Recently I was thinking about alternative combat systems.I remember someone talking about instead of HP the payer has a Jenga tower and he needs to remove peaces once hit, the skill is to remove peaces without the tower collapsingSo I started thinking.For example what if the combat somehow involves cups and balls?Instead of a D20+modifier nonsense why not change it up? Why not give a player 10 balls or legos or whatever and to win an encounter the player needs to land 2 balls in 1 cup?There can be variants of this like a super hard encounter demands the player lands all 10 balls or what about reducing the size of the cup with the difficulty of combat?What if we implement a fate system from Talisman for the players? What if legendary bosses have something like that for themselves? And can negate the players victory? What if different monsters use different "balls" like for example some bone golems will be you throwing legos into cups and zombies are aluminum balls while naga can be gummy bears? That actually makes the monster feel different and not a copy pasted set of numbers. Also the different aerodynamics of these "balls" are part of the fun.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Taking a shit RN before I prep stuff for family dinner. I hope you have a merry Christmas OP and you are not going to spend the entirety of it doing whatever this is.
>>97238257Reminds me of this Russian game RoboGear that was licensed by Airfix in the UK. You had spring-loaded missles to shot instead of dices.
>>97240598You lost the argument.
>>97240442>What's the purpose of the character sheet?In what?This is not D&D!See a character card in talisman
>>97240446What do you need of a resolution method ?
Surprise 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.
>>97242633>I also feel like this applies mostly to homebrew adventures with already heavily invested players who prefer more narrative in their games than straight up dungeon crawling or murderhoboing.I mean, yeah, why would you ever want to play a pre-written adventure with uninvested players?
>>97242686>big kerfuffle happened a few sessions agoIn character or irl
>>97242686Fuck did you do this time, anon?
>>97242690The authors seem to recommend running factions kind of like their own NPCs, where the faction itself has its own stated goals, personality, and agency. Each of the individual members of the faction fall into line with those qualities (unless the story demands otherwise). They also mentioned that they cribbed the "clock" mechanic from Blades in the Dark and apply that to all their games now, where the faction's goals are visualized as a subdivided circle (4, 6, 8, etc. subdivisions based on difficulty of achieving the goal). The faction fills in or loses a filled in part of the circle based on actions the party takes, and a full circle means the faction achieves its goal. For example, a rebel group that is trying to prop up the true heir of the recently deceased local noble would get part of its circle filled in if the party displays evidence in the court that the usurper came to his position by illicit means, or if they go and kill the usurper, but they would lose part of their circle if the usurper sends the party to attack their base of operations or if the party skips town without challenging the status quo.>>97242738I'm a newbie DM putting together a run of Lost Mines for four (mostly) new players of varying levels of engagement. Maybe I'm putting the cart before the horse asking if it's worth trying to get a player engaged when they don't even know their class abilities at level 1 beyond "hit the guy with my sword". Maybe asking them to examine their character motivations more will make them more engaged.
>>97242892>I'm a newbie DM putting together a run of Lost Mines for four (mostly) new players of varying levels of engagement. Maybe I'm putting the cart before the horse asking if it's worth trying to get a player engaged when they don't even know their class abilities at level 1 beyond "hit the guy with my sword". Maybe asking them to examine their character motivations more will make them more engaged.players are never as invested as the dm, so we are basically always one level of sophistication aheadwhen your newbie players are just at rolling dice and hitting things with a sword, you're already starting to think of thematic links between encounters, playing to strengths and weaknesses, clues and red herringsonce they finally start thinking of their character motivations and what they want to accomplish, you should already be at the stage of narrative arcs, ebb and flow, managing tone and pacing, etc
Out on Patrol Edition>What is this?/TG/ DEVELOPED A GAMEIT IS PLAYABLE. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.EXPEDITION is a ~1880s era, Jules Verne-inspired retro-futurist, underground blood soaked adventurescape.It is a Skirmish wargame. Two players with their own expeditions, on a hexgrid map, explore & fight each other for victory and profit.3 versions of the rules exist, 2 of which have been playtested. The main one is 2e, to be found :>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/us7vnek39dc6k/AgarthaRulesas with maps, tokens and lore resources.>TL;DR Dochttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1LxdaGoBlJRTMuziMDupG5TeeFwNDnsIW2pfaRAcFDgA>Main Lore Doc, including links to anon-written short stories and additional lore in "Recommended..." sectionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97237066>>97237280>Maharaha LPI think so>Regular Troops wouldn't benefitThen it applies to Ascetics, Pirates, Priestesses, Flag-Elephants, and Spies, which is definitely enough on its own.>SharpshooterThe lost men still use prophecies, and even the Arch-Heretic British can use them too. For the Sharpshooter I would suggest letting it use a variation of the predestination prophecy where only it can attack once the condition is met, but it can do so without LoS and with a damage buff. Sevenfold Sharpshooter or something like that.>ElephantsIt is a bit of a kludge, but you could combine the profiles and add an addendum saying that two elephants constitute one elite for the purposes of the elite counter. I have done that repeatedly for units.>Gas Masks as traitsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97238006Something like this?>Seventhfold SharpshooterSecretly note down an Enemy or Hostile model, a hex and publicly note an upcoming turn. If at any point in the noted turn the noted model enters the noted Hex, interrupt its activation, and the “Lemurian Sharpshooter” resolves as many ranged shots as it has available (if it has 4 shots, do 4 attacks; if it has 2 shots, do 2 attacks; if it has to reload, nothing happens). The “lemurian sharpshooter” still needs to be within its range to do so.
