There is a reason why it is so hard to sell orcs as ontologically evil these days. Back in the day they were a statblock and a blurb. It all started falling apart when we started giving orcs an independent culture all their own. Once we made them into tribes and gave them society, gave them pride and honor and gave them religions, people anthropomorphized them immediately and here we are in this mess. Now it isn't to say that orcs can't have all that, but it shouldn't be something the average person should be able to emphasize with.The way to do this is to make it so that the orcs cannot create anything but horror. Anything else they steal. Orcs don't have a culture. They mimic a bastardized parody of a the cultures surrounding them, bent and misshapen to promote the war-like barbarism and violence that is all they know. Everything from how they prepare food to the music they create should be stolen and stripped of all the soul that made it good. Everything about them should be deprived of soul, meaning, depth, and community. Their language should be a guttural mix of the languages they have encountered, six or seven at least, slow and unwieldy and lacking any of the elegance and nuance of a pure language. Their religion, such that they have one, should be a bastardization of someone else's stolen long ago and grafted clumsily onto their society, bent and twisted with time to justify their unevolved, violent outbursts.This is how you make orcs that are unsympathetic.
>>96660282I think Paizo would disagree with you. They've distanced themselves away from how Gnolls used to be in PF1e, to the degree that I think the last time there was one that was evil was in Age of Ashes. "Anchor Root" is meant to represent the new gnolls, while they ignore that Katapesh and vast swaths of the rest of eastern Garund should be filled with demon-worshipping warbands that happily enslave people.Oh but slavery is outlawed now (by decree of crying freelancers) and somehow the evil beastmen (we got rid of alignment too!) won't even enslave people anymore. Ah... and them really trying to squeegee Lamashtu clean, sweeping under the rug that one of her edicts is to indoctrinate children.And this is of course also being applied to Orcs in the setting, too.
>>96660440>but its very rarely used if everIt used to be a regularly used insult on /pol/ before 2015-2016 brought in unironically mainstream Christian newfags who woud turn pale at a mere mention of Gnosticism and for whatever reason conflate it with Satanism or Judaism because of terminal direction-brain.
>>96660535Ew. You actually browsed that filth?
>>96660640I heil Hitler, retard-kun. Modern /pol/ is unusable because it has EVEN MORE shill/bot spam than /tg/, and most threads on /tg/ are automated.
>>96660653The sissy that lost the war?
For those desperate for players or those desperate enough to join a game post your TTRPGs. If you're looking for players, give a brief description of your game and/or edition as well as your setting, how many players you're looking for, your time zone, the days you play, and whether you use Roll20 or any other website. Finally, post a way for them to contact you and give an update when you're no longer looking for players. It is up to the GM's discretion to interview and choose what people they let in or not so don't be surprised and start going off about >" oh an anon here was a whinny little faggot" or >" oh anon was a sperg " it is up to YOU to interview and talk to them you get the last say and who enters your game group either you'll actually find some worthwhile people here or this will get trashed
>>96660499Sure, he's my game>https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/173frlBt2GJ0DAS5VXm7I5CAIOrpcQBCIIts a sandbox RPG inspired by stuff like NIHM, Redwall and Mouseguard where you explore the world discovering landmarks and Communities in a way thats similar to TES by walking in a direction and finding something new.Since youre playing as animals, a lot of the aspects of a species are important to the design, being size differences, life expectancy (e.g. mice live for maybe 3 years) and physical capabilities. There's strong themes of passing the torch to the next generation and laying the foundations of a new town for your apprentices/next of kin to inherit. It also takes a page from Redwall where instead of players having sanity, Villains do instead. This causes them to grow weaker as they lose their mind but also become progressively obsessed with the PCs fucking with them.There's also an official foundry module that automates a lot of the random community, NPC and other generation.
>>96660499I'm technically looking for new players, but I don't think that /tg/ is the right place to find them for the group and game that I am doing.That said, OP, I will bump your thread because this is a good thread idea and /tg/ is better off with it.
