The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Can't show POV of being taken bondsman by a Clan Jade Falcon Aerospace Phenotype on this board.Previous Thread: >>97195724================================>BattleTech Introductory Guide & PDFshttps://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400>Overview of the Major Factionshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houseshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clanshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97220539VTOLs go in their own units but are air cavalry rather than aerospace superiority, so they go under the armor commander
Why are the strider and owens SO bad? I'm sure in fluff they're great as any other omnimech, and I can try to overlook shs and all the fixed equipment but man the combo of being generally poorly built and only having one or two good variants each, I struggle to find a reason to use them
>>97220893Drac equipment is always inferior.
>>97220893Weren't they relatively cheap and available shitmechs or something?
Can onmimechs run and/or jump while carrying the elementals?
I would like to talk about the Chronicles of Darkness game line Deviant: The Renegades, or more specifically, one major upcoming supplement. Deviant was released in late 2021, and has had three additional sourcebooks since then. A new supplement, Black Vans, has been in playtesting for a while, and is currently being previewed.I am not being paid or sponsored to promote this book in any way. I am just very fascinated by it, and indeed, I already ran a mini-campaign using the playtest material.Deviant is, by default, a game about playing angsty, scarred superheroes who either fight world-manipulating conspiracies or work for them. Black Vans is a toolkit full of variant rules, quick NPC creation, variant character types, and variant genres. These variants range from the minor to the dramatic, completely overhauling what were once non-negotiable, foundational themes and mechanics. Maybe your character is not angsty or scarred at all, perhaps they are a """""regular human""""" like John Wick or Batman, or the campaign might have nothing to do with world-manipulating conspiracies.These variant genres include cyberpunk, high fantasy, post-apocalypse, space opera, and superhero emergence.This is a beefy supplement. For example, one chapter alone dedicates 38,000+ words to playing other monsters of the Chronicles of Darkness: Beasts, changelings, demons, Sin-Eaters, hunters (entirely separate from the variant rules for """natural""" superpowers), mages, mummies, Prometheans, vampires, and werewolves. No additional supplements beyond Deviant are necessary; the rules are self-contained, allowing the group to play a monster mash of an urban fantasy setting without needing a daunting 7+ books. And yes, they are supposed to be balanced against one another, so a vampire in the same group as a full-fledged mage is probably some older Kindred.(Continued.)
>>97218942Being a complete asshole without consequences. It's a game for meanies and bullies.I tried being evil but it felt very uncomfortable.
>>97218809To clarify:• This is technically a third-party product.• The only reason why it is third-party is because Chronicles of Darkness was abruptly stopped by the publisher. The last Chronicles of Darkness product published by Onyx Path was Deviant's own Clades Companion, back in 2024.• Eric Zawadzki was one of the two leads of Deviant core. He was also the lead for the supplements.• Eric Zawadzki is now writing almost all of Black Vans. It is still him writing, just under self-publishing.Eric Zawadzki put up his last supplement, Shallow Graves, on both DriveThruRPG and the Storytellers' Vault. According to him, Black Vans should be out in a couple of weeks.Previews have been going up on Eric's Patreon recently: some free, chapters' full text for paid subscribers.>I tried to go for a more social character for once and kinda regret not putting my freebie dots into more utility skills like drive and such.I am a great advocate for Deviant's own Hyper-Competence and Omnicompetence as boring, yet highly effective numbers-boosters for Skills.
