how did you explain having literal blue human women in your scifi setting?
>>97276863We get it, you're so desperate for men to ogle you have to beg grok to slop some up for you
>>97277155I'll have you know I used bing thank you very much
>>97276736There is, just more rare than the space babe and I couldn't find any at the moment, instead have some pickle men instead
>>97259986I like french cinema.
Classic sci fi shit.
A thread for talking about players doing dumb shit and acting like retards.>Be me>Running short campaigns for new groups at the LGS>Players are all tasked with defending some random hamlet in a backwater province from bandits that are planning to sack it and haul everyone off into slavery>First group is (rightly) terrified of a fair fight >Lures the bandits into an ambush by getting help from a neighboring village>raid their camp after they retreat and destroy the group>Second group tries brute force>Roll up on the bandit camp directly and alone>Talk their way into meeting with the leader when they rushed him>Catch him offguard>Are also playing optimized characters >Slaughter him and his guards and convince half of the bandit group to work for them, rest scatter>The third groupComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97277704Sounds more like a system issue.
>>97277704>here about dungeon>spend time prepping for dungeon>Other players are fine with it>one player complains after the dungeon when we came overprepared
>>97275958>>Tell players to read the book like 2 months in advance>>Session starts and I ask if everyone is ready to playPeople don't usually like getting homework but your story is you acting like you were setting a DVR rather than dealing with ordinary people then being surprised after two months that they didn't follow your instructions. That means>Two months of you assuming they'd just learn a system you, not they, were excited to play>Two months of you not finding out how far along they were>Two months of you not asking if they had any problems with their character creationGM as micromanager would be annoying as a player and frustrating as gm if you did have to herd players like sheep but asking after a month how they're getting on isn't micromanagement. Two months of you not following up is a you issue not a player issue.
>>97280823Probably had multiple opportunities to ask about problems in those two months
>>97280884The onus is on the players to actually play the game. The GM is not a kindergarten teacher trying to herd retarded children around.
RIFTS! The science fantasy world of post-apoc cyborgs, wizards, dragons, ninjas, giant mecha, super-nazis, robot ninjas, vampires, underwater kingdoms, remnant human supertech civilizations and everything you can imagine all rolled into one setting where interdimensional RIFTS have pierced Earth's fabric and turned it into a playground for aliens and monsters!Plus other Palladium Games about superheroes, zombies, classic fantasy, supernaturals investigation and more. Talk about:>RIFTS(tm)>Heroes Unlimited>Palladium Fantasy>Beyond the Supernatural>Dead Reign>Robotech (lol)>TMNT & Other Strangeness + After the Bomb>Splicers>Nightbane>Savage RiftsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97280542Yes, honestly you dont need turtles if you got it, just use the rules and change the setting.
>>97280338>Are SAMAS pilots that broken?Depends on which samas they are piloting.The super samas and special forces ones are crazy powerful.Old style is perfectly serviceable but dated now
>>97280338SAMAS Pilots are that iconic
>>97281572Thanks! Once I get TMNT Redux, I want to see what I can port over.
>>97280542Pretty much completely compatible
How do you justify a "pest race" like goblins or rat people in your setting? Why wouldn't the dominant species make a concentrated effort to eradicate them if they were a problem?
>>97274474>Its bulked out by people who...So where's the proper political party for people who like enlightenment but just want minorities to disappear? If that's the bulk of one side's politics there should be a political party specifically for that side. They deserve more votes.
>>97214004>(spartiates might have thought of helotes as "pests", but since it was literally illegal for a spartiate to work without losing citizenship...)The rest of your post got enough heat but this is also retarded.
>>97278017>just want minorities to disappear?what country, pretty sure that's nigel's in england. formerly Ukip. AFD in germany, front for France. though they're diluted by a wider party platform>bulk of one side'snobody said the bulk, we're talking about the margins, the "far" not the right et all. Most right wing people who fall outside the normal bounds become single issue anti-diversity voters. they're not out there quoting fucking moldbug.
