What can you do to make bandit encounters more immersive and interesting than the old ambush-fight shtick?
>>97353837This is how my current 3.5 campaign started (though technically he was from a merchant house LARPing as one).
>>97349486Make the ambush so unexpected or so weird, people go with it.Last time I had a bandit ambush in a game, there was a dead man and a dead wolf on the road, apparently killing each other. When one of the players decided to check, the wolf spring out on him and the "dead" man fired a crossbow at one of our wagon's horses.Was unexpected enough that everyone went with it, especially since it kinda fit into the campaign goal and sides of conflict in it to be ambushed by bandits like that.
The "bandits" intervene on the party's behalf in a fight theyre not necessary in then demand a fee thats worth more than the loot.
>>97355791You know, these puckee threads reminds me a whole lot of dragonfag threads when he was around....
>>97357219Not enough dragonfucking.
Thread 450: New anime season EditionBushi-Navi EN: www.en.bushi-navi.com/Deck Log:decklog.bushiroad.com/ (JP)decklog-en.bushiroad.com/ (EN)Beginner guide, decklists and other info: pastebin.com/QxKQRhrQ (embed)Up to date fanmade PC online games, 3DS/Switch emulation and Mobile games: pastebin.com/7Fj8VqA2 (embed)Cardfight and Buddyfight matchmaking server: discord.gg/6xVFD4rWeiss/Schwarz Resources: pastebin.com/sk2iSjW1 (embed)BCS 2025/26 Info: https://en.bushiroad.com/events/bcs2526/DivineZ Parallactic Clash Ep 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYIy6ZPZI8YDivinez: Genma Awakening Arc Manga: https://x.com/cfvanguard_PR/status/2009770914012074373Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97358741even if the names are different the tittle are the sameGreat Magic Caster of EternityGreat Magic Caster of Fleeting Existencekurumi boss is the fantome of kanami
>>97358781I don't think they'd change the name thenthere's probably a real zerith in the lore and they're also sisters
>>97358203>>97358225not gonna lie the knee garter and skirt are throwing off the rough energy shes supposed to havemakes her fantome version look not as contrasting compared to her old blackout fit
>>97353096Cute new PG, can't wait to order in 3 play sets.
Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>97352321 >Thread challenge: Make a Solo Mage build in Cantrip. The anon that can find the most broken way to combine cantrips wins the thread Cookies!
>>97359804I'll believe it when I see it
>>97359804>24hnot a lot of time, good luck>>97359808good for you anon
>>97359804This feels like an excuse for you to stay away from 4chan for a week.
>>97359804I will believe it when I see it, but I wish you the best.
>>97359804See you next week I guess?
>make "Avatar the RPG" based on the show where the Avatar travels the world with his friends to solve a cataclysmic historical issue plaguing the world>you don't get to play as the avatar and his team>instead you play as a random band of adventurers doing random things >make "Root: The RPG" Based on the highly political war game Root >you don't get to play a high stakes politics game >instead you play as a random band of adventurers doing random things
>>97358305Not OP, but presumably the same reason.If the rules encourage a certain sort of play, and that sort of play is not what the setting would presumably be about, what use are the rules? A game about mundane medieval times has little use for underwater exploration rules; a politics game has little use for murderhobo rules.
>>97358280I always enjoyed playing the little guy
>>97358305>What exactly prevents you from doing this? While nothing completely "stops you" from doing so, it's a TTRPG after all, the core game mechanics are designed exclusively around playing adventuring vagabonds and you're discouraged from pledging alliance to any one faction. The game also explicitly doesn't support starting the game as a member or official of any of the factions. You are allowed to subtly influence the war trough your adventures, but will always be trapped in the middle, and the war is meant to be a backdrop rather than a focal point. I still think the books are fine, but I'm starting to notice a pattern of magpie games being very superficial with its theming.
>>97358280>Play RPG set in the Forgotten Realms>Dont play as Elminster>Play as random person in the same world and make your own story
>>97358407>but I'm starting to notice a pattern of magpie games being very superficial with its theming.Slapping random shit on PBTA and calling it good has been a 'design' style for a while. Its not good.
