After playing both the original Shandalar and the 2016 update version I've come to the conclusion that magic was just more fun in 1995 when it was more loose and relaxed. The kinds of decks you go up against in the 2016 version are so much more ruthless about shutting down every play you make that the only way to compete is to be an even more obnoxious dickhead and make sure they never get a chance to do anything. Every victory was bitter and spiteful in a way that I never felt with the older simpler Magic cards.
>>97374544Unironically a skill issue
>>97374448Do they have to be? Couldn't enemies have thematic...moonfolk decks, for example?
>>97354218>>97358140I liked old magic better too (haven't played competitively in ages now). as >>97354358 points out some of that is just nostalgia. mtg was full of broken ass combos from Day 1, and it definitely didn't end with unlimited rotating and type II either. and >>97356397 s right that some of it was just being a kid and engaging with the game like a kid was inherently more fun too. BUT all that said, I do think the baseline casual kitchen table magic was more fun. by default wincons just werent as fast and were easier to derail. game often had big swings where an early lead by aggro would peter out and the other player could come back.>>97374553no they don't have to. and for that kind of game they probably shouldn't. slower more thematic decks would have been good. the original shandalar was fun in spite of being able to break the game with an uber fuckoff combo if you wanted to.>>97358140definitely this. very common sentiment. repeat theme when you read interviews or meet card game designers is them prefacing with nostalgia about 90s magic and trying to recapture it. garfield wrote a whole manifesto about how the point of Keyforge existing was to force players back into that "just do the coolest thing you can with the deck you have" playground headspace. modern post-MTG desgins like Sorcery or Ashes are explicitly about refocusing on the slow build and push-pull of a creature heavy battlefield, with uninteractive burn and combo strats much weaker than in mtg and less hard control effects. everybody just tryna go back in time.
>>97374553You could but you will have to make them all yourself custom.The default ones that came with Modern were too powerful
>>97356397I liked old casual yugioh because it was grindy and full of back and forth. I don't know about the meta at the time cause I never cared about it, but nowadays the game feels very one sided and boring. Cube is the only enjoyable way to play nowadays for me
Goblins have existed in folklore for centuries in various forms, but where and when was it decided that Goblins are green? in 1st edition d&d, thwey're described as having various skin shades, green not being specified or standing out among the.a lot of people assume warhammer, but spiderman had a green goblin before warhammer, so what the fuck
>>97357994Why do your posts always read like a bot or HR surveyor drafted them?
>>97357994I don't know what to tell you but need isn't a super be all end all reason for every detail.
>>97353685The modern orc is based on the green Martians from John Carter.
>>97372907Then why aren't they two stories tall and four-armed
Literally (literally) this guy.The Warhammer goblins have their appearance based off of him. Final Fantasy 1 also used the same style of goblins and so it got into japanese media as well.I've seen someone say that that if the Green Goblin were made today he wouldn't be called the Green Goblin because it's redundant but if he were made today goblins would be completely different.
Welcome to /wbg/, the official thread for the discussion of in-progress settings for traditional games.Here is where you go to present and develop the details of your worlds such as lore, factions, magic and ecosystems. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art (either created by you or used as inspiration for your work). Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback or post whatever relevant input you might have!Last thread: >>97165346Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: https://pastebin.com/JNnj79S5 (embed) (embed)https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Eo+fK41FKVR7xDpbNO0a0N4k0YYxrmyrhX3VxnM14Ew/Fantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator/wbi/: https://discord.gg/6ZjEc7dy4TWorldbuilding Hub: https://discord.com/invite/wGjxK3YThe Writer's Forge: https://discord.com/invite/CUxHxWqTira: https://discord.com/invite/f52W6KgComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97374058Start by answering the question of why are the things the way they are?Doesn't have to be a common goal of some sort.I.e. in case of Planescape's Sigil, it's because Sigil is the multiversal hub.People sometimes just drop in there through a random portal.Once you figure out the "why", think about the "how", as in how are they living together.Like, whether or not fire elementals have their own, fireproof, "elemental" district.Without going into details, a nondescript tavern for the travelers on a budget should work.Fair grounds, markets and neighboring areas - anywhere that sees a lot of traffic, both locals and outsiders.People from all over can share news and information, and alcohol often helps break the ice.Tea and coffee houses, opium or hashish dens, look for places people can go to relax and have a quiet conversation in private.>>97374168Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97373637Yes? Many important traits are genetic but most societies historically did not practice eugenics. Natural selection sufficed.Eugenics has really only ever been practiced to (unsuccessfully attempt to) remove discontinuous negative traits from the gene pool, whether it was Spartans leaving out disabled babies or the Nazis killing all the schizophrenics. Positive selection for discontinuous traits was never practiced, because humans do not like being forced to not ever have children because only the special people with the magic genes get to have children, and that kind of eugenics would do that to the majority of the population.(To be clear, the magic users will be more sexually successful unless it has huge disadvantages elsewhere, for the same reason rich people are more sexually successful; eugenics refers to the specific practice of bringing intentionality into it.)
