>>97395215
Balanced scales are not moving hence they are in stasis.

>>97395215
balanced scales are a good example of stasis when they are clearly unbalanced, as they are in the art for Stasis in which the whole point is asymmetry (literally the only symmetrical elements in the entire composition are the scales themselves and the ball the anubis is holding), which blends with anticipation (the anubis is clearly about to throw the ball, and the scale is clearly about to become unbalanced) that never comes because the moment is frozen in time (literally in stasis)

>>97386938
haters gonna hate
also make few 1000s cards and all likable by everyone

>>97386938
>this is considered one of the worst magic arts of all time
by who? most modern magic art is shittier than that.

>>97395215
>>97397006
Do note that the card eventually destroys itself.

>>97400913
>>97400894
Lol I mentioned having arthritis once and like three people jumped on me like this an ongoing thing and I thought there might be a backstory.

>>97399483
And what would I gain from this transaction, hm?

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>>97400913
You shouldn't get arthritis in your 30s unless you get a serious injury. In fact you shouldn't get arthritis anywhere until your late 70s if you take care of your health and body. You see a lot of fat slobs getting arthritis in their 30s and 40s because they have kept their bodies in a permanent state of inflammation their entire adult lives due to inactivity and stuffing themselves with industrial goyslop.

>>97399483
>I'd do it, but FB now requires video proof of personhood, and I'm not doing that.
Palantir has been alerted and is sending a drone to your location.

>>97401819
Oh no, I don't mean in my 30s, I just want to be able to wargame until I'm worm food

>>97400156
How do you think people make TRPGs, anon?

>>97388443
>encourages creatively inserting your character traits in every situation you can
This has honestly been such a weird mindset for me to get into when trying to play or run Daggerheart and somewhat similar games like Fate and Apocalypse World. I'm so used to treating the fiction as a "puzzle" like you said. When players are able to just roleplay away the mechanical weaknesses of their characters to minimal consequence, it feels like a flaw in the system. But no, it's the way the game is meant to be played. And that just feels, idk, anti-climactic? Unfair? Too easy?

>>97400156
>lazy faggots
If that's your take, I'd like to know what you think of the majority of gamers these days who seemingly can't even open a book without crying, who build their games from vibes and memes.

>>97395420
Against human opponents, it’s true that any weapon actually used will be optimised for killing him in one good hit and more or less the same number of not-so-good hits. When you fight a wide variety of monsters, however, I can see the appeal of tracking just how much more damage than needed for a man your weapon can do.
After reach, though. And probably after armour penetration or something to that effect.

>>97400156
It's a game, I bet you're the moron who used to cry in the GURPS thread that the GM has to artificially gimp your character because he didn't let you take disintegrators and thermal vision in a TL3 medieval game

>>97401396
He's probably staying gray for a long time. I just bought a box on a fluke while on lunch break hoping for a Scorpion.

>>97400647
Lioness:
45 ton 6/9/0 with 8.5 tons of standard armor. 10 DHS, Guardian ECM, C3 Slave, MML-7 with 2x tons of ammo, 2x ERML. 4.6 million cbills.

Lion:
75 ton 4/6/4 with 10 tons of standard armor. 10 DHS, C3 Master, 4x MML-7 with 3 tons of ammo, 2x ERML. 10 million cbills.

25 million per lance. Also could do a Lioness with a snub ppc.

>>97401304
No idea but also shows them using a fair few gyrojets as well alongside other exotic projectile weapons.

Are the BSP aerospace strikes a hard counter to light mechs that have a high TMM since they only need to roll a 5+ to hit?

>>97398732
Ministry, Hanzel Und Gretel, and Chemlab are some good ones.

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>>97400951
>I don't think being eaten from the inside-out by spiders is a fetish
It's also very close to something the Baali do in the opening story of their clanbook. Fetishes for all game lines!

>>97401518
>I know they're not really human but how hard is it for them to blend in amongst humans?
As long as they don't get any dental work done they're pretty fine. They breathe normally and have a heartbeat, they can eat food fine, if not process it like they can with fluids. The "erase the last 15 minutes of memory" rank 1 gift also does wonders for any sort of slip-up.

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>>97401518
Day-to-day? Pretty easily. They're not inhuman on the surface (unless you're spectacularly unfortunate), although spider-born Ananasi might have a bit of trouble acting human to begin with.

Once you investigate even a little bit however? The jig's up. You can never see another doctor for the rest of your life; your blood's different, your lungs are different (and therefore you might breathe a little differently), and depending on the kind of homid you got saddled with, your heartbeat might not even be in the right place. See, real spiders (as demonstrated by pic related) have hearts that wrap around their thorax; an Ananasi's heart might wrap across her ribcage in a similar way. If you have particular gifts your joints might not even work the same way, as you can use the same kind of hydraulic movement system that real spiders do, meaning having a healthy blood pressure might well be different from a normal person.

