Where do people actually play VTT in 2025?I searched for games on Roll20 for the first time in probably 5 years, and it's an absolute fucking ghost town.Pic unrelated
>>97264086Translation for us older millennials and Gen-Xers:>Discord == BBS with actual pictures instead of ASCII artYou find a server the same way you would find a BBS back in the day: by knowing someone already there is rolling the dice with random ones found online
>>97264086>>97264208i guarantee if you google "[your game here] dicord" there will be an official discord server made by the game company full of people who play the game. this is also the vtt i use now https://discord.gg/AkgTxNaS 40$ one time payment and you host the game on your pc.some games i like that have discordshttps://discord.gg/AkgTxNaS Dungeon Crawl Classicshttps://discord.gg/pathfinder paizo gameshttps://discord.gg/mothership-461670627468771329 mothership (think aliens ttrpg)https://discord.gg/KT4PWwNV pilot.net the lancer rpg discord (WARNING THIS IS A LEFTY SAFE SPACE WARNING THIS IS A LEFTY SAFE SPACE IF YOU ARE A CHUD DO NOT ENTER) and all 4 of these servers have sections that are about playing different games.
>>97264086>Do you need to scrape the web for servers to join and then advertise your games there?Here you go gramps, use this onehttps://disboard.org/servers/tag/tabletop?fl=enBut basically yes, enter server, look for a channel that looks like it's for searching games and ask/advertise there
On a similar topic, I'm playing Kingdome Death monster on Tabletop Simulator checking for bugs to form a group later probably (note: there's some sadly)I gotta say Tabletop Simulator is growing on meI was kinda off/afraid of it, because it gave me too much "fake" vibes, like "it's not the same"But damn after playing with it, it's literally the dream mark zukerberg wanted with the metaverse, I can see a group of 4 guys in a call playing on TTS being kinda almost the same.80% there
>>97263752Reddit.>>97264544I use it for ttrpgs. Maps, dice, books and minis on the table. It's as close to in-person as a vtt gets and I massively prefer it to all the bullshit tools and nonsense features that turn your ttrpg into a fucking video game, that other vtts offer.
Playing games with AI is more fun than playing with humans. Gemini > Phil
>>97261866I'm sorry that you feel that way, Dave
>>97261866Yeah for like 15 minutes until the memory window collapses and you have to remind them of the rules and context all the time. Not even locally could I afford such an absurd task. Maybe you never played with humans before. Figures.
Get better friends, anon.
>>97263800>better>implying he has any at all
>>97262950Avogadro's Member.>>97261866Not even true with ERP.
Welcome to /wbg/, the thread for the discussion of in-progress settings for traditional games.Here is where you go to present and develop the details of your worlds such as lore, factions, magic and ecosystems. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art. Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback or post whatever relevant input you might have, cunt!Last thread: >>96999149Worldbuilding links: Post someFantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
>>97264597>What I meant is that you cannot co-exist with them in some honestThey literally coexist with humans in the freaking story. Hell, the rapid expansion of their species is predicated on coexistence with humans. Legitimately the only point of real racial conflict is the human sacrifice, which is unexplained in both need and nature.>it like to co-exist with vampires in some honest wayPlenty of settings have humans coexist with vampires and the ones that don't generally rely on contrivances like vampires being inherently stupid, evil, and/or impulsive and bizarrely anti-social even among each other if other vampires even exist on a level where their continued survival in the first place makes no sense.
>>97264657>They literally coexist with humans in the freaking storyNot in any honest (or mutually conscious) way.>Plenty of settingsThat just means that you can tweak your setting as you like.
>>97264707They say give us women and we’ll give you gold. Then they do that. Totally honest.Ideological xenophobia is cringe and dumb.
>>97264737It is like totally honest hooking on drugs. Not accepted by the whole society as a norm.>Ideological xenophobia is cringe and dumb.Modern mentality killed all the thrill. "We are friends with everybody now, even if they normally want to kill us" or "that's your typical alienated lizardman whose mental processes are the same as of an American basedboy".
>>97165346>>97165495What about giving it thematic spells, like defensive wards and shit? Same with the other elements? Also, what are some abilities you would suggest for light and darkness magic specifically besides shooting lasers and light speed movements for the former and shadow tendrils and traveling through shadows for the latter?
