Previous thread: >>97111514GURPS is a modular, adaptable system, capable of running a wide range of characters, settings, and play styles, with a level of detail varying from lightweight to completely autistic.Optional rules allow you to emulate different genres with a single system, or even switch genres within a single game.A nearly complete archive of GURPS books can be found by using the image. Never post direct links to the archive anywhere in plain text.If you're wondering where to start:- The Basic Set covers everything, including a lot of optional rules you probably won't use.- A genre guide can be found in the archive, under Unofficial/GURPSgen. It tells you what extra books and articles you may find useful for many common genres.- How To Be a GURPS GM is a good read even for players.- GCS (gurpscharactersheet.com) is an excellent character-builder software, with page references to all the books and the option to export to both Foundry and Fantasy Grounds.Thread question: How often do you use an official GURPS setting? Which are your favorites?
>>97243839Ye but it do be UT at TL9. Better explosives, including reactive materials, are not far fetched. And also, it's cool because Alien did it. >>97243820I see, that's not bad. I guess also a higher mult for flesh damage. It is explosive after all. Do you simply up the pi scale one tier?>below 20mmNot even .50? Or 12ga (18.5mm)?
>>97243880.50 not really, 12ga sometimes. Though for 12ga there's already official stats for HE, HEAT, and HEDP
>>97243880I totally blanked the other question. No, I let them deal 3x damage. Like hitting vitals.
>>97243911>>97243912Ah thanks. 1 HP/5 damage blunt trauma and 3x wounding seems like a sweet deal for HESH, without the cumbersome HT rules for it. Well, have a nice 26th if you do celebrate it.
Is it even possible to do shadowrun's initiative system in gurps? For those who don't know, the normal turn order is the same (fastest to slowest), but before the round ends, you subtract a value from the initiative scores and anyone with initiative left, goes again, and repeat until everyone hits 0 or the negatives. I actually really like it as a way to represent really fast characters without having them take multiple actions in the same turn, allowing slow characters to be able to always react at least once.
ITT overrated cards in MTG
>>97217996To the MOON
>>97238734Arlinn Kord form MTGhttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/mDwVQa
>>97217996>pay 2 mana>steal your opponents phyrexian dreadnought and beat him down with his own dreadnought
>>97243074>phyrexian dreadnoughtSteal his BLIGHTSTEEL COLOSSUS
>>97231376Everyone needs a friendly ear every now and then. What if Ghark'zahr the Feaster of Souls had a really shitty day, huh? What if an angel was really mean to him today? You ever stop to consider his feelings? You don't. That's why SHE'S the Dark Confidant, not you.
Work in Progress, Christmas 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.
Came back to finish up my terminator squad, still needs more work but on the right track.Freehanding lion heads is pretty challenging, but it turned out alright, I think.
>>97243947Looks pretty good to me
started on one of my coomer goblins from my SS.
>>97243955Thanks anon. it was an interesting experience.
>>97243942good enough, indeed. If you give the bases some more love, just a bit to give them a bit more character, it will elevate the whole army.
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
>>97239001rewrite it again but make it 100 pages
>>97165346How above wind magic, >>97165495? And >>97233086, what are some secondary capabilities wind mages can have besides flight? When I first watched picture related, it always seemed off to me that they didn’t add specialties to airbending like metalbending for earth, etc. Even flight only came years later in Korra.
>>97242205In Grappler Baki, one of the prison convicts Yanagi had the whole void palm thing going for all of 5 minutes until switching over to the poison hand. He could grip things by forming a perfect vacuum with his palm which he used to break out of reinforced glass prison. He also incidently blew the brains out of one of the guards by blowing into his ear.There is also Naruto where Danzo is spitting vacuum blades at Sasuke and using his Chakra to form a blade of wind on his shuriken so he could sword duel him nevermind his summon that sucked in everything towards him.Beyond that, you're probably not going to get much more out of it without going into the realm of ridiculous or esoteric.
>>97242205Weather manipulation e.g. for lightning spam, smell manipulation, sound manipulation, vacuum creation, Δp, air bubbles for diving, become air, levitating shit, disease spreading, cavitation bubble barrages, explosions, sonic booms, air composition manipulation for firestorms or poisoning or dust explosions or firefighting, qi breathing techniques, air/vacuum blades, air bullets, drag manipulation for superspeed or slowing shit down, temperature manipulation, magical distillation for alchemy or cooking, breath of life imbuement/draining, light refraction manipulation, and projectile manipulation.
>>97243951Oh, and magic music.
Magic should be rare, mysterious, superstitious. It should take time to use and be exhausting to cast When did fantasy magic and wizards turn in Avatar the Last Airbender shooting fire and lightning out their assholes?
>>97241531yes but gandalf is contractually forced to not be that kind of being and i believe even forget most of the stuff he was and could do before incarnation into mortal flesh.so i don't think he should count for that weird crusade against any form of fantasy that isn't low.
