Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade, Gygaxian D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e and newer) should be discussed elsewhere. And as we enter this happiest and newest of years, remember: 2e was never an old-school game, bait is for reporting, and fish is for smoking! Happy new year, grogs! Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creators from 1974 to 1983 — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency. If you are new to the OSR, welcome! Ask us whatever you're curious about: we'll be happy to help you get started. We also have two excellent beginner guides created by Anons with feedback from the thread that you can check for help: >n00b DM's Guidehttps://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0 >Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128 >Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Post your OSR sins.>I prefer draconic kobolds to classic kobolds.
>>97326229>>97326284ntaDo you want to discus actual game things or just whinge about the possibility of being able to hypothetically discuss a game thing maybe? Because if you want actual discussion there's this thread and /todd2.0/ but none of that ever comes up in either.
>>97326575I think it's all fine, except for dog-bolds, those are kinda dumb
>>97326575>Post your OSR sins.I don't have any as I'm literally the reincarnation of the Saints Gygax and Arneson and you can't prove otherwise.
He's begging the question and samefagging about it again for no actual reason. Report, hide and move on. Anyone pilfer and repurpose something from a module lately with a good story about it to boot?
Out on Patrol Edition>What is this?/TG/ DEVELOPED A GAMEIT IS PLAYABLE. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.EXPEDITION is a ~1880s era, Jules Verne-inspired retro-futurist, underground blood soaked adventurescape.It is a Skirmish wargame. Two players with their own expeditions, on a hexgrid map, explore & fight each other for victory and profit.3 versions of the rules exist, 2 of which have been playtested. The main one is 2e, to be found :>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/us7vnek39dc6k/AgarthaRulesas with maps, tokens and lore resources.>TL;DR Dochttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1LxdaGoBlJRTMuziMDupG5TeeFwNDnsIW2pfaRAcFDgA>Main Lore Doc, including links to anon-written short stories and additional lore in "Recommended..." sectionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97317567Well, there are photographs from the early 20th century. It is a pretty disturbing phenomena. Without a working knowledge of written Hindi/Gujurati/any of the dialects of India for primary sources, getting a grasp on it can really on be done by the observations of British personnel. They characterize it as sort of a suicidal disregard for safety amongst the population, as a demonstration of bravery. If we didn't already get a Neo-Mughal book pounded out in short order, it would've been interesting to see something like this. You could compare it to the phenomenon of تَجَاهُل (tajāhul) (disregard) in the Arab world. Men will deliberately place themselves in positions that men from other cultures would regard as insanely perilous. Saddam's T-72's attacking coalition forces at the battle 73 Easting with their commander leading a flying column into the teeth of wire-guided anti-tank missiles and a group of Abrams comes to mind. Unlike in western cultures where similar acts are motivated by the potential for remaining safe, or to provide a solution to the dangerous problem, these sorts of things were done for personal glory-seeking. Might there be a Lemurian phenomena that's similar? Would be worth exploring in further writing.
>>97322102>Might there be a Lemurian phenomena that's similar? Would be worth exploring in further writing.Unless you were referencing the Juggernaut directly, its already in the game. The view I had of Lemuria initially was pretty anthetical to this kind of thing, however, I don't think it would be something widely used, or culturally encouraged, since the Cultivation mindset in the warrior caste requires you to pity that the weak cannot be strong opponents to you (which is completely different from taking pity *on* the weak, mind you) rather than outright hate them. Degens would be free game, however, its obviously their fate not to amount to anything anyways.
