I'm just saying most players don't have the capacity to enjoy a real sandbox.
>>96629776a game milieu without lore is an aquarium without water.
>>96623804Funnily enough, the "vet your players by making them to do 20 consecutive good form pushups" saves the day again. You'd be amazed how many lazy, unassertive and generally lacking initiative and really basic social skills shitters in general you eliminate with this simple trick.
>>96623804Most players can't even be relied upon to show up once a week for 3-5 hours of a fun activity with their friends they explicitly and eagerly agreed to participate in.
>>96631824>Nope, having varying goals is goodIt is very bad, because it actively drives the party into conflict with one another in a COOPERATIVE GAME.>nobody said the world should be emptyBut if I have a setting with lore and npcs and things happening with or without the party I'm a failed novelist putting my players on storyshit railroad.>It has clear goals since the players make characters with goals.And then all their goals conflict and the game falls apart due to drama or never goes anywhere because the party is constantly fighting itself rather than any sort of external threat. At absolute best, nothing will happen. At absolute worst, the game will implode.You don't play games and it shows.
>>96631970You stammer and stutter when you have to speak to a cashier.I speak with confidence both at the table and IRL.We are not the same.
I've decided to decease my internet time and blue light exposure, buy an ebook reader, and get used to finishing the day with some reading, instead of all the other things that give me insomnia.What /tg/-related books have you been reading anon, or what you think what other people should read too? I've read Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit before I knew what the hell ttrpgs even were. Same with the original Dragonlance books. I was thinking of picking up Elric of Melnibone and Original Conan the Barbarian. Already read and enjoyed Eisenhorn, most of the Slayer books with Gotrek, first 1.5 of the Black Company books. And dear god I haven't read books for fun in so long, what have I been doing?
>>96632708He has a very efficient, plot focused writing style. There's very little fluff involved, so it's action driven and hooks you in.
>>96603000would recommend sixteen ways to defend a walled city and prospors demon by K.J. Parker.If you dig post apocalypse worlds: The Earth Abides and A Canticle for Liebowitz are wonderful
My meagre addition to this thread is recommending John Gwynne's Bloodsworn Saga. The ending kind of sucks, but getting there's pretty fun. It's about vikings fighting over dead gods who were animals rather than the Aesir and Vanir.>>96609067>Some stuff I do NOT recommend>-Legend of the SeekerAssuming you mean Terry Goodkind's magnum opus of philosophy series the Sword of Truth, I can only conclude that in not recommending it you lack moral clarity.>>96609082>David GemmellI second Gemmell. His Drenai novels are my favourites. I read the Rigante and they're fine enough stories, but not my favourites.And it is true that he tends to write around the same subject and archetypes. Gemmell I think does it rather well, and his books flow very well. They read easily - the language isn't baroque, overwrought, or difficult.
>>96633503If we're reccomending romance novels, I'll recommend Immortals After Dark. It's an urban fantasy series about invariably super tall chads with big dicks plowing shortstacks.
>>96603000Spiral Wars by Joel ShepherdSolid space opera. Main characters get thrown from seeming local political bullshit into thousand years old plot by robot civilizations that apparently didn't die out and still insist that this is their galaxy and everyone else is just living in it.
Which way, /tg/?
>>96636200spbpBeefcake for dinner, cheesecake for dessert.
>>96636161the right but also remove all the black leotard stuff and give her an orc child with a foot long cock that she pretends to be the guardian of but is actually slave to his animalistic organ and the mindblowing sex she gets from him that no civilized grown man can compete with
>>96636161Left, because righteous women in full plate are simply the best. But the right should exist also, if only to emphasize the inherent supremacy of the left.
>>96636230This, cosmetic options are always good. Sometimes, you want a full armor aesthetic. Sometimes, you want something skimpy.
Both, but left is better for more "serious" stuff.
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>>96636777That's really sort of besides the point, even if it's a potentially interesting discussion to try to draw lines about the meaning of a word that we use all the time in this hobby.The point being that "lots of people talk about LA, therefore we can pretend it's the bog standard bad one" is goofy behavior.
>>96636777Trips confirsm all the Lewd Solo Games in the OP are no longer just "Homebrew". Cheers!
>>96636820>lots of people talk about LA, therefore we can pretend it's the bog standard bad oneBut that Anon specified “people play it and then complain, similar to how people play and then complain about 5e,” not “people talk a lot about it so it must be bad.”Trying to change what's being said is pretty goofy too.
>>96637227The question about whether that's applicable came from nowhere though. The original thing that was asked by the Anon above was "do any of you also dislike how this is, and go around it?" Some people do like bad ends where it's just brutal suffering, but not everyone does. That's not a bad thing about the system, it's a matter of taste.
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>>96636768Some are production variants, and I've already went down the rabbit hole.Transit 13GZero CX-3Sabre 31DStarfireSuzakuHammerhead HA (primitive, but your choice when and what you play)Deathstalker XF-68BansheeNot that many, but at least some variety.
>>96636798The original Unseen sculpt is still kicking around on ebay and similar sites.