>>97218942>the appeal of Beast is over the rest of WoD or CofDIt doesn't have one. Beast is one of the most poorly-written gamelines by far, probably the worst in all of ChroD. Its thematic premise was ass-backwards from its conception, trying to present the Begotten, who feed on people's fear and suffering, as a sort of allegorical oppressed group, while the Heroes they create by virtue of simply existing are egocentric chuds persecuting them for their nature despite them being anything but innocent. After the backlash OPP received due to the gameline seeming like weird abuse apologia, they were poorly rewritten to sand off their edges, leaving their concept weak and unfocused. You cannot look at the writing and mechanics of Beast and give a clear statement on what the game is actually about, thematically speaking. Is it about embracing being the monster the world sees you as? Is it about teaching hard lessons to humanity by terrorizing them? The corebook waffles.Beasts were also pitched as "the crossover splat," but while their crossover content is built in and they try to say pretty much everybody else is somehow related to them conceptually (because hurr durr they're the ultimate monsters), it's really inorganic and they don't have great reasons based on the innate drives of their splat to interact with anybody else, since the Beast/Hero cycle is so self-contained. Further, since their power floor is on the higher end of the splats, they tend to be unbalanced and lame to deal with in a splat's own territory. Part of the result of their cobbled-together concept is that essentially everything the Begotten do narratively, other splats already did better. Requiem already nailed being a predator who has to use others for your own satiation. Forsaken already nailed being torn between two worlds, one of civilized humanity and nature's savagery. Lost already nailed wielding the archetypes of myth and dream to take charge of the narrative of your own life.
>>97218982>>97220621Apologies friends, I'm kind of retarded. I had meant Deviant, but typed out Beast.
>>97220958From both a mechanical perspective and a thematic perspective, Deviant has the largest customization out of any of the Chronicles of Darkness games, by far.Clades do not matter too much for power selection, so you can build virtually anything. The Shallow Graves supplement expands this significantly.You can build a """"mundane""""" action hero, an elemental mage, a psychic mind-bender, a cyborg who can nanotechnologically produce an arsenal of weapons, some Baki-style Mutant: basically anything.Even the exact same character build can be flavored in multiple ways. An Invasive could be a cyborg stuffed with implants, someone bound to a cursed weapon, a person with a magical jewel embedded in their chest: anything works, really.Conspiracies can be virtually anything, too. I have listed some examples here >>97217964 and here >>97217974. Standing 1 conspiracies are small fry, and they rapidly escalate towards cosmic-level by Standing 9 and 10.Black Vans highlights just how much Deviant can be tinkered with to produce all different sorts of character types and genres. The fact that Deviant can be used to run a high fantasy setting without much issue speaks volumes to its flexibility.
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?
>>97220856bet.
>>97219944>Satisfy 2 kinds of hunger at once.why would i want to eat meat that at least like twenty dudes have stuck their dick in
>>97220963That's the seamen's semen. A culinary marinade for those lacking in spice variety on long trips. Considering most sailors tend to be fags anyway, this won't be a far departure from their traditional diet, and will be a welcome addition to unseasoned siren flesh.If you're apprehensive about the naughty nautical nicety, you might consider an unseasoned section such as the brain or some internal organs not basted with bro batter.
>>97215305Any small race that lives like a bunch of tribal men in caves is a pest race
>>97213990raping*
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>>97220239Neato, I used to do similar tricks from time to time when I was running more horror scenarios
>>97220243An entertaining read, but I don't really like the bit how passing a test means you actually failed.
>>97220243I gotta agree with the other guy, passing a test only to get whammied with ten fucking corruption is a huge dick move. I thought this was going somewhere cool with a tzeentchian-fucks-with-your-head bossfight and you went and made it shit.Seriously, ten corruption in one blow. Just rocks fall the character if you're going to be handing that out.
>>97220239>>97220243You know when you tell a story and you think it's the coolest thing every but it turns out it's only the coolest thing to you and it's lame and bad to everyone else? This is that.
>>97220243>Failing or ignoring it meant the PCs minds safely shunned away the visionsThis is the opposite of how that should've worked. Rolling WP is literally for your character having the resolve/fortitude of mind to shrug off other influences, the way you did it literally punishes those who've invested in WP, and for what reason? Also>tease a potential greater daemon boss fight>haha no daemon but still take 10 corruption :)This wasn't successful gaslighting, this was just straight up lying to your players and being a dick.
Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy? >A world rocked by cataclysm>landscapes filled with chaos and wonder>mage storms>An enduring mystery; what happened, and what happened in the intervening centuries?>An atmosphere of hope and renewal, as heroes rise, and mysteries are investigated.>Darkness and evil await in corners and ruins, like pools of dank water waiting for the sun>the brink of a New Age Interesting setting? What elements would you include? I'm just gonna throw zombies at them.
>>97219278Post collapse of the great aka Roman empire resurgence and fighting against the darkness while picking through the ruins of what once was has been a central part of european mythopoetics since the dark ages. This has been basic kit dungeons and dragons the entire time. Yes its an interesting setting basis. It gives you a framework for exploration, treasure, limited centralized power so player characters can still move around, varieties of foes and cultures as the various gaps fill in and conflict. Its great. >what elements would you include? I always like having the moon be damaged and falling apart. Poorly understood rituals tied into ancient empire machinery carried on by monks. Warlords trying to gather artifacts of power. Big monsters wandering around. >zombies Undead forms as part of the magical fallout with occasional semblance of memory from pre collapse can be fun ways to have clues, adventure hooks and otherwise a bit of world building in game.
>>97219607So A Canticle for Leibowitz
>>97219489>>97219565>no argumentI accept your concession
>>97220642I use it as a basis for scenarios like this. The Time Machine is another go to. And who can forget Planet of the Apes?
>>97219469What's your opinion on the Time Machine? The Eloi had no recollection of man's former glory, neither did the Morlocks. And really, would anyone actually care about America and Donald Trump a thousand years after the bombs dropped? Most certainly not.
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>>97219038Thanks, it's all of them including Han, although in the last game I did manage to lock him down in melee.That's a good tip about Kanan, I didn't realise it was attacks only. I find Asajj and Savage to be rather lackluster but Grievous' AoE has come in surprisingly clutch.I've been rather down on Magnas lately, but I'll give them another go in my next game. They feel so sluggish unless I'm pumping them with out-of-activation moves.
>>97219365Han's revenge works like a worse Leia anyway, so just engage him, disarm him or make sure to kill units from outside his shooting range if possible.I said Magnaguards because their Protection Protocol means they are the easiest low-investment mini to get in melee. You can of course engage Leia (or Han) in melee with a Primary or Secondary to prevent them from using their revenges. Jango comes to mind since he has easy access to pin and a good melee attack/defense. Grievous can also do it in Cunning Warlord stance but he'll have an easier time killing things with Quad Sabers. Aquas work too but can struggle to get pin tokens.Admittedly CIS has an issue of limited options with Magnas and Aquas being their only strong melee Supporting unit.
The vidya is pretty funny in how it portrays classes. In TT, you could never have a light side Sith Assassin. They'd lose their prestige class as soon as they alignment shifted over to the light side.
>>97220915KOTOR 2's NPC alignment is wacky and really should've been more than just light/dark.They have their default alignment, but it shifts towards/away from your PC's alignment based on their influence level. You can get a light side HK just by being his friend (or by being evil and having him hate you). It won't change anything, sadly, but it's fun to mess around with on subsequent playthroughs
>>97217145Why is this space thing shaped like this?
>In the game Werewolf: The Apocalypse, the Garou (werewolves) were made to defend the earth from the cosmic forces that threaten to tear it apart. The Garou fight against the Wyrm, the destroyer. It is a struggle against nearly insurmountable odds, especially considering the rivalry between many tribes. These rivalries make it almost impossible for the werewolves to present a unified front against a cosmic force that pervades reality.>From this morass of hatred and mutual betrayal, there is little hope that the Garou can emerge triumphant against a foe so well armed as the Wyrm. The Wyrm promises money, power, sex, and whatever else the heart desires to its followers while the Garou receive no reward for their striving. It drives them deeper and deeper into despair, or into betrayal so deep that they choose to serve the Wyrm instead.Main Rulebooks:>Werewolf: The Apocalypse Rulebookhttps://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf:_The_Apocalypse_Rulebook>Werewolf: The Apocalypse Second Editionhttps://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf:_The_Apocalypse_Second_Edition>Werewolf: The Apocalypse Revised Editionhttps://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf:_The_Apocalypse_Revised_Edition>Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Editionhttps://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf:_The_Apocalypse_20th_Anniversary_Edition>Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition Corebookhttps://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf:_The_Apocalypse_5th_Edition_CorebookComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97215795Now I have the image of a wereworm emerging from a werewolf's anus.
