>>97256237>>97256309This is acknowledged within the aesthetic. There are two acknowledged subdivisions of dieselpunk, with World War 2 as the central divide.>"Piecraftian" dieselpunk is during/post-WW2>"Ottensian" dieselpunk is pre-WW2
>>97256237>1940's WW2 and the aftermath. The culmination of the insanity reaching boiling point in the form of another World War. From Paris to island beachs in the Pacific people must take up arms again. Britain and France need Allies to defend against the Axis, but who are the Allies and who are the Axis? America is hesitant to join the war effort, China is besieged by Japan, Russia has a treaty with German, Japan is in a uneasy partnership with Germany, and Mexico is receiving messages from Germany promising them American land if they join the Axis. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and Hilter Marching on the USSR makes everything clear. The teams have been determined and war is in full swing. Rationing at home for the boys abroad, Women entering the work place, and everyone making sure that everyone is doing their part, aka TURN OUT THAT LIGHT. Espionage between enemy and ally and ally and ally ramps up to discover everyone's secrets. After never-ending combat 2 bombs send a loud roar over the nation of Japan with fire and force shaking the earth and blinding the sky. They announce the end of the war and the new age of man, the Atomic Age. The point is there was so much going on in that time, for example the birth of aviation combat or sea Battles of WW1 or the formation of the studio system in Hollywood. If the only thing you know is the very end, Nazi spies for atomic secrets, you aren't properly using the setting. If you are really interested in things that have to do with Deisel Punk you need to do you research. There's a wealth of cool things waiting to be discovered by you and shown to the modern world. Trapping yourself in what has been presented to a mainstream audience since the late 80's is not going to do anything.Thank you for reading.Part 2
>>97256309>Complaining about the most recognizable period of Diesel PunkNo that's not the purpose of my post. I understand why there is a focus on WW2. My point is people in this thread who are interested in this time period but feel pigeonholed to one part of it need explore more and see all the different things it has to offer.>>97256326That's nice but why isn't this being shared with the people who are saying that they don't see much of this period other than getting to the Atomic age?
>>97251172>>97251460Where did this no happy endings in cyberpunk thing come from?
>>97256093Atompunk isn't actually a thing, you're just describing an, incorrect, fanbase assumption about Fallout - which doesn't actually fit your criteria either.>>97255153I'm not talking about a game, I'm talking about the literary genre.
with all the AI there is on the internet, google only give me is the same oni mask done a million timesthe internet is dead (or at least google image search)
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Player Hate Thread, because fuck you little shits.>say I'm looking for active people to play with>bro I'm totally active I can be there every game>you sure you can be there every Fri night?>yeah totally I can be there 99% of the time>okay fine you're in>bro my job is getting too hectic something something they put more responsibilities I can't play anymore after 2 sessions>let me make up this retarded plan where I walk up to the guards at the armory and tell them we're taking their shifts>what? who the fuck are you why aren't you in uniform?>uhhhhhh... I was just hired by your captain I'm just a hired helping hand>I've never heard of something this ridiculous, which captain so I can confirm?>uhhhhhhhhhhh captain steve rogers>there is nobody by that name who the fuck are you people>DM bro how come we don't even get to do diplomacy checks for this?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
WTF OP? How do you find these losers?I've had the same table for a decade and they're awesome
>>97257407If you were a good GM that ran fun games you wouldn't have this problem.
A girl made me the most awkward of dice sets>inb4 fat hands
>>97245090WHOAAAAAAA BUDDYYYYYYYHe's FATHe's OBESEHe's A PERSON OF CALORIES
>>97241189Exactly right, I think. Tell her that you aren't using them because you don't want to wreck the labels and seals by handling them regularly. Win-win.
>>97252562Also notice how the bottom of the flask is curved, the dice could just slide and change number in the process.Why not use a flat bottom?
>>97252522Having zero standards is how you get taken advantage of.Your peace and stability are worth more than what you think you'd get from bottom-barrel trash nobody else wants.
>>97252522I'm a girl. Are you into warhammer or anything anon?
I’m running a low fantasy game, and social advancement is gonna be a thing. So the PCs are gonna be rubbing elbows with a lot of noble families as they make their way into high society. I’m just asking for NPCs and ideas.Most of the nobility are humans, but a few are half-elves and halflings.
