Thread dedicated to Sci-Fi based discussion. 40k need not apply. [\spoiler]How goes your sci-fi setting, anon? I am currently running a Traveller game in a homebrew setting, and am getting lost in the sauce of stellar physics.
On the subject of Traveller, how do (you) feel about ansibles? Do you prefer your settings having inconvenient (ie. "slow") communication? Or instant transfer of information regardless of distance?
I've had an idea for a more space oriented cyberpunk game brewing for a while, though I'm reminded now that 2300 exists and while I'm not super familiar with traveller that also seems like an option. So what is trav like?
>>97352667I definitely prefer the thought of a information network time gated by jump mechanics. It can create some very interesting scenarios, and it can give players an actual sort of soft currency of exchanging news when they hit out of the way spots that aren't on the major trade paths
I've been interested in running Stars Without Number in a space frontier like Star Trek TOS
>>97352667Here are my rules1. FTL travel is only possible with a real sentient person controlling the ship. Don't try brain in a jar, it backfires.2. FTL communication inside of a solar system is possible, but only through some fairly expensive infrastructure.3. The vast, vast majority of information is carried by courier ships who must make the FTL travel by themselves.4. There is instant FTL galaxy-wide communications available, but only the big giant ancient asshole alien empire knows how to do it, and only those people extremely, extremely high up get to use it. This typically takes the form of pre-recorded video messages. A live holo-link with a member of the Imperial Court means someone on the other side of the call really fucked up. Humans (aka players) have access to this tech, but can only send very simple text messages, like telegrams, can be vulnerable to distortion, it's not reliable.I like the feeling of Traveller "Age of Sail" communication, but I also want to leave myself open to other stuff.
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.
>The DMPC that is a party favorite you've been traveling with for a year+ was actually a parasite tasked to kill someone important.>Have to put them down>They end up killing their lover during the fightFUCK
>>97299931does anyone know any good D&D 3.5e Dark Sun campaigns?
>>97348020>A DM has the right (some might even call it an obligation) to take a chainsaw to content that doesn't fit their setting or campaign. Polymorph spells are a gamebreaker? Declare that the 'rules of magic' in the setting just don't work that way. Mind-control magic can't be used to bypass entire plots if it doesn't exist (except in hostile hands as a plot device).Problem is you need to do it to a good chunk of spell list. And considering how many spells WoTC churned out it's a fucking pain in the ass.
>>97353612>Problem is you need to do it to a good chunk of spell list. And considering how many spells WoTC churned out it's a fucking pain in the ass.Start with core, then make splat spells opt in not opt out
>>97352465i have seen worlds without number mentioned a few times lately. Sell me on it. Why is it a good alternative for 3.5 lite?
Work in Progress, "Nobody screws with the Tank Police!" Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97353723Multiple thin coats, but also visible brushstrokes can be worked into a style, it's just much harder and you need more traditional art skills to pull it off
>>97353651I never understood why people print bases and I design models. I understand making the little coin base itself but not the actual stuff on it.
>>97350271I unironically have to turn on my "color balancing" side lamp when I use the red grass lamp because its way too cold white. But I otherwise really like the lamp, its super high build quality but I wish it had a separate brigher/dimmer button. The whole "press and hold" to go up and down is super dumb and fiddly.
>>97351269>>97352103Thanks anons, that gave me some courage.>Worth it. Are you using enamels?Yes, in this case Steaking Grime
>>97353738thank you
Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e and newer) should be discussed elsewhere.Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creators from 1974 to 1983 — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency.If you are new to the OSR, welcome! Ask us whatever you're curious about: we'll be happy to help you get started. We also have two excellent beginner guides created by Anons with feedback from the thread that you can check for help:>n00b DM's Guidehttps://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Want to contribute to the thread but don't know where to start? Use this table.>1. Make a spell>2. Make a monster>3. Make a dungeon special>4. Make a wilderness location>5. Make an urban set piece>6. Make a magic item>7. Make a class, race, or race-as-class>8. Make a 4-10 room lair.>9. Make a trap>10. Roll 2D10 and combine
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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.