We're going to have to come up with a phrase for the new era of Warhammer 40,000 ushered in by the Amazon TV show, DoW 4 and Total War 40k, and increased market value of Games Workshop.nu40k isn't going to cover it. nu40k is already bad enough for many of us from headier days like 1st through 4th edition. You are going to see horrific debasements to the thing you know and love that you will still see with your eyes closed. Every 80 IQ person with internet access will have an opinion on Warhammer without knowing what a Tau Remora Drone is.
>>97344553>rogue trader >oldhammer >middlehammer>newhammer >nuhammerclearly, it must be called slophammer because we skipped neohammer wholesale and we're getting straight downgrades instead of reinventions
>>97344553SlopK
>>97344553I'm not a manchild so I don't careI'll just enjoy the parts that I like and pretend the rest doesn't exist
>>97353256It's going to be really funny trying to fit 40k into the typical streaming show model. Like we're going to end up with something like Space Marine sex, comments about how weird it is Space Marines don't have sex, or Custodes sex. Possibly even all three.And ironically all of it could have been avoided by focusing the show on the IG rather than SM. A Caiaphas Cain show would be perfect, it's barely 40k in tone and Cain doesn't understand the lore of 90% of his enemies other than that they are bad so newcomers could have everything explained to them.
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>get back into 40k after 9e killed my group>check out all the lgs's near me>every single group just plays symmetrical tournament scenarios>they all organize over discord, join it to get some games going>most of it is people posting 40+ minute ai generated warhammer fanfic videos and soijacking over it>mfw
>>97350925KEK
>>9735092540kucks really are the retards of table top gaming
>>97350925
>>97350500Sounds fun, you guys accepting new members?
>>97350500>have painted armies but no one to play with>fuck it, i'll play 10th edition>find game through FLGS discord>play against some autistic gay / troon zoomer>get bodied because I'm just playing with my painted guys and he's running his tournament list>after the game is over he wants to give me some pointers>listen for a few minutes then excuse myself because I don't care to play in a tournament>DMs me on Discord with articles about my army>politely state that I'm not interested in the meta>sends me videos about tournament matches involving my army>sends me invites to the FLGS tournament>I stop responding>continues to send me weekly articles and videos about the meta with no comment and no conversation. He just autistically links a video that I don't acknowledge. >It's been like a year since our match and we haven't played again.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
How It All Began edition>Previous Heresy: >>97346571>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.
they should make a conversion beamer rapier carrier
>>97359659I also want conversion beamers on tech marines and forge lords back.
>>97359659No they should make a gravis plasma canon rapier though.
>>97359376In 2,0 I ran a termite drill list, and was dropping in a unit of interemptors. They'd die to return fire, but whatever I aimed them at would pretty much always disappear too.
>>97359786>>97359699>>97359659Dunno why that can't be. I thought it was going to be released in Inferno. TS and Zhao Akkad seem kind of high (magi)tech
Time to talk about weird monsters again.As usual, any rants about Bog will be treated as bait unless you have actual proof.
>>97355844Enter, the most vile and disgusting beast of Mortasheen
>>97355844>retrohumans find this repulsive>>97356257>retrohumans wish to copulate with this>despite the stinging hairs, odorous musk, and that deeply uncanny appearancei will never understand these smooth devils
>>97353251She kinda does it for me.
>>97356624Retros will see this and say "Wife"
>>97353291LEPIDOPTERAN CATERCLOPS - Enormous Arthopoid (Abomination)Brains 16/Brawn 2/Scan 36Endurance 20Caterdeck - Eyesocket - (2): [ENGULF Ally][COMPOUND 2][INSULATE][ASSIST 1d10 bombing]Float Like a Butterfly - Mantle - (4): [MOVE hover]Cyclopean Judgement - Eye - (4) :[PERCEIVE 1d10 farsight][INFLICT 2d10 kinetic/brain][PIERCE 1]Wriggling Caterkillers - Larval Tendrils - (6): [SPAWN 9][REACH +1]SPAWN: CATERKILLER - Average Arthopoid (Abomination)Brains 3/Brawn 63 endurance[MOVE land][DAMAGE +2d10 physical/brawn][DRAIN] [REACH +1][RESIST +1d10 kinetic]Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Thread #007 Countess EditionWelcome to /schreck/ where you can rp your VTM character! For all questions concerning the World of Darkness, please consult the WoDg and CoDg thread>>97258877Previous Thread>>97131386Brief rules>We have no story teller, we are acephali>Threads are v20 based, although the night is long and full of whispers, lies, and half-truths. Decide your own canon but all will not believe you>all nicktuku will be diablerized on sight>all OOC discussion should be spoileredTHREAD QUESTIONComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97359245>They don't fuck around with science experiments or beat their chests, they go for the kill. I hope you're right, because something like an abomination on the loose makes for a very conspicuous diversion.
