My one and only bump

A long time ago, in a discussion about character traits in a narrative game, someone explained how he really didn't like the idea of splitting character concepts into Flaws and Positive aspects, because that restricted players from thinking more creatively and dynamically. The best character concepts were ones that could be both good or bad, depending on how the players chose to work with it. With that bouncing around in my head, I began to re-examine my random event charts, and came to grow wary of splitting events into positive or negative. I had been running random events where they were split in such a fashion, and I realized the players had been naturally subconsciously meta-gaming. They would react to a situation with less curiosity and just try to figure out whether the situation was meant to be good or bad for them, and the whole process began to feel less organic.

I feel events should strive for a similar level of flexibility. While some may be obviously bad or good, I get concerned when too many are too obviously weighted in such a fashion, especially after having recently played with a DM who employed such an obvious system and was clearly designating characters as enemies or allies long before we ever interacted with them. One player even started deliberately messing with clearly designated ally NPCs just to see if he could actually influence events, and when it became clear that we were just sort of stumbling into situations where how good or bad they were had already been decided by some roll of the die,

Man may be the measure of all things, but a Player-centric universe where all things are determined by their relation to the PC's fate begins to feel like a very small world.

>>97358910
One thing I've included is treasure chests (in a puzzle format) and replacement PC/NPCs (ala tree of woe). Now I also do hexcrawls so that changes how stuff is run, but stuff like that could work for you.
One other thing I do for travel is preroll the encounter types, the PCs then roll during play to see how "well" they do, on a 5/10/15/20 scale. I'd add some stuff to account for that

>>97358910
I think the ambush should always be an attempted ambush the players can spot.

I think you're on the right path, but there's no player agency in this yet.

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>>97359721
>They would react to a situation with less curiosity and just try to figure out whether the situation was meant to be good or bad for them, and the whole process began to feel less organic.

Honestly, I hadn't thought of this. Really, your post gave me a lot to think about. Perhaps "events" should be divorced from what I originally had planned.

Maybe the best designed events/encounters/situations have a grey zone that allows for curiosity, exploration, and alternative outcomes depending on the approach characters take.

Do you think there's also room for "fortune/misfortune"? I could always reduce pathfinding to finding a way or getting lost. I just feel like it misses out on depth in doing so.

>>97359723
The cool thing about my system is that it runs very similarly to a hexcrawl in the sense that the entire map is very much open to the players to explore. However, the actual specific (and accurate) measurements of terrain are only known to the GM (via a hexmap- which the GM can key an populate if they choose). I'm a big fan of creative encounters that can be plopped down in front of players (Forbidden Lands style)

>>97358809
This is round 3 of the campaign btw jsyk
(one loss, one tie because of time, I already listed the reports last thread)

>>97357935
Majority were born into it.

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>>97358809
Injury roll my man

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>>97359615
ah.

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Getting my rulebook soon, exactly how outdated is it

The NWO is covering up evidence of Helltown, Ohio on Wikipedia with bad history involving the Lenape tribe in order to consolidate current consensus.

>>97359282
>The NWO is covering up
So another day ending in Y?

>>97359282
What? No, that can't be right. Follow me into this room with no windows and we'll get the facts straight.

>>97357450
There are two ways to handle this that could even be used together. One is it can only be transferred under certain circumstances, like the full moon. An other is only strong werewolves can do it. Not really sure how to apply that to WoD/CofD. Speaking of which, Forsaken does also have a Facet that can temporarily make people shitty, out of control werewolves and it is also possible for Lunacy to turn someone into a Wolf-Blooded, making it sort of transmissible.

>>97357412
>I think the Werewolf condition should be transmissible via bite
Literally woof shovelheads

>>97359378
>that
>good
It'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.

>>97359494
what 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.

>>97359681
it is
its even better after painting
that picture is zoomed in a way that will never be in real life

>>97359693
you 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 VAT
No, no, no and no
resin 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.

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>>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.

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>>97357931
>Bullshit and incoherent OP
>Zero discussion of any kind
>BUMP!

>>97357989
Well it's a discussion about starting over. Games and groups are like friends, they come and go with time and age.

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>>97350211
>Most games are on-line

>>97349305
Make 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

>>97358187
I 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.

>>97359687
GW 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.

>>97359725
Consider, 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.

>>97357647
That's a shame. Armada was a lot of fun, and still playable even if there's no official support.

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>>97357584
Some snows I'm working on

>>97359671
Why is it always rotated? Fuck my chud life.

>>97359677
I have the same problem uploading here, not a chud tho, btw nice paint job

>>97359671
>>97359677
>open in paint
>make sure it's the correct rotation
>save

>>97359085
extremely funny to make a busted Cendrillmon and then a bunch of mediocre shit from a butt

>>97359085
>>97359086
>>97359092
mirai tamer being good or bad is going to make or break this deck

>>97359386
12/10/8/6 isn't based on statistics, though. It's completely based on vibes. You're just counting down from 12 by 2, it's way too pretty.

