If you bought a D&D adventure and opened it and saw a hand-drawn map that was scanned in like pic related, would you demand a refund? Say it was cleaned up a bit more, but was still clearly a scan of a drawing on actual graph paper.
>>96755973Would you recommend this for someone who typically uses DungeonDraft?
>>96749262Nope.
>>96749262How much and what else is in the adventure pack?
>>96749313>dungeonscrawlSubscription-based licenses bug me.If I were going to make a module I feel like I'd use Inkscape, Krita, or even Tiled depending on what I was going for.>>96751806That does look nice.
>>96754632>clear paperNot quoted but no, grids are useful for actual play.Looks that actively make maps less useful are for fags playing games that don't need maps in the first place.
I never have any appropriate images for these kinds of threads.What are you working on right now?Any issues? Lacking inspiration? Smashing your head against a creative wall? Or just having a hard time getting all these pages done? Tell us about your projects and progress.>Resources for the aspiring developer>https://anydice.com/ (A fantastic resource for checking probabilities)>https://miro.com/ (A online whiteboard with tools to help organize yourself)>https://www.notion.so/ (Similar to the above, but in a bit cleaner format for those who work in larger teams)>https://rolz.org/ (Impromptu playtesting at its finest)>https://www.youtube.com/user/georgephillies/playlists (Game Design Lectures)
here's the gray (Fear) deckheavily focused on hand disruption
>>96755587everyone has had this moment. dont throw it all out or you'll just have a graveyard of half-finished projects.
>>96758127where's the ruleset? looks pretty cool. art and layout are already nice, though there's a lot of unused real estate in each bottom cornermaybe S/T/A should be a row along the bottom?
>>96758162>where's the ruleset?here >>96724680I know that overlaying the stats on the illustration is not optimal, it could be done differently, but I think it adds depth to the card (look how the minions "pop out" from the frame)
>>96758190>look how the minions "pop out" from the framethat was my favorite part of the design. it just removes a lot of space that the artist could otherwise use.
I’ve been using the Greek and/or Norse gods in my own campaign settings, but I want to start making my own deities and pantheons going forward, if you have any advice, I’d love to hear it please. Same for anything you’re willing to say about your own gods and goddesses, or any art of gods or related entities like angels.
>>96743665Why do so many deities and horrors in Lovecraft stories have tentacles? Surely there should be a bit more variety there.
>>96537281Bully! My favorite part of Homebrew!>Have a sense for what is good/evilIn my campaign, all those who want to defend the weak are good, while all those willing to take from or consume the weak are evil>BalanceYou have to have balance, this includes a neutral god able to tip the scales when they get out of whack, even if the problem is too much lawful good.>DemigodsThe main gods should be above mortals, focused on keeping the multiverse together, while lesser gods are the ones that travel the land and grant powers to adventurers.>NumbersI have one major god per alignment, as well as three lesser gods to each, who in turn have clerics, druids, pals, and warlocks.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96755044>I have one major god per alignment, as well as three lesser gods to each, who in turn have clerics, druids, pals, and warlocks.We would 'love' to learn more about your gods. Please post more on these deities anon!
>>96756553I'll just detail my Neutral Evil Gods:>Kaelin, Devil of ConsumptionBasically just a representation of eating the weak and developing your own strength. Will eat and eat, he's a bear like figure that is always hungry. Followers will wear tattered hoods and hunt in his woods to gain his favor.>Ocha, Omen of BeastsThis is the lesser goddess of Instinct and Wisdom, making sure the woods are respected and talking to animals, although she advocates for carnivores to eat the weak. She was originally a wolf in the greater god's pack, he raised her because of how talented she was at Instinct.>Vora, Pathos of DecayThe lesser goddess of Necrosis and Decay, was a lion dying on a hill after a fight with a poisonous spider, selected to embody the end of animals' life cycles.>Fenrath, Dire WolfMajor god of Consumption and Necrosis. He was born when the first peaceful creature ate another, embodying the pure urge to consume the weak. He represents Evil, taking from the weak in my world. His enemies wish to stop him, but my Neutral gods will defend him, and they have the most power.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96756620>Basically, I wanted Evil to not be a twirling moustache dude, I wanted them to be logical.I can relate. What inspired these Evil deities? And what about the Good gods?