>>97278005>>97277891Yeah, and Christianity shaped itself to the west as well. meanwhile, theologically islam is an illiterate warlord trying to piece an understanding of the religions together he isn't familiar with.like trying to recreate a painting you can only stare at through a peephole.there's a reason why one of his arguments against Christianity is "why did jesus shit if he was so divine?"not kidding
It's fantasy dawg
Everyone I know who watches Fatt Coville videos is a fucking terrible GM. I've never fully watched one and I am widely considered the best GM out of all 3 groups I'm part of. I am regularly requested to run campaigns. People borderline fall asleep in the games others run. There's also no tension because they know that these Coville acolytes will fudge rolls until all PCs survive the battle. If you're a good GM, it's an inmate talent you can hone over time. You're born that way. If you aren't, then no amount of shitty advice is going to make up for your lack of talent. It just is what it is. This idea that everyone should "try" DMing is retarded. The idea that anyone can be good at it? lolno. Its like some fat divorced on who suddenly decides he's gonna become a famous author. Fat chance. Most people fucking suck at GMing. Hell, most of them suck at playing, but at least in that case the game depends less on them.
>>97232331I think session zeros should be a thing, formal or informal. Either way GM/DM advice is useless because every GM, theor skills, style, and what they want is different. Some GMs probably benefit from having 20 pages of notes for a session and planning for every possibility, my notes are a few stat blocks for likely enemies and some possible loot with me winging the rest. Some GMs might like reading 5 page backstories, I for one just want to know family, friends, origin, and goals of PCs. Some GMs like games built around the story where it's 90% roleplayong 10% mechanics, I for one love mechanics and combat.
>>97271637>Either way GM/DM advice is useless because every GM, theor skills, style, and what they want is different.There is still advice that is universal regardless of what your style is.
>>97235163These are very close to Alexander Macris's example scenarios where fudging is "justifiable", however he is a simulationist (which is rare), while most narrativists state that you should actively fudge the dice for the purpose of "telling a good story" or preventing lethality.Example of a narrativist defending fudging for purposes other than patching mistakes/illogical gameplay results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vguHd5IHFAgI agree with >>97235185 that in the first scenario it is better to have enemies behave logically than like video game enemies (making enemies surrender/flee is actually good for grimdark), and that roll tables for encounters are mostly suggestions/idea seeds/map-making tools rather than an exact description of how the world is structured, and that if you have a premade setting you should probably also have custom encounter tables for it rather than using the ones in the base rules.
>>97271637>think session zeros should be a thing, formal or informal.Session zero is a gay concept. Informal? Ok then it's not a session zero, it's campaign planning and chargen. Wow. Hipsters just need a new word for everything.
What is the most important thing to keep in mind if I want to dm?
Dubs and above turn into canon.
>>97256170Considering how OP disappeared, you were proven right. No one is going to do anything with this trainwreck.
Dragonborn are always red and they openly discriminate against other reptile races like lizardfolk and frogfolk
We've been down this road, nothing will ever be as good as the Giantstep.
>Islam is the dominant religion>Anons just want to make rebels against the MuslimsYou people are cowards. Play in the space.
>>97281840>Guy complains>Not about the cat boys and retarded snake girls>Or Werewolf turbo aids>It's thisSorry Ali Dawah. But as Strasser showed, people will find ways to hamstrung your wank. Plus, the Arabs have a bad track record with borders, even with fellow Sunni Moslems.
>>97251151>the dregs of society striking back against mega corporationsGo read the Burning Chrome collection and count how many are about sticking it to the man and how many are about lowlifes just scraping by.
>>97254971Hi!
>>97230214Define what is wrong first.
How many "punks" are there?
>>97230970No it's not. Why are you responding to a spamthread?
In my games, high level wizards turn to stone.
>>97195417ok
>>97274601lol you’re so silly
>>97195417>blind but all-knowing >obsessed with crystals >mutated and covered by said crystals>made immortal by said crystals >lives in a crystal cave >started sorcery + academia >most legendary wizard around Does this remind you of someone?
>>97195417So the Ideal Master from Elder Scrolls? They became soul gems.
What?
