>Sup /tg/It's been a fucking long time since there has been one of these, but I think they provide a useful service to the board./yourdudes/ is a vital element of tabletop, but in recent years it has felt out-of-place in the bulk of the other threads on the board. Rather than shitting up the threads of others, why not discuss your imaginary warbands with other like-minded autists?What is /ydg/?>A place to share your custom/homebrew factions/warbands/armies from any wargame or TTG>A place build on their lore, stories and what makes them cool>A place for modeling ideas, colour schemes, and any ideas, critiques, or suggestions>General writefaggotry is also accepted as long as it's /ydg/ related40K faction creation tableshttps://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:Creation_Tables/tg/ Homebrews:https://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki//tg/_40,000Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
https://discord.gg/4bHqw4f7I'm trying to get a painting discord going for /tg/ as a whole. Here's my best piece to prove I'm not a paintlet
>>96905392>loud mechanical sweating
>>96907307based Retardes Administrates
Help me out here lads.I got a warpsmith on the way for my red corsairs and have to decide his original chapter/warband. I was thinking Iron Warriors but thinking about it it feels the obvious basic choice. What's a good alternative for you?
>>96912438Well, warsmiths are pretty much iron warriors only, but if you wanted to take a more literal view of the word, a thousand sons sorcerer is well known for grabbing bits of the warp and smithing them as he likes.
Que Retardado Edition>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game still in a pre-release playtesting phase but with the full release slated for this year. Based on the art and lore of Mike Franchina, whose illustrations you may have seen floating around on /tg/ for a several years now, and designed by Tuomas Pirinen, one of the original creators of Mordheim. It's grimdark, it's visceral, it's awesome, and it's very Blanchitsu.>What Trench Crusade is notTC not an excuse for you to discuss IRL religion, history that didn't occur in the game, culture war shit, or discord bullshit on /tg/. Keep it on topic.>What's the QRD on the background?The Knights Templar turned heretic and opened the Gates of Hell when they took Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Over 800 years later the war is still ongoing as technology has developed to a pseudo diesel-punk WW1 standard and a third of Humanity has sided with the Infernal Princes.>How do I get started?All the files are free online, but are split between the website and the discord. They have all been collected here for your convenience:https://mega.nz/folder/70QH0BBa#Eg-blxYQKkY_C02wErnFTQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96912315>differing attitudes towards returns on investmentAnon.. you knew exactly what you will get for the money you invest. You chose to spend the agreed amount of money, and recieve the stuff you paid for. If anything, you get more than you were promised, since the Kickstarter success allows you to recieve Carcass Front for free. Now you're just demanding extra over entitlement.
>>96912122We play on TTS mostly, and in person with paper standees and other minis that they've bought and printed.>>96912117>THERE SHOULD BE FINANCIAL FOMOLittle bro, no one would know or care that you had Kickstarter Backer #12532350 Limited Serial Artillery Witch, and nor should they.No you shouldn't get exclusive stuff. PreOrder Bonuses are asscancer in Gaming and they're asscancer in traditional gaming too lol
>>96912402Even if there would be one, it would be stl file. So it would get shared, and non-backers would have one too.
>>96911775>w-well if you compare our ugly black women to GW's ugly black women you'll find that actually...kek
>>96912026I’m not paying 85 dollars + any future Trump tips for 8 models.
Kasrkin Swerve Edition▶Previous thread:[REDACTED]▶News: Balance Changes:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/qstegrlb/kill-team-quarterly-balance-update-changes-inbound-for-overachievers-and-struggling-teams/Space wolf phobos versus tau stealth suitshttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/zhqmtpi6/wolf-scouts-and-stealth-battlesuits-fight-as-quietly-as-possible-in-kill-team-dead-silence/▶Official Key Downloads, FAQs and Erratahttps://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/kill-team/▶Rules ScansComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What teams came out in this edition? it startet with vespids and scions, i still remember wreckas, and the small halfling dudes, goremongers and priests, necrons n deathwatch and nids with servitors... did i forgot somethin?
