New Year Edition!>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 SplatsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97290914What dumbass Exalted writer is trying to deconstruct the Great Man theory in Exalted, "Great Man Theory: The Game"
>>97291061Grabowski, but he and subsequent writers fusilladed the message.
>He was looking into a great chamber, whose walls and floors were of stone, and whose mighty roof was upheld by gigantic stone columns, strangely carved. Ranks of feathered black warriors lined the walls and a double column of them stood like statues before a throne set between two stone dragons which were larger than elephants. These men he recognized, by their bearing and general appearance, to be tribesmen of the warriors he had fought at the chasm. But his gaze was drawn irresistibly to the great, grotesquely ornamented throne. There, dwarfed by the ponderous splendor about her, a woman reclined. A black woman she was, young and of a tigerish comeliness. She was naked except for a beplumed helmet, armbands, anklets and a girdle of colored ostrich feathers and she sprawled upon the silken cushions with her limbs thrown about in voluptuous abandon.>Even at that distance Kane could make out that her features were regal yet barbaric, haughty and imperious, yet sensual, and with a touch of ruthless cruelty about the curl of her full red lips. Kane felt his pulse quicken. This could be no other than she whose crimes had become almost mythical—Nakari of Negari, demon queen of a demon city, whose monstrous lust for blood had set half a continent shivering. At least she seemed human enough; the tales of the fearful river tribes had lent her a supernatural aspect. Kane had half expected to see a loathsome semi-human monster out of some past and demoniacal ageOh, Nakari really is proto Raksi.
>>97286867What are your hopes for new Exalted content in 2026? I hope we get more 3e fiction, be it a comic like picture related, a novella, or otherwise.
>>97291863I'm thinking it's going to be nice to play some infernal games in 3e using some actual canon rules. I'm not really sure about new content but I'm always happy with new whatever.If I were to ask for something then I guess it'd be more demons and NPC's to play around with. Especially now that we have so much content and more years of experience to work with making cool npcs. Say what you will but I actually liked those Devil-Stars that were posted.>>97291061A big part of solars is that them being great didn't stop them from losing due to hubris. Between the first age and the great contagion it's pretty canon that the exalted can't just fix all the things.
Bloody Rose Edition>/40kg/ Community Linkhttps://rentry.org/40k-General>Community Links:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-40000-downloads/https://www.unitcrunch.comhttps://www.newrecruit.euhttps://wahapedia.ru>3rd Party Models Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/Q33bkBUh (embed)>Pre 10th Torrent:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97291944They're boring. As a faction they're one-dimensional and I like it more when space marines revere but don't deify Emps, but still serve a populace who by a far treats them as instruments of God. Sorta like legions of mall santas.Also this >>97291965
>>97291988most of america is quite liveable, everyone just wants to live in cali or new york
>>97292018Cant imagine why when homeless people are literally lighting people on fire randomly in those areas
>>97291944I prefer the Minotaurs
>>97292025thank them for the service of driving down home prices.
Usurper Trap Edition>Previous>>97272368>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.
>>97291762>So true, Christ are these guys slow compared to TTS days (and they make more money).I think the making more money is part of the problem. If you need to put out an episode frequently enough or nobody gets paid, you have to put something out. Not to mention, and this is the big kicker, the way internet creatives get paid creates a perverse incentive structure. Most of the money comes from subscription services, Patreon and similar sites. YouTube revenue isn't much by comparison. But they can't paywall the actual content people want to see, so instead they paywall interaction with them. Discord servers, behind the scenes peeks. The people who pay are usually going to be the biggest fans, and things like exclusive discords create parasocial cesspits.Which practically means that most of the feedback they actually get is from a non-representative sample of diehard fans, all of whom have a parasocial relationship they don't want to jeopardize by giving constructive criticism or even, if something requires it, harsh truth. It's not a problem exclusive to them, mind you, and if this sounds like sour grapes, it's not. I'm still watching despite my concerns, I want the best for them, they're doing what I wish I could make a living on and I am genuinely happy for them. I'm just acknowledging that the way people get paid as indie creatives now practically begs for the creation of echo chambers and toxic positivity.