Thread #001 Autumnal Equinox EditionWelcome to /schreck/ where you can rp your VTM character! For all questions concerning the World of Darkness, please consult the WoDg and CoDg thread>>96590318Brief rules>We have no story teller, we are acephali>Threads are v20 based, although the night is long and full of whispers, lies, and half-truths. Decide your own canon but all will not believe you>all nicktuku will be diablerized on sight>all OOC discussion should be spoilered let me know if I should add anything to the op post yall. And welcome back to oldfags and newfags alike!
>>96659477How's the wife?
>>96660523Now now. The antlers were a bonus. It’s still twent gangrel ears of varying sorts.
>>96660555Alas, I shall just have to bear the weight of your disappointment. It'll be a difficult cross to bear, but what is unlife without a hurdle to overcome, non?
>>96660599Did Mr. Cornucopia ask for antlers?But fine, we'll be in contact for delivery.
>>96660663‘Tis merely a gesture of good will! How often does one find gangrel antlers afterall? These are irish elk by the looks of it. Maybe moose. Guy had a very weird “beast” form honestly. His ears will be sent as well, have no concern.
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>>96660621seems to be an odd disconnect with the official renderings though, for some reason they didn't give it angryface.
>>96660627It has the same "angry eyebrow" panel lines. I think it's just the angle. If that render was more from above it would look angry.
>>96660621the cgl sculpt is the weakest atlas face imo. I think it's the mouth, if it was just the top jaw like on the mwo one I think I'd like it more
>>96660662I think it's the nose
>>96659296>Give LAMs all the weight saving tech that other mechs get>But they have fewer slots because of the transformation mechanisms >Can hover in place to give themselves a buff to evasion if they have not moved>But will have lower movement next time they move because of slow acceleration from a hovering standstillAny other ideas?
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Was going to have the Ottermans as the crumbling empire in my next game. Anyone know of any resources for how they practised religion back in the day. Did they still do the 5 prayers a day. Bells rung when it was supposed to happen?
>>96659206>the Ottermans
>>96616533Ah. A prophet.
>>96659391I will not be apologising for the typo.Another question. Importing goods only takes time doesn't cost extra? I feel like there should be a fee or something.
>>96659206To my, admittedly limited, knowledge, the Ottoman Empire at the time of its collapse was Sunni Islamic, but essentially let each province govern itself, and collapsed along ethno-nationalistic lines that also lumped greeks, turks, and christians into seperate categories. Ao in practical terms for running your game, yes, and you have historical precedent for regional variation along ethnic and religious lines.
I am making my own medieval fantasy game. These are some of my goals:>Emphatize slice of life scenes and allow for maximum worthless roleplay >De-emphasize combat, specifically meaningless combats with 1d6 goblins constantly. Combat is Nice but many combat scenes are there just fillers for the fighters to use their feats. Combat is better when it makes sense to the situation and the plot, gratuitous grinding has tired me forever i think>Spell hunting. Basically the wizards must get into dungeon-like places to catch more spells. This is a good way to fluff dungeons around them and to drive the party organically into themThe most challenging point is this last one:>Make normal persons investing skill points into mundane professions balanced against investing them in combat or MagicCont.
What slice of life setting would /tg/ want to live in?
>>96658626Probably Frieren
>>96658495Conan's stories are most certainly not low stakes. He is always in mortal peril. The stakes are as high as they can get for him.
>>96660118Plus,, in the latter half of his life it's always about how the destiny of Aquilonia and his destiny are intertwined, with Pinero and Thoth-Amon and such out to subvert the whole nation.
>>96660118>>96660245The Aquilonia ones aren't, but most of Conan stories are not epic, world-spanning quests but rather minor quests and missions in local settings, self-contained, with a minor reward, regional impact. Sure, life is at stake and there are actual dangers.It's a matter of semantics, really.
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>>96660469See if you can find any Nighthaunt models for cheap. All of them are basically capes.>Would it be worth it to use the same cape over and over and just strip it each time I finish?You don't have to necessarily strip the model, instead you can just prime over the old paint job once or twice. But it's a good idea to have more then one model because you might want to try a couple of methods/colors and then compare how they look side-by-side.
