>>97317329We can never go back. They're drove off too many of the real fans. Like D&D, it will be better as a head on a pike as an example of what NOT to do.
>>97321667What kind of revisionist take is this? The bright 'Eavy Metal style in the 2nd ed. rulebook sample photos was jettisoned almost immediately in the 3rd ed. rulebook. The fluff got darker and the paintjobs got more matte and washed out too. You went from bright red-and-black-trim Blood Angels and bright blue-and-puke-yellow Ultras to having Black Templars vs. equally matte Dark Eldar in the starter boxset. Eldar poster-boys went from blue-yellow Alaitoc to washed-out bone-white-and-green Biel-Tan. The rulebooks and codexes also got the characteristic black stone borders - everything got washed out and darkened and the lore got even grim-derpier over 2nd.
>>97365148Honestly a very difficult choice. Depends on what you mean by "best" I guess.>>97366903This is a personal favorite of mine.There's one specific model in there that was sleeper OP.Nobody really talked about it, but GW would quietly nerf it over and over in following editions, because it was so overtuned.
>>97367866>The bright 'Eavy Metal style in the 2nd ed. rulebook sample photos was jettisoned almost immediately in the 3rd ed. rulebook.Incorrect. Go take a look at pages 17-32. The first part of the book that's in color.
>>97365148All great, but:CSM>Nids>SM>Guard>CSM is pure flavourmaxxing, and every option feels fun and nice to play.>Nids is too much of a powerhouse, but being able to tune every single bug in the book, including the goddamn worms, is simply too cool.>SM is nice all around, but feel like most chapter traits are a bit too quaint.>IG's doctrines are very cool, but too all over the place desu. I'm not one to bitch about balance, but some were really too shit to be enjoyed. Also don't like named regiments being allowed to go over the limit.I wish the Inquisitorial codices were a little bit better. Still great, but don't reach the peaks of excellence those 4 did. Also, we never got Alien Hunters and I'll be mad about it forever.>>97366903Probably the better 5th Edition Codex, but still not as good as what came out in 3rd and most of 4th, let alone the 3.5 dexes.>>97367944I think he meant as in fun and/or flavour. That's at least what every 4th Edition grog talks about. Doubt anyone cares about meta and waaacfaggotry for that edition.
Time to talk about weird monsters again.As usual, any rants about Bog will be treated as bait unless you have actual proof.
>>97361192I’ll reply to this one to make you feel better
>>97368152Thanks I feel better now, sorry for artificially bumping my thread. I’ll try a bit better to understand how I might come off to others, but I’ll still talk about my game with anons as the conversations come along instead of posting about monster fucking on tumblr and 4chan simultaneously
>>97368140No stalker, you are a wierd hater enjoy prison stalker
>>97368330Have you considered the reason you attract retards online so much is because you also behave like one? Your entire radius is just spastics screeching at each other over American politics honestly.
>>97368368No stalker I am not American nor do I sperg about American politics, enjoy prison stalker
First-time Proctor Edition>Previous>>97354664>Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/WiCHizn0>Mediafirehttps://mediafire.com/folder/s9esc6u7ke8k5/CofD>Mega Ihttps://mega.nz/folder/ePQ1BKhJ#RCosRCh59Ki2Mpb1M9H3Uw>Mega II (also containing fanmade games)https://mega.nz/folder/ZbQ2zLJA#DOT-3df6rS2lLet4_RmqJQ>WoD5 Megahttps://mega.nz/folder/7rQQ1LbQ#16_AiXVGo0P3_rVOJuoZyA>STV content foldersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97368273Why would White Wolf have been culturally aware enough to even know that such a system existed?
>>97368273Why bother? And Copyright bullshit. If you want to make nen into WOD good luck some have tried and the end results amount to copy pasted effects table from Monte Cook's version.
>>97368015Probably should add that he was heavily Moliated in some Far Shore posing as Hell. And the Clown is his Shadow. I could see that working.>SpoilerYeah, probably.
>>97368015He is an high XP Infernal Exalted from the ExWoD book. Yes he can kill a Methuselah even when you lowball him.
