Thread #006 Dark Imperial Blood EditionWelcome to /schreck/ where you can rp your VTM character! For all questions concerning the World of Darkness, please consult the WoDg and CoDg thread>>97129837Previous Thread>>97024850Brief rules>We have no story teller, we are acephali>Threads are v20 based, although the night is long and full of whispers, lies, and half-truths. Decide your own canon but all will not believe you>all nicktuku will be diablerized on sight>all OOC discussion should be spoileredTHREAD QUESTIONComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97253079>>97253789It is... Curious.Multiple different stories from radically different sources echoing one another. Just enough matches. I cannot wholly trust any one of the dozen or so stories delivered but...Perhaps this is hell.Were it that I could go back to hiding in my hole a few weeks ago. Or gone with my gut instinct when all this kicked off and started walking Westward.It is out of my hands. All I can do is offer my council once- if- the last of the invading war party is dealt with. More the fool I am to walk the path of compassion. Ironic. Again though, my thanks blood.>>97255571The Catalogue of this little chronicle should prove useful to some. And hey. Suppose I lived up to that desire to be a very budget Nos. Like to think I look the part now with the Loup damage.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Attention to everyone: Stay away from the Austin-Texas Area. A group of hunters have devised some sort of light-based weapon that has devastated a cohort of our Neonates and Ancillas and left nothing but ash in their wake.
>>97255436The bastard we interrogated was more knowledgeable about the history of the NSDAP than a typical US neo-nazi. He believes The Protocols is a forgery - even though he agrees with it - the US didn't enter WW2 just to fight anti-semitism, the nazis admired Henry Ford who published anti-semitic shit and so on.We immediately, correctly suspected he belonged to a more European flavor of organization.Here's what we have:A) "Bridgeport Citizens Volunteer Militia" (our nickname), typical US far right "rifle association" madmenB) European-style far right social center. This is not your friendly neighborhood community center, this is some two dozen neo-nazi squatters in an abandoned, illegally occupied warehouse. In exchange for sleeping in that shithole they do "activism", i.e. protests, violence, theft, racketeering...C) Your alley of drug dealers giving fentanyl zombies their fixIt's a triangular commerce, where:- the militia trains, radicalizes and recruits the "best" from the social center- the social center makes sure the money from the dealers arrives on time, they also bully citizens out of their money (THE ASSHOLES HOPED TO ROB OUR MANSION AND OTHERS ON XMAS)- the dealers extract money from fentanyl zombies (and we speculate, get hostile kindred some bodies)- the money goes to fund the militia's weapons and activitiesComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97255436>>97260690The neo-nazi seemed to be legitimately clueless about the existence of kindred. They probably don't know they're being used by them. I can imagine food and drinks contaminated with vitae as a way to ghoul them.Militias are typically armed to the teeth and paranoid about being infiltrated, which is why we'd rather solve the issue the Brujah way than the Toreador way, this time.To count some heads, House Venus is a coterie of 6 quasi-ancillae, plus one quasi-Elder with her fledgling. They can add drones, "land-drones" (robot dolls), and military grade-ordnance for example anti-materiel rifles, fully-automatic shotguns, LMGs, explosives, etc. as force multipliers.
>>97260740If you need bodies or weapons, I will provide some if required. I have a total of 50 Cauldron-Born, 10 various kindred and multiple crates of weapons available. -Kakophoni there's no trick, Kakophoni is genuinely offering help, most of the weapons were taken from the Sabbat warparty that invaded his haven
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
Rate my patchwork. Just wanted to reconcile Warhammer FB with Dragon Age and some cool Northern settings (Symbaroum, Skyrim, etc.). This is a map of the first version, now I changed it to more traditional Eurasian view (because it is basically two Europes symmetrically mirrored in the first version): Ferelden went to Skyrim, Orlais and Free Marches went to Italy and Spain, Tevinter, Anderfels and Nevarra went to North Africa. The idea is borrowed from Symbaroum: there was an ancient mighty empire of humans with epic architecture (Elden Ring, Dark Souls), which built three extended laboratory/research areas (yellow dots), then those areas were contaminated, the empire fell, rest of its people migrated to "Tevinter Imperium", and after that elves from "Ulthuan" seized the research areas to restrict access to them and to results of experiments. Then new semi-barbarian people migrated from "Westeros" and created current civilizations.Which "grounded" settings also fit to this picture?
