What kind of fantasy monsters are you into? I like original abominations, standard humanoids/mythological creatures/giant animals are boring to me.
>>97248214didn't griffith sell his bussy to afford his army? didn't he rape casca which breaks her mind and makes john berserk go on his magical girl pirate quest to find the one piec- I mean her brain?was john gutso raped by a large black man?that's the 3 main characters all being raped or being rapists, it's pretty important to their story
>>97228517Scary animals with a quirk. Give me a giant boar with antlers, a wolf with two sets of jaws, a two-headed deer, or make something breath fire. The further it gets from being a real animal, the less interesting it is.>>97248185Berzerk's quality is all over the map. There are arcs that are pretty good. There's a shit ton of perv-for-perv's sake, and edge-for-edge's sake. The attempts at humor are god-awful. The stories are meandering. Some of the characters are well developed. Most aren't. The art is beautiful.I think "well-realized" is probably the right complement for it. There aren't many issues of Berzerk that are, themselves, amazing as anything other than cool art. But 10,000 pages in, yeah: he spent a helluva long time realizing his idea, and it's impressive.
>>97228517I'm a fan of things that poorly pretend to be other things. You can barely tell that the chest is a mimic because it is breathing. You can barely tell that a person is a skinwalker because the proportions are slightly off. Things like that.
>>97248740Or the Marxist academic making (((my fellow whites))) posts on twatter.
>>97248049You can easily draw a line to traditional games by talking about actual games, or playing games, instead of just things you can maybe potentially put in a game someday if you feel like it.You can talk about monsters or ideas for monsters or whatever, but these can easily be applied to non-interactive media.You know what can't be applied to non-interactive media, right? Or do I need to spoonfeed you that, on account you've never played a game in your life, let alone picked up a rule book.But who cares about that? This is /tg/ - Everything But Games.
I would like to talk about the Chronicles of Darkness game line Deviant: The Renegades, or more specifically, one major upcoming supplement. Deviant was released in late 2021, and has had three additional sourcebooks since then. A new supplement, Black Vans, has been in playtesting for a while, and is currently being previewed.I am not being paid or sponsored to promote this book in any way. I am just very fascinated by it, and indeed, I already ran a mini-campaign using the playtest material.Deviant is, by default, a game about playing angsty, scarred superheroes who either fight world-manipulating conspiracies or work for them. Black Vans is a toolkit full of variant rules, quick NPC creation, variant character types, and variant genres. These variants range from the minor to the dramatic, completely overhauling what were once non-negotiable, foundational themes and mechanics. Maybe your character is not angsty or scarred at all, perhaps they are a """""regular human""""" like John Wick or Batman, or the campaign might have nothing to do with world-manipulating conspiracies.These variant genres include cyberpunk, high fantasy, post-apocalypse, space opera, and superhero emergence.This is a beefy supplement. For example, one chapter alone dedicates 38,000+ words to playing other monsters of the Chronicles of Darkness: Beasts, changelings, demons, Sin-Eaters, hunters (entirely separate from the variant rules for """natural""" superpowers), mages, mummies, Prometheans, vampires, and werewolves. No additional supplements beyond Deviant are necessary; the rules are self-contained, allowing the group to play a monster mash of an urban fantasy setting without needing a daunting 7+ books. And yes, they are supposed to be balanced against one another, so a vampire in the same group as a full-fledged mage is probably some older Kindred.(Continued.)
>>97226424Any details on the first one? Does it still interact with the instability system?
>>97244627It is just a matter of straight-up swapping Conviction and Loyalty for Virtue, Vice, and three Aspirations. There are some guidelines for making it mesh with Deviant a little better. Yes, they grant Beats and Willpower and heal instabilities.
>>97242591I mean, 2hu's posts are generally very well thought-through, but you need to be in the right mindset to engage with them.
Thanks for the thread, I told my usual ST about it but I'm also interested in maybe running it myself.
>>97249036You have a lot of material to work with. Are you interested in running a vanilla Renegades game, the assumed default? A vanilla Devoted game? One of the Black Vans variant genres? Something else entirely?What starting Standing/Threat Level were you considering?
Another Infernals edition 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.
>>97248279It is really, really funny to me how Solars simultaneously have what is mechanically the best charmset for winning a fight as long as, AS LONG AS, the fight remains relatively conventional and occurs on a flat plain with no significant details. And also Solar Charms are comically overtuned to the point some nitty-gritty things are harder for Solars than everyone else.
