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.
>>97245881Assuming my base movement is 30 feet and I have the "Charger" feat, do I move 70 feet or 80 feet whenever I take the Dash action?
>>97220608As long as you don't have any pictures George Droyd is probably gonna be fine.
If you had to rank the published starter set boxes for 5e (both 2014 and 2024) from best to worst, what would the order be and why?
question for the threadIf'n I wanted to attempt to make a gish style class for homebrewing, would you say that these are what is required? Assume point buy/standard array>d8 hit die>half caster for 5th level spells at most>focus the spell list to transmutation and abj magic, little evoc and few illusion/enchantment>simple weapons prof, one martial weapon prof>light armor prof, subclass to get medium armor>at least one extra attackOptional that I've been thinking>spell casting mod to bonus to hit on melee to ease the MAD (mostly so that pumping casting abilites doesn't force you into a caster and can still run up and do melee)>bonus for making/using items with charges (wands, staffs, melee weapons with spells in them) IE, you use a wand of magic missile, you cast it at 1 level higher than the charge you actually used it at>crib the bladesinger cantrip replacement for attack action
>>97246119imo don't even have them be a proper spellcaster. give them the pertinent spells at appropriate levels, even out-of-band with levelled casters if you deem necessary, but without spell slots. instead, give them [Spell-casting Modifier] uses, recharging 1 use on short rest and all uses on long rest
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.
>>97245695Cool. The dingo is a nice touch
>>97245695>>97245822Actually, do I have your permission to use this on my WorldAnvil?
>>97245829I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't do that. It's my old character from Shadowrun (and an attempt to make a Troll with as normal life as Sixth World allows.)Mark Hollowstone (born Troll in the Troll family) in Coober Pedy, Australia in the mixed opal mining community of Dorfs, Humans and Trolls (Orks prefer seeking fortune in the big city and while Elves would gladly wear an opal brooc, they would never lower themselves to dig in the ground like some pleb.) Note for once there's a Troll with no housing issues (many live underground to avoid scorching +45 °C during the day if you're a Troll you just dig a bigger hole for yourself.) Between Outback correspondence courses and local Dwarf scholar (retired Steiger named Helmut Ironvein) the ever curious Mark learned how to read and write (quite a feat in Shadowrun).Mark wanted to see a bit of the world, joined the army (officers appreciated someone who can read the list of supplies and other grunts appreciated there's someone who can carry supplies for the unit on one shoulder and a gatling on another), then after he served his time (honorable discharge) army gave him a scholarship in cryptozoology (except in Australia it's no longer crypto. Just zoology), Mark got BA (his work on Bunyips is widely cited) and now he's a one man expedition into the Australian Outback. (Except one Awakened dingo who's totally not Mark's pet, just always happens to be in the same place.)And speaking of his body paint... during studies Mark took a trip to New Zealand to see tuatara (reptile that refuses to evolve for 240 million years) and visited a tattoo parlour. Maori tattooist touched Mark's rough skin and told him "dude, you need a chisel. My needle won't do anything." A bit dejected Mark told himself that since he's Australian he'll stick to Aboriginal body painting and it turned out that as long he's painted the cryptids, awakened animals and even local spirits are much less hostile and sometimes even outright friendly.
Previois: >>97240061>Most recent bracket system updatehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/commander-brackets-beta-update-october-21-2025>Outline article introducing the bracket systemhttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-commander-brackets-beta>Current banlisthttps://magic.wizards.com/en/banned-restricted-list#commander-banned>Former Commander website, where you can learn the basics, and read the format philosophy laid down by the rules committeehttps://mtgcommander.net>Statistically see what everyone else puts in their commander decks based on what is posted to the internetComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
My pod is in the midst of an arms race. I was the last in the pod to turn, I finally got fed up with it. So I had to put down my sovlful favorful bracket 2 voltron deck to create this abomination. This piece of shit is hardly optimized and isn't good at all. But that's not the point. What matters more is that no one likes it. I don't even like it. It represents but a small fraction of hatred that I wish to inflict onto the world. A hatred that grows 1 cardboard piece at a time. Sometimes I lay awake at night and think about how things used to be. There is weeping and gnashing of teeth at the table where there use to be joy.