>>97255551Try to thumb through "Dolmenwood - Campaign Book", they have pretty nice suggestions for filling a map.
>>97260914>because it is basically two Europes symmetrically mirrored in the first versionSo Dragon Age is basically Europe.
>>97260911The free version is super bare bones, doesn't even have private articles.I'd probably get the first paid tier and if I reeeaaaally like it I may go to the next one.
>>97261121You're pants on head retarded if you're paying for gamified SaaS when there are free offline programs that do the same thing.
Valakut editionPrevious: >>97129473>News & RemindersWorld Championship 31 won by Seth Manfield (Izzet Lessons, United States, he/him)Complete winter achievements for rewards December 16-January 6From November 18, 2025–January 19, 2026 Golden Packs will temporary contain cards differently than before due to "various pieces of internal nonsense"https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-december-15-2025>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQHave you played the brawl challenge, and if so, which commander?
>>97256593I only sign in on odd numbered days, I play the absolute bare minimum I can to harvest as many daily rewards as possible. I had no idea it was even down
>>97260636Do you play paper magic or are you just forcing yourself to play MTG for punishment?
>>97260745PaperI am holding out hope for MTG in general but anything more than the absolute bare minimum investment is far too courteous for wotc in 2025. I'm sitting on like 25 mythics and 40 rares atm, about 45k gold.
>opponent scoops before I even have a chance to choose to keep or mulligan>did you have fun this match?why?
whats a decent dragon deck for standard?
>Everyone points out that "Le demons are not evil" was a huge trend>Can barely remember any media that doesnt' have not-evil, not-succubus demons>The first that came to mind was devilman and they are still dicks thereWhat is with this weird fauxtrarian bullshit
>>97260035Thanks for saving everyone. Now we are off to squander our freedom and not plan ahead so we can have a sequal where we use you again. Also don't ask for for anything and this job that doesn't pay is a honor. kek.
>>97257521>including no less than three anime shows where the so called Demonlord is a pretty swell guy/girl>Can't name a single one>Overlord
>>97258295>Disgaea demons aren't evilYou are a fucking secondary
>>97258036Overdad is a straight-up hero, it's Overlad who's actually evil.
>>97257447>has to specifically exclude succubiThat's like saying "few animes have animal people if you don't count catgirls." I'm gonna go ahead and accept your concession.
Christmas Edition>Previous thread:>>97173638Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Epic, Kill Team,Man-o-War, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Mordheim,Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon, Titanicus, Underworlds,Warcry, Warhammer Quest, Warmaster ...... and any other GW system and board game are welcome.>Helpful resources: (feel free to suggest additions!)https://pastebin.com/qq9N8V0V>TQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97260244>>97259551Kowalski is a typical German name.
>>97260348based retard or Kurwa Kowalski trying to throw us off his trail
>>97260719Kowalsky (Slavish/Polish)Kowalski (German)Or give you a hint that he is possible a communist from East Germany that is a Putin fanboy.
>>97258089Thanks for the compliment! It's missing final highlights for the bronze and blue but I am quite happy with them at this level.>>97260946No, I am Polish. It's the opposite of what you said. ski is a Polish suffix. Sky from what i've seen is a whitewashed Slavic suffix.