>>96912373Nope, those are the boxes (though servitors vs raveners was before tomb world). New one coming for pre-order on saturday also.
>>96912373>>96912423 (me)Oh and the space marine heroes series added the Strike Force Variel team. It's practically an Angels of Death variant that doesn't even get faction equipment, though some of the stuff it has could make it interesting.
>>96876306I just use Ork Kommando rules, their rules perfectly encapsulate skulking jungle commandos who can rip out your guts
>>96912423>>96912454thxoh right that strange one has no pdf so i forgot
I know MERP had the best illustrations but what is the most lore-accurate Tolkien TTRPG? Some games make up bullshit especially regarding the magic system.BTW, post some old school Tolkien illustrations
>>96905120The Dunedain as depicted in the Last Alliance are pretty book accurate. They're mostly armored in mail, with wings on their helmets.
>>96910275>Stopped reading right there.Then you stopped reading after I said "Tolkien's pretty much only inclusion of his faith was having a single primary God in Eru Iluvatar", which then renders your question pointless and dishonest. Tolkien did NOT equate his faith with his wider purpose of creating a true English myth. Which is why he never jumped the shark like his friend CS Lewis did when he included a talking lion version of Jesus, for example.
>>96908867>Ents (name derived from Ettin) were always described more as giant humanoids, similar to trolls, but with some traits that resembled treesInteresting. I had the chance of reading LOTR before the Jackson movies came out, but for some reason I still pictured them as animated trees. But re-reading about it, yeah, it seems that indeed you are right.Perhaps what got me confused is that they are said to "come to ressemble" the essences of trees they were watching over and "sometimes turn more tree-like with the time".We don't have any illustrations of Ents made by Tolkien himself? Or at least, directly Tolkien-approved?You also mentioned that the weapons and armour shouldn't be medieval, which period would be the best equivalent to late 3rd-Age tech level?
>>96912087>We don't have any illustrations of Ents made by Tolkien himself? Or at least, directly Tolkien-approved?I don't think Tolkien ever illustrated or approved one himself. Personally, this is as close as I could get to something that evokes what Tolkien was most likely going for, which would be his own version of the Green Man figure.>You also mentioned that the weapons and armour shouldn't be medieval, which period would be the best equivalent to late 3rd-Age tech level?It's honestly difficult to determine, as it not only varies between regions of Middle-earth, but also has the added variable of literal magic. The Numenoreans, for example, are supposed to be a stand-in for Atlantis, and they built structures that were clearly supernatural in origin (smooth black walls of Orthanc or the outer wall of Minas Tirith, for example), and made towers that would've made Medieval civilisations marvel. They also had steel, and magical metals like mithril, so it's not exactly that the level of tech is tied to our standard period divisions. After all, it's supposed to be a lost time period before history, which would be in the middle of what we know as the Stone Age but clearly isn't that either.But the Numenorean aesthetic as an example hints at ancient civilisations like the Egyptians or Babylonians, because Tolkien was aiming for an English equivalent. He wasn't trying to transplant the European Medieval period into our history, we already had it, he was trying to create a mythical age that we either never had or have long since lost after countless invasions and occupations. So anything that both provides an English theme but with very obvious hints towards ancient times would work. A suit of armour straight out of the War of the Roses would be inappropriate by comparison.
>>96908348They either crumple your trousers making you look silly or you wear them on bare skin which looks homoerotic.
What are the best enemies to put up against low-level adventurers?
>>96911992That's a sketchy DM mentality to have.
