neopets World Championship. Looks like they're selling for like $250-500 on ebay, which I think is pretty absurd. Very cool art, but that's priced way too high for a playmat.
Is it too autistic to open packs with gloves and a face mask on?
>>97387813It's autistic to treat cardboard as investments.
>Black Legion no longer hard into Chaos worship, Abaddon sees himself as not a slave and is disdainful of the religious>Iron Warriors see relying on the Dark Gods as a weakness>Night Lords are edgy atheists>Emperor's Children don't care about Slaanesh specifically really, are just concerned with pleasuring themselves and being freaky. Fabius actively hates Chaos>Thousand Sons hate Tzeentch for fucking them and try to fuck him over when they can>Alpha Legion retconned to basically never having been religious at all >World Eaters are crazy and barely verbal anymore>Red Corsairs see relying on Dark Gods as weak and now have a whole cadre of troops that are "free" of Chaos influence>Only Word Bearers and Death Guard seem to actually venerate the Chaos GodsWhy are so few CSM actually religious anymore? Back in the day even your average Alpha Legion boy would be all FOR THE DARK GODS
>>97387543I mean I agree with you, I got out in 8th
>>97387703dumb faggot
>>97387179GW is accidentally based and admitted anti-theism is more corrupt than religion
>>97387725>are they really gods and not just imprints in Warp, ultimately a natural phenomenon?First you must define what a god is.
>>97387422Back in the DOW days when I first got into it pretty much every CSM was all “for the dark gods!”
A thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.Exotic Cuisine editionPrevious: >>97304062Fantasy 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.
>>97382154The main change is that Filoni is the one who will have to choose directors and writers for new projects, not Kathleen. But in the end it's still Disney who decides if they will put money on it.
>>97386649>her rape camp fetishwut
>>97376942God i am so glad Starkiller was made non-canon. Those games were fun as hell, but Starkiller was an absolute Black Hole-Sue, slightly worse than The Acolyte's characters.
>>97387592Do I need to say this every single fucking thread for pity's sakeThe TFU games WEREN'T CANON in the EU. The TFU NOVELS were and they explicitly rationalized and heavily downplayed Starkiller's featsStop treating the games as canon, they're INTERPRETATIONS of the novels lorewise.
>>97386576That's correct. Alternate history. Mixing it up a bit.
Hello. We are 2 spergs looking for a GURPS GM. Open to any kind of scenario (except vore)I would suggest using Roll20, but maybe there is a better, anonymous way to collaboratively play table tops.
>>97381749>are you the anon from the other thread?yup, that's me
>>97385265What would you vore game have consisted of, anon?
>>97385475Humsn(oid) F pred, soft vore, oral, anal, unbirth, some soul vore, maybe object swallowingOther than that, probably a relatively standard game, likely set in Ravnica
>>97387418No rape? Count me out.
>>97379464>Open to any kind of scenario (except vore)Does that mean you're open to every other fetish possible?
Previous thread: >>97295718GURPS 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: what's the best classic GURPS cover art?
>>97366018I'm doing this with dinosaurs (I think lwcamp also did this but only did a couple of broad categories) and it's reaching autistic level of referencing. It's not really ready to share and my concern is if I do it'll be written off as completely wrong by anons more autistic than me.
>>97387419Maybe. But, anons less autistic than you (like me) will be thrilled to have a bunch of badass dinosaur stats to use.
>>97387556I'll be honest, dinosaurs would be good fantasy monsters but I have never once used a single one in all my years of GMing
>>97387419>>97387556>>97387570I used the stats from the one blog someone posted here for my not-warhammer fantasy campaignAnd I'm gonna use them again in my GURPS action campaign inspired by x-com and x-files (X-Com Files if you will) when they go to an island lost in time.
>>97366018I should give my Borderlands gun system another go. It's just sitting there on my hard drive unfinished.
Damsel in Distress Edition>2024 PHB Scanhttps://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf>Cropped and rotated, but more artifactyMjAyNCBQSEIsIE5vIFRodW1icywgT0NSZWQsIEFub24ncyBCb29rbWFya3MgdHJhbnNmZXJyZWQgb3Zlci4gCgpodHRwczovL2Vhc3l1cGxvYWQuaW8vd2Fvcm9h>2024 DMGhttps://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf>2024 Monster Manualhttps://files.catbox.moe/atd38s.pdf (D&D beyond version)https://pomf2.lain.la/f/1en5qwum.pdf (scan)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97387354Maybe if the pencil had been the result of stealing decades of work, destroying a forest, and destroying a small town's economy, you might be making an apt metaphor.
Next week, the party will continue on their mission to seek out and potentially destroy a hobgoblin war camp. Turns out that they’ve set up shop in an ancient and no longer functioning adamantine forge (the party has a chunk of mythril ore) and they’re using Goliath slaves (one party member is a Goliath, and this is his tribe). I’m trying to gauge how the party is going to go about this because even though I know for a fact that they’re bloodthirsty but will probably be more reserved once they realize how many hobgoblins are here. Also trying to find out ways to drain resources through this that isn’t explicitly combat, as well as figuring out a boss they’d have to fight to reactivate the forge that isn’t just a rip-off of Grym from BG3.
>>97387480>>97387479Yeah, it leaves me scratching my head. >>97387509Hey, that's a very thoughtful answer, thanks. It's understood in our group that the Steam Deck fella plays D&D quite passively. He's only familiar with a couple of his spells, he'll take his turn promptly in battle but without much consideration of his options, and will rarely act outside of battle unless one of us makes a specific suggestion. But he never misses a session, he clearly enjoys being there, and will happily gush about the battles and situations we faced afterwards.
>>97387407Depends on what's going on I guess. To me the steam deck one is too far, but I don't mind the others.If it's combat that's been going on for hours, I fully expect players to be checked out on their off turn, and as long as they're still paying attention for when I call out their names for their turns or if they're targeted, I don't care.Same with a 1 on 1 moment involving a different player. If they aren't in the scene. I know how some people are, and I've had my share of people in games who aren't the most vocal, who look checked out, but at the end of a session they'll be the first to happily talk about the session or will gush about some moment 5 months ago that's stuck in their head and shows that they're clearly enjoying the game.
>>97387750Well, the hobgoblins themselves are probably going to be relatively spread out both inside and partly outside the structure of the forge itself. Since it's a forge, the hobgoblins could also have set up a bunch of traps making use of it. Walls of molten metal blocking off hallways, or fire traps here and there.You could also potentially have some disgruntled goblins the hobgoblins are using as miners or laborers, and so the party might have a chance to try and talk to them for some info.The forge itself could also already be active, but the challenge instead is to wrest control away from whatever the hobgoblins have cooked up to defend it. A Fire Myrmidon would fit, but if that's a bit too high grade, it could be as simple as a bugbear, ogre, or troll that they've kitted out with plate armor and a flaming sword. A troll could be interesting for some environmental interaction, since they're weak to fire.