>>97248666>It's just fucking weird to me that being big is somehow more significant than the inherent status of being a demigod.Also all the Primordials were really fucking big so creating the Exalted to fight them but being really big being a critical issue leads me to wonder whether Autochthon needed a few more quality control-type subsouls
>>97248666Oh shit, I didn't know there were Charm guides. Any chance something like that exists for other Exalts?
>>97248893This problem is from 1e, the devs wanted the setting to be about both about playing Goku & Ned Stark but a better fighter.
>>97248893That depends on how Primordials were fought. This might restart a bunch of arguments, but Moran, at least, suggested that they were fought and defeated through their souls. I do agree that at least tyrant lizard tier size shouldn't be a huge deal when Exalts are involved, though.
Love Wins Edition>>IF YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION, PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH GAME YOU'RE PLAYING<<Previous Thread: >>97099515 /pfg/ (pathfinder 1e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/RSt0rF0T/p2g/ (pathfinder 2e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/1zySxwm3/sfg/ (starfinder) link repository: https://pastebin.com/5yp9s2U3>>CHECK THE SHARE THREAD FOR MISSING MATERIALS<<TQ: What is your favorite pantheon? What pantheon(s) would you want implemented/updated?
>>97247901I had a similar experience in a previous PF1 campaign except my character died. Turn 1 the GM has a bunch of wyverns aoe acid breath attack my cleric and he turns to goop before i even have a chance to act. That really sucked.
>>97247847It's hilarious how much worse Stupefied is for casters than Enfeebled/Clumsy are for martials. But yeah, shit like that is why I grab Break Curse as soon as I reasonably can.
>>97248040The fail condition of feeblemind is brutal. it's as if you blinded a martial and gave him enfeebled and clumsy 4 on top of it.
>>97247847Never Mind on the healer is hilarious. You force the party to witness several back to back attempts (which can last days) of Break Curse/Cleanse Affliction with a -4 on top of the check on a Failure. Very interactive, fun gameplay. 10/10 design.Or just force retire the character if you have no settlement of the relevant level nearby on a Crit Fail.>>97248065And the "check" to get rid of it was on one of the affected stats.Imagine if Enfeebled and Clumsy reduction were behind an Athletics/Acrobatics check respectively. With a previous 45% failure chance flat check before you can actually ROLL for the check.
>>97245297its crazy how Paizo just doesn't understand how to balance weapons and how having a class that "USES WEAPONS WELL" is absolutely fucking retarded when THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHARACTERS IN FICTION USE WEAPONS WELL IN COMBAT. THAT'S LITERALLY THE POINT
Why the FUCK is his power armor broken? The Badab War was 100 years ago. This dude leads a legion-sized band of space marine pirates and is one of the wealthiest and most powerful space marine lords in the setting, on par with chapter masters of the first founding chapters.WHY THE FUCK WOULD SOMEONE NOT HAVE FIXED HIS POWER ARMOR. Does GW even know their own fucking setting anymore?
>>97242133it's a status symbol, you wouldn't get it
>>97242176Huh. I've been running this model as a Chaos lord in my 3e army not even realizing it was a named character
>>97248145I know this is bait, but if he was supposed to be IM, he would have gold accents, not silver/black ones. Also, his first codex appearance predates Marvel movies by over a decade and reboot of then on hiatus IM comics by a year, sooo...
>>97242133Gotta say I think the old Tyrant's Claw looked better, the eight-pointed star design around the barrel was neat.
If you take away the bionic eye the head sculpt looks more like Lucius than the nuLucius and that makes me mad.
>Be me.>Lord General of the Nordican 1225th/ defacto governor of Nordica II.>For the last few years we've been abandoned by the wider Imperium to an ice world that very much resembles our home.>In that time we've constructed the city of New Yur.>A sprawling metropolis surrounded by a network of trenches visible from orbit dug by the kriegers and valhallans.>We've also made more or less peace with the orks we were originally sent here to fight, and even made alliances with the ruinous powers, but those truces only last for one day a year.>A day that is fast approaching.>Candlemass brings peace, but also war to Nordica II every year without fail.>This year however the orks have decided to convert the former colloseum constructed by khorne worshipers in the ruins of a space hulk that crashed here into an arena for a sport they're apparently calling "Blood Bowl.">I will be attending the first of these games on Candlemass day, which is set to pit greenskins against some surviving khorne worshipers they've captured.>Emperor willing this will be the beginning of true peace to our world.>But knowing Candlemass that seams unlikely and I'll be waiting the whole time for some new threat to emerge.