>>96911996Sarcasm aside he did it because he was mad at our party (mainly me) for derailing by doing new player bullshit and 2 players torturing a goblin together making his favorite npc leave the party. The CR5 boss didn't even kill me, I was killed without initiative in an instant lose situation as a "story death."That said shitposting is always acceptable in shit threads
>>96910359Greasy pepperoni farts.*rips a greasy pepperoni fart directly in your faggot redditor face*
>puckee thread
>>96912016That sound passive aggressive af
"Why was there no thread for several days?" edition.>>What this thread is for:>/tg/ gets shit done again and is creating a “Battle Bible” (Ala 2nd edition) for 4th edition Warhammer 40k.>>What this thread isn’t for:>Alternative ideas for what 4th edition could include, such as alternating activations, new unit ports, etc. This is a Stage 4 process and so there's plenty of time for that later on.>Don't engage edition warriors, trolls and rule revisionists. We're trying to keep it tight; mannered and objective focused.>BATTLE PLAN:>Stage 1:Finish revising and formatting the SRD.>Stage 2:Compile all GW official erratas into the SRD.>Stage 3: Condense all the codices into up to date SRD. - pending>Stage 4: Make a Hobby Enthusiast supplement for the SRD.>Stage 4: Make an Optional Rules supplement for the SRD.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96907924>>96908298I'm this guy >>96902470. Thanks again guys. :)
>>96909687Nevermind, I was able to snap them off. I'll just Dremel out the clips that are still glued in to their pegs.
>>96909343they're all about the hive dredges rising up against the imperium, so if there's something for penal legions (exploding collars, etc) anything that shows how expendable they are to the hive mind, that would be fun. >>96909687soak in super clean, if you have access to it. works better than simple green to remove paint and break the bond of super glue. might need a couple overnight dunks with some scrubbing in between to get the paint off, but otherwise i have never had an issue getting the parts unstuck using that.
>>96909829on the subject of this, Inkwash anon, if you're still working on your part of this, a good one page guide for stripping old paint would be helpful for the people looking to revive old armies. what to use, equivalents in different areas of the world, downsides, all on a short little chart would work well. (example; simple green, available in USA, Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Singapore, upside: preserves parts and eats away at paint, downside is it stains the models green, but this doesn't matter if you're repriming them)something like that.
>>96909852>>96909829>>96909687thank you. another dumb question: would it be cool to bring vintage space marines to modern games? with the appropriate size bases of course.
Getting away from game systems and pieces for a moment, how do you prevent a gamestore from becoming a free childcare service, while still remaining open and amicable with the public?The case I go back to are the GW Battle Bunkers. The one in Memphis I was familiar with really sold me on the hobby, walking in and seeing 20+ full art, prepped tables and getting to observe games as a youngster was a wonderful experience, but the sheer amount of unattended children and teens was the given as the reason for the closing of the game room (outside of special events, though I believe they're just gone-gone now, correct me if I'm wrong). When I've returned to the Battle Bunker stores recently, they've been sterile, dark, empty, like you walked into a small town's only munition shop. I can't imagine this facilitating the sale of starter boxes or generating referral traffic, though obviously these larger distributor warehouses don't really care about direct sales too too much.So that brings up your LGS. What staff training, procedures, and store policies can really protect a store from becoming an irresponsible parent drop off, while still protecting these entry-level childhood experiences that attach kids to these hobbies and these open, high quality gaming spaces to responsible players? I don't see many of these these days, they're either holes in the wall with one 4x4 table and two blanchard tables for Magic, or they're really low quality, wide open cheap strip mall joints with rows and rows of folding tables and no quality art pieces, terrain, or table builds. How could this be fixed adequately?
>>96900083Have the staff curse like sailors. Parents won't leave their kids there.
>>96911534I’d think the great firewall of China would absolutely block 4chan
>>96900083That's what you get for not having a local pedophile
>>96900182It literally makes perfect sense you ESL shitstain, go eat more dung
>>96910460I do not know. I could only wish things were as good as Romania. At least then if I were there I could emigrate to Lithuania or Estonia or some other equally great country.
Pile of beakies editionPrevious Thread:>>96600885Check out here for useful links and a catalogue of relevant miniatures retailers:https://pastebin.com/nnNqqFLnThe Rogue Trader magazine article compilation:https://gofile.io/d/yNK9bq
>>96912378Im not sure about the head but everything else is. Hands and weapons are from plastic RT ork kit. Torso seems like 2nd ed Ork, tho I'm not sure which one
>>96912378I'm fairly sure its an ork from the Space Crusade board game.
