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Merry Sanguinala-Eve, /slop/! The tale of the Techpriestess continues from: https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/97090988/#q97097155 Here we have the last gens of the dearly departed Old Sora. Requiescat in gloria ad aeternum.>Scarcely noticing as the Inquisitor rejoined the others, the Techpriestess ushered her guests onto a lift platform set into the wall of the Enginarium, promising the nobles that it would bear them to one final wonder on their tour of her ship. Yet as the platform rose out of the acrid smoke and arcing energies of the reactors below, the nobles stood as grim as men heading to the gallows. After hours wandering the automaton-haunted corridors of this cursed ship, there hung about them all a feeling that they were being led unto an inescapable doom.>Upwards, ever upwards the platform rushed, through hundreds of meters of stygian darkness, until with the thunderous grinding of distant gears, a crack appeared in the blackness above them as a set of massive blast doors parted, flooding the lift with brilliant golden light. >With a sudden jolt, the lift ground to a halt, depositing the party onto the wind-swept outer hull of the 'Pitiless Blade,' shielding their eyes from the searing rays of the setting sun that stabbed down through the thin upper atmosphere of Sarnath. Though little more than a ledge upon the superstructure, the Priestess beckoned the nobles to join her out on the radiation-pitted adamantine plating with a mad theatricality. She had promised her guests wonders, and did not fail to deliver, for who among Mankind could say that they had walked on the outside of a void ship?>No sooner had the nobles realized that they were not being conducted to a vivisection chamber than they congratulated Salafié on a most excellent "prank," and wandered out along the hull, each doing their very best to convince their fellows that they had not been in terror of their very souls but minutes earlier. All, that is, save for one of them...
>>97237722>Inquisitor Corsini stood at the edge of the hull, contemplating what could be the last sunset he would ever see. Though abandoned by his order and opposed by a foe even he could not truly comprehend, the day of his vengeance was finally at hand. The sabotage device was in place, and all that remained was to choose the proper moment to strike.>Interrupting his thoughts, the sibilant voice of Salafié came from behind him; "You draw close to the edge, my lord. Take care lest you should fall.">The Inquisitor scowled under his hood at the double meaning of her words and responded in kind; "He who walks in the Emperor's light does not stumble, heretic.">"He speaks at last..." Salafié drew up alongside the Inquisitor, gazing out at the blazing horizon. "But heretic? Surely you misspeak. Have not the High Lords of Terra themselves attested to my innocence?">"Do not speak to me of innocence!" the Inquisitor growled, his voice like low thunder, "Nor of your pardon bought with the blood money of that damned Rogue Trader. I was there the day your machines laid waste to my homeworld. There and on a dozen worlds since, I bore witness to your guilt with my own eyes.">"Ah..." the Priestess sighed, "So you are the one who hunts me. Am I all you imagined I would be?">"Do you mock me? You stand accused! Have you nothing to say for yourself?"Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97237735>"The God-Emperor will punish you for your pride.">"Such certainty..." Salafié gave a hollow laugh, "Know that I have been slain time and again over the centuries, and ever have I been recalled to life by the same technologies for which you call me heretic. Yet in all of this, never has the Emperor passed judgment on my soul. If I am damned, it is by my hand alone.">"Blasphemy..." the word came reflexively to the Inquisitor's lips. "Blasphemy!" he bellowed once more, raising an accusing finger at the Priestess.>Moving with a speed and force the Inquisitor could not have hoped to counter, Salafié seized his outstretched arm, bones cracking under the grip of pneumatic claws. Even as he tried to pull away, Corsini felt his heavily muscled frame yielding to the hideous strength of metal limbs that folded him into an embrace and drew him irresistibly towards the precipice.>"I waste my words on you, zealot," she hissed in Corsini's ear as she forced him closer and closer to the howling gulf of open air. "Well, Inquisitor? Here is your prey, and there the ledge. If you are so sure of your faith, but ask it of me and I will bear us both down to our fate below, and prove whether the Emperor's will is the match to my artifice." >With a sudden exertion, the Inquisitor wrenched himself free from Salafié's grasp, collapsing to the deck with a groan. "I have nothing to prove to you, abomination," the Inquisitor gasped between ragged breaths, "You will not escape judgment!">"You lack the courage of your convictions, Inquisitor." the Priestess sneered down at him, before sweeping away to rejoin her noble guests, confident that beneath the Inquisitor's costume of fanaticism beat the heart of a coward. But for all her talents, Salafié was a poor judge of character, and even as Corsini lay upon the decking nursing his shattered arm in the fading evening light, he resolved that he would be a martyr before the dawn.
