What makes a setting don't feel generic a.k.a. not DnD?
>>97213544That's just Forgotten Realms. A big chunk of the populace is some degree of bisexual.
>>97191156Imho it's really easy. If the designers don't want to cater to as many people as possible, then it won't be generic. They have to have an artist's mindset, that is to have a vision, and never compromise.I know, I know. Too difficult these days, because first of all you gotta sell your shit and whatever. But it's really this fucking easy (design-wise).
>>97213526Batshit was meant to mean really bizarre but also damn fun.
I wasn't expecting so much support for >>97191173, I appreciate it.Let's all enjoy our games with sexy big-titty girls, whether they're the damsels we rescue, the quest-givers we escort, or even the heroes we play.
>>97191156GURPS is D&D?!?!
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>>97215935>I'm not sure what lore can make them more interestingHave Celestials come into conflict with Adventurers more often. Half the time the Party are crossing a thin line between good natured goofs and murderhobo's who will kill if they're slightly inconveniencedAt the end of some campaigns some party members end up becoming so strong that a large Army means nothing to them, if the murderhobo's got into that kind of power it would be bad news for everyone else. Have Celestials be wary of most Adventurers and outright hostile to the more casual-murder types. As a DM acknowledge how callous your Party is and have the Celestials send some grunts to deal with them every so often and perhaps even go to a Celestial Realm to covert assassinate which ever top dog Celestial is trying to halt your progressAlso giving Celestials more designs that aren't just People with Wings and Constructs would probably help. Fiends are interesting because they all have wacky designs
>>97215880You can pull a Sailor Moon easily with the whole divine purpose + handler thing. They exist to be driven towards a story goal (almost always killing the evil). That needs to be the DM's focus, but I guess you could play with the idea of an individual engineered to be the doomslayer having to exist in society.
>>97215979Indirectly calling your players out for playing as bad people causes hurt feelings at the table - that's a cardinal sin that kills games.
>>97215935>That and the fact that Tieflings can be more interesting visually (also hotter) and being an underdog makes for a more interesting character.The visuals are a potential factor, but are ultimately secondary in a tabletop game. But the underdog angle is what really pushes it further than other weird-looking races.>>97215938The point of consideration is how it translates into a player character. People don't really want to play a character who is going to martyr themselves for the first righteous cause they find, because then the character is dead and you're no longer playing.As for a PC not being loved by all...that's really the default for most races, isn't it? But the best case scenario there is that you have NPCs treating the character as if they're stuck-up or privileged. Not exactly a lot to work with.
>>97215999It can go either way, either your Party doesn't like being called out for killing some goon who surrendered after you fireballed his entire team and he wasn't a threat anymore or the Party is totally down to "rise the ranks" and start killing Celestials and looting their corpses
Welcome to /wbg/, the 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. 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, cunt!Last thread: >>96999149Worldbuilding links: Post someFantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator
>>97214426Take the Flintstones approach.Magic and magical creatures take the place of modern appliances.
>>97210130I've seen Steamboy. >>97210164>The Difference EngineI need to look into that. Thank you.
>>97171614One of the most prominent ones is the Silver Hand. Started as a "revange plot" against the ruling noble family of the biggest kingdom in the world, with a desire to kill the major members and their supporters. Over time, its members have found some shady shit that is connected to stuff like godhood and also the nature of other world and demons. Nowadays, it has several different 'sects' that have various goals and try to work together, somewhat.They are also very prominent in alchemical and technological fields. One of their most infamous sub-organizations are alchemically-infused elite murderhobos that have little to no restraint. Other than that, their main power is them having a lot of money and influence.Named after a punishment performed against thieves and bandits.
>>97195644https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GwageoThe Korean civil exam included practical tests for those wishing a red or white hat. Included practical demonstrations of medical and weapon skills
How much language theory I need to know to be able to come up with some good names with meaning and that are consistent enough to give the impression that there's a full language and history behind them
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.
>>97215633So what do you think of AD&D 2e's XP rules, fishfag? Good or bad?
>>97215633Pepper's ghost is probably my favorite illusion of all time.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s_ghost
>>97215633>Anons got any ideas?My idea is that you should ask in the real /osrg/ if you want constructive answers, and sage this one.
