After playing both the original Shandalar and the 2016 update version I've come to the conclusion that magic was just more fun in 1995 when it was more loose and relaxed. The kinds of decks you go up against in the 2016 version are so much more ruthless about shutting down every play you make that the only way to compete is to be an even more obnoxious dickhead and make sure they never get a chance to do anything. Every victory was bitter and spiteful in a way that I never felt with the older simpler Magic cards.
>>97354358>causal play is still bestThat's probably the problem I had with Shandalar 2016. It felt very much designed around optimal play where every mistake is punished with immediate failure. I hated crafting a deck that was laser focused on discards and land destruction but it was the only strategy that actually worked for me.
>>97354218It's infuriating that we'll never have a proper client. MTGO codebase is from the 90s and the UI looks absolutely terrible while Arena is on par with gacha slop mobile games. Was it that hard to invest in a mtgo amd rework it to make it look more appealing to a newer audience? I don't see why wotc wanted to make a new client from scatch when one already had every card in it.
>>97354269Who are you quoting?
Same applies to a lot of TCGs. This is why games like YuGiOh were best before a certain set, even outside of card balance. Your deck was the best with what you had, and you made it work. But it's ok because the people you are playing against are also (usually) playing the same way.Now they print cards that arent just stronger, but clearly being made for a specific meta purpose.
>>97358140>You could literally skip your first couple turns and not die. Unthinkable now.There have been tournament matches where somebody surrenders from their opening hand. Who enjoys a game like that?
5 person Level 5 party.
>>97358499The OP didn't indicate anything about the relationships between the monsters, if there are any. They might be allied or opposed or they might be entirely unrelated.
>>97358471Fire damage Is not magic damage so It only takes half
>>97359224They're all undead, so I assume Is necromancer themed or maybe a curse land where the dead can't rest
>>97359280It resists fire damage from nonmagical attacks. A fireball is a magical attack. It does not resist it.
>>97359288Oh I see, you appear to have confused games with some other medium.Encounters don't have themes. The players are encountering those creatures because those creatures happened to be there.Zombies, ghosts, and mimics can move. They can travel to locations where creatures of the other types are present.
Pathfinder Card Game 3rd WHEN Edition>>IF YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION, PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH GAME YOU'RE PLAYING<<Previous Thread: >>97177684/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/pacg/ (Pathfinder Adventure Card Game) link repository: https://pastebin.com/wsNmzCMR>>CHECK THE SHARE THREAD FOR MISSING MATERIALS<<>tq: How do you read about updates for the game? Do you read the source material or just let some e-celeb yawn on about whatever garbage they want to spin?
>>97358291Anyone with access to a familiar can get a Greensting scorpion to scout for them. +8 size to stealth, +4 racial to both per/stealth, before your skill ranks and per/stealth being class skills for it. If you add the Figment archetype it can take the Skilled evolution twice by level 7 and get another +8 in both per/stealth (but must be within 100 ft). At lv 7 with maxed ranks and before any magic items it can have +33 to stealth and +22 to perception. If you take Skill Focus with the feat it gains from losing the mindless trait you land att +25 perception. And if it gets discovered and killed it will reappear after some sleep.
>>97352679>can't find someone who speaks English or even has a decent mic
2eIf a player detects a trap, whether non-magical or magical, do they learn how to disable it and how it triggers as well? Or is it just they learn of its presence? How would they determine its affects and how to disable it?