>>97368273It's called White Wolf not Yellow Wolf
>What is Exalted?An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.Start here:http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial:http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.htmlIt’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. good luck>Resources for Third Edition>3E Core and Splatshttps://www.mediafire.com/folder/b54o6teut3fx6/Exalted_3eComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97367271Arson is pretty bad vs people who live in trees and can't go to the ground to e.g. build firebreaks. Also, the Linowan have Dragonblood and the Realm. This whole thing is, to some extent, two big local nations both supported by foreign supernatural predators stuck in a forever war.That said, you're not wrong.
>>97367353Realm's support matters a lot, of course, but I doubt the Realm would be willing to commit enough troops to a fairly distant part of the world to stop Haltans from using that standing army of theirs - which must be the largest in Creation - from stopping Linowan arson once and for all. I like the overall idea of a thriving civilization in the trees, but the way Halta is presented in Kingdom of Halta and CoTD: East is so exaggerated that it almost feels like a parody of that idea. I'd be all for toning Halta down a bit - a bit, not too much, they should still have proper cities in the trees, just maybe not one as big as the Imperial City - and also giving the Linowan a bit more of an edge of their own. 3E kind of does do the former, I think, though it doesn't really provide population numbers.
>>97367429>I like the overall idea of a thriving civilization in the trees, but the way Halta is presented in Kingdom of Halta and CoTD: East is so exaggerated that it almost feels like a parody of that idea. I'd be all for toning Halta down a bit - a bit, not too much, they should still have proper cities in the trees, just maybe not one as big as the Imperial CityYeah they kind of take up the north-east mindspace for the setting thanks to how expansive they are
>>97367078>>973672502e Halta was nuts. I have no idea why the devs decided they should get the maximum wank treatment.
>>97367429>>97367645In fairness in terms of land-space they are about as big as the Blessed Isle, and they have managed to tame it's dangers and pull in supernatural defenders on a similar level as the Realm's Dragonblood with Sidereal backer paradigm, just fewer of them. The population of their capital is about the size of the Imperial City and their total population is about as big as the Blessed Isle's. The Realm's military is... like a third to a half, I think, with it's score or so legions of ~10-20k legionnaires? In terms of manpower. In effect they're stronger but have to put out ten fires to Halta's one.
Tell me /tg/ what makes a good tabletop wargame?
>>97363789...I have a cousin at Hasbro, sir. And friends on Discord.
>>97365638A man who loses the tranny colors, loses the tranny discord's friendship.
There was a greentext on HWG in the last year about a typical Sharpe episode that convinced me to watch the series. Funny stuff, if anyone has it
>>97368293I aspire to do a similar one for the Hornblower series.Once ITV get around to releasing all the episodes so I can refresh myself of them.
>>97368347needs something like this at the end>Admiral Pellew wishes to see you Mr Hornblower>Hmm Mr Hornblower you endangered the fleet, risked your ship and the lives of your crew, were reckless and could have potentially faced a court martial>btw you're promoted ;)
mondays 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/x06JG55Uhttps://pastebin.com/xtQzRcq5 https://pastebin.com/xUBR7QFU Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97367376>she can fix me
>>97366320Pay for your N3 sins.
>>97356685I would buy it if it was actually good. But it's very likely to be trash.
>>97363299Female sculpts look like trash. Look at the tank hunter or any female HI from pano or yujing. F Terracotas are disgusting.
I got email from CB about Marut misspack, they said they will send me replacement no problem. Yay!
What's your theory for why all the talent is leaving Leder Games?What’s your worst/best board game break up story?
>>97366937I love ahoy, but only at 3 or 4, and not without at least 1 expansion so that you don't have 2 people playing the same faction/character.
>>97367999nice tripsWhat do you think of 3-4 player games of TI?What do you think of Eclipse and the differences between the two?
How is the game where you can replace your entire ships with more missiles (Eclipse) to ram your opponents in the b-hole called dry, while the game where 2 players bicker for half an hour over an alliance (TI) everyone knows is a lie called flavourful?
>>97367374>wood instead of cardboardCoin capsule Chad's, rise up. I heard the wood tokens graphics wear off after awhile
>>97368228>uses cubes>is dryThose are the rules, we didnt make them.
How do I get my players to stop calling everything dwarf related "digslop"?