While you're not going to be caught out by every single medical test, it's better not to take the chance. Some specialists would almost certainly be fine - an optician isn't going to find anything unusual, nor is a dentist in spite of what that other anon said (an Ananasi doesn't actually have her fangs in her homid form without a particular gift, although you can partially transform yourself to give a prithus mouth - but remember, your bite isn't a painkiller like with the vampires outside of a specific venom), but lots of other things will. Even assuming a doctor is 'in on it', they'd need a working knowledge of what's healthy and normal for an Ananasi, which understandably isn't particularly easy information to come across. Surgery is, obviously, right out.

And this is a real problem for an Ananasi, because they can still get sick, get injured and need normal treatment, respond to drugs properly, get old, all that stuff. They CAN cure themselves of disease but it needs a lot of blood, so only really used for terminal illnesses.

>>97401752
>They CAN cure themselves of disease but it needs a lot of blood, so only really used for terminal illnesses.
Gives them a reason to run a blood bank. Might even drain a vampire or two along the way.

>>97401869
Maybe not a blood bank, that's a little extra and very expensive and probably has a lot of regulation and safety checks in modern nights, but if you don't fancy killing people or eating enough spiders to swap your venom to a euphoric one, it might behoof a spider to learn how to extract blood like a normal person, with a needle. How you'll explain doing that is another problem entirely, but it's at least easier than "by the way I'm a giant spider, watch this!".
Theoretically you could also drain other Ananasi, so your Cluster can all chip in if one or more of them has a more reliable method of acquiring fresh blood. Getting to know farmers is always a grand idea, even if animal blood's something of an acquired taste. That or just... hunt as a big prithus in a forest or something, you're a giant spider after all.

Draining vampires is a bad idea, their blood doesn't do anything for the Ananasi and tastes rotten. The same's true in reverse - the blood of an Ananasi is just WRONG and, while a vampire can drink it for vitae (at the same rate as a normal human), they'll have trouble stomaching the stuff and actually keeping it down.

Most of the Zozer stuff is had sci-fi. If that's what you are looking for you won't be disappointed.

>>97400607
>The Prince of Bridgeport, my coterie and me, personally, offer our condolences to House Venus. My grandsire also contacted us through an envoy, and expressed regret at things having worked out this way. He wishes House Venus a more peaceful stay in Bridgeport. This is fairly novel of him, he usually doesn't pay much attention to events here.
You're all so kind.
>Not quite sure why he broke the habit this time. Hospitality, perhaps?
He likes us, methinks.
>she could also potentially view teaching you as an opportunity to corrupt you into a rebel against authority
"The authority" is right next to me reading what I type, and in her own words, "having a giggle."
>Do you like mohawks, sidecuts
Personally I'm more on the side of long manes grown for headbanging.
>toxic hair dye and piercings?
More my cup of vitae, but I ain't got a sliver of metal on me since before the embrace.
C'mon man, I look like a mob wife now!
She does indeed look like one: >>97336537
>Just take a car you don't care about losing, something more functional than pretty, maybe one meant for ghouls to use as necessary? Surely your garage must have a few soulless BMWs. Let her throw one about
Yeah and mama Venus and/or her Beast's gonna throw ME like a fastball!

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>>97400752
>He likes us, methinks.
That would be the first documented case of him liking anything, but, yes, I suppose it is possible. Perhaps his weak spot are Toreadors and family drama among them.

>More my cup of vitae, but I ain't got a sliver of metal on me since before the embrace.
No reason not to get some now. It takes special ritual work, to make the piercings actually stay, but she's bullied our Tremere into figuring out how to do that. Mostly because he was very weirded out by her redoing the piercings every night, and her approach was that if he has a problem, he's the one who solves it. So, that's an option.

>C'mon man, I look like a mob wife now!
And that is charming, but Tats is currently attempting to convince me that you would look even better with a 'sick as fuck pentagram of piercings', wherever that'd go.

>I think Kakophoni had the right idea, having me practice on Cauldron-Borns, as I'm gonna fight the undead more often than the automotive industry.
I'm being yelled at to make sure I convey that, apparently, Potence training is as much about using it in fights as it is about pushing the limits of what you can do. Essentially raising the ceiling a little bit with every feat of strength. Whether that's true or not, and I am not the one to question what Tats says on the matter, the defining characteristic of Potence certainly is that more experienced practitioners can punch harder and lift more, before they start pulling out the freaky and strange applications of the art. It stands to reason that achieving more is how you improve in Potence. But there's probably more than one way to sharpen your skill with punching things hard.