>>96912430>>96912476Thanks
>>96912378That is a Space Ork Goff Nobhttp://solegends.com/citcat1998/1998P385-00.htm
>>96912476Those are totally different.
>Be me.>Mercenary Captain Jr.>Son of the legendary Mercenary Captain that took Entilement Keep from the an army of soldiers, undead, orcs, and demons years ago and was made a lord of those lands.>Today he rules from his castle as a noble while I continue the family name in his honor.KeepTheTraditionAlive.tapestry>Rumors have been spreading through the land that Entilement the IInd yet lives, changed into a vampire and terrorizing my father's lands.herewegoagain.shieldpainting>I've taken up my father's sword along side some of his men and plan to lay siege to his new dark fortress of evil.>After days of travel we arrive at his new castle in the dead of night with a storm raging and set up to lay siege to the vampire's lair.>This will be my first siege, hopefully I can make my father proud.First Siege: https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/68686655Second Siege Pt1: https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/92674836/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96911805>By carefully I just mean getting his defenses down with bribes of gold, sex, knowledge, magic, whatever floats his boat, and then trying to get my hooks into him with blackmail, offers of additional bribes, geas, replace him with a doppelganger, whatever works >I send a disguised succubus up to greet him, spin some tale about a land dispute with a neighboring lord, and claim both sides have been using undead and monsters as fodder for quite some time now, which is not uncommon in the borderlands. Also the succubus is to assess options for swaying, corrupting, or replacing the Ambassador.
>>96906954>>96911629>>96911798>>96904168>Be "Sir" Kirk>Pulled out from the castle and linked back up with the rest of the Coyotes >Severely depleted in terms of men>As mentioned I'll have to do a recruitment drive>For now I walk over to Stannis' corpse and place a hand on him>We'll see you soon brother >Notice a woman in I'll fitting furs carrying that fine piece of chocolate ass with her>There's also another naked woman who is just standing there >The woman speaks apparently she's Uftar and has had a long day in a magical realm that resulted in him being turned into a woman>Take a minute to laugh at Uftar's plight>We'll figure out a way to turn him backComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96911120>>96911629>>96911842>Be Bob the Jack in the Box>man the boss can be a real pain in the ass sometimes why did he even make that mushroom shit>reality is collapsing as this girl starts losing her mind, the shelf of stuff is melting, now we're in a ladies bathroom, there's a clown getting crushed by a sperm whale and I think I see a spaceship somewhere>but somehow the mercenary's words got through to her and she imagines a door with an exit sign over it>the merc grabs me and makes a run for it, jumping through as the pocket dimension collapses in on itself>think I see willy the illusion wandering back in with the art critic only for them to melt into a puddle of good>he'll be alright, he wasn't actually real anyway>the art critic is probably dead though>Anyway, I actually escaped and I'm back in reality!>also I'm a woman now>shrug my shoulders, I've been turned into worse, and my figure isn't too bad>the merc turns to me after he knocks the girl unconscious and gives me a leerComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96904731>>96911120>>96911629>>96911798>>96912485>Be Wicked Willy the Wizard>Looking down at the castle from my chair and making plans>Hmmm... yes....>I don't actually know what I'm doing I just go with the vibes in the moment>And the vibes tell me...>THE FLOOR IS LAVA!>wave my hands and turn all the water I summoned into boiling pitch because lava is overdone>make sure to also dump some wherever there's succubi because I still don't like them>giggling to myself as I float around in the middle of the storm when I hear a voice on the wind>look down at the fieldComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96911842>>96912548>>96912485>Be Uftar the Marauder>The former Jack in the box refuses>Oh well guess I'll slug them >Though the wizard who probably owned the pocket dimension takes her away>The wizard is offering both myself and the mage chick a wish>Can wish for practically anything just can't waste it>Kirk looks at me whilst being lead by the succubi essentially telling me to move my arse>Before he leads I give my wish "I wish for this mage chick to not wake up with a hang over from her drug trip when she eventually wakes up. I figure its the least I can do for slugging her and forcing her to join the warband">Baleon then steps in"Oi wizard, dwarves are under a sign in arcane sign round about the dungeon area. Enjoy whatever it is you have in mind for them">He then wanders off and I follow hopefully the wish spell still takes effectComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>sailing to the edge of the world>huge waterfall>we follow it down (airship)>have to spend a day flipping the ship at the gravity plane>all working together in this bizarre environment, all comfy together in the cabins at night>no procedures in particular, just raw roleplay and vibesWhat's the most fun you've had while traveling in an rpg?