>>97213664>>97213685>>97213763>>97213852>>97213884>>97213907>>97214029>>97214210You spent two hours samefagging and yet your shitty "info"graphic is missing the class-specific XP awards.>>97215900Why are you here?
>>97215633A lab with someone floating in a glass chamber, begging for oblivion.
Work in Progress, Pink 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.
>>97215892Tell your wife I don't like the way you don't highlight anything.
>>97215892>mfw the battle suit power squats before annihilating my entire squad
Repostin old man skin practice
Elf
>>97216072Nice, where's the model from?
What the fuck was the Emperor doing during the DAOT and the age of strife?
I could have fixed her same as Horus
>>97204994Ask one of your many General threads.
>>97215986
>>97215204Well, maybe not purely memes. He might have heard a few things form the HH books series as well...
>>97216036hmmm
Finishing a tabletop role-playing campaign and giving it an ending is a good feeling.
>>97215817Too bad you'll never experience it.
>>97215817based>>97215955cringe
>>97215817I wish I knew the feeling.I can't even get a game.
>>97215955But I did earlier this year?Marge moment.
Stories, art, don’t care. Post it or don’tWhite human male and orc female pairings are the key to fixing the realm
>>97206555
Anyone here got good orc related stories?, I would but my DM isn't a fan of orcs and prefers encounters with undead and big beasts than greenskin people so I have none nor do I feel like making up some bullshit tale either, like some anons here...
>>97215921>ERP around the tableAs much as I love a lewd orc, I wouldn't subject other players (whether I'm a DM or one of the PCs) to my orc girl fetish. I'm sure some people have some stories about being dragged off to the all-female orc rape camp, but apart from some cheeky jokes, I don't think most people have any stories worth recounting.
>>97215921Closest I got was my party getting hired to clear out some forests my a merchant (djinn who was fucking with us) who didn’t mention they were infested with beastmen and orcs and it was gonna be a lot longer than a single “get in fuck shit up and loot” job and we were bound to this thing.My Paladin led the charge into an orc camp and started going kill-crazy as his barely sentient/primal force moon maiden patron flooded him with zeal and wrath.At the same time, one the chief’s concubines, who didn’t like being a meat sock for this dink made her move and the party catches up and sees buckethead popping off and being helped by an equally berserk she-orc and the two tore the chief apart.They got along great after that, she became a recurring character and I retired that character with him and the orc leaving for the “little house on the prairie”No coomer shit, just the DM taking the cliche and playing it straight (hyper-loyal orc wife where violence is foreplay) and his way of saying my guy was more orc-like than the orc in the party
big haul edition▶What is Kingdom Death?Kingdom Death is a tabletop miniature brand stared by Adam Poots and operated by himself and his Team that later spun off into a miniature based bored game funded by two very successful Kickstarter campaigns.▶What is Kingdom Death: Monster?Monster is a Nightmare Horror cooperative boss battler/miniature hobby game for 1-4 players about hope in a strange world of bizarre monstrosities and perpetually darkness. Players take on the role of survivors that band together to form a settlement, fighting monsters, crafting weapons and gear, and developing their civilization to ensure survival from generation to generation.Prologue Narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLc8dHv0AcThe Game is broken up into 3 phases:1. During your Hunt Phase your band of survivors traverse the world of KD in pursuit of their quarry.2. After successfully tracking your quarry you will begin the Showdown Phase, where you must fell these horrific creatures in order to acquire precious resources.3. After the battle, your survivors wander home with loot in hand to begin the Settlement Phase. Arm yourself by developing new weapons and bizarre structures to prepare for next year's hunt.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Dumb question, but do you guys keep the stock plastic box organizer after switching to a third party one?I don't think I need it but I still keep mine (separate of the box) because what if "oh shit now I actually need it" happens
>>97213063what third party one?
>>97213063I keep that one for the current gane the group is playing. It helps when I have every expansion and cant/wont use them all for the current campaign, frees up space so I can separate things being used.
>>97212547no fancy lighting or anything, but here's what I've painted so far. I don't intend to paint any more of what I have until I go back over these a second time to get them to a higher level. Add eyes and fix faces, fix hair, make shadowing consistent, etc.I'm glad you like my painting, but to be honest it's very technically simple. 90% of what I do is either drybrushing or washing, no wet blending or anything like that.You can actually see in the Morgan picture you linked that she has no eyes and I never finished her shoes. Also, the paint cracked on her leg which will have to be fixed.
