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.>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Starter Dungeonshttps://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/86342023/#q86358321PREVIOUS THREAD>>97226728
>>97275794I tend to do simple flowcharts for natural caves rather than maps, with long, long narrow passages that you sometimes really need to squeeze through in order to get from one chamber to the next. It helps provide a slight change of pace and format so that natural caves feel distinct from dungeons, and it's also how a good number of actual caves tend to be.
>>97275843There's a lot of maps of actual cave systems that can be reasonably turned into dungeons.
>>97275588>>97275635>>97275698what's the difference between /todd/ and /osrg/ and OSRG anyway?
>>97275418Swords & Wizardry is the best OD&D clone of them all, let's discuss. Seriously, I'm having so much fun with the damn system.
>>97276096It's an interesting philosophical departure from OSRIC, and it's good to see that Matt Finch was able to evolve when a lot of the OSRIC contributors never did.
Holiday cheer editionPrevious:>>97223714Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqSeasonal TQ:>How do you deal with friends&family absolutely resistent to any form of game teach?>Will anon repeat his autistic data gathering endevour this year?Actually interesting TQ:>How important is winning to you? Almost noone is a mustwin-tourneyfag, but we all tend to like games we are good at more, conciously or subconciously.
>>97273246>AI Thumbnail>AI Description>AI Video clipsDid xe fall off or something
>>97273246>>97275550Actually paying attention to the video, I think this entire fucking video is generated by AI holy shit ahahhaha
>>97275572Now I'm going back through he's been doing AI videos for months?? Who the fuck is watching this shit
>>97275536now i want to see an Uma Musume boardgame.
>>97275572I think his videos always were that way, with the blurry background and high definition faggotThough I merely watched for a few seconds, maybe you are talking about something else
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>>97275173No I'm saying Necromunda is basically MegaCity1 in 40k already.
>>97271595The heretics shall remain nogames!>>97272258If you aim for all that, fate is more likely to settle for just >May 2026 bring you more gamesI still wish you all of that.>>97272374May the Golden Throne hear you.>>97275033I always wanted to try Call of Cthullu, maybe this year I might get to.>picrelNext time Callidia meets with Haxta, she will be a palatine since she's just 300xp away from Ascencion.she just has to not get turbo killed by the tyrant star
>>97271389I am going to try to run a new series for peeps in a few months.
>>97275281Callidia's much cuter when she's drawn in this style instead of Helltaker's.
Realistically, what would happen first if the Emperor woke up? I wonder if the main reason he didn't want to be worshiped as a god is because the prayers would change him. Humans worship him and have created him to be some merciless being demanding reverence and since belief is power in this setting I wonder if he would be changed into that by now.
GET FUCKED I WON
>>97275889but at what cost?
>>97276132Disney Lorcana is a better game mechanically and One Piece is the new financial sweet tooth of the market after Pokemon's collapse (they're just printing more cards to meet demand)
OP won him giving himself surprise buttsex.
>>97275889>OP is proud he predicted the tulips were in fact flowersYou gonna tell us about nfts and fiat currency next?
>>97275889You were wrong though
>gameplayFor Centaurs, you should be able to use them as mounts when not in combat if they're lightly armed & armored. I think you could ride into battle with them and fight on their back without overburdening them, depending on your loadout. Squeezing into dungeons and caves might be a bit of a bitch, and your centaur companion may find themselves too cumbersome to accompany you in certain locations. If people in wheelchairs can make do, I'm sure a transmog potion or a shrinking potion might solve the problem.>fantasy settingsThey're more at home here for sure, like having a horse. Some taverns may give you a hard "no" for your centaur companion, but I'm sure regions that are steeped in centaur culture or adjacent ones have accommodations for their unique anatomy. If nothing else, they could help carry your camp supplies and other provisions. >loadouts for fantasyIf you're not riding them, I think they can be pretty well armed and armored- think tower shield and a mace/flail. They also make good spearmen, so I think they'd be comfortable wielding a halbard and similar pike-style weapons. This would be with them wearing plate mail cuirass for the human portion and chainmail curtain over their horse hind quarters, or perhaps some specially fitted Gambeson. Other plate sections could be fitted to their horse body as needed. Archery and crossbows seem like they'd work for ranged options. I've not considered them using magic, but having a fairly mobile spellcaster seems cool as well.