>>96660506I plan to pick up the upcoming death Underworlds pack for Velmorn. I kinda like the Nighthaunt part, but I wouldn't be against using it for experimentation. I do already have a squad of Chainrasps I painted a few years ago too, but stripping them would be a pain in the ass. Plus i'd be erasing some of my early painting history, which would suck.
>>96659853>>96656234Man, I like these. I'm about to paint some old school grave guard and really want to avoid the red/black color scheme, but man, I like these.
>>96660469get a piece of posterboard and fold it up like an accordian
>>96653261I love the old GW dragons so much
Reminder that goblins are ontologically evil and there is no act or harm against them which is wrong.
>>96657133>>96660422>>96657360I'll shorten it for all anons presentGoblins have been domesticated.that's the whole explanation. next up is gnolls, can we make them into functional members of society or at least something edible?
>>96660451Eating dog is against my culture, Chang.
>>96660480>Eating dogHyena is actually genetically quite different to dog.but also, nigga they technically people, and that's your complaint?
>>96660517My complaint is the necessity to make all monster races into something morally ghey.Gnolls essentially already have all they need, since they take after African hyenas. I.e. savage cannibal barbarians who who might as well be exterminated for the cultural habits, aggression and mere appearance without much fuss, exactly like the natives.Goblins at least solidified into something more harmess and negotiable in various incarnations. If it's mostly coombait.
>>96660545Sir, you mis-undertand me.This modest proposal is not to render them on the same level of humans and other upstanding races but to make them useful members of society. either as labour or supplies.it's a simply colonial think piece.but, i must ask you, why do you fear and revile the civilizing of these savage inferiors. a bit of animal husbandry will have them as productive as any other inferior beast race.
To this day, I don't think I've ever seen overland travel covered in a game in a way that doesn't either slow sessions to a crawl, doesn't boil down to handwaving how PCs get somewhere with maybe 1-2 random encounters, or wasn't literally an entire system about wandering out in the wilderness. I'm interested in hearing /tg/'s opinion on what rules they've encountered and how much they liked/hated them, though.
>>96656207Yes, because my games challenge player skill through character building, resource management, & tactical combat in which positioning, abilities, weapons, & enemy numbers/traits are all factors. Player luck is challenged to the extent there are checks to determine hit location of most attacks, effectiveness of defense/queue order of action vs reaction, effects that would cause ailments/push the target around, & on a larger scale, luck is tested through the creation of the enemies, objects, terrain, rooms, etc.There is no player strength, skill, or luck in talking & hoping daddy DM does what you want.Sitting, talking, listening isn't a challenge for a game, especially when the DM is predisposed to doing something no matter what the players do; any challenges involved are above the supposed game, meta tasks to "play" to the DM's whims, not to a consistent set of challenges with measurable rules. Then, there's the meta challenge of how long you want to sit listening to the same stories about the same gods with different names with the same magic with different words with the same "roll or suck" pass-fail mechanics the DM can fudge for any or no reason, with the same "uhhh there's no story down that path" or "uhhh you bypassed the bandit caravan but five miles into the opposite road you find a bandit caravan nyeh heh heh yeah" with the same ""archetypal"" class systems that don't even account for the world that occupy in spite of there being a supposed emphasis on narrative.Plenty of people like that, but liking something doesn't make it a game.Having fun with something doesn't make it a game.A game is a set of challenges to player skill/luck, not to begging for what would make sense for the world, not for hoping for the gear to make your character usable will fit someone else's plan, & not for the patience to sit for hours on end between small bits of gameplay listening to stories you've already heard, read, watched billions of times.
>>96654636Then at least stick to a single format, so the automatic filter can hide it away
>>96659823I'm not OP I'm just calling you what you are for getting pissy over something that's both trivially easy to ignore and ultimately unimportant
>>96658729lmao TRASH
>>96659823No, fuck your board and fuck you
How do you prefer your magic, and how did you design the system for your setting?
