>>97395986
Sometimes. Sometimes its to pay for studies, research, crafting, provate expeditions. And at higher levels paying for your help at your keep and general maintenance.

After all, who would risk death unless they were truly desperate?

Related tidbit. Stocks with dividend payments were first created in 1602. So the concept wouldnt be too far anachronistic in a standard D&D setting

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prayer to urogalan for the mornings spells, steals uncut gems to lay at shrines, sharpens shaving razor, sometimes he takes off the skull and shawl and does farm labour

>>97398454
I'm genuinely coming under the belief the puckee defender is a bot, they have made some bizarre as fuck replies that never really follows the conversation all too closely, yet also using the same phrases over and over again.

>>97398632
It's probably ol' puckeeboy himself.

>>97375924
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo

>>97399896
>single blood brother
Poor fucker.

>>97399905
Opportunity cost. If you're going to groom your childer for the embrace (and not every sire does, since many want their childer dependent and not a threat to them), there may be other priorities for what to improve about your childe, and with physical attribute increases via bloodbuff being a universal power, physical strength is fairly low on the priority list. After all, wait too long to embrace them and no amount of training could make up for aging. You could ghoul them, but then every moment they're training is a moment not spent earning their monthly blood by doing shit for you.

Which is not to say it would never happen. I could see a Brujah big into the clan's history of athleticism trying to create a physical beast BEFORE the embrace to give them a jumping off point. Or a Tzimisce trying to get as much raw muscle mass on their childer's body for maximum vicissitude resources.

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Would a sword with Naming 3 be rad or useless?

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Why aren't you willing to brave the Spidussy, anon?

>>97399990
One of their combat maneuvers is engulfing you in a torrent of spiders, I’m not fucking with that

>>97393716
Pretty sure that's the Salubri.

>>97399668
They’re getting angels of death.

>>97399670
No, they aren't

>>97399616
The sword and especially the rust effects look like something you’d see on a Hasbro action figure. But that’s a bad example because he’s one of the few just mediocre Nurgle sculpts in the new release.

I really came around to the Deathrattle models despite generally liking the old skellies better from the angle they are representations of Old/Ancient Shyish culturally. Wish there was more, I figure there would have to be gods before Nagash that the living of Shyish worshipped before he cemented his rule.

>>97398196
That's the boring, lazy corporate answer. A real worldbuilder tries to make a coherent timeline, not avoid or ignore any butterfly events.

>>97394962
Humans will have to be forced to live in family housing.

>>97399350
>not avoid or ignore any butterfly events.
Right, so no masquerade bullshit keeping the world from learning about magic.
>A real worldbuilder tries to make a coherent timeline,
So what's the problem with having a coherent timeline for an alternate earth?

People make medieval worlds with original histories all the time. Why is it suddenly a problem if the world is modern? What's wrong with wanting a modern setting with original races, cultures, religions, geographies, or whatever?

>>97394601
The same way God did. Brains and genes.

Historically, a woman might have given birth to six children only for three to reach adulthood, with most deaths occurring during the first year. It was common for 40% to 50% of children to die before reaching puberty.

Maternal mortality was equally prevalent. It is estimated that the number of women who died in childbirth rivaled the number of men who died in wars. In many peaceful eras, childbirth was actually more lethal to the female population than combat was to the male population. Before modern medicine, roughly 1 in 100 to 1 in 150 births resulted in the mother’s death. Because women had multiple pregnancies—often six to ten—their cumulative lifetime risk of dying in childbirth was as high as 1 in 10 or 1 in 20. In many cultures, children weren't named until they were a year old.

Because the risk was so omnipresent, many cultures treated pregnancy with a solemnity that reflected the possibility of death. In many European traditions, women would go to confession or take the Eucharist before labor, often settling their affairs and drafting wills. If they survived, it was celebrated with a formal ceremony of thanksgiving.