>>97276298>modern settings Post-industrial settings can be somewhat challenging. You start to see very compact spaces like sidewalks, offices, and very "human-centric" spaces. In battlefields, trenches, and "no man's land" tend to crop up, so charging into battle is a less appealing option. How would you deploy a tactical centaur? What would be their loadout?>modern loadoutGiven their profile, there are a lot of spots to hit with a bullet. I'd go with a lightweight Kevlar with plates on the human section, and a helmet too. Maybe a frontal lower plate for the region below the human/horse junction. The legs don't need as much protection, and mobility is key, I think, so they're better off with less weight overall when it comes to armor. On the battlefield, I think they may be best served as logistical support and scout vanguard-style troops. I would avoid putting them in direct combat since they're such a big target.
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I like painting goats
Anyone tried Warhammer fantasy renaissance? And if so, how is it?
What is a fun army to build and paint, with some conversion options ?
>>97276259Honestly, most of them. The high elves and dwarves have probably the least modability, but even then you could do tons. I even saw a guy way back with a Nordic tomb king army.But for a more direct answer, beastmen, WoC, and Empire I'd put at the top right now for fun, color schemes, and modability combined.
>>97276237500pts of the beastie boys very close to battle ready Gonna start asking around the FLG if anyone's keen on a pick up game in a few weeks of battle marche, will be my first game, will post batreps
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>>97276232>TQFor WotC to crash and burn so hard that Hasbro has no choice but to sell them in an attempt to recoup the cost before bankruptcy, thereby freeing the D&D and MtG properties to be bought by someone who cares.
>TQSome more interesting subclasses for martials. I also what to see how the Psion turns out if they end up dropping it in a big Dark Sun update.
In the woods camping without a tent writing stuff in a notebook for new campaignCant believe I get cell service here
>>97276232>TQJust going to continue with my current campaign. I don’t have to include any shite I don’t wish to include. I just hope the game doesn’t die.
Why are wolves so common in TTRPGs as enemies?
>>97276176>>97276165People don't have power levels that make them impervious to weaker attacks IRL, anyone caught unawares by something can be killed. A literal child with a gun could end your life in the slums of Rio if they get the jump on you.
>>97276168Bros, I love dogs so much
>>97270007>and they use pack tacticsSo does every animal ever that lives in groups and hunts for food. They're still the goblins of animals. 1v1 they're a non threat, not to an adventurer with a weapon. How do you make goblins more dangerous? Add more. It's the same fucking thing.
>>97276248>They're no more dangerous than a monster the size of a child.You're a goddamn moron.
>>97276026>>97276257I should be intimidated, but I'm just imagining how good it would feel to hug them.
What kind of fantasy monsters are you into? I like original abominations, standard humanoids/mythological creatures/giant animals are boring to me.
>>97263052>>97271819So did either of you (I say either, it's probably just you again, Wilbur) tried making a thread yourself about a game? Feel free to link to it, we can contribute for you.
>>97274401What would qualify as interesting in your opinion?
>>97228517I like having a decent mix of >humanoid enough monsters with similar but different goals for fighting and negotiating with >medium to large somewhat magical and violent predatory monsters to fill in for lions, tigers and bears>occasional fucked up monsters of unearthly bearing, alien desires and immense power Been trying to have an actual dragon every now and then too, everyone's been trying to be so different from dragonlance for so long we've forgotten dragons can be cool. The variety I have found, is the most important over time.
