What are some fantasy and sci-fi movies you should watch to inspire your games and players?
I know the Kurosawa films are critically acclaimed and shit but I suffered watching Kagemusha. It was so long, nothing happened, and I couldn't tell anyone apart. All I felt watching it was frustration.
>>97287487I don't think your group is going to get much inspiration from a drama about a petty bureaucrat struggling to get a park approved before he dies from cancer.
>>97287656Yeah years of doom scrolling and brain rot will do that to you, reduce you to a childlike attention span
>>97278296It's an actual discussion that will outlast whiny cunts like you
>>97287487>Visitor Q...what sort of game are you running anon?
Anyone play it yet? I like the "rustic fantasy" setting. The core rules seem interesting, it has more mechanics and gameplay than most other narrative games. I enjoy that it doesn't have moves or whatever to confine you, you can actually play your character and do whatever you want. It's got enough knobs and options in terms of resolution I feel like it's actually a real game despite having that more story focus vs simulation focus. And I like that the DM has all the traditional power of the DM and there's not like "Fate Points" or something else that gives players control to change stuff.Thinking I might try a short game for my table, just a few lower powered sessions. It also has good tools for a solo stuff which is interesting.
>>97287707I take it you didn't read the part where I said outright this might not be my sort of game, did you?
>>97284614They do state you can limit it to more than than 3 Power on a roll, under the section in the GM part about ways to balance challenge.They also frequently discuss that you can't just apply any board tag you want, those may/frequently do require set-up actions before they can be used. So your "might wizard" tag may not let you just nuke some guys, you may very well need to first role to get the right spell ready. Similar things can apply for knowledges or other skills.Seems like you didn't really read the system, just spent 10 minutes looking for stuff to not like? It's OK to have criticisms and think it's trash that's fine, but it doesn't feel like you put any effort into actually reading the pdf
>>97287758Nah, I did legit miss the pages where they said all that, so thanks for clarifying that. FWIW, I didn't say the system was trash, I said was that it clearly wasn't built for me. And that's not the same as bad, despite how that usually is interpreted on /tg/.
Been running Avatar in this system and it's been a much better time than the official Avatar RPG.
>>97276085No, there are browns on the cover.
Sharing useful wisdom that has helped me run more satisfying games. Trying to share some less common advice. These are my opinions and techniques that have helped me. I’d love to hear what has worked for other /tg/ DMs.1. Time pressure- adding time pressure through use of "clocks" including real life clocks is incredibly helpful to add pressure and tension to a scenario. Giving players choices but not enough time to make every choice adds meaning to those choices. Time pressure in combat is a contentious, but powerful tool to discuss with your players. Forcing a decision in seconds makes combat stressful and - when players are on board- fun (in anticipation of the common objection: if the players don’t make a choice in combat, I usually come back to them before round end, I never have them “just stand there”. Remember to assume character competency).2- The GM-ing engine- It's okay to front load content and prepare a few different rail-roady hooks in the first few sessions. Being a GM is like starting one of those old prop engines with a winch. It takes a while for the pistons (players) to kick into gear. Once they do, after a few sessions, all you need to do is apply gas. Solve the tavern problem by figuring out how characters know each other prior to the first session. 3- Immersion means impact- After a session, reflect on how the player choices affected the world (for good or ill), try to let the ripple of that effect emerge in the next session. Players that feel like they change the world around them invest in it.
>>97287766Didn't ask but thanks for letting everyone in the thread know.
>>97287779>newfag can't replyBAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>97287649>>97287666Why this entirely unwaranted antagonism.
>>97287458Then don't, I was just sharing what worked for me and my groupIf you're gaming with super milsim autists then they probably won't need guidance, just saying I don't
>>97287839NTA but the guy who tried to break down OP's advice is clearly insecure and not as good as he thinks he is. The guy replying to him is probably just dancing to the same tune.
Previous Thread: >>97278407>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.netComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>Lorwyn less than a month away>next to no spoilers>more Merfolk have been revealed for the MARVEL set that's over a year awayGRIM
>>97287850>bringing attention pushes back on the overtone window to prevent this shit as acceptable normI'm sure you will also stop tidal waves by punching the ocean over and over again.You're doing nothing but making everyone think you're an unhinged retard. (which you are, so good job)
>>97287850You are not helping. You are actively damaging your own cause by being a repulsive retard that people will use as justification for discarding it out of hand.>overtone
Hot take: The most annoying color is not blue but white. Mind you it's not the most powerful but if it does pop of you can kiss the pace of the game goodbye when there are thirty different counters spread over 15 creatures. Once you opponent gets to 200 life you can just concede leaving everyone dissatisfied. The game starts feeling like doing your taxes.