>>97358933They know enough to make a Disable a Device check at least, although how much more than that kind of depends on the hazard. The relevant rules here are (as listed here https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=2846):Detecting a Hazard:>"Every hazard has a trigger of some kind that sets its dangers in motion. For traps, this could be a mechanism like a trip wire or a pressure plate, while for an environmental hazard or haunt, the trigger may simply be proximity. When characters approach a hazard, they have a chance of finding the trigger area or mechanism before triggering the hazard. "Later in that same block of text:>"Anyone who succeeds [a secret Perception check against the hazard's Stealth DC] becomes aware of the hazard, and you can describe what they notice."The first quote specifies that they're rolling to detect the trigger area or mechanism, and the second clarifies that a successful perception check makes them aware of the hazard, with the GM describing what the character actually notices in the world. Nowhere does it say that they learn what the hazard *is*, although it's often obvious (e.g. the mechanics of a hidden spike pit are pretty clear once you've noticed it), and when it's not I imagine a relevant Recall Knowledge would probably tell them more about it.What's clear, however, is that they've definitely found it, and they can make a roll to disable it. The rules for disabling hazards are a little further down:Disabling a Hazard:>"A character must first detect a hazard (or have it pointed out to them) to try to deactivate it."Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97358795this quality of the video is hilariously shit as I expected it to be, but what did you think about the gameplay? Better than that Dawnsbury crap I constantly see people glazing
Dark Heresy is for Manly Men Edition>RPG Rulebookshttps://rentry.org/40kRPGLinks>Homebrew Collection (Feb 2025)https://rentry.org/40RPGHB>WANG/Imperium Maledictum Newshttps://cubicle7games.com/blog/warhammer-40k>Bestiary, armoury, weapon quality and NPC databasehttp://www.40krpgtools.com/>Dark Heresy 2e Character Creator:https://apps.ajott.io/dh2chargen/>General 40kRPG Encyclopediahttps://www.scholaprogenium.com/>Offline Combined Armory (v6.48.161023)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What were GW writers thinking of when they came up with the idea of hive cities? Are they walkable for most of the inhabitants or are people supposed to have cars, bikes, scooters, etc. to move around on? Most of the videogames I've played seem to show sections of the hive where you would walk around on foot or ride some form of public transit.
>>97359117Healthy balance, yeah. Like every time, the inquisitor (Heinrix you are my brother, I love you) is right when it comes to chaos and daemons, mostly. You cannot fuck around with chaos worshippers and cults who already destroyed one world, or not exterminate genestealer cultists, that is just making logical choices and keeping safe. The inquisition does at least 75% of what it does for a good reason, when they're not at war with each other or trying to kill every single person who saw a daemon instead of conscripting them into inquisitorial warbands.But the little things, like saying you don't see a point in mass bloodshed for faith, or saying that you want to understand xenotech, those are little things that do feel like they're realistic without trying to veer out of what 40k truly is, but still show that not everyone is a foaming mouth zealot. Or even the simplest ones like "Yes I know our people are enemies, but the REAL enemy is Chaos" when speaking to the Eldar which is just like, logial.
>>97359160They were thinking of the hot new topic in architectural circles in the 1980's - the arcology, and what would happen if you stuck a bunch of stuffy brits into one. They then mixed it with dark dystopian environments like 1982's Blade Runner. They satirized it by making the Imperium's cities hives the dark end result of the idea. The satire was then lost when the Saudis started building them 30 years later and they were more horrifying than one could possibly have predicted.
>>97359203The reality is even worse than the dystopian concept, huh? Sounds about right for a british satire piece written in the 80/90s
>>97359223>The reality is even worse than the dystopian conceptA lot of modernity is also reflecting back into 30k/40k, because what is being done today is way more intense than a bunch of 80's nerds once hypothesized. If you read closely, the Dark Mechanicum 'Silica Mutus' descriptions read eerily similar to current LLM training methods, for example. Modern technology is moving faster than 40k's 'mysterious supertech.'
Dead Good Edition>Previously, in the Mortal Realms>>97335819 >Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, and FAQs:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-downloads/>Toolshttps://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/>Anvil of Apotheosis hero creator:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97359056True enough, perhaps against DoK or Gitz they'd be of more use. I think he's planning to drop them when fighting my Maggotkin and double down on VRaptors as his ranged option.
>>97359044seems to have, wfg's last post was an hour and a half ago and 2 posts before that was 3 hours ago. seems pretty dead to me
Imagine if soulblight vyrkos were horse vampires.
>>97359106they say they're still there >>97359133
>>97359251lame, nonsensical and redundant with the other types of centaur races in warhammer
Back From The Dead Edition Previous Thread: >>97241180The 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.
>>97355136Does anyone use any decent random super power generators online? I hear that a lot of them feel rather generic, and we can use some recommendations.
>>97357766Sure, the DC & Marvel wikis, and if you can stomach it, reddit respect threads, that have links to comic scans proving every assertion is almost always accurate.
>>97357766Not online, but you could adapt something like picrel (from Mutant City Blues). Pick a random starting cell (2d6) and direction to move (1d8)
>>97359165There are seven rows. 2d6 will not suffice to pick a starting cell.
