How the fuck are the Lord of the Rings wargame minis still getting made? Those movies were 20 years ago.
>>97811922>(still not as good as the books)After having heard that Tolkien wrote the hobby as a sort of bedime story for his son, I got the audiobooks and had a great time painting fantasy stuff with them for background. LOTR really was made to be told, not just read.
>>97805321You can't be that hard on them if you remember that they started playing the game in like 2017 (after it was ruined). They never got to experience GOOD 40k. >>97809693>They're MTG fans who pivoted for views.That makes SO much fucking sense. Their severe "old bad new good" skew with everything from sculpts to balance changes / wanting even faster rules update churn than the absurd speed we currently have speaks to a MTG mindset of "fix the current fucked meta with the new set!" of every CCG out there.
>>97817866>old bad new goodThis is why I like them though.
>Those movies were 20 years ago.They regularly sell Tolkien books at my workplace next to bibles and reprinted classics and copies of the constitution or art of war. Not just Tolkien, but Middle-Earth encyclopedias.Tolkien is unironically arguably a part of western culture at this point, or respected on a literary standard
>>9780522625* years for Fellowship. The movie trilogy is legitimately so good and in the sweet spot of coming out before Cinematic Universe slop, but after the booming rise of CGI getting good. It remains epic, influential, with legendary behind the scenes moments, and a common entry point for getting into movies, fantasy, storytelling, reading, or games in this case.It also doesn't hurt that Tolkien is almost more influential to modern books than Shakespeare. The actual game is okay. I think there is enough of a collector/player base that just buys a couple of minis every once in a while to keep things going, and the upkeeping the contract with a release like 1-4 times a year is lucrative in comparison to letting the contrast expire.
Out of Season Snow Storm 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.
>>97817802I like the idea of presealed packs being on the line when you play against someone. That is kinda like competitive PVE, which is an itch that isn't being scratched in the current favored co-op card game design.
>>97817809Sealed is fucked because of coalition, probably makes cube a requirement to enjoy balanced limited. If you're buying a box to flesh out your collection then it all works out in the end, but the randomization is faction stacked so you get entire packs of "play this faction."
Doing my first Sorcery draft tomorrow. Any advice, anons? Cards to look out for, things to avoid? Thanks.
>>978186873x Gothic btw, forgot to mention that.
Is alpha clash any fun? I just saw they are doing official online events which is intriguing to me
Where do I even put this on the alignmen chart?There's collectivist angle allowing "all people" to pursue their dreams, which is pretty Lawful.But also dependence on slave labor (drugged out of their mind to stay content and compliant), which seems pretty Evil.Or is ensuring the working class doesn't suffer kind enough to shift towards Neutral?Assuming high fantasy, not mudcore where the peasants make over 90% of the population.
>>97744006>gooner communist Slaaneshi cult How about no.
>>97802943>says the empire with santioned catgirls and designated "Paradise Worlds"
>>97799486Stay mad, puritard
>>97770015Consequentialism is the truth, which is why that anon calls it a spook.Judging things by the consequences of said things is the only one of these philosophies that is a successful survival strategy.
>>97818457>successful survival strategythis doesn't lead where you think it does
I like this modelThis looks cool
>>97774575at least its a proper halftrack unlike the one thats just 4 separate tracks on a truck, which was fucking retarded
>>97774575I think it looks like a particularly unimaginative brick.
>>97774575Put a Hydra Turret on the back and it would look funny
>>97774575Hate the green
>>97817416>Hydra TurretNah. Quad fiddy is where it's at.
>when your players kill the starter villain in 3 rounds so you have to quickly compress all the foreshadowing dialogue before they diemy hag lost a lot of her mystique and mannerisms last sunday
lmao nogames
>>97815397>Combat goes as expected and predicted>Faggot is somehow surprisedSo how new to this shit are you, exactly? What sort of fucked up expectations you had when pitting less than thrice the party members numbers for your "big badass bossfight" shit-tier combat encounter?