>>97206270Did you ever play a good board game before KDM?
When did Warhammer go from being a game about making themed armies in cool campaigns into being a sweatlord tournament game where people whine about balance and how your models must be Games Workshop approved with the right weapons and no kitbashing? What even happened to campaign play?
>>97209473Again, I want to be very clear about this, these were not hard and fast rules. All Americans were not like that, and there were absolutely Brits who only cared about the game if they won. But because you were generally limited to playing only with the people in your immediate area, whom you were already at least acquaintances with, you had to conform to the attitudes of people around you, or other people would just stop playing with you. Neither side really had an internet community to fall back on and reinforce their behavior, and serious netlisting didn't really start being feasible until mid 3rd edition (I blame this a lot on the DakkaDakka forums). The two things that were really divisive back then were the existence and power level of eldar (some things don't change), and the guys who would model for advantage. Modeling for advantage was a competitive technique that actually came out of the UK. Americans would just play rules lawyer really hard, but all of the crawling Wraithlords I ever experienced were in London and in Birmingham (fortunately, Birmingham being Birmingham, somebody stole the crawling Wraithlord, which solved the problem).So in the end, as Americans took up more and more market share, GW changed the game to cater more and more to their attitudes. The narrative basis of the game was essentially extinct by 6e, mid-way through which is when I finally dropped out. But it was clearly on the heavy downswing after 4e.>The real irony being that the big GW-sponsored get togethers and tournaments were also dying out at the same time, just as competitive play outside of the bounds of a narrative structure became the default method to approach the game.>2/2
>>97196184Considering that many factors of WH40k were originally based on the scifi comic 2000ad, it suggests that this was always the case. It just went corporate, that's all, with a focus going more on what sells to the general masses than what was subversive, satirical, ironic or cool.
>>97207665It's the truth>>97209473I would also expand on how the lore has changed to cater to the American audience
>>97213023How did the lore change?
>>9719586840k 2e
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.
>>97209071I don't really understand either end of the discussion. I just want to play with my toy soldiers and hang out. That being said enough of my chaos marines are kit bashes with some loyalist bits I can build a fun narrative of the loylaist marine player wanting to kill my dudes to reclaim loyalist wargear or relics and my dudes just doing chaos shit and looting everything they can in the process.
So these guys (stealth suits, if you can't see them)Pretty interesting against a marine team. When the enemy can move + dash + shove a heavy plasma incinerator in your face, stealth becomes a lot less safe. Ended up not controlling much on the objectives, which combined with an equal score on tac op, kill op, and primary meant a final score of 10-15.Definitely not a conclusive game in regards to how balanced they are, I made plenty of mistakes, but the stealth was a lot less oppressive than me or my opponent expected.What I want to see now is how they perform against a 2APL team. Losing that extra dash to reach enemies, and not having the same super reliable kill shots that a team like deathwatch has, might make these sneakers a much less fun team to face. I need to see it to confirm it though.
>>97189648Yeah, pls do
>>97208327what a suprise....autistic lore fag complaning again that nobody takes "le epic setting" as serious as he doesrelax man some guys just want to chill and throw some dice.......
>>97215105>relax man some guys just want to chill and throw some dice.......I think that's his point.Who would you rather play against:>I bought canoptek because they're the strongest team in the meta right now>Here are my Necrons, they're apparently the strongest team but I'll go easy on you! Oh you like the colour scheme? Thanks, it took me a while between helping homeless veterans and fostering abandoned grizzly bears. They're actually from my own dynasty, but I've not found a name for them yet
>author adapts his D&D campaign into a well-written, highly-entertaining animated seriesWhy has nobody done this since?
>>97215689To be fair, that was mainly because the web novel took place entirely from the shield hero’s pov, which was admittedly extremely vindictive, petty, self-pitying and outright delusional. So the wholesome heckin slave lord narrative wasn’t there initially, since we got to see the shield hero’s rather ruthless and practical viewpoint behind all his seemingly benevolent actions.It also makes the whole “slave grows up into a hot young adult in a couple weeks” thing far less of a problem by showing he genuinely didn’t notice a difference at first due to obsessing over his own problems and not registering his slave as a person for a while. In fact, all the people saying how beautiful his raccoon girl slave was and how he was a lucky man just made him think the world was full of pedophiles trying to hook him up with a ten year old.