>>97246090It's not that expensive these days, but hope your buds get some good pulls
>>97245776Green and red and especially green+red have plenty of amoral death machines, especially raging retard death machines. It's a blue character turning into a gruul character not an rgb character
>>97246140I hope so too, they're newer friends of mine and they didn't expect gifts but they're dear to me after having moved from a pretty isolated ass place in the worldHaving IRL friendships is very new for me
>>97245988Bhahaha it really is. 4 damage to any attacking creature? It turns it from a symmetrical effect that stops little creatures from attacking into an asymmetical effect that stops most creatures from attacking-- and I think picrel is the only other card that has that same effect, and obviously to a lesser degree. Good suggestion, friend. :^)
Deck the boards with solos burningWhile the poles and leafsScream REE REE REETis the seasons to be follyAll AffO freaks go 'wege 'wege 'wegeOP dons his gay apparelLacerda, Knizia hand in handTroll /bgg/ threads we feel compelledFucking birds and FIRST, my (you)s sell wellWelcome to the Holiday Edition of the Board Games General!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I've been trying to improve 15 Love, I tried a 'new and improved' version with my sister: Compared to the OG Rules, you now have a deck of card, and each player has 3 cards in their hand at all time: The number on the card determines how many squares you can toss the ball, and Aces can be used when you serve for a free point (literally getting an Ace in Tennis)
>>97245966I feel you anon. I really don't want to interact with the part of the userbase that'll usually post comments. For all I know gulag users might be 99% normal people, but the remaining 1% make up the vast majority of active posters.
>>97245989Don't they all post their stuff on their page/blog that nobody really reads and then copypaste it to the gulag with a link? Doesn't seem to solve anons problem
>>97246077The F:AT people held a lot of disdain for the 'geek way back when.The chief editor and writer Michael Barnes was certainly not publishing reviews there as he was repeatedly banned.With their rebrand into There Will Be Games and a different editorial team, I havent followed if they now publish in both places.Theel and Spacebiff I guess. I never read their reviews on BGG, only on their personal sites.
>>97246130I see. I'm the first to shit on the gulag, but tbqh it could be much worse. The forums are absolutely aweful for the most part, but having a consolidated database and place to get usermade player aids amd other files is great. As all sane people.(Should) do, I use the gulag 90% as a database and 10% to get answers for rules questions, and for that having a single site is pretty neat. Not upselling the gulag, just saying there's a good side to all of this as well.
In your game, do you treat bows as strength- or dexterity-based weapons?
>>97240302Looks like pseudo-freeform bullshit.
>>97223103All weapons are bothstrength add to damage dexterity add to hit/accuracy
>>97223103Fantasy so precision based. This >>97223140is true but trying to split hairs just muddies waters needlessly and I'm a simple person who prefers a simple answer.Let the fags who wanna argue argue. I got a story to tell and fun to be had.
>>97234047Western cultures, even. https://mythicbeliefs.com/odysseus-bow/
>>97245951>I got a story to tellSo write a book.
Previous thread: >>97111514GURPS is a modular, adaptable system, capable of running a wide range of characters, settings, and play styles, with a level of detail varying from lightweight to completely autistic.Optional rules allow you to emulate different genres with a single system, or even switch genres within a single game.A nearly complete archive of GURPS books can be found by using the image. Never post direct links to the archive anywhere in plain text.If you're wondering where to start:- The Basic Set covers everything, including a lot of optional rules you probably won't use.- A genre guide can be found in the archive, under Unofficial/GURPSgen. It tells you what extra books and articles you may find useful for many common genres.- How To Be a GURPS GM is a good read even for players.- GCS (gurpscharactersheet.com) is an excellent character-builder software, with page references to all the books and the option to export to both Foundry and Fantasy Grounds.Thread question: How often do you use an official GURPS setting? Which are your favorites?