Is there any way I can incorporate my fetish in my fantasy world without it becoming a magical realm?
>>97288951Depends on the fetishI can very easily while playing a Tzimisce
>>97356497My source is that Grok made it the fuck up based on this.
>>97288951As long as you are up front about its inclusion being the price of admission, you are fine. If players want to play with you anyway, then it is whatever. Its when you spring it on them without consent that it is a problem.
>>97358427Isn't Grok the child porn AI?
>>97359250Yes, it's Elon Musk's AI for Twitter.
>Everyone• PLEASE BUMP THE THREAD IF IT REACHES PAGE 10!>Requesters:• Provide good, detailed references (pictures are better than verbal descriptions), so the artists know what you're looking for.• If you have a WIP quote the Anchor Post, and attach the WIP so your Drawfag can find you.• Do not reply to other deliveries with a request that the artist fill your request next. This is called 'piggybacking'.• Do not make multiple requests in the same thread and do not serially request multiple characters after a delivery. Suggesting several concepts for artists to choose from counts as making multiple requests.• If you're unsatisfied with your completed request, please wait at least one week before you re-request. If someone follows this rule, don't waste posts by complaining about it.• Stay on topic.>Drawfags and Drawfags-to-be:• Drop your tumblrs/websites/commission/etc information, but if you're dropping your commission info, please consider filling a request beforehand instead of just advertising.• Please keep AI deliveries to the /slop/ threads. This is a thread for human-made art.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97351713It is hard to find a good spacious abode these days, and for free it's a steal I'm sure. Got any weird ghosts or skeletons you could get rid of to free up some space in his head? I know a guy that does exorcisms AND burials, very discreet.
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>>97215129Delivery.
>>97215129And the alt version.
>>97359054>>97359037Two deliveries for the price of one. Thank you.
existential edition >Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Tata Steel | January 16th - February 1st- Speed Chess Championship Finals | February 7th - 8th- Prague International Chess Festival: Masters | February 25th - March 6th- Chesscom Global Championship | March 14th - April 26th- Reykjavik Open | March 25th - 31st- FIDE Candidates Tournament | March 28th - April 16th- European Individual Chess Championship | April 7th - 19th- Lichess Spring Marathon | April 18th- Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | May 3rd - 10thComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>973536772>1>4=3>6>5 with varying margins
>>97349718>>97349789It's all about the key squares. The key squares of a pawn where it's the only (relevant) pawn on the board are if it's on the enemy side of the board all six squares directly in front of the pawn, and if it's on its own half of the board it has only 3 such key squares - you skip the row in between. What the hell is a key square? A key square means if the attacking king can occupy it, the pawn queens, if not it's a draw. So here the pawn is on d7, the key squares will be c5, d5 and e5 - skip a rank due to it being on your own side of the board remember? So these concepts are kind of clunky at first and can take time to get to know but they're well worth it if you want to be good at such endings. If white moves first: Kd2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd6 Kd4 - and the black king can never reach one of the key squares because the white key can gaurd them. Obviously if for example Ke6 instead white will just go Ke4, still stopping him from getting to the key square. The key squares are only different for a rook pawn, where the defending king only has to get to the last rank on the third file across c1/c8/f1/f8 for it to be a draw. It's more interesting if the king has to go to the side. For example if the position is a white pawn on b4 and the white king is on c1, and the black king is on f8 the key squares become a5, b5 and c5 and the attacker must get to one. But if he goes Kc2 Ke7 Kc3 Kd6 Kc4 Kc6 he again can't get to a key square. But if he goes for the a5 square instead: Kc2 Ke7 Kb3 Kd6 Ka4 Kc5 Ka5 and he's made it and he queens.
2/2>>97357011Also if you're the defending king always put your king in one of the two squares in front of his pawn when you can, when that's not possible, move it to the side to match his king's movement. You can do things different but when you've seconds on the clock you want simple rules. It's very painful to lose a clearly drawn k vs p ending.
>the German Internet Chess Server had Atomic in 1995.>The ICC had Atomic in 2000.>Lichess implemented Atomic in 2015.>Chess.com implemented Atomic in 2020.
Lorwyn Planeswalker 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.