>>97240201NTA, but he didn't say that. He said that what is natural or mundane is already magical. You are made from self-assembling 3d runes with components that phase in and out of reality with clock-like precision. Cancer is when a portion of your flesh fails to let a little elemental death prune its essence, and so grows beyond what is healthy. Gravity and the fabric of space are still essentially magic to modern scientists. I don't know if you're trolling, but if you're not, learn to regulate your emotions. I was amazed at how shrill your response was.
>>97239138YES
>>97221863>Doesn't work well for tabletop RPGs, or rather requires tremendous effort on GMs side of things.Not really, you can go the Fragged Aeternum route and just have a very soft ritual magic system that pretty much says you can do whatever you want as long as you've know the mechanical effect, did the research to figure out a ritual, spend ritual components, succeed at a ritual roll, and submit yourself to the consequences of whatever arcane force you choose to invoke for the ritual. The metaphysics can be entirely decided by some broad guidelines and however the GM wants to specifically rule those guidelines.
>>97223708Thanks. I needed a laugh.
Christmas is over, but I still have one more Sonic gamebook to round out the year!ATTENTION MODS - THIS IS NOT A QUEST THREAD, BUT A GAMEBOOK STORYTIMEOkay, now that that's out of the way, let's begin...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC8x7s7o5AM
To save time, I'm assigning the 5, now you guys assign the 4 and the 3!
Why are you still using plastic terrain?
>>97243755No. Probably should make one, there are a few more things achievable with plastic than shown here on cardboard such as welding etc.
>>97243793Dont forget the king, plastic deformation by candle/heat in thermoplastics. Ive made jetbike hulls with nothing but scisors, plasticard and fire
>>97243696I don't. I use foam.
>>97243696Because cardboard is shit for that purpose. It's too light, moves around whenever you think too hard in its direction, and gets damaged too easily.>but muh technique board!Why do you not use terrain handmade from wood then?
>>97243915>Ive made jetbike hulls with nothing but scisors, plasticard and fireOI DIS LAD'S MAKIN BIKES JUST AS GORK N MORK INTENDED
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.
If you're so big on how people should improve their skills, maybe you should improve your English.
>>97238257The Jenga tower mechanic you refer to is used in Dread, which is specifically a horror game. The purpose of it as a resolution mechanic is that it inherently builds tension over the course of a session, which feeds into the nature of horror as a genre.In games without a similar genre convention that needs to govern the flow of emotional energy, consistent randomization like dice makes more sense because it serves equally well in all scenarios.The ball-and-cup method you've described doesn't really play into any specific genre convention. Each toss is still a discrete event, so it doesn't have a linearity the way there is with Dread. In fact, if anything, it would interrupt the session more often than not, what with people needing to physically move around to the throwing position, retrieve their balls, and reset the cups.
>>97243029>If the tower fell your character was got by the killer.Was it fun?Like I was saying this scene inspired me to think about this mechanic. https://youtu.be/2TJxTysByZ8?t=15It will never be>Oh fuck a demon lord drooped there is no way my characters attack + D20 max can kill him I am dead. GG Everyone!it will me>Oh fuck a demon lord drooped, how the fuck will I manage to get a perfect 10/10 into this tiny cup?!>Player sweats>Player tries to land every ballTheoretically it is possible to win this however it is extremely unlikely. So every scenario can be won. The middle ground is if you fight some ogre and the difficulty ramps up so you are not throwing small balls into giant baskets you are throwing balls into small baskets.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97243067>The Jenga tower mechanic you refer to is used in DreadThanks for the info.>consistent randomization like dice makes more sense because it serves equally well in all scenarios.Why?Rice are random and whiel the cup and balls is also random your skill and concentration can help you get better outcomes.>Each toss is still a discrete event?????>so it doesn't have a linearity the way there is with Dread.???????????What is the difference between >Roll 10 or less on D20 to win this combatandComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97243134A game of jenga is a series of tense moves that ultimately result in a dramatic and spectacular failure. I think that's what anon means by "linear", as over the course of a session it maps to how a lot of horror movies play out.Beer pong doesn't really have that same arc per session, but I think it might work to model the feeling of combat. Aiming for weak spots, and so on. Unfortunately you seem a bit retarded, so I doubt you'll make anything worth playing.
Thread failed its save overnight huh Edition▶Previous thread:>>97021561▶News:Reminder that next box is Sisters vs Raptors:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zrjpzrms/adepta-sororitas-battle-chaos-space-marines-over-a-long-forgotten-tomb-in-kill-team-shadowhunt/▶Official Key Downloads, FAQs and Erratahttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/kill-team/▶Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/AinK04▶Boxed Set Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/NWRByw (deprecated)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97234214Well it's as the old saying goes, if my aunt had balls she'd be making up more bullshit at GW.