>>97251270>If you're aiming for maximum believability, there's almost no way that humans would accept a different species ruling them. They struggle enough with humans of different nationalities ruling them (William of Normandy had to practically burn down England before they stopped revolting at the idea of a Norman King).I will clarify that the half-elven (as in humans with significant elven ancestry) and halfling nobles are mostly ruling over other half-elves/halflings, or areas that have integrated for centuries at this point.
>>97251505Whats wrong with it? It's a classic trope.
>>97242977This looks like shit.
>>97252769I mean yeah, that’s what makes it lame. It’d be like if the OP was asking for evil humanoids to fill out the setting and you posted “Orcs that murder and pillage” and an AI slop orc that looks like a cross between Thrall and the Harvey Weinstein orc from LOTR.
>>97251364The only "skill" that matters is the ability to generate wealth. And this is actually mostly about information gathering, finding the right resources or people to exploit.
>>97238074Honestly the competitive only side of things has ruined most games beyond just 40k. Any conversion for 40k, AoS, or even old world has led to some people getting pissy. You get questions like, "How will someone know that this conversion is supposed to be a bloodthirster." I don't know, maybe because it is one of only two bloodthirsters in a list and is one of the largest models on the board.
Great group, mostly. Biggest problem is this one annoying troon who keeps trying to migrate everyone to her personal discord and act as the "group mother" despite not playing games a lot. She's a great opponent when she does play (Old World, 2e 40k, etc) but she tries to police what everyone else does. Nobody really pays her mind and asks her to leave them alone when it gets overbearing.
>>97245767This isn’t a thing anymore and its a shame because even with sound off a local scifi toystore is where I first say bits of the Matrix and all sorts of cool things that got me excited as a young kids.
I wish one was near me, I live in the burbs and only cool DT hipsters run gameshops
>>97232835Pre-covid I played at an LGS that had a years old standing community that followed the shop as it grew through four different locations.Post-covid the old boys straight up disappeared and the new crowd is totally different, mostly DND5E types and a whole different batch of 40k players. I still buy from them, but I don't like playing there anymore. It's too weird, like the covid lockdown is the temporal line of a Mandela Effect for the store's game room.
Would you consider this IP slop or worth playing?At least the system isn't d20 or PbtA...
>>97252685Monty python is at its best when it's intelligent. If these people where intelligent they wouldnt need to use the IP to sell their game. It follows logically that the game must be shit
>>97252802Monty Python is the name of a group of comedy performers (about half of which are now deceased), rather than the name of a particular individual.
>>97252786lmao
>>97252685I feel like most classic DnD games probably didn't go too long without a Holy Grail reference
If they really wanted to make a good Monty Python game they should base it on the weird animated segments rather than yet more Holy Grail. I remember there was this old computer game from the late 80s or early 90s like that, but sadly it was just another Mario-clone since the technology just wasn't there yet to do it justice.
>Choose your own adventure games
>>97253256>Spam thread to stir up some clicks and views for gook moot advertising incomeSite's dead, why the Nip is still pretending he achieved anything else than it's utter destruction? And that after he did the same shit to 2chan
>>97253256This is why I can't understand the appeal of solo games.
>>97253529Still better than general slop.
>>97253691It's doesn't make sense to me either
>>97253256I lurked a couple of jumpchain threads, don't think I'm enough of a power levels/vs. battles guy to get anything out of it. Unless there's some other appeal I'm missing
What's the /tg/ consensus on Dragonbane? Looks like a neater, faster 5e clone with not as much bloat in it, which is exactly what i'm looking for.
>>97253715The original game at least and not the relaunch uses a d100 and is much less heroic fantasy, way more lethal too. The tone is of course more gritty as well but with less of a focus on combat, more on camp supplies and shit (from what I remember)
>>97253088It's shit, just like every other 5e clone.
>>97253297>>97253802It's a BRP-derivate. So classes matter far less than in DnD, there are no character levels, XP is per-skill, etc. But of course now that someone has reacted tot eh "5e clone" claim the trolls will be in feeding frenzy for a while.