>>97818571>in exchange for his freedom he tells her that he's part of a secret organization that's only trying to save humanity from the erlen>by this point Harald has followed after caught up to them, due to his class feature of favored terrain he can climb past obstacles blocking his way>he recalls information on this creature; the arachnid queen is a eusocial creature that commands her spawn and has human-level intelligence, she has a slow metabolism and doesn't need to feed for long periods of time, saving prey in webbing, but also moves very slowly>they discover the other exit door has been webbed up by spider spawn, as the queen slowly unfolds out of the door>she had left the room in order to block off all escape>there is a door further into the maze, where the "silver sable" is stored, according to Vilneus, but it's at the end of a long corridor, a death trap if you're being chased by a monster>the only escape is back somehow>Harald opens up the webbed door as Ida is caught and webbed up>Vilneus calls them suckers and makes a run for it, only to be swallowed up by the spider spawn swarm>Harald attacks the spider with his bow, but she uses her reaction to move out of the way, along with her prey. (And as mentioned before, we didn't realize he should be getting stamina back, so he really only had one manouvre a day.)>He's getting low on health from the spider swarms and has to make his own retreat. He falls to negative health and recovers again (now with one point of exhaustion) and is then cut off from his escape by the queen, which had Ida in mouth, continuing on her circumventing path and ending up between him and the exit (it's a maze, lots of criss-cross)>he gets into negative health again, and the spider drops Ida to start webbing him up>at this point Ida finally makes her save and breaks out of being restrained
>>97818621Why are you so angry about this lmao
>>97818670>I freely share information on challenge rating, I think that's something that would be intuitive to a character and I don't want the players to just assume encounters are level appropriate, this way there can be informed choices on when to retreat>the arachnid queen is level 5, they were level 1 at this point>Ida had no hope of beating it off and saving her friend>but she did have a magic bean>she spelled out the word "boeten" or in english "serve justice">when the smoke dissipated, the spider was tied up in four giant handcuffs>before it could escape, or the swarms could catch up to them, she hoisted Harald over her shoulder and ran for the exit>they'd saved the bandits from the wizard and survived an encounter with the arachnid queen>this made them heroes in their eyes>the bandits gave them a place to stay and recuperate and told them what the wizard had done>apparently, the man had arrived from outside the barony on a flying machine, not unlike Koenraad's>he had a satellite phone with him, on which they were called by a pompous man that quickly hung up on themComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I win the argument.
>>97817548Concession accepted.
>>97814729retard GM, an easy fix:>"this is a campaign about fighting a lich">Fag ReTardigan runs off into the forest instead of joining the rest of the party and the king's men in searching for the lich>"there are zombies in the woods, and they look very hungry as they turn towards Fag ReTardigan; what do you do?">go on from there after Fag ReTardigan responds to the prompt
>>97818467Nah, I don't encounter zombies. Try again. I'll let you know when you've got it right.
>>97818467I will do you one better, this is a campaign about a lich, the party is inside the dungeon and the entrance collapses.
>>97818467>>"there are zombies in the woods, and they look very hungry as they turn towards Fag ReTardigan; what do you do?""We point and laugh at the retard who ran into the zombie forest"
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>>97818368It hasn't even been particularly long since people last talked about it.>with endless planning and nothing ever happeningThat's every MP.
>>97818575It's just another attempt by anon to kill any MP he doesn't like.
>>97818386>>97818390This is perfect, but the post with the map probably isn't needed
>>97818692I like our map, and I thought that posting it will in a way "lock off" a bit the anon who posts it all from just continuing with other pages (that was my whole master plan, really). In case one of the other MPs shuts down, it also helps to have two pages in case MHA needs to be OP.
>>97818692Oh, and one more thing. I did make a single post version, which has that "For more" part on the first page, and also links one of the recent threads where MHA was OP and all the pages were posted, similar to that "Older Version" section. But I thought about that after posting, and only added it to threadslave notes.