>>97359679
12 is ran because its a 95% chance to have a rookie in 1 of your 2 hands with a mulligan.
its also why searcher rookies still have a lot of value because you have a very good chance of finding finding >1 (75%)

11 is 93% and 70% chance
10 is 90% and a 65% chance

when you add in consistency options this gets a lot smoother, and its more complicated when going 2nd because of the extra draw + chance to play a training without passing turn in many situations (or another search) and it is based on maths. or at least feel based testing that is then proven to be reasonable based on maths.

the 10/8/6 step down is just because you need less of the higher levels and to fit into the rest of your deck but isn't really maths based
if you want to run 12/9/7/5 you will be fine. cutting lvl 3's can lead to lot more no rookie games, especially if you are limited in what else you can open alongisde that rookie, many decks are happy to run 10 rookies because they have so many other plays to go with them and can just pretty much solely mulligan for them, others need more specific pieces and cutting down rookie counts is a huge problem.

>>97359562
There's nothing busted about Cendrillmon. You all claimed that about BT22 and nothing happened. Just infinite cope.

>>97356670
I'm jealous, that's a great concept

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Well the concept art made those from struts look a lot smaller, but it still kinda works. I just wish they were 10% reduced so you could see more of the model behind them.

>>97356670
With the tendrils coming off the back, it looks like they've drawn from the N1 Drones.

>>97356670
Oh good, they haven't fucked it up.

>>97356673
>What? You no rike shotgun Kuang Shi? Too bad! Fuck you! Have two!

>>97356673
you'd think they'd use the female crims for something else

>>97358457
TONNAGE don't do this, battletech is a weird game and tonnage is somehow worse than BV
Could do something with force organization charts for basic troop requirements and X number of upgrades depending on the mission or other factors. The upgrades or support elements get picked from a different list army dependent.

>>97358851
Sorry, for the other anons Ash from GMG. I figure his name would be recognizable since he positioned himself at "the awg guy" for so many years.

All I'll say is that optimizing his filming schedule to maximize the capitalistic exploitation of the community that puts food on his table is VERY on brand for his assholish personality. He has truly never given a shit about awgs and it's almost impressive that people still platformed him for like a decade now

>>97358983
DW about putting them up anon, I found a huge trove and flipped through rangers. I dont think it will be a good fit for them, but I will keep it for my own collection. I was a bit wary of post frostgrave mccullugh and after reading through it this afternoon feel like I kinda was right to not actually spend money on it

>>97358983
. It likely won't hit my table. En garde is definitely in my collection and I had forgotten about it, it will probably do just fine!

>>97358457
Force organizations that are highly thematic and restricted. Pick a list of related units, take variant A, B, or C for that list which changes up exactly what's in it but are all still line with its base concept. Make each player pick the same number and maybe types of lists.

>>97358457
Keep your AI generated slop outta here, faggot.

>>97359404
>thematic and restricted
So much this. I want to skim an 'army book' of a game Im familiar with and immediately pick up on which faction it is because they're all distinct in fun and meaningful ways. The worst games are ones where you cover names and show me stat lines and abilities and I have no clue

Apart from the rampart series and similar where it's designed to let you make yourdudes yourway with what you might have on hand of course

>>97354130
Anyone who's played Arcanum knows that.

>>97354058
cute and fuckable

>>97353926
What about the peoples who built thor's hammer or that golden boar?

>>97354058
They attract furfaggot tourists like Satan here >>97359666 and thus should never be used.

>>97359712
I've been on this site longer than you most likely. Does that upset you?

>>97355518
>>97354184
PTA and PTU (which is based on PTA) are a total slog. You basically need tools, because there's so much fucking crunch. The powerscaling gets pretty insane too, since trainers can potentially learn how to use moves like Pokemon do.

You can play Pokerole instead, which is much less cumbersome, and takes inspiration from Storyteller system, but you might need to be ready to improvise and homebrew some things.

>>97356918
pokerole is pretty promising, I'm not looking for a full package just a startpoint I can simplify further to introduce the concept of rpgs to 10-year-olds. PTA, PTU, Oddysee and PTR yeah they seem too complex for that.

>>97357118
Part of the issue with PTA/PTU is that the math tries to resemble the video games too much. It just bogs everything down with bookkeeping, and makes generating new things laborious.

Pokerole is simple. Attribute+Stat=Dice Pool and roll for successes is the type of thing. It's meant for more fast and loose adventuring, with a style closer to the manga, and where you can control the scale of the game as a GM by using the sort of tier system for what trainers are capable of doing.

>>97356664
japanese arts on good decks of magic are top tier art , just lookj sephirot alternate art styles

>>97326799
No.

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>>97276299
Reminder to keep the human and horse half appropriately proportioned.

>>97344760
Looks great, like a coping Grecian's feverdream about dealing with Scythians.