Tats is also telling me she's very open to sparring with you once you feel up for it, and she's willing to do it one-armed, to even the playing field. She's even serious about that, somehow.

>>97400973
>It takes special ritual work, to make the piercings actually stay
They can stay on me the easy way. Venus' bloodline is built different and we retain haircuts, dyes, and basic body modifications.
Via the Indelible Merit from V20 Lore of the Clans
>you would look even better with a 'sick as fuck pentagram of piercings', wherever that'd go.
The nostalgia is getting to me, but the next lady I'm gonna date in Boy Toy's stead is from your clan! A Blue Blood FFS!
>pushing the limits of what you can do. Essentially raising the ceiling a little bit with every feat of strength.
Mmh. Her wisdom's already reaching me. Way easier than Blue Fairy's ramblings on how reality ain't fixed but shaped by belief, and can be bent like she bends steel.
>Tats is also telling me she's very open to sparring with you once you feel up for it, and she's willing to do it one-armed, to even the playing field. She's even serious about that, somehow.
Blue Fairy is stronger than me and said Tats is stronger still! Tats' gonna kill me!
Attempted murder aside, I guess I can have two teachers of Potence? Venus says she approves so long I can get back on her own program faster, and we train away from the mansion.

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Ask an old Caitiff anything.
>>97398270
>>97398278
>>97398285
>>97398301
Can you not? I'm none of those.

>>97401263
Why are you called Revelation?

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just an old working men's club, still has the stage, bar, lights, etc. little shop downstairs. this big room upstairs for all the tournament stuff, another function room downstairs for quieter board games and RPG stuff.

it's a blessing compared to the glut of cramped "board game cafés" overtaking the UK. two quid in, plenty of space, nobody asks you to buy a latte every hour.

>>97398184
Hey, that's my LGS

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>>97401686
>>97398089
American and British gamers really are disgusting slobs. Gamers are dorks in France but at least we are not fat lards

>>97401772
I would top the majority of these guys

>>97401772
>promo material on the wall doesn't say "Magic Le Gathering"
Another missed opportunity from WOTC

>>97401384
just don't play teferi's protection dummy

>>97401736
>No Teferi's
>No Nykthos
>Archangel of Thune
>No Avacyn
>No Battle Angels of Tyr
>No Linvala
>No Exalted Sunborn
>No Norn's Choirmaster
>No Angel of Jubilation

>>97401809
Just play the lorwyn changelings

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Superior way to play mono white coming through!

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Best Mono W commander coming through.

>>97401252
>underachieving child of money
definitely fits bard more imo, go full fop

>>97401297
No, since the point of D&D is combat and the Upper Planes aren't really a place where a party is likely to be attacked unless you're running an antagonist party

>>97401568
Could be invaders and their allies called for their assistance

Anons, what would you say has been your experience playing DnD with a local group from discord or Reddit? I have never played before and I'm thinking about going along, just am unsure what to expect / the type of people I should expect.

>>97401679
I found a group through reddit. Nice people mostly, been having a lot of fun. My first time playing dnd too

Avatard the last hairbender

>>97386783
except it literally is and you're retarded, McNeil explains exactly that. He even tried to show it off to Richard Dawkins he was so proud of it as an anti-religion hit piece. Thankfully Dawkins thought it was stupid and gay, because it is.

>>97380178
>do they explain how *not highlander Immortals* AKA perpetuals came into being? or Emperor was just lucky to be born as super special mutie (perpetual + alpha ++ spyker)?
It's said to be pure genetic lottery. Even the Perpetuals themselves aren't sure exactly on the mechanisms behind it, they only know for sure it's completely random who is and isn't one. Erda explains her theory about their origins in Saturnine. Basically, every now and then a random human is born who 'skipped' millions of years of evolution, like a preview of what all of humanity could eventually become if it evolves in the correct path (this is the Emperor's Golden Path btw).
>I Know old lore that he was supposed to be soul construct of thousands of early mankind spykers, but IIRC it was retconned in HH books as no longer valid/Emperor being *just* powerful mutie who happens to be very very lucky winner of genetic lottery?
The C'tan state the Emperor is an artificially created weapon, Basileus Fo (an immortal human (not Perpetual) who's been around since the Age of Technology) says the Emperor crawled out of some ancient vault or laboratory, etc. Because the Emperor has the power to literally rewrite everyone's thoughts, feelings, and memories who come into contact with him, it's possible that Malcador, who is the only character that vouches for the Shaman-fusion theory of the Emperor's birth, was simply mindraped into thinking that. There's a lot of circumstantial evidence that suggests the Emperor is indeed something created during the Dark Age of Technology, such as his plan to save the galaxy being creating 20 more of himself, in fact the entire Primarch Project may very well be his effort to trace back the methods of his own creation and replicate the work.
Or you can argue that the great Shaman mass suicide WAS the laboratory that created him, and he is indeed an artificial weapon against Chaos because those Shamans created him to be one.