>>97215795Sickening thoughts, I suppose this is why the mage in the RP was feeding the bone gnawer chick some worm medication.
>>97215795>t. Pentex
Where is the magic of life to cure and heal?
>>97220597Mother’s Touch, that’s, like, the first gift every theurge worth their salt should learn when they pass their Rite of Passage
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>>97217456I actually own this one so this might be "grass is greener" thinking but I think the exalted bloodthirster is the best iteration of Ka'bandha
>>97220883nah, anggrath is a shitty basic bitch sculpt that has zero aesthetic value - he only has the nostalgia goggles look of a shitty 1970s pewter bloodthirster but bigger. Wings entirely featureless, whip is some gayass cockroach antennas, random axe held in a gay pose an axe would never spend one second in during battle (let me hold it sideways instead of chopping)
>>9722067418 male primarchs: strength 62 female primarchs: strength 5They didn't make it.
>>97220934Femgrim is for lithe and grace, not tard strength
Didn't Leman Russ have a list of primarchs he could beat and Fulgrim was on it?
What level wizard/magic user would Prospero have been?
>>97218906>BRP? GURPS? FATE?In what way are systems that nobody really plays or knows "default"?
>>97218905The basis for the D&D wizard is Jack Vance's Dying Earth series which melded together fantasy and post-apocalyptic sci-fi elements. That's why the wizard is like a mathmagician with reality bending formulas.Spell books were definitely a thing in Shakespeare's era and you can read them to this day, but they were more like ritualised prayers or binding spirits and demons than D&D math magic. I don't know if Gygax and friends were cultured enough to base their nerd games on theatre.
>>97218717Which is a fairly high level spell, at least in D&D (which I’m assuming by default is what we’re discussing here).
>>97218693My Daughter, The Queen Of France. Could be Forsooth.
>>97217579Cleric, lvl 9, Tempest domain.
This is a second OSRG, seperate from the main osrg thread, where you CAN talk about 2e, retroclones, and any osr content you want.This is different than the regular osrg as due to rampant trolling from a handful of bad actors, discussion is impossible.
>>97220825The OSR is well known for having a DIY mindset. It's why many OSR DM's cobble together their own systems from other systems. The fuck are you smoking for denying that?
>>97220886BROsr stuff most likely.
>>97220886>The OSR is well known for having a DIY mindset*on Reddit
>>97220910>>97220911Alright you winged the first response. Maybe you should re-focus your efforts and try again.
>>97220910BrOSR fags are so completely irredeemable, and I think they revel in that.
what do you think of the wordbuilding and lore of vermis?
>>97216448ih ok didn't know...you really don't like it
>>97218242You alright dude? There's lots of things to like and go find for inspirational material. Not everyone has to like the same things. It'll be okay.
>>97218281ok
>>97214202I like some of the stuff in it as inspiration for certain styles or encounters, but I don't think it is as game changingly amazing as some people say. The style is neat, but I see so many videos glazing it as the greatest thing ever alongside some of the other books.
I really love Vermis for its mood, style, ambience, and vibes. It may not be a game but it's a great idea-generator for dark fantasy games. I'm running scifi games right now but when I run a dark fantasy one I'll be stealing ideas from it for sure. Weird art is a great inspiration for roleplaying. There's a soundtrack that I just found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmJgCHxt9s
Alright, if NOT 5e, what should be babby's first tabletop in 2025+1?