>>97268497>NOO YOU MUST LIKE THING I LIKE OR I WILL CALL YOU NOGAMESplayed more games longer than you anime traash goblin
>>97275306Anything that isn't a clone of American Werewolf in London where it's a normie with a Jekyll and Hyde situation except Hyde uses BlueSky
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Recap of my tournament pack pulls this period 8 Insane Synthetic Monster (+ 1 winner)6 Release of the Sealed Knight (+ 1 winner) 5 Tyrannomon (+2 winner)4 Justimon: Accel Arm (+1 winner)2 Digital Gate Open1 Phascomon
>>97275804congrats on the 4 wins at locals. Other people have mentioned that digital gate open seems to have a lower win rate, but I have not seen enough people post results like you have to confirm or deny it since those are still statistically insignificant numbers. Did the captchas become simpler? If so, this will be the funniest thing I see all year I think
>>97276148Pull rate, not win rate. Anyways. Good night and Happy New Year
>>97275786Deck issue right now. I think it's getting really close to being something solid, but its missing something. More ways to interact with the opponent or consistent ways to remove problem cards beyond Retaliation, maybe?
>>97275804There were 8 more Release of the Sealed Knights that I gave a playset to two of our players that play Chronicle. Hell I'm tempted to build it too.0 Justimons and DGOs were pulled, I'm hoping to pull Icemons at least in the next set.
Shit GM Thread, because while you players are awful, there are some really shit GMs out there too.>GM advertises game as a destroyed world by demons and whatever and people trying to live through or retake the world>sounds good, throw my application in and get in>trying to make a character from a destroyed noble house destroyed from said demons>no info or lore or anything so just make one background that can fit in>ask GM if it's okay and if I can fill it in with finer details>he just says nah you're good>is there a map?>he just gives me some random borders map that looks like it was generated from some website>yeah choose a region where your noble house was from I'm still working on the details>his username is some pretentious TheLoreMaster btw>whatever as long as he can provide a good story as the game goes on>me and other players make our characters>he then tells us to create a shared backstoryComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97269238This character needs more non-AI porn.
>>97271256I, hilariously don't remember if dispal magic can even do that or if it even affects scrolls at all. It's been too long since anyone has even used dispel magic after having acquired fireball.
>>97275008d20 dispel magic either ends spells or temporarily suppresses magic itemshis gm is an illiterate
>>97270131TL:DRIt was all just a dream.
> Online game> Players are anomalous entities being held and studied in a secret government facility> Suddenly the power is cut and the cell locks disengage.> The nearby security force is overwhelmed trying to deal with the breach of a more monstrous, less sapient subject, giving us a window to escape> After some encounters with various obstacles and hazards (Cannibal mutant hivemind, scattered security personnel, robotic countermeasures, a reinforcing emergency response team equipped with flamethrowers and an ESP field nullifier) we narrowly reach an elevator and try to escape to the surface> Most of us made it, highfives and vending machine soda all around> We're officially introduced to an rogue AI that has compromised the facilities systems> Apparently, it was responsible for the malfunctions that facilitated our escape.> Before it can elaborate further, there is an explosion somewhere above us and the elevator enters freefall> The Ai is smug, stating that it anticipated this and its all part of the escape plan, all while we are plummeting down hundreds of floors.> Elsewhere, a group of friendly NPC psionics assemble in an empty elevator lobby.> They attempt to create a psychic barrier to soak our elevator's momentum and safely bring us to a gentle stop.> [CRITICAL FAILURE] CHOIR CORRECTION ACTIVATED> Apparently, the facilities ingrain things call contingencies into their subjects.> They basically inhibit and limit behaviors that could allow metahumans to snowball into apocalyptic threatsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Scratch one Cameron boat editionPrevious Thread: >>97249401================================>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.
>>97275930>The Combine and the Suns feel like prime territory for some Marches or Dukes to start getting real ambitious inFor the 3rd Star League to be able to have realistic victory both the FedSuns and Combine have to be so fucked up that they can't resist Clan Wolf plot magic. The Lyrans and Jade Falcons are accounted for, the FWL is accounted for, the Capellans got accounted for by the Ravens, Ghost Bears took themselves out, and the Dracs took out the Fed Suns. We know the Ghost Bears are trying to unfuck themselves politically by going after the Dracs, and that the FedSuns willingly allied with the 3SL probably just for help to unfuck the Dragons Tongue.So the Dracs are probably getting DPed by the GBs and FSs.Do you think the Arkab region will go rogue, just so we can have an independent Space Muslim faction?
