Should rogue maidens be holy or unholy?
>>97281965Holy fuck this looks like SHIT!
>>97244418>shouldfaggOP, just make your own character. make your own mind the fuck up, your OC Donut Steel could be a demi-gender half-dragon turtle Bear Totem Barbarian that fights for its Carebear totem against the Evil Barneyfag and its legion of Homestuck character dude, its you game, why should we give an ounce of a damn about what you're doing in your game, let alon how you make a character or how you don't make them.Its all engagement bait for YT 4chan AI storytimes and its making me so pessimistic about the death of creativity, imagination and the loss of the sense of wonder humanity once had.We're never getting stuff like LOTRs ever again, we're so devoid of cognitive power, our great ancestors like Aristotle, Galileo, Shakespeare and Washington would condemn us to perdition because we've made ourselves so much lesser than our forebears ever were.George Washington Whooped the ass out of the most powerful army and their hired mercenaries 3 times in the span of a week and turned the dying embers of revolution into a brazen inferno.Shakespeare wrote generational plays that inspired some of the greatest authors known to humanityAristotle inspired multiple generations of philosophers and create an entire subset of soft science through the reverberation of his work through the agesGalileo revolutionized science and payed the ultimate price for his so-called 'insolence', dying at the pyre, speaking a truth so bold and so utterly mind boggling that the Pope himself sent him a letter to shut his mouth about the idea that 'the planet is a sphere'.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I'm seriously considering downloading every puckee image I can find, and spamming the board with them.You fuckers honestly deserve it with how much attention you give him.
>>97286550what the fuck is Puckee?
>>97287081Alright presented with as little bias as possible.Puckee621 is a Redditor (actually unironically not in the memetic sense) who commissions a lot of fantasy art with a peculiar style that tends to be a bit recognizable.He's relevant to /tg/ because he at some point acknowledged on his account that he was regularly sharing his commissions on /tg/. Unfortunately rather than using a character art thread and lurking moar, so to speak, he used a specific pattern of starting threads with a basic tangentially related question with the art, but mostly just abandoned the thread afterwards.This low quality posting style led people to notice that pattern and start to catch on, especially considering he talked about it on reddit iirc.Nowadays he's become the new windmill to tilt at thanks to "Bumpfag"s popularity declined. Whether the guy is still the one spamming or it's imitator trolls trying to stir up resident board police is questionable.That's the gist of it I've gathered from lurking and following the links.
Is it really good etiquite to have seriously "heavy" and depressing themes in your tabletop campaign as opposed to just lighthearted evening fun or cynically detached/ironic grimderpness?
>>97286063Read the room. Is that what your table wants to do for that game? If so, then yes. If not, then no.
>>97286063Try playing games sometimes and see how it goes.
>>97286489You are my friend now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWNNjIIq4TA
>>97286063>Is it really good etiquite to have seriously "heavy" and depressing themes in your tabletop campaign as opposed to just lighthearted evening fun or cynically detached/ironic grimderpness?Yes. If anything, it's the other way around: unrequested cynicism/ironism/grimderp is insulting.
>>97286063>>97286248>>97286440>What is session 0
What are some fantasy and sci-fi movies you should watch to inspire your games and players?
>>97280944Amuse us, oh epic good opinion haver... What do you watch?
I'd recommend the first Deathstalker. AND DEATHSTALKER TOO!
>>97279981Ninja ScrollVampire Hunter D: BloodlustHighlander: The Search for VengeanceSword of the Stranger
>>97279981Bubblegum Crisis actually had it's own role playing game. I never had the chance to play it but one guy at my local comic shop was a fan of it
>>97279547Then you've filtered yourself out of a great watch.
I would like to talk about the Chronicles of Darkness game line Deviant: The Renegades, or more specifically, one major upcoming supplement. Deviant was released in late 2021, and has had three additional sourcebooks since then. A new supplement, Black Vans, has been in playtesting for a while, and is currently being previewed.I am not being paid or sponsored to promote this book in any way. I am just very fascinated by it, and indeed, I already ran a mini-campaign using the playtest material.Deviant is, by default, a game about playing angsty, scarred superheroes who either fight world-manipulating conspiracies or work for them. Black Vans is a toolkit full of variant rules, quick NPC creation, variant character types, and variant genres. These variants range from the minor to the dramatic, completely overhauling what were once non-negotiable, foundational themes and mechanics. Maybe your character is not angsty or scarred at all, perhaps they are a """""regular human""""" like John Wick or Batman, or the campaign might have nothing to do with world-manipulating conspiracies.These variant genres include cyberpunk, high fantasy, post-apocalypse, space opera, and superhero emergence.This is a beefy supplement. For example, one chapter alone dedicates 38,000+ words to playing other monsters of the Chronicles of Darkness: Beasts, changelings, demons, Sin-Eaters, hunters (entirely separate from the variant rules for """natural""" superpowers), mages, mummies, Prometheans, vampires, and werewolves. No additional supplements beyond Deviant are necessary; the rules are self-contained, allowing the group to play a monster mash of an urban fantasy setting without needing a daunting 7+ books. And yes, they are supposed to be balanced against one another, so a vampire in the same group as a full-fledged mage is probably some older Kindred.(Continued.)
