Which is best:>Vampires are weak to crosses>Vampires are weak to any holy symbol>Vampires are not weak to holy stuff>Vampires are repelled by perpendicular lines, which crosses happen to look like
>>96465967>your scifi vampire, xir
>vampires are a race that is supremely religious>specifically, that worship a moon goddess>the sun god is male and wrathful and hates that this tribe isn't giving him his due>curses them and when they are out in his light he tries to kill them via a curse that is transmitted through their bloodline that burns them up under his light>moon goddess pities them and empowers them through their faith, making them stronger, sturdier (regeneration), and faster than other mortals at night>said power waxes and wanes, peak at full moon and weakest at new moon>don't drink blood but have blood magic>also have long ears and live a long time because of the blood magic and faith bonusTake the anime "vampire" pill.
>>96453156>Which is bestVampires are aliens, like in The Witcher.
>>96466066>Take the anime "vampire" pill.bitch I actually might
>>96466066What’s the draw (besides pic related) for putting vampires in your story, if you aren’t going to lean into their greedy monsters stealing the lives’ of other to continue their unlife angle? It seems wasteful to put something like Frankenstein’s monster in your game but elide man’s hubris playing God. If you want sexy fetish-havers or superheroes who sparkle in the sun, just do that and not water down monsters with added allegorical appeal.
>your party enters a town>a kid bumps into you>you notice he stole a jawbreaker that was in your pocketHow does your character respond?
>>96466125>It seems mainly to me that the questions you proposed as more robust alternatives are looking for something other than whatever this twinkie hypothetical is looking forI mean yeah, the twinkie hypothetical isn't even related to playing games and has never been asked for a game.Meanwhile the three questions offered actually ask the players of expectations and boundaries they wouldn't want the GM to cross.
>>96466200I sometimes ask potential interested players a hypothetical question of what their character would do in a particular situation. Usually after we've already long discussed essentials at the table, like boundaries, rules, scheduling, etc. Like if their character see a robbery in progress, or comes across a beggar, or sees someone drop their wallet, small stuff like that. It's a pretty good icebreaker, and actually does help for me. Some of them know exactly how they want to answer and it means I can focus on making sure the rules are upheld. Some are completely new and they get stuck on whether or not they're "answering right", it tells me they may need a bit more prompting than the other players at the table. Like, by your own admission, you've never had to vet players before, so don't knock it till you've tried it.
>>96466341>I sometimes ask potential interested players a hypothetical question of what their character would do in a particular situation. Usually after we've already long discussed essentials at the table, like boundaries, rules, scheduling, etc.This seems pretty useless for trying to weed out people who spaz out then, because all of those normal questions would weed out said behavior while being far more effective at establishing the type of game you're going to run and players you want.
>>96466465It's been the opposite in my experience, actually. I've dealt with plenty of guys who happily bother by the book and the rules, especially if they get to minmax and curbstomp shit, But when it comes to making choices not contingent upon the roll of the dice, they start worrying about picking the "wrong choice" or the possibility of messing up and get so anal about it. They'll deliberately shoot at monsters that are already engaged in melee with their friends, then deflect any bad feelings directed at them with "it's your fault for getting in my way". They'll treat npcs like crap, then get angry at me for said npcs being cold to them for "being antagonistic". Found out that same type of person doesn't take to scenarios where there's no explicit right or wrong answer, even when I tell them it's just an icebreaker and that I'm not going to punish them in the game for it. If I tell them their character comes across a beggar asking for a spare copper and ask what they do, some get pissed and say I should letting them roll for perception to make sure they know if the beggar is on the up and up. Doesn't occur to them to just outright ASK if they could do a roll, since I've played with some guys who are more comfortable leaning on their character strengths mechanically rather than play it out theater style and accommodated them with it. Just immediate anger about their lack of "player agency". Same for if they see someone drop their wallet, they'd grab the contents then immediately backtrack it while demanding to roll to determine if it's a "trap", like if the cops will swarm them for it. Specifically to avoid the "wrong" choice.I don't have as much patience for that kind of player nowadays, so I just recommend they go to a different table if they get that neurotic about it and insist by the book because they implicitly don't trust me as a DM. Trying to do things optimally or bothering by the book is fine, it's just not how I enjoy running games nowadays.
I've dealt with many players across many games, and none of the ones who could handle a 1 on 1 talk about gaming were the type to then get filtered by a very simple hypothetical.All the twinkie question serves to do is to make the GM seem kinda weird.