>>97274265"No Robert, I don't want people to use them anymore."
>>97275206The 2500s are peak battletech thoughever.
Hope Luthien gets conquered like New Avalon or Tharkad, at least for temporarilyOr is it too important for the Combine that the writers won't dare to touch?
>>97275781Clan culture itself is hostile to any natural human way of life and actively seeks to force those that live within it to endure the most miserable, spartan, alien existence conceivable.When east germany and west germany existed, it was overwhelmingly east germans fleeing the culture and regime of the warsaw pact, not the other way around. Deteriorating but not catastrophic economic conditions and an awareness of a vastly more comfortable system just existing was enough to cause a leading superpower and most of their puppet governments to collapse.
Wanted to talk about advice on GMing, settings you prefer, and styles or issues you as a GM have. I generally tend to prefer dark fantasy or sci-fi settings rather than trying something a little different. I also tend to have a style, depends on the system though, where i have a combat heavy session or two and then a more intrigue/exploration focused session. I have been working on how to better balance games I run, but trying to tie that to timing a game session gets tricky at times. Another issue I noticed is that puzzle solving or investigative games can be a lot harder for a player to get into the mindset for than the dm. It is easy to think everything you planned makes sense when you thought it out in your head but the players might not have the same line of thought.
>>97258142Lovecraft
>>97262014I wanted to do something else besides eldritch style horror. I was thinking maybe something more gothic instead but I am undecided.
>>97218365>Been a DM for 25+ years.This is how you know you're going to read the absolute worst advice you've ever seen.
>>97256638>Now, am I gonna want to play your own personal little homebrew "system" that you just pulled out of your ass after six months of autism? No. There are tens of thousands of game systems and most of them all have far more professional design work and playtesting than your never-been-played-before bullshit. Be realistic and exercise some humility, some self-awareness. The odds are, your personal little toy is actually just D&D or GURPS or whatever with a few house rules, so be honest about that if it's true and you'll have more interest.It's a full book that came together over the past three years. We've already done four rounds of playtesting so far and integrated player suggestions each time.It's not a modded D&D. It's not even a D20 system.
>>97218290>Another issue I noticed is that puzzle solving or investigative games can be a lot harder for a player to get into the mindset for than the dm. It is easy to think everything you planned makes sense when you thought it out in your head but the players might not have the same line of thought.Puzzles with specific solutions are stupid. Just put big-ass obstacles in the way of your players and roll with whatever zaney bullshit they invent to "solve" it. Don't even worry about having a solution planned. There's a giant impenetrable wall. See what they do. They'll go kidnap a griffon and fly, hire sappers to dig underneath, or raid an enemy army's camp to get a siege tower. Wind them up and let them go. You don't have to worry about "puzzles."
After about 8 years since I last DM'ed a game, I've been asked to run a session. Unfortunately my books - adnd, 2e, 3e, 3.5, 4e, and 5e are in storage two states away.And i prefer physical copies. Thanks to critical role and the movie DND books have gone up in price which is weird.>4e books are ~10-15$ now. Is it viable to run 4e in 2025? I don't remember hating it and I still remember some home rules to streamline combat to speed it up a touch. Does anyone have suggestions for 1-3lvl adventures or campaign settings? >4e thread I guess
>>97260346What the fuck is MF? I can't find anything from MEGA
>>97248299>Been doing this a long timeThe worst GMs of all time all say this btw. All it means is you've spent a long time learning nothing lol
>>97275110MediaFire. You couldn't figure that out from the initials?
>>97275115>I'd enjoy seeing you explain how I'm wrong about the game's assumptions and game flow.Still waiting for you to 'teach' me.You see, I'm not in love with being 'right'. If you had an opinion on how to run a better game, I'd cheerfully listen, because making the best game I can for my players is what is important, not my ego.