Thoughts on running a dark academia game? What is your take on this aesthetic? Advice?I'm thinking of runing something about ecret fraternities somewhere in Oxbridge, murder mysteries, and perhaps some occult or paranomral phenomena
>>96747562Jesus Christ, ask me how I know you're an ESL. It's "The Difference Engine," not the "differential machine." Go back to Pakistan. Also, just because something has cogs and steam doesn't make it steampunk. Steampunk is an aesthetic, same as dark academia; whereas cyberpunk or high fantasy are frameworks for storybuilding.
>>96754900>Steampunk is an aestheticHuh. I'd figure steampunk has been developed enough at this point to be able to be it's own framework, like its cousin cyberpunk.
>>96745337It's just an aesthetic. Think gothic architecture, librarians in tweed, early to mid 20th century boarding schools/universities, etc.
>>96751301What do you want out of it - Cyberpunk mechanics in a bright setting, or something more bespoke to the aesthetic's associated sensibilities?
>>96754900> Oh yeah? You didn't remember the title of a book which is a reference to an obsolete 19th century machine? You're a fucking pajeet!!!!Still a steampunk novel. I already explained it to you in my other post.
Previous thread: >>96669987GURPS is a modular, adaptable system, capable of running a wide range of characters, settings, and play styles, with a level of detail varying from lightweight to completely autistic.Optional rules allow you to emulate different genres with a single system, or even switch genres within a single game.A nearly complete archive of GURPS books can be found by using the image (follow the URL to get to a folder with some files, read the files to get to the archive). Never post direct links to the archive anywhere in plain text.If you're wondering where to start:- The Basic Set covers everything, including a lot of optional rules you probably won't use.- A genre guide can be found in the archive, under Unofficial/GURPSgen. It tells you what extra books and articles you may find useful for many common genres.- How To Be a GURPS GM is a good read even for players.- GCS (gurpscharactersheet.com) is an excellent character-builder software, with page references to all the books and the option to export to both Foundry and Fantasy Grounds.Thread question: Is Reach important or is it all about how you use it?
>>96758074Increased Dodge, Parry, Block +2, enables Block(+10%?), limited arc(-10%?), attached to left arm (-10%?) and then let's give it another -10% for not stacking with other shields.So 60*0.8 = 48 points, call it 45 because enhanced defenses are overpriced.
>>96756119See:>>96678527 >>96686074 >>96686468 >>96690616I'm not well versed in 40k but watching Astarte, their "gyroc" doesn't seem to take time accelerating, it's just a cool visual effect.So I'm supportive of the idea of using a shotgun without stock loaded with HEMP and call it a bolter.Now, looking up the internet says a standard bolter carries up to 30 rounds while the shotties only carries ~10, so I also suggest a modified Assault Cannon as a bolter.As for skill, I'd use alternative specialties from Pyramid #3-65, that'd mean your Space Marine lugging the one handed Assault Cannon (minST 40) could hoot it with Guns (Pistol).More accurately, you'd use the Payload technique but I'd say that's too realistic for a 40k game, Just ignore, call it the effect of the rocket propulsion if you will.
>>96758074IIRC if you just want to use the Block active defense, Accessory (Shield) is legal.But if you want bonus to active defenses, you need to pay for Enhanced Defenses as per >>96758184Alternatively: https://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?p=563199#post563199
>>96758149Was this on some FAQ or something or did I miss some fundamental rule that says "turning off any ability that doesn't specify is always a ready action"? I did read the basic set but I might have missed it.Cause in the description of obscure it doesn't mention anything.>You produce an effect that actively “jams” one particular sense, making it difficult to detect you and everything in your vicinity. You must specify the affected sense. This can be one of the five human senses or a sensory advantage such as Infravision, Radar, or one particular Detect. >Examples include (...)>Obscure affects a two-yard radius centered on you. Add the Area Effect enhancement (p. 102) to increase this radius. >The affected sense is at -1 per level of Obscure to detect anythingwithin your radius. Ten levels will block the sense completely. The boundaries of the zone are easilydetected by the affected sense, however; roll at +1 per level.>Always On: You cannot turn this ability off. -50%.
