>Session 1 of buddy's new campaign>It's clear he hasn't read the rules at all and is totally winging it
>>97230753That's unfortunately, but they are trying and if you gently nudge them towards actually reading the GMing section in their system of choice, they will hopefully learn eventually. GMing is fucking hard and even if you are well versed in the rules, it is still something you can only get good at through lots of practice and lots of fucking up.I remember having to fuck up half a dozen campaigns that either fizzled or crashed and burned before I ran a campaign so good that it kept going for 2 straight years.
>>97231610If someone doesn't have the ability to read the rules on their own then they are not cut out to GM
>>97231712They're just over eager. You don't have to handhold them, just strongly encourage them. It would help if you actually talked to them and told them that you have no interest in nannying them through every session.
>>97231764I've been begging people to read the rules for every game we've ever played for years. It's just a genetic thing I think
>>97230596While actually making the attempt is commendable, I think if you gently open the topic that understanding the rules will be more fun in the long run, hopefully he will listen
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
>>97201035>>97201254>>97201817Sorry to hear about you being too stupid to play tabletop games. He not talking about the trannies who live in the void that is the inside of your head. He talking about people spending a few hours pretending to something they are not like a elf. One of the things a really hate about /pol/tard types is how they never learned to mind their own business. Some guy who is not in your group (not that you have one) playing a lady has zero effect on you so you have zero reason to care.
>>97203518>t. retard with zero value.
>>97220312So he nogames.
>>97139776When I was nine my sister was making fun of my for playing a "girl game" because I was playing Tomb Raider, since that day I've resorted to playing women just to spite her.
>>97227811>the original claim was that all characters were necessarily self-inserts?Idk why this pisses you off so much. It's literally just "you control the buttons you press" applied to imagining shit, but in trying to explain this i've been met with frothing abject refusal to understand another person's perspective (which is hilarious all things considered)
Speed Edition.>Previous>>97205272>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.
>>97232109>Then tell the spiders on our phones to behaveThat will happen only if you:>Cease to meddle in scientific research>Stop involving yourself with human culture and religions in order to subvert them away from Mother>Allow Mother's children to continue the pursuit of perfection in all forms >Stop crossing the gauntlet >Embrace clarification / cease to exist
>>97229666>666Calm your dick, Satan.
>>97232233I'd rather get fucked in Crinos than acquiesce to these demands. Most of all because you treat us like deviants instead of people.>Stop involving yourself in human cultureNo.
>>97231631>Kind of a bit of both, it's important enough to covet but not enough to risk grievous injury.>Garou have the whole honor culture shit going on you're unlikely to lose it to subterfuge.That’s good.>Though, more likely to get challenged for it by someone who thinks they can take you and it would be useful. I doubt most Garou would bother, but I'd definitely expect a plotline where you have to give it up or get challenged for it at some point early on.Shit.>>97231789I was considering Gaia’s Poultice, a three dots fetish.>>97231799Ah so you can refuse the fights!>>97231848Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97226093Here is my idea for what I'm using for a fusion setting, but it can work for just Requiem. Tremere are both a Clan and a Covenant. They don't get favored Disciplines, but they do get favored Themes (leaning towards Creation, Destruction, Transmutation) from the blood sorcery book. I was thinking to lean into them being outsiders who forced themselves into Kindred society, they don't do typical Embraces. Instead, they use a ritual to turn people into vampires. Their Clan weakness is they occasionally have to do the ritual again, otherwise they turn into Revanents and their blood bonds start to decay until they can perform it again.Their Bloodlines are created by master blood sorcerers who have pioneered new branches of Thaumaturgy and modified their embrace ritual to add another Theme to specialize in it. It's possible to instead add a Bloodline Discipline, but that is probably rare. The Tremere were accepted into Kindred society because they agreed to teach sorcery to other vampires (they do of course keep the good stuff to themselves). The Covenant is called the Order of Hermes. The Thaumaturgy the Covenant teaches has the favored Themes of Destruction and Transmutation. Admittedly, the Destruction one is mostly because Theban Sorcery and Cruac don't have it as a favored Theme. Non-Tremere Covenant aligned Bloodlines probably have Bloodline Themes instead of Disciplines since they're focusing on magic.
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?
>>97230792Theres only faggot decks left anon. Everything else got power creeped
>mono black has a turn 3 wrath of godjesus fucking christ this game sucks
How many times do you try out a deck before giving up on it?
>>97231153I haven't had to give up on a deck in so long, I actually don't know.Thats the benefit of playing brawl right there
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>>97232155>>97231937I'm seriously digging those bat-people.
>>97231963Iphaedra, and sure go for it. Cruithne is the dude who's wife and kids are up north.