>>97374682I hate how the Nazis ruined eugenics for everyone. It's objectively a good idea to maintain the health of the population.
>>97372959The City is primarily biological though many of it's technologies and especially it's foundations incorporate inorganic materials to them or are outright mechanical in nature. The City is powered by massive underground power plants and is built upon ferrous bone supports that dig deep into the crust of the earth. The roots of the City spread far and wide and leech off materials from the soil into the City's biosphere.
>>97374829It's not. Actually maladaptive traits automatically breed themselves out.
Is it better to have fully anthropomorphic beast people in your settings or just humans with like animal ears and tails?
>>97368058>go with an actual animal in a humanoid bodyHow is that different from being a furry? Asking totally seriously. Canine head and humanoid body covered in fur is the baseline for furshit.
>>97367621But is it acceptable or is it still bestiality fetish as that one anon puts it
>>97331738Did you draw this
>>97348829I think they were able to capture the spirit of them.
>>97330128There are permutations of beast people that are not furshit(argonians, skaven, etc.). Furries still like them, but, inherently, beastmen are a separate thing from furries.There are no permutations of humans with animal ears and tails that are not weebshit.
>referee makes big 3D dungeon model>players therefore already know the entire layout>completely destroys the fun of exploring and mapping a dungeon
>>97368510It's actually the one reason why, despite having a lot of fantasy miniatures in general (both GW and others) I don't actually like using them in RPG's. Any markers or grid maps or the like, really. In my experience it flips players straight into 'wargame mode' and they move and fight accordingly. Ends up quite dull.
>>97373785that is some serious clutching at straws.
>>97373785It's so effective it has filtered you out from ever playing any game at all
>>97374057Your downside is my upside. Have fun playing a different game than mine.
>>97367918Everybody point at this poorfag and laughs
Composite Critter editionPrevious >>97320851>Basics Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/GWjTU9Uv>Anon's Locals Survival Guidehttps://pastebin.com/xXp5jShL>Fanmade PC simhttps://pastebin.com/u6aKrBSg>Official Mobile sim (Release Date TBA)https://www.digimon-alysion.com/en/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97372637This is great machinedramon support!!!!
Sexo.SEXO!!
cute forgebee face
>>97374903and this guy
I hope Owen's new memory setter has a good effect, maybe it'll give out raid
Obnoxious Beastmen Edition>Resources:WFB: https://pastebin.com/qVGrgwwhWM: https://pastebin.com/EsDAgebaWFRP: https://pastebin.com/inbyBsR6Novels: https://pastebin.com/PFqPDr0H>TOW:https://gofile.io/d/fxFgXShttps://www.warhammer-community.com/downloads/warhammer-the-old-world/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97374798Kek. I've been playing Warhammer Fantasy since before you were alive anon. I sincerely apologise for feeling that TOW is not the same game. Note how I never even said it was bad yet all of you had a little melty lmao
>>97374797I am.
>>97374825i'd rather take the risk with a LGS than pay 50 AUD more than i need to at a GW
>97374840Nice try but no (you).