Merry christmas, everyone!
Have a holiday Revenant. This one is a test unit to see how assembly and painting works for something like this. I drilled a hole in the mouth to make a rictus howl and melted the face down with acetone, once it sets it should hopefully look mask-like. After that I'll need to firm up the crest and maybe add something on the back if I feel like it.
Previously: https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/96936967/When last we met, we made G.E.T.S. (Generally Entertaining Team-built System). Thus far, it seems to be a fairly minimalist system.Now, we shall make our first setting for this system.If your proposed idea gets doubles, it is canonized. Any canon characters, worldbuilding, themes, et cetera can be modified (but not outright contradicted or discarded) by triples, quadruples, et cetera.Let us continue.
Since angels are typically messengers, they have an advanced postal service.
>>97238155We finally have another one.
>>97238155>>97240359It was a good winnerAnyway the game takes place on a planet that will one day hold real sentient life but is currently filled with evil mushrooms (Which were not created by god. They just spawned naturally. Creepy)
Angels spawn from the sun and to the sun they shall return.
>>97238155What sort of messages would they send?
Christmas edition>Previously in the Mortal Realms:>>97225164 >Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, Sharty on the 'log and FAQs:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-downloads/>Toolshttps://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/>Anvil of Apotheosis hero creator:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97242807Ghryan is the safe option if you want to go ulgu you will have to be clever with it
>>97242841All I have with Ulgu is "make it wet", so probably a lot of blues and grays and glossy bits to look like water. It is true that Ghyran is cheasy peasy, but it's not like I'm on a time limit, I can take my time figuring it out.
Anons help, I've got some 40k stuff on the way but I want to avoid the 40k thread as much as humanly possibly. Wat do.
>>97242944You can paint your bases and share them here. I like seeing people get creative with their bases desu.
>>97242945I could stand to improve my Ork bases. I did them a few years back and they're about as basic as I could have conceived of. But fair, worst case scenario I rotate paint projects constantly so I guess it'll be fine.
Holiday Special EditionPrevious Thread: >>96962908 The thread to talk about Super Heroes/Villains/Spies/Agents/Rogues be it in spandex or not.Popular Choices for Games:>Mutants & MastermindsCurrently the most played one, uses a d20 resolution for everything, has powers building and rules for tactical combat.>Marvel TSR/ FASERIPClassic Supers game from the 80s, still has a lot of fans and various retro-clones. Uses a d100 with an universal resolution table to decide the degree of success, has random character generation and abstract rules for powers and combat.>Masks (PbtA)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97241180What supers settings have the best takes on Santa and why do you think so?
>>97241180>tfw someone made a supe I wanted to make
>Admire superhero for a long time.>Make one superhero setting up.>It's more akin to 90s X-Men and Infamous series.>If you don't live in quarantine zone or work for the government you can get labeled as a bioterrorist if you use your powers.Why am I like this?
Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade, Gygaxian D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e and newer) should be discussed elsewhere.Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creators from 1974 to 1983 — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency.If you are new to the OSR, welcome! Ask us whatever you're curious about: we'll be happy to help you get started. We also have two excellent beginner guides created by Anons with feedback from the thread that you can check for help:>n00b DM's Guidehttps://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97227101i take the other anon's point, this *might* skew a bit 'artpunk', buthttps://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/blog dedicated to monster art. plenty of weird and wonderful vintage illustrations.