>>97359307The fact that you're even in a position to be gabbing speaks volumes. I've seen what happens when someone wants to wipe out people. I know how you wipe out populations.Something else is happening here little princess. You have resources. Make sure you're asking the right questions.
>>97357749I understand and sympathize, ScarletBlue Fairy, where was the abomination located, don't ask why, just trust me.Venus, you are lucky. That is all I will say and I speak from experience. -KakophoniIf the situation demands it, I will take Boy Toy to Scholar. Hopefully we can fix this, depending on what kind of abomination it is.
>>97359245Black Hand/Tal'mahe'Ra isn't involved from what little info I've been provided, they aren't the type to create an abomination let alone let it run free.I have suspicions but I really hope I'm wrong. I do hope to visit Boy Toy to see how he's acting. -Kakophoni
>>97351552>you know what else was spotted in New York?My Sire!*Antediluvian approaches me to diablerize me*oh no, bros...
>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 Splatshttps://www.mediafire.com/folder/b54o6teut3fx6/Exalted_3eComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
NGL 3e practically neutered exalted in all aspects, what a disgrace.
>>97358614>spoilers. It is pretty much canon in 3e, Lunars come with built-in hatred for the Realm, and Dragon-Blooded instinctually build civilizations to hunt the other Exalted types.
>>97358076Dragon Kings actually did really well early in the First Age. There society went to shit because they felt irrelevant and like the Unconquered Sun had abandoned them.>>97358614>The Exaltation is actually a self-serving, malicious possessing spirit that drives it's hosts towards conflict to iteratively improve based on combat dataWhere have I heard this one before...
>>97359464>Where have I heard this one before...It isn't uncommon in Japanese media to do it with mitochondrias.
>>97358634I would literally never vote for a Yozi. I see what demons are like and I like my world being better for people since I am a person and not a crab
Dead Good Edition>Previously, in the Mortal Realms>>97335819 >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.
Is there books about faction leaders like the Dark Imperium trilogy?
>>97359588Pretty nice anon, good stuff
>>97354568I love the monsta killaz chimps, I wish they would make more units like that for Kruelboyz.
>>97355734I hate the vaguely anthro dragon faces so much. I think stormcast are neat, and having dragons would have pushed me into making them my next faction if they didn't look so shit.
>>97359783I agree, easy kitbash luckily.
I think the next revival movement in a sinilar vein to the OSR is going to be 3rd edition focussed. I think that granular, complex build focussed market isnt really served by 5e or pathfinder truly, and theres empty space in the market/community.
>>97299433>>97299737>>97299876I might be retarded, but isn't DCC the closest we have to a 3.5e retroclone?
>>97359534DCC and Castles and Crusades have the most 3.x DNA imo.
>>97357928i think someone will find a way. yes i agree on the emerging gameplay part but it does not need that many combinations to get out of hand. and with the way it is handled sometimes it is even unnecessary. someone ran calculations on exalted i think and found that certain combos just average to 1 damage for a bazillion dice thrown. at that point why bother
>>97357928I think 3.x is most fun from level 3-15, but really 5-11.
I like build variety and not every build has to be equally viable/strong. Every build should have some power, yes, but not every game should devolve (or evolve) into 3-6 demigods trampling all over everyone
Clussy EditionPrevious thread: >>97241303Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Epic, Kill Team,Man-o-War, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Mordheim,Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon, Titanicus, Underworlds,Warcry, Warhammer Quest, Warmaster ...... and any other GW system and board game are welcome.>Helpful resources: (feel free to suggest additions!)https://pastebin.com/qq9N8V0V>TQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97359378>that>goodIt's not tabletop passable, the CRT scanlines will show up like crazy with paint. And no you cannot tell me you're able to get into every crevice to sand them all down nicely.
