Why did 5.5e drop the ball so hard? Everyone I know who likes 5e is staying with 5.0e. And more than a few of them have moved to 3.5, OSR, or other games entirely.Is WOTC just stupid?
>>97207598no, they changed important rulesand all the changes suck lmao
>>97205588Martials on a fundamental level will never be good with the selection of spells DnD has, new editions only made it worse by making casters better at martials at literally everything at level 3+.
>>97205400If memory serves the first year of 4th ed had more books than the entirety of 5th ed. 4th ed wasn't even particularly successful.
Is the monk at least good this time? in 5e they were stun machines and absolutely nothing more and useless the moment they run out of ki for stunI wish I could translate my sports car fast monk able to jump several dozen meters high and long from old 3.5
>>97207809Monk is only ever good for some cheesy multiclassing builds.
Previous: >>97197912>Most recent bracket system updatehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-october-21-2025>Outline article introducing the bracket systemhttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-commander-brackets-beta>Current banlisthttps://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list#commander-banned>Gay Bolashttps://e621.net/posts?tags=nicol_bolas>Former Commander website, where you can learn the basics, and read the format philosophy laid down by the rules committeeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I'm so glad I got to play golos when he was legal and nobody was crying it should be banned
I want a tribal deck that uses the tribal synergy to enable another gameplan instead of the entire gameplay just to be swarm synergistic tribal cards for value. Any recommendations?
>>97207733play Totentanz false flagging as rat tribal when in reality you are playing aristrocats
>>97207733orzhov cleric reanimator
>>97207733Shadow the Hedgehog Goblin aristocrats.
Why are the Blood Angels the only ones that are lore accurate?
>>97206414I paint my Chaos minis as black because they're evil.
>>97207057That's a weird path, but at least you got to the right place.
>>97206603Remember that the first primaris astartes were gifted to the chapters by Cawl so they weren't recruits from their homeworolds.
>>97204961Traditional games?
>>97206519The easiest way to find a tourist on 4chan is to see if he thinks any single board ever agrees on anything and is a monolith like reddit. Especially /tg/
Dedicated Drizzt Do'Urden EditionDiscuss and post elves. Elf lore, gameplay, and art are all appreciated.QOTT: What drove you to elves specifically?
What is the ideal Elven blade? A standard Arming Sword, smithed to perfection? A curved sword inspired by Tolkien? The blade doesn't even matter its only a catalyst for slinging spells?
Would elves be good boxers?
>>97207722>The blade doesn't even matter its only a catalyst for slinging spells?Is the system (or are the elves) so high-fantasy that you can expect every single elf to be a potent enough spellcaster that this would matter?The lazy answer is: it depends. There are "elves", there are different elven cultures and races with different levels of technologies and facing different foes.Although, I have a personal pet theory that most swords realistically would be drawn against people of the same raceContext is important, but swords were also very often of cultural importance. And often the personal taste and fashion of the people determined their style as much as pragmatic considerations.I'm personally a big fan of the Weta Workshop curved blades known from the LotR movies. As well as the Warhammer Fantasy high elfen blades (also curved, but many are straight and big chunky weapons). In general, some curvature feels more "elvish" for some reason. Well, curved blades look elegant and elves are elegant people.If they are perfectly straight, then either as big, large two-handed swords or narrow, pointier rapier-styles. IMO.Or go full weeb, katanas work too.
>>97207774After having read your post, I can see a kriegmesser as a human blade larping as an elven one and sold to buyers that wouldn't know any better.
Eggs 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.
>>97202526>>97203271An off-species dragonmark is supposed to be exceptionally rare, practically one-of-a-kind. It is not something to be tossed on some random NPC.https://5e.tools/book.html#efa,2,dragonmarks>Mark of Prophecy>You might bear a mark unrelated to your species. For example, you can choose to bear the Mark of Healing even if you're not a Halfling. Your dragonmark has nothing to do with the house's family line. It might be a direct mark of the Draconic Prophecy, or it could be an aberrant mark that happens to duplicate an established one. You'll probably never meet an NPC in the world like you, and House Jorasco might not claim you.The current captain of the ship is a halfling (and seemingly unconnected to House Lyrandar, which is mildly out-of-the-norm for Lyrandar, but not totally abnormal).The previous captain and pilot of the ship was a Storm-marked shifter, which is highly unusual.https://5e.tools/adventure.html#ffotr,-1>Captain Valthan D'lyrandarComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97205628>exceptionally rare, practically one-of-a-kindThat's my point. An airship haunted by a ghost that allows anyone to operate it is drastically more rare than the race of the individual with a specific dragonmark. That's the sort of thing which is a massive plot hook by itself, and has far more implications on the setting than the writer deciding the ghost should be a shifter instead of a half-elf.