How would a fantasy setting tackle it? Let the childhood mortality be as high despite the presence of magic? Have healing magic be rare? Perhaps magic not having figure out how to deal with childbirth because of the two souls problem? Have magic solve the issue with the resulting population explosion? Have monsters/spirts that target children and pregnant women? Have lethality much higher than real life because monsters actively hunt humans?

>>97397701
I think the real question is, is it morally wrong for him NOT to do that.

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I have been spending the past couple days getting my ass beat in Master Duel trying to make a slifer deck work. So what did your Jumper do in Yugioh (Any Yugioh Jump)

>>97398865
I was fighting wars in the Duel Terminal jumps

>>97398865
Ragebaited Atem with the Yata lock combo before a serious duel.

Here's a meme Agenda Piece jump
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G0yIH2VEFZUYfK_hwNuqOfr0fCR2cTY9/view?usp=drivesdk

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>>97381981
>>97382267
observe how the leftist tries for the 10^23 time to appear organic, native, and act as if they are the majority and create board culture. you never were, you never will be, and you will likely kill yourself soon
this will never be your site, your board, or your game, and everyone hates your fucking guts
die alone and the world will collectively smile

>>97399848
>le female perspective
the "female perspective" is no different from a males that lacks all power, will, and higher reasoning. It's not some magical other alien mind full of wonder that a man can never comprehend--it is, simply and absolutely, a weaker version of a man, the end.

>>97397867
You didn't read the novels did you nigger?

>>97399848
>and that a single text blurb above an art page in a codex that came out after the books, animations, and mini's with female custodes models
None of the books or animations had a female custodes until last year. They'll probably retroactively insert Femstodes into the Horus Hersy era just to suit faggots like you.

>>97390527
>women will be drafted just as fast as men
They'll try, then they'll run into the problem that they are just objectively worse at everything and outright detract from the other guys being able to perform.

>>97399273
chudhammer is whatever table I'm currently at

>>97399364

>>97399273
I want femboi hammer

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https://2e.aonsrd.com/creatures/60-emissar-angel
>Emissars, or propaganda angels, are a divine embodiment of radical hope and the celestial answer to information warfare. Some emissars spring from the sainted souls of revolutionary leaders or celebrities who used their platforms to help people in life, having been transformed into a celestial in their afterlife. Others spontaneously form out of the condensed faith and desires of a movement or ideal.

>Emissar angels take on the role of celestial spin doctors and political organizers, inspiring their allies to rally together and keep pushing toward a goal even when defeat seems inevitable. Emissars often support mortal causes that align with their own beliefs and goals, and while they always hope to change hearts with an inspiring speech or an act of radical kindness, emissars aren't afraid to fight for what they believe in—no matter the cost to themselves. As soon as a battle ends, their first priority is caring for their allies and saving any enemies who might be swayed to join the cause. While their allies usually appreciate their unshakable hope and upbeat attitude, their opponents resent what can be construed as the emissars' toxic positivity and comforting lies.

Genuine question as someone that's played 5e for 8 years, played 3 campaigns of PF2e, and played OSE.

Is PF1e playable? Like can I pick up and run it semi quickly? How do I run it so me and my friends play it in the most playable state? I want something that runs well on foundry and is like a normal dungeon crawling game.

>>97399548
I don't expect all options to be equal, so the fact that they buffed it, Chalice, and Mirror at all is already a win. Thaum doesn't really need anything. The Psychic stuff is inexcusable and makes me worried for Runesmith and Necromancer. All their releases for like the last year+ have felt weirdly half assed and filled with errors or things needing clarification. 90% of the Draconic Codex spells could have used another pass either for clarity or being unprintable garbage. Then they don't even put out errata? I'm more surprised when things end up being good these days.

>>97399355
So like...does Paizo just hate Mark Seifter and anything he worked on? I don't know how you can view a class that E V E R Y O N E has complained about in some way and fashion, and think it needed to be NERFED in multiple ways. They couldn't even give it a triple focus point refresh as part of the core progression, it's still a feat.
This isn't even page space concerns, the Psychic was always a numerical issue over a design one (albeit Unleash Psyche could use a rework). And you made the numbers worse?? Do they just think that 2e needs its own 1e Shifter, a class so painfully dysfunctional and never can get anything good??