>>97371521Its looking good so far beastbro, keep it up
Hey thereI've decided to start a West Marches-style campaign on my LGS. It sounds the perfect style to run for a public setting w/ rotating players, but I myself have never DMed oneAny experiences, tips and advices regarding DM-ing/playing West Marches style games?Or general tips for running games on LGS ? For those unfamiliar with West Marches style, here is what google have to say about it:>Player-Driven Exploration: Players decide where to go and what to explore, venturing into unknown territory from a safe starting town.>Rotating Cast: A large pool of players participates, but different combinations of adventurers form parties for each session, preventing the need for a single regular group.>Sandbox World: The world is a sandbox, with the map and plot emerging as players discover new locations and rumors, rather than being dictated by the GM.>No Fixed Schedule: Sessions occur when players organize themselves, often on a voluntary basis.>Low GM Prep: The Game Master (GM) focuses on creating a world and potential encounters, responding to player choices, rather than crafting complex plots.>Self-Contained Sessions: Adventures are often designed to be resolved in a single session, with storylines evolving over time.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97373447>nowWest Marches is from 2008 (the blog post explaining it; it was run in 2003), Anon. Hexcrawls (which is what you actually mean) have existed since 1974.
>>97374320>I'm going to just ask a Google robot to hallucinate a definition instead of looking at the blog of the guy who came up with it, where he spent a ton of effort defining it
>>97374697The definition the community takes, in the end of the day, ends up being more relevant than the definition of the original post ~20 years ago. Google gay robots, as gay as they are, provide you with basically an unholy amalgamation of what the internet has been posting. Thus, it is actually a decent quick portrait of what the overall consensus is. You're bait so you obviously know by this time I've watched & read tons of guides and seen pretty much all the popular definitions of this genreBut ok, if you want to go RAW, let's do it:>arsludi lamemage com, article #78, grand-experiments-west-marchesWe have 3 pillars:>1. There was no regular time: every session was scheduled by the players on the fly.>2. There was no regular party: each game had different players drawn from a pool of around 10-14 people.>3. There was no regular plot: The players decided where to go and what to do. It was a sandbox game in the sense that’s now used to describe video games like Grand Theft Auto, minus the missions. There was no mysterious old man sending them on quests. No overarching plot, just an overarching environment.Let's start with point 3. My game obviously satisfy this criteria because its a sandbox, there's no quest giver, there's no overarching plot. I started off giving 3 rumors for practical reasons: this is the first session, players are dumb AND not accustomed with having that level of agency. Through a party that has 20-year tradition of regular plot-driven campaigns into a sandbox without a plan is asking for disaster. Thus, I provided 3 rumors they could follow, with no promise they would work outPoint 2 is basically impossible to achieve w/ 1 session, since basically anything above 6 players is crazy for a single session. Nevertheless, considering we have +2 people that would join that party later and at least +6 coming in next Tuesday on the LGS, we would have, at minimum, 11 players accounted for. Thus, mathematically proven ( 10 < 11 < 14 )
>>97374697>>97374756At last, we get back to point 1Point 1 is bullshit in my opinion, and I've explicitly said so many times in this thread (such as here >>97317589 and here >>97321780 )Nevertheless, let's dig deeper into it. The official schedule is every two Tuesdays 7pm at the LGS. Having a fixed schedule is, technically, not West March-y. However, yesterday, we played at 8pm on a Thursday on some random dude's house, which is neither the day, time or place of the original schedule. Thus, behold! The schedule is not fixed! It can happen upon demand!If that groups keep going (and I hope they will), we will have at least 2 different times schedules happening in parallel to accommodate different players. Thus, matching the original poster's goal:>A secondary goal was to make the schedule adapt to the complex lives of adultsI already plan on giving the opportunity for players to schedule sessions outside of those two pre-defined days, but at this point in time it makes no sense to overthink about how scheduling like that will work in a month from the game. But ultimately, me as the DM, also happen to be a an adult with a somewhat complex life, thus, my schedule matters too As a DM of 20+ years, I can tell y'all that "sessions scheduled by players on the fly" would only potentially work after establishing the campaign & the mood. Its unfeasible to just assume players will be that proactive right off the bat. Ask all DMs you know, out of all the groups they DM'ed for, who was responsible for scheduling & controlling player attendance/invites, and I bet they will say at least 90% of the time that was all on the DMComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