>>97258145>>97258986>Why is this?Mordheim's item balance philosophy is pretty alien to the balance sensibilities of the modern tabletop gamer, so it warrants frequent reiteration of what options are reasonable takes for a starting warband, and what options are best picked up later on in a campaign. For example, heavy armor is intentionally overcosted for the bonus it provides as it's meant to be a late-campaign vanity item, a gold sink for warbands who are doing exceptionally well (this isn't just hearsay, Tuomas has repeated as such in multiple interviews).Don't get discouraged by the optimization vs customization thing - there's a pretty wide gulf between "minimum reasonable degree of optimization to not get your ass kicked" and "minmaxing the soul out of the game", and in-between there is plenty of room for customization while not playing a warband that's going to be so bad it's not fun to play. My starting Reiklander warband for example doesn't have a single club among them, but they do have 7 swords, a couple longbows to mix things up amongst my marksmen, and nice pair of dueling pistols for my leader making him an extremely juicy target - all things that aren't optimal, but my warband is still plenty playable and has done reasonably well in my local campaigns because I've still hit the "floor" for optimization - maxed out heroes, 9 model minimum for rout tests, etc.
I have wanted to play RPGs for years and posted on /tg/ for like a decade, but have never found someone to play with. Finally my kids are old enough to play with me, but the problem is, I don't know HOW to play. Like, what is a game supposed to even look like? All the rulebooks I've read go over in depth the character creation and mechanics, etc. but none really paint a picture of the structure and flow of the game and what it is supposed to look like. Where do I start??
>>97249229>I don't know HOW to play. Like, what is a game supposed to even look like?You start with a single scene, go through it like you where reading a book or playing a game, if a conflict comes up resolve it using the games rules that will usually involve rolling dice in some capacity. Maybe look into a rules light game where "rules as written" aren't such a big priority, consider one page games which will be easy to learn and teach your group one such game I like is "fudge in a nutshell" see: https://files.catbox.moe/p8ch99.pdf
>>97255650It's a matter of resolution mechanics unification. Old d&d was sort of all over the place in this regard and can be a little confusing for people approaching for the first time. And i say that as a guy that was initiated with a becmi starter set, it's not a deal breaker and takes a moment to be figured out but given the choice why would you pick something, even if slightly, more convoluted?
>>97249229Just watch some Critical Role or D20 liveplays and do what they do
>>97257874>why would you pick something, even if slightly, more convolutedAn abiding love of the byzantine.A quirky adherence to quaint precedence.A learned aversion to unified resolution systems.The first two are just a matter of taste, but the third one is a considered rejection of the desire to make all things part of a monolithic structure. It can lack robustness or specificity or become over burdened with exceptions or edge cases or conditions to the point that it may as well be divided into separate systems anyway. It can also lead to same-ness between classes which can lead to accusations of "it's role play to roll play" but let me elaborate.I'm not a big fan of modern D&D but iirc 5e saving throws are roll vs difficulty, bonus for ability score, extra bonus for some based on class, characters can improve ability scores while levelling which minimally affects save through the bonus. I much prefer the older system look up save on class based table that improved with level, apply ability score modifiers. It's just a game but I don't see the new inherently making the game better, though I don't see it making it worse either. On the other hand, I dislike the current lock picking rules which to me greatly detracts from the flavour. Even though the dice rolling is nothing but random number generator vs target value with only the dice rolled and the target value differing, the different mechanisms present before 3e led to something like thief feeling different to other classes in AD&D and Basic. Sure, I am supposed to roll play but I thoroughly enjoyed and continue to enjoy the differences in how things were done without designers feeling the need to try and simplify and unify at the cost of flavour. At the same time I've played and enjoyed systems where everything can be as simple as the old WEG d6 system (ability relevant to task determines size of your dice pool, difficulty class set by GM) so it's not as if my aversion is all consuming.
>>97261336*it's role play not roll play
They always tell you to try not playing D&D, but they never tell you that basically every game other than 5e is almost exclusively played by autistic (and not the fun kind) powergaming social retards who either never say a word, or only communicate by being the loudest one talking over everyone else about their hyperfixation that nobody else gives a fuck about. The kind of people who post anime girl reaction memes and go "this is my character's face right now" or unironically show up with cropped porn as their character art like it's normal.There's a reason nobody touched this hobby until they saw fellow normies playing it on some podcast, I wouldn't even want to talk to the average sperglord who plays these games let along be stuck with them for 4 hours in a game that is supposed to be about social interaction.