>>96758184>>96758208ThanksThat's so expensive, oof.
>▶ Thread Task: The kind of tired sleep won't fix>Previously on /slop/: >>96732519 >▶ It's been confirmed images are not saved on Microsoft's servers forever, only for 50 days. Make sure to save your images.>▶ Generators>https://bing.com/images/create/>https://sora.chatgpt.com/>https://huggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell>https://huggingface.co/spaces/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev>https://fluxpro.art/>https://replicate.com/black-forest-labs/flux-dev>https://huggingface.co/spaces/multimodalart/stable-cascade>https://huggingface.co/spaces/google/sdxl>https://clipdrop.co/stable-diffusion>https://www.mage.space/>https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96757381>to adult usersI'd assume that's corpo-speak for paying subscribers.Always figured they'd eventually go that route and use incentive of decreased censorship to push people off the free version.
>the sweet release of death
Anyone remember the WoW rpg?did you enjoy playing it?
>>96752945>>96752955I wish I knew about this before I started a MoP campaign. Maybe I'll use it on Epsilon.
>>96751271Tell me more. I've been hovering around Genesys and this conversion myself for a while
>>96752060warcraft can be a very open setting once you grasp the backstory of the major stuff, just because blizzard is obsessed with major cosmic bullshit and rewriting the same thousand year elf lore every other expansion doesn't mean a DM is compelled to go autism mode over it. you can absolutely do a dark campaign through the dragonflight story/zones or a down to earth high fantasy adventure without faction bias or world ending threats.hell, >>96751753 the "incoherent" setting just allows you to do cool stuff with the story and setting. demon hunter orcs and draenei, playing as furbolg or dryads or something with some sentience, and even new classes based on the vaguely established magic or weapons like spellbreakers or dark hunters.it's a perfectly fine setting for an RPG
>>96752445Outside of mmo mechanics, there's literally no reason why members of any given race couldn't associate with members of the opposite faction.
>>96755982>here is an invading force of demonically-tainted aliens from another world>they are destroying your sacred woods, defiling your sacred groves, and killing your sacred gods>many of your kin have fallen at their hand>but there's no reason why you shouldn't join them to investigate why their farmers are mysteriously being killed I'm mostly ribbing but I think there's plenty of cultural/linguistic reasons why certain races couldn't partner up with other races
Frenopolis is a gamified tetragrammaton clothed in the memetic zeitgeist.This thread is for discussion and development logging.It's easiest to learn with YGO/MTG experience.It's not for sale. You can request a free physical 2-player 90 card set by following the instructions in the description of this video:https://youtu.be/oPoBUoagO_k(No payment or identifying info required)Tabletop Simulator demo implementation:(let me know if you'd like to set up a game)https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3532880446Physical Demo 1:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96749909yes, sort of.The difference is that the effects on the cards are separate activated abilities, and do not go onto the Thread (stack) at the same time of the card, like they would in MTG.Those activated abilities cannot be added to the Thread (stack) until the placement of the card itself resolves on the Thread.
>>96749909>>96754133A card placed onto the Thread (Stack) is "Projected" - a card not yet resolved, it's effects cannot be added to the Thread until the card itself resolves.Once a Projected card resolves on the Thread, it becomes Manifest, and its effects can then be added to the Thread. All effects are basically activated abilities in MTG terms.
>>96754133>>96754144>>96749909Here is an example of a card with an effect which bypasses the:Projected -> Manifest -> Invoke EffectSequence. More similar to an MTG Instant. Modeled on a YGO handtrap.The effect is directly invoked from the card, and its first line is Banishing it from the Hand at Instant speed.In Frenopolis, "Instant" is applied on the sentence level (not the effect level like MTG), and means the effect immediately resolves when added to the Thread.There are a few of these hand traps, all of them very useful because they can Nullify a card while it is in the Projected state, so it lands (Manifests) on the board bricked (without any effects).