>>97287859you internally know whyit has been hinted at alll along this threadsoul is gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekU3T9M3E9IFrenopolis is a gamified tetragrammaton clothed in the memetic zeitgeist.This thread is for discussion and development logging.It's easiest to learn with YGO/MTG experience.It's not for sale, but you can request a free physical 2-player 90 card set by following the instructions in the description of this video:https://youtu.be/oPoBUoagO_k(No payment or identifying info required)Playmats have arrived and will be sent out with the playtesting kits. Anyone who already received a set with the shipping label name "Current Resident" should be receiving one by 1/10/26. If your shipping label was not sent to "Current Resident", email or DM me on telegram so I can send you one. Tabletop Simulator Demo Implementation:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97282587In picrel top two MTG diagrams, you can see that each of the 5 colors is composed of 2 base concepts, which are then arranged on a spectrum wheel. These concepts are what define the mechanics belonging to a particular color identity. This is a sort of top down approach, letting the concept inform the mechanics.In Frenopolis, each color is also composed of 2, but they're not concepts, they're Elements which correspond to card types and board zone mappings. The mechanics inform the concept. This is a bottom up approach. The Frenopolis color pie is strictly defined in terms of the game board itself. Color identity cannot be broken.
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some card samples
>>97282550Wiki doesn't exist.Tempted to redesign the entire card set cause the cards high key look like shit.
>Everyone• PLEASE BUMP THE THREAD IF IT REACHES PAGE 10!>Requesters:• Provide good, detailed references (pictures are better than verbal descriptions), so the artists know what you're looking for.• If you have a WIP quote the Anchor Post, and attach the WIP so your Drawfag can find you.• Do not reply to other deliveries with a request that the artist fill your request next. This is called 'piggybacking'.• Do not make multiple requests in the same thread and do not serially request multiple characters after a delivery. Suggesting several concepts for artists to choose from counts as making multiple requests.• If you're unsatisfied with your completed request, please wait at least one week before you re-request. If someone follows this rule, don't waste posts by complaining about it.• Stay on topic.>Drawfags and Drawfags-to-be:• Drop your tumblrs/websites/commission/etc information, but if you're dropping your commission info, please consider filling a request beforehand instead of just advertising.• Please keep AI deliveries to the /slop/ threads. This is a thread for human-made art.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Requesting Warrior of Tradition (Yu-Gi-Oh) drenched in the blood of her foes.Full body: https://ms.yugipedia.com//5/58/WarriorofTradition-DOR-EN-VG-NC.png
Bump.What will be the first delivery of the year I wonder?
>>97285860probably your younger sibling, it was about 9 months ago I was first with your mom I believe
>>97285871Why you gotta be that way?
>>97287818Very subtle bump
I've spent the last year, studying, and designing a custom Arthurian set, originally intended to be based on Le Morte d'Arthur (like how P3k was based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms). However, as I continued to study, and look into different (and some obscure sources) this turned into a much more wider net. This set, which is no where near finished includes>Welsh Triads and The Magnibong>Pre-Vulgate Arthur traditions>Vulgate/Post Vulgate/Lancelot cycles>some English/Welsh fairy tales>and even a bit of the Victorian Arthurian revival (especially for art). I avoided the Italian and German romances entirely, and tried not to include weird outliners except when needed. Outside of art, nothing is sourced from the 20th century or onward. Also all art is public domain. I'm mainly posting here for feedback. Some will be art recommendations, flavor text (especially sourced) will be always welcomed.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97286607no
Red Knights aren't exactly common, but are a recurring theme in the romances. Normally used as a stepping stone or early enemy. Naturally I had to include one in the set.
I like Enchantresses
Pretty cool cards OP. Some wording issues but I can try to go through those later if you want. Ql>>97283027This one's OP and should at least require a tap on his part. Look at Kalitas Blood chief of Ghet for reference.
>>97287378Maybe a good idea.
Kharadron edition>Previously in the Mortal Realms:>>97261720 >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.
>>97285934it looks like a parody but it's not
>>97287594It is a parody (of the extremely great mini it's badly based off of)But TWW secondaries don't know much about minis, sadly.
>>97287724It can't be a parody if it's literally the intended paintscheme, paypigger.
>>97287724adherence to its miniature isn't the problem
>>97286683Tombhost is going to be way more grindy and focused on breaking people down on your troops before rolling them over with a charge.
Are all realms in your fantasy setting traditional kingdoms or do you like including other types of governments as well?
>>97286806Why'd you feel the need to try and continue a short four-post discussion that was already over?
>>97285981>all realms Unlikely. Based on late renaissance and early modernism so there's a lot of shifting monarchies, feudalism, city states, mercantilism and attempts at other models based on theological schisms with the not!pope like Breakers and Levelers. Plus what the Occident, Orient, Savage Lands and the New World are up to. In game variety wise this mostly plays out as different orientations of towns on the hex map and random encounters. Some of the more isolated areas end up being town councils by default with occasional interruptions by larger powers. The players haven't really struck out for any particular faction yet but having their allegiances and reputation preceding them will be more of a thing as the campaign progresses. >>97286806>If you want to argue about the moral compass of ancient political bodies there are better boards for than the thread about fantasy political bodies based on ancient political bodies Nigger you dumb.