>>97245787Subsystem damage in GURPS is totally ass compared to something like CP2020 with Maximum Metal
>>97245670Basic Set p. 555:(1) Subtract vehicle DR from original damage to get penetrating damage.(2) Multiply penetrating damage by injury modifier to get injury on vehicle HP.(3) If penetrating damage is at least 5, and the damaged hit location of the vehicle contains an occupant, then additionally roll on the Occupant Hit Table to determine whether an occupant is hit. If an occupant is hit, he takes 1d cutting damage per full five points of penetrating damage that the vehicle took.This is double-counting damage, which I don't like--5 points of original damage turns into 5 points of damage to the vehicle plus 3.5 points of damage to an occupant. But it's RAW.
>>97244276Ah forgot about semis. It still won't be much of an issue, since recoil is there. >>97244163I'm also interested. Would HE ammo be OP with the 3x wound compared to follow-up damage?>>97244249Great idea. Maybe it's just me, but despite how modular GURPS is, it never ever occurs to me to modify the attributes.
>>97243994Having higher combat skill already gives you more attacks (-6 to hit per extra attack) thanks to Rapid Strike. It should be fair to just extrapolate this rule to all combat maneuvers. For maneuvers that don't require a roll (Aim, Evaluate, Ready, etc.), the GM should ask for a roll using DX, IQ, or an appropriate skill at +6, minus the penalty for multiple maneuvers.If you want actual Shadowrun initiative that gives everyone actual extra turns in combat, then that gets a bit more complicated. In Shadowrun, everyone rolls 1d6 + Reaction + Intuition for Initiative, with a roll of 10+ giving an extra Initiative Pass at your Initiative -10. And rolling 20+ gives a third turn at Initiative -20, rolling 30+ gives a fourth turn at Initiative -30, and so on. The average human has Reaction and Intuition of 3, for an average Initiative roll of 9 or 10.In GURPS, turn order is determined by Basic Speed, which is 5 for the average human. To get Shadowrun Initiative, you might have everyone roll 1d+1 + Basic Speed at the start of combat to determine Initiative/Turn-Order. This gives the same average Initiative as above. Then give everyone an extra turn at Initiative-10 to anyone who rolls 10+, as above.
>>97246141Although, there already exists an advantage that gives extra turns (Altered Time Rate for 100/lvl). To be fair, you would have to add +10/lvl to the cost of Basic Speed, and +2.5/lvl to the cost of DX and HT. It's probably best to not tie extra turns to Basic Speed, but just have players take a skill penalty if they want to do multiple actions, or let them buy Altered Time Rate with a limitation (maybe worth -20%) that the extra turn occurs after everyone else has already taken their turn. Combine this with the Defensive enhancement (worth +20%), and you get a sum total modifier of +0%.
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.
Hey guys, wannabe Exalted-GM here! I've been reading Exalted 3 core for a few weeks, trying to digest the system and setting. But I still can't figure out how the game is supposed to be played out, I can't get a good feel of the expected power level, what a typical game look like...My players want to play Solar Exalts, do you have any advice on how to start a game, a good kicker for our campaign?Also maybe a good actual play you would recommend?Thx!
>>97245897https://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0001.htmlGive Keychain a read, it's a decent representation of a mixed game
>>972458973e core was made in a weird period of Onyx Path life, where there was next to no st advice in their books, you should check fan made st guides and charm cascades.
