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>>97227116
So anime stylization is often times both juvenile and angsty, that's just par for the course. You getting offended by a spade being called a spade broadcasts not only your proclivity for amateurish art but also emotional immaturity over accepting things as they are.

>>97227000
I'd want to try a game where all of the card text is in medieval prose (or whatever this is)

>>97227161
shitty opinion

>>97227161
>mature and nihilistic, with a wicked sense of humor
lel

>>97227161
Being insecure about your own maturity and how liking certain things will make you less mature is itself a sign of immaturity.

>>97220106
>Excellent fighters?
>No! Wound Incapacitation!

>>97218151
Because stats. They wanted to stress it's a combat-oriented model, without the penalty to dodge and other shit associated with REM classification.

>>97219608
Annoying they sculpted the model with such a clean haircut.

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>>97222250
Mu animu spike hair

>>97221900
Why not just give bonus to dodge?

>>97226933
>The luck
>IT WAS LUCKY! IT WAS JUST LUCKY!!! 5E NATTY 20'D for 11 years in a row ignore that please AND THATS THE ONLY REASON IT BTFO MY FAVORITE FAILDITION OF D&D!!!

>And the core rulebooks of 3.5 sold [numbers]
Like I said we don't trust you with those anymore after the mathematic catastrophe you just demonstrated where you thought 100k book sales would translate to "hundreds of millions".
Besides, Ben Riggs already proved you wrong. 3.5e itself didn't even sell 1m, you can just barely get 1m if you include LIFETIME sales of 3e and 3.5e.
You'll cry when you google this and realize I'm 100% right again and reality still doesn't align with your delusions.

>GURPS never top-fi-
Doesn't matter, you said discourse is what you're using as a measurement. GURPS has had persistent discourse since 4th came out, which was before 3.5e. It is therefore the most successful ttrpg ever according to you.
Wanna try shifting the goalposts again?

>>97226949
>Anyways the burden of proof is on you, not me.
"3.5 is a garbage failure and 5e is the best system ever" is an extraordinary claim you have offered very little and poor evidence for, so the primary burden rests on you.

>tl;dr "I am a nogames but I want to pretend my opinions matter"
The point is literally that my personal opinion means little, and thus I focus on what I see from others.

>Which is why WOTC dropped it 5 years in and put up a new... Oh they didn't?
Because the total of users kept rolling.

>They just keep printing new modules and making bank through insane player retention?
No, modules and setting-specific material sales pale in comparison to setting-agnostic supplements, and the core rulebooks remaining strong "evergreen" sales only occurs when you have an ongoing intake of users that would only reflect retention if supplements continue growing considerably.

>>97226969
>>IT WAS LUCKY! IT WAS JUST LUCKY!!! 5E NATTY 20'D for 11 years in a row

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>>97226969
>Ben Riggs already proved you wrong
Ben Riggs is not a credible source and his claims of having insider information have never panned out to be more than gossip and bitching that Lorraine Williams won't accept his interview requests.

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>>97223452
But doing that is just like using a mod to make all the ugly man-ladies you see in modern video games to look like plastic porn supermodels. Why not just play another game instead of giving money to the big gay corporation that neither needs nor wants your money?

>>97227132
>"3.5 is a garbage failure and 5e is the best system ever" is an extraordinary claim
Not really.
>you have offered very little and poor evidence for
Went from "no evidence at all" to "ok but the evidence is BAD" lol
>so the primary burden rests on you.
Already proven it, sorry it's on you ESL.

>The point is literally that my personal opinion means little
Very true because you don't play games.

>Because the total of users kept rolling.
And it retained many who keep buying new things, thus why it refuses to die, to your eternal asshurt.

>No, modules and setting-specific material sales pale in comparison to [irrelevant nonsense]

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>>97225708
Sheesh that sucks
I understand though this edition has been out for 11 years
I guess there are other ttrpg generals to lurk but

>>97225756
It’s a slow burn but steady. The general goes through slow and fast times.

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>While Saltmarsh is set in the World of Greyhawk by default, you can slot it into another published setting or your homebrew setting with no problem!

This sentiment is present in both the DMGII from 3.5e as well at 5e's GoS. What this tells me is that somehow this fuckass port town manages to appear on every major planet in the multiverse. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Dark Sun Saltmarsh somewhere on somebody's table.

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So how does Ilmater feel about:
>killing somebody that is about to cause suffering
>causing pointless suffering to yourself your character considers character building, like self flagellation

>>97225949
There wasn’t that much to Saltmarsh that made it unique. Just a generic coastal town with some new and old friction and smugglers. That’s why it can fit anywhere.

The generic D&D setting was popularised by Dragonlance novels rather than Tolkien. Eg wizards casting limited spells rather than being angels or something. Most D&D settings fit that general mould to fit in the usual races and tropes. My personal favorite kitchen sink setting is Mystara. I like the different nations and hollow world. Adventurers can even become Immortals if they get powerful enough. I doubt WoTC will wipe their ass with it anytime soon because it depicts real world nations and ancient cultures. Something that is apparently inherently racist or some shit.

