Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to TSR-era D&D, derived systems, and compatible content.Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons as played in the game's first decade — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching meta-plots 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.>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/94994969/#95006768>Previous thread:>>96417397Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96489767>But the way described in the n00b guide is not the only way how people here play. You (singular you) have been asked dozens of times to post a play report. You never replied. In fact, you've never contributed anything to this general that wasn't meta. The "best" you've ever done is saying "Dark Sun is a great setting", without elaborating on why, and then agreeing with yourself back and forth three or four times with "yes it's the best setting".It's been obvious for a long time that you don't actually play, you just read splatbooks.Prove us wrong. Tell us about your ongoing campaign in detail.>There's been several people even just in the last threadWould be more believable if you (singular you) didn't have such a distinctive and repetitive style. Always the same arguments and rebuttals that are just variations on "no you". Such as when you accuse everybody else on /osrg/ of being the same person. Aztecks Anon? Same Anon.N00b guide Anon? Same Anon.Player's N00b guide Anon? Same Anon.How to design/jelq a dungeon Anon? Same Anon.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96489767>>96490158Oh and I forgot helpful MS paint rainbow infographics Anon. And the Anon who also posts relevant AD&D passages, but in reverse colour with selection highlights and who's a bit of a dick sometimes.All the game guy, huh? Well, he's quite prolific. He alone has contributed more to this general than you (plural you of course!) ever have. Again, what does it say about you?
I don't know if this is the best time to ask or if you're always fighting like this and it's just natural. I was reading The Painted Wasteland and I really like it, it's made for OSE. Is it a good way to get into B/X? I played once and I'd have to re-read and study the rules a bit, I'd also have to explain everything to my players but I'm sure I could run a couple one shots and see if it becomes a short campaign.Should I run some better known begginer one shots to get my footing or whatever grabs my fancy is as good as anything else? I feel that a lot of people publish things for OSE because it's free and they don't care about the system, but I don't know enough to judge which ones are super B/X and work great there and which ones are whatever.
>>96490194B2 Keep on the Borderlands is still unbested as an introduction to B/X, for both players and DMs.
>>96490289yeah, but if I wanted to run that I would had at this point. I'm sure it's great, but I'm not gonna run something I don't care about like it's a HS book report
You know what time it is, post kino wh40k/AoS pics and games that just make you want to get down to the LGS and PLAY!
The WTC terrain either starts as an L, ends up as an L, or it is a forest, which forms an abstracted L. This is like looking at modern art
>Here is your terrain bro
>>96481359that's a woman
>>96472772how comprensive do you want the list.my suggestions:>quar, ryfles, 15mm and the upcoming platoon game.>warzone the mutant chronicles (pick the reboots you like)>drop-x-commander. fleet 28mm and 15mm if you'd prefer>full spectrum dominance 8mm game>heavygear>void 2.0>warmahordes>falloutwastelandwarfare>fallout factions>actung cthulhu>saga>turnip28Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96449222Yeah? Warhammer 40k is a spin-off of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, both of which have featured things bigger than a modern MBT since their first editions? Space Marines have been a core part of 40k since 2nd edition, and Space Marines are superheroes, considering they have super powers.
STD edition>Previous Thread>>96456215 >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.
>>96486329Aliens, all sorts of 'em
Chronicles of Fagness
>>96490216>KiasydNot a hot girl.Not a femboy.Come on, artfag.
>>96490260Nothing about the Kiasyd description indicates they're attractive or cute. They're described as extremely tall and creepy grey-alien-looking freaks.
>>96490247What a stupid name! What kinda title has "Chronicles" on it?
Previously on /slop/: >>96460140Saw the thread had been down for 6 hours edition▶ Thread Task: You are traveling in a far off land to seek new experiences. Show off those exotic and strange far off lands.▶ It's been confirmed images are not saved on Microsoft's servers forever, only for 50 days. Make sure to save your images.▶ Generatorsbing.com/images/create/designer.microsoft.com/image-creatorhuggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnellhuggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-devComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96489652yes
>>96487211>>96486860>>96486723Sorry I was falling asleep and not thinking straight, here's the album linkhttps://postimg.cc/gallery/V1CBS1J
>>96490069No worries, chief. We've all been there.
>>96490271...Dafuq?
Missing Links Edition>>IF YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION, PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH GAME YOU'RE PLAYING<<Previous Thread: >>96366675/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 3PP content do you regularly use? Which one is your favourite?Should there be better links in the OP next time?Should someone bother making new and better pastebins?