>>97245949>"Solars CANNOT even at Essence 5, the pinnacle of Charm power, defy the law of leverage and lift things that would be unrealistic for physics">"Here are some Sidereal Charms. They are now Solar Charms. Cup Boils Over in particular is fucking useless, but we're still including it in the published material to win an internet argument and we dare you to find a good use for it">"We can only be bothered to write War Charms up to E3, sorry guys y'all getting mogged by all the other Solaroids at the thing the Unconqunered Sun made you for">"Melee and Brawl are the shit! Now take your fucking useless Charms that do literally nothing except offer +1 parry to CoDs and parry trivial opponents because we expected everyone to game Supernal as hard as us and people trying to get Solar Charms in actual gameplay isn't our problem!">"Exalted can never be part of a battlegroup, also here is a top end example of a battlegroup made of Goblinblooded">"Animals have not-Charms and Legendary Size is a significant, meaningful hurdle for Solars to overcome because fuck you. Also there are beyond-Legendary Size things. We will not elaborate on this. Good fuck luck with that Vance lmao">"Some Charms do nothing but give WP and free Excellency uses, these are clearly amazing displays of Solar power that deserve to be E3 at minimum in a game where Solars start at E1">"Being mounted means you might as well be wearing gunzosha armour but without any of the downsides, by the way we will not be providing rules for gunzosha armour"
>>97245949>"Evocations! Entirely new Charmsets unlocked one by one from an artifact so they're not limited to a single localised gimmick or purely narrative effects! Amazing, right?! Have fun unlocking them one by on-okay even we realised this was so shit Solars can get a Charm to force the ST to write a bunch...with ZERO guidance on the limits and capabilities of Evocations. In fact, in Arms of the Chosen we'll write a bunch of Evocations that actively metagame existing Charms or grant motes under certain circumstances! That's right kids, going full Pun-Pun is a valid use for Evocations! DO YOU LOVE OUR NEW THING YET?! Also sorry this made Glorious Solar Saber effectively useless"In hindsight it is actually comical what a bad start 3e core was for the entire gameline, and how hard the more vocal fandom bent over backwards to defend it.
Writing General: 'festive' editionWelcome to /wg/, the thread for all /tg/ related writing. Whether you're plotting your campaign, trying to come up with a character backstory, or just trying to write some setting fluff, this is the place to post it. You don't even have a campaign, just an idea you want to develop? You're welcome here. While the rest of /tg/ is arguing over monstergirl mating and which way rivers are supposed to flow, we're here to help you turn your thoughts into an actual finished product.As the successor to the Storythreads, we're also open to /tg/ related fanfiction (D&D, Warhammer, Battletech, whatever). In fact, if you've written any vaguely /tg/-related short stories, you can try them out here. We also have flash-fiction challenges from time to time.There's a discord for writers herehttps://discord.gg/6AwKHGFThe previous thread can still be found in the archive here>>96644454And finally an archive of /tg/ fiction can be found here:http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (dead link, but may be resurrected one day)https://2d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (page missing, wiki still up)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97234049Happy Holidays to you too, anon!>>97229017Snowman 2https://mega.nz/file/64ZgXRzK#HRWHh9O667mGUFV1h379_QfGmYZ7ZtoEAPrwWYsiWa4Snowman 3https://mega.nz/file/i9Iz3YLB#BeCKpnCPvCnHmAoMZ1Vnj70MEKkV_Wu1Z4r0W5n713cA few more Christmas stories:https://mega.nz/file/bgYzHRqZ#XQBty7WxnsiMExpzBMwwvJSMgli8VfzHPPJFc83eGuwhttps://mega.nz/file/Cs5VGZrS#8VzOyQ7FR-P1M_ji4Qxrc3nM3D5mkNJhy2PlPXKVgMUhttps://mega.nz/file/u843URQS#OfJbUlBxHGZuGzoXu-NxTXFnDV3WwOwThh8T77AWcEU
>>97237143nice
Merry Christmas, anons!Hope you all had a good one.
>>97133758What resources, random generators, etc. do you use when writing supers settings?
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?
>>97244320I think it was a precursor to finality counters, just something that you use to keep track of this shit while playing tabletop
>>97243437>hold lands in hand to bluff>opponent now must take into consideration what you could possibly be holding>I am now upsetMany such cases
>44 Mastery>24 days leftAlready did all my weekly wins until reset. idk if I'm going to make it
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My username change request was approved!