>>96636768Fun fact, the Qasar isn't actually listed on Sarna's ASF category, but looking it up, it's the one fighter I would like the least to line up a strafing run on me. Fucking hell, that's the ASF equivalent of a Charger with an actual payload.
Hey dudes i return to inform everyone the comm is ago we are getting a lyran chick with a banshee
>>96637106Sweet, any estimation how quick it'll be done?
New Space Kinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFgU_Rtta2w
>>96636849>>96632319
>>96637026Hatemonger+Chestnut>Captain>Br*ce
>>96636747He still wanted to/forced Chestnut to go on an adventure with him. That's about as close as friendly as someone named Hatemonger is ever going to get.
>>96630629bot post.
This episode made me respect the whole show a lot more, I did not expect there to be decent writing in it beyond a series of stringed together gags.Also I hate Bryce now.Unrelated, does anyone have the gif of them throwing girls into the volcano?
Let's have a critter thread.
>>96620585lol
>>96620585
>>96625613>the cow goes 無
>>96625613Is this the Bull of Heaven?
Bump
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Humbly requesting the West Marches play kit https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/538233/west-marches-playkit-pod-pdf-bundle?affiliate_id=927841&utm_id=6904192773012
Looking for Transformers RPG Beginner Box
Anyone happen to get the full non-quick start rules version of Darkspace yet? I saw Atomic Shadows made it to that big trove drop, big ups
>>96625140If that BESM supplement anon can get his win in after a year or two, we have hope. There is always Hope.
>>96636517thank you very much
Second Council of Nicaea EditionPrevious thread:>>96506341>Thread Question:Has any non-military historical event inspired you to start a new army or get into a new game?>Community Summary of Wargames:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11JoUpGIRDp5DZdgJ24rijKHgyY-qvvR5QnVtHIp57Tw/edit?usp=sharing>List of Historical Tactical, Strategic, and Military Drill treatises:http://pastebin.com/BfMeGd6R>ZunTsu Gameboxes:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96634860It's not historically accurate and is basically all hollywood WW2 tropes nor is it balanced and was designed from the ground up for tournament play. Shit like oops all AA halftrack lists for germany is the dominant meta because they are cheaper than soviet infantry, the devs are also gigantic werhaboos and ameriaboos while all the other factions get the bare minimum of care or effort and soviets are made to be utter fucking shit on purpose.
>>96624218>How the hell do you get miniature 28mm furniture without a 3D printer?Cardboard, PVA glue, good eyes and a lot of patience.
>>96636765>Stop panicking and don't overthink stuff. You WILL ruin some miniatures down the road so simply start by grabbing the cheapest plastic minis possible - not necessary historicals - and have fun.It's like painting Go, it's best to fuck up your first 100 minis as soon as possible.
first peak at the upcoming japanese sprue by Warlord
Clash of Spears, SPQR or SAGA - which one makes for the best ancient skirmish game? CoS seems to be the only one that pretends to strive for historical accuracy. SAGA has the widest range of available factions and once you learn the rules you can play almost any premodern period. SPQR revised edition is surprisingly tight and consistent, kind of feels like a middle ground between SAGA and CoS.
Queen of Wands Edition>"New" Apocalyptic Subclasses UA: https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/ua/apocalyptic-subclasses/KKvJvHGmsJiNaafX/UA2025-ApocalypticSubclasses.pdfIf anyone has the link to the Arcane subclasses pdf post it and I'll add it to the next OP. The survey is out.>2024 PHB Scan (No more fingers edition)https://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf>Cropped and rotated, but more artifactyMjAyNCBQSEIsIE5vIFRodW1icywgT0NSZWQsIEFub24ncyBCb29rbWFya3MgdHJhbnNmZXJyZWQgb3Zlci4gCgpodHRwczovL2Vhc3l1cGxvYWQuaW8vd2Fvcm9h>2024 DMGhttps://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf>2024 Monster ManualComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96636227>"Ha! Gaeeeeeee!">you pierce the guy with your spear and its 30 barbs open up, turning his guts in gazpacho>it's stuck in there>his friend has to cut it out of him>"this is still pretty Gae, bro" he mutters under his breath>you kill him too>this process repeats until you've decimated a battalion and people stop calling it Gae
>>96636187Vicious.Piercer.The Point.Retribution.Blood.
drow tits
>>96636138I went with the funeral. He arrived with lightning flashing, invited Ireena to his castle, and she made an excuse that she needed to clear her head for a while. She said the party could escort her for a while. This is why she ended up asking them to take her to the big church in Vallaki to escape him. I had my Strahd really not care about the party until that point. He didn’t even acknowledge them until Ireena brought them up.
>>96636299>AIslop
Work in Progress "Choppas and sluggas, sluggas and choppas" 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.
>>96636709We'll see what that badly youtuber and the faggy german lad have to say about it, they're the only paint reviewers that I've never seen shill anything.
>>96637002*baldy, fml
>>96636709That's a ton of metals. This might actually be fantastic.
>>96637206The irony of Vallejo using ai slop for their promo materials is hilarious.