>>97241712>>97243688>Be felinid commissar Kate.>My chimera arrives at the last know location of the hot chocolate along side the rest of my regiment, and a Hellhound I recognize as belonging to the Tallarn 454th. >I'm met with the sight of a bunch of sisters Repentia freezing their butts off arguing with each other about who will carry the boxes.>I fire my las pistol in the air to get their attention and offer my chimera as transport for the crates while we move through the city.>They agree and while they load up I talky to the Repentia Superior about the situating and try to find out why they are all alone here without any other support form their ordo?
>Be Coach Cummissar Dixie Rekt>At some point during the fighting I got my self knocked out>I rub my read remembering the hangover I got with Vanessa after our first night togetherpic related>I look around trying to determine the current status of my Blood Bowl team and who is still alive.(I've honestly lost track of what's going on in the arena. Could someone please summarize the current status?)
>>97249015>man of iron and vashtor forces Retreating from blood bowl field >tiny tam, kate/tom, sisters of battle, Abby Protecting hot chocolate in new yur next to telepathica>spencer, PriscillaOutside blood bowl arena but close >Cummissar In khorne realm but could come back through portal chill bloodthirsty came from>hot krampus Attacking various members on list >old krampus Keeping his spell to keep people in arena >eldar rangers Still in arena might be under spell Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97249068Sobek is outside the arena near new yur but damaged Tyranids are kinda not doing anything yetEldar corsair is fighting them maybe with polar express And I think that's everyone
>>97249015>>97249068TY>Be Coach/ Cummissar Dixie Rekt>Most of the hostiles are gone, all thats left are the khornates>I go up to the leader and ask if he still wants to play the game with his surviving players>He agrees>MFW my team will finally get to play Blood Bowl in front of everyone here>I head off to get everyone in position for the second round of Blood Bowl.
Thread 449: Ikemen Gabwelius EditionBushi-Navi EN: www.en.bushi-navi.com/Deck Log:decklog.bushiroad.com/ (JP)decklog-en.bushiroad.com/ (EN)Beginner guide, decklists and other info: pastebin.com/QxKQRhrQ (embed)Up to date fanmade PC online games, 3DS/Switch emulation and Mobile games: pastebin.com/7Fj8VqA2 (embed)Cardfight and Buddyfight matchmaking server: discord.gg/6xVFD4rWeiss/Schwarz Resources: pastebin.com/sk2iSjW1 (embed)BCS 2025/26 Info: https://en.bushiroad.com/events/bcs2526/DivineZ DELUXE Finals Ep 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mj1pSvrusDivineZ Parallactic Clash Trailer: https://x.com/cfvanguard_PR/status/2000909190534246745Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>Akina second duel ever>He dont know he can attack rear>Still win agains a semi-proNao is megumi 2.0 lolAlso will akina stop saying miracles every 2 seconds? its getting obnoxious already and it's only 3 episodes
Please dont forget about premium
>>97245121Larping
>>97246438
Should rogue maidens be holy or unholy?
>>97244418Holy to their religion, unholy to enemy religions. That's how everything works in life, pro skub or anti skub.
>>97244418stop thinking about sex all the damn time.
>>97248934You still haven't answered my question.
>>97244418Deeply unholy.
>>97245448>>97245950I must know
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.
Fallen angels are angels who literally fell, so safety is taken very seriously in order to prevent greater evils.
An angel's lifespan is exactly 7 days.
Angels are levitating disembodied breasts.
>>97183544When a musician pays in music, that musician immediately forgets how to play that piece and cannot learn how to play that piece again.
>>97246907>>easily thwarted by the same phrase used on lolicons: a drawing of what?>A drawing of a child that you would see in anime. > Woah, thwarted?!If you ever declare your own victory, you are a faggot. If that victory is from some simpleminded attempt at a gotcha, then everyone knows you are a midwit.
Work in Progress, Christmas Johnnies 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.
WIP Secret Santa archives>2025https://imgur.com/a/I2xxkxJ>2024https://imgur.com/a/g7MfJE5>2023https://imgur.com/a/e9QOmJJ>2022https://imgur.com/a/2OWxHpg>2021https://imgur.com/a/TKfeLxU>2020https://imgur.com/a/TeduVrJ>2019 RebuildComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What'd you get for Christmas /tg/? Picrel was under my tree :)
>>97241595.....Cameron?
>>97248613Used some Christmas cash to buy a silver bayonet book, two teams (French and British) and some monsters.
>>97240999Keep the Aspidastra Flying, the complete HP Lovecraft, new socks, a joint of silverside beef, and a big bag of weed.Exactly what I wanted.
>>97244065Yeah lol I bought it a long while ago cuz I love the character, it's Kudryavka noumi from little busters
>>97240999Picrel from my mommy. :)Also got a $50 gift certificate for my hometown's LGS. I'm thinking of either getting the Fellgor kill team or the stimmers+forge-born set for my Goliaths.