>Be me.>Skitarii Vanguard Alpha Psi-77, IIIrd legion forge world Frevexia.>After sufferings heavy losses in the Pariah Nexus campaign.>The somewhat eccentric new arch magos of our fleet (the old having been killed during the war) has decided we need a vacation for some reason.>Marshal Juronious has told me they think they're mad, but orders are orders.>So that's why my squad on some paradise world somewhere in the eastern fringe guarding our arch magos as they suck down oil margaritas. >A couple troops not on guard duty have taken to enjoying themselves here, but my hunter clade are on guard duty, honestly on oil margarita doesn't sound too bad right now.Previous Thread: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2025/95328135/
>>96454980>>96463287>>96463479>Be Captain Laskar>Ordering all guns to fire on the hive ship>Directing Helltalons and Helldrakes to combat what are essentially nid boarding parties >The Tau ship marked as Pe'quod is firing all its railcannons into it>Their Admiral must really hate that ship in particular >Then the Mechanicus plow into the vessel sending chunks all over that the Tau and ourself obliterate >I would give a sigh of relief but we have to do some maneuvering around>The mechanicus are trying to pin us between them and the Tau>Not happening >Order helldrakes to target their bridge>Some of them will certainly die but helldrakes are easy enough to come by>We have helltalons after all and the warp is very mutation happyComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96462082>>96461738>>96461958>Be Apothecary Corvek Nuln >With me linked up with Morvi I learn of the Alpha Legions plan>Morvi agrees to it sending Heartseeker to go deal with it>Tells me to go back to help the 98th and my Apothecary serfs >Begin to run back at speed killing any genestealer life form that comes my way with chainsword and plasma>Eventually reconnect>Genestealers and their cultists are reducing in numbers especially with the more veteran 98th returning>Spot a couple Tau prisoners>Have to inspect them later>Disassemble a genestealer that gets close>Link up with the Pimp Master himself"Good news is the non tainted slaves have been sectioned off, I was hoping to deal with the genestealer cults discreetly by sending them to be incinerated but seems the arrival of their 'gods' riled them up. Regardless glad to see you lot safe"Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96463745>>96463698>>96463479>>96463287>be former Word Bearer Champion "libri insulsus">actually be Alpharius>and that wasn't so bad actually >I don't know where that ork ship came from or why it's translating mechanicus codes but hey a win is a win >watch as the smaller chunks of the white hive ship rain down on the planet >werid how the nids arnt going haywire yet>or the cult either if pdf chatter is to be believed>if anything they seem to be getting more aggressive >and why was ir just one hive ship I mean it was big but reports from agripina says admiral spire killed bigger and that one had back up too>wait a minute>the awnser hits me like a blood raven drop podComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
what the hell is this thread even supposed to be other than chat GPT slop
>>96463698>>96466393>Be Captain Laskar>As I'm ordering my crew to maneuver the vox starts blaring>Apparently that Hive ship was containing a swarm lord who would call forth more nid fleets to its position >Spot it falling from Space towards Happy Ending>We've got what we came for and what we got in return was a small genestealer cult on board>Xuul has also arrived having gotten in through a hanger bay mostly only really used by him when returning from flying in space >I don't want to stay here any longer>I'm sure Lord Morvi would agree we've got everything up here and Heartseeker and his flock haven't been deployed>Get on vox to Morvi"My Lord permission to flee the sector, we've got potentially multiple hive fleets coming in. We have our new slaves and Xuul has confirmed his return to the vessel. What do we gain from dealing with the swarm Lord?">Morvi is quiet and I can hear his growls>Be Lord Morvi Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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!
>>96466259Necrons could have trillions, we dont know.
>>96465269You think there's a joke here? This is just a frequently reposted troll thread.
>>96466155Worlds smartest 40k fan
He has been summoned
>>96466660Wearing his T-Sports jersey and all >>96466259>>96466613It's funny, when you point out something retarded about 40k they simply can't accept it in their brains, the immediately begin looking for excuses and coping. There is no reason why infantry happily march in the open and tanks hide behind cover, that makes no sense and defeats the entire purpose of tanks. But they try to rationalize it lmfao
Which game is currently in a worse state?
>>96466285Magic, but mostly because Warhammer hasn't undergone Fortniteification and started ramming licensed crossovers into the setting at the expense of its own brand identity.
Magic. How is this even a question?
>>96466285Magic by a huge margin.
>>96466285GW is still making Warhammer models.WotC isn't making Magic the Gathering IP cards anymore.
40k. Magic has fun formats and draft is consistently good. 40k, meanwhile, has always been dogshit.
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:>>96393394Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96466352Recovering naturally for 18 days is gonna cost some coin too. You do enforce living expenses, right?DMG has about a billion methods of nickel-and-diming the PCs. Both a player issue and a DM issue. Get some fuckin skill, homie.