>>97239871meri kurisumasu minna
>>97238426I got a Tarot deck I can use to expand my randomization options.
>>97227101I like bits of Fire on the Velvet Horizon. Mace didn't do it as monster stats but it does have neat art. idk man I've got 273 files in my bestiary folder, I can pick one and find neat looking monsters as needed.
>>97227775I like portraits, but not pregenerated ones. A quick sketch of the character is always fun.
Mondstille 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/the-old-world-downloads/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97241952They're still available models through AoS. I understand unwillingness to carve up rare models but ogres are common as shit.
Karak Eight Peaks is a good example of how rancidly ass the writing in Warhammer is.>hyperadvanced super strong rich dwarf province fell apart and got wiped out by goblins>dwarfs fail miserably trying to retake it because uhhhhhh lol goblins are so le random and funny>army of retards who are hilarious (painfully unfunny) cockney parodies are stronger, smarter and better in battle than the dwarfs ever could be because uhhhh le epic subversion of expectations i guessPisses me off to no end how pathetic and useless Warhammer Dwarfs are written to be, it's like anti-plot-armor.
>>97242824I advise you to reread the sad history of that place.
why does no one wear skirts? Skirts are bad ass.
>>97242903>sad history>dwarves must always suck and die because the hack writers say so because they hate themDwarves, elves, and brets were the three biggest punching bags in all the fluff, dishonorable fourth mention for beastmen who probably would've been shit on just as much had they ever even been slightly more relevant. There's nothing sad about any of their stories, you know they're gonna job hard af because that's what the turdburglars in charge of the lore demanded.
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like Santa's Magic Sack!STEP 0:<----- That image is not a PDF, it's an image, at least for now. Check the 4plebs link below to find the PDF.PLEASE READ DA FAQ BEFORE REQUESTING OR SHARING.It will answer 99% of your questions about this thread. If you haven't read it, we will know.STEP 1:Please exhibit good manners. Threads start sliding off the board after a certain number of posts. More posts wasted on being rude means fewer posts available for sharing.STEP 2:Request, share, stay awesome!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Does someone have Chasing Adventure?
Requesting a Clash of Rhyfleshttps://zombiesmith.com/clash-of-rhyfles-the-rules-pdf/
>>97227893What are the best Christmas-themed supplements/games?
>>97241573/o-s-rchive
>>97238987>>97238991>SWADE & Companionsgf/d/LDubUH
Which one do you recruit and why?
>>97226577Whichever lets me play the penguin
>>97226577Nuns. For making battle nuns and anal with said repressed battlenuns. I understand anal is an option with the guys too, just not into that.
>>97226577>Which one do you recruit and why?I would hire Archimandrite
>>97237113>Anyone who leads a group with a building is unlikely to leave that post. So that rules out abbots, superiors, priests and bishops in most cases. The pope is literally a senior administrative position and mostly concerned with management and both internal and external politics. Same for the bishop. Priests are stuck to their congregation and specialize in preaching more than practice. Monks are stuck to their monastery and serve by living an ascetic life and nuns are women and thus lack agency.Depends on the noble rank of other members of the party. A Bishop wouldn't be that strange a holy man amongst a group (such as Charlemagne's Peers) supporting a King or Emperor. Abbots fit amongst upper nobility such as lesser Kings, Dukes, and Marquess. It would not be unexpected to have a Count or Baron receive council from the brother or sister superior from a convent or monastery in their lands. Knights would likely interact with the parish priesthood. Outside their monasteries frairs, monks and nuns would likely be the clergy interacting with the more common people.
>>97226577>A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Vista edition>Cyberpunk 2020 vs. Cyberpunk RED?Cyberpunk 2020 is the second edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG that focuses on simulation gameplay and has a black trenchcoat aesthetic.Cyberpunk RED is the fourth edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG that is set after Cyberpunk 2020 following the Fourth Corporate War, focuses on more balanced gameplay and is more streamlined but has less content.You can discuss Shadowrun here too because I also feel bad for those guys.>Cyberpunk Rulesets (The Vault) (May not have all updated rulebooks, check official sources for updates):bit<dot>ly/2Y1w4Md>Resources for RED:https://datapool2045.net/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97227867>Mike wouldn't stand for something like anti-grav in the game.They crossed that rubicon when edgerunners came out and revealed Arasaka's new mech suit had a gravity gun that could crush an entire platoon like a pancake.
>>97238800A starting level character having a 1 in 3 chance to get a major favor from an NPC seems like pretty good odds to me, dude, and as >>97239432 said, you can use luck to make it a sure thing.