What are some things that retired adventurers in double-digit levels could get up to in a city?I have an idea for a faction for the next chapter of my campaign being built around five such figures who hold different forms of formal or informal power in the same city, and are still on friendly terms with each other. Each of the five has a successful business operation or other field of influence which may or may not be related to their class abilities, and they can call upon each other for assistance if they run into problems of any kind.
Most adventurers either die on the job or become vagabonds once they cannot do the job anymore.
>>97237394Most. I want these five to feel like the competent exception, good enough to retire comfortably while still being "in the game" to the point where they get most of the reward with little of the risk.
>>97237367What game?Assuming 5e double digits is high enough to solo mid level devils and demons, so you're probably on retainer with a mercenary company defending the city or its more powerful institutions, leading your own prominent temple, enjoying high placement as a city official or as celebrity researchers/alchemistsReally this is easily solved by writing the characters first, then assigning them an organization after
Since you're obviously talking about D&D where even reaching second level as an adventurer means you've made more money than the average commoner will see in his entire life, these people are probably going to be too wealthy to care about anything besides engaging in unspeakable acts of hedonism.
They'd probably have their own "games" they play with each other that ends up involving the citizens of the city. From staging fights or bar brawls to couping each other for fun or disguising as monsters or villains and menacing the population only to be defeated by one of the others. They're effectively demigods they can do whatever they want, maybe pay dudes to larp with them to try and respark that old feeling of their adventuring days
How has a wife/girlfriend joining the group affected your games?
>>97223311There characters kept having sex and the wives didn't want to play the game much beyond that
>>97235337Well, there's nothing women hate so much as their husbands being happy, so it tracks they aren't going to want to be in that environment.
>>97234669>when you sternly tell them to stop being such a fuckwit at the game table because they wanted to eat/rape an elf babyImagine being a faggot and trying to stop this.
>>97229001>>97229080>>97229087>>97229149>>97229167>>97229179>>97229228>>97229256>>97229283Okay guys, lets stop talking about board games and your shitty group. Tell me who's your favorite tranny?
>>97237863You.
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
>>97235698I've been using these retards since 2010, but I don't disagree that ose is good.However, I'm running a game for dudes that grew up on WoW, bg3 and RuneScape.
>>972352554E runs much much better with the compendium and character builder.
>>97236301>running a game for dudes that grew up on bg3If they grew up on BG3 then you're probably not old enough to post, OP
>>97236988While the Essentials line is stinky, to say the least, having Heroes of the Fallen/Forgotten Lands on hand means that you have an easily passed around copy of the core errata. That's part of the reason why I took it off my FLGS's hands some time ago.>>97237057Well, open development for BG3 did last for a very, very long time.
>>97237714I wouldn't call 3 years ago very, long, long time
What the fuck was the Emperor doing during the DAOT and the age of strife?
>>97204994>What the fuck was the Emperor doing during the DAOT and the age of strife?Being King Fedora, smug about the death of religion and sitting in the back chortling to himself as mankind tore itself to shreds. Frankly with the DAOT's level of advancement that was probably a wise choice. Dark Age tech could compete with War In Heaven tech and godslaying would have been piss easy for Dark Age mankind.
>>97221845>Next you'll act like the primarchs were actually his "sons" and not just warlordsWorse than that. He compares them to Pinocchio. In his mind they're barely even human.