Gonna give ol'abaddon a run for his money
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>>96636386ty for the advice i'll consider it>>96636555Sorry I've expressed myself badly. I do intend to run a short dungeon first, starting directly at the entrance. This would work as a 'test adventure' (1-2 sessions max) for the players and I before going into a bigger, long term sandbox thing (and that's where I haven't decided what to pick yet). Ty for the link !
>>96636644Makes sense, glhf. Lots of good stuff in that list. Report back.
Brutal scaling: how does it work when players and henchmen are different levels?I have players of 2nd 3rd and 4th level and a hench of 1st.
>>96634055Those fuckers tried to extort us last night. We retreated but we're planning on coming back when we have a full party and wiping them out.
>>96636769Works fine as is. Characters with lower level gain xp at a faster rate and catch up. The range of levels 1-4 have a decent amount of crossover for dungeon denizen generation. Careful approaches to encounters is key, but it always is. iirc there was something about the ad&d dmg dungeon level-monster hd table that was odd at 2-3 and an anon made a more gradual increase version a while ago. I'll see if I can dig it up.
Fun fact about halflings!-They're short-They're fat-They're legally distinct and NOT owned by the Tolkien estate -In 5e they have the ability to reroll 1's on checks, which isn't that impressive because only faggots believe in critical failures-In AD&D they're restricted to only fighter and thief classes, and they could only reach 6th-level fighter, so playing a thief or a multi-class are the only viable options-Halflings have a slower walking speed, making people who play halflings fucking bellends -Despite this halflings are so cute that I still play them when the party needs a rogue/thief Also, this is firmly a D&D thread, but halflings can be found in other RPGs like Pathfinder or WFRP. If you want to discuss halflings in these settings you are doing it wrong, but I can't stop you.
>>96635622That pic reeks of old school tumblr energy.
>>96636100Why, of course, Pillars of Eternity were made by Obsidians after all.
>>96634697>goblin/halfling dichotomyCould you elaborate on that? There doesn't seem to be a lot of Forbidden Lands info readily available online
>>96626528Nothing at all.
>>96634465How would you know what the right way to imagine things is?
>Previous thread:>>96566723>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, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, Judge Dredd, HeroClix,Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,Oathmark, OnePageRules, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void, Warcaster, Warmachine, Xenotactics......and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96637032Turnip style
>>96637032It looks fun as hell I just haven't got to play it yet, I haven't printed out the playtest materials.
>>96637043>Warhammer 4th editionBased 4th chad
>>96636907>What's a good alternative wargame where I can still use my 40k minis?Unironically most of them. Majority of alternative wargames has no fixed model ranges. OPR is an obvious choice.For skirmish games I recommend Xenotactics. Xenos Rampant should do the trick as well.
>>96637032Not interested in it at all, but its from the guy who wrote Demonship. So it should be okay-ish at least.
Thoughts on the upcoming Starcraft wargame?
>>96635951>which is by definition a reigning commander.Nope, that was Magistrate, who was commanding on Mar Sara and it's colonial militia.>One thing in Starcraft that should be noted is that leaders of each faction engaged in dialogue, either to convince their enemy to surrender or make a compromise when things get too rough.Like Confederacy and Fringe Worlds?Like Dominion and Confederacy? Like UED and Dominion?
>>96636125What argument are you trying to make? Yeah - the Magistrate is the Supreme Authority? Do you not understand what 'treated as equals' means, and that Raynor only was permitted to talk because he HAD that authority?If Raynor were just a shitass Marine, he'd never be given the time of day on any net whatsoever in the campaign.
>>96634463At best such approach would make Amon side look more active force rather than scripted enemies, waiting to be killed by Mary Sue. Everything else will remain the same.>>also Raynor now gets to choose between Tychus and Kerrigan at the end of WoLThen you would need to rewrite the whole story with asspull prophecy because most of the players would waste Queen of Blades.>>96636563>Do you not understand what 'treated as equals' means, and that Raynor only was permitted to talk because he HAD that authority?He had zero authority. When you meet him he doesn't have any troops with him. He is marshall of some backwater (literally called Wasteland if I remember correctly) part of the backwater planet.
>>96636125>Like Dominion and Confederacy?Seeing as they literally rescued and recruited Duke, that's not the best argument.
>>96636807>At best such approach would make Amon side look more active force rather than scripted enemies,An entire campaign working for Amon might actually give his forces and hybrids some personality. I've no idea why Blizzard didn't do a villain campaign for SC2; that shit helped flesh out antagonist factions in their previous games. Like, imagine if instead of us getting to follow Arthas' journey further into damnation and how he resurrects Kel'Thuzad and destroys Dalaran, WC3's undead campaign was about a group of undead who broke free and became heroic underdogs trying to stop the Lich King*. Just think how characterless the Scourge would be without the player spending an entire campaign helping Arthas ruin the world further with his skeletal new buddies. Or if Brood War's Terran campaign had not put the player in the shoes of a UED officer, the lovely fascists from Earth would have been completely flat if we didn’t get to play as one of them for an entire campaign.>basically FTF's forsaken missions, but in vanilla WC3 and with (supposedly) far more heroic leads and the player not having any time to get familiar with how Scourge operates from an insider's perspective