>>97359494what isn't effortless about it? you click slice, you push the start button then you swirl it in a jar of ISO, drop it in a container of hot water and the supports practically detach themselves.
>>97359681it isits even better after paintingthat picture is zoomed in a way that will never be in real life>>97359693you have to use mask, gloves, watch for the resin to not get stuck, to not drop resin anywhere, to clean the VAT fdm is import into slicer, press print
>>97359701>you have to use mask, gloves, watch for the resin to not get stuck, to not drop resin anywhere, to clean the VATNo, no, no and noresin is also import into slicer and click print, the failures do to improper supports are just as prevalent, with resin it's as simple as using a good slicer like lychee to auto support, with fdm you often have to redesign the file to prevent failures.I use both, both have strengths and weaknesses, the problems with resin usually occur with catastrophic failures, being too cheap and using an FEP sheet too long, having it break and then dealing with a mess as you try to drain it back into the bottle with a hole in it.vat cleaning? a joke, if you have a resin failure you remove the vat, you gently press underneath with your finger to lift an edge and then remove the bit of solid resin.gloves are unnecessary, mask is being a paranoid bitch, even the MSDS states that the only long term risks of resin are to aquatic life if you dispose of liquid resin improperly, but why would you dump out liquid resin? that's your desired material, the only resin you should be disposing of is failures that can't be used and cast off supports, but even failures often get repurposed into things like objective markers, terrain scraps and sources of spare weapon bits, etc...with FDM a failure an result in burning your fucking house down, you can walk away from a resin print, you can't walk away from an FDM, at least not without taking a risk.that's not to say you should print in FDM, it's an incredible tool and I use it for far more than just hobbying, FDM can and does produce useful objects for everyday life and even here on the farm I save thousands of dollars making incidental parts for the tractor and other heavy equipment that the dealer would charge me absurd amounts for.
>>97339983>Grand cruisers are the best looking BFG ship. I got this one specifically after I read the magazine article that said the forward bridge podium was deliberately intended to accept the plastic cruiser bridge.the original was kitbashed out of a spare Imperial and Chaos cruiser. You can make your own fairly easily, I did it back in the day.
We have all experienced the coming and going so GMs, Players and games; and then left holding the bag too start all over again at Square One. If and when you have to start over from scratch how and where (online) would you start I'll look for groups and games?There has been numerous reasons that would force someone to start all over again be it scheduling, life, work, people changing.
>>97357931>Bullshit and incoherent OP>Zero discussion of any kind>BUMP!
>>97357989Well it's a discussion about starting over. Games and groups are like friends, they come and go with time and age.
>>97350211>Most games are on-line
>>97349305Make new friends and hype them up to play a game until we actually play the game, I've done it twice, with my first playgroup being my normal friends who we've just stopped RP games and mostly play MtG, then my second group was co-workers about 2 years ago. My third group has members of the previous group but unlike the previous one, everyone shows up for every session (for the most part), which is made easier by the fact that we play using a digital tabletop so people can play from home.
I'd have stuck with 3.5 and not really branches out except for fate
Based uhh... *checks notes*Based Games Workshop?!
>>97358187I read the article it references protecting their IP, seems to me they are obviously afraid of llms being used to generate unsanctioned images of spacemarines and shit like that. Makes sense with how litigious they are with their IP
Wow this just happened to come out after the UK government started talking about banning things for AI. What a coincidence.
>>97359687GW do be some bootlickers
No one is concerned about the real problem with AI. Ultimate surveillance tool, and bio -weapon development (your genetic information is a dataset and sifting through datasets is the only thing this piece of shut technology is good for)Retards seething about artistic copyright and porno deep fakes have no idea what's about to be unleashed.
>>97359725Consider, what am I supposed to do about that? Our data's been sold since before the housing crash of '08. Saying we're doomed is an understatement.