>>97285981I hate Puckee more than you can imagine.
>>97286757No.
Magocracies are a thing in fantasy.
Welcome to Mecha Monday! Here we dedicate ourselves to mecha RPGs, wargames, and boardgames alike. Here we start games, tell campaign stories, share resources & assets, and seek advice for our games and homebrew.Assorted Mecha Goodness:https://pastebin.com/E2wi55AZEmbryo Machine Translation:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r_cjOLuUp3HussVRhbQYU3G0zK6hwy1rLancehounds Homebrew:M3g4 folder/eMEBUbCL#kj2FRrlqTa-02U16XpnVRgPrevious Thread:>>97092391Question of the Thread:Should mecha have hands? Should the hands be humanlike? If they shouldn't have hands, what should they have? If no hands, why even have arms?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97283697Most of all mecha content is a boy and his robot type anime from the 70's-80's. Videogames would barely cover 10% of it, pve or otherwise, and they mostly stopped making them entirely about 10 years ago.
>>97283884lol yeah sure okay buddy, im sure when people come in here to the mecha monday general they're thinking all about astroboy and gigantor and shit and definitely not mech warrior and armored core type shityou got me, i concede
>>97285858Which should have really have nothing to do with lancer. Neither of those games are primarily about dismantling yucky chudstates with your epic antifa builds anyway.
>>97283884no it's not what the fuck are you on about
>>97287484If they did that thing where they made the average face of a population for mecha it would have a distinct human face and a big headdress. It probably uses a big metal sword and it raises its arms in a pose to do its ultimate attack. It's called metal friend of children gaidfjsajfezer. It has never seen anything that isn't a bright primary color.
Pathfinder Card Game 3rd WHEN Edition>>IF YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION, PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH GAME YOU'RE PLAYING<<Previous Thread: >>97177684/pfg/ (pathfinder 1e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/RSt0rF0T/p2g/ (pathfinder 2e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/1zySxwm3/sfg/ (starfinder) link repository: https://pastebin.com/5yp9s2U3/pacg/ (Pathfinder Adventure Card Game) link repository: https://pastebin.com/wsNmzCMR>>CHECK THE SHARE THREAD FOR MISSING MATERIALS<<>tq: How do you read about updates for the game? Do you read the source material or just let some e-celeb yawn on about whatever garbage they want to spin?
>>97275604Robots suffocating is kinda silly, but real robots do require recharging and are about as vulnerable to heat, cold, radiation even, and even weaker to water unless designed for it.The way they phrased it is unsatisfying, I'll give you that.
>>97275604>typically don't need to breathe...>...requires breathable air...Just fucking say they breathe like everything else. Just be honest about what you want me to spend my money on. The faggoty Olympic retard mental gymnastics are just exhausting. If you are a GM and you don't want crazy things in your game, thats fine. Just say no, you don't need Paizo to tell you that you can.
>>97284044>what is a cars exhaust>why can't I haul my Fighter Pinto 2 through a river?I love having a little sperg out as much as the next guy. So much so that I ignore the part of the rules where it says I can ignore the rules so I can chimp out online.
>>97275836It might help to know how you plan for him to be changed mentally. Ideally (imo) the changes would be related somehow and reinforce each other. IE, he starts getting super paranoid or hyper aware of certain things, and now he also gets an ache in his joints whenever he's around certain sorts of magic or something. Eye color changes are also an easy one and can be very simple to make thematic.
>>97284044>>97284420The "breathable" part is a bit weird since it is hard to imagine an automaton "choking" from something like Toxic Cloud/Cloudkill. While it does resolve the "can a robot drown?" question pretty easily, other sources of suffocation might require some questioning, even if you don't care for PF2e cheaping out on the Warforged ideal.It does make me wonder if G&G was released today, would they make something like "Basic Construct Benefits" so that there's a reasonable way of handling such? And how would things like Poppets, which are far more "alive" than automatons would live.
New Year 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.
>>97287416This is is a reinvention of Dunsany's pegana.
>>97287446Okay. That does not seem particularly important. Also reinvention of Pegana would be more just saying that Games of Divinity are just actually messing with Creation.
Honestly if you can't make artifacts you are completely inconsequential to the setting as a whole.
>>97286867>Ever wondered what the Games of Divinity are actually?Diplomacy is my best guess, with something like Mario Party coming in second. We know from canon sources (SotM and Yu Shan iirc) that it has turns, and that you can make individual moves within turns, and that someone else can be make your moves/turns for you if you give them over and it's possible to have that matter.>>97287366desu the new captcha's turned me off posting a couple times last thread.