Nothing like a misgen that reminds you of that memetic human-headed horse
>>97232364Awesome. What's better is I could see some artist legit painting that and touting it as "high brow absurdist, your just too ignorant to understand real art"
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.
I'm honestly kind of baffled at the "OSR = chud" mindset. Most of my TTRPG friends are queer and we prefer to play old-school. We just finished up a delve into Caverns of Thracia (holy shit that one's a meatgrinder) run with AD&D.
>>97231904It's just typical online retards, pay them no mind
>>97213012Seconding this. Wilderlands is incredibly cool and easily accessible.
>>97232095Wilderlands of High Fantasy is cool, but I wouldn't say it's easily accessible. The information is scattered all over the place, often internally contradictory, and it doesn't help newbies figure out how to use the whole hot mess.
God, it's nice in here now, huh. I know I'm probably jinxing it, but I just have to say how nice it is to talk substantially about games again.
Holiday EditionDiscuss and post elves. Elf lore, gameplay, and art are all appreciated.QOTT: What are some of the best gifts to give elf-lovers? What gifts would you give to lovers of other races/species/ancestries/whatever?
>>97230669I would rather have the Gremlin elf. She'll be a good mother to our kids.
>>97232054>actually an evil cult>cursed by a good god to be small and ugly>gift giving is a form of penance
>>97232491>uglyThey're not ugly....
>>97232491This is who you're calling ugly btw
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>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.
>>97226585>>97230644>Be Seer Delwyn>I hate my life, I really do>This accursed frozen ball of rock full of other races will truly be the death of me>That woman we brought back last year wasn't even a good sport about it, last I heard she ran off somewhere>And now we're back here again>I think it bears repeating - again!>This time we're here, officially, as part of the Blood Bowl team>Unofficially, it's just a cover to sneak us in as the espionage team to try again at unpicking this planet's annual wackiness>Still, we have to play this bizarre tradition to keep up the cover story>Clearly, that we're being chosen as the local experts means the higher-ups trust us with the operation>I say their confidence is well-placed and we're not just disposable idiots, as some people whisper.>We've gotten a few roles assigned to us for the mission>Unfortunately, I didn't get to pick theseComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97232196>Suddenly some little figure hands me something and vanishes into the crowd>I think I saw a flash of green clothing?>Strange fellow, no doubt>Now, what's this?>Looks to be a wrapped package, whatever could it be?>Check the tag>To me, from "Santa", huh?>I don't remember fully who that is, some kind of Imperial Candlemas tradition I think?>Clearly a pseudonym, it seems I might have an admirer>Of course I do, I'm the best there is>Odd, there seems to be a few mysterious stains on the tag and paper and the wrapping has some symbols that seem.....vaguely familiar>I think I'll open this one later, I'm sure they sent me something good>Now, about that wine.....
>>97230656>>97231432>Be Priscilla, Least Fortunate Woman in the Galaxy>As I stand in the lobby, trying to think of the next phase of my plan, and dreading what bizarre incidents will happen on Nordica II this Candlemas, a pale skinned woman in white furs sweeps into the room at the head of a small group of drunken lackeys, tosses me a set of keys, and demands that I drive her to something called a “Blood Bowl Game” in the old Space Hulk wreck >I briefly contemplate running or fighting, but the high heeled boots I acquired as part of my disguise aren’t well suited to either course of action, particularly as they don’t quite fit, and one of heels has a bit of a wobble >And then one of the lackeys refers to the pale woman in white as “Cummissar” and I realize how laughably outclassed I am >According to what little intelligence my superiors have managed to gather on the Schlick, the Cummissar is the leader of their paramilitary organization, and is a daemonette of significant power and cunning >And a shape changer as well apparently >Trying, and no doubt failing, to hide my horror and dismay, the best I can do is resist the urge to start crying, and to not cover myself with my hands as the Cummissar gives me a very thorough leer>I wordlessly allow the group to lead me to the large limo in the parking garage, and manage to get the limo on the road without too many scrapes and bumps, usually people drive me, not the other way around >I try my best to keep my eyes on the roads, but the moaning and slapping sounds from the back of the limo left little doubt as to what is going on back there >But eventually the noises stop, either she tired her minions out, or worse, drained their souls until they became comatose >And every time I looked in the rear view mirror following the ceasing of the sex noises, the Cummissar is staring at me hungrily