Previously on /slop/: >>97241519▶ Thread Task: Moody and gloomy winter pictures.And maybe characters trying to find a comfy warm corner.▶ Generatorshttps://bing.com/images/create/https://sora.chatgpt.com/https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generatorhttps://civitai.com/Curious about local genning? Check out /g/'s stable diffusion OP or ask one of our friendly locals.▶ Perchance pastebin of generators and links:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97262949Anon, if it's supposed to be Persephone then perhaps gen someone who looks Greek, not some generic blonde bombshell in red dress?
And tripfag wonders why people here don't like him.
>>97263434Slop as it may be, I'm a sucker for girls with this kind of haircut
My name is Oroku Saki.And I have grown tired of losing.I bear the marks of their victories across my flesh. Scars old and new. Every crushing defeat at the hands of those vermin is seared into my consciousness, and with it, my thirst for vengeance grows! My obsession has calcified into the purest hatred.I have emptied the Foot Clan's coffers. Every dollar stolen, every favor extracted, every shadow resource depleted; all channeled into my newest weapons.I flash-grew them; forcing their bodies through accelerated maturation, molding their minds before they could question. Mutated. Hardened. I drilled them mercilessly in ninjutsu, as that sentimental fool Yoshi once did, but unlike that weakling, I perfected them in the true arts! I schooled them in butchery! Torture! Assassination!I taught them more than just how to fight, how to kill. I taught them necessity of calculated cruelty.I did not teach mercy. I did not teach loyalty. I did not want them beholden to each other or me.My Shadow Turtles rose fast. Too fast. Brutal, efficient, terrifying. Within months, they became my deadliest operatives, second only to myself. Unchecked. Unquestioning. Unstable.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I would like to talk about the Chronicles of Darkness game line Deviant: The Renegades, or more specifically, one major upcoming supplement. Deviant was released in late 2021, and has had three additional sourcebooks since then. A new supplement, Black Vans, has been in playtesting for a while, and is currently being previewed.I am not being paid or sponsored to promote this book in any way. I am just very fascinated by it, and indeed, I already ran a mini-campaign using the playtest material.Deviant is, by default, a game about playing angsty, scarred superheroes who either fight world-manipulating conspiracies or work for them. Black Vans is a toolkit full of variant rules, quick NPC creation, variant character types, and variant genres. These variants range from the minor to the dramatic, completely overhauling what were once non-negotiable, foundational themes and mechanics. Maybe your character is not angsty or scarred at all, perhaps they are a """""regular human""""" like John Wick or Batman, or the campaign might have nothing to do with world-manipulating conspiracies.These variant genres include cyberpunk, high fantasy, post-apocalypse, space opera, and superhero emergence.This is a beefy supplement. For example, one chapter alone dedicates 38,000+ words to playing other monsters of the Chronicles of Darkness: Beasts, changelings, demons, Sin-Eaters, hunters (entirely separate from the variant rules for """natural""" superpowers), mages, mummies, Prometheans, vampires, and werewolves. No additional supplements beyond Deviant are necessary; the rules are self-contained, allowing the group to play a monster mash of an urban fantasy setting without needing a daunting 7+ books. And yes, they are supposed to be balanced against one another, so a vampire in the same group as a full-fledged mage is probably some older Kindred.(Continued.)
>>97260395You are welcome.>>97260797Yes, it is very much possible to make a fake vampire, a fake werewolf (down to the spirit manipulation), and so on using the core rulebook alone. A fake changeling, even, given Shallow Graves and powers like Fate-Bind and Opener of Ways.It is also possible to use the Black Vans' 38,000+ word chapter on playing Beasts, changelings, demons, Sin-Eaters, hunters (entirely separate from the variant rules for """natural""" superpowers), mages, mummies, Prometheans, vampires, and werewolves using Deviant's own rules.
>>97262563Alright I'm def getting this shit then. The other Deviant supplements were pretty damn crummy so I was hesitant
>>97264048Have you had a look at Shallow Graves yet? It is very comprehensive in expanding player options.
>>97264144No, I only have clade companion and devoted, how many am I missing?
>>97264163Just Shallow Graves. All said, it is significantly more comprehensive a book than The Devoted Companion and The Clades Companion.Eric Zawadzki's Patreon currently has the full pre-release text of Black Vans up for subscribers, too.
Figure 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.
>>97264507even for the child molesters??
>>97263516did you saw current box office records, all movies they made have been failures, the last hail mary is now is brining back cap america and iron man
>>97264810ESPECIALLY the child molesters.