Knight Panther edition>Resources:WFB: https://pastebin.com/qVGrgwwhWM: https://pastebin.com/EsDAgebaWFRP: https://pastebin.com/inbyBsR6Novels: https://pastebin.com/PFqPDr0H>TOW:https://gofile.io/d/fxFgXShttps://www.warhammer-community.com/downloads/warhammer-the-old-world/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97818584Managed to get frenzy off on the Gors so they had to pursue after killing the beltchers, then I had to turn around and move for a few turns until I could attempt to charge in the last turn, which failed of course.>It's a good looking herd for sure!My herd stays strong even after this loss>https://files.catbox.moe/molkxf.mp4
>>97818636Oh, are you guys choosing and alternating terrain placement? Terrain setup looks good, mostly just wondering how much was declared dangerous.
>>97818658We just placed terrain until we felt it was enough, and nothing was dangerous, only difficult, my opponent was the one to suggest it after I asked which pieces should be dangerous or not.
>>97818636Why are you like this
>>97818696it's called enjoying the hobby I partake in, you should try it sometime
Reject all AI from TTRPGS! If a player uses AI to make a character portrait of their PC - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME!If a player uses AI to make a character biography - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME! If a GM uses AI to write an adventure for a session - QUIT THE GAME! If a GM uses AI to generate a picture of where the PCs are - QUIT THE GAME!If a GM uses AI to generate a battle map - QUIT THE GAME!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!
Don’t you people already have your own containment thread to do this stuff in?>>97789009
>>97818057... wrong board?... wrong site?
>need professional character art before the game even beginsAI "solved" a problem that only exists in Fagcord games
>>97818057Get left behind retard. How about you play some actual fucking games. AI has been a godsend for some administrative work to speed games along. It also helps the slow pokes understand some rulings better.
>>97818057No, luddie, I don't think I shall.
Tree 2 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.
>>97817992It's because 5e24 is a reversion back to a lot of 4e philosophy and one of those is freely buyable and craftable magic items, they're an expected part of your "build". I'm honestly surprised they didn't reintroduce Residuum, I mean Mercer still has it in Exandria. Hell, he even uses the 4e pantheon.
To repost from last thread...>>97805726>>97802916>>97807836I've been digging more though feats and well, found Crossbow Expert. the 2024 version kinda stinks (Instead of the BA attack, it's free TWF fighting style with Light crossbows) and the free hand crossbow shot is kinda seen as OP... so part of me is thinking why not give it the same treatment that Polemaster had, just make the damage dice a d4 but also allow any type of crossbow to use it. It is a extra shot, but it's low damage no matter the weapon used.------Crossbow Expert (Rewritten)Ability Score Increase. Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.Ignore Loading. You ignore the Loading property of all crossbow weapons. If you are holding one of them, you can load a piece of ammunition into it even if you lack a free hand.Firing in Melee. Being within 5 feet of an enemy doesn't impose Disadvantage on your attack rolls with crossbows.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97815428kek wtf is this story
How do you fix the necromancy subclass?
>>97818456Remove it
Well its April 1st again. I return first of all to remember one of /tg/'s finest works: Dungeons the Dragoning 40,000 7th edition. Last year I gave the game a revision, stapling both books together so it could rival a phonebook.This year I have more DtD news: 8th edition is on the way. If you want to try out 7th edition before then though the book is in the same spot as always: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1HTYsfwiIWlGg4UZb5Bi32PYgTxKHUIp8There's also links to a place where you can wait for updates on a playtest. Otherwise, I'll just drop it all in the folder when its done. Happy April Fools.
Hell yeah, this game has been my autistic obsession since like 2017, happy to see it getting updates
>>97817778That's some good cover at. Might I suggest giving the lady of pain the VtM rose?