>>97291829They all do this as a side job though, except maybe Alfa? idk.
>>97291838Most of them yeah, I'm not sure what the exact breakdown is on that. But the money you make still matters. More money makes everything easier, and also facilitates the scope creep if you can suddenly pay five more voice actors for these bit roles you had in mind but didn't previously have the cash to pay for. The Patreon makes about 28k a month right now. At its peak it was 35k after they announced the Youtube algorithm was fucking them. Obviously I have no clue where that money goes. I assume it's mostly for paying voice actors/animators, and then the core creatives pocket what's left, and again idk how that'd be split. Not a bad haul for a side job in any case. Based on their public Patreon posts, the production bottlenecks usually come from the writers room or the animators. Both relate to the scope creep issue, which is facilitated by having more money to put towards more ambitious ideas. Ultimately I'm not in their DMs so this is speculative, but I don't think it's a coincidence. I could be wrong and it's 100% an issue of "when everyone's friends at a job, nothing gets done because nobody wants to be the necessary asshole taskmaster."
>>97291243>>97291616So... If I were to run the best hunter mechanically, would that be Vigil, Reckoning, or Hunters Hunted 2? I like the Imbued and oWoD lore but not sure if their Edges are compelling enough for a player, and aren't sure if I'd have to learn too many new things as ST making the leap to CofD.
>>97291941In terms of raw mechanics, basically nobody will argue against Vigil being the best. It has a bespoke monster creation system so you don't need to be beholden to the other oWoD splats at all, you could theoretically run Vigil for an entirely different setting if you want. oWoD groups wouldn't be too hard to port over to Vigil as Compacts/Conspiracies either. Hell, the hololive game was HtV and they were fighting wyrmshittery at one point, based entirely on the ST's memory of playing Vigil with her cousin or something like that. While related, nWoD/CofD is a full on different core system than oWoD, that'd be your biggest hurdle imo. I'll also make the case that Vigil's most underrated strength is that nWoD/CofD was a system designed around playable mortals while oWoD really wasn't and it shows. nWoD/CofD mortals are still pretty squishy, but not as comically easy to kill as oWoD mortals are. And when you're playing something like Hunters Hunted especially you really feel the fact that you die to everything stupid quick. If you don't wanna put in extra work though, just run HtR or Hunters Hunted V20 depending on what your groups is feeling. They aren't unplayable games or anything.
Why are wolves so common in TTRPGs as enemies?
>>97291809That explains this retard >>97276374
>>97291809>>97291858Nice projection, retards.
>>97291771Yes, because unlike the dumb dong lover who thinks he can easily win a fist fight with a wolf people will make use of tools.
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>>97291570Are you in every thread saying ">no u" and "I accept your concession"?
It's pic related. Peter Jackson tried to copy Blix's swag for a good reason
>>97290361Blix is kino.
>>97291323I agree on the taxonomy part, but I do prefer to split my goblins and orcs based on folklore.
>>97290361Porcs
>>97291866Based on which folklore do you split them?
>>97291909Germanic for goblins, Nordic for orcs.
Will 2026 be a good year for /tg/?
>>97291887>as many video gamesAnon its the price of pcs and consoles that are going up, not the games themselves. There's a big difference between the 2~3 games you buy a year going up by $10 and the machine that lets you play them at all doubling in price.
>>97291901You talk as if it's necessary to buy a PC every year.
>>97291921Sorry, I forgot everyone upgraded last year so they could run Win 11.
>>97291599Probably not. It's been a constant downward trajectory of bad threads, most of them inane quesitons with no OP involvement, none of them with any value.This used to be the place I came to get some really esoteric info on myths and folklore, people genuinely knew so much about the craft of worldbuilding, there were some interesting perspectives and reimaginings of things, there was always someone who impressed me with what they knew or thought about a topic. But they've all left. Ask a question about some obscure Greek creature of myth, you get some retard going "traditional games?", another thinking Percy Jackson is source material, some /pol/ reject goes on rant about Greeks not being white, and a couple of retards posting fetish shit. There's no imagination any more, no knowledge, no passion, it's retards shitposting their lives away.