>>97240830Always found it funny that Adam Smasher is a boogeyman because he targets basic level street punks when Arasaka has tech like this. And the body is supposed to go to Smasher, so Smasher will go back to unga bunga bullying babies again because he is a sore loser that cant get rid of his grudge of losing to a old coot with a stick.
>>97242019In my games I made Smasher the true boogeyman, all the stories of him jobbing are just fake copes and his stats are so bloated (beyond what the basic rules would allow) that he's basically "YOU FUCKING LOSE" statblock, unless the party's goal is to escape.
>>97242019Well, Arasaka loads Smasher into mission-specific bodies; that's the great thing about an FBC. Part of the only reason Smasher actually gets merked in 2077 is that he's in a general purpose body... well, what passes for a general purpose body when you're Adam Smasher. He wouldn't need the cyberskeleton unless (or more like 'until') there's a new Corpo war on, so he's comfortable 'just' being a 9 foot tall stack of violence.Honestly he's pretty stacked statistically; "defeating" him is more consistently a matter of fending him off and not being enough of a priority to warrant additional effort. He doesn't really seem to hunt street-punks for sport as much as it being such an effortless expenditure that he can do it between being Saburo's #1 errand boy; like a kid knocking the heads off of flowers on his way back from the grocery story with his mom's cigarettes.If you have a crew that can take on Smasher with fair odds, if he's gunning for them you should probably stick him in his Dai Oni. He doesn't care about a fair fight and neither does Arasaka.
Diabolic X editionPrevious >>97182768>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.
>>972388621000% better than the last TP.idk what they were thinking with that
>>97238999just slam another Jupiter to out Jupiter.Mirror sounds like ass
>>97240592well they'll just use Homeros to dish out -26000 DP every turn
>>97242389Not anymore lmaoJP and SEA-English versions of the site have officially decreed that Hackmon the Digimon and Hackmon the Appmon don't count as having the same or compatible names.
>>97242912Meant to quote the old post >>97230676I have no idea how I fucked that up
Blight edition>Banshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-november-10-2025>NewsThe 2025 Magic Con and Pro Tour Schedule:https://www.magic.gg/news/the-2025-magiccon-and-pro-tour-schedule>Metagame Mentor: The Winners and Losers from Standard's 2025 Rotationhttps://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-winners-and-losers-from-standards-2025-rotation>Spoilershttp://www.magicspoiler.com/https://mythicspoiler.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Merry christmas ya filthy animals
>>97242751If a man can't tell his brother to stop acting a fool, something is very wrong. My condolences.
>>97242801She's his sister now
is there any official information about the difference between packs I get with a center opening assist cut and cards sorted common to rare versus packs from the same set with the cut 3/4s on the right and are sorted rares to commons? are there just two different factories or something?
>>97241916Now you talk that slop now, babyAnd my pig he loves that slop
Men who make/roleplay female characters, why do you? Why do you think it bothers /tg/ so much?>inb4 I don't because I'm not a faggut, hurr durr
>>97208094>Tg thread about men roleplaying as girls>Look inside>Argumentation about the inherent qualities of empathy, and the barrier between the perceived self and otherness
>>97238976That still a man.
>>97238976>Think of a man, then remove reason and accountabilitythe whole film is about how jack nicholson's character's life improves immensely once he stops being an asshole. Particularly to women, but also just in general.
>>97239631shh, you're only supposed to care about pithy oneliners, not context
>>97238722Men's sexuality is evil. News at 11.
How has a wife/girlfriend joining the group affected your games?
>>97223311>TQMixed bag. My wife is a good roleplayer and tends to help keep the group focused, and is great at working through puzzles and such. She refuses to read the rulebooks for any system though, so usually I end up having to help her with more crunchy mechanics and interactions. An overall improvement to the group for sure.On the other hand, my buddy's wife fits the "wife brought along to RPG night" stereotype to a T. She's friendly and all but doesn't so much as make her own character and loses interest in favor of her phone very quickly and semi-regularly derails the group. Definitely the kind of person who is only there because she wants to spend time with her husband rather than because she has any real interest in RPG's.
>>97223311I have never had an overall positive experience with a female player.Which regrettably is not for lack of trying. I'm glad that others have had better experiences, but I won't be giving it another shot.
>>97223515Bodied that freak
>>97228148okay pajeet don't you have a Poop festival to get to?
>>97241447>My wife is a good roleplayerYour hand doesn't count.