It is kind of cool to think there is a Saltmarsh in every world. Kind of like a site of special power or something. Maybe in Dark Sun it would be literal and have a Saltflat wasteland rather than all that water.

>>97226471
Very vibrant reds, I'm jelly.

>>97226496
Thanks!

>>97226471
Asterix?!

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>>97225766
It's way too hard to choose just one, even restricting myself to single-to-triple piece character models, but there are a few models I've gotten multiples of just because it's so perfect

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I'm a little worried, my SS hasn't messaged santanon and it's gonna rain christmas eve & day and I don't want my gift ending up soggy

>>97226006

This is my 5th commission with him. cost me $122

>>97223096
>>97223118

Canonically they're sub-sentient, hideously bloated, probably mostly blind, and permanently super-pregnant chaos-spawn-like abominations.

Think Daemonculaba but with less steps.

>>97223075
at this point you dont even like skaven. you're just making up your own rat girls and pretending they're genderswapped skaven.

>skaven
>bathing

>use the hot water-steam to clean-bathe, then sneak-stab rivals when they clean-bathe!
>Skyre technology dispenses warp lightning into water, killing every skaven present.
>Somewhere, Thanquol squirts the musk of fear.

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>Sacrifice 45 food tokens over any number of games
So not only do I have to throw games focusing entirely on making and sacking food tokens, but I have to hope my opponent gives me the turns to actually create and sack food tokens. Merry Christmas everyone

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>>97224910
Find free artifact sac outlets like picrel so you at least don’t have to pay for them

>>97224910
play shelob, pippen and savvy hunter. you'll be done in 5 games.

>>97224910
You can do this one against Sparky if you wanted to

>>97224910
I got it first try, way more than 45 tokens and even won the match using a peregrin took turbo food token deck.

>>97225713
There are also oral elves

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>>97225647
>>97226522
But are they A2M or M2A elves? Or a rare purebreed?

Anyone else like Iron Kingdoms elves? I think they're neat, and have an interesting origin story.

>>97226941
Tell me about them

>>97227077
In IK humans actually came first, the future elven gods studied them for a bit then had a hold my beer moment. Actually justifies their sense of superiority as humans were created by the Father of Man accidentally, whereas they were both a deliberate creation, and intended to be an improvement. For a while everything was good, then as is standard in tabletop wargames, shit went downhill fast. Fast forward a bit and all but two of their gods are dead or missing, and of the two they still have, one is in a coma and slowly dying, while the other is frozen in a block of ice, and is in the possession of the setting's equivalent of imperial Russia. Also some of their children have started being born without souls, this may have something to do with their goddess that governed reincarnation being one of the ones that went missing, and half their race has been corrupted by a dragon, which in IK are a mix between Godzilla and The Thing.

>>97224083
>>97224382
No anon. You're supposed to sit around and watch paint dry and act smug about how you're not doing anything someone younger than you might enjoy.

>>97223997
Okay fine, pedantic Anon, if the scene with Theoden wasn't flashy then how about before then when he reappears to Aragorn & co in Fangorn, first revealing himself as a near blinding source of light? Is that flashy enough? I'm not sure because fighting a huge demon monster isn't enough for you.

>>97226413
Again it was a big light. Turning Aragons sword red hot was more magical imo. The flashiest thing the wizards do in the movies is Sauruman casting fireball but that got cut. My favorite thing Gandalf does in the entire series is throwing a bomb at the goblins in the Hobbit

>>97227006
>Hobbit 1 enjoyer
Rare patrician taste detected, I will now give your arguments weight and consideration.

>>97218076
>So magic should be mysterious and rare but we should know how it is supposed to be cast?
This happens a lot in star wars discussions. Lucasharts demand the force be vaguely defined, but get furious when force unleashed, phantom menace, clone wars (2003), etc. "break the rules" they just said shouldn't be defined by daring to make it more impressive than 80s SFX limitations.

>>97225009
Block, I try to stick to block themes only tweaking for balance

>>97226311
this image is 100% on target, I fucking lol'd

>Ba Sing Se landfall winning every challenge
My apologies to the schizo

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>>97226935
>My apologies to the schizo
It’s more common than posters here think.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/format-staples/standard
Notice the constant nonwhite meta

>>97226353
The concept of fiduciary duty is genuinely going to bring humanity to extinction. I really hope the +3% quarterly profit was worth it.

>>97221773
Added Yu and Tsol to the chart. Doing this piece by piece

>>97218224
I'm excited to see where Haoran's relationship with her father develops. I think Haoran is in a prime position to develop a heart demon of sorts. She has a pretty nasty inferiority complex and bouts of paranoia that i think could worsen depending on how the expedition in the ghost lands go. Maybe some evil fucking wizard shenanigans? She already has some pretty scathing critiques of the Xun clan and the greater cultivation world. I would like for her to come out of these trials better for it, but i guess we'll see where it goes. I also think her cultivation could have some interesting applications if she is able to gain some more Natural Insight.