>>97204994The Unification Wars ended like a week before the debut of the Astartes, the Imperial Palace was being built, the Scattering had already happened and the highest ranking mortals on Terra still didn't know that Emps had already taken the whole planet yet, he let them think he was still finishing off the last few warlords. So, I would say he was developing the Primarchs and Astartes almost right up until the start of the Crusade.
>>97204994Gooning to Erda
>Be a Perpetual that watched Big E kick you from power and hijack power from you,.>Retard crashes and burns humanity with shitty empire.I would be laughing my ass off.
Have you ever roleplayed a female character?
>>97236159Roleplaying is deciding the character and behavior of someone who isn't oneself.Pretending is role adoption, which is one kind of roleplay, but not the only kind.It isn't that hard to understand.
>>97237242>taking something not cool and adding porn to it?Someone literally caused a cultural shift by taking goblins and making them shortstacks.
>>97234706What is that?
I have a cool idea for a threadWhat about talking about the human aspect of the psychological implication of a male (in real life, on the material plane) roleplaying as a girl in the Etos of the world, the non-manifested existance (kinda like in a computer game, but let's say something a bit more material and less abstract, maybe one of those pen and paper games with funny dices)
>>97237821Nah this would archive with maybe 3 replies.
fuck red edition>Banshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-november-10-2025>NewsThe 2025 Magic Con and Pro Tour Schedule:https://www.magic.gg/news/the-2025-magiccon-and-pro-tour-schedule>Metagame Mentor: The Winners and Losers from Standard's 2025 Rotationhttps://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-winners-and-losers-from-standards-2025-rotation>Spoilershttp://www.magicspoiler.com/https://mythicspoiler.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97237809I think the Protour viewer numbers will surprise you
>>97237458Nitro: Basically the speed mechanic, but can be achieved on anyone's turnIf they can rehash mechanics, then so can I
>>97237809>play brawl on arenawhy would you do that
>>97237809Commander/Brawl exists to extract maximum value from Timmy and Johnny at the expense of Spike, because it's been determined that Spike is a fucking cuck who will buy cards no matter how hard they're fucking his asshole.>Fucking retards only keep buying shit because they think they're going to get to the pro tour and cash in the epic 50k after spending 100k on this IQ siphon simulator.Competitive play is dead as shit. No one gets into this game with the lofty ambitions of winning the big tournament anymore.
>>97237837unironically trying to get the color achievements just for shitsI've been playing goblins and demons and just timmying it up and found it quite enjoyable when i didn't match literal solitaire decks that make interaction impossible and outvalue you just by looking in your general directionAlso fucking alchemy cards are cringewhy they allow that shit is beyond me>>97237832>>97237842as long as there are shitters chasing that bag, numbers don't even mattercould be even 10k and they'd chase it so they can start their epic pro-gamer youtuberstreamer career and sell coaching on discord like every newtard does now
>>97236119>in the coming pagesSo, another six months.
>>97229250What exactly is Nale expecting to get out of this? Why the fuck would you blow the best tactical advantage you could EVER have (enemy not knowing you're coming) to try and team up with a team that he's stabbed both in the back and in the face?
>>97237435Because The Order isn't an enemy unless Nale makes them an enemy. His goal doesn't involve The Order. 1316 goes over the general change in his mindset. Nale's goal is to break the last gate. The Order is the group that's going to be within spitting distance of it, and working with them openly is the best cover possible. Fighting them just wastes time and resources, and hiding from them would likely fail. Nale also has no intel on the gate's location beyond it being somewhere in the wall of doors. The Order is his best shot at information. On top of that, unlike with Xykon there's no impetus for The Order to specifically protect the gate from Nale, so even if he has to retreat they're not going to act any differently.
>>97237435Cause whether he realizes it or not, Nale's still living by the same tired old tropes of the evil twin/rival dichotomy, just that this time it's the old "rivals team up temporarily against a far greater threat". And it makes sense to a degree, Xykon alone is basically way too much for Nale's team by themselves nevermind Redcloak and Oona, and considering he has no personal beef with Elan anymore due to how he can't blame his twin for his current deal it makes sense to work with someone who grasps that Xykon is the bigger threat in the here and now to their respective goals.