>>97354562FPBP
>>97355979Then why do dorffags alwaus take their beards on legs so seriously
>>97354435Maybe have stuff that isn't just "digslop"
>>97367535How does one make dwarf content that isn't "digslop"?
>>97354435Punch them in the face. Every time anyone says slop in any context that isn't food, just punch him straight to his mouth.
>Dark elves exist to be evil elves>There's occasionally orcs that are noble savages rather than pillagers>Even dwarves have some evil equivalents like chaos dwarfs in warhammer and whatnotWhat would a "Dark" equivalent to gnomes be like? How do you corrupt a little jolly bearded man from the woods into something evil?
>>97353846In D&D, what you're looking for are Spriggans.https://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Spriggan
>>97353846Probaly those little guys in mineshafts that cause caves ins and collapses. Knockers I think?
>>97359714>>97360132>>97360411You fuck dogs, Satan, but I'm glad getting called out bothered you so much you replied three times. Now go back, tourist.
>>973538463.5e Player's Guide>evil gnomes are as rare as they are terrifying
>>97353926No such thing as """celtic"""
Hey thereI've decided to start a West Marches-style campaign on my LGS. It sounds the perfect style to run for a public setting w/ rotating players, but I myself have never DMed oneAny experiences, tips and advices regarding DM-ing/playing West Marches style games?Or general tips for running games on LGS ? For those unfamiliar with West Marches style, here is what google have to say about it:>Player-Driven Exploration: Players decide where to go and what to explore, venturing into unknown territory from a safe starting town.>Rotating Cast: A large pool of players participates, but different combinations of adventurers form parties for each session, preventing the need for a single regular group.>Sandbox World: The world is a sandbox, with the map and plot emerging as players discover new locations and rumors, rather than being dictated by the GM.>No Fixed Schedule: Sessions occur when players organize themselves, often on a voluntary basis.>Low GM Prep: The Game Master (GM) focuses on creating a world and potential encounters, responding to player choices, rather than crafting complex plots.>Self-Contained Sessions: Adventures are often designed to be resolved in a single session, with storylines evolving over time.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97359669>>97361375...contHaving another parallel group can also lead to interesting things:>More organic* rumors for players to investigate>More eagerness to be the "first" to do things/discover places/etc>The world would feel more alive/less centered on the players (again, a WM trademark)At end of day, I feel like the concept of having a parallel group playing on the same world is in itself a different gimmick that can be tons of fun. To know there's more people out there experience that world, and that the things you do on your session affects the world even beyond your groupThough in my mind, the LGS group would be the "official" group, and I would probably limit my friends to a 1/month session, or 2 tops (LGS is scheduled to be every other week). I would also occasionally invite my friends to the LGS group to have more interconnection between the groupsBut in the end of day, the aspect of having the LGS as the "official" group is important to me, which is why I might reset the map after the test session and start fresh for next week's first "official" session>>97360833Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Officially posted about the group on the LGS chat group for TTRPG, in less than 5 min we already got 5 players for first session :DHoping to keep the thread alive until then, or at least until tomorrow's test session
Party full for first session
Bump! Keeping the thread alive so I can post updates from the test session
>>97335795NentirVale anon here. In my campaign, I had a house rule that a long rest could only be taken in a safe and civilized place, where the PCs weren't on watch. Home base, a cozy inn, a guarded outpost, etc. Everything outside of that counted as a short rest, by 5e rules.
Tabletop RPGs tend to split up crafting into a high number of crafting subskills for every individual area of expertise. There's no question that crafting is still extremely powerful despite forcing you to go through this hassle, but what are your thoughts on which particular crafting subskills tend to be the most useful in the context of a TTRPG campaign, be it a medieval or modern or sci-fi setting?Pic related is from Legend of the Five Rings, where I'll be playing a crafter soon, and I intend to invest heavily into crafting. But feel free to talk about any game you've had experience with.
>>97368276Warhammer Fantasy does
>>97368276gurps doesD&D3e doesthat game in the OP does
>>97368283D&D 1-5
>>97368321Wrong for literally every single edition.