Hey, is that Potential Man dude still around? I think you win, won't stop your spam anymore...

>>97399624
Ehhh. You gotta learn and there's plenty of awkwardness built into the system like how Full-Round Attacks work, but it is playable. Would recommend Elephant in the Room to get it in its most playable state, and maybe shop around for homebrew like Legendary Games or Dreamscarred Press's work if some class/archetypes don't quite scratch the itch.

>>97295203
"Grond" is the name I'm going with. Descended from a stone giant who was struck with a curse for his arrogance to become flesh and blood.
Half-stolen/inspired, obviously, by actual wow lore. They're a MEDIUM ancestry but have an option to be large, and another option to obviously have two-heads since that's a cool thing for them. I'm still debating whether they're large or medium, actually. Thinking of feats as well that reference them being stone-like, but I don't want to copy the dwarf ones. A trance/meditation one, maybe, where they curl up into a ball like a goron?

>>97391523
>more hardcore projection
Stop describing yourself you worthless loser ass bitch, nobody is on your side

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>>97398978

>>97388848

It does feel like everyone lost their taste for gritty stuff and fighting hard to survive and advance once the American Empire started dying. WoD is a glorified print on demand service.

Eat the Reich tells you in the intro you're supposed to easily win and Hitler is just a normal human mook waiting to be killed. Most DnD games are just Discord tiefling simulators about having friends and cool powers. 40K includes superheavy tanks and small titans now.

>>97386874
horror and sex are fun for a gag or if you're a teenager
doing that shit as an adult has always been and always will be extremely cringe and is where most of the mainstream stereotypes about D&D players find their inspiration

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>>97399292

>>97392545
Are the sequel series worth watching? I've seen a lot of mixed perceptions about heresy and phantom arc

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>>97395305
I personally wasn't the greatest fan of Heresy and Phantom Arc / Alone Again. Though the latter have fanservice out the wazoo as it has a big focus on Chirico's pals from the original TV show. That's the part I actually enjoyed a fair bit - they're too lovable.

The reason I didn't like these OVAs in general was that they kind of 'squandered' the original show's ending. If you'll watch them I think you'll be able to understand what I mean.

Still, the action is enjoyable, and as mentioned the gang is great.

>>97374453
I hope your combat went well, anon.

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When we're talking about rules to emulate anime-style giant robot sword fights:

Do you guys think Feints are a worthwhile mechanic to have in a mecha game?

And should there be a difference between a Block and a Parry?

>>97397967
Think that's slightly less important, unless it's a big part of the game.

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Battlefield Diva Apoclune

CONT: Sentinel

AUTO: When this unit is put on (GC), choose one of your units, and it cannot be hit until end of that battle. If your hand has two or more cards, choose a card from your hand, and discard it.

The sprout nurturer Hasti

AUTO RC: When an attack this unit boosted hits if you played an Normal Order this turn, cost[Soul-Blast 1 and retire this unit] draw 1 card

Word on the street is that the ending credits potentially spoils an upcoming Fantome unit because all the unit artists are credited together, and the one that sticks out like a sore thumb is Liael's artist.

>>97399645
anon its obvious that gab have erika body

>>97396334
Diversity cut is so weird man.

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When is this little asshole coming to the west?

Soon this thread will be dead

>>97390325
>Insisting "magic" and "miracles" always be associated with "wonder"
Replace wonder with exposure. Is this really so fucking hard? What do you even think miraculous means?

>>97393160
Can't be dead fast enough

>>97395571
>Replace wonder with exposure.
Replace "the work of gods" with "exposure" and consider how many statements remain coherent. Once again, my problem is that you insist on excluding other meanings in prescribing your constructed ones, resulting in the writings of Saint Thomas of Aquitaine becoming outright incoherent where accepting a plurality of definitions to be distinguished by context and at times written or spoken variance does not.