>>96484944Since Wizards nearly fucked over the whole space with the OGL fiasco couple years back, Paizo felt it best to reprint all the core books with new errata and a new license: the ORC. Player Core 1, 2, Monster Core, and GM Core are all the new remastered books you need to run the game. Major differences include massive reworks of the Alchemist, Oracle, Witch, Champion, and Wizard classes; the loss of OGL terms and systems like alignment and spell schools; the addition of core mechanics like Sanctification, Shield Runes, and reworked Crafting, and better organization of player and GM options.It is similar to the 5e2024 refresh/5.5e edition, but it has far more attachment compared to that and isn't really as "negotiable" as that is. You aren't going to see people play the Legacy Edition of 2e (or try to say Legacy Content/stuff that haven't been touched up yet should be banned at the table), and most of the fans are eager to see new Remastered books to see how they update the lore, classes, and errata. For example, Guns & Gears and Treasure Vaults have Remaster books, with Dark Archive coming in February. Any book with a green Second Edition label at the top (plus Rage of Elements) is remastered or using remastered rules/assumptions.
https://2e.aonsrd.com/rules/1231-downtime>Life in a post-scarcity civilization like the Pact WorldsSomehow, I heavily doubt that the Pact Worlds are post-scarcity, even by the Starfinder 2e GM Core's own definition:https://2e.aonsrd.com/rules/1084-technology>Post-Scarcity: At this level of technological progress, there's no longer a need for mortal species to compete for resources. All needs and basic desires are met, resulting in an opportunity for social and artistic progress unhampered by the inequalities of the past. Oftentimes, this level of technology betrays a darker truth, as the society is propped up by those who could only dream of the false utopia. Other times, the civilization's military or explorative tech is no more advanced than a tech renaissance or even late industrial civilization, as some watershed moment in the civilization's history pushed them to focus their efforts on energy, food, technology, and resource allocation. Such a utopia might be accepting and curious of outsiders, or it might fear that the inclusion of outside technology might damage their hard-won harmony.
>>96474548Doing battle stations is a mistake. Like you can do it, but it's not very fun and would be very limited. What you need to do is build the system in such a way that fighters/mecha stay relevant throughout the game. This way your party gets a main carrier ship, probably some retrofitted cargo hauler for a start, and 3-5 mecha/fighters that they would deploy in combat. This way each player gets their own ride to pimp out AND everyone gets something to do in combat since they actually take to the field. Main ship could be piloted by an NPC during combat if needed depending on player preferences.The easiest way to facilitate such approach is Skill/BAB based defenses where ship speed/maneuverability determines how much of them you can use or penalizes them. Like armor maximum Dex bonus. There is little reason to keep best pilots on the heavy ships since they don't really benefit from it much. Fighters/Mecha on the other hand go from defenses being in the 13-15 range to something like 40+ over the course of the game. This makes small ships the most cost effective to deploy if you have the ace pilots to fill in the seats.
>>96464318Pubes status on your current PC, /pgg/?
One of our campaigns is ending soon and someone is building up a new campaign. I realized that I was in the perfect position to just make a character sheet for it just like I've been doing for my project so that's what I did. GM is having us do ABP with magic items so it's going to be fun just taking as many classes as I can to see if a "whoops all Color Spray" build will be able to last or not lol
WARCRY LIVES! Edition Previous thread>>96312229>Battlefleet 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.▶News: Touchline Tactics – How to counter common playshttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/buo482id/touchline-tactics-how-to-counter-common-plays/▶News: A massive Warcry update paves the way for the Helsmiths of Hashuthttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/r8cdyjiv/a-massive-warcry-update-paves-the-way-for-the-helsmiths-of-hashut/▶News: Designers’ Notes – How we made the Gundabad™ Catapult Trollhttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/4bf3qmed/designers-notes-how-we-made-the-gundabadtm-catapult-troll/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96485694>naf lets people do whatever they want with their tournaments.Incorrect, there are numerous occassions where podcasters for blood bowl hosting an event would state that "unfortunately we can't make this even NAF compliant because we want to use secret league teams, or because we want this tournament to be undead theme teams only" etc...
why is GW so hesitant in making a kill team or warcry/underworld warband for actual daemons?you got the tzeentch underworld warband and its one of the best
>>96486581Nurgle has Grandfather's GardenerSlaanesh has Thricefold DiscordKhorne only got the Flesh Hound from Magore Fiend, but they had the most amound of warbands amongs all god : 4.