>>97214415Pretty sure they almost entirely ignored the actual replay. Like, Parn dies in the replay
>>97194125Ahem>Vox Machina>Goblin Slayer>The SlayersInspired by>Frieren>Grimgar fantasy and ash>Dungeon Meshi
>>97215779Wasn't meant to help make it more acceptable. I was actually trying to point out something the writer of Shield Hero likely noticed about one of the genre's tropes. Slavery in Isekai is often treated more as adopting a pet you could potentially have sex with rather than a serious social injustice.>>97215784Which is why the Shield Hero web novel is identifiable as a deconstruction while the manga and anime verge more toward standard isekais with an edgy protagonist. Most "fans" of the series don't really get as far as the New Seven Deadly Sins arc which shows just how messed up the MC's actions are.
>>97194481Narou anime may be wish fulfillment but most of western medieval content today is gay wish fulfillment.
What is the best system for playing a paraplegic fantasy adventurer?
>>97215627>its fucking funnyIt was funny when it was happening.That was literal years ago.And now all that's left is "HAHAHA REMEMER HOW FUNNY IT WAS, LET ME TELL YOU FOR THE BILLIONTH TIME".All those threads are achieving is is making the wasteland of post-2020 /tg/ look even deader>but anon wanted to knowNah, you just wanted to tell the same joke once more, missing the memo broken records are tiresome
>>97215627>>97215712Same shit happened when you faggots decided to run local lord threads to the ground. It was funny for the first 2, maybe 3 threads. Everything after that was just reheating of the same fucking joke and the exact same shitpost for six fucking years, day after day.
>>97215722Such arrogance.
>>97215490D&D 5e.Having a combat wheelchair gives you a massive advantage over the non-handicapped, and you can get it with your starting equipment for free.The GURPS wheelchairs are good, but D&D 5e combat wheelchairs are traversal, act as a spell focus and a spell conduit, and are indestructible.They're insanely good, and you'd be stupid to not make a character with one.
>>97215490holy shit get some new material already the joke got old years ago
Moloch's Fun Park Edition>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game still in a pre-release playtesting phase but with the full release slated for this year. Based on the art and lore of Mike Franchina, whose illustrations you may have seen floating around on /tg/ for a several years now, and designed by Tuomas Pirinen, one of the original creators of Mordheim. It's grimdark, it's visceral, it's awesome, and it's very Blanchitsu.>What Trench Crusade is notTC not an excuse for you to discuss IRL religion, history that didn't occur in the game, culture war shit, or discord bullshit on /tg/. Keep it on topic.>What's the QRD on the background?The Knights Templar turned heretic and opened the Gates of Hell when they took Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Over 800 years later the war is still ongoing as technology has developed to a pseudo diesel-punk WW1 standard and a third of Humanity has sided with the Infernal Princes.>How do I get started?All the files are free online:https://www.trenchcrusade.com/rules/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97194127Cheers for the great advice anon. Actually managed to find more than enough mini options for Stigmatic nuns.>>97212599In fairness, E-tool melee action is a well beloved trope, though it might risk game balance.
By chance does anybody know of some other wargames where Trench Crusade models can be easily adapted to? That uses vehicles as well?I like the aesthetics and some of the TC fluff. I just want the scale of the wargames to be larger rather than small scale skirmishes.I plan on using WGA's The Damned for heretics.
>>97210352interesting that they just straight up steal the communicant stuff half the time.
>>97214574>By chance does anybody know of some other wargames where Trench Crusade models can be easily adapted to? That uses vehicles as well?Forbidden Psalm: Last War maybe? I think they have rules for letting your group salvage/build a tank and control it?
>>97190110This image causes me visceral disgust
Thoughts on this man?
dork
>>97205372The mods. This is a mod thread.
>>97167557/Co/ regular here. That's Jim Cummings, met him last year at a con. Very sweet man, but it's pretty clear he's starting to fade away. Some kind of cognitive decline. Sad, but he's a legend.
>>97208932Glad to see a legend getting recognized, though it did take a week.
>>97150745I LOVE HIM <3333