Depends if you are asking about how people in the world manage magic or if you mean a more philosophical worldbuilding level. Spellcasting all stems from deeper metaphysical paradigms ways of understanding and interacting with reality. Mortals don’t "create" magic. They tap into or imitate the true workings of older, deeper forces.Like electromagnetism is a thing that exists in our world that we then figured out how to use for things; Magic(capital M) is just a thing that is in their world. Mortal Spellcasting (Common Magic)This is what most morals use. spellcasters use: wizard spells, cleric invocations, sorcerer bloodlines, etc. It’s functional, broad, and flexible—but ultimately *incomplete*. Mortal magic is a diluted synthesis of deeper principles. It mimics higher truths through symbols, gestures, and incantations.True MagicOther beings can go beyond merely casting magic and are more deeply connected to it. Things like the Fae, demons, or gods, don't *do* magic, they just are that way. Each paradigm, or order of creatures, governs a different logic—what magic is, how it works, and what it costs. Mortals typically borrow bits from many, but true power comes from deep alignment with one. Mastery of a paradigm may unlock exclusive high-level abilities, or change how spells behave entirely for Mages that study them in great detail, but they will also introduce limits inherent to the logic of those paradigms.
>>96617229magic mishapsLOTS of magic mishaps
>>96625178For inputs and outputs.
>>96619854bump
>>96656133lmaoNNJXYA
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Has anyone else gotten into an autistic argument with an AI over 3.5's rules?It's so similar to arguing with an especially retarded and stubborn newfag that I've skubbed at it for an hour before remembering that I'm arguing with a pile of numbers.It's getting way to good at being as retarded as a human.
>>96659925>an autistic argument with an AII'm sorry anon, you might be too retarded for the 3.5 geneal, i suggest asking this question in /r9k/ or, i dunno, /soc/
>>96659593it's a race from the Underdark Sourcebook.
>>96660041>too retarded for the 3.5 geneal>genealAnon, you're only demonstrating that there are plenty of anons here just like him.
I've come to realize that 'talking is a free' action rule is not a good rule. I did away with it when my players started constantly coming up withvery intricate action plans mid combat. Now when they want to coordinate in a fight, I literally time them as they speak and they have to decide what to say.Makes combat feel chaotic and lively. Adds to roleplaying and is a minor equalizer for spell caster vs. martial thing, especially when it comes to those casters that rely on summons.For example, summon is a full round action with a verbal component, so if you want to cast it two rounds in a row, you got no time to be speaking any instructions to your creatures. Your summons are going to be on auto pilot until you pause spell casting and take the time to give them orders. You want to be able to do complex things quicker without wasting your turn talking? Have to invest into henchmen, squires and other allies with whom you can work out strategy and signals ahead of time.Anyone else try this?
There any decent quasi-historical settings besides the likes of the Warhammer one or 7th's Sea's one?
>>96659040>muh settingsSure is birthday, with all those fucking tourists
>>96659227Bump.
>>96659040I don't know what you mean when you say "quasi-historical" if you are counting Warhammer of all things.Can you clarify what you think you are asking for?
What the hell is "quasi-historical?"
Why are there so few rpgs based on modern settings?
>>96656936That's a good point. I guess you could just say that everyone has to play some kind of spellcaster class or subclass to use moderate technology, so like at least the Arcane Trickster or Eldritch Knight so they have some basics tech. I wondered what Mage Hand could be? Maybe like a grappling hook or something?
>>96657116This, OP just started with false assumptions. Probably just wanted a list like this.Would Twilight 2000, TMNT, D20 Modern and similar games set in alternate modern times count? Wasn't there also some game about African conflicts?
>>96655942I prefer 3e
>>96657116>Esoterroristswho wants to play a game where you're just some invincible anonymous hyper-conspiracy that can't lose because even if you die infinitely more humans will take over in your place?
>>96660196Why are you getting mad about a game that you've obviously never read?
Share your fav artwork of them, talk about how they've been used in your settings, and just post your overall views on them and what you like to see out of them.Personally, I always love when they're like a home away from home for Adventurers. Grab a bite, warm up by the fireplace with some mead, swap tales with a fellow daredevil risking their life for coin, etc. Like not merely a building to manage quest paperwork, but a cozy place with it's own culture and ceremony.