>>96486251If you google blood bowl rules there's a site which has it all, with love from russia
how afraid should i be of chaos renegades getting squatted in this new edition? they're the only team without an official box at this point
>No infinite manpower like the Imperium, Tyranids, or Orks>No psychic powers like the Eldar or Imperium>No advanced technology like the Imperium, Necrons, or Eldar>No immortal warrior demigods like the Imperium, Eldar, or Necrons>Just pluckiness and a determination to fight until the end no matter the odds
>>964898311. They do have auxilieres if GW would stop being a bitch and make models for them.2. Shadowsun becoming the mortal champion of the Tau'Va incoming.3. They have a lot of refined and consistant tech that they can make and rebuild on the fly.4. Farsight and Shadowsun even though the reasons they live a long time isn't built into them.5. They are speed running to growing up to be Imperium 2.0. The High Lords just don't pretend to hide their callousness.
>>96490068>why do you do this to yourself?It amuses me.
>>96490080>They do have auxilieresThe combined manpower of all the Tau and auxiliaries would not be .01% of the manpower of the Imperium.>They have a lot of refined and consistant tech that they can make and rebuild on the fly.But still nothing compared to what the other factions have.>Farsight and Shadowsun even though the reasons they live a long time isn't built into them.Put Farsight or Shadowsun up against a Primarch and they will get bitchslapped
>>96489831You forgot>infinite plot armor
>>96490266Eh, everyone has that.
Welcome to /wbg/, the official 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 (either created by you or used as inspiration for your work). 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!Last thread: >>96080428Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: https://pastebin.com/JNnj79S5 (embed)https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Eo+fK41FKVR7xDpbNO0a0N4k0YYxrmyrhX3VxnM14Ew/Fantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generatorDiscord: https://discord.gg/6ZjEc7dy4TThread questions:>Do you refer to "generic" materials like pic related, trope lists, etc, to derive inspiration, either by borrowing or intentionally eschewing them?
>>96483821There's a ton of species with larger males or equally sized sexes, it usually has to do somewhat with reproductive strategy. Larger females isn't necessarily the "norm."Species that have harems/reverse-harems usually favor the harem-owner in terms of size, as the harem-owner (whether male or female) needs to be able to defend their harem from sexual competitors.'Monogamous' animals tend to be of more similar size.Although these are both generalizations and there are many unique cases based on the evolutionary biology of particular species (look up anglerfish for a really interesting example).
>>96472508Other pics show those mecha as integrated into (and presumably revered by) the society. Armored Core does it too with yuge robots being yet another facet of humanity's industrial megaphilia.>>96472932tbf fantasy doesn't have to mean dungeon-crawling and if it does further empasis could be placed on environmental hazards which a cockpit is better suited to resist (still room for spelunkers in shorter-term enchanted oilskin nbc suits tho).>>96456621The fuck are you talking about, autistic irrelevant shit like the Gamgee family lineage or provenance of the Red Book are right there in the appendices because the historical process of history and myth are what Tolkien found interesting. Interest is what it's all about and "manure" is far more apt than "trash" ie a byproduct of digestion from which valuable things can grow. Mostly best to shovel it out of the way though.>>96484420Saw something recently whereby ant queens birth males of a whole other species for the purpose of siring infertile worker daughters (the lay same-species sons for the usual outbreeding).
I'm developing a civilized Hobgoblin kingdom that the players would come across in some of my DnD campaigns, and I need a name for it. It's kind of like Tudor England (with Stuart influence). The kingdom would be made up of two demographics, the majority being the Hobgoblin (English) and the minority is Fairies (Welsh). While the two are separate races, they're subraces of each other, and are known to intermingle, and many citizens are a mix of the two. The current ruling monarch dynasty is a Fairy noble family that achieved victory in a civil war many decades ago. Goblins are related to them, but generally the two races look down upon their often more barbaric cousins.The main characteristics between Hobgoblins and Fairies:>hobgoblins are shorter than an average human>they have big ears and long noses, but are generally more handsome and human-like than your average goblins>their skin is yellow, and they have luminescent, usually green, eyes>fairies are generally slightly shorter than hobgoblins>they have more human-like proportions, as their skin is pink, and their noses and ears are a bit smaller, but still larger than those of humans>they have big round luminescent eyes, which are usually black>both share similar sense of facial hair, with many sporting different styles of sideburnsCharacteristics of the kingdom>the Kingdom is an island nation known for its powerful Navy and elite Fairy archersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I have people living in space colonies near a gas giant and I had the idea of them weaponizing the hydrogen they collect off it with giant tanker mines, but how actually do you weaponize that in space, since explosives work quite differently with no atmosphere
>>96489985Just regular old thermonuclear warheads. Big bursts of radiation are still deadly. You can shape your charges too if you want, so consider that to get that sweet sweet Casaba-Howitzer action (nuclear spears). You need more ingredients than that, but at least those are sometimes called H-bombs so you have that. Otherwise, use the hydrogen as reaction mass for kinetic weapons.