>Oh, the group is going to play Edge of the Empire?>Hmm, what character should I make... Want to do something original and cool...>Hmm... Trandoshan Hired Gun (Heavy), yes. Turns out I was the retard who just reuses things he saw in other SW media all along.
>>97352383They have giant buzz saws bolted to the front instead of blasters. They were decommissioned and used by the planetary government to clear through the dense jungles of the moon.
>>97347793I choose the hidden Arkanian Offshoot wife option.
>>97348238>the pieces would fall into it (even though we see no pieces in the film) and it would be torn to shreds exterminating the Ewok population kekGiven how small the DS2 is compared with Endor on the visuals in the movie, I expect that pieces would fall. They'd also likely burn up in the atmosphere, very few would hit the ground.
>>97353771Bro can you shut the fuck up already you obsessed faggot
Goblins have existed in folklore for centuries in various forms, but where and when was it decided that Goblins are green? in 1st edition d&d, thwey're described as having various skin shades, green not being specified or standing out among the.a lot of people assume warhammer, but spiderman had a green goblin before warhammer, so what the fuck
>>97353412Whether or knot GW drew from the Hopkins, its folly of the highest order to ignore the warham goblin.
>>97353422aren't warhammer orcs ALSO green? their faction is literally called greenskins.
>>97353422chat GPT-ass answer
>>97352057The Scarlet Pimpernel was called The Scarlet Pimpernel despite pimpernels being scarlet by default and only occasionally white or purple or blue. This usage is older than The Green Goblin by several decades.Scarlet CenturionScarlet WitchBlack BoltGreen LanternSilver SurferBlue BeetleWhite Tiger (proverbial in China folklore)Red TornadoBlack PantherBlack CanaryBlack Cat (very common trope)Black Widow (this one is default for the animal)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97352220can love broom
The new year brings new resolutions, inspirations, goals, dreams and half-baked ideas.>Why should I homebrew?/tg/ products are fairly unique in that it's actually pretty simple to make them these days, with a plethora of products to assist in making and playtesting your game. Making your own games helps understand why games are made the way they are, as well as being fun to do.>What you should postIdeas for games, games you're currently making, updates to your own games in broad strokes, and any homebrewing for existing products that don't get much attention. Discussion about the above is welcome. Post good, be good, and look over others products, they care if someone looks more than anything.Had to remake the thread>Resources for the aspiring developer>https://anydice.com/ (A fantastic resource for checking probabilities)>https://miro.com/ (A online whiteboard with tools to help organize yourself)>https://www.notion.so/ (Similar to the above, but in a bit cleaner format for those who work in larger teams)>https://rolz.org/ (Impromptu playtesting at its finest)>https://www.youtube.com/user/georgephillies/playlists (Game Design Lectures)
>>97348819>but if you spend one WP you can count a 3-4 on one die as a successyou could make that spending WP lowers the "success range" for each point spentso, if you spend 1 WP dice with results 4+ would succeed, is you spend 2 WP they would succeed with 3+, and so on
>>97348968i mean that if you use your endurance to push a roll it would mean that you get another chance to take advantage of your willpower and convert a 3-4 into a success.So they might not directly interact with one another but using your endurance to push a roll means an extra chance to use your willpower.For example you make a check that requires at least 2 successes. You roll 4d6 and get 1,2,2,5 and you push the roll for a result of 2,3,3,6. This allows you to use your willpower to turn one of the 3s into a success and succeed on the roll
>>97349080Ah! Very clever. Indeed, it creates a synergy between the two, but in a different way.But then why not push the roll with endurance every single time you do a check?If we take your example:>Climbing check, requiers two successes>You roll 4D6 and get 1,2,2,5>That's 1 success. You decide to push>Roll 4D6 for endurance and get 2,3,3,6>You get a second success>That's enough to succeed without spending WP.Pushing via endurance has no downside. Am I missing something?