>>96654942That's actually a pretty cool idea!I will steal it.
Don't reply to yourself.
>>96651992>"hey check it, who let the dog out, amirite?"
>>96658690That's actually a pretty cool idea!I will steal it.
I've really been enjoying reading through Runequest, so I don't understand why it seems so underrated in modern gaming.There doesn't really seem to be much interest in the current edition compared to early ones.I was hoping that there could be more excitement over its potential.Especially with the changes coming.
>>96658494there was RQ6 adventures in glorantha which was released at a con and had the runes system and progressive folk magic but chaosium only gave out 50 copies and they track them down pretty hard some bloggers have had access to these rules i fucking wish an adventures in glorantha copy would leak
>>96474663Lore is good, mechanically it's just not the type of game I'm super interested in.I like my games to be games, Runequest is more of a Call of Cthulu style simulation. It's good for exploring, investigating, and learning lore. It's not that great if you want interesting tactical decisions. Not only is it not balanced around combat, but the combat is quite lame. Roll to hit, consult a bunch of tables. Strike Ranks are stupid. Movement is irrelevant and doesn't work. Invoking passions is a mandatory tax.Some of these things aren't necessarily bad, for example, combat not being the absolute center of the game is fine to a degree, I'm just not a fan of the d100 vs Skill style, or the progression of just incrementally increasing your skills slightly every couple sessions.I like leveling up, I like discrete abilities that can be activated, I like a bit of inherent balance in the types of characters players can make, etc. Your D&D adjacent stuff. In Runequest you wind up with a Humakti Sword Lord who kills everyone who attacks him, a bookish Scribe who basically does nothing except stand around rolling knowledge checks, and a Farmer who literally has no useful skills.One could say it's a roleplayer's roleplaying game, or a kind of game for someone who really likes inhabiting a world from an almost anthropological perspective. But I don't think this kind of system really grasps the heroic fantasy.
>>96658881Another thing seemingly present in most editions of RQ is that combat can be easily cheeesed with magic RQG is especially bad with this but it’s present in all versions of the game, high damage spells can nuke targets from orbit as HP does not really scale Weapon buffs can make players inflict carnage with their weapons defensive buffs can make player characters incredibly resilient, there are quite a few save or suck spells Common magic is still really fooking powerful as long as it’s not direct damage spells, cough cough bladesharp is pretty much obligatory A lot of the magic that is in dark souls is very powerful often more so than it is in dark souls in most editions of runequestCompared with RQG magic in mythras is still powerful and can still decently be used to cheese fights but it’s not over the wall stupidity fucking powerful that anything will make a fight with a big creature too easy and in most of its settings it goes out of its way to try and restrict access to more powerful magic more than glorantha does I think I like the psionics in Luther arkwright the most as there is not too much overlap with what they are good at vs technology
>>96658494I’ve had some ideas such as making common magic a standard skill again Folk magic can be used by capping common magic with another most likely professional skill such as pathway being common magic capped by track or navigation, or heal being common magic capped by first aid and folk magic still has enough utility even in combat with bladesharp only increasing damage by one step often being enough, that you don’t need progressive folk magic from adventures in glorantha The presence of a common magic skill could also mean one less skill for bigger magic traditions such as using it for exorht in theisim and shaping in sorcery Not sure if runic affinities should be implemented or ditched You could tie skill progression to them somehow so if a skill is lower than a runic affinity XP rolls spent on the skill are automatically successful and improve the skill by 1d4+1 points Theism should also have its intensity capped by runic affinities Most RQG cults should convert well enough but if you are converting spells especially combat ones you should nerf the more powerful ones a little bit As everything is generally a little too busted in RQG compared with previous and other versions of RQ
>96660478for why progressive folk magic is not needed is that common magic was already too powerful out of the gate and sometimes defeated the need or incentive to get theism/rune magic from the gods or magic items and spirit magic if it's much weaker on par with it's baseline in mythras it still has minor utility and can be enough to sometimes tip the scales in combat but the actual commitment needed for magic that can break things will be rewarded properly