>>97348360
Thanks, it's like a big amalgamation of those early iron age iranic and turkic elements, bitches love their gold and harness

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>>97289191
No Shining Force enjoyers?

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>>97325229
I tend to make centaurs native American-inspired.

Usually, their lore for me is
> They used to be savages in the plains/hinterlands, but they were subdued and civilized by the more "sophisticated" races.

>>97358933
They know enough to make a Disable a Device check at least, although how much more than that kind of depends on the hazard. The relevant rules here are (as listed here https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=2846):

Detecting a Hazard:
>"Every hazard has a trigger of some kind that sets its dangers in motion. For traps, this could be a mechanism like a trip wire or a pressure plate, while for an environmental hazard or haunt, the trigger may simply be proximity. When characters approach a hazard, they have a chance of finding the trigger area or mechanism before triggering the hazard. "

Later in that same block of text:
>"Anyone who succeeds [a secret Perception check against the hazard's Stealth DC] becomes aware of the hazard, and you can describe what they notice."

The first quote specifies that they're rolling to detect the trigger area or mechanism, and the second clarifies that a successful perception check makes them aware of the hazard, with the GM describing what the character actually notices in the world. Nowhere does it say that they learn what the hazard *is*, although it's often obvious (e.g. the mechanics of a hidden spike pit are pretty clear once you've noticed it), and when it's not I imagine a relevant Recall Knowledge would probably tell them more about it.

What's clear, however, is that they've definitely found it, and they can make a roll to disable it. The rules for disabling hazards are a little further down:

Disabling a Hazard:
>"A character must first detect a hazard (or have it pointed out to them) to try to deactivate it."

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>>97358795
this quality of the video is hilariously shit as I expected it to be, but what did you think about the gameplay? Better than that Dawnsbury crap I constantly see people glazing

>>97358795
It’s 2025, nobody speaks English natively anymore.

>>97359283
Seems pretty uninspired, but the execution will matter the most.

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>1e
Gonna be playing strange aeons with my friends. The party is a barbarian, mesmerist, and a witch. I was looking at the oracle. The thematic suggestions are dark tapestry, lore, and time. As a first time oracle I was curious which of these I would have the least amount of trouble with.

>>97357375
>I am thinking of that room having a ladder up to a hatch right by the entrance of the dungeon - this being the lower level - to cut escaping players off.
I'm not sure I understand how a potential escape route might serve to cut the PCs off. Are you suggesting the dungeon inhabitants have reinforcements up there who will come down? Or is the idea that PCs will not find the ladder/not think to use it to flee if they do find it, and the undead will thus use it to get to the exit before the players and maul them there?

Anyway, as long as it's discoverable I can't personally see a huge issue with it as long as you're okay with the PCs using it to escape faster if they find it, instead. Multiple passages between levels is ideal.

>>97358748
You're not very intelligent

>>97356147
>>97356150
primarily, the loot increase is only for magic items, not gold. this will give them a gold sink in having to get many items identified or scrounge up scrolls. experimentation can still be used, but a scroll or identify spell is immediate and thorough, without the risk of being cursed. that's my thought anyway. maybe I've been playing too much POWDER and shattered pixel dungeon.

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>>97356839
If you're using stock software for the kindle don't waste your time. If you're using 3rd party software, don't waste your time.

Physical dimensions 5.6" (142 mm) by 4.2". Pic related is what you'll see at various zooms. The coloured boxes match the colorsoft ar. I could have just told you to zoom the long side of each box to 5.6" on your screen but I went to the extra effort to make those details. They're 840 px on the long side, same as the colour res of the colorsoft so you can zoom them to 5.6" as well. It's all readable but it's a poor experience.

If you abandon the native software, which you'll do unless you're stupid, reflow doesn't improve things very much for a pdf full of tables, some of them sideways. The zoom, column and and scroll when zoomed options help but not a lot. Native search options are poor. The 3rd party software searches are better.

Reflow and search rely upon the book being oef or properly ocred. A lot of lazy people use fully automated ocr on poor scans and leave thousands of errors. There's a really good chance a search will miss that one instance of "ultravision" you really needed. Page searching through an actual paper book can be a lot faster than tapping through an ebook.

The colorsoft is very well named because the colour is soft. Colour murders the resolution from 300 ppi to 150 ppi. Fine for comic books, not good when you have a text dense document like a D&D rule book. They have the technology to make the colour 300ppi but they throw on a cfa and still charge premium price.

The book switching is still a major hassle. It's one book loaded at a time like most tablets. If you can handle book switching on a tablet you'll have about as much success on a kindle with 3rd party software.

I would recommend laptop, tablet, other ereader in that order with the ereader as a last resort. Unless you're playing outside the contrast of a led screen is good enough. The extra size of even a 10" tablet makes a huge difference.

>>97359536
Seconded.
Kindle sucks ass for game stuff. It's for slow reading, not active reference