Thoughts on this man?
>>97150922>he’s hot and handsome???
>>97150745I hate his strong female NPCs, his attempts at a Scottish accent, and the high frequency of NPCs who are described as non-binary or gender-fluid before they've even been introduced, as if that's something you can tell by looking at them. And he always describes brown characters as having "beautiful brown skin"
>>97150745>Thoughts on Matt MercerInfrequent to say the least.I never followed anything he did.I think I watched the first episode of "Critical Roll", and found it boring and a little sad. Somebody joined our 5e group because he watched it.I painted him a miniature for his character, but then the 'rona palaver happened and I never saw him in person again.Ah well.
Derp
>>97248268That’s nerd shit. If I’m halfway through a movie and it sucks I’m turning it off. I’m not getting paid by the movie studios, I’m supposed to be giving a review and if I think it sucks I’m going to be honest about it rather than a cuck who thinks being a “critic” is a serious endeavor
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.
Check out One More Quest. I haven't played it but it seems to have a similar silly tone and play style to the board game Dungeon Fighter (there's a bullseye board, you throw the dice and the results are better the closer it gets to the center. You also have various limitations on your throw depending on the skill you're using).I also played Dread once and it's fun for horror one shots.
>>97238257Why would I want to do this? Nothing in your post makes it sound appealing or useful. Are you trying to convince people not to use this method?
>>97248433>>Are you playing with literal cripples? >Yes.Using this card please show that body parts they are missing or what body parts are problematic or non functioning.
Just use tarot cards
>>97248910>One More Quest.Interesting thanks. You saved this thread from being 100% useless. >>97248919>Why would I want to do this? Nothing in your post makes it sound appealing or useful. Are you trying to convince people not to use this method?I know that I am shouting into the wind at this point however I continue.Here is what I did come up with after some play testing.Game is played with 2 cup and 1 ball (small aluminum one) however it be better to bring 5 or more of these balls.Every enemy has a power rating and so does the PC. For example lets say a expert warrior has a power level of 7 while a ogre is 9 soComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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.
>>97206030I made a one-page "dungeon" for DCCIt's more of a side quest, but feel free to tell me what you think.It was originally written as a solo thief adventure, but it should work fine with 2 or 3 people as well.
>>97246161>>97162687
>>97246161It is weird to see a DCC adventure that isn't acid fantasy.
What are examples of kaiju-like monsters in first decade D&D? I'm thinking something less powerful than the tarrasque but more powerful than a Tyrannosaurus rex. Ought to be fun to use them in domain play, if one gives them concrete abilities to damage structures and "mass kill" civilians and standard troops.
>>97249007Nothing strictly first decade comes to my mind, but if you are willing to make an exception for Gygax (pbuh), you have "gargantuan apes" in WG6 Isle of the Ape, basically King Kong, and "gargantuas" in Oriental Adventures, which are essentially humanoid, insectoid, or reptilian kaiju. The Companion set also has a monster called gargantua, but it's just an algorithm to increasing a monster's size, HD to 8×. If I remember correctly, ACKS has better rules for scaling creatures up and down. Th Island of the Ape Gargantuan Apes have specific rules for their attacks acting like battering rams
Would love to share some YTers I like to use for inspiration. Looking for anyone you find helpful. Preferably smaller creators and not restricted to 5e. I’ll submit three that I really enjoy while I’m doing prepFirst I’ll submit is Desk and Dorks. The channel is made by a medieval historian and combines his knowledge of subjects to enhance games. I particularly like his take on Bronze Age fantasy and building better town guards
>>97242691He sounds gay.
>>97242691I like his general leanings, the "punctual and fast" analysis style and the fact he goes on his way to review obscure ttrpgs, however i would like for him to go with analysis on more established and even older rule systems instead of itch.io tier shovelware or meme games nobody will remember anything about 5 seconds about discovering them.
I would recommend game geeks rpg, but it looks like he quit making videos entirely. Also, his wife got involved and ended up pushing reviews of stuff outside of the norm he did.Not entirely /tg/, but william srd used to be good for reviews of old systems and games based on them, but he just started sperging out over gygax being problematic and people who dislike 5th edition one day. Quite a few of his videos just sperg out about politics now.
I like captcorajus, but he is pretty slow to upload.I see people recommend Alexandrian, but he seems pretentious most of the time.
>>97242861Assuming you can only make surface level opinions without experience is itself a surface level opinion. Also, assuming that it's silly to discuss TTRPG mechanics is also shallow. You're a shallow guy.