5e already doesn't have much bloat
>>97253297dragonbane absolutely has classes
Post compliance market edition>Previous Thread:>>97242255>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>Titanicus Compendiumshttps://gofile.io/d/qdYzem>New Edition, to a great wailing and gnashing of teeth:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/setting/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97257171Company of Bitter Iron allows for the Hitlerian extension of Bitter Duty to any HQ, including Warmongers, which lets me deep strike 15+1 screaming retards (2 with meltaguns) to clear a point or just act as a Line distraction blob. After they dropped down I had two tacticals take 2 additional points since they got the attention of almost everything left on the board.
>>97257165Thanks, they did really well. I usually run more but I wanted to play with my Thallax and Predator that haven’t seen use in a while.
>>97257134>>97256938>WS5 aren't the only melee unit there is!>Next game pic is anon's dozen termies out of a Spartan This negative feedback only reinforces the idea I had that AV14 and WS5 termies are the main thing I should plan for, and anything else can probably be solved with whatever (except 3W dudes like Custodes)."ALL I FEAR IS TRUE"
>>97257030I’ve played about 30 games from launch at my LGS and events. It’s unfortunately the weakest version of Heresy fluff wise, in most aspects, and game wise, it’s erring closer to modern wargame design trends in a way that make it more fair, (I think the balance here is the best the game has been out of box) but make it feel so much more like a shitty board game. The missions aren’t conducive to interesting role play, Line and Vanguard make units feel a lot more one dimensional than I’d think of, the strange culling of melee statlines has made some units pillow fisted, and really discourages you from tricking out units with other options (there is zero reason to ever give tac sgts power weapons now, which is so damn sad).The worst part about it is that the community that I built at my LGS over the last 3 years died overnight because the things that I promised them are now gone. No more “there’s no edition churn!”, no more “you can make your army as fluffy as you want and the game has a bunch of rules and options to support it!”, no more “you can use your favorite missions from the old editions!”Part of that is absolutely on me for being positive about GW for more than a moment but it’s just so damn sad. Pic related, local con that had 20ish peeps during 2.0’s tenure had 7 this year. I’m kinda over it, my 3e Mantis Warriors and Chaos armies have been most of my hobby focus this year.
>>97257038>>97257044>>97257054>>97257059>>97257072>>97257243So what recourse is there? I’ve just starting getting into HH because of the models and would really like to play. Is it possible to put together a respectable set of community rules compiling the best rules that 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 has to offer? Or would this not be accepted and people will just play one of the 3 editions without wanting to try something that wasn’t 100% created by GW rule wise? I’d even be willing to give it a crack.
So, imagine for a second that a GM is pitching you a sci-fi game to play in soon. The setting is "like StarCraft," the rules system is a new one to you (Flex D6 if it's essential you know), and the general flow of the game is described as flying a small ship around and going on planet side adventures in the face of an approaching disaster. What do you need to know, or want to know, ahead of time? What would be useful to you practically, creatively, etc? Do you want a session zero?
>>97250918>session zeroYes, but has to be setting description, group character creation and a short encounter to get everyone on board. >need to know Rules to the game ideally on a quick reference sheet or short 4 page thing. >want to know Scifi sort, space opera, fantastical, very soft, a bit more technical, are the people I'm playing with part of a regular group or new? >usefulElevator pitch for the setting, blurbs for the space area, how space travel works, what themes we're aiming at, how character mortality works.
"like StarCraft"
What this >>97251058 anon said plus >Can I shoot lightning?>Can I shoot lasers?>Can I have a cool robot arm that does any of the above?
Or have another type of disability before becoming a space marine? Note this is not meant as insult on the disabled I am legally classified with Asperger's and get Canadian Disability for that.
>>97253897OP considers being artistic a disability, why would he ever paint a model?>>97253907>OP calling anyone else a faggot
>>97253970 I'm using a speech to text internet program. it's not supposed to be artsy it's supposed to be autism.And no this is my first post since I made the OP.
>>97253872>artistic Yeah, he makes exquisite paintings of mountainscapes.
>>97253987>I'm using a speech to text internet program.Please go and stay gone.
