You ever just host a session which goes so bad it makes you want to quit ever hosting again? Holy fuck, save me bros. I'd rather get dressed down in front of my whole family than live through that kind of shame again.
>>97310417Yeah, a few. I did an encounter once where the party was hired to track down an Illusionist. This novice illusionist tries to scare off the party with some illusions of a massive horde of skeletons. He was a newb so just had these images coming at them, not adapting them properly to the players actions. The idea was they would be scared at first, twig on to what was happening, disbelieve them then just run through them to capture/kill him, a nice easy encountner. Instead, it went something like this:>(cleric) "I turn undead" (succeeds).>(me) "It has no effect, you see the skeleton horde still advancing.".>Players shouts "WTF" and argues about it for a while, but eventually agrees carry on with game, fuming.>(Fighter) "I swing at one with a mace (hits)>(Me) "Your mace passes through it for no effect".>Players explode and create an uproar about how I am cheating, point me at various pages in the rule book, promise to quit and game halts.>I suggest that they consider that the skeletons might not be real? >Lots of "Ooooh, Riiiight" and they act accordingly, but the entire mood is ruined for the evening by the anger to me apparantly 'breaking the rules' and them not questioning what they can see while going against an illusionist.This made me avoid using illusions in games ever again.
>>97315268>months of story prep and "what if x" contingency plansYeah this is a bad idea. Just get general swaths at most. No plan or story survives how you imagine it after it meets your players. You never know what the fuck they'll do and you have to remain flexible to be able to adapt.
>>97320712Sounds like absolute shit to deal with. Are your players always like this?
>>97320712Maybe you needed to describe it differently. Like:>You feel confident you used turn undead correctly but even with so many skeletons not a single one was affected>Can I get a will save pleaseOr if it starts to get weird with them getting annoyed>Roll a knowledge religion/arcana check to think of why it might not have workedSounds like they were very annoying players. I would have probably ditched the campaign after that.
>>97315268It was your first session? Chin up bro you're literally the worst you'll ever be at this. You'll learn and get better.I will say, months of prep, story beats, and contingency plans are giving me red flags. Sounds like you're trying to overplan for every outcome. I've been there. All my early games I prepped for like 6 hours for a 3 hour session. Ridiculous.My advice. Don't try to lock in the "story" but rather understand your adventure as a system. If you understand the motivations and logic of your NPC's and setting than you can easily react to player actions. If you try to treat it instead like a story you get too caught up in specifics and when things go sideways you'll struggle to react because you had hardcoded a certain story path.I hope this advice is helpful to you. Remember, sitting in that chair will only work if YOU are having fun. So go easy on yourself, run games, make mistakes, learn, and figure out how running is fun for YOU.
Danger Ranger 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 RulerComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97319035yeah, I think
>>97320547do we need special cards like in ygo with extra deck monsters or evolution cards like in digimon and duel masters or lrig cards that evolves every turn (I forgot the name of the tcg)?
>>97321000Wixoss. You also forgot Lorcana. I think it's a nice mechanic to have. It should be easy to balance too. You could have semi-generic ones like Evolution Creatures from DM and cards like the ones Lorcana has, that care for the character's name. Digimon does both. If the game is going to have an Extra Deck, I feel like it should be for cards you wouldn't want to run in your deck, instead of what Yugioh does.
>>97321017>I feel like it should be for cards you wouldn't want to run in your deck,like bricks and 'land' cards that gives mana/ressource?
>>97321097Kind of. Let's say you have some big creature that can only be put into play a card, like Rituals in Yugioh. You just put in your Extra instead of your Main. It's what Rush Duel did. At the same time, I feel like you could just use Tokens for that, like MTG does.
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.
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>>97241180Do you prefer your supers settings to have true telepaths or not? And what are some good weaknesses for Psionics supers besides a limit to how many people the super can affect at once?
>>97318245Only if the telepath powers are specific and limited. I hate the whole "I can memory wipe and mind control all of you." shit and plotholes it makes.
>>97318245One good weakness is making a character have migraines as they overuse psionic powers, kind of like pic related.
Does anyone use any decent random super power generators online? A lot of them feel pretty generic.
Can your party be trusted around surrendering enemies without committing even a single war crime?
>>97320471yes, so long as they are identifiably wearing an obvious uniform.the very moment your fighters wear civilian clothes and shit, trying to hide within the ranks of the populace, you lose ALL legal protections.this is why if a spy gets caught, you can do fucking anything you want to them. they have zero protections.
>>97320590I guess that hangs on what constitutes "an obvious uniform", paramilitaries that have been preparing for the happening will probably have their khakis, anthem, and coat of arms, but militia formed on short notice will probably just wear their regular clothes, maybe with headbands or armbands in a matching color, maybe not even that.