>>96466647Okay? Do you consider "some guy's houserules on his blog" to be a evidence of high quality?
>>96466454>Systems that incentivise players to waste money only teach them bad habits.Bullshit claim given a) how many money sinks there are in AD&D and b) how often players run out of things to do with money in BX RAW
>>96466720I trust "some guy" who has made more contributions to the OSR than you ever will over "some guy" who anonymously claims x behavior leads to ambiguous """bad habits""" with no further elaboration (because it doesn't actually)
>>96466647Wait, so Melan is not infallible??>>96466730>>how many money sinks there are in AD&DESL? Stuff like living expenses and training costs are not incentives to spend money, they're requirements.>how often players run out of things to do with money in BX RAWSkill issue. Only bad players run out of things to do with money in B/X. You can buy a literal fucking army btb in B/X.
Tear Throat Edition>Previous thread:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/93579002>Official Website:https://massifpress.com/lancer>Mediafire (Books and LCPs)https://www.mediafire.com/folder/0txhhkaj3y7vg/Lancer>Retrograde Minishttps://retrogrademinis.com/https://mega.nz/folder/aMslAKxI#UNjxW7xB2RMqbLZqCWqpUgComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
If there's one thing I love about lancer, it's that whenever the fag-sorry, fans, try to force it on to /tg/, whether it be through Stealth generals, parasytising other threads, or just openly like this one, they get called out by the board in general and shat on until their driven off again.
>>96466406MechWarrior. Play 2nd edition, it's the best and integrates we with the wargame. Just be warned, mech combat is not something an unarmoured pc wants to be around.
>>96466406Embryo Machine.
where would one be able to find a link to the SecComm server? as entertaining as it is to look at pnet screeching, sometimes its better to be able to talk about different viewpoints without trannies crying for you to get banned
>>96466421I wasn't aware there were so frequently lancer stealth generals that it was a problem. I just show up when there is a normal general.
"Luv me (AI) slop" Edition>Banshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-june-30-2025>NewsThe 2025 MagicCon and Pro Tour Schedule:https://www.magic.gg/news/the-2025-magiccon-and-pro-tour-schedule>Spoilershttp://www.magicspoiler.com/https://mythicspoiler.com/CONSTRUCTED RESOURCES>Current meta, complete with deck listsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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So, what exactly IS a "Spideruk?"
I think we need more threads.
>>96465362Easiest 3 day ban vacay is always calling out kikes of the coast and shekel sucking Nosewater, most likely because most of the mods here are also kikes. But you would think that a company who employs and is run by kikes would also understand that even in this Balduvian axe-forging forum there are some Phyrexiakike sleeper agents who get roused from their slumber when the enemy (us) evoke their unholy names before the altar of Magic the Gathering.
>>96466517A baby Garruk spider
Getting anons riled up like it's Monday, welcome to another rocking thread of the Board Games General.Previous: >>96428867Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqThis general encompasses all board game genres - Eurogames, Ameritrash, Ameritreasure, Fillers, Party, Abstracts, Wargames, and especially the game that one anon is autistic about at this very moment.TQs:What off meta plays/builds have you seen severely irritate other players?Are you a scripted openings or wild child type?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96465312>>96464173You're welcome anons.
just printed an organizer for C&C Napoleonics and I can safely say the worst aspect of this game is setting it up
What games never leave your bag? For me it's Innovation and Cockroach Poker, the perfect filler and palette cleansers.
>>96466521Innovation, Insider, Turncoats, Pax Ren, and my two games.
>>96466521Eclipse
James is gonna freak edition >Build Divide>Force of Will>Final Fantasy TCG>DBZ CCG>Wixoss>Keyforge>Gundam>Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R)>Digimon>Flesh and Blood>Gate Ruler>Battle Spirits>AshesComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96465734Oh my stores haven't been running tournaments for like 3 years now, just the odd prerelease. But people do play EDH, twice a week even.
>>96462297It's fun, shame there's no fucking players here though
TC playing the new ashes meanie on stream today (pve mode for anons with no friends)>https://youtu.be/u_gxm8hxzhw
any ff tcg player, what deck you playing?
>>96465734As an ex-competitive Modern fag until MH2, its because they spend 0 time fixing their competitive formats, hell its happening right now in standardModern keeps getting some fucking retarded Universes beyond or pushed card that just stays center stage in the format for over a year before correction. I get wanting people to use new cards and such, but it's so ridiculously strong or forced that it warps the entire meta game around the one ring or some other BS that its unfun.In standard, there's Vivi thats turned the format into Izzet or rogue decks only. And because they don't want to ban more cards again after JUST banning 7 IN A ROTATING FORMAT, its going to stick for another 3+ months. People just quit and play other card games because before when Wizards got careless, they had no choice but to wait. But now there's great card games you can play as an alternative, and you just don't go back because being excited for a new set every 3 weeks just isn't possible if you have a life.