>>97226244
Haoran hasn't gotten out that much in regards to the untamed wilderness shes much more of a pavilion princess. Any of her survival knowledge is untested and theoretical.

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>>97217887
>Wendigo Chain, Part 3 (Egawa Taro, Arthur Wode, Yaofan, Liam Cooke, Necrolord Sephidrac, Fathoms, Ueto Mio, Nagisa Ito)
https://rentry.org/gdzox35y

Tried to give the entire gang a part to play here.

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>>97226999
Every Branch on the way Down
https://rentry.co/gm9soi3x

>>97227164
>>97217887

>>97226999
>>97227164
Two in a row right when I'm about to sleep. I will read them properly tomorrow.

traditional game?

>>97227268
Don't give me that
This applies to multiple settings

>>97139776
>Men who make/roleplay female characters, why do you?
So I can play a rapist with nobody at the table objecting.

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I kinda want to roleplay as a female character but quite often it ends up with a guy with tits.
Do you guys have any tips for roleplaying as a female character? Like an elf for example, everyone knows that female elves are just better.

>>97226437
You need to study the women you see in real life. Pick a friend (or stranger!) and observe their habits. You want to pick up on their mannerisms, relationships, and daily routine. Follow them home at night, make sure to wear a face covering so that you remain a neutral party, and speed up if they do so that you can see how they behave in numerous situations.

>>97226437
Likes:
>babies/kids
>cooking
>clothes
>jewelry (because they're pretty not just pricey)
>animals, usually cats or horses
>socializing/gossip
>feelings (esp. romantic contexts)
>shopping
>flirting
dislikes:
>bugs (esp. spiders)
>being considered fat/ugly
>reptiles

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>>97226437
stereotypically, men think in objects while women think in relations. Men think about how to solve a problem, women think about how to feel about a problem. It's why men tells stories directly while women meander. It also relates to communication, where men want to talk solutions or not talk at all, and women want to share feelings about the situation. Men want to know why the car is making that sound, women want to share feelings about the broken car.
Ideally, though, you've gotta remember that women are as varied as men are. The women in my family are relatively masculine in that they're driven, headstrong, and they love sports.

>>97217635
Personally I prefer the older 40k rpgs. By trying to make one generic system for any style of 40k game, it comes across as muddled. Each of the ffg games knew exactly what they were trying to achieve in terms of tone/gameplay/etc so they could do it well.

I mean it's okay. It's like a watered down version of Dark Heresy, and the way they're doing supplements means they won't put out anything interesting for years.

>>97220814
Elaborate please.

>>97224424
It reduced a lot of the little specific rules and does progression different. But it's still basically the same game

>>97220814
>>97220814

They are really focusing on the whole patrons thing for this one, and so far it looks like every book is going to be (Patron Organization) Players Guide and (Patron) GM's Guide.

You're never going to get gems like Disciples of the Dark Gods or Lure of the Expanse which add things to the game instead of retreading old lore material.

>>97197145
>2. Are there initiative systems that you find work well?
7th Sea 1st edition.

Round is divided into 10 phases.
You roll a number of d10 equal to your Panache (2-6) and whatever you rolled shows in which phases you act. You can have more than one action per phase. Whenever you expend an action a die with that number rolled is removed from your initiative pool. If multiple characters have actions in the same phase the first to act would be the one with higher sum of initiative dice still on the table.

For example Character rolls 2, 3, 8 (Panache 3) while a Pirate rolls 3,9 (Panache 2). Character expends action in phase 2 to throw a bunch of Brutes overboard the ship. In phase 3 both Character and Henchmen have an action, but since Character expended his phase 2 die his initiative total is 11 instead of 13 and thus Henchmen would act first.

It may seem convoluted at first, but after you get accustomed to it its fucking perfect for swashbuckling adventures that 7th Sea is made for.

>>97224032
No this genuinely seems so fun. Does this result in simultaneous actions?

>>97223429
>“Occasionally”

Dice rolls that are equal or within 1 number of each result in a double where both attacks get through

>>97225574
Technically - no, You can play it like this, but there are ways of resolving who acts first within a phase. Though you also can spend 2 initiative dice to do interrupts.

>>97227025
Well, I use occasionally because in fencing there's just this phenomenon of anticipating where a strike is most likely to come from, usually lunging or striking into a strong bind and trying to find a way to thrust at the end of an exchange. So, it's not quite the case that both combatants just swing. You might have similar luck in waiting for someone to press, step out of position or with a weak guard and striking with riposte.
The men's longsword final from the Norway Open in 2016 is my favorite example of this. In that bout the more agressive combatant did much better.
Compared to the Black Horns Cup from 2024- the third place bout shows Donchenko playing an almost entirely defensive strategy for the first three points, scoring through counter attacks.

Even then, it's also the case that in fencing that both combatants do (in fact) hit each other at the same time. It's more a matter of who landed the surest strike and where.

I'd like to think of a way to simulate this that's fun.