So I'm currently trying to arrange 3 different decks thematically match a specific experience. Not by things like card types but by the experience playing it should provide. The end goal is to finalize the deck and then make custom art cards fitting to the theme. Im a ways into the first one but I'd like your thoughts on all three:>A Sekiro themed deck around Ashina Castle that turtles with little tricks throughout and old dying Isshin as the commander>A Sekiro Deck from the position of Wolf with heavy damage prevention and counters for parries and living weapons/for mirrodin/job select and other artifacts for his tools and Planeswalker for allies>A Bloodborne Deck from the position of the Healing ChurchThe Ashina Castle one is being assembled now. The commander I have is Arcades the Strategist. Ashina was seized when Isshin died and people were scared to approach when he was still around so a commander that is central to a deck working fits the vibe. I can be imposing and turtle, with some tricks and removal on the side. Have a sideboard tutor that is the Mortal Blade where I can bring in some card for Sword Saint Isshin or other named characters. (Also it's thematic to just fucking crushed eventually so I'm looking forward to just having fun with this deck)The Wolf deck is harder to assemble. The intention is to use Raff Capashen so I can flash artifacts to counter things and have more reactive gameplay overall. Im struggling with having solid win conditions. The Healing Church deck is the least developed. I don't know what mechanics would fit the opt-in but corrupting nature of the blood in Bloodborne. I want to lean towards goad but nothing fits it well so far.
>>97353999What's the most "mtg" videogame? I mean regarding atmosphere and general feel of the game not like a literal trading card videogame
>>97359030https://mtgtop8.com/format?f=PREMPick decks that feel like the theme the most. Also allows filler decks to be selected all within the same power level without any extra speculation
>>97359046world of warcraft classic
>>97359046
Clussy EditionPrevious thread: >>97241303Battlefleet 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.
Has anyone scanned new Bloodb Owl rules yet?
Apparently there are people out there who want space marines on jetbikes in Necromunda and so print ones like this out.
>>97358906I'm not usually one to shit on other peoples work, but those do not look good.Also why
>>97358942some tards are hell bent on using fdm to print minis even though it sucks ass and looks like shit.Some motherfucker is always going to try jamming a round peg into a square hole.
>>97358906Space marines in Necromunda isn't an issue, original Necromunda has rules for using any 40k units you want in it (though intended as opponents and not as players).
dead before bump limit edition▶What is Kingdom Death?Kingdom Death is a tabletop miniature brand stared by Adam Poots and operated by himself and his Team that later spun off into a miniature based bored game funded by two very successful Kickstarter campaigns.▶What is Kingdom Death: Monster?Monster is a Nightmare Horror cooperative boss battler/miniature hobby game for 1-4 players about hope in a strange world of bizarre monstrosities and perpetually darkness. Players take on the role of survivors that band together to form a settlement, fighting monsters, crafting weapons and gear, and developing their civilization to ensure survival from generation to generation.Prologue Narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLc8dHv0AcThe Game is broken up into 3 phases:1. During your Hunt Phase your band of survivors traverse the world of KD in pursuit of their quarry.2. After successfully tracking your quarry you will begin the Showdown Phase, where you must fell these horrific creatures in order to acquire precious resources.3. After the battle, your survivors wander home with loot in hand to begin the Settlement Phase. Arm yourself by developing new weapons and bizarre structures to prepare for next year's hunt.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97345161I hate that resources are random drops, yeah I get that its for balance and monster hunter did it like this as well but, you supposedly keep the entire monster after a hunt, even in the prologue fight it shows that you drag the entire corpse of the white lion to the new settlement after you win.
>>97353840My head canon is that the drops you get are what's salvageable after you fucking wrecked it.
>>97345161I'm not sure if you're supposed to have x2 of each Perfect Resource in your deck with GCE, but I do it anyways because I basically treat them as normal resources for the first 10 Lantern Years.
>>97358364No, you're only supposed to have 1x. The GCE instructions mention this, it includes the extra set in case you didn't already have the card pack.
>>97358513Eh, I didn't see it when I read it the first time. I really think they just have too many systems repeated too many times across too many different products. Someone else is definitely going to do what I did and miss that if it's now in 1.6, the upgrade pack, and now in GCE repeating all this content.