>>97375222
So, is Christ the anti-anti-Christ?

>>97349107
Christianity is a death cult praying for the return of their god that would usher the end of the world with the devil getting to rule over what is left.
Not sure how Emprah fits that belief system.

>>97349107
He's a dark inversion of Christ.
>Christ loved man in spite of his sinfulness and imperfection. The God-Emperor sought to eliminate human imperfection through eugenic breeding programs.
>Christ, the son of God, sacrificed himself to redeem the souls of mankind out of love. The God-Emperor had to let go of his love in order to slay Horus, son of the God-Emperor.
And he introduces himself as "Revelation" (the part of the bible that talks about the antichrist)

>>97400310
By removing a bunch of combat helmets and armor from your troops you can get another azeb with alch jezzie.
Your banner guy won't hit shit with that sword and psitols are also trench clubs.
An azeb will never realistically crit to get benefit on swords and has 3 hands worth of options. Better to just go pistol+banner
Do you anticipate a ton of shrapnel game 1? (For all the hats)
Also it's hard for me to critique the list generally because IS lacks a lot of special weapons and you are taking a number of them to clean up kills. Other than that it seems fine, how long I'd they campaign for?

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Monthly trench day at one of my LGS yesterday. Ran Alamut Assassins against Prussian Stormtroopers while the other table with new guys was base Iron Sultanae vs Black Grail.

Rolled 1 (1d18)

>>97392417
>>97401350
022 - Counter-Strike

Background: The Smurf [200]
Sex: Male
Age: 20

Perks:
The HUD [200]
Smurf Village [free]
All Skill [100]
Hit those Hops [200]

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>>97401405
Sweet. Thanks.
You know of all things, I never looked into Norse mythology. Talk about a poser, skipping the originals.

Rolled 8 (1d17)

>>97392417
>>97401438
23 - Initial D

Background: Strategist
Sex: Male
Age: 20

Perks:
Driving Skill + [200]
Cool Head [100]
Analysis [free]
Terrain mastery [100]

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Rolled 6 (1d16)

>>97392417
>>97401712
024 - Richie Rich

Background: Adult
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Location: Police Station

Perks:
A Schedule Is Like A House Of Cards [free]
Trivia Buff [free]


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>>97401833
Thanks for the build!

>>97401257
Unbelievable based.

>>97398534
We used to give out one piece of advice constantly: "Talk to your players." But you're the weak, little shitstain who's so pathetic he feels the need to lie to his "friends" to impress them. Coming clean with your players would require balls, which you obviously lack.

>>97398534
Here are the golden rules to follow, OP:

1: Make a scenario, not a story. Story implies that you know how this will end, or even what will happen in the middle. You do not. You can never accurately predict what the players will do during any important moment, so any "story" that you come up with will fall apart as soon as the group decides to go left instead of right, try to befriend the dragon instead of slay it, or simply leave town instead of investigating the haunted house. It can be tempting to try and lock the players into a course of action (the haunted house won't let you leave town because of a curse!) but these can easily rankle the players and should be used very spareingly if at all.
Instead, come up with an ongoing or impending problem that the players will cross paths with at the start of the session, and have a decent idea in your head of what all of the non-player characters and factions involved will do if nothing else changes. If the players just sit on the bench and sip their beers, what would be going on for lack of their involvement? If you understand the scenario enough to know what will happen on its current trajectory, you'll be able to change that on the fly in response to player actions and let them choose their own path which is what most people find engaging about TTRPGs in the first place.

2: Keeping the session moving along is more important than being right. The good news is that you are working with a new group, so whenever a new mechanic comes up you have a valid excuse to stop the session and look it up to explain it to them in real time. But once you are past that part of the game, as long as you have a way forward its generally better to resolve the scene with an imperfect ruling than to stop everything and dig out the book and argue for 20 minutes about whether what the player is trying to do is technically within the rules or not. Let the rules guide you, but not bind you to inaction.

>>97401624
Your preferences are not "golden rules" for anything, anon.

Ignore anyone telling you how you "have" to GM, OP. There is no "have to." There are no "golden rules" except to try things until you find the ones you and your table like the best.

>>97398534
Go read the GM section of a Kevin Crawford Things Without Number game and the Hackslashmaster blogpost about writing scene descriptions.

>>97399542
Disagree. Flying by the seat of your pants is how you get players bored out of their minds, regardless of experience.