For those interested in actual discussion and/or the progress of the thread/this whole thing, pic related is the map from yesterday test session>X is starting point>Numbered hexes is where player exploredNote I'm adding number indexes by hand. I know a lot of hexes templates already have indexes, but I both didn't like how they were formatted, and I felt it was useful to add manually so that I know whether that hex has previous entry or not (a hex with no previous entry = basically still a blank page)I'm though also reconsidering the index system, might label it by environment (like numbering all parts of the same forest a similar index entry to put it all together). Not sure how I will proceed with this sort of bookkeeping on my part, especially because I need something high efficient to avoid taking time during sessions. Worst part is... the binder I was excited to use for this whole thing turns out to be too big and not fit inside my DM screen :|
The original Dark Erufu EditionDiscuss elves.Post elves.Love elves.All elf lore, game stories art and any else that's elfy is all appreciated.Thread question: Do you prefer your elves as fallen empire from the past or as dominant and hegemonic entity in your world? previous thread: >>97318413
>>97373774Not in elf threads.
>>97373774Traditional Gooning
>>97373970whats the reason for mages not wearing armor in warhammer again?
>>97374926The more naked you are the greater the ability to channel magic. Source being I made this the fuck up
>>97374926Armor interferes with the flow of the winds of magic. You suffer a malus to casting spells and channeling spells in WFRP while wearing armor, based on the most protective armor.However, not for all spheres of magic. You can cast spells of the lore of beasts while wearing leather armor without a malus. And spells of the lore of metal while wearing anything metal.It's a pretty hefty malus. If your character is really good at spellcasting, he may start to just take it and wear armor regardless (and elves are really good mages). However, it shouldn't really be worth it. Unless you are a wizard ascribing to the aforementioned lores.Unfunny fun fact: your wizard is supposed to dress in a way that fits his chosen lore of magic. There is no mechanic for that, it's more flavor. But in general, what your character wears can help or hinder the flow of the winds.High Elves can eventually learn all winds of magic, so they may end up looking just wizard-like.This post will be ignored, but that anon will reply to the shitpost
Work in Progress, Hawken Invictor Editionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFQ7Pg07edc>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74sComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97374828a lot of money you fuckerany tips on how to not go broke trying to print plastic? i feel like i did the right thing cheaping out on the brushes and paints for terrain and I really should have DIYd the wet palette but when i watch videos of people making terrain theyre like "just use the mountain of polystyrene foam you've been saving and use scrap wood for the base" like fuck off i live in an apartmentbest deal i can find is ~$0.85 per sqft panel of hard board or mdf to use as a base
>>97374853How does living in an apartment prevents you from going outside and picking up some sticks or bark? Styrene is cheap as fuck, I can't imagine a situation when it is expensive. Are you a subsaharan African or something?
>>97374853This is medium expensive hobby anon, you're gonna have to spend some money.Be glad you're not an amateur pilot or something.As a fellow poorfag, there's plenty of free terrain building materials to procure and I save up a lot of cool bits of packaging.
>>97374818Do you work a minimum wage dead end job or something? I live in a shitty eastern EU country and I can easily afford this hobby on a mid-tier salary without it negatively impacting my finances. Buying mostly warhammer, no less.
>>97374904Things are cheaper in poorer countries, so that doesn't matter a whole lot.
▶ Thread Task: Cosmic fantasyPrevious thread: >>97346073▶ Generatorshttps://bing.com/images/create/https://sora.chatgpt.com/https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generatorhttps://civitai.com/Curious about local genning? Check out /g/'s stable diffusion OP or ask one of our friendly locals.▶ Perchance pastebin of generators and links:https://pastebin.com/XRGqaW4W (embed) (embed)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Fluffy
>>97374485A cat is fine, too. . .but that is still dangerously furry.