I don't understand these games, but I'll watch the videos later.
Previous thread >>96711289>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, Xenos Rampant......and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96756693I fucking knew it. This just reinforced my dislike of WGA.
>>96756693Wait so you're telling me we have a resident WGA hater polluting nearly every single thread but he had no clues about this? And other forums knew?? Really feels like we're the bottom of the barrel.
>>96757972Our haters are fake grogsNotice the threads have become a lot nicer lately?Probably a medication change.Btw I got the Late Romans. They are fine. Face was blurred in the edit. Imagine making that when you could paint minis.
>>96757911Chinese hands manufactured this post.
>>96757972I can remember that years ago people brought up the connection between the dead WGF and now WGA, but never thought much about it. But given that Defiance games had a set of alien bugs called "Hudsons Bugs", the signs were there.
Does anyone still play Shadowrun? I always liked the "what if cyberpunk had fantasy races/magic" setting so it's pretty sad that the franchise is so dead.
What intro modules do you recommend?If I never play food fight again, it'll be too soon.
Similar to the above anon, what books would you recommend for someone purely interested in the lore and not intending to play? From what I have been reading, a good start would be 4th Ed Anniversary Edition, 6th World Almanack, and the Shadows of North America / Asia / etc.?Also, which would be the better books for artwork? I think I like the style of 3e.
>>96757226Threats 1 & 2, Renraku Lockdown, the novel Scars by Caroline Spector, find the ancient history files online (they were previously mentioned on dumpshock, he took them down, someone duplicated them.. somewhere), Loose Alliances, Tir Na Nog and Tir Tairngire books, Shadows of Europe and Asia, Corporate Guide.. sigh, market panic. I fucking hate that book. It's garbage, but it's there.>>96755874Shadorun Missions Season 5 is appropriately shit tier and gets you to meet some weird fucking people without making things over complicated. A fistful of credsticks is lots of fun.
>>96753527I look that up and all I can find is a thing from dune and other weapons from stuff, are you talking about this netrunner card?
>>96758134It's a cyberpunk 2020 hack. Search for hunter-seeker.pdf
Has your party ever been bamboozled by a lust provoking NPC?
>>96749638>the low-quality fapbait thread that the mods refuse to removeYou just described 80% of /tg/
>>96748648You're really obsessed with whoever that is.
>>96753153Erm, BASED!?
>>96722273I’ve got one, and I actually think this subject is interesting despite the lustprovokingimage.jpg>The party arrives by boat to a city that has been hiring adventurers en masse as they have been suffering nightly attacks from the undead and need reinforcements on the walls>expeditions beyond the walls have not been returning and the city pays weekly so basically regular adventurers are happy defending the walls at night and getting a regular paycheck/day drinking>A Succubus summoned by the Necromancer wearing down the city has infiltrated the inns around town as a bard with the intention of leading the adventurers into sloth/lust and she has been doing a great job so far>party walks in and the Paladin immediately uses their divine sense because their a first time player and want to try out their abilities>I describe the normal smells/feelings associated with a Fiend and everybody at the table is made aware that she is bad newsLong story short, despite this knowledge and over multiple sessions, they still decide to trust her up to and including making a deal that would allow her to take the macguffin any time she wants away from them and allowing her to pick one of them up and fly them across a chasm after they themselves destroyed a bridge.Of course she betrayed them and dropped the personI’m not a shitheel, so through creative use of their resources the person survived the fall and they killed her as a sort of mid boss but they literally took every single bargain she offered them because it was easier in the moment of they failed to explore other avenues
>>96746568>To him anything under a C cup means the character has to be under 18 or is meant to come off that wayThat man is projecting HARD
War Ghoul Edition>Previous Thread>>96742740>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.
>>96757861Besides the M20 and 1e Corebooks I read the first Order of Hermes book. For the most part they felt pretty forgettable, to the point where I only remember House Ex Miscellanea and House Fambleu because how their names sound stupid.Maybe the SoE or VAs will have something more interesting but I doubt it.