>What do you even think miraculous means?
Additional things. It doesn't even matter what they are in particular, just that there exists a long history of common use for particular things with logically possible members even if we live in a world precluding extant members. Because it is these common uses, plural, that Elfgame rules draw from to define how to handle varyingly-accurate analogues of those historic uses so that them being real within the counterfactual context can be covered by the game.

>>97396463
Jesus Christ you could shrink your post down to like 1/10th its size that’s how I know you’re on the spectrum

>>97398255
Aww you're a mentally ill faggot. I'll give you some head pats and send you on your way.

>>97399220
>Have been part of lore since Rogue Trader
>’nulore’
Who are you calling secondary, retard?

>>97399522
you can't deny it, custard lore besides "emperor has body guards and they wear gold" was invented in the last 10 years, thus it is nulore

>>97389797
I kneel

>>97398861
>But Anon, we're ALL Autistic Losers here!
Damn it, anon! Don't you see what this means? We need to be the ones writing the lore!

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>>97396497
I have that too. It's especially egregious and annoying to Me because in this part of the world, humans are the most dominant species and often discriminate against "subhumans".

This has led to situations where My players will help out a dwarf family in one session, then have some noble lord ask them to slaughter an innocent tiefling woman in the next, and they don't bat an eye at the contradiction. In fact, they make themselves friendly and amicable with the dwarf, but act like tieflings are secretly running the world when the nobleman makes his request. Then they spend the night in a tavern owned by a dragonborn.

I've cracked down a bit on this; if they're going to play racist characters, they have to commit. If not, they have to commit to that too. I don't care if they choose one or the other, but I find the flip-flopping, hypocrisy, and double standards extremely annoying to put up with.

>>97397931
Add another one to that list, anon. Yours

so this thread was bait, right.

>>97394717
I have autistic player who literary HAS to poke a bear so to speak when put in such situation, and usually it ends badly for him

>>97394717
You might not have noticed but the "Traditional Games?" idiot post has deleted from threads recently. Happy that you gave some details about how your game goes but hope your idiot filter doesn't become standard practice.

We an air of verisimilitude and even as heroes try to act reasonably in a reasonable setting. If the proverbial town guard comes along we trust that it's not a death sentence from the DM. Things do depend upon the characters with the lawful characters tending to submit or direct attention to other issues or argue their way out of things and the neutral characters more likely to actively resist or run. It also depends upon how the character as developed, not just playing to alignment which we try to do but how the personality of the character has developed.

When were in a Traveller based military campaign we followed orders, no war crimes were committed. Even within the group with my character as the officer the other players played along and took orders as given.

As adventuring heroes and most playing lower levels we as a rule haven't had all that much to do with higher ups. When I was DMing an oriental campaign the guys did a good job, apart from the ninja guy, of following social hierarchy and listening to the local daimyo. The ninja guy just wanted to play a rogue, no as in renamed thief class but as in someone who just didn't want to follow the rules which is contrary to ninja rules and he was probably going to die from losing honour and being hunted down. The samurai guy was LN and his player very interested in maintaining standards of not!Oriental decorum and he reacted very appropriately.

>>97395290
Why should he reply to them? I don't expect he should reply to my post either. He didn't say
>I promise faithfully to reply to your every post and maintain ten parallel conversations
He's under no obligation and you're just being disagreeable and argumentative. Are you sore because you're one of those people to whom he didn't reply?

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>>97399382
That's the fun part. Blake comes to you!

Hanse Davion did nothing wrong. Fuck Liao, Fuck Kurita, and fuck clannies.

>>97399850
>Didn't tell Vic to dick Kat for the good of the realm when she was thirsting for him since she hit puberty. Didn't tell Vic to conquer the Kuritas, and that Sandoval was right in 3039.
Failure of a Lord. Could have had a full real new Star League.

>>97399850
Especially fuck Melissa.
Repeatly.

>>97398186
The only other art style there is right now is CGL's battletech art, modern mechwarrior is the best you're going to get.