>>97203304I truly wish I had gone Archfey Warlock after seeing the changes to it in 5.5
https://www.themonstersknow.com/the-monsters-are-unsure-what-to-do-next/https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/1pqkgpp/the_monsters_are_unsure_what_to_do_next_by_keith/Some long spiel about how, allegedly, 5e 2014 was narrativist and simulationist, while 2024 is disappointing due to not being such? I do not know about this line of argument; I do not think 2014 was ever narrativist or simulationist.>But when I held the PH24 in my hands and paged through it, the realization came over me that PCs don’t need the help anymore. They’ve been failure-proofed. There’s almost no error a player can make, at this point, that will end their character’s adventuring career prematurely—not unless their DM goes full adversarial, which I don’t condone.>In 5E14, it seems to me, the designers began with a narrative in mind, then thought about how best to implement that narrative mechanically. The sense I get from 5E24, on the other hand, is that the designers began with mechanics they wanted to implement, then came up with narratives to rationalize the mechanics.What do you think?
>>972077272024 is gay cancer and I don't care to read about anything even tangentially related to it
Work in Progress, "like the doo-dah man" Edition>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=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97207484>jersey
>>97207394Where's it from? I have a mate who's mad about towers.
I'm painting the house from the movie Up and unfortunately the only pastel colors I have are vallejo game color. They don't cover well and with all the different colors I find myself painting over stuff a lot.Can you guys recommend a neutral paint from AK or TTC or even nu-model color or citadel that I can mix with my brigther colors to hopefully make better pastel colors? I was thinking of a deck tan color AK or VMC.
Swede Santa, your gift safely arrived, thanks a lot!Sadly the spider got completely obliterated by the shipping, but the robot is salvageable and the big grasshopper seems unscathed. Also the random resin base is a godsent because I was just in need of one of that exact size for a Belthanos mini.
Did a little bit of clean up on the face and eye. Don't worry too much about the lens or nmm it's just a quick placeholder. Idk if I'm going to keep going with this guy for now. I think I'll probably do the skin on a few more similar minis. Though looking at the photo there is some weird shading on the (his) left side of his nose that I might touch up
Will our based autist do another end of year stats gathering editionPrevious thread: >>97161490Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqTQs:We play games because it's fun and often argue how X is fun (or not), but rarely think about what exactly is the "fun" part of playing.>What is the most fun to you? Creating or experiencing a story/narrative? Challenge and competition? Novelty? Mastering a system? Immersive theme and artwork? No wrong answers>What boardgame do you think has the most percentage of sold but unplayed copies? Hobby boardgames only, so no risk/monopoly etc.
>>97205920Sucks to hear, hope the rest of your group stays healthy. We're not called fa/tg/uys for no reason, but 2 people in their 30s sounds like a lot. Fortunately none of my acquaintances have started dying off from lifestyle choices, I only know one chick who got cancer at a pretty young age but that was bad luck more than anything.
>>97205920>Are we collectively a very physically unhealthy group?depends what you mean by "we"I know plenty of normal people with jobs and families that stay fit or at least normal weight that play boardgames. I'm below 20 BMI myselfJust fix your diet, you don't necessarily have to start gym or workout (but doing that sure helps, not just for weight loss but for overall wellbeing)
>>97207436>I only know one chick who got cancer at a pretty young age but that was bad luck more than anything.Was it lukemia?
So are all CDGs just Twilight Struggle clones? Making of the President is almost exactly the same game
>>97207763Bad Luckemia if you will
Welcome to Mecha Monday! Here we dedicate ourselves to mecha RPGs, wargames, and boardgames alike. Here we start games, tell campaign stories, share resources & assets, and seek advice for our games and homebrew.Assorted Mecha Goodness:https://pastebin.com/E2wi55AZEmbryo Machine Translation:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r_cjOLuUp3HussVRhbQYU3G0zK6hwy1rLancehounds Homebrew:M3g4 folder/eMEBUbCL#kj2FRrlqTa-02U16XpnVRgPrevious Thread:>>96959074Question of the Thread:Following up on a question from the previous thread, what's your preferred method of leveling up and improving your mechs and characters?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97206351Also not mecha, apparently
>>97206351>>97206436Not mecha, they say
>>97202424>look man you're ignoring a lot of what I'm saying for the sake of implying that my setting is something that it is notI can only react to what you put out there. It's not like you've expressed anything that sounds novel or unique for the players. You describe them in the vaguest terms. There's a treaty that means players get firearms and mechs that suck compared to even the most basic of military gear for ???? reason. You get to play the exciting adventures of some dudes who are expressly restricted and restrained while risking their lives to fight monsters for rewards, but the rewards are also explicitly diminished and downplayed and have a permanent ceiling over them. The military even has elites and forces of tanks that you've never described in any capacity or worldbuilding beyond their ability to stomp down hunters.This is something I expect to hear from a bad game of warhammer fantasy roleplay.>you play as adventurers, and you hunt monsters!>the local lords men in full harness could effortlessly destroy them, but they're doing other, more important stuff>you're not allowed full harness and pollaxes as well, only they can have them. You have leather armor and copper weapons.>if you act up and rock the boat the local lord will order his knights on barded horses to destroy you all, such hubris for mere monster hunters!