I know I'm already flirting with cringe because the whole Batman/Joker thing has been played out for like a decade now but I've been kicking around the idea of a Demiplane of Dread for D&D loosely based on Gotham (But probably more Victorian), Batman and Joker. Before you roll your eyes too hard, I've been kicking around the idea that the Not-Batman is a Straud-esque Dread Lord of the Plane. Why would a hero be a dread lord? Because he actively subjects the world the horrifying freaks of the domain by refusing to do anything to stop them permanently. He's well aware of the death and destruction, and he likes to wax poetic about the virtue of not killing, but there are inhabitants of this domain who have been almost murdered multiple times and have entire graveyards full of family members because he passively let them die. He will actively fight people trying to end villains harder than the villains themselves because they justify his existence.
>>96477511>Killing someone and a newborn baby>because you someone called you a cuck>not monstrous
>>96490027>permanently about to get their heart's desireHow's that work for Soth? Or Azalin Rex? Any of the other Dark Lords? Or one who earns a domain without having any such "heart's desires?"
>>96490027>Stradh isn't the one punishing the people, he's the one being punished.what is this remark responding to
>>96490123>what is this remark responding toThat OP's take puts the weight of the punishment on not batman doing what he doesn't like about Batman while not adressing how is he having the worst time there.>>96490112I don't know, I don't know that much. I guess I'm wrong if that's not the case.
>>96490159>I guess I'm wrong if that's not the case.Well, like, Strahd and Barovia are a Dracula copy, basically for the sake of fighting Dracula, right? So it seems like, however it works, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Gilligan, and so on, should be able to fit; and Frankenstein's desire was to reanimate his monster - the horror (and punishment) in that story is the *result* of his heart's desire.
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like a cosplay hooker at a con!STEP 0:BEFORE REQUESTING OR SHARING: Read the FAQ at>pastebin.com/gYewAL56It will answer 99% of your questions about this thread. If you haven't read it, we will know.STEP 1:Please exhibit good manners. Threads start sliding off the board after a certain number of posts. More posts wasted on being rude means fewer posts available for sharing.STEP 2:Request, share, stay awesome!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Requesting games for freaks vol.2 and the updated rules for magnagothic maleghast if anyone has either please.
Looking for Tales of Arthurian Knights story book.
>>96486798No worries, much obliged!
>>96489791Given that the book you're asking about only comes as a part of a big ass board game, I don't think it's going to get a PDF release.One can dream!
>>96490249Well, Tales of Arabian Nights has a PDF scanned by fans. I'm hoping people did it for this one as well. It looks like a fantastic game either way, but since we play through TTS, I'm unwilling to pay 60 bucks for a game I'd never actually play IRL.Captcha: AWWVW. Hm
I love 930ct long boxes for board/card games but I have about a dozen of them on my shelf and I now require a better way to store them. The bookshelf is just not sufficient, too much wasted space between shelves. Too many stacked boxes. Any advice?
At some point, we all must question whether it's time to get rid of some of those cards.I have some several tens of thousands of cards, and I just keep them in all in large wooden box. All the rares, some 3,000+ of them, are kept in a smaller box. While I have some vague feelings of nostalgia for some of the commons and uncommons, and they all act like a record of my Magic journey, the vast majority are worthless. Were I to sell them in bulk, I might be able to get $100 for all of them, if I were lucky. I will almost certainly never use them in any deck, and the real reason I bother keeping them is because I have enough space where I don't need to worry about a box in a closet. If I ever came to a point where I no longer had space, I probably would just "gift" them to a friend, random child on the street, or sanitation worker.The rares though... While the vast majority of them are $0.10 rares that I could bundle by the hundred and maybe get $5 for, there's definitely several hundred that I could sell for quite a pretty penny. Basically, they're my "If I ever need 1000 bucks fast and have no other way of getting it" emergency fund.