>>97232481>This is bad, perhaps even as bad as the string of events that had occurred when Happy Ending was invaded a few months back >We arrive at the Space Hulk and I am shocked to see presumably normal Imperial citizens mingling with Orks, Gretchin, shamelessly underdressed members of the Schlick, and even a few Tau and Eldar >Clearly at some point in my absence, the Lord General crossed the line between short term alliances with heretics and xenos, and outright heresy>I guess I can’t throw stones given where I suspect my own employer’s loyalties to lie, and the several occasions in the past where I was temporarily enslaved by Orks, but I am dismayed by how clearly compromised Imperial rule of this planet has become. Any plans I had of sneaking off and notifying authorities completely evaporate >I was hoping the Cumissar would let me stay in the limo, but instead she leaves her comatose minions behind and demands that I accompany her to her box seat instead, and the way she says it leaves no room for doubt on what activities she has in mind when we get there >Fuck my life, times a million >The walk to the box seat is simply brutal >Despite the amount of effort I am putting into managing my mounting dread, I am painfully aware of how every human face that looks at me is either shamelessly leering or twisted up in disgust, and I get groped or spat on at least once every ten seconds >The Orks and Gretchin seem to instinctively recognize my low status and more than a few times an Ork deliberately bumps into me and knocks me over like a bowling pin on the icy floor, or a Gretchin throws waste at me, to the cruel laughs of the others >The Tau and Eldar just look at me like I am crazy, probably because even by the standards of the Schlick my attire is extremely unsuitable for the freezing conditions and icy floors of the Space Hulk
>>97232493>The Cummissar doesn’t seem to notice my discomfort, though no doubt she has plans to warm me up when we get to the box seat >And here we are >Like the rest of the arena, it is crudely fabricated from metal cut from the Space Hulk, with only a few pornographic paintings and a table full of drinks and “toys” denoting that this space has been set aside for a high ranking daemonette>There are two armed guards here, and a scantily clad serving girl, but the Cummissar unfortunately just ignores them and indicates I should sit on the crude metal bench and watch the game which is just starting while she pours us some drinks >The bench is so cold that it burns, and the game, which seems to be some Orkish equivalent to football, stops as soon as it starts, with two players arguing over some rule >The Cummissar hands me a drink, puts a hand on one of my knees, but then leans forward and starts scanning the playing field for something >fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuckuckfuckfuckfuckfuck>By this point I am shaking uncontrollably from both fear and cold, and I have the most extreme case of goosebumps I have had since that one time I fell in a river on Damnatum Lutum during the middle of winter >I silently pray to every god that might me listening that the Cummissar actually enjoys watching “Blood Bowl” and forgets about me, or if that is not an option, that some sort of distraction occurs that gives me a chance to escape
Moloch's Fun Park Edition>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game still in a pre-release playtesting phase but with the full release slated for this year. Based on the art and lore of Mike Franchina, whose illustrations you may have seen floating around on /tg/ for a several years now, and designed by Tuomas Pirinen, one of the original creators of Mordheim. It's grimdark, it's visceral, it's awesome, and it's very Blanchitsu.>What Trench Crusade is notTC not an excuse for you to discuss IRL religion, history that didn't occur in the game, culture war shit, or discord bullshit on /tg/. Keep it on topic.>What's the QRD on the background?The Knights Templar turned heretic and opened the Gates of Hell when they took Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Over 800 years later the war is still ongoing as technology has developed to a pseudo diesel-punk WW1 standard and a third of Humanity has sided with the Infernal Princes.>How do I get started?All the files are free online:https://www.trenchcrusade.com/rules/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Hey /TCG/My partner and i have gotten heavily into the lore and models. We just arent too sure where to start? We have the rules and what not but on the website ive noticed not all have STL links. Also i habe a 3d printer but with no idea how to use it yet
Which of the Armies are recommended for the newest players? I've been excited to start my own warband part of the New Antioch. Yet is that the best way to go?
>>97231838>Also [I have] a 3d printer but with no idea how to use it yetLearn to use that first.
>>97231914I'm trying anon. I really am.
>>97231387To steal from another wargame I've played, one of the factions can 'Evolve'.Each unit has two things they can 'evolve' into. By default the player can evolve one unit a turn, but some abilities let them try to evolve more.For example, their chaff unit has two evolutions- Kill self and turn into a bunch of resource for the rest of the warband- turn into another unit type, but keep the same hpand another unit has these evolutions- gain 1 HP and armour, attack deals significant extra damage under some conditions- gain 2 HP, their other ability increases the damage and push distance a bit.
>>97231781It's a Clasp of Protection from Evil
>>97231781>it's an anti-evil bonus damage aura or something?Close, Protection against Evil. He bought it after noticing he kept getting dominated mid-fight (and out of fight due to Vampire Durkon)
>>97231807I guess he's still Evil then, despite all the apparent change latelyI suppose it's not so easy to switch alignment
>>97231867I expect he'll switch to neutral right before he dies. Some heroic sacrifice to save a teammate, or the like.