>>97263126>>97263126Also what 4HM events have you been in? I've been in them on and off since tournament 4
this thread made me realize that we're all globally in the shit right now because companies got tricked by entitled narcissists into hiring literal nutjobs that would've ended in the looney bin if they still existed and literal negative IQ retards who need to breathe manually, while paying them above the average wage for doing jackshit, too, just to not hire people who can do the job.Imagine, you can't get a real job because a legbet could cry about black on black violence caused by time traveling whites from the penis dimension and land a job as a Creative Director of surgical breast reduction or Narrative Fuhrer of Gay Lore somewhere in a big company, just for being sexually retarded and mentally gay, while getting promoted for openly trying to kill whatever xheyxhem are pretending to work on.I just don't fucking get it, man.
Diabolic X editionPrevious >>97182768>Basics Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/GWjTU9Uv>Anon's Locals Survival Guidehttps://pastebin.com/xXp5jShL>Fanmade PC simhttps://pastebin.com/u6aKrBSg>Official Mobile sim (Release Date TBA)https://www.digimon-alysion.com/en/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97264207Everything with Pomumon goes hard
>>97262207God I really need this card, just for collection. Please let me hit it in one box. Please. It's even got a Pendulum X next to the pretty lady it's literally officially top tier digimon art
>>97264325Even the info-dumping-of-the-whole-season-in10-minute lolibaba?
>>97264625Yes
>>97264506Ignoring Hudie (which doesn't do anything Green-flavoured because nobody runs Kabuterimon), Green. Extremely tough to rely on battle gimmicks and soft control when every other deck can hide in raising and/or get effect immunity and/or protection and/or incidentally remove every small body you spit out. Also feels like more pre-Liberator Green decks have been treated worse than any other colour. Laughably bad Rapid and Cherubi support, only a handful of plants and insects (mostly for other archetypes), essentially nothing for Leomon, JP getting colour swapped so the one fun Hybrid deck would stay dead.Can't even be happy about the Tyrannomon support because they gave it a pointless red Koromon and locked it out of consistency options until it gets them in the literal last wave of dual memory boosts
Gundam Meta Edition Here 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.
>>97263983Different anon here:It sounds to me like the early game might start off a little slow, or poor luck in your opening hand could cause the equivalent of being mana screwed in Magic. To combat this, you could have a generous mulligan rule, or as an option, you could let players 'go gravedigging' on their turn, sacrificing all other actions to, for example, turn the top 5 cards of their deckinto their graveyard. It kind of reminds me of the 'Exert' rule from the old Highlander TCG. Alternately, you could always just start the game with X amount of cards in your graveyard. I dunno, just a few options to consider.
>>97262944I mean that's fine but I'm definitely not crediting a game with "good art" if that art is just lifted from somewhere else.>>97263005they could have done better. low budget doesn't have to mean bad.
>>97264404Wixoss is just too based for western markets.
>>97264404>takara tomyMy god it all makes sense now.
>>97264822Fuck Moot
>leather armor>studded leather armor
For me, it's gambeson with chainmail and leather for light armor
>>97258324who cares retard it looks cool
>>97263341
>>97256116>faggot OP>shits up the board
Recently I was thinking about alternative combat systems.I remember someone talking about instead of HP the payer has a Jenga tower and he needs to remove peaces once hit, the skill is to remove peaces without the tower collapsingSo I started thinking.For example what if the combat somehow involves cups and balls?Instead of a D20+modifier nonsense why not change it up? Why not give a player 10 balls or legos or whatever and to win an encounter the player needs to land 2 balls in 1 cup?There can be variants of this like a super hard encounter demands the player lands all 10 balls or what about reducing the size of the cup with the difficulty of combat?What if we implement a fate system from Talisman for the players? What if legendary bosses have something like that for themselves? And can negate the players victory? What if different monsters use different "balls" like for example some bone golems will be you throwing legos into cups and zombies are aluminum balls while naga can be gummy bears? That actually makes the monster feel different and not a copy pasted set of numbers. Also the different aerodynamics of these "balls" are part of the fun.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
So what I’m picking up; OP wants a combat system where a Dex roll should be done by the player playing 5 finger fillet on moms dining room table to improve his actual dexterity, strength rolls should involve actual kettle bells and charisma checks need to be over saw by someone with real world sales experience to see if their speech waivers on delivery huh?OP is high as fuck, but I can appreciate some out of the box thinking
>>97260896No, you need to answer my question before I murder you.
>>97254699Why do you think it's incoherent?