>>97206628yeah he basically spouted a bunch of bullshit that barely sounds coherent together, and all of it adds up into something that kind of sucks
>>97206628>All you did was describe [players start a level 1] and then they get [to level 20] and there are [progression elements in between].>How does that sound any good!?!?!?I'm not even that anon, but are you retarded?
Thread failed its save overnight huh Edition▶Previous thread:>>97021561▶News:Reminder that next box is Sisters vs Raptors:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zrjpzrms/adepta-sororitas-battle-chaos-space-marines-over-a-long-forgotten-tomb-in-kill-team-shadowhunt/▶Official Key Downloads, FAQs and Erratahttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/kill-team/▶Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/AinK04▶Boxed Set Rules Scanshttps://gofile.io/d/NWRByw (deprecated)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97206289Oh look that thing that literally everyone knew would happen but you assured us it wouldn't.
>>97206720It's always been "it won't matter unless your local scene is meta compfags"Original anon is pretty unlucky to have it happen to his scene, no one has even asked the question at my local
>>97207492around here they ask if it is fine, eveyone says yea sure.
>>97204257Feels like they introduced the initiative card system to combat people just winning the roll-off each time and always taking the initiative, but it doesn't resolve the issue because you can still get bad rolls and get screwed until the later turning points. If they had just made it alternating who gets the initiative, and then let that person pick if they want to go first/second, it would solve all the issues but then wouldn't have stupid cards you have to buy from GW haha gottemAnd the balance has been skewed towards elites for too long, I agree, but the new ops are at least trying to help hordes out.I really don't understand this complaining about KT being too focused towards competitive play, but I guess when I play anything I want to actually engage with the game and try and do my best rather than just fucking around.
>>97207628I’ve been playing since KT2018. Elites vs hordes has always been a massive problem in this game.It’s a nigh-impossible tightrope act with this few models in play while sticking to what makes kill team unique.>>97205958That sucks man. My local group consists of about five people in total so we just get together and play like retarded middle schoolers. It’s fun.
Post amazing terrain, amazing tables, and good looking games Rules: no slop!
>>97202943Yes it is. AT is fucking legit.
>>97193533Good
>>97193515That terrain is fucking sick, dude.
>>97193526>might as well make it cat friendlyWhy? I grew with cats and I never understood this stupidity of allowing cats to go wherever they want. They are pets not you.
If you don't have pauldron blades and at least 4 weapons, are you really a fighter?
what drives a person to worldbuild an entire hierarchical system based on their fetish?
>>97207387Untrue. You cant simulate chess with uno.
>>97207401>You cant simulate chess with uno.Yes you can. Easily. A simple counts-as is all that's needed:>king = +2>queen = +4>rooks = Skip>bishops = 0s>knights = reverse>pawns = number cardsArrange them on a grid, then play. Simple as.
>>97207424But then you are just playing chess. At least you'd be playing games.
>>97207387So no answer because no game, got it.
Get some help.This shit is brainrot. It's literally no different from the goofy inhuman looking scribbles of a toddler where Mom and Dad are 10 feet tall with arms down to their ankles and hands the size of their heads.It's grotesque, bordering on grossly comedic.