>>97171444 >What is /awg/?A thread to talk about minis and games which fall between the cracks, or peoples' homebrew wargames.The >>>/tg/hwg thread doesn't entertain fantasy (for good reason) and the other threads are locked to more specific games.This thread isn't tied to a game, a publisher, or a genre, let's just talk about fun wargames. Any scale, any company, any miniatures.>Examples of games that qualify.A Song of Ice and Fire, Argatoria, Batman Miniature Game, Carnevale, Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings,Deadzone, Dragon Rampant, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, HeroClix,Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,Oathmark, OnePageRules, Open Combat, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, SAGA, StarCraft, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void,Warcaster, Warmachine, Xenos Rampant, Xenotactics......and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97218660>to most people the idea that you'd line up in neat ranks and take turns shooting each other seems absurdwell yeah if you describe it like that then it definitely would. history in general is gonna seem really strange if your starting assumption is that anyone who lived before "now" had the IQ of a root vegetable.
Hope everyone had a nice Christmas lads. Was going to do some Boxing Day hobby but haven't.What did you all get? I didn't ask for much this year, my work colleague got me a nice little em4 Miniatures order and my family the Planet 28 rulebook I chucked on a recent Mammoth Miniatures order.I want to paint the Space Rangers super quick whilst I'm off work
>>97245384THIS.Where do I get heroes etc. in 1/72 scale ? I guess I will multibase them for Horde of the Things
>>972456601/72 is 20mm shouldn't be too hard. Are you going historical or fantasy
>>97245952Both, since in the end all I need to switch between these two is adding a few monsters and maybe wizard or two.
OP's Special Interest 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/downloads/warhammer-the-old-world/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>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.
>>97244395>Be Lord Noctis Carrigen>The fighting in the trenches is dying down>Piles of krieg corpses burn as my men sing praises to the blood god>Pile them up>Even some of my men have removed their gas masks to devour cooked flesh>I make my way and devour some flesh as well>my hideous burned face hidden by the mask is finally free to the air>Smells like victory >But there is still more to kill>Once I've had my fill i put my gas mask back on and take a bike from one of my riders"ONWARDS! LET US BURN THE FOLLOWERS OF SLAANESH AND THE IMPERIALS HOMES!">My men hoot in glee as they rev up their engines>Sentinels begin to run>Hellhounds and The Emperor that Weeps tear up the dead and the snowComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97244743>>97244845>be Vashtor the arkifane >and that finishes the "holiday" rush >daemon engines, soul grinders, weapons, scrap code viruses, etc all sent after getting payment>honestly fuck this season >decide to check in on that man of Iron i unleashed given some of my workers are heading into unscheduled portals myfuckingtimetables.autisitcscreeching>do a quick check in >okay so the Krampus daemons are here>okay slaanesh daemonettes>some...werid shit going on with the nerconsmightneedtolookintothat.researchpurposes>tyranid hive fleet in orbit>imperials being stupid as per usualComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97244845>>97244834>>97244296>>97243688>>97241712>be tiny Tam >"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"gasp>"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA">this might be the scariest moment of my life >that includes the nightmare, the monsters, the kriegers, and the goat daemon>im hanging on for dear life as this ball of teeth and rage bounds around like a falling star as i bounce around barely clinging to its stitching >after one hard bounce i can see we're in New Yur!>AND ITS ON FIRE >the squig comes down hard on a motorcycle being ridden by a woman wearing blood red armor as the squig bounces off her she spins out and ignites in a fire ballComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97237255>>97237607>Be Sergeant Ivana Semenov, 74465th Valhallan, Recon company 32E >Me and Natalya manage to make our way to the “parking lot”, only to see some Eldar steal our snowmobiles and drive them to a difference entrance to the arena at the other end of the building/crashed Space Hulk, crashing into multiple other vehicles along the way >Knowing how fast and agile Eldar are, they probably could have gotten to that entrance faster just by running and jumping along the tops of the vehicles, unless