>>97287580>Honestly if you can't make artifacts you are completely inconsequential to the setting as a whole.There are some other relevant things to the setting as a whole that you can do, they're just usually harder for the relevant specialties to do than Craft making artifacts. Like, a sorcerer or thaumaturge making and publishing a new spell/ritual that solves some big problem the world is facing when it's used at scale is absolutely contributing. Those people who invented Summoning of the Harvest, Water From Stone, Infallible Messenger, Hero's Recovery, warding, how to geomantically bless places against pests and disease, and so on absolutely did a deed that changed how things work in Exalted on a wide scale. Without those kinds of spells being around the North and South would've been way more fucked than they are, the speed of word of mouth would be way worse, people would be diseased as hell and smell like shit, and there'd be much fewer potential miracles just around the corner for everyone in Creation.
>no display names>no player cards >large groupHow do I keep track of the characters? It’s such a weird thing to ignore. Just throw a name and picture onto the screen like every other Channel does
>>97281480>chris hardwick>max landis (was never on the show but melty specifically said at one point back in the geek and sundry days that they were good friends)>satine phoenix>neil gayman and his wife>brian foster>orion acabaI can’t wait for the day when the cancel train actually hits someone in the main cast. there’s no way they’re actually very good people when they surround themselves with so many weirdos and bad people. I wonder what their settlement-and-nondisclosure-agreement budget is kek
>>97283332no, it’s unrequited. leem is squarely in the friend zone.
>>97284694>permanently distancing them would lessen the physical stage acting shit and forced scenesno, they would still do it, just more poorly.
>>97286545They've been separated into different groups. He'll have to wait for a crossover to get his groove on
i would die on a hill ITT defending tiberius stormwind
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.
>>97281293Massage therapist here, I had no idea they made tables with an arm rest in that spot. The world is such a large and marvelous place
I'm working on an alchemist class and I'm curious:1. Would you find it more interesting if there were (1) escalating versions of alchemist's fire, dealing 2d6, 3d6, 4d6, etc. or (2) escalating damage items with escalating prices / craft DCs, but they did different damage types instead, or (3) both? Basically if you played an alchemist it'd be like bombs from Pathfinder, except you actually crafted them, but instead of always dealing fire damage, it'd be a set-in-stone thing that the 2d6 ones did, say, electricty, the 3d6 ones did cold, the 4d6 ones did half-fire-half-acid, or something like that.2. How overpowered would it be for a 15th level character to be able to create potions of spells with a range of personal? They also would be able to make potions of spells level 1 to 9, from a limited number of spells "known" for the purposes of making potions out of them. But this would allow them to make potions of any personal-range spell they chose to learn. How broken would this be?
Rolled a dread wraith from PF1 as a random encounter for a night time mission PCs are planning to take.Trying to decide how start it off and how to fight>Option 1 Wraith is smart: hides in the ground on the road, uses life sense to do spring attack as they get in range and hides back into the ground. Keeps doing that, targets them one by one and PCs can only fight back with readied actions>Option 2 Wraith is smart and bloodthirsty: like 1 except rather than hide it flies up above the group, uses its Sense Motive 23 and Spot 23 to id the weakest members of the group and than proceeds to spring attack going for the weakest, trying to generate more spawn>Option 3 Wraith is confident and doesn't bother hiding in ambush because its the scariest thing in the area and it got no one to hide from and none can outrun it, so it hunts in the open. Comes at them fast, does spring attack from the air.>Option 4wraith is cocky, like 3 except it doesn't try go for the weakest first, goes at random to spread the misery around>Option 5wraith is confident but lazy, like 3 but goes after mounts first because it doesn't want the party to try and separate and run>option 6wraith is playful, like 1, only pick targets randomly each timeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97235678>earth is canon in D&D and you can't level up hereWhere are you getting this from? Honestly curious.
>>97287765nta, but the core difference in leveling up in d&d vs real life is permanence. In d&d the skills and attributes you get at level up are permanent and stay with you even if you never use them again.in real life everything degrades rather quickly and its a constant race to keep up which everyone loses with old age.
Impromptu Flying Lesson edition>Previous Thread: >>97266080>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.
>>97287716picked up a chaos rhino off of ebay for my SoH, but I think I'll treat myself and build a malcador for my traitor militia instead and use the chaos vehicle sprue from the rhino to trick it out
>>97287716A flyer.
>>97287716that's a whole lotta resin, i hold the older design fondly but have since come around the newer ones. for this weekend i'll be painting two saturnines and the 5 disintegrator vets i built on new year's eve
>>97287746dont care much for any of the new infantry, the few mk6 caught in the photo are being sent to a friend, hopefully he can find some use for them.
>>97287494>>97287551lolno