After the the Tau'va manifests in early M42 a narrow slice of the population of T'au plus their populations of non T’au who are faithful to the emerging Tau’va religion. find themselves able to control the elements that the four T’au Castes are named for. This control being identical to the Bending arts of Avatar. T'au castes are locked to only being able to manifest their associated element whilst the non-tau followers of the Tau‘va are able to manifest as any kind of bender though it is slanted toward people who most strongly resonate with a given Element's spiritual affiliation.The number of people in Avatar itself who actually 'have' Bending and what makes a person get it or not is a bit loosie goosey as is so just go along with the number I’m laying out being a clean 1% of the population. Training of the bending arts takes the same martial art & fitness regimes as in Avatar though information sharing and media does canonically make the rarer techniques more widely avalible by the time of Korra so assume bending specializations are as common as they are were in that time.Ethereal are benderless but there is a single reincarnating Tauvatar Ethereal who in on a hotline to Tau'va and able to consult their past lives when and if they’ve accumulated any. If Tauvatar perishes Tau'va will just cook up a new Tauvatar but always starting over from scratch on the reincarnation cycle. Bending is to be treated like a Psyker power in terms of there being forces which dampen or prevent it’s use but the act of doing a Bending art in of itself is to be treated as 'safe' insofar as it‘s having nothing in the way of perils to using it.
>>97204624Energy reading from shaman firebenders could be a way to root out Chaos cultists and Genestealers.Airbenders have special self-temperature control so they can bypass a lot of environment threats over ambient cold and heat. Firebenders can also do this to an extent but only for warming themselves.(They’re just inventing new powers and shit on the fly all the time now, poor Avatar should have been allowed to retire after the show ended) The 4 elements as a motif predate the printing press, Avatar didn’t stumble it that out of nowhere after all.>>97205751So this *is* actually a real character but no there isn’t such a thing a shadowbending, not in practice at least. She was from an OC contest back in 2006. (Season 1 started in 2005 & the show finessed in 08) This is ooooold af from a time iirc the show didn’t even know dragons or badger moles were a thing and the Canon has absolutely left this behind.
>>97204624https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Agt6O093uo Tau'va religion is by default an underminer to their authority. One avatar who is probs inclined to be loyal to the goddess' commandments anyway is 'not' a fair exchange for the buff to Tau religion that comes by litteral tau goddess blessings being a known factor. Ethereals are going to lose the schism war HARD.Bending hurts the caste interreliance as well. Air/Water/Earth are now that much better equipped to defend themselves in a pinch with bending then without. Firec can do a bit of kitbashed mechanics now that there are guys who''ll power a generator with lightning or smelt by hand and coming at it from the other non-religious schism arguments. Ethereals being useless/puppetmasters is why the farsight exists and that line or reasoning only gets stronger when already useless ethereals are the only guys without the bending.
>>97204624Post painted models
>>97205527>firebending>the weakest>in a setting with plasma and lasergunsHell they can already turn any ammo cache into an IED just by doing some hand waves at it, but bending their lasers to hit literally whatever they want wherever it is sounds pretty strong too.
>T'au
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.
>>97207630>>97207676Fuck off back to your containment thread.
>>97207615The simon says puzzle for me was the worst. Also the multiple fakeouts border on comedic.
>>97207719Not simon says, the Lightup 4 button game whatever its called. Dont know the name
>>97207719It starts out with a fake out. It's practically "Shitpost: The Dungeon."Almost makes me want to see what a deliberate "Kaizo-Style Worst Dungeon Ever" would look like.
>>97207732As someone who has access to GIMP editing software and a map symbol brushset, i'm very much tempted to make a funhouse esque dungeon along that line, only problen is i'll need inspiration as i can only come up with so much wacky shit.I already had a premise for a funhouse dungeon i was working on that could easily be turned into that>floating wizard castle in persinal demiplane.
The Three Emperors EditionPrevious thread:>>96939608>Thread Question:Do you plan any big projects for the next year already?>Community Summary of Wargames:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11JoUpGIRDp5DZdgJ24rijKHgyY-qvvR5QnVtHIp57Tw/edit?usp=sharing>List of Historical Tactical, Strategic, and Military Drill treatises:http://pastebin.com/BfMeGd6R>ZunTsu Gameboxes:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97206907Im interested in an 'interwar period ruleset' for a project I'm mulling, but im not familiar with anything out there. Ive seen battle reports of a Very British Civil War, and Ive seen A Wotld Aflame mentioned, but that's it. Do the lads of /hwg/ have sny favorites they can suggest?
>>97206907Yes
>>97207199If you want a suitable answer, give us more details.
>>97207346Right. It's meant for a series of games based in my part of Canada in an alternate history where a civil war broke out in between ww1 and ww2. That got me interested in VBCW, which seems to be a setting rather than a ruleset.I prefer 28mm, and Im more interested in skirmish level games than large engagements. However, a game that is easily scalable would work out great.Im picturing confusing, raggedy ass street engagements and small rural dust-ups where multiple factions weigh in.
>>97207199>a Very British Civil WarI've never heard of this but it's a cool idea. The idea of burning your country down because your king married a slag is a bit silly though.