>>97348994The WP system works perfectly by itself. I've tested it in play and it's great, it gives exactly the kind of tension and dynamic I was hoping for.The game involves a lot of exploration. Having a system where you can either outright succeed, or need to spend ressources in order to succeed, means that even minor obstacles or setbacks can matter in the long run. You get situations where>Taking a risky shortcut is a gamble, but can be worth the risk>Going from point A to B never feels like a loading screen, it's a potentially taxing endeavour that players don't do lightly>Players get more and more careful as the trip goes on and they run out of spare willpowerI've done my fair share of hiking and that's exactly how it feels. Exactly what I was trying to represent
>>97352531Obviously you are going to put a restriction on how many times one can push a roll per session, tied to the endurance number. You can also restrict it to physical tasks.Additionally if you fail a pushed roll then you suffered much greater negative consequences so there is always a greater risk involved.
The PCs must restore the power of the four crystals to defeat the Dark Lord. What should I base the four crystals upon, instead of the four elements?doubles decide
>>97326915Wind, Forest, Fire, MountainFlower, Bird, Wind, Moon
>>97326915Birth, youth, maturity, death
Caucasoid, Negroid, Mongoloid, and Australoid
Right Arm of the Forbidden OneLeft Arm of the Forbidden OneRight Leg of the Forbidden OneLeft Leg of the Forbidden One
The four crystals are actually bejeweled ancient sex toys from the royal familyThe King's Sounding RodThe Queen's DildoSir Byron's Anus PlugPrince Albert's Ring of Pleasure
>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.
>>97353247The basic metaphysics of the setting is that it reality runs on the stories it's inhabitants tell, which is why the raw reality of the wyld is the way it is.Creation is built on top of the wyld, with rules laid down atop. But because the base metaphysics are narrative, you can tell damn near any legend you like if you have enough power.The catch is, others also have that power.Exalted could slay and imprison the primordials.Exalted could cage other exalted.The deathlords were once elder Solars. They are no longer exalted, but they cultivated power whilst exalted and are granted new life by the neverborn, they are the next best thing, and they nearly destroyed creation.There are 700 celestials, all with varied ambitions. There are far more terrestrials, and in teams those too can bring low anything they please. The yozis and neverborn scheme. Fae seek to tear down the blasphemy of creation.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97353486Dude you are reading a lot in the people saying that they don't like a particular setting element's flavor. Pull the stick out of your ass.
>>97350134What makes you think the Neverborn would want the Primordials dead in the first place? They were, if not friends, at least allies for ages. There were never that many Primordials, so it's pretty likely they all knew each other on a personal level. The Neverborn are the Primordials who literally gave their lives fighting for them all, and the Yozi are the ones their courage saved from extermination. It's not exactly clear how much needs to be obliterated for the Neverborn to die properly, but Malfeas seems like it'll be the last thing they want to go for, well after they've toppled the pillars of Creation, obliterated Yu Shan, washed the Wyld down the well of Oblivion, ended old Zen-Mu, and assassinated most of the shinma. They don't want more Neverborn, either - being a Neverborn is to suffer endlessly and impotently at the bottom of the Labyrinth.Loyalism in Deathlords corresponds strongly to high Whispers ratings, and the Neverborn are probably actively telling any of their agents who get funny ideas about laying low the surviving Primordials to not do that.
>>97353639>but Malfeas seems like it'll be the last thing they want to go for, well after they've toppled the pillars of Creation, obliterated Yu Shan, washed the Wyld down the well of Oblivion, ended old Zen-Mu, and assassinated most of the shinma.I thought they just wanted to destroy Creation
>>97353522...Hi? Did you quote the wrong post?
Are interspecies pairings allowed in your game?
>>97352118IIRC Pandora is a low-grav world, though.The natural carbon fiber filaments strengthen the otherwise relatively brittle bones.