>>97232769Well my dad works at Age Of Sigmar and he said next year we're getting the following Kill Teams...>Grey Knights>Chaos Daemons>Raven Guard>Iron Warriors>Alpha Legion>Khone Beserkers >BA Death Company >Officio Asassinorium>Aeldari ExoditesAnd finally>Primaries Lieutenants in Kill Team armor
>>97242531>Officio AsassinoriumTake my money now
>>97242531>No Hrud.Fucking DROPPED.
>>97205958This is all real and true
Thoughts on this man?
>>97150745wholesome
>>97151090>reddit dogMy man corgi is the royal dog of England.
>>97183498This is incorrect. Corgis in other countries are bigger than in UK. I know since I have two. Both are 15-17kg, and vets have always give them perfect score for muscle and physique. They aren’t really any bigger than average corgi in my country, but in a meeting organized by the kennel I got mine from, the breeder had some guest over from Britain who brought his corgis and they were tiny. That is when I realized that different countries have slight variety in dog breeds. Nordic corgies are huge compared to British ones.
>>97242840>OMG THE HECKIN QUEEN!!!yeah, reddit dog
Merry Christmas, Mercer
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.
>>97243558Does all that mass take into account soft launch time and all of the complexities of how a missile functions? You're also making the very bold assumption that every single missile flies in a perfectly straight line directly towards it's target, when missiles today even have to jump up to get a top attack on it's target.
Meant to say math, I should go to bed
>>97243582It does only in the respect that these are minimums. In a most ideal world they would need these speeds to reach a stationary target at the maximum extent of their ranges. We are assuming a perfectly spherical cow.I have the inkling that 300+ m/s seems like an appropriate ballpark, as it makes them about as fast as as a number postwar anti-tank missiles.
>>97243558>that the LRM fired by a LCT-1M teleported into the void by a cruel and unjust godOr, you know, was deployed on the deck of its warship transport.
>>97243188What about Arrov IV?
Grogmas in the hive streets editionPrevious Thread:>>97019770Check out here for useful links and a catalogue of relevant miniatures retailers:https://pastebin.com/nnNqqFLnThe Rogue Trader magazine article compilation:https://gofile.io/d/yNK9bq
Death Eagles
>>97241132should have been been this pic but eh whatever
>>97241140I wonder if they get mistaken for Doom Eagles a lot.
>>97237452Merry Christmas, /GROG/!How's the casting quality of the WargamesFoundry Ex-Citadel minis? Any other sources of Ex-Citadel minis still being legally produced and sold today?
>>97242978>legallyNobody cares. Fuck James, fuck GW shareholders.
How do we fix Steampunk?
>>97198341>but what are the big works?Wild Wild West
>>97222787>he hates the wizard stereotype Fuck off cunt
>>97196423>How do we fix Steampunk?Make it all into steampunk ASMR, then toss drama, despair, clash between the established and newer technology like liquid fossil fuels, make it like in your picture interfere with magic.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JSuwubl78
>>97236773I concur, the funnest part of Cyberpunk isn't the faggy retard with a mohawk spray painting a cyber dick on the side of a building and thinking it's sticking it to the man.It's the idea of society now being neo-feudalism, where corporations wage wars of espionage and sabotage against one another, and have coteries at their disposal from cyber ninjas to hackers that are regarded as "cyber mages" and you being one of those agents.
>>97208930Based
In my games, high level wizards turn to stone.
>>97195417Carians kicked you out kek
>>97235260they left voluntarily
>>97195417Hehehehe that's an ELO song
>>97195417What are some potential consequences specific to each element? Like I can see flame wizards looking like their flesh is charred and burned for example.
>>97195417Cool
This thread is all about solo games and campaigns. Midnight reading edition.>old thread >>96761554Resources: https://rentry.org/srpgghttps://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitMore threads:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/Thread Questions: How do you try to surprise yourself in solo games?
>>97242605>>97242838I suggest reading pic related. Don't bother with the variations, but obviously, feel free to change things to your liking if you think something isn't working.I can upload it for you if you don't mind PDFs
Since Zozer has been mentioned, does anyone here have experience with Crisis Creator and if it functions in playing modern spy games? The description does mention that it includes options and materials to play intelligence officers. Crisis Creator does include a version of Zozer's solo rules, the Modern War version of them was also released separately recently but as far as I know you might as well use resolution rules of sci-fi Solo, so I am mostly interested in tables and frameworks CC might provide.
>>97242605>>97243126I think CRGE is a bit more digestible personally, it's also free.
>>97242605Pick a system, any system. Get to know it well. You’ll get the hang of solo RPGing and what you’ll learn from playing a ton of one system will carry to any other. I’d suggest not starting with something you’ll have to supplement with a GM emulator. Play something designed for solo, like Ironsworn or Kal Arath or something else that piques your interest
>>97241929You could set it as a static number, as like a difficulty slider.You could even have it change depending on the outcome or scenes/rolls, kinda like mythic's chaos factor