>>97231867Use of the clasp being literal penance in preparation for an alignment shift might seem a little on-the-nose... Then you remember who's writing this.
MECTech is my system for mech-based combat. Link to the rules that I'm about 80-90% finished with.>https://docs.google.com/document/d/18TSQCp5eVKER3ziEDW5p9t2OZtmEmE6v6lquue5elAg/edit?usp=sharingWhy make an entire thread?>Have enough content and questions to warrant it>Hope to get enough criticism/feedback to gain the inspiration to finish it within the next day or so>Main goal is just to talk about design philosophy with people>The board is slow Feel free to participate with questions or additions to any element of my system, or answers to questions that I ask. If you have your own design questions for TTRPGs, I'd be happy to give my 2 cents as well.First topic presented for review will be my take on general actions and action economy which I think is moderately unique
I don't really have any mecha based pictures so I'll just be using whateverPlayer Turns>Player turns consist of Full Actions, Quick Actions, Reactions, Free Actions>Full/Quick/Free actions are about what you'd expect.Reactions>Pick your reaction, roll a d20 to see if it's successful, perform the reaction and roll any additional dice required(example, if you need to make an attack roll)>Further separated into Delayed and Instant reactions>Can be performed by anyone involved in the current Sequence(of events) as long as there's a triggering action>Instant reactions happen BEFORE the triggering event concludes, while delayed reactions happen AFTER the triggering event>Each additional reaction in the same Sequence has a +2 to the number you have to roll in order for it to be successful>Only 1 of 5 pilot classes eventually gain the ability to have 2 reactions per turn instead of one>Multiple Reaction options can be taken at once and performed simultaneously, but ALL options need to be successful or none areComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Flow of gameplayOne of the big goals I wanted to achieve was to make the player's pilot character, and the player's mech feel like 2 halves of a single unit. Which leads me to my idea for the general flow of the game, as far as I'm concerned.Out of MEC activity>sessions or missions or however else you'd want to separate gameplay would start with out of MEC activity>While out of combat, gameplay is more freeform with less rules>Pilot character 'health' is measured in Fate points>Fate points are used to perform activities, and you can lose more if you fail any attempts at something>Losing all fate points means your pilot character is contextually 'unable to fight' (which could mean they're unconscious, wounded trapped, etc)>The player can still participate in the MEC combat, but they'd have to play as some NPC substitute pilot with no bonuses>The general goal of out of mec activity is to gather data or otherwise make the upcoming MEC battle easierPilot and MEC abilities>MEC construction and loadout naturally determines what your MEC is capable of doingComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97231465Heeey, new original content, good for you, anon! Will check it out when I get back home from work.
>>97232291I knew if I talked to the wall long enough I’d get a response sooner or later.
I see one of you made a ton of grammatical corrections to my document. I’m gonna delete all those corrections after I make the edits just so the document isn’t so crowded looking.Bless your autism
We've reached the point where GMs are now producing AI slop responses both in and out of character.
>>97231005True. The default style of AI writing is so fucking stale and soulless. I'm convinced that the primary training data for them is shit HR women write.
>>97228120>People who learn to use the tools meant to substitute for natural creativity and intelligence must lack creativity and intelligencewell... duh
>>97229881It's Edna. He's not lying, just extremely autistic.
>>97223532voice games are beer and pretzels dog shit
>>97231977autistic cope
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.
>>97232229The one turn buff makes them t6. Berserkers are t4 base, they can take the +1T gift at 2ppm or something. That makes them t5 6++.
>>97232130Do you mean Kreugar?
>>97232241They'll tarpit something for a while but they'll probably lose to static combat res or any higher tier infantry Pretty sure my Storm Vermin break them
>>97232219Inconclusive if you mean broken in the sense that they're game breaking, not enough games have been played since the book came out for anyone to confidently make that claim. If you mean broken as in "there is no reason to ever not take this upgrade on everything that can possibly take it", then yes. People are even abusing a loophole to take UF on chaos lords/exalted champions. One guy did that (and took it on marauders and marauder horsemen) and came second at a 2500 point event. A T7 chaos lord with the armour of meteoric iron and the ogre blade riding a dragon is nasty. What we can conclude is that chaos warriors are no longer a viable unit for building a CR-brick, which mean they now only have one role in competitive play, which is being a sorcerer bunker. Go figure, a new chaos book comes out and makes chaos warriors worse. Fun.Semi-related, I wonder if 2500 or 3000 point games will become the standard going forward.
>>97232380I doubt it. Theyre still WS4
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.
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