>>97325240You are missing nids and Deldar, the nid one made the carnifex useles and splited his role in 2 or 3 other monsters, characters were cool but the cool upgrades were gone. It was the trigon era. Nids doubled their unit profiles and it wasn't great for the game, also underpowered compared to the rest of 5th.. The other codex books in that style from 4th are Dark angels (sucks, overnerfed marines, terminators are useless, no lass plas, drop pod nerf was ok) eldars (most powerful of 4th, harlequins should be removed of the game), orks (strong, less flavor) Demons, caos marines. >>97326780Not sure 100% our d eldar player said that it was too strong but I have not played against it or read the dex, I can tell you that the 3,5 Deldar dex is way more decent than people thinks, you can do crazy stuff with that book. Also for variety after many many many games I sometimes include one or two profiles from 5th nids to spice things up maybe you can do the same with Deldar, or adjust the profiles. Believe me, don't bother with 5th, 4th is just better. Also imperial armour lists and campaigns are super cool, 40k at its best. The taros campaign is extremely thematic I enjoyed it a lot.
>>97325216Arguably the 4th ed nid codex is the best nid codex, same for marines, same for tau + imperial armour 3 taros. 3.5 guard was the most thematic too with regimental rules. 3.5 orks were the most thematic they will ever be, but a bit underpowered. 3.5 necrons didn't had all the egyptian crap just yet, but they needed a couple more troop profiles for variety. Imperial armours updated lost and damned list was also great.
>>97317329GW needs to release a 40k classic. Base it on 3rd to 4th edition rules tweaked SLIGHTLY. I know HH exists but I don't care about marines vs marines. I want a proper return to 4th edition soul. Let the zoomers enjoy the slop of 10th edition while we play in the paradise of 4th.
>>97327574Or you could just play 4th.
>>97327723then he couldn't consoom
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>>97326866>what if firebending, but good
>>97327617gonna dump my hand with fire bending ascension and windcrag siege
Is this the answer to cub?
>>97327671Basically
>>97327671Uhh, Wizards!?Wh-wh-what if my opponent has hexproof?! And they only have one creature in play!!!I don't want to ping myself for 1, Wizards! Why didn't you make this optional!!?!? This is a feel bad!!!
Oh no no no
>>97327751Just paint him white, whats the problem? So long as GW dont try to force fem marines I couldnt give a shit
>>97327751VIKINGS WERE BLACK YOU PROOBLEMATIC CHUD AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH POOSLIM VALUES ARE BRITISH VALUES TALLYWAKER TWEET TAWOO
>>97327751>Muh dark skinned FenririansThey all came from Earth anyway, so why does it matter? If you really want to cope just assume they immigrated from some other planet in the empire, they have space travel.
>>97327758>the empireIt's amazing how calling the Imperium "the empire" continues to be the shibboleth that catches out secondaries
Besides Shadowdark, are there any other TTRPGs that have playable goblins?
>>97322786I am not sure of the timeskip - if any - between the B&W sections and the color section.Are those descendants or the willing ones?
>>97327161m8, pick up the context clues. It's not hard.
>paid GMing>AI slop>unironic "badwrongfun"/"you can't play that way" shitThe unholy trinity of what's killing ttrpgs.
>>97327580>Every GM reading this can relate to what I've just describedNo, not really. I rarely use character art at all, and i can just draw it if i have to. Besides, gming is a form of creative self expression. Using AI as part of that is like putting tomato sauce on a steak, its antithetical
>>97327674>>97327580I just draw shitty mspaintoids over images I find that are vaguely close, and I'd take that a thousand times over AI nonsense.It's both less work AND shows you put more thought in.
>>97327580>Every GM reading this can relate to what I've just describedI've been running games for a decade and a half, and I can't relate to what you've said in the slightest. I frankly don't understand some people's obsession with having art for NPCs--do you print it out and pass it around at the table? Seems like an unnecessary amount of paper when you can just describe the character properly in the first place.
>>97327731I have a laptop soooo
>>97327731It's universally for tokens, so really you just want something on theme and identifiable from a distance, with a GREAT emphasis on that second part.