>>97320630in the american revolutionary war, the us militias, who were chronically short of uniforms, would resort to things like english uniforms hastily painted, or tying special coloured rags around their arms and shit.basically, you can't be doing any sneaky shit trying to NOT look like a fighter.you can camo the fuck up. you just can't wander around pretending you're a hunter.you just have to be openly identifiable as NOT a part of the civilians who aren't supposed to be targeted etc.
>>97295642>getting this bent out over a look to the cameraThings must be going well if that is what is sickening to you.
>>97299020That would be unpleasant! However, reclaiming oil reserves which belong to you but were "collectivized" by communists is, of course, based (as is killing socialists).
Previous Thread: >>97096644For: Creation and discussion of Lewd RPGs; including Solo Rpgs, Homebrews, and Greentexts about your game sessions (specify the system you are using)>DON'T post or ask for "Looking For Group" or "Looking for Players".>DON'T sperg about Hentai logic, Hentai Artists or NTR. Take your meds.>NO Shota/loli crap. Go to /trash/>What's a Solo RPG?1: YouTube (Season 1 of Me, Myself & Die! gives a good explanation)2: Ask in the Solo RPG General: >>970620423: Solo is a good way to test out systems and to avoid problems such s "Schedule Conflict" or "Playing with Weirdos">Solo RPG Toolkit (NPC Generator, Mythic GM Emulator, etc.)https://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97309906It's from advanced kinks and cantrips.https://anyflip.com/vwwzp/hxxl
Magic power, is it stored in the booty or booba?
Reading Labyrinthus. What a point of 3 barely different magic types? Arcane primal and witchcraft. Especially arcane and witchcraft. I made ctrl+f search in books and there almost no cases where you can use witchcraft but cant arcene and no cases of opposite.
>>97319982What
>>97316525Absolutely wasn't. Could tell from OOC chat it was just some dude that decided to GM and they had just met for that game.
Could a D&D party have as fun and whimsical chemistry as the cast in an anime?
>>97320771Interspecies ReviewersRedo of HealerOverlordKuroinu
>>97317761Traditional games?
>>97320482He's just the resident illiterate schizo. He just asks that question every thread and ignore answers.
>>97317761>two generic anime waifu archetypes are madly in love with the generic self insert male>"fun and whimsical"Weebs really just have lower standards than humans huh
>>97321107Is Frieren in love with Himmel?
Ice-Snow Sightseeing editionPrevious >>97271135>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.
>>97321010then play imperial and draw 7
>>97321026I don't want to play Imperial, I want to play Heavymetal.
>>97320952>>97321010Once you get EX7 Yuuki out and get down to 4 cards in hand you're using your trash as your actual hand, so discarding more doesn't really hurt much. The only thing you really WANT to keep in your hand at that point is HeavyMetal Ace.
>>97321036It's for the sake of having recovery options, especially because the deck lacks protection. The Megidramon stuff in BT24 does help a lot since they play from trash and the new Loudmon having scapegoat is good when paired with Heavymetal Ace which is a step to fix these issues. Hopefully the new Yuuki is good, I hope Yuuki's emblem lets you evo from trash too.
>>97321081>It's for the sake of having recovery options, especially because the deck lacks protection.You can and should load up on Purple Scrambles and use them aggressively, even going from a 3 to a 4 with them for no memory advantage if necessary, because using it in that context is still a -1 on hand size and now its Delay is ready for if you get board wiped. Bond of True Love, despite being more of a Beelzemon card, can be run for similar insurance reasons, but hopefully Yuuki follows the design trend of the recent webcomic Tamers and we don't need it.
Old School / Renassiance GenGiven the drama it's good to regroup and make a fresh thread that we can actually talk about games in. This is the general to talk all things OSR, Chainmail, AD&D, and related games and homebrews.>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/94994969/#95006768What's your favorite table to roll from?
>>97320935I use the magic tome if adventuring results
Previously on /slop/: >>97282979 ▶ Thread Task: Soft power.▶ 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.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97319835Says the least creative poster in /slop/.
>>97320488I made some similar ones when Bing was new.
please god
previous: >>97290097Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqThread Question:what is your stonemaier-tier concept for a sure money board game megahit?
>>97319529Is there a game that functions mostly similar to the Betrayal series, but with roles and goals set out from the beginning like nemesis? Ideally with no vitual assistant thing like mansions of madness.