>>97291599>41% of posters have simply, disappeared.What a odd number...
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.
>>97291516There are TONS of avatar themed TCG's that borrow the idea of having a card in front of you. Ironically Arthur has been called out as EDH slop in this very thread. Morgan Le Fay could also be a very interesting commander.
A combination of two of my favorite effects. Pinging and damage prevention. Sure, Samite Archer might be better, but this honestly is fine.
When I was new to Magic, this was one of my favorite creatures. Not necessarily tied to The Matter of Britian, or to Arthur, its still a british legend, and thus I included one in the set.
The final 'mundane' creature. I have two outliners left I'll show later, but this is the last of the finished non-legendary creatures.
Giving a new meaning to "cell mate" its another obsessive thread of the Board Games GeneralPreviously on /bgg/: >>97253063 Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqThread Question:What aspect of the hobby do you have an unhealthy compulsion over? Sleeving? Logging plays? Reviewing games? Monitoring reviewers ratings to shit on them with greater accuracy?
>>97291782The tile randomness isn't as big of a factor as it might seem. While it can help, the real strategy of the game is smart stock buying: how to best benefit when company A gets acquired (stockholder bonuses) and how to best benefit when company A acquires a smaller company (preexisting shares get more valuable). It's a great game that you have to play by your gut instinct and mind games, rather than pure calculation alone. There's a reason why it's still popular 60 years later.The anniversary edition is also great, the poker chip money and tile bag are nice to have.
>>97291782>>97291880>If you get stuck with a tile that helps other peopleThis isn't the best wording since a merger pretty much always helps multiple people. I meant a tile that helps only other people but does nothing for yourself.
>>97291889That can still be planned around, do the merger early and deny a potential bigger payout.
>>97291898Sometimes it's the right move and sometimes that keeps people liquid in the middle of the game who otherwise wouldn't be. I've lost more then one game that way.
>>97291885>the poker chip money are nice to have.There's not a good way to hide the chips and Acquire with open information is AIDS. In a just world Acquire would have Chinatown paper money instead of Monopoly paper money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekU3T9M3E9IFrenopolis is a gamified tetragrammaton clothed in the memetic zeitgeist.This thread is for discussion and development logging.It's easiest to learn with YGO/MTG experience.It's not for sale, but you can request a free physical 2-player 90 card set by following the instructions in the description of this video:https://youtu.be/oPoBUoagO_k(No payment or identifying info required)Playmats have arrived and will be sent out with the playtesting kits. Anyone who already received a set with the shipping label name "Current Resident" should be receiving one by 1/10/26. If your shipping label was not sent to "Current Resident", email or DM me on telegram so I can send you one. Tabletop Simulator Demo Implementation:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Some context: Color Tree is a spammer who has been attempting to promote "frenopolis" for around half a decade, originally starting in 2021 as "honktopia" with the effort accompanied by a crypto grift. Since then, it has only managed to become less comprehensible and playable.https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/78296561/https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/78411889/https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/87845408/https://web.archive.org/web/20210328154043/https://opensea.io/collection/the-people-s-game-honktopia-new-world-orderHaving renamed the effort "frenopolis" later, he continues to promote this "game" by creating threads on /tg/. He sustains these threads by flooding them with self-replies containing sections of the "rules", "gameplay examples", and expressions of support and praise for himself and the "game"; no organic discussion of the game occurs in this or other threads.