>>97260896>Jesus christ dude you need to seek emergency psychological help.Thanks so someone else noticed he is having a schizo breakdown
>>97238257You’re an alcoholic
Holiday Special EditionPrevious Thread: >>96962908 The thread to talk about Super Heroes/Villains/Spies/Agents/Rogues be it in spandex or not.Popular Choices for Games:>Mutants & MastermindsCurrently the most played one, uses a d20 resolution for everything, has powers building and rules for tactical combat.>Marvel TSR/ FASERIPClassic Supers game from the 80s, still has a lot of fans and various retro-clones. Uses a d100 with an universal resolution table to decide the degree of success, has random character generation and abstract rules for powers and combat.>Masks (PbtA)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97257901That's fair. My understanding is that 'unc' is short for 'uncle' and means a man who is or acts middle-aged? That fits the character pretty well, actually.>>97258566That's fair. Everyone has different opinions and aesthetic opinions regarding character design can be particularly divisive.
>>97258563You have Worm.
>>97247451I liked MHA enough to start working on the idea of a super setting like it. Though currently I have is:>Government and Corporations are giving big pay outs for the next generation of Heroes with their biggesr group being nor!Justice League.>Elements of Public Safety is commercialized because of Heroes and everyone wants to be a rising star.>Vigilantes handle all the real dirty work because they attack corrupt Heroes, government members, law enforcement and villains and other vigilantes but get labeled as terrorists/villains often. Some if they have good publicity are picked up.>Villains are actual people who go around committing crimes but also some people rigged/primed by the system for rally arlund the flag and keep Civic Heroics going.>Going to an academy guarantees you a contract and landing a gig as a sidekick who can potentially become a Hero if you break out enough.>Superheroes emerged because the Illuminati leader as a kid watched a Saturday Morning cartoon and wanted that world of endless conflict to happen..the Illuminati played along because they get awesome powers and its easy to control the masses.
>>97263279You mean Public Safety Commission?
>>97241180What are some traditionally “villainous” powers you would like to see more heroes use and vice versa? And besides picture related, what are some examples of the concept handled effectively?
Jabbering Jabberwock EditionDiscussion of the Towergirls CYOA, RPG, Setting, or Video Games welcome here!Everyone is welcome.FAQhttps://pastebin.com/vv4xQuwDCharts:Main Gens: https://e-hentai.org/g/2556775/f1669e072b/Imgchest backups(not sorted): https://imgchest.com/p/na7ko9dky8dhttps://imgchest.com/p/pg73rmbv7rnLegacy Charts: https://imgur.com/a/IRtoHXhSide Quests: https://imgur.com/a/7euVXRTComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97260547These folks are a tenacious bunch. Gotta love em!Just cruising as a low altitude. Making content and havin' fun. If i recall duke's project is on an indefinate hiatus however.Currently we are making updated cards for old princesses. Making things look a lil more polished which has been a blast!
>>97260005Thats cool to hear that you work on it. Creating full armies are really hard to pull off. Dawn Elf Princess probably has Dawn Elf Rangers with different weapons as units.I had some thoughts about enemy units in some older threads too. More like what enemies Ser Knight would encounter.
Oni-chan!https://files.catbox.moe/6n5w0j.png
>>97262409That is my kind of lady
>>97262409Thats hot. You are very kind to draw that many hot pictures!
Love Wins Edition>>IF YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION, PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH GAME YOU'RE PLAYING<<Previous Thread: >>97099515 /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>>CHECK THE SHARE THREAD FOR MISSING MATERIALS<<TQ: What is your favorite pantheon? What pantheon(s) would you want implemented/updated?
>>97234815>>97259761Like, sit down and think about it logically; the Redeemer Queen should be exactly about that, redemption. She encourages her followers to accept those who wish to integrate back into society. She sends out men and women who are inspired to heal the isolated and restore purity to the corrupted. This sounds a lot like Shelyn but who fucking cares anymore, the pantheon is full of derivatives.Nah. No. None of that. We're not getting any of that. Instead, the Redeemer Queen is about, like, ending slut-shaming and providing a Safe Space for poets and whores. What does she Redeem? Nothing. It's like Paizo doesn't even know what that word means; taking the isolated and restoring them in the eyes of others. Nocticula isn't about saving sluts, she's about giving sluts a street where they can celebrate being sluts. All the while she's in a lesbian relationship because of course she is, and her portfolio has all the male gaze of a cemetary.