>>97284201As a caveat, there is a small handful of unique, exclusive powers for each Clade, called "Adaptations." But even this is not a hard rule; Shallow Graves offers ways to pick up Adaptations cross-Clade.Alternatively, Black Vans' high fantasy genre lets you simply ignore Clades altogether and just pick whatever you want for your character, all very build-a-bear.
Looks cool but having to keep track of everyone's conspiracy and keystones seems pretty cumbersome
>>97286169The core rulebook specifically suggests having everyone tied to the same starting conspiracy. This is why there is a rule for upgrading a conspiracy based on how many Renegade PCs oppose it. The Devoted Companion suggests much the same for Devoted PC games.If conspiracies still are not your thing, Black Vans offers options for removing conspiracies in favor of other antagonistic plot devices. The high fantasy, post-apocalypse, and superhero emergence genres are good examples of this.Touchstones can be a lot to keep track of, true. Shallow Graves and Black Vans both offer advice on this. If this still is not good enough, Black Vans gives options for removing Touchstones in favor of more conventional motivations, like Virtues, Vices, and three Aspirations.
>>97286712the conspiracies are a graph of connected people you need to take down?
>>97287020If you are playing a default Renegade game (as opposed to a Devoted game) and are not using any of the variant genres, yes. I mention some examples here >>97217964The variant genres do away with conspiracies or heavily modify them. For example, in the space opera genre, the conspiracy rules are used to represent space empires, which the PCs can topple.
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Tex Talks editionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38cHV-lZCXIPrevious Thread: >>97267187================================>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.
yay or nay?
>>97285268lolno. stop lying. its just the ccp-loving faggot devs pushing the cappies as MC
>>97285591Been putting together a Syrtis Fusiliers regiment made up entirely of former mercenaries who got company stored by the AFFS. House Hasek has been buying up their contracts to assemble a force of MechWarriors disaffected toward the Federated Suns to make another try at independence.
>>97287090Well yeah, MUL is supposed to show which factions use what when. That's not balanced at all and that's fine. It's fluff. I pick my forces for fluff first and then do balance by fiddling with pilot skills.
>>97287090Yay. Trying to "balance" with the mul is nonsense.
I've spent the last year, studying, and designing a custom Arthurian set, originally intended to be based on Le Morte d'Arthur (like how P3k was based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms). However, as I continued to study, and look into different (and some obscure sources) this turned into a much more wider net. This set, which is no where near finished includes>Welsh Triads and The Magnibong>Pre-Vulgate Arthur traditions>Vulgate/Post Vulgate/Lancelot cycles>some English/Welsh fairy tales>and even a bit of the Victorian Arthurian revival (especially for art). I avoided the Italian and German romances entirely, and tried not to include weird outliners except when needed. Outside of art, nothing is sourced from the 20th century or onward. Also all art is public domain. I'm mainly posting here for feedback. Some will be art recommendations, flavor text (especially sourced) will be always welcomed.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Bro just stitch the set togetherold.photojoiner.com
>>97286607no
Red Knights aren't exactly common, but are a recurring theme in the romances. Normally used as a stepping stone or early enemy. Naturally I had to include one in the set.
I like Enchantresses
ITT: confess your /tg/sins and devilish antics>be me, at FLGS>see some grogs playing a historical looks like maybe Bolt Action >approach and ask them where they got their Astra Militarum STL's. >handwave their reply, tell them I've been in "the hobby" for a while, I started two editions ago in 8th so let me know if they need any pointers
I periodically save and re-post AIslop pictures because people are incapable of not sperging about them and that makes me chuckle
>>97283507sometimes I ask my players to roll dice for a secret reason, but in reality there is none. I also like to insist on adding different colored dice to a pool as if they have a hidden significance, when in reality they do not.
>>97284759I pretend to play but really I just post on /tg/
>>97283507My PCs often commit crimes from theft to outright murder and typically leave more than enough evidence to be easily discovered by the guards. Then they get arrested and executed.I do not coerce or encourage them towards these crimes. It's entirely voluntary on their end.>>97283934What country?>>97284802>>97285475All entirely reasonable and justified.