Thoughts on the upcoming Starcraft wargame?
>>96466373>Who wants to be limited to three factions in a sci-fi setting? Who wants to engage with this paper thin Blizzard lore?Trench Crusade faggots.
>>96466392There are more than 3 factions in that
>>96466373Admission of not having read the rules and cries of "everything I don’t like is LE SLOP" aside, didn’t they say that they plan to make several factions for the three races? Could be interesting, I dunno
>>96466527I played a lot of StarCraft and I have no misgivings about it, but the style looks like slop. Bad proportions, too nu-Blizzard. StarCraft 2’s aesthetic did itself scuff the clarity of the artistic vision of the first by making everything so smooth. The models they’ve shown renders for look like random crap you’d find online from an independent creator. That’s not ‘everything I don’t like is slop’. Plenty of things I don’t like don’t look like slop. I hate primaris but they looks good.
Have they even revealed any models? This shit was announced like a year ago, thought it was vaporware.
What do you guys think are the most useful skills for a player character to have? I'm largely talking about non-class based games here.Obviously it somewhat depends on the premise of the game, but for the most part there's quite a few that are going to be pretty much universally indespensible across every premise and even every historical era.>Movement>Stealth>PerceptionThese three are probably the trifecta of the most important things a player character being might be capable of, at least from my experience with the medium. It pretty much single handedly allows them to dictate the terms of engagement and cheese their way through the most difficult scenarios.But then again if you really think about it, it's not like humanity in real life is the fastest, sneakiest, or the most perceptive, and yet they're still the most powerful species on the planet. So what exactly is it that brought them to this point, and is it even relevant in the context of a TTRPG?
>>96452843Average DC for what?
>>96451190A player in my WFRP 4e game once """burglarized""" a nobleman's house by getting caught sneaking around, running deeper INTO the mansion, and being so much faster than the guards that they couldn't catch him before he rifled through the nobleman's desk, took all of his letters, and ran off.
>>96441792>We haven't even gotten to things useful for surviving combat yet, and we're already way past what most games even give you to invest in a character.yeah it's rough out there
>>96457493It's why it's so important to suss out their relative importance and priority.
>>96436201>Outdoor survival (even in urban or scifi campaigns)>Crafting>MedicineNothing beats this.
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?
Whats with the autistic rage against fun meme builds?
>>96465692Depends on the edition and your table entirely, I imagine powergamers online just hate the idea of not being optimal but you really can fuck yourself hard depending on the scenario (just look at the innocent merman questioning how to get around on land last thread)
>>96465713The appeal of ttrpgs for me is making a dumb character concept, but playing them straight in universe. Like a wizard who only knows chain lightning and uses it for every solution, or a barbarian master combat carpenter who specialized in making boats for some reason.
>>96465770Your examples are more extreme than what most people would consider fun meme builds and go into actively trolling everyone else at the table territory.
Do premade character sheets for a5 binder exist?
Mull to three editionPrevious: >>96385998>News & RemindersThrough the Omenpaths coming out September 23Alchemy: Edge of Eternities is outCori-Steel Cutter is unbanned in AlchemyNew Alchemy rebalances are outArena Championship 9 won by Raffaele Mazza (Izzet Cauldron, Italy, he/him)Arena Anthologies 1 & 2 now available in the storehttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-august-25-2025>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaAComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
You can literally go into the previous thread and see his posts about selling the account and how it's really true this time, not even two weeks ago. Sad to see.
Its either play mobile mtg or farm beans what do you expect the shithole thurdie dumbass to do besides shitpost and suck cock at the glory holio
Dirty ass bean eating fucking nigger monkey fuck you
is there an easy way to filter for cards with X in their cost? if there is one I can't find t
>>96466630https://scryfall.com/search?q=m%3A%7BX%7D&unique=cards&as=grid&order=nameAdd "f:format" to that, where format is the name of the format you're looking at.
Work in Progress "Second Edition Addition" 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.
Spent forever on this face, any tips on painting female faces?
Back shot
Want to do a project. Who should I use as the base for a chaos terminator lord that isn't Abaddon on the far right? He's just there for scale
>>96466357how about a regular terminator or even better a chaos terminatoryou get 5 on the same box so you can always make a chosen retinue from the rest of them
>>96466594I made the termi squad out of a bunch of recast abby's. You can see them behind the chosen. I should really take a picture of everything