>>97237486>working with them openly is the best cover possible. Fighting them just wastes time and resources, and hiding from them would likely fail.except they call his bullshit immediatelysuccessfully lying to them is even more likely to fail than hidingit is possible he will still manage to convince them, but it will be against some really long oddsthe obvious choice is to wait for Roy and Xykon to fight and then act amidst the chaosmaybe Nale feels it will take too long for them to clash, and his tacky makeover is time-limited
Previous Thread: >>97096644For: Creation and discussion of Lewd RPGs; including Solo Rpgs, Homebrews, and Greentexts about your game sessions (specify the system you are using)>DON'T post or ask for "Looking For Group" or "Looking for Players".>DON'T sperg about Hentai logic, Hentai Artists or NTR. Take your meds.>NO Shota/loli crap. Go to /trash/>What's a Solo RPG?1: YouTube (Season 1 of Me, Myself & Die! gives a good explanation)2: Ask in the Solo RPG General: >>970620423: Solo is a good way to test out systems and to avoid problems such s "Schedule Conflict" or "Playing with Weirdos">Solo RPG Toolkit (NPC Generator, Mythic GM Emulator, etc.)https://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97236299Everything is objectively better with tits. That's why a setting that is entirely female/futa is an objectively better setting than a female/male setting, because in the latter only half the population has tits.
>>97236299Ah I see we have a normalfag that hasn't journeyed to /d/ recently, those large breast-like pecs are a popular fetish with folks that like ambush traps and busty boys.
What's a fast, easy rule for passive attraction in D20 games like D&D? (I'm specifically running 3.5.)I was thinking D20+charisma:>5 or under they think you're absolutely ugly>9 or below they think you're ugly or just not their type. With some effort or favors you could maybe change their mind>10 They think you look average. Maybe if they were drunk, desperate, or in a particular mood... MAYBE>15 They think you're attractive. With a small amount of shmoozing you could get them to follow you to your room>18 They are waiting for you to make your move or may even make their move first!>20 They want to jump your bones and are at least slightly enamored by your presence>25+ They start acting like a looney tunes character whose eyes are popping out of their head whenever you're around.I'd like something slightly more involved than this, but I also don't want to spend a couple minutes every time a new NPC shows up to see whether they find me initially attractive.
>>97237744>I want to do X every time I met an npc but I don't want to do X every time i met an npcMake up your mind
>>97237770I want a quick way to determine whether NPCs find my character attractive, but I don't want it to be some complicated, fiddly mechanic. I've looked up how it's handled in three different lewd mechanic books for the D20 system, and it's always like, "Roll your character's Sexual Prowess modifier, which is Charisma+Constitution divided by 2, then add any feats, and, etc, etc, etc..."The Scarlet Heroes + Randy Encounters thing does a good job, but it still requires you to generate kinks and traits for every character.
Surprise 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.
Do you think Vecna ever had buttsex with Acererak while he was teaching him?
>>97237309Asscrack
>>97237260>Sacred Flame has a Vocal component so regardless of casting it from your invisible imp's space, an audible sound is going to project from that space so you'll be found eventuallySo it will still produce sound at the point, not where I am physically standing?>>97237282Yeah this is why I meant the question for sacred flame, as it has no point of origin as opposed to eldritch blast.
>Checking out Eve of Ruin>Guy on the right in picrel is supposed to be Vecna>Vecna was an Ur-Flan>The Ur-Flan (more formally known as the Ur-Flannae) were a ethnic group related to the Flan people.>Pureblooded Flan boast a bronze-colored complexion, varying from a light copper shade to a deep brown hue. Eyes are typically dark brown, black, brown, or amber. Their wavy or curly hair is usually black, brown-black, dark brown, or brown.You know, I'm surprised that WotC raceswapped in the opposite direction for once. Then again I guess they didn't want to make their ultimate multiversal evil a brown guy.