>>97258892>powergaming social retards who either never say a word, or only communicate by being the loudest one talking over everyone else about their hyperfixation that nobody else gives a fuck about.Sounds exactly like D&D
Yet another problem Fate solved.
i´m happy with my playgroup of friends. no one is perfect but we found somewhat of a middleground between min maxing powergaming autism and basically just playing house with sparkledog oc´s
>>97258955>PlayerbasesI play games with my friends. Am I to assume you are a friendless asshole who has to turn to the "playerbases" because you're so unbearable to be around that you have to game with people who don't know you personally? Sad, but many such cases.
>>97258892Never had this problem, sorry your group is bad.
Happy New Year’s Eve and Calibration Edition!>What is Exalted?An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.Start here:http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial:http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.htmlIt’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. good luck>Resources for Third Edition>3E Core and SplatsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97259688>Bronze Age feel, it is the same reason for why crossbows were treated as a black box tech.They kinda break that up too, because they say people have triremes, but triremes weren't designed during the Bronze Age, they would have possibly biremes or just single row galleys. Plus they say the Realm uses triremes as warships when they should be using liburnae (which are technically biremes) and quadriremes/quinqueremes from the more advanced knowledge they have access to while keeping the Rome aesthetic. I feel like for more visual variety in ship type they could also have junks, to fit the Chinese aesthetics.It could also be that they do have advanced sailing technology on them, but they just all look like triremes.
I'd like to play in a Solars in the Realm game at least once before I die. Why is it so rare?
>>97261065Because if you go loud and flare Anima you will have to be hunted down until you're dead or you flee the Isle
>>97261300You flare when you exalt. That's the whole fun of it.
>>97261065You will turn into kill-on-sight persona nongrata in the moment when your anima glows a bit.And contrary of D&D, rerolling and having spare characters is a hassle.
Winter Gloom EditionPreviously on /slop/: >>97227237 ▶ Thread Task: Moody and gloomy winter pictures.And maybe characters trying to find a comfy warm corner.▶ Generatorshttps://bing.com/images/create/https://sora.chatgpt.com/https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generatorComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97260155At first I thought you were schizoposting about something like AI requiring human sacrifice
>>97260643that will probably be part of Mage: the Awakening 5th edition if it ever comes out
>>97259897Interesting stuff thanks for the read
>>97261272Dang it, beat me to the punch by seconds. You're up to bake.
>>97261293Alrighty
Post compliance market edition>Previous Thread:>>97242255>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>Titanicus Compendiumshttps://gofile.io/d/qdYzem>New Edition, to a great wailing and gnashing of teeth:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/setting/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Fuck these fiddly ass niggers
>>97260433>they're just shitty humans>while described as second only the space marines in their fluffSo, space marines are just above shit tier.
>>97261252You are weak and your family is weak and your ancestors are ashamed
>>97261130Frag grenades can be thrown. Rad grenades too, as can venom spheres if you're AL.
>>97260090if 2nd requires 1 page of fixes, 3rd requires 3 pages of fixes at least. It's a more broken basic framework. 2nd's main problem was simply dreadnought lascannon points costs, rather than the core rules being garbage - and that's something that can be fixed without rewriting the whole main rulebook. But you have to trash the entire HH3 rulebook to fix it.
Threat Null editionaaah I'm being re-conditiooooned sub-edition>Previous>>97250318>Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/WiCHizn0>Mediafirehttps://mediafire.com/folder/s9esc6u7ke8k5/CofD>Mega Ihttps://mega.nz/folder/ePQ1BKhJ#RCosRCh59Ki2Mpb1M9H3Uw>Mega II (also containing fanmade games)https://mega.nz/folder/ZbQ2zLJA#DOT-3df6rS2lLet4_RmqJQ>WoD5 Megahttps://mega.nz/folder/7rQQ1LbQ#16_AiXVGo0P3_rVOJuoZyA>STV content foldersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97260791Wow, Shadow Lords really cannot go 5 seconds without being subversive.