>>97236174Utility spells and 4e rituals weren't an issue
>You all meet in the tavern of an isolated village. It's seven in the morning, and everyone is having their breakfast.>You see in the corner a young man in studded leather chatting animatedly with an older woman in heavy armor.>A young woman lets out a cheer as she beats a man of the same age in an arm wrestle. He wears a suit of gleaming gothic half-plate, while she wears a hauberk and gambeson. After the contest has ended, the pair enjoy a hearty meal of turkey and maize together.>An old man wearing a ragged cloak over equally ragged clothes nurses a cooling cup of coffee while watching their antics, stirring in a spoonful of sugar after an exploratory taste.>A woman sat on a stool by the bar takes in one last drag of her cigarette before she stubs it out in an ashtray. With that out of the way, she tucks into a pumpkin pie that is waiting for her.>A man with dark skin pays for his meal with several unfamiliar coins, before brushing past you on his way out the door. He wears a vest made of soft leather over a loose cotton shirt, and has a long sword in a sheath strapped to his back, ready to be drawn at any moment.>A young girl greets you animatedly and offers you menus. She asks if any of you were interested in buying some of the potato and rabbit stew that is currently cooking, or if you'd like rooms for the night. What does your latest tabletop character do in this situation?
>>97276113>>It's seven in the morning, and everyone is having their breakfast.everyone in the tavern is having breakfast, which isnt suprising given that travel is expensive and as travellers we arent about to be out working a field at 5am>>You see in the corner a young man in studded leather chatting animatedly with an older woman in heavy armor.neither of those are anachronisms>>A young woman lets out a cheer as she beats a manbased, 10th century mogs 16th century every time. plus he's rich enough to keep his cutting edge imported armour polished so he's probably a larping prince or something. not suprising he'd be beaten by an actual soldieras for the food a turkey is any exotic guinnie-fowl imported through the near east. there are half a dozen native north african maizes that where cultured through europe at various points>>An old man wearing a ragged cloak over equally ragged clothes nurses a cooling cup of coffee while watching their antics, stirring in a spoonful of sugar after an exploratory taste.sugar imported from the far east? he must be a rich wizard. same place as the guinnie-fowl actually>>A woman tucks into a pumpkin pie she cant afford a pipe for her hemp? a pompion is any kind of edible gourd, so it's most likely made of a melon>>A man with dark skin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluburun_shipwreckwe where trading between the ivory coast and balkans in 1300BC, a black guy and unfamiliar coins isnt exactly surprising. beyond that there are indiginous asian, african and indian cottons, and carrying your sword on your back when you are in a tavern is much smarter than stumbling around hitting it on thingsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97276188>>97276198equally based takespleas and or thank you for out contributing OP in the gene pool
>>97276113I go and kill the man with dark skin because I'm racist but keep it on the downlow at the table and gave my character a flimsy in-character rationale for this kind of thing.
>>97276113>An old man wearing a ragged cloak over equally ragged clothes nurses a cooling cup of coffee while watching their antics, stirring in a spoonful of sugar after an exploratory taste.This is maybe the most 'actually' egregious one since both sugar AND coffee have only recently stopped being an insane luxury due to more capitalist/mercantilist(?) kinds of attitudes about making money. The other ones could/can change due to different geography, ecology, customs, culture, but the availability of sugar and coffee is an actual fundamental economics/supply issue.Coffee & chocolate, in the past were grown on "temple plantations"; where they would supply a very small group of priests and noble people as an insane luxury. 'Modern' coffee & chocolate likewise still has to be grown in low-labor conditions that are typically exploitative. Sugar is in a similar, but different, boat in that in the past there's been exceptions: sugar cane was grown by Southern Chinese & Taiwanese peasants as a kind of personal-spending-cash-crop in small allotments, in almost a similar way to how Greek, Italian, and French, peasants all kept vineyards. Though, after 1888 the Germans/Russians domesticated the sugar beet which cuckolded a lot of the sugar industry. Sugar beet is very hardy, can grow in cold climates, poor soil, and doesn't tax the land like sugar cane cultivation can (Brazil, Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba, both experienced insane levels of soil nutritional depletion caused by excessive heavy sugar cane cultivation. Haiti and Cuba for a small period were literally made sterile by sugar cane.)There's your effort post.
>>97276247Same, except while saying the n word irl