>>97219924This is a gay poster who thinks about men and their assholes
>>97219924I can't even tell what you're seething about you're schizo posting so hard
>>97219980>>97220669kek the mad so nice he had to post twice
>>97220899Stop thinking of my ass you fag
>>97220930>ooooh yeah give it to me harder narrative daddy put me in your combat wheelchair
Thread #01 Winter Wonderland.Welcome to /un0/, an RP thread for playing a World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness Hunter. For any OOC questions about WoD/CofD, check the official general. >>97089644Rules:>We are acephale. There is no storyteller, we are not a quest. >This thread is based primarily but not exclusively in the nWoD/CofD game Hunter: the Vigil. However, Vigil is defined by being highly setting agnostic, with a system for creating entirely custom monsters that do not exist in other WoD/CofD games. Thus, you have significant freedom in what you want to play and what you want to hunt. Feel free to play a member of the Society of Leopold, or a member of the Lucifuge hot on the tail of a Lasombra. >Namefagging is encouraged but by no means mandatory. >Keep in mind that even highly experienced Hunters typically only have fractured pieces of the puzzle, and every table has their own canon. The night is dark and full of misinformation.>/un0/ is conceived of as an experimental end to end encrypted program that is very hard to compromise, retains very little data and purges that data regularly. Please play an actual Hunter. >Spoiler any OOC discussion.Happy hunting.
>>97214570I believe there may be a small company near Lake Superior that has constant need of capable soldiers. A.F. Solutions, if I remember right. You might want to consider it as a last resort, however. I doubt your men would like to walk into another nightmare.
>>97211290 I'll join in if you make a new one but it's gonna be a slow thread
Found another body out in the woods. Another woman. Badly decomposed. Our newly recruited police source found an missing persons report from a few weeks back. Somehow fell through the cracks and the cops never followed up on it. Guessing this is the same woman. We have someone in our group who's going to perform a seance. Hoping we get something out of this.>>97191765>The cops' symptoms match something that old werewolf expert told me... This could be a similar creature.Yeah it does sound quite similar. Good thing is we have the numbers this time. >>97191916>Do you know if the police plan on doing an autopsy for the one your friend killed?That's been done already and word is they've already made some calls to other organizations about it. Last thing we need is more interference, but what's done is done. >>97193383Thanks, I will.>nameI'm not a huge fan of usernames, but you can call me Wildcat.As for the creatures, we're going with the name from the 1973 case Pilgrim looked into. 'Enfield Horror'
>>97219441>That's been done already and word is they've already made some calls to other organizations about itFeds poking around can't be a good thing, especially when they're in the know. If they know you might as well let them handle it in case something goes wrong, better them than you, right?
>>97219441Hopefully the government will drag its feet. There any other connections between the victims?
Dedicated Drizzt Do'Urden EditionDiscuss and post elves. Elf lore, gameplay, and art are all appreciated.QOTT: What drove you to elves specifically?
>>97220803Illegal architecture, serious crime.
>>97220803Sea elf infrastructure is clearly beyond our mortal comprehension.
>>97220803to stop traffic
>>97163705what is it with leftists and walls of text?
>>97220901Believe it or not, a chud wall of text. Something about how Jesus hates people who jack off or something.
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>>97218912Depends on whether or not Nasu actually explains what the Sixth fucking Magic is while jerking off Olga.
>>97217115>a fucking artificial model of the RootOh, they're definitely using the sixth true magic as a final powerup here. Probably unlocked through Olga Marie master love or some shit like that.It would even fit with the idea of the sixth true magic bringing 'happiness to all', given it would be used to save literally all life in the universe.
>>97217115I'm eagerly looking forward to all the FGO fanfics having to add a tag that they were made prior to this reveal
>>97216444She looks like she pissed herself.
We stan foid jumpers here bros.