>>97261054I thought Pure Breed was a kind of universal thing the way the book wrote about it? If that isn't the case, yeah I suppose they would. It would still be the case that a Silver Fang could never really (by genetics) produce a child without some Pure Breed.
>>97261058Except for the ones who aren't. They're home to the Judges of Doom, the giga-philodox camp who go full Judge Dredd on litany breakers. So even the subversive scoundrel Shadow Lords need to stick to the litany with their subversion, or face being judged and executed by their own tribesmen.
>>97261108Well, the Litany has maybe 4 real tenants, and while making Metis is breaking the Litany it's also hard to prove since I imagine Garou don't believe in paternity tests.
>>97260791Shadow Lord x Silver Fang romance where the Shadow Lord actually learns not to be a Werewolf kike when?
ca/tg/irls, have you ever roleplayed a MALE character?(inspired by the other thread, because why not)
I literally cannot imagine roleplaying a character who is not literally me. Or an aspect of me
>>97259258What if he made a female character to flirt with your male character?
>>97256921Doesn't that look like a flooring inspector?
>>97256921Yes. Mostly wizards and barbarians, or really weeaboo monks.
>>97256921>so he can't try to flirt with me using his character.YWNBAW
What's so bad about murderhobo games?
>>97261303amazing thread topicbtw i wonder if mods get angry when i say "saged" as an additional thing to my post, like a little middle finger
>>97261303Who are you replying to?
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!One Confederation, One Vision, One Chancellor editionPrevious Thread: >>97234667================================>BattleTech Introductory Guide & PDFshttps://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400>Overview of the Major Factionshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houseshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clanshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97261104its comstar they're irrelevant until they become relevant again
>>97261104What's funny is that BattleTech-style FTL exists in Elite. It's just outdated via Alcubierre drives built out of stolen xenotech, You had generation ships sent out in droves from Earth, and then as the tech advanced they were getting intercepted and everyone onboard enslaved or killed by pirates with better drives. If they were lucky.
>>97261072Most mechs had lostech or better variants before the jihad.
>>97261104>>97261171ComStar has a few equivalents in Elite. The Pilots Federation has more power than God and exists as a shadow state in and of itself. There are hard locks on nav computers based on their rules and guidelines. They control where people go and when they go there. And if you ever attempt to circumvent it, you'd best have a plan to avoid consequences because they will unalive the Hell out of you. And then there's some of the tech that we've only gotten peaks at in the form of station lasers and certain CG rewards where a ship equipped when them can just delete someone else.Then you have The Club, Azimuth, and various other entities.
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Dubs and above turn into canon.
The deep deserts of the Caliphate are dotted with the statues of forgotten gods. The Ghazis were very thorough during their Jihad, ruthlessly exterminating and defacing any trace of the old religions as they carried out dawah. Very few of these monuments stand today, those few that do have their faces completely, meticulously sanded over. Legends have spread amongst the nomads of these grim lands: some say they were too beautiful and that Shaitan tempted those who viewed upon, others that they were horrifying visages that had no place in this world. Few travelers venture into these dark lands. Fewer still live to talk about it. And each telling gets wilder and further from the truth.
>>97258158The snekgirls are only evil by islamic standards, because they resisted the caliphate.They do lean into it hard, though, and villain roleplay is a huge cultural thing for 'em. Unfortunately, snek tail means they can't step on you.
>>97260455Alexander is the most haram man alive. >Bisexual.>Drinks beer, smokes hookah, and God knows what else.>Devout polytheist that thought he himself was a god in mortal form.>Told priests to stuff it, dragged the goddamn oracle of delphi as she kicked and screamed out of her temple, had no respect for his dad whatsoever. He would have a lot of trouble in destroying the Caliphate. Most of those who flocked to his banner would be outcasts, tribal shamans who practice a folkish form of Islam, lepers, slaves who hated their masters, homosexuals... Actually, having an openly gay man would make him pretty popular among the courtier slaves given their... Proclivities.
>>97256165Sergals are a dominate race.
>>97261177We already did that. Tourists wouldn't know.
