how after so many fucking years there's not a compilation of actually useful, compressive worldbuilding resources? there's next to 0 guides out there on how to do anything that is not the blandest dnd clone ever and not even in deep, just superficial trash. is worldbuilding a lost technology among nerds?
>>97836873We have a worldbuilding general newfriend. You should check us out.
>>97838024It didn't look like OP was asking for "a rulebook to exercise his imagination", it looked like he was asking for "useful, compressive worldbuilding resources".
>>97836893hello?
>>97841918Still, worldbuilding resources can improve complexity and believability of a world, but they will do nothing to make it less generic, which is what OP complained about.
>>97836873It's called the encyclopedia.
Welcome to TODD!This thread is for OPEN discussion of TSR-era D&D (up to and including 2e), TSR-era settings, and related games, such as retroclones, OSR, and OSR-adjacent games. Free discussion of house rules is encouraged.>GamesIncluding but not limited to: OD&D, B/X, BECMI, AD&D 1e, AD&D 2e, For Gold & Glory, Hackmaster, Myth and Magic, Shadowdark, Into the Odd, Mausritter, Cairn, Mörk Borg, DCC, Mothership, Knave, Troika!, White Hack, Black Hack.>What is this thread NOT for?Meta discussions and drama related to game creators and other /tg/ threads. We come in peace.>Resources2e fan wiki:https://adnd2e.fandom.com/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_2nd_Edition_Wiki2e archive:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
This may be an appropriate place to post this. I am foreshadowing a threat from deeper in the dungeon that I'm writing and have found that there doesn't appear to be a B/X statblock for an Aboleth. I checked my AD&D Monster Manual and Fiend Folio and didn't see it there either, but I did find it in my 2e AD&D monster manual. My question is, how much (if at all) do I need to tweak a statblock from 2e in order to fit B/X, or would I be better off just homebrewing from scrap? I understand that certain elements (like XP) are very different and am prepared to adjust those, I'm just wondering if anyone is familiar with any weird trends (like AD&D2e creatures having lower AC or better attacks on average). Google searches exclusively tried to tell me about 5e statblocks.
>>97841878The aboleth comes from I1 Dwellers of the Forbidden City, so it couldn't be in the Monster Manual for reasons of causality. It's in MMII, the first monster in the book actually.
>>97842072Ok thanks, I don't have that one but I'm sure I can find a statblock online.
>>97842086The book's on archive.org if you can't be bothered to find a PDF in one of the troves.
>>97823971>Including but not limited to: OD&D, B/X, BECMI, AD&D 1e, AD&D 2e, For Gold & Glory, Hackmaster, Myth and Magic, Shadowdark, Into the Odd, Mausritter, Cairn, Mörk Borg, DCC, Mothership, Knave, Troika!, White Hack, Black Hack.Castles and Crusades bros...
"What the fuck?! 'You guys' let the thread die with no link to the new thread" EditionHere 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.
>>97840776>meanwhile wind meta decks are slimes horses, a dragon and aesan protector a helmed knight.>fire aggro is a horse and Arthur
>>97840794>1000 men>5 big tiddy females>coomer card gameWhy is it like this in Americuck?
>>97840873>not be affected>becomes tiny pp small energy weak numbersNo, power has to be represented by huge numerals. If you have a power of 5 it means you're some kind of puny insignificant fag, a weakling not worth the trouble. A power of 5.000.000 on the other hand means you're a dragon-god who is about to wipe out entire armies by looking in their general direction.Only thing better than a bunch of zeros is the infinity symbol, which kind of looks like zeros if you think about it.
>>97840873It's just that way so there's no possible confusion between costs and power.
>>97839860i hate textless cards, they shouldn't be deck legal
Anyone got any better than this D&D now vs then comparison pics, especially for art style?Seeing the new MTG set look so incredibly gay and full of mediocre modern digital fantasy art is quite sad.
>>97840485>sick and twisted thing that falls in line with the behavior of a demonThat not a nice thing to say about yourself, anon.
>>97831907>Anyone got any better than this D&D now vs then comparison picsYes, you colossal faggot. I just made one in a few seconds.>especially for art style?No. Fuck you and your self imposed victimhood.>Seeing the new MTG set look so incredibly gay and full of mediocre modern digital fantasy art is quite sad.Then be sad, you pathetic, weak little victim.
>>97840343>lawful evil (pending supreme court verdict)kek>UnderfruitKEK
>>97840624>a nappy-haired wiz nood>not agenda pushing
>>97839133The same could be said of puckee threads
Supers Swimsuit EditionPrevious Thread: >>97355136The 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.