>>97259774>The Demon Lord of Misogyny gets humiliated and killed so hard that Paizo refuses to even write his name anymore.>The Lord of War gets killed because his followers are chuds.>The Dwarf God of Tradition gives his portfolio to an orc because #Decolonize or whatever>The only Golden Dragon that is given any sort of attention in the lore is an evil chud that needs a sassy black woman from Hermea to tell him he's doing a Eugenics>Demon Lord of Rape and Whores becomes a lesbian wine aunt, totally redeemed>The Runelord of Lust known for mass rape becomes a lesbian wine aunt, totally redeemed>Arazni becomes like, the main character goddess I guess, totally redeemedAm I missing anything?
>>97261618>Am I missing anything?A reason to give a damn about Grrl Power: the setting.
>>97261618What was the orc one? Part of the Triumph of the tusk I assume?
>>97263499>complainers don't fucking read the booksStick to 1E champ or google it
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #591"All i want for Christmas is for Dark Magician Girl to materialize in my bedroom so i can summon her in face down ass up position, have sex with her, and end my turn" EditionPrevious thread: >>97191908Most Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion encouraged. Post OC, write dumb fanfics with bad CaC in them, duel each other, have fun, etc.>Yu-Gi-Oh! Online PlayAutomated Sims:●EDOPro website: https://projectignis.github.io/download.html●EDOPro: https://discord.gg/ygopro-percy●YGO Omega: https://discord.gg/duelistsunite●Dueling Nexus: https://duelingnexus.com/●Master Duel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449850/YuGiOh_Master_Duel/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>part of a ygo auction facebook group>people shit their pants when anybody posts anything meta relevant and begin bidding wars that often far exceed the cards valueWhy are people so retarded?
>>97263975For me it's Machina Gadget, always the coolest shit
>>97262190If you don't typically interact with modern decks then I'd consider looking for a community that plays TOSS format, or if possible, Branded/DIFO format. Those are ~2019 and ~2021 respectively, where TOSS is dominated by 4 decks while Branded/DIFO has a better spread. Only problem with TOSS is that it falls under Master Rule 4's restrictions, so a lot of communities that run it will also have those restrictions (they are not good and force you to use link monsters if you want to touch your extra deck).Anyway, Branded/DIFO is a good halfway point since it has some of the old design philosophies in motion while moving towards newer design choices, and TOSS is alright if you want a solved meta to help break the ice for you.
>>97262758Because that's what we're being given and creating at this point. An amalgamation of things put together with various other things to make what resembles something cohesive but has little care put into it and is basically haphazard.In terms of decks we used to call them "piles" IE spellcaster pile. Language evolves and a term to describe such conditions now exists so the term is used for it IE spellcaster slop.The term can also refer to the input/new cards because they are equally haphazardly designed with a lack of consideration of how they'll interact with the rest of the game with a lack of restriction such as an archetype, type, or attribute lock.Sure it can be cool but at some point it homogenizes things.Ironically the term slop is also technically subject to being slop. Because there's no real limit to it's application it can be used wherever and on whatever. Homogenizing language and replacing many exclusive adjectives.
>>97264802*Descriptors, not adjectives.
Christmas Edition>Previous thread:>>97173638Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Epic, Kill Team,Man-o-War, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Mordheim,Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon, Titanicus, Underworlds,Warcry, Warhammer Quest, Warmaster ...... and any other GW system and board game are welcome.>Helpful resources: (feel free to suggest additions!)https://pastebin.com/qq9N8V0V>TQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97264182Grim.
>>97264194How is that grim?
>>97264200The first post they quoted is self-evidently grim and there were multiple replies explaining why. Can/do you read?The second and third are a little harsher but I understand. It is pretty grim for someone to want to get into a miniature game but want (or have) to be like, "I can't buy any miniatures though." Use numbered tokens at that point instead of standees. But this is grim because of a society that leaves people too poor to buy miniatures, above all else.
>>97261802>disconnect between player expectations of balance (that every option should be relevant and fairly well-balanced against each other)curse those insane, unreasonable player expectations!it has fuck all to do with design intent, cmon. GW not playtesting sufficiently isn't a new phenomenon. in 40 years they've released a grand total of zero games where the internal balance wasn't blown to shit. (which isn't to say they have made no great games, but you usually need 10+ years of post-oop community patches before you have anything that could be called "balance" with a straight face) they don't care now and they didn't much then either.
>>97264514I meant the second conversation point. Using paper stand-in is ok. And noone needs to be able to buy minis. It is sad when someone cant afford them, but they are not that important to not use paper minis.