>>97237819The implication being that Vecna was a hapa?
Mobile Siege Platform EditionA thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.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/ZE4gn0yNOld links>https://pastebin.com/yUVx32wBComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97237692is that even true anymore? what's the sources?I always thought the dark side is corrupting if you twist it for your own ends, but not inherently evil
>>97237585Well, in SW the legs are a more reliable low-tech option.
>>97237692>I'm fine with Nightsister magic as a concept but it's inherently darkside, a perversion of the force, manipulated to meet a selfish end. Going by what we see Nightsisters do, those who act and use teh Force selfishly go off the rails and become de-facto Sith, those who don't (like Merrin, and potentially even Ventress) are more like Jedi.But I think we really have no fiirm sources either way, and even if we had them, fuck Disney I'm gonnna take from teh setting what Ilike and run with it.>Which means Merrin should act like a darksiderIf you want her to be a Bad Girl, go read that book they retconned. She fucks a girl on Cal's bunk or something.
>>97233277She's still right by the way
>>97237713There were good witches and bad witches on Dathomir in the EU, only the bad ones were Nightsisters. It's the main thing I prefer about that version, besides the rancors.
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Now I have a BattleMech too, ho, ho, ho! Special Christmas Edition Previous Thread: >>97217175================================>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.
Are there group tournaments on Solaris, or it's all duels and free for all?
>>97237320groups are in it.
>>97237320Everything is in Solaris. EVERYTHING
Quick question for someone who’s got a print copy of the old CityTech 2E box set: What mechs/vehicles are the record sheets included in the box? No site I have found lists them and I am not lucky enough to own one myself.
>>97237429Have you tried looking for Citytech box sets on ebay? There are a handful with good pics of the contents.
Shard Bugs
>cool obscure TCG thread>look inside>furry thirst postingIn the spirit of the season I won't tell you to yiff in hell, but I can't promise I'm not thinking it. Merry Christmas, you filthy animal-buggerers.
>>97237758Sorry to break it you pal but the creators are quite the bug freaks themselves nice people though
>>97237784*break it to youI'm a little tipsy
>>97237758Although just 4 U I went stole some cool pictures of variants for you
>>97237830I'll post these too since they're awesome
Christmas edition>Previously in the Mortal Realms:>>97225164 >Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, Sharty on the 'log and FAQs:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-downloads/>Toolshttps://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/>Anvil of Apotheosis hero creator:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97237464Man that looks so ass. Not because of your paintjob that's fine but you basically painted up a pig.
>>97237474Idk I didn't love the new chorfs but this strikes me as one of the better models
>>97237474Fuck off rajesh
>>97237474Show me your models
How mandatory are verminlords/vizzik in the average skaven list
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>>97236639>It feels like you're trying to have the cake and eat it tooTrue, because I absolutely can. It's better to have the resurrection ability as an option, but one that is limited and able to be shut down.There are plenty of situations where you can absolutely have your cake and eat it too. This is one of them. It'd be stupid Not to.
>>97237555>TripsChecked
>>97237555There's a lot of actual mechanics already that interfere with resurrection spells at a variety of degrees you can use for your stakes without imposing a crapshoot and a death spiral on something that's a stable option in contradiction to the incredible majority of restorative magic.And the changes from the TSR editions that have such a thing make it even more punitive, as survivability is vastly more sensitive to Constitution and there's quite a few options with it as a prerequisite, including an entire subsystem, creating a very real chance that a frontline character pidgeonholed into the highest risk of death will not merely death-spiral to the loss of survivability but outright stop functioning properly at all.Add in that the GP and XP as recoverable rivers philosophy is an intentional, quite explicit, and nigh-omnipresent departure from the mentality you're trying to restore, and it looks like a very silly kind of adversarial DMing.
>>97236067You don't mean Elemental Savant, do you?
>>97234237The smart ones aren't living in caves.