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Implementing some new effect interaction symbols, as using -1 or 0 stat for everything led to too high of effect output.▲ Up Triangle = Upon Projection ("upon added to the stack")▼ Down Triangle = Upon Manifestaiton ("upon entering")◀ Left Triangle = Upon Removal ▶ Right Triangle = Tap (changed from -1 stat)■ Square = -Stat as cost◆ Diamond = +Stat as costEnergy Symbol = Energy as costAlso looking to implement a way to limit the number of effects which get combined into a composite card, because it also led to too swingy of gameplay (basically, if the other player found a way to remove your large composite card, it was hard to come back from, and if they didn't the other player would have a hard time coming back).Picrel is the tenative plan. The card can use all of the effects, but only the bottom effect gets passed onto a composite card. This also cleans up a lot of board space usage, because you only need to have a 13mm section of text box instead of ~40mm.Also, with this change, you can now see a card's cost and type at a glance while it's your hand, which is smoother tactile gameplay.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Holiday Special EditionPrevious Thread: >>96962908 The 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.
>>97272538Incorrect. Public Safety Commission. No other. Do NOT argue.
>>97265446Why is the Illuminati basically the default secret society, anyway?
>>97282902Because they are a stable trope in almost all modern fiction with secret societies so much so that alternatives are basically called the not!Illuminati. Also the name is cool.
>>97254715What causes it? Is there any intelligence to it?
>>97241180How does Worm rate as a supers setting? What about Weaver Dice as a supers system? Does either have any ideas worth stealing, I mean adapting, lol?
2026 editionPrevious: >>97198774>News & RemindersArena Championship 10 won by Michael Debenedetto-Plummer (Mono-Red Prison, United States, he/him)Complete winter achievements for rewards December 16-January 6From November 18, 2025–January 19, 2026 Golden Packs will temporary contain cards differently than before due to "various pieces of internal nonsense"https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-december-15-2025>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQWhat's your New Year's resolution?
>>97288944whenever wizards release an uncucked actually good set
I'm playing skeletons.
I speedrun dailies must be new record.2 bo3 initiated both scooped on turn 1. 4 wins in 2 minutes including queue time
Pigs eat slop.Ywnbaw.
>>97288900>corotinho is about to be invaded by trumpkek
Thoughts on Scion?
>>97275695How will Celtoids ever recover?
>>97257539>You play as a Demigod>There’s a Lovecraft PantheonHow does that work exactly? The Dunwich Horror featured some Lovecraftian Demigods, and I don’t think that’s really something that fits into the setting.
>>97281865They’re mostly Chosen Scion, instead of Born
>>97281782For a game about myths and gods, people don't treat the source material with any love.Lugh is not a sun god like Apollo or Amaterasu, he shouldn't be lumped in with them.
>>97257539What are your hopes for Scion 2e in 2026?
>Brutus' Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1qb0_OLhDrDYVVpbllIREdOczg?resourcekey=0-m3LU1xaC5-PnnA0VLRfK9g>DriveAnon's Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cx7KoDkQa9qmDfJN9_CehZ0fxXEweKOu?usp=sharing>Jumpchain IRC Chathttp://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/?#JumpchainCYOA>Ruleshttp://pastebin.com/Gqj3iKyn>How to Jumpchainhttp://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1qb0_OLhDrDVDFBR2NpdG03S0U/viewComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Ahh it's not fair bros. I want my dog girl waifu.
>>97291752Which'st oneth?
>>97289348>>97289390Based
>>97290492A figure 9 inch figure of the '54 Godzilla, a Godzilla (Evolved) figure, and I'm going to be picking up an 89 Heisei figure.
>>97291765Thank you based anon
But have you ever noticed DM's barely disguised TRAUMA?
>>97291199No
>>97291081Save the trauma for yo momma, oh wait...
Disguised? I was at the funeral.
Drag queen gossip thread, however you might slice it.
>>97291872What?
Have you ever met new people by playing IRL? How did you meet them? How did it go?
>Have you ever met new people by playing IRL?No>How did you meet them?I didnt>How did it go?I didnt go at all
>>97290845>Have you ever met new people by playing IRL?Yes.>How did you meet them?By playing games IRL.>How did it go?Mostly well.
>>97290845Half my friend group I made from playing IRL.