>>96489659Stop buying magicslop, you fucking whale
>>96489931Get an app and scan all those rares. I recently got my "magic box" out from my parents house where it sat since 2014 and all of those rares and foils were worth $15k. I didn't even scan the commons and uncommons that were in boxes like OP.
>>96489931>gf insists I could just donate my chaff to some needy school kids or some shitNeed to make a trash run next time she visits her mother or some shit
Legend 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.
Where are the armies like Drark Elves or Skaven?
>>96489884They're in a better place
>>96489884In the trash, where they belong.
Based tom and ben vodgobbo thread.
Back on my BVLLshit
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #578"Conductor of Nephthys" EditionPrevious thread: >>96282115Most Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion encouraged. Post OC, write dumb fanfics with bad CaC in them, duel each other, have fun, etc.>Yu-Gi-Oh! Online PlayAutomated Sims:●EDOPro website: https://projectignis.github.io/download.html●EDOPro: https://discord.gg/ygopro-percy●YGO Omega: https://discord.gg/duelistsunite●Dueling Nexus: https://duelingnexus.com/●Master Duel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449850/YuGiOh_Master_Duel/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96483186That Prisoner Dilemma video is interesting, though I think it puts too much weight on individual matches rather than the sum total of matches, as well as doesn't consider one other factor. The decks likeliest to go to time are ones that have long combos or an inability to close out games. Those sorta decks that need to jump through hoops are the likeliest to face the chicken game the most, and they are also likeliest to have the chicken game result in a double loss on at least two occasions - with them potentially losing otherwise throughout the tournament.So the decks that are likely to rise to the top are ones that can easily establish and break boards, which seems to be decently true with a lot of recent decks. Like it feels like most people get done by the 20-30 minute mark even while the games are still competitive? So maybe Konami is trying to push out decks with large piles of engines and long combos like Snake-Eyes and several earlier had without needing to create a lot of bans? Or they could just be ripping off Bushiroad because apparently those time rules are similar.
Hello I haven't played since Link were added...How is my favourite deck, D/D/D doing?
>>96487916It relatively-recently got support but it's still just a casual deck right now. It should be in a nice place if you're willing to grind it out, but in a nice *casual* place. It's totally unviable and struggles against a good lot of modern decks.This is also a Droll format, unless Konami shows uncharacteristically good judgement and bans that damned card in the upcoming list. People still have the nerve to call it a "necessary evil" when a lot of the current topping decks play around it.
>>96487916Recently started showing back up in top cut at some OCG tournaments:https://ygoprodeck.com/deck/d-d-d-627139https://ygoprodeck.com/deck/d-d-d-629985Mostly having some of their cards like D/D/D Wave High King Caesar as generic boss monsters in decks that use the Fiendsmith engine or D/D/D Marksman King Tell and D/D/D Deviser King Deus Machinex in K9 Vanquish Soul.
Wow cute.
Elo Edition>Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Fujairah Global Chess Championship: Superstars | August 25th - September 1st- FIDE Grand Swiss | September 4th - 15th- Grand Chess Tour Finals | September 28th - October 3rd- European Team Chess Championship | October 5th - 14th- FIDE World Senior Championships | October 20th - November 2nd- Lichess Autumn Marathon | October 25th- Clutch Chess, Champions Showdown | October 27th - 29th- FIDE World Cup | October 31st - November 27th- US Masters | November 26th - 30thComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96470975Round 3:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2cC4M-5XWI
starting: https://lichess.org/tournament/960sep25Chess960 Titled Arena, $1,000 prize pool!
>>96487356and winner takes it all!!
>>96487931*half
>>96476360Very cute.
Thoughts on the upcoming Starcraft wargame?
>>96468044Outside of UED idea BW is overrated as fuck
>>96482178>refuses to accept facts when stated by a professional >calls a man in his early fifties a zoomerBet you argue that fire is hot, or when a doctor says someone diedMaybe you should check the facts bud
>>96482254Same homie
I am cautious. Miniature look fine, but we know almost nothing. There should be development journal or some info filtering out. But other than the usual toxicity, I am interested.
>>96486659Nah. BW's biggest issue that it wasn't as good as the next Blizzard's RTS story-wise.But SC2 practically paved way for much worst writting