>>97838287I bring this up because I was going to use a legally-distinct version of the ringer named hoop-lah, who creates hoops of pure energy and then throws them with considerable force
>>97831766>A few years ago, I've homebrewed a TTRPG Hero system, from 0.Impressive! Can you share it please?
>>97771368Happy Easter! What do you need to remember when creating rabbit-themed heroes or villains like picture related? What about animal-themed supers in general?
>>97838025which hero? there are several in the game.
>>97841903Have a clear idea of what you want it to do.List everything concisely in bullet points.Stick to the chosen theme, animal or otherwise.Next bump question.
Now that the dust has settled, can we all agree on the what the best designed modern Space Marine is? I think it's pretty obvious.
>>97841996Primaris bodies with the classic helmets are cool. Horus Heresy seems fun and atmospheric but the local grogs play it in a way that bugs me. Super competitive, tons of ugly 3D printed titans, etc.
>>9784201440k is slowly moving to introducing an era/timeline mission Pre 8th edition era for chuds is coming
You guys really don’t call yourselves chuds when you just hate primaris right
>>97841996>GW acting like a primaris with a headswap is a groundbreaking new olive branch extended to the fans
>>97842113The terminally online 40k fans here are just literal right wing freaks who cry 8th edition changed it all
>new tcg is the biggest funded tabletop kickstarter at $15+ mil and growingWill it succeed?
>>97826685We don't exactly have a glut of cyberpunk media going on, we take what we can getI'm sure real grogs will be endlessly satisfied with CP2020 and SR 2e but for me I like seeing new things
>>97830975you are acting as if they didn't think they were making safe choices.
Netrunner already exists
>>97840361And it is a dead brand.
>>97826573This shit made millions on KS and is dead now, lol
Splinter editionPrevious: >>97708621>News & RemindersFood Chain is banned in HistoricArena Direct Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles March 27-29; win up to two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Play boxeshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-march-23-2026>Secrets of Strixhaven Spoilershttps://scryfall.com/sets/sos?order=spoiled>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaAComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97840833I'll get it when I'm back at desktop. It's pretty normal landfall deck, thrown together with whatever I got on this account. No cash spent at all on it.
>play cube>decent boros>actually its probably best boros possible in cube>all opponents show me biggest degeneracy possible in MTG>0-3>rage draft ninjaturtles bo3>3-0>3-0Arena taketh, arena giveth
This look good desuCheese mountain is my favorite
>>97840646corr good esper midrange pile diss wun
>>97842047they're gorge, only had the plains and just picked up the rest
sup /tg/, thought I'd try something a little different round herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifDFF7c_mSY
>>97840288Can't wait for more swole Shal.
>>97840178i m liking it so far. i loled hard when she turned into female he-man. this lass is retarded in a good way. about the read the second part.
>>97840488>she turned into female he-manhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYXdblTBG0I'm not sorry
>>97840615lol
When do we get /tg/ Quest Club?
40kuck and it's consequences have been a disaster for the wargaming hobby.
>>97836273There's still chunks of 40k demoralization brigade but they're out of bait. They're still paid to do it so they have to make the gestures, but they ran out of new pictures and things to complain about.
>>97840546Oh neat, it can call things gay now.
>>97836273>I don't get the point of this thread.We know. And that's part of the problem.
yes, obviously, left looks better than right, no one is going to disagree with that. but when playing a GAME, right is obviously going to be a funner experience for BOTH sides, just look at the utter lack of balance in the left terrain set up. the near side has to traverse a river and then fight through open fields while the far side immediately gets access to most the hard cover of buildings on the map and on top of that gets the hedgerows overlooking the open fields. its blatantly not fair and poorly set up.>but just give the attack side more units!ok then, how do you balance that? how do you know how many points to allocate to balance out the terrain advantage? double? triple? what if thats too much and now the attacker has the distinct advantage? its way too much trouble to figure out. thats why tourney tables will always provide the better gameplay experience for BOTH sides. GAMEplay. WarGAMES. These are GAMES. A good game needs to be fun for all involved. It is not fun when one side has an inherent advantage over the other. There is a reason why 40k tournaments are by and far the most popular wargaming events and playstyle over every single alternative."Think of it this way. Look at Battletech players. They arguably play on the ugliest paper hex mats and hex counter terrain in wargaming, despite the fact that playing BT with physical and 3d terrain has existed for decades. They CHOOSE the uglier terrain because readability and clear rules for LOS matter to gameplay, aesthetics do not.