>>97348675>their bones are laced with "naturally-ocurring carbon fiber"Which, hilariously, makes them brittle as fuck in certain conditions. Hit a navi with just the right angle and their entire skeleton shatters.God, Jimantha Cameron is a retard
>>97353480She looks like a chudjak
>>97353659GEEEEEEEGXHE DOES
>>97353610I know they won't do anything with it, since it makes the humans look good, but it'd be hilarous to see a human just completely manhandling a na'vi twice his size with little to no difficulty.I'm pretty sure that in the grand scheme of things, Earth is a high grav world for it's size, and pretty close to the cutoff point where chemical rockets are able to escape its atmosphere.>>97353617Oh yeah, I forgot that about carbon fiber. Though I can't remember if it's only good with tensile, compressive, or both. I know that part of the reason that they use it on cars is BECAUSE it shatters, which eats up a lot of the energy of an impact and means that the soft meat creature inside doesn't turn into paste
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.
>>97348175>Gundam rules for Lancer>>97347899They could at least set up some other regional print shops or something. I'm not paying 50% of the listed price or more on canadian shipping for prints.
Whats the better system to run for my dollar store Univrsal Centry setting?Gurps or mekaton?
>>97353060https://fortress-miniatures-and-games.myshopify.com/collections/dream-pod-9
>>97353202If you are going to be building all the stuff for the setting anyway I'd say GURPS. Especially since you can use both tactical and range band rules from Spaceships as needed. If you want do it in Mekton this is probably the best starting pointhttps://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Running_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_in_Mekton_ZetaBut you still need to build all the stuff yourself.
>>97353643>If you want do it in Mekton this is probably the best starting point>https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Running_Mobile_Suit_Gundam_in_Mekton_Zeta>But you still need to build all the stuff yourself.Just use Gundam Senki bro, the One Year War is what it's specifically build for so it has all the shit already statted.
He is basically the antichrist.
>>97349107I'd say he's closer to Lucifer than the Anti-Christ; he once loved God before ultimately losing his faith and turned in a misguided attempt to further what He represented thinking he could do a better job. His Golden Throne is made to resemble the Morning Star, which he literally is as the Astronomican.>>97349416No, the Emperor was one of Jesus's disciples and was also Saint George; it'd be kind of hard of him to pass himself off as other people if he was the head figure of the flock and stuck with it for so long.That being said, the Emps being ex-Christian makes the fact the Horus Heresy happened all the more ironic as Horus ended up repeating his footsteps.
>>97352456>>97349107To add to this, he was a literal saint, making him one of God's most treasured individuals, just like Horus was the Emperor's favored son.
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>>97349107He's Tarzan, that's why he doesn't get old and why he has the same skin tone and hair as Tarzan.
>>97349107what does that mean?
We have all experienced the coming and going so GMs, Players and games; and then left holding the bag too start all over again at Square One. If and when you have to start over from scratch how and where (online) would you start I'll look for groups and games?There has been numerous reasons that would force someone to start all over again be it scheduling, life, work, people changing.
>>97349886Only if you include an ugly bastard of every ethnicity and gender.
>>97349305I've been looking around for role playing groups for about seven years now. Nothing.
>>97349305Just use the lfg reddit. It's fine. Takes a few false starts to build a table from, but so does anywhere.
>>97350705>an ugly bastard of every ethnicity and genderDont worry anon, you're invited
Starting from scratch especially at a beginner's level and this hobby is a nightmare.
Composite Critter editionPrevious >>97320851>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.
>>97353616that's a shame
>>97353611Many of the Agumon variants are Dinosaurs (06, Expert, Fake Expert, Bushi, X, Snow)Original Agumon, Black and Black X are Reptiles
>>97353611>>97353653is this secret tech for Omni?
>>97353665I'm assuming it was asked in relation to Dinomon
>>97348091Came here just to talk about BEE STOCKS going through the roof>Can finally place Hornet Eraser into my security stack on demand
If your campaign were a tv show, how charming would people find your character?
>Sociopath>Cat ears>Geordie accentProbably an 8/10 but only because people get attracted to broken people in media, because they can't stab them in real life.