>>97285475All based except #2
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #591"All i want for Christmas is for Dark Magician Girl to materialize in my bedroom so i can summon her in face down ass up position, have sex with her, and end my turn" EditionPrevious thread: >>97191908Most Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion encouraged. Post OC, write dumb fanfics with bad CaC in them, duel each other, have fun, etc.>Yu-Gi-Oh! Online PlayAutomated Sims:●EDOPro website: https://projectignis.github.io/download.html●EDOPro: https://discord.gg/ygopro-percy●YGO Omega: https://discord.gg/duelistsunite●Dueling Nexus: https://duelingnexus.com/●Master Duel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449850/YuGiOh_Master_Duel/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97285980Also, it's not as though Konami hasn't ever printed banned cards in sets for fun (Branded Expulsion in the megatins)
>>97285994Branded Expulsion was a meme ban anyway.
>>97285971Herald retrain with proper xenolocks to avoid compatibility with other unintended engines like Drytron would probably be okay. I still think Habakiri is the reason that Arclight is considered broken now, but I'm not losing sleep over a herald ban either way though. I'd honestly just prefer they errata Habakiri to solve the problem without killing pure Yummy, random rogue ritual decks, or pure Mitsurugi, but unfortunately Konami doesn't like doing that.
>>97285504>fusionYou can meme with shaddolls if you want but you'd need some kind of dark to get to winda and I don't know if that's easy for VV.>synchroGalong is a bounce and packbit puts a monster in the S/T zone (this costs a discard)
Is it normal for booster boxes to cost like fifty dollars?
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like Santa's Magic Sack!STEP 0:<----- That image is not a PDF, it's an image, at least for now. Check the 4plebs link below to find the PDF.PLEASE READ DA FAQ BEFORE REQUESTING OR SHARING.It will answer 99% of your questions about this thread. If you haven't read it, we will know.STEP 1:Please exhibit good manners. Threads start sliding off the board after a certain number of posts. More posts wasted on being rude means fewer posts available for sharing.STEP 2:Request, share, stay awesome!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97286877Nevermind, thanks!
requesting modules for Warhammer Fantasy RP 4e for FoundryVTT v13https://foundryvtt.com/packages/wfrp4eSpecifically>Core Rulebook>Up In Arms>Rough Nights & Hard Days>Ubersreik Adventures I>Ubersreik Adventures II>Ubersreik Adventures III>Middenheim: City of the White Wolf>Archives of the Empire: Vol I.>Archives of the Empire: Vol II.>Archives of the Empire: Vol III.>Altdorf: Crown of the EmpireComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97281073Seconding this
>>97281073>>97287019thirding?
Requesting:D&D 5e: Stranger Things Welcome to the Hellfire Club
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 Ruler>Battle Spirits>Ashes>One PieceComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97284021I mean this sincerely, you seem like a paranoid schizo. Seek mental help.
>>97286826Abyssal Stationary seems like a card you side deck that when it works, it REALLY works. I don't see it in any decks that topped the past couple months so "see play" is relative without it being recorded, or me directly interacting with the OCG. (Literally can't but I would like to)>JP YoutubeNot that I mind the effort but I would have to look up every card they mention and see how it relates to the one in question. Depends on how much time/energy I have for the day.>Pic relatedThat looks not fun to deal with and fun to use.
>>97286892>I don't see it in any decks that topped the past couple months so "see play" is relative without it being recorded, or me directly interacting with the OCG. (Literally can't but I would like to)To be fair, I was more so wonder in general and not only within top cuts. Also, I'm sort of in the same boat. I can read most cards already because the Japanese is very straight forward, but it's more of a struggle when I watch JP Duel Masters vids (I spend more time studying JP then learning OGC strategy). >That looks not fun to deal with and fun to useNothing feels better than locking someone down with a good ol' fashioned Guardian.
Here's a link for deck strategieshttps://duelmasters.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Deck_Type>This deck can no longer be used in the metagame due to Hall of Fame restrictions.
>Gundam getting bo3 and sideboardsToo bad it does nothing to help with the game being boring and dogshit with no room for skill expression whatsoever How this game hasn't died yet is beyond me it's easily the worst "big" TCG on the market.
Shit GM Thread, because while you players are awful, there are some really shit GMs out there too.>GM advertises game as a destroyed world by demons and whatever and people trying to live through or retake the world>sounds good, throw my application in and get in>trying to make a character from a destroyed noble house destroyed from said demons>no info or lore or anything so just make one background that can fit in>ask GM if it's okay and if I can fill it in with finer details>he just says nah you're good>is there a map?>he just gives me some random borders map that looks like it was generated from some website>yeah choose a region where your noble house was from I'm still working on the details>his username is some pretentious TheLoreMaster btw>whatever as long as he can provide a good story as the game goes on>me and other players make our characters>he then tells us to create a shared backstoryComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97283987GM failed the Sally-Anne test. And you have too judging by your approval of the GM's actions.