>>97368326Name 10 pages from each edition that proves me wrong
Do you include seasonal changes in your campaigns when time goes by?If so, what do you implement int the world to showcase the changing seasons?I personally include sea raiders who begin assaults on the kingdom's shores in spring and through summer, who then return to their homeland in fall to winter it out. So essentially a raiding season for my world's vikings, like in real history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWc0DvoY6qw
>>97345181Sounds like a sucky system
>>97276413Even fucking Mars has seasons
>>97335774I used to roll up planets with GURPS Space for fun, and even the marginally habitable ones were absolute hellworlds.I can't find my notes right now, but one was basically only liveable at the equator and it was so hot (water planet with primitive algae producing oxygen) and the axial tilt so massive that any change of seasons would probably bring insane storms. I figured the inhabitants would probably live in above ground bunkers you could raise with hydraulics in case of flooding
>>97361165Please try to understand, poor Wilbur knows very little about anything. It's why he seethes so.
In my current campaign the rainy autumn weather is actually an important "plot point", since it allows vampires to move relatively freely at day. My players have not yet noticed this.
Previous thread:>>97209588>What is /awg/?A thread to talk about minis and games which fall between the cracks, or peoples' homebrew wargames.The >>>/tg/hwg thread doesn't entertain fantasy (for good reason) and the other threads are locked to more specific games.This thread isn't tied to a game, a publisher, or a genre, let's just talk about fun wargames. Any scale, any company, any miniatures.>Examples of games that qualify.A Song of Ice and Fire, Argatoria, Batman Miniature Game, Carnevale, Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings,Deadzone, Dragon Rampant, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, HeroClix,Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,Oathmark, OnePageRules, Open Combat, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, SAGA, StarCraft, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void,Warcaster, Warmachine, Xenos Rampant, Xenotactics......and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97364164Loved by people who play games, hated by Wehraboo retards who don't
Anybody got a pdf of full spectrum dominance? Thinking about picking up a copy but I'd like to have a flip through before I spend any money
Is there a dl link for DR2 yet?
>>97365499It seems to be popular, which I suppose is a reason to play it.
>>97368118https://www.mediafire.com/file/qaqa9154x8h8v3q/Dragon+Rampant+2nd+Edition.pdf/
What’s the edgiest tabletop game of all time
>>97367728Older (as in early 2000s and earlier) RPGs had the frequent presence of what I call the "four edgy horsemen": Rape, Slavery, Torture (including human sacrifice), and Prostitution (including monsters that pretend to be promiscuous women). While not being as tone ruining as just including the word nigger (since that has no reason to exist in a roleplaying game unless the game is either comedic or set in a modern setting), all 4 of the edgy horsemen have effectively been blacklisted from modern RPG design, despite all of them being common in the fantasy works that inspired TTRPGs, and all of them being necessary components of a believable medieval world.
I'm really tempted to ask the garth-defending (despite apparently never hearing of him), bible-hating redditor what country he's from but we all know he'd never answer sincerely in any case, people itt have pretty much mentioned all edgy tabletops in existence. thread done.
>>97368230To clarify, by "presence" I don't necessarily mean that there were explicit mechanics for them, but that removing them from the lore of the game would noticeable leave plot holes. For example, some monsters might originate from implied humanoid rape/explicit parasite rape, or some monsters practice slavery/torture which is the main reason why they have captives, or a class (in Arduin) is called the Courtesan. And by "blacklisted", I mean that if you even slightly allude to monster girl rape (the relatively safe but still not fully safe pairing), in a homebrew race on a site known for unbalanced content, a eunuch-esque youtuber will screech about how gross and weird that is even though 3e's incubi (dragon magazine 353) were much more explicit about what they did, even having mechanics for how much damage they do from rape (and it's good that 3e was willing to be this edgy).https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Siren_(5e_Race)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0laeB2lP2MQ
>>97368256>still seethingSeriously. Go to bed. You can apologize in the morning.
>>97368315>only a single person can call me out on my faggotry!
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Canopian editionPrevious Thread: >>97365242================================>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.
>>9736825920 ton bug fights can be hilariously fun.
The clans having an ultralight mech and only one seems stranger than not having any at all.
>>97368259The box truck I drive is rated for 26 tons. Does that mean I could carry a bug mech?
>>97368259The Locust is the only one that doesn't seem like a death trap.
>>97368312Can it carry a load of at least 7 meters long?