they were deliberately trying to wreck our snowmobiles >I suppose we may never find out >Gunfights are now breaking out in the parking lot, mostly between off-duty Guardsmen and Greenskins, but then there are a few green flashes and Necrons start appearing as well and attacking both sides >No way we will survive the gauntlet of haphazardly parked vehicles and firefights and get all the way over there, so instead we head to Valhallan Recon Taurox with the markings of our sister company >There is a young couple inside dressed in a haphazard fashion who clearly decided to stay behind for some one on one recreation>We try to get them to leave right away, but they insist on waiting for their comrades which I suppose is fair enough >Miraculously, the other three soldiers join us not long after, and the driver takes us off road to avoid the firefight that will no doubt develop along the main road >As we speed away into the night, we start getting vox transmissions that the city itself is under attack, mostly by a surprise invasion by an as of yet unidentified Chaos warband made up of Traitor Guard, but there are also reports of isolated skirmishes with Drukhari, “Slaaneshified Necron”, rogue Kriegers, and “horned daemons”, and it seems some of the fastest Ork vehicles have already reached the outskirts of the city and attacked the Chaos warband from behind >A pretty typical Nordica II Candlemas then
>>97246101>It sounds like the Krieger section of trenches has been breached, but the adjacent Felinid and Valhallan sections are rushing in to fill the gap >We head off to rejoin our respective companies >Hopefully the Major won't mind that we snuck off to watch the Blood Bowl game, or that our snowmobiles are missing
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.)
>>97242583I (and many others) shit on Edna/2hu pretty regularly, but they're one of the few bona fide yesgames let on /tg/ who cares about the games they like enough to post multipage autistic breakdowns of the parts of them they like the most.They're wasted on /tg/, and they're wasted on reddit, too.
>>97242591/tg/ as it is now, at least
>>97242578>it's a decent if a light on world buildingIt is supposed to be a toolkit RPG that expects the ST to do the work of fleshing out the Web of Pain. Even then, the core rulebook alone details four cities, each with their own conspiracies that make up a segment of the Web of Pain.Eric Zawadzki is currently writing Deep Dive, a supplement that fully fleshes out 40 conspiracies from Standing 1 to 10. It also has a full-on sample Web of Pain for STs who want something ready-to-go, spanning dozens of conspiracies.>>97242583Thank you.
>>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.
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Now I have a BattleMech too, ho, ho, ho! Special Christmas Edition Previous Thread: >>97217175================================>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.
Are the Viking IIC and the Mastodon really that good/durable?
>>97239367it's creepy that you think/know that
>>97245982He has THE GIFT
>>97245896I don't know about the Mastodon, but the Viking IIC can take 66 damage to the CT without going internal.
>>97246081Witchcraft!
I’m running a low fantasy game, and social advancement is gonna be a thing. So the PCs are gonna be rubbing elbows with a lot of noble families as they make their way into high society. I’m just asking for NPCs and ideas.Most of the nobility are humans, but a few are half-elves and halflings.
>>97242977Fuck off Puckee, you worthless faggot.
>>97243171Historically, the best set of skills for upward mobility is the right combination of martial prowess, strategy, and charisma that you can just kill whoever is currently in charge and say "I'm in charge now" and get away with it. No matter how royal your bloodline and fancy your title, go back far enough and it started with one of your ancestors killing a guy and planting a throne on top of his grave. Everything else about noble society is to dissuade people from remembering that murdering your way to the top isn't just valid, its how the current guy's family got there.
>>97243195>Historically, the best set of skills for upward mobility is the right combination of martial prowess, strategy, and charismaThe majority of historical leaders didn't really have any of those though.
>>97242977>puckee spamming his commission againhttps://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryNobles/comments/1bek6uh/princess_bethany_of_caduvia_by_dennis_fr%C3%B6hlich/https://desuarchive.org/_/search/image/NK_bgIoQlr0PUvh9xE2WXQ/>24 times
>>97233040Upon first creating my fantasy nobles, I naturally based them all on the incompetent buffoons found in British high society, that's my style sir.