Recently I was thinking about alternative combat systems.I remember someone talking about instead of HP the payer has a Jenga tower and he needs to remove peaces once hit, the skill is to remove peaces without the tower collapsingSo I started thinking.For example what if the combat somehow involves cups and balls?Instead of a D20+modifier nonsense why not change it up? Why not give a player 10 balls or legos or whatever and to win an encounter the player needs to land 2 balls in 1 cup?There can be variants of this like a super hard encounter demands the player lands all 10 balls or what about reducing the size of the cup with the difficulty of combat?What if we implement a fate system from Talisman for the players? What if legendary bosses have something like that for themselves? And can negate the players victory? What if different monsters use different "balls" like for example some bone golems will be you throwing legos into cups and zombies are aluminum balls while naga can be gummy bears? That actually makes the monster feel different and not a copy pasted set of numbers. Also the different aerodynamics of these "balls" are part of the fun.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97277094>I want to play an RPG you lazy sack of shitCringe.I wish I was able to post the audio of this youtube session of these fagots playing a RPG. I want to post the voices they make and how gay it sounds.I want to post how absolutely cringe and childish this sounds. Like childrens cartoon characters have more masculinity then your shit.Who the fuck wants to do this? Like you want to roleplay the more gay version of a toddler character?
>>97276666Well? Why would I want to use it?
>>97277951Did you mean to reply to a different post?
>>97238257We've used a ball toss mechanic with candyland back in the day. You'd draw a card and count the spaces, then have to consecutively land that many balls in cups. You moved only as far as your successful shots, and drank the number you were short. It worked well for our purposes.I can see a human skill based resolution working in some games, but in others it would be incredibly annoying. That being said, jenga for hit points sounds fun.Give it a shot, OP, and let us know how it goes
>>97238257This reminds me of my tiddlywinks idea, big bowls small bowls, tall ones, armored things have half the top covered, more skill is more tiddlywinks .Good times
>Pay her 300 per hour>Say no limits roleplaying>Anything goes>Make the encounters very hard and with multiple phases ending with an iconic BBCE (Big Bad Chaotic Evil (guy)).why is it so hard to find a paid DM to make this traditional game fire at my local game store?
>>97275664I'd rather pay a girl to be my dungeon slave tbqhwyf.>>97275677Based
>>97275664>>Pay her 300 per hourI'd rather pay a girl AU$120 for an hour long massage and a blowjob. And I can $72 back from my health insurance.
>>97275677Doesn't afraid of anything
>>97275903Shhhh... You're scaring the mutts. They don't know what health or insurance means.
Hookers are incapable of doing anything more than sex actshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DsJ6AQ_J1I
Anyone ever played this? Did you like it? Did you try any of the expansions?
>>97262096Got pics of how the minis were? Expectation vs reality
>>97261050I got that version at Origins back when it came out, played a couple games with my group, and then watched ND completely collapse under their own hubris.
>>97261050I liked the original SDE, disliked the 2nd edition FK rules, then liked it again after the 3rd edition rules that came with Devil Island.The biggest problem with the game is how much time it takes to set up. It's a ton of time to lay out all the boards, figures, cards; enough so that all the friends I'd play with often balk at starting a game because of the time commitment. I found more success with the SDE:Arena variant. For whatever reason it's easier to split the workload of setup for Arena than for Regular.
>>97261050I like that the centaur is fast and powerful with the drawback that her fat ass limits her mobility in cramped areas of the map
bump for interest
JUDGE! JUUUUUDGE!! YUGI'S CHEATING AGAIN!!
>>97270423Damn it, is he attacking the moon again?
I summon my brown wife in prone bone position.
MY TURN
DURAHMONSTA CADDO
>>97273837lol
start with picrel, open in paint and make your additions!be sure to add your own lore, and by the end of the thread we'll have a fun world
Forces of an expanding empire have made landfall and established a new colony
he has arrived
You can buy weapons and gear and potions and stuff here. Nothing special really.
>>97277216best post
>>97277216lol
Valakut editionPrevious: >>97129473>News & RemindersWorld Championship 31 won by Seth Manfield (Izzet Lessons, 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>TQHave you played the brawl challenge, and if so, which commander?
what exactly are you hoping for with these posts >>97278921 >>97272264 >>97252110 >>97234485 >>97232551?
so nothing, alright, back to ignoring you.
drafted some midnight huntill report back how I do later
a1 esl
When are we getting the steak sauce UB? It would have focus on food token synergy, of course.
GET FUCKED I WON
>>97275889Youre right, and fuck i hate that you are. Its amazing how shit the game has gotten in the past 12 years.
>Game pieces are accessible>Still plenty of rare alts for cards for those who want to gamble or collectWhat's the issue?
>>97275889By definition, it is now over ten years.
Noooo- ok and?
What's this about?