Metaplot Edition>Previously in the Mortal Realms:>>97313609 >Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, and FAQs:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-downloads/>Toolshttps://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/>Anvil of Apotheosis hero creator:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
The more I looked at then the more I wasn't liking the flesh tone I had on my storm fiends so I changed the flesh color to fur color I use and I like them way better now
I've been trying to bit by bit work on the blight kings. Also got some dirty down moss to fiddle with. It's a neat little effect but I reckon it's gonna be a few more models before I really get it nailed. Until then just gonna keep chugging along!
>>97327414This ain’t what you think it means.
>>97327414>price plastic like it's precious metal>sell rules separately from the game, which end up outdated after 6 months and a waste of money>sell bundles that make no sense and offer very little discount value>stop selling cool models or make models limited time fomo shit so secondhand market is peoples only option if they get in lateThe problem is they price this shit like collectors kits for gundam or whatever where people are paying prices of good looking one off dispaly models they're not expected to have more than one of. But the way they write the rules they want you paying fucking $15 a 4cm model that you need 40 of. They used to make and price this shit with the expectation that a teenager could reasonably get into warhammer. Now only rich kids and adults with more money than sense can afford it.
>>97327112unreal
I have some questions and a premise for a thread. > 1. What is the best system to run a one-shot campaign emulating the story of No Country For Old Men in a way that captures the "FUN" of the movie?>2. If you could make a system for this one-shot to be played from, what would you put into that is notable?>3. What other scenarios would be interesting to play in this style?Having divergences in the story would obviously be critical, like if Moss had actually killed Anton, for it to be fun, but other than just plain ole' rolling dice how would a game where an individual plays as Anton Chigurh, another plays as Lewellyn Moss, another plays as Carson/The Sheriff, etc etc work?
>>97326998this is literally a copy paste of a reddit post from 11 years agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/2g2e3o/no_country_for_old_men_film_anton_chigurhs_name/dead internet is real?
>>97327043 You will see that I removed part of the text however.
>>97327071Are you too retarded to write your own posts or something?
>>97314498You fool!
>>97313800The best answer in the thread.
Thread failed its save overnight huh Edition▶Previous thread:>>97021561▶News:Reminder that next box is Sisters vs Raptors:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zrjpzrms/adepta-sororitas-battle-chaos-space-marines-over-a-long-forgotten-tomb-in-kill-team-shadowhunt/▶Official Key Downloads, FAQs and Erratahttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/kill-team/▶Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/AinK04▶Boxed Set Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/NWRByw (deprecated)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97324165Wrecka Krew, no one else comes close.
>>97324165Wreckas for pure unga bunga yoloBlooded require a bit more strategic yeeting of bodies into the grinder
How much are the 2 team and terrain sets? Probably going to split the upcoming raptors vs sisters box with a friend when it comes out
>>97327326Varies depending on the terrain and extra stuff they put in. can be around 80€ to 160€ around here. no clue where you live and how expensive it get there or what currency you even need.
>>97327650USA, but that gives me a decent picture. I think the CSM raptors vs sisters will probably be the more expensive kind. Would be kind of neat if the release overlaps with the GW store's anniversary near me and we get a free mat too.
>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.
>Project Wingman>Ace Combat>Vector Thrustwe got any more jet-autism jumps?
>>97325405Does space fighter autism count? We have a Star Wars Squadrons jump.
>>97325405DoDanPachi, IIRC? Also, SwatKatz
>>97314238Sick. Found a new special interest.
So, my jumper started out with generic cyoa and went with the worm cyoa v1. I didn't allow power manipulation or kaleidoscope because they felt too meta for Jumpchain especially for a first jump. I ultimately settled on a triumvirate build with Alexandria, Legend and Eidolon along with the perks Blank, Invictus and shattered limiter. My guy is now entering his 2nd jump which is Dragon age, what should he aim for and how much trouble can he expect in any of his endeavors?