>>96906797>>96910861Both gay.
>>96911253Thank you for sharing your fetishes. Can we talk about Traditional Games now?
>>96912311You first. What system?
It's never been more joever
>>96906797Sadly, I am yet to play a game where my DM focuses on travel. I only did that. In the campaign I ran, most of locations the party needed to go was at least a week away. Players switched environments and PCs with survival/knowledge skills actually mattered (we play 3.5e)
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #584"FUCK FLOODGATES t.Konami" EditionPrevious thread: >>96818640Most Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion encouraged. Post OC, write dumb fanfics with bad CaC in them, duel each other, have fun, etc.>Yu-Gi-Oh! Online PlayAutomated Sims:●EDOPro website: https://projectignis.github.io/download.html●EDOPro: https://discord.gg/ygopro-percy●YGO Omega: https://discord.gg/duelistsunite●Dueling Nexus: https://duelingnexus.com/●Master Duel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449850/YuGiOh_Master_Duel/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Seeing this image got me thinking, what would you consider the most complex or difficult gameplay mechanic to understand in YGO? Not just on a casual level but even for someone well versed in the game, since Spell Speed is fairly easy to wrap your head around.
>>96911072>Picrel for funSpell Speed 3 effects (Counter Traps) can only be responded to by other Spell Speed 3 effects, and can be activated during the Damage Step.>Most complex mechanic in generalIt's pretty easily pendulum mechanics since even a lot of more experienced players will just flat-out refuse to learn them.
>>96911072battle step
>>96910662https://youtu.be/f-8mAnIkNhs?si=HYAn_QrAkhs5e6PS
>>96911072Conjunctions. It's not terrible and people remember the general premise of them but at the same time many people seem to misremember them. Usually they mix up "then" and "also".The other big one is summon response window, particularly with cards that insulate on summon like Branded Lost.
God-Blooded Edition>What is Exalted?An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.Start here:http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial:http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.htmlIt’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. good luck>Resources for Third Edition>3E Core and SplatsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96907905Depends on edition.>1eIt depends on your Storyteller's needs for the game. The scale of power used for Allies is almost entirely arbitrary in this edition.>2eThe power of Allies depends on what you're playing, as Allies scale directly to how strong your starting characters are / what splat you're playing. That being said, because you can build a starting character who is a sorcerer as almost any splat, it would be unreasonable not to allow one dot of Allies to get you a sorcerer ally.>3e/EssenceOne dot is a 'very minor supernatural ally', which could be a sorcerer who is just starting out and hasn't learned more than one or two spells yet (and probably doesn't even have five dots in Occult or Intelligence, gasp!), while three dots is 'a supernatural ally at least as powerful as a young terrestrial Exalt', which could be a serious, experienced, and committed sorcerer with somewhere in the region of two dozen spells or more (which is more than a young terrestrial Exalt could start with, but a mortal sorcerer doesn't get Excellencies or the variety of native charms terrestrials would get).>DemakeThey'd be a two dot ally almost always, the exceptions being when they've either done something extreme to break beyond the normal limits of mortals or have near-zero grounding in the occult to the point where it's laborious and risky to cast even basic spells or workings.