>>97320070My ass
>>97320047
>>97320047My top 9:>Shards of infinity>Sagrada>Saboteur>Dale of merchants>Piña coladice>KLASK>Ashes>Toy battle>Sea salt & paper
>>97321021hell yeah agent avenue
Why the fuck would you play OSR? Every edition is an improvement on the previous--that's why they make new editions, to refine and better their content. Is it just nostalgia? Are they mentally impaired or senile? What the fuck is wrong with OSR "fans"?
>>97312139It's your typical low IQ "OLD GOOD NEW BAD" faggots who haven't actually engaged with the new, they're just too autistic to handle change.
>>97319961But older was better, newbie.
>>97314647I'm reading the AD&D PHB right now and Gygax had some severe ADD problems while writing it, including making forward references to 90 pages further to a subsection that doesn't even bear the referenced name, constantly switching between mechanics and fluff, referring you to books you're not supposed to have access to and requiring you to use non-standard dice like a d16 that weren't even invented yet.
>>97312139Correct! OSR is fucking useless shit. Just play the original games as they are. The OSR is a useless relic of a time that no longer is.
>>97312139osr is just d&d for school shooters and incels.
Time to talk about weird monsters again.As usual, any rants about Bog will be treated as bait unless you have actual proof.
Leslie
>>97317470Arthropoid
>>97308896I will say, for the issues the game can have with being bipolar about when it's rules-heavy or rules-light, it has a very clear personality. So its easy to identify if someone would want to play the game, and it can really draw them in more than a lot of other indie games.If someone *would* like mortasheen, its very easy for them to see that when you show them the game. The main stats being Science Discourse Genius and Madness is probably enough to convince some people.
>>97319015To give anon more credit than they probably should get, the website is a terrible way to learn about the game (or any of this stuff really), if people look up Mortasheen they're probably going to just see a collection of art/lore in a barebones webpage.
>>97321038To an extent I understand, however going onto the Bogleech website's front page hits you with a giant "HERES WHERE TO BUY THE BOOK" poster, scrolling down to click the first thing labeled Mortasheen brings you to a page that puts in bold "This is no longer being updated, this is just an archive of pre-book stuff", and scrolling slightly further down gives you more explicitly labeled Mortasheen stuff thats actually game relevant. And this assumes them looking up Mortasheen doesnt show the kickstarter, itch page, or anything else immediately relevant to the game. Are people really that helpless on the internet that doing a google search and not having the top result be immediately what they asked for too hard for them?
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Star Adder superiority editionPrevious Thread: >>97295840================================>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.
Superfast Locust LAM when
>>97318670Notable physical features of Marik? Well Thomas Marik, both of him, looks like a scrotum. If you need a waifu version of him I guess the Baconator from Katawa Shoujo would work.
>>97320788Don't forget royal equipment lost during the ACW and not recovered at the time. Remember a "star league cache" covers a lot
>>97321070I like this concept for a Locust LAM.
>>97321056They really done you like that, huh
Electronic warfare edition>Previous Thread: >>97299492>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.
>>97320743I'd love to see candy red marines firing spells out of chopped up m16s
>>97320684>>97320758People have always used rhinos for cheap mobile terrain and blocking.
dreadnoughts should be forced to have a melee weapon and a gun, no exceptionsyes, even the deredeo
>>97319417Curzes future sight being a gambit is fucking retarded why not just keep it a psychic power like in 2.0
>>97321037it being a psychic power was retarded. It's something that happens to him 100,000+ times, seeing the future shouldn't make him suffer perils of the warp and get stunned or automatically lose wounds. It's also nowhere near as unreliable, he'd have died a thousand times over if there was a 50-50 chance he'll get swung at and his power suddenly not work while Lion, Sanguinius, Guilliman or Vulkan are swinging at him.
Pot Luck Edition>2024 PHB Scanhttps://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf>Cropped and rotated, but more artifactyMjAyNCBQSEIsIE5vIFRodW1icywgT0NSZWQsIEFub24ncyBCb29rbWFya3MgdHJhbnNmZXJyZWQgb3Zlci4gCgpodHRwczovL2Vhc3l1cGxvYWQuaW8vd2Fvcm9h>2024 DMGhttps://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf>2024 Monster Manualhttps://files.catbox.moe/atd38s.pdf (D&D beyond version)https://pomf2.lain.la/f/1en5qwum.pdf (scan)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97320627I've been running a Strixhaven game for a couple of years for the LGBTQIA+ community of my local elementary school
What's the best way to find online groups nowadays? I've been playing in person occasionally for the last few years but my situation changed and I've been out of online play for like a decade.
>>97320627Literally scaling cantrips
>>97320584>spell slots aren’t infiniteI didnt say slots
>>97321007roll20