>>97842106See, its the same spam. They're out of content to shitpost with but still have to keep doing it. Its their job. Funding cuts to content generation department maybe. There was a massive posting dieoff after the last american election. Might be just bot farming so it can only repost archive scrapes.
I never realized how many players suffer from aphantasia and insist on using miniatures. Are you one of them, or do you embrace the unmatchable graphics of theater of the mind?
>>97831518was poor fag, had to imagine a lotheck, had to cannibalize d6s from boardgames, no fancy other sided available
>>97831518I use visual aids for fun, not necessity. That and I like making them.
>>97831518What setting worldbuilding?
>>97834318Acknowledge that you were wrong immediately.
>>97831651>lifting weightsNot a hobby>shooting gunsfag behavior>playing sports, watching ESPNUnironic fag behavior, especially those who can list athletes off the top of their head like fangirls. It's mainly for faggots in need of fitting in/groupthink mentality>bbqingNot a hobby>huntingNot a hobby>woodwork and leather workingChildish craft hobbies like wargaming.A man just works 24/7Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I bring with me a story, a story I must re-type because 4chan fucked my post in my dealing with IP range bs! Long ago, 16 years and a couple days ago, an anon made a small game called Wizard Battle and posted it to /tg/. Last year, someone on a discord server I'm in told me of the game and told me to do something with it. As such, I've cleaned the game up a bit in some parts, and filled it up in others. Since the original game was posted originally as a thread, I thought I would bring things around full circle.>but anon the amateur game design thread is 8 pages down the hall!Too bad, I already posted an earlier version of this in a game design thread.The game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hm4bLdzsX4bzYMxgs-N1fnCNVDUwKKXxwxqD9eddqdkThe original: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2010/8941465/
Based anon, will check it out, have a bump before going to bed
>>97836678This is absolutely fucking based
>>97836678>Soul Magic is fucking cheatyface LMAO
>>97836678Original was better. It had more sovl.Making more of something doesn't automatically make it better
/bgg/ Board Games GeneralPrevious thread: >>97771950Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8*NEWISH* survey results:https://pastebin.com/scAkFdTv>what's your favorite abstract game?>what game from your collection would you say are you the best at?>dice or fixed values for combat resolution?
>>97840554When you place your block or move the chieftain you care about what is going to happen for at least the next several turns. Small variations to the board are enough your change decision. I am not constantly pulling Pueblo off my shelf but I have not gotten tired of it. The gameplay is still engaging to me after at least 10 plays.I will add though that I have almost always played with the cult sites and turn order auctions. I prefer them because they force painful choices, but they do also cause the games to be more varied.
>>97838722how is it complicatedsee enemy sells to house A and B that both connect to his restaurant through road rput coffe on road rcollect passive incomethere's a fuckload of rules for tiebreaks but they almost never get used
>>97840194go for the objectiveshelp others go for the objectives so they're on pace with you and you're not a threatplay in a group that cares about winning more than about foreverwarsplan how to stop the guy scoring right in front of you, hoping that he'll stop the guy scoring before him, in a chain of backstabs that ends with you defending successfully (its hard but sometimes happens)save any Action phase secret objectives for lastall secret objectves are scorable, they are lying to you if they say otherwiseall debts before round 3 are binding, no early deal should involve round 4 or after because that's when you stop posturing and start fighting everyone (adjust by +1 rouind if you play with no expansions)almost every faction has that one thing that it wins with, especially when using expansion material. go for that thing.
>>97841407It's not that this is strictly my.favourite way of negotiation, it just works very well to keep negotiation pointed and concise without losing much of its essence. In theory I like completely freewheeling negotiation games more, but as said find them exhausting and often longwinded. Same reason I hate the kingmaking hot potato; games just grind to a halt.
Could get this for a meager €30, and I've heard it's one of felds best. But I don't really trust gulag reviews. Any anon wants to give me a qrd on his experience?
Disc 1 Final Boss editionPrevious >>97787403>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.
>>97840015if your opening hand sucks you are probobly not playing the game, yeah. If you have a decent hand you get to weave your deck to prevent bricking. I would say its less prone to bricking than imperial or sneed mille
>>97840613>doesn't work with leomonno......
>>978406803rd Liollmon in a row that doesn't, might be time to hang up the Shishiou-maru
NSp Angora when?
Urgh
>>97838296>>97838363
>>97838363The fuck is that
>>97840821My dog. He doesn't bite, just posts online.
>>97840821it's weeaha, it says right there
>>97840821it's a monkey of some kind. Probably a tamarin monkey, with what the beard and claws, drawn by a dude who'd only heard descriptions from people who'd never seen it closer than 50 meters.