>>96909790Depends on edition. 1e has the strongest enlightened mortals (Boost physical attributes only, up to Essence+5, Player's Guide 120), 2e has the most level and consistent presentation (no excellency, but a wide array of thaumaturgy and martial arts to exploit), and 3e has the most variable and ad-hoc version (do whatever you want, Storyteller characters only).That said they've never actually had a dice limit set anywhere like everybody else does, in any edition, and if they got access to an uncapped 'add X dice where X is motes spent' type Excellency then theoretically they can pump as many dice as they have motes into it. Most Storytellers would cap them far below this though, usually based on whatever magic it is that gave them that ability - for example, giving them the Solar dice limit when they've been given power through Power Awarding Prana.
Working on an Abyssal antagonist for an upcoming campaign, and I made some Evocations for her Resplendent Shadow Blade. Was just wondering if anyone felt like looking them over and giving some feedback. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-49EhyN1oH1xz3MvjhOiZ4P7zCYAoCEsjA_uaPMA-dU/edit?usp=sharing
>>96911962Sure. Overall, cool artifact. I'm a big fan of telepresence/scry and this is entirely build around it, so i might be biased, but it seems mostly balanced and fun to use. At most re:balance I'd say that the first few charms are stronger than average for their level while the last few charms are weaker than average for their level, but that's normalized in 3e design despite being an awful idea, so meh, all good.>Upon dealing lethal damage to a target, Solitary Star can spend 1 mote to reflexively reduce the damage inflicted down to zero. Instead of dying[....]This should be 'Upon dealing incapacitating damage to a target,' if I'm reading your intent right. Lethal damage is a damage type (things like being cut or burned, as opposed to being bruised or disintegrated), while incapacitating damage is would-kill-you damage.>The Void Star Marked gains an Intimacy of worshipful fear towards Solitary Star as long as the mark remains on themShould be 'gains a Minor Intimacy of worshipful fear towards Solitary Star which cannot be removed as long as the mark remains on them.'>Taking Stock of the ToolsVery strong. Scry+Speak with unlimited range and only a mote cost, which seems intentionally designed to fake minor telepresence especially given TCHaGT, is close to being over the top of what I'd ever think was appropriate for E2.>Breaking the Discarded Tool. >SolitaireProbably meant to be Solitary Star, unless that's a nickname.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>96911962>If the Void Star Marked dies while under the effects of this Charm, their body automatically explodes as per Breaking the Discarded Tool. If the Void Star Marked dies in any other way, the Charm instantly ends and Solitary Star suffers (10-Essence) levels of unsoakable lethal damage from necrotic backlash. The first clause should cover all death clauses under the effects of the charm. The second clause covers all other effects. This feels like a versioning/editing error, but if this is actually meant to mean that once this charm is taken, killing Void Star Marked deals damage to Solitary Star when she's not possessing them (making it a weakness that could be exploited to harm her from afar) then that should be more clearly stated. If it's not then the second part which covers all other deaths probably isn't necessary - there's no way to trigger 'the void marked dies while the charm is active, but in a way other than dying' so far as I can tell. You might have meant that while possessing the Void Star Marked Breaking the Discarded Tool can be activated reflexively, and if it isn't then the Abyssal takes damage from the backlash when they die. >Tools Get UsedThis is a perfect defense and should probably have a once/scene on it with a reset condition because of it. >Solitary Star magically yanks one of her Void Star Marked"yanks one of her Void Star Marked from within medium range">If there is no Void Star Marked within Medium Range of Solitary StarEither "If there is no Void Star Marked within range of Solitary Star" if you did the previous edit, or otherwise it's just that medium range doesn't need capital letters.
I HURT MYSELF TODAYTO SEE IF I STILL FEEL
>>96904773>I really hope the gringos nuke Venezuela with all the Venezuelans in it>with all the Venezuelans in itIt was implied that the entire blight was nuked too.
>>96900969>>96904530>t. Owen Jones
>>96898669The sun is overrated.