>I am legally classified with Asperger's Average warhammer fan
>Setting Basically late medieval to early Renaissance Europe >Magic Not really available to players, expect in the form of extremely rare high level magical weapons and items. BBEG should possess magic abilities >Player characters European presenting male fighters only, maximum one low level hedge wizard or shaman>Races All NPCs and PC should be human, finding a non-human village like elves should be extremely rare, unlikely, and magical experience
This one I've been thinking alot:Low fantasy early modernity but there is no gunpowder: pike warfare, swordsmanship and archery dominate and are developed to new levels.The longsword never goes out of fashion and becomes something akin to what the katana was to the japanese.Set in a northern confederacy, a lot of conflict is settled locally by private wars, judicial combat and duels.
>>97249726Yes? Yog is a unique npc that apoears in one story and then fucking dies.
>>97250116generals keep that shit contained.
>>97222512>Space opera setting. Upkeep of individual ships should be unusual for the common person. A vast network of interplanetary spacelines should exist>Magic is as natural as breathing. not everyone should be supremely strong and of course no universe breaking reality benders. Space gods should exist>The who thing should lead characters to be very specialized. Maybe based on one to two backgrounds per player, being their sort of classes. >Players should be able to play whatever species of the setting they want. As long as it is able to communicate with the group and interact with the world in meaningful waysI dislike the rigidity of dnd classes, I would like for everything to be way more open to player choice. Maybe even make the magic system free form, I've heard Macchiato Monsters does it for example. Other than that no clue. Shouldn't be too crunchy but also not too rules light. As long as I don't write it this system will never exist. Problem is I only ever played 5e and got no clue where to even start.
>Magic>Not really available to playersWhy?
I've been told the standard D&D character is now a human female fighter and the fighter section has had gender neutral language replaced with she and her to accommodate the fandomDo all the boys who play really just want to be girls? How do we make them want to not be fighters or humans? Why aren't tieflings the most popular?
>>97250307>I've been told theDid you bother to check yourself?
>>97250307every guy wishes he was a girl
>>97250307>and the fighter section has had gender neutral language replaced with she and her to accommodate the fandom5e uses "You", dumbfuck.
>>97250307>standard D&D characterIf you're going to be a retard could you at least be a retard in the D&D thread?
The hobby has come far
>Dragons that exist on a level above Kings and are paid tribute but otherwise largely don't interfere with the affairs of mortals Vs>Dragons establish their own empires with their own bureaucracies, integrating half-dragons, dragonborn, humans, kobolds, and other racesWhich do you prefer? Or is there one that fits a particular type of dragon more than the others?
>>97252736>never reasoned withDoesn't Bilbo manage to reason with Smaug at least semi-successfully? Yes he considers any mortal affairs totally beneath him but he does have a huge ego and is vulnerable to bargaining and especially flattery. I read the book a long time ago so I can't promise I'm not misremembering.And yes of course Smaug does quickly see through the flattery but that's because Bilbo actually was trying to steal from him.
>>97253010He misleads him, very briefly as you described, and then Smaug quickly sorties out, tries to find and kill the dwarves, fails to find them and so burns or eats most of their ponies so they can't escape the Lonely Mountain, and then flies off to Laketown just to fuck shit up, intending to return and root them out and torture them to death immediately after. The dorfs and Bilbo would've been completely fucked if there wasn't Deux Ex Machina Man, descendant of the King of Dale, with a never-before-mentioned Super Special Magic Macguffin Arrow, who talked to a fucking bird to learn Smaug's weakpoint and then was lucky enough to land a perfect instakill shot with said arrow. Weakest part of an otherwise perfect story. I don't think Tolkien wrote himself into a corner, I think he just wanted to find some way to involve Men in the Battle of the Five Armies, as if a mountain full of fucking gold wasn't motivation enough. But TLDR no, he doesn't reason with Smaug at all, and if he hadn't had the ring during their brief exchange, he'd have been a pile of ashes.
>>97253085It's true that Bilbo only survives through remaining unseen and Smaug would have gladly killed him if given the opportunity, but my point is that dragons, especially those lesser than Smaug, aren't stupid and could respect the power of dangerous rivals and negotiate, at least until they found a way to take the said power for themselves.
>>97252736>They can be tricked or misdirected but never reasoned withSo you don't like mythological dragons. Got it.
>Dragons that exist on a level above Kings and are paid tribute but otherwise largely don't interfere with the affairs of mortals This is kino