>>96757924Still better than working at MacDonald's
>>96757959"forced" is a strange choice of words when she was already transforming and most Werewolves transform into Crinos when fighting.Big D is just a puffed-up hunter who would have been killed alongside his whole family if he didn't have the plot on his side. Like, some people make up headcanon on how his family is badasses and all but so far, he is all talk, no show and shits his pants against stronger than average neonate like Pyotr.
>>96757861I read most of them, especially since I have to actually run Mage games. Hell, I have Order of Hermes, Celestial Chorus and Dreamspeakers near permanently up since that is what my players are playing for...shit 4 months?
>>96758078What's the strongest Pyotr could have been rules wise? Presuming WoD 5.
just moved to pittsburgh. what are some good local game stores in this city?
>>96756128Why would anyone here care if your mom is being transported through Pittsburgh? And what does that have to do with FLGS/LGS?
>>96756128Don't live there, but I've moved a bit for work so I'll just give you the criteria I've had. Find out which ones support the game(s) you play, find out when that is, show up, meet people, get a feel for the group, stop going if you don't like them or too many are unbearable. You can't tell much about the online groups for stores as some people overly try to dominate the online, but are shunned IRL. Generic catch-all boardgame nights are a toss up in my experience.
>>96756128If only there was some sort of search engine where you could type in "tabletop game stores in Pittsburgh" instead of asking an international forum with about 12 people on it on the assumption that there's someone there in the same city as you.
>evil dark lord king of evil is evil and thus does bad, immoral, reprehensible things>"WAHHH YOU CANT INCLUDE THEMES LIKE THIS IN YOUR GAME DONT YOU KNOW HOW TRIGGERING THAT IS AND HOW BAD IT IS AND HOW EVIL AND WRONG IT IS NOBODY SHOULD EVER SAY THESE THINGS EVER">this same player gleefully boasted about decapitating 16 goblins and leaving the goblin children to starveWhy are modern TTRPG players like this
>>96750083Apologies for sperging out but I have had to deal with these sorts of people for almost half my life now.I'm 19 and many fellow TTRPG fans that I know in-person were raised by millenials who really seethed about being made fun of for trigger warnings and safe spaces, so presumably they were simultaneously taught that those things aren't a big deal but that only evil "STUPID" (they really like using this insult against people who disagree with them, even though we both went to a school for gifted children, but hate when you make fun of people who actually have intellectual disabilities, even if not referring to a specific individual) people dislike trigger warnings/safe spaces, so they can just write off any criticism by saying "you're probably right-wing"/"why is this a big deal".If it's not a big deal, then why do you have to include it in the first chapter of your book? If it's not a big deal, why does your in-person college club (the point of TTRPG clubs, whether at college or at game stores, is to be able to play games without the prerequisite of being friends with every single person present, since friendship is not transitive. I'm not here to make friends with fellow students and then maybe maybe maybe play a game, I'm here to find games first and foremost, and maybe be your friend if I like the game) have to mention being safe and inclusive in the publicly facing resources page on the official university website, and have an entire discord channel for safety tools?
I mean, I can see what anon is talking about in the cases of massive exceedingly in detail rape and child sexual slavery and those kinds of things. I wouldnt be weirded out if my dm introduces a bad guy who rapes people, but I would be somewhat concerned if my dm went on to make every bad guy in the setting be a rapist and describe the rapes in detail while he has one hand under the table.
>>96754626Answer is simple on all fronts: because tabletop gaming is a sort of hobby that operates on table-by-table basis, but industry wants to enforce some wide reaching standard.
>>96717490>*crickets*
>>96754626If it's a big deal, why are people around you able to play without bitching about it?
How true is the stigma that men who engage in /tg/ hobbies rarely engage in sexual intercourse with the opposite sex?
>>96711221Meds
>>96705514Taxes
>>96703228I fucking wish. Half of my gaming group consists of 30 year old boomer dads who have to yet again cancel our gaming session because of some bullshit with their kids. I wish they didnt fuck
>>96706948Oof. Hope he gets better, anon. At the very least it's still better than chasing intimacy through grindr hookups.Have a cat picture in the meantime.
>>96758035Thanks, and I enjoyed this cat.