>>97374677As long as furries aren't fat old homos in fur suits they are fine, really.
Damsel in Distress Edition>2024 PHB Scanhttps://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf>Cropped and rotated, but more artifactyMjAyNCBQSEIsIE5vIFRodW1icywgT0NSZWQsIEFub24ncyBCb29rbWFya3MgdHJhbnNmZXJyZWQgb3Zlci4gCgpodHRwczovL2Vhc3l1cGxvYWQuaW8vd2Fvcm9h>2024 DMGhttps://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf>2024 Monster Manualhttps://files.catbox.moe/atd38s.pdf (D&D beyond version)https://pomf2.lain.la/f/1en5qwum.pdf (scan)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97374571Looking good anon. I respect anyone not using AI sloppa.
I see they've fucked up the mystic again. Why are they so shit at this?
>>97374817Dei hiring practices. I don’t even bother adding UA to the OP anymore. It’s just slop.
>>97373442Which one is it, anon?
>>97374817>see spellguard>aw hell yeah a mystic paladin>oh shit it gets shield too!>3rd level subclass feature is just old mage slayer>15th should be part of mage slayer anywayFuck it, I'll just brew my own
>Brutus' Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1qb0_OLhDrDYVVpbllIREdOczg?resourcekey=0-m3LU1xaC5-PnnA0VLRfK9g>DriveAnon's Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cx7KoDkQa9qmDfJN9_CehZ0fxXEweKOu?usp=sharing>Jumpchain IRC Chathttp://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/?#JumpchainCYOA>Ruleshttp://pastebin.com/Gqj3iKyn>How to Jumpchainhttp://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1qb0_OLhDrDVDFBR2NpdG03S0U/viewComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97374359Hey, are you responsible for the bunker having a new loading screen?
>>97374501No, that's because of the ddos attacks
>>97371189>in their japanese high school settings?
>>97374707Being a japanese highschool student is a very common profession for anime protagonists.
>The Gohan one is actually clever because much like Naoya he somehow ends up losing by the endBasedBASED BASEDBAABASEDSBAED>>97374021Money is IRRELEVANT compared to the SUCCULENCE of Gohan's SUFFERING>>97359478FROM HELL'S HEART I STAB AT GOHAN
It's pic related. Peter Jackson tried to copy Blix's swag for a good reason
>>97374061https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1abs8w3/the_word_orc_in_robert_browning/Numerous other examples aside from Beowulf
>>97374279That's "orc" as a word for a large sea creature. Same place we get orca. Unrelated word except insofar as both descend from Orcus.
>>97374461A large sea creature among other uses and not at all unrelatedDo you think Tolkien didn't read or something? Again, he didn't invent the word and wasn't the first to use it to describe some monstrous creatureTolkien's orcs are distinctly his creation same as his dwarves and elves are, but that doesn't mean he literally dreamt up the word from the void and it wasn't an extension of a previously existing literary tradition/continuum
>>97374461>>97374563I think he's just massively underestimating Tolkien as a linguist. The name orc has so many connections that it was more a stroke of genius to use the term for his goblins than anything else:>Slavs use ýpкa (urka) to refer to criminals>Gaelics use orc to refer to pigs>Italians use orco to refer to ogres or man-eating brutes>Old English uses orc and orcneas to refer to evil spirits (the latter referencing corpses as well)Put it all together and you can easily see the lineage of his Orcs.
I personally prefer Ian Miller's design since seeing them in 90's in one of those David Day's crappy books of middle earth.
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.
>>973732974 days late you come here to doompost anon
>>97373297I heard Japan is going nuts over them and that it's only the west that complains. If anything, the game's just going to die in the west and strive over there. It's not like Bushi ever cared about the west anyway.
>Vanguard becomes a JP only gameGood.
>playing DD2>continue to enjoy my Lascaria deck>decide to do something nice and decide to pimp the deck and add accessories >no Lascaria deck box>no sleeves eitherI want to kill the person who didn't add these then myself.