>>96894789https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oldi8_jH40
>>96894901Good fences make good neighbours you fat retard, in shitburgerstan it's literally illegal to put a fence around your 'yard' in most places despite boundary disputes accounting for literal fucking shootings
I want to talk about these little lizards. My current game has one running a thieves' guild, who the players have nervously interacted with time and time again.
>>96908111It also matters a lot what that inventiveness is for. Kobolds are typically trappers, not besiegers, which makes kobold shitbuilds inherently more sympathetic. They're working with what they have at home, and that's usually not very much in the way of industry. Goblins are usually working with stuff they've stolen, and will bring their shitbuilds to try and burn down or blow up a village. In contrast, if you get hit with a kobold trap... there's a good chance you've chosen to put yourself in a place that you already know might have kobold traps.It's very, very easy to turn existing kobold characterization into mundane coexistence as a part of D&D "civilization." They aren't inflexibly chaotic. Individual kobolds aren't particularly predisposed towards attacking people (they are acutely aware of how weak they are). They don't necessarily need to kill or steal from people to satisfy their biological needs OR their usual goals. There's not a lot of wind behind the "kobolds as evil hordes" sails EXCEPT when you make whatever they serve evil... in which case it's not really the kobolds' fault directly. It's not like they'd survive rebelling - you might even pity them for being used that way as you're fighting them.By the last edition of D&D that called kobolds lawful evil, they were already closer to lawful neutral in practice. If the narrative gives them no concrete reason to be hostile to you (like them serving a hostile dragon or you invading their home), there's little besides a couple of mostly ignored lines in ancient splatbooks to imply that they would invent a reason or attack without one like a goblin would....Unless you're a gnome (in which case they already have plenty of good reasons, screw gnomes).As an aside, one thing I wish we saw more of in D&D stuff is kobolds working for metallic/good dragons. I suppose the lack makes sense, since kobolds (and chromatics) are a good bit more common to encounter than metallics.
>>96907993Yes, this is very true. "Vaguely draconic humanoid" is more like a human wearing a costume most of the time, even in what little info about them we get. Tieflings aren't even as bad in that regard.Then there's weird, confusing, overlapping nonsense in D&D like the difference between dragonborn and half-dragons - which includes of course the detail that the "dragonborn" are the ones NOT born from dragons.
i wonder if cooked kobold tastes like alligator. cooked human apparently tastes like pork, after all.
>>96906759Nailed it, lol.>>96909851>There's not a lot of wind behind the "kobolds as evil hordes" sails EXCEPT when you make whatever they serve evil... in which case it's not really the kobolds' fault directly. It's not like they'd survive rebelling - you might even pity them for being used that way as you're fighting them.Something something Kobold Liberation Front. Something something rebellion plot/side questline.Also, further proving your point about characterization, a PC kobold fighting the Big Bad Dragon to liberate their brethren isn't exactly hard to imagine.Semi-related question: could they serve half-dragons/dragonborn/whatever-dragon-related? Even if it's as something like low-cost low-power allies, or something to that effect.Imagine slaying a dragon as a half-dragon, then get beset by a gaggle of confused kobolds that just lost their boss and don't know what to do and ask if you're in charge of them now.It's rather amusing to imagine some kind of literal underground criminal enterprise, with 'bolds working for a guy with draconic features.If it's at least somewhat dragon-looking, kobolds will feel an instinctive urge to serve it. Sad, but also kinda funny.
>>96859940where the hell are kobolds fish
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>>96902850This is amazing (not OR)
>>96902850It's an incredible piece of art, my only criticism is that maybe it needs color, you know, it's just a human with a mask without the color green.
>>96800627Requester here, holy shit, the pointy hood is a nice touch. Also the way the steed is twisted is a great idea as well. I'll need to add both to my descriptions when I describe the boss. Luckily they've only had a brief exposure to him, when his steed crawled out of a hell gate that were five people fused togetherThank you so much
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