If your party gets a scroll of a Silence spell in the beginning of the adventure, and later, among other enemies and traps, spellcasters who have to say their spells out loud, sirens, and finally banshees, would you consider that clever, or at least good encounter design?At the same time, if that cucks the bard and the spellcasters in your party who also rely on sound / spells w verbal components? Would you be ok if they actually use it in a sneak segment?I think it's worth discussing how to give players alternative solutions to problems but honestly? I think they'd be too stupid to realize, but on the slight chance they come up with it on their own I think it's better never to hold their hand.Anyways, post stories with this kind of neat interactions if you have some.
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like it's 2025!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.
RequestingChoir of fleshThanks in advance
Humbly requesting any of the following:>Seidkona Saga, by EBC Publishing, all three books.https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/17089/ebc-publishing>Escape From Ironhold Keep by Doppelgänger Publishing (or any of their "Solo Stuff")https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/16533/doppelgaenger-publishing/category/44909/solo-stuff>Shadow Over Nettle series by Elfypunkhttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/410205/shadow-over-nettle-solo-bundle>Between Sun and Moon, also by Elfypunkhttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/407970/between-sun-and-moon>Journey Through Fairhaven by PrintableAdventureComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Found this list of games. No books but it might be helpful to somebody. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15nINmu3LA0Y8AlX7Eyy3a4Ma9wg9F97J04VaZEgfPW8/
>>97327632>Prowlers and Paragons books/Supers(underscore)Temp
>>97326571>Table Fables 2This is what I have, There's two versions of either TF 1 and 2. None is perfect, though.gf /d/FdL62b
I've been playing games for almost two decades now and people who pump Charisma are consistently the most useless faggots in every party. And this remained true even during the very few times I have attempted it myself.I have no choice but to arrive at the conclusion that Charisma and every one of its iterations across every fucking game ever is just genuinely useless placebo dog shit. And when pressed to justify their investment charismafaggots always ramble about how good it is in real life as if that has any fucking bearing at all on TTRPGs.Besides, it's not that good in real life either. Actors and performers were considered on the same level as prostitutes in status for most of history.
>>97308068Tying roleplaying to a single stat is dumb, speaking smart like when convincing someone should be an Intelligence roll, while speaking in a way to manipulate someone by inferring their intellectual weaknesses should be Wisdom.It would be pretty easy to remove the stat altogether. Bard becomes a Dex caster, Paladin and Sorcerer become Con casters, and Warlock becomes an Intelligence caster.
>>97308068In every game outside of d20 derivatives, my charisma characters have consistently made the party a good chunk, I'd say 20%, more than they otherwise would have. Not entirely through negotiation either- A well timed scam here, a demand for payment to avoid legal troubles there, and you can make quite a bit.Oftentimes my character was the entire reason we even got paid at all for our efforts when things went badly.
>>97327623>>97327377you seem to be retarded.Why is that?
>>97327672You keep crying but you can't prove me wrong.
>>97327683>retard can't tell a new posterlol
previous: >>97290097Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqThread Question:what is your stonemaier-tier concept for a sure money board game megahit?
>>97326095>rehashedEh I don't mind it. Instead of having second editions, collector editions, big boxes and billion of expansions he just rehashes the game. The problem I have is that he seemed to shift into this anthropomorphic animals, "cozy", weebo, overly cartoony aesthetic with his games.
>>97323287>>97325722>>97326231>ScytheI think what people took from it's success wasn't the game mechanisms but more the production: minis, art, theme, etc..There are a bunch of war-euro gamesout there like some other anons mentioned but It's hard to find the ballace between the two to have success. Too much combat and you loose the euro crowd, too heavy and you loose the masses. Also there are other games that do the whole euro but has some combat. Scythe had some good ideas but it's less than the sum of its parts imo.
>>97327372If you like other span games why would you not like this one?
>>97327581Just asking for opinions, maybe Finspan is too simplified, it's boring, etc., or maybe it's an improvement on the formula
I think I will order a custom deck for Double Nine and its fan expansions for my group, it's a fun little filler game (too lazy to pnp it plus it won't look as nice).