Douchemachine used to be the largest competition to GW. Now look at it and laugh
>>97354548It's CMON. That alone should tell you everything you need to know. they have a history of pump and dump kickstarters and buying really good games only to run them into the ground and drop them. Hence my decade+ of salt over Darkage and how they didn't even finish the new sculpts before ditching it fir the next big shiny. Those new Harpies looked so good
GW started doing shit with their IP outside of tabletops, which honestly gave them an edge that very few others have (Battletech does, although it doesn't have the same reach)
>>97354183>Invalidated modelsLiterally false, as legacy armies are allowed both to compete in Prime tournaments and are increasingly getting 3D print support>"B-but balance" and >>97354521Infernals fucked around so hard at the WTC that they got hit with light nerfs. They are competitive armies, and even in cases of super old shit like no-rules basic infantry Trollkin units, you can proxy those at your FLGS no problem. >Chonky printsFair. Personally I like then, but to each their own. Also some of the newer models like Old Umbrey are quite detailed. >mk3 ptsdGood thing that the people running the show at SFG are actual WTC fans and not PP monkeys. >MenothAlready teased, probably releasing early 2027 or late 2026.
>>97354719I'm going to bet on 2027. They already have at least 2 armies up for 2026, and I wouldn't be surprised they squeeze in Reaper Covenant before Menoth.
>>97354719>Literally falseLegacy armies DO NOT include all models in the old factions, in fact most are very curated.Furthermore, they're purely a gameplay concession and nothing more. Most of the casters are dead, most of the units and warjacks don't exist anymore in lore, you are no longer collecting something that is relevant to any continued world building and the setting didn't do the Battletech thing of having separate eras that are all supported.They're also bad for the game, because now half the tournament legal armies in the game are quite literally unable to be purchased. If a legacy army becomes meta, it either gets nerfed fast or the cost to entry skyrockets past GW prices.Again, this could have been avoided if every original faction had some representation by now, but if you wanted to play Skorne and don't already own it? Get fucked retard. Menoth? Wait 3 years for Adepticon 2026. Mercenaries? Circle? Kill yourselves.They found a solution for the sweatest of tournament scenes but neglected to do anything to generate interest in new players. Paywalling ALL the Mk4 lore behind the FUCKING PHONE APP was the dumbest decision they could have made.Jesus Christ, just release PDFs so people can at least TALK about it before they pay any money.GW does so well because there are a million onboarding points for random dorks to be exposed to 40k prior to being funneled into buying plastic crack.Mk1/Mk2 had plenty of discussion on /tg/ back in the day, and great word of mouth in stores that was supported by physical lore books that could be seen in person before purchase.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97354826Once, again: Wrong!"Unscrupulous players may be tempted to use blast weapons to pick off leaders and heavy weapons in an unrealistic fashion. To prevent this the following rule applies. The owner of the target unit can move an incoming Blast marker onto a different part of the target unit providing that:a) The Blast marker covers the same number of models (or more) in the same unit.b) The new target is within the firer's range and line of sight.pg.56(The page about Blast Weapons)Why must I be cursed to be the only one in these threads to ever actually read the rules?
>>97356560I love Wayne England tooRIP
>>97358206GW turned that guy into an old negress.
>>97357251Anon might have been confused with 2nd ed. In 2nd it worked as he said.
>>97356560At least the art these days is just "mediocre compared to the great works of the past" instead of offensively bad like in the dark times that started in the mid/late 2010s.
If your campaign were a tv show, how charming would people find your character?
>>97353744>Vaguely mediterranean swashbuckler who is impulsive and always looking for strong enemies to duelI think so. People loved Inigo Montoya back in the day
>>97354289Lmao
>>97355034He sounds fun!
He's kind of a loser in-universe but would probably be really popular with a specific demographic since he's basically a Kamen Rider complete with overwrought transformation sequences and the power of love and justice, in-universe most people find that shit lame or cringe since they're being 90's edgelords but on a show he'd probably be liked by the audience for playing it straight and being unapologetically heroic
>>97354289>>Discriminates against those afflicted with a incurable disease he also has and as such resents himselfwomen love this shit, cast Timothee Chalamet and they'll be flooding their panties.Unfortunately you will also be immediately branded as "queer-coded" and people will think your magical leprosy or whatever is a metaphor for loving cock and your character is the equivalent of a self hating religious homo