>Join open table night for 5E>Playing a monster expert ranger>combat starts >pull out monster manual and read the stats >DM accuses me of meta gaming This is a DM skill issue right? It’s a roleplaying GAME. Why is he upset that I’m just using all the tools of the game to be a better player
>>97818555Mod thread.
>>97818555The player character is "supposed" to have quite limited information, with the details of statblocks "supposed" to come from knowledge-related skills rather than sourced externally, though 5e doesn't have much clear framework for how good a skill roll gives what result and the bonus scaling is a horrible constraint.It's a holdover from Gygaxian adversarial DMing where the players were expected to puzzle these things out from the results of roles, to my understanding.
Way of the Samurai Edition>What is this?/TG/ DEVELOPED A GAMEIT IS PLAYABLE. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.EXPEDITION is a ~1880s era, Jules Verne-inspired retro-futurist, underground blood soaked adventurescape.It is a Skirmish wargame. Two players with their own expeditions, on a hexgrid map, explore & fight each other for victory and profit.3 versions of the rules exist, 2 of which have been playtested. The main one is 2e, to be found :>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/us7vnek39dc6k/AgarthaRulesas with maps, tokens and lore resources.>TL;DR Dochttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1LxdaGoBlJRTMuziMDupG5TeeFwNDnsIW2pfaRAcFDgA>Main Lore Doc, including links to anon-written short stories and additional lore in "Recommended..." sectionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97816123We should save spots for UR-CA, Lation, and the Machineman. They're all pretty important Players in the Hyperborean memeosphere.
>>97817255>UR-CA, Lation, and the MachinemanDo you have good images of those? I only have those from the tokens, which are fairly small.
Tsardom anon here. Unfortunately I won't be able to continue making my contributions because it's conscription season and my odds aren't looking good. This might be the last post you see from me for a while or ever. Sorry I couldn''t finish the units.
>>97817688>conscription Fuck, I don't know what to say. Take care of yourself out there.
>>97817688Thank you for all the effort you've put in for the game, it's been a pleasure to work with you.
Why do OSR boomers act like their shitty rollslop is good? It's unplayable and boring. Every edition is better than the last, so they are willingly choosing to play a bad edition. Wtf?Pic related, a shitty OSR dungeon
>>97814481I try to ignore then and just run BECMI
>>97814680Lol, no. Everybody with any understanding of the game knows that UA is in large part not very good, and DSG and WSG are mostly garbage. There's a reason we talk about first decade D&D, and it's the the quality of books dropped drastically after 1983ish.
>>97816086I thought it was because you're a giant faggot and you need to perform mental gymnastics to try and figure out how to try and steer your little slice of the OSR ship into fag town.
>>97814481The OSR community is full of elitist boomers or insufferable NuSR hippies HOWEVERThe games, speaking for the OSR side in my experience, are good and have an overall good mentality behind it. There are game designers that I personally absolutely despise that still contributed to good shit I occasionally pilfer.
I came into this thread to talk shit about OSR but then I went through a bunch of my old content and realized that the campaigns in which I leaned into the OSR thing were the best campaigns I've run
Any suggestions for systems built for urban fantasy settings? I know there's World of Darkness but I'm looking for something that is more combat focused and less story telling. Monster of the Week has been suggested to me but I'm just not a big fan of PBTA, the systems just don't feel like a game to me as bullshit as that sounds.
>>97815373Call of Cthulhu using the Pulp expansion could work. Characters are much more competent and survivable, and able to do more fantastic things, and there are rules for playing psychics or mystics.
>>97816551>Tom LancerIs that a short of Tom Bloom, the woke cancer and author of Lancer?
>>97815373What about Fate and Jojo? They both have their RPGs
>>97815373Either Savage Worlds or WitchCraft, depending on what's exactly your goalMotW is a memegame that does fuck all, befitting an EHP game.
>>97817523Characters are as competent as always. They simply have more HP.Which still works.