>>97284405I agree with the first 2Either trade them or take the trade off, power from magic or higher proficiency
>Table of powergamers multitasking our sessions with grinding on mmos so combat takes five minutes per turn>GM has a monster cast Labyrinth on me, effectively preventing me from playing until the spell ends>The spell ends more than two hours of playtime after it is cast>The thought of a monster not ruining a player's experience if that's what the monster would do has never crossed his mind
>>97269308>>GM makes us start doing perception>>says we hear singing>>literally nobody wants to investigate this because why would we>>GM is winking at us nudging us>>okay whatever we investigate>>it's a gnome taking a bath at a river>>???>>the others make some excuse to go speak with him while I'm just finished with the game at this point>>turns out... he was... literally nobody, just a rando and he called us perverts for interacting with him while he was bathingkino
>>97286887>Players take 5 minutes per turn>GM uses monster spell as intended>Blame GM instead of players pissfarting around
Is Age of Sigmar good yet?
>>97257003Destroyer of wombs seems pretty based
>>97283778Giant statues. To be h I thought of buying cathay shit, but the more shit I accumulate the less time I have to finish it and then I'm just burning money.
>>97286221thank you.
>>97285453The only reason I am being held back from ToW is the lore retcons and political pandering personally. I'm a bret fag and hate the "womyn can be strong independent knights too" narrative they are pushing. Would rather just play 2nd ed TTRPG instead
>>97253903Dunno, but isn't it like easily the most popular tabletop wargame?
winter edition >Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Tech Mahindra Global Chess League | December 13th - 24th- FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships | December 25th - 31st- Rilton Cup | December 27th - January 5th- Lichess Winter Marathon | December 28th- European Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship | January 8th - 12th- Tata Steel | January 16th - February 1st- Speed Chess Championship Finals | February 7th - 8th- Prague International Chess Festival: Masters | February 25th - March 6th- FIDE Candidates Tournament | March 28th - April 16thComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97283976>anti-capitalist How the fuck could it be overtly "anti-capitalist" except for the fact that it is free to use
>>97282255Magnus with wooden pieces, a small board and bullet time control :D
>>97283999It's owned by a quirk chungus virtue signaling Marxist who makes a very loud point about never selling it or allowing advertisers and insists on being funded by Bernie-bro type "match me!!" donations. It's aggressively anti-capitalist, don't know what you don't understand
>>97266900https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krikor_Mekhitarian
>>97285249holy chungus
Are all realms in your fantasy setting traditional kingdoms or do you like including other types of governments as well?
>>97286465>>97286473>>97286487>>97286806https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ
>>97285981There's only one realm that's played any significant role in the campaign so far and it's currently in a 3 or 4 way civil war between>The anointed emperor, in an alliance with the new class of bourgeoisie burghers, fighting to wrestle power back from regency council/parliament and reestablish absolutist monarchy, complete with his family's long-standing tradition of demon-worship. >The conservative nobles, who thought they'd firmly secured power during the emperor's minority and are now fighting to bring him back under the thumb of parliament. >The revolutionaries, determined that power should be in the hands of the common people (or at least themselves, as appropriate representatives of tehe common people). They're also broadly determined that the emperor, the nobility and anyone without sufficient revolutionary zeal should be sacrificed to demons, not because they're worshiping the demons of course, the demons are just useful tools.>The northern duke, currently in broad alignment with the rest of the nobility but from a culturally distinct polity and clearly tempted to either secede or conquer the entire empire for himself.
>>97286806Why'd you feel the need to try and continue a short four-post discussion that was already over?
>>97285981>all realms Unlikely. Based on late renaissance and early modernism so there's a lot of shifting monarchies, feudalism, city states, mercantilism and attempts at other models based on theological schisms with the not!pope like Breakers and Levelers. Plus what the Occident, Orient, Savage Lands and the New World are up to. In game variety wise this mostly plays out as different orientations of towns on the hex map and random encounters. Some of the more isolated areas end up being town councils by default with occasional interruptions by larger powers. The players haven't really struck out for any particular faction yet but having their allegiances and reputation preceding them will be more of a thing as the campaign progresses. >>97286806>If you want to argue about the moral compass of ancient political bodies there are better boards for than the thread about fantasy political bodies based on ancient political bodies Nigger you dumb.
>>97285981I hate Puckee more than you can imagine.
OOP editionInfinity is a 28mm tabletop skirmish game produced by Corvus Belli, and includes the related games Aristeia, Defiance, TAG Raid, REM Racers, and Acheron's Fall. Corvus Belli also produces the fantasy games Warcrow and Warcrow Adventures.>Latest official update:January preorders>Rules and missions:https://infinitythewiki.com/index.phphttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/resourceshttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/games/infinity/its>Beginner FAQs and guides:https://pastebin.com/x06JG55U https://pastebin.com/xtQzRcq5 https://pastebin.com/xUBR7QFU Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97286317Is the cat helmet really neccessary?
>>97286547God I hate zoomzooms
>>97286317No, and it's trivial to file down the ears if you hate it.
