Should Clerics actually exist? Paladins already fulfill the 'holy warrior' archetype, and there's not really any historical analogues for what the Cleric is. When holy miracles did supposedly manifest in mythology, it was never in the manner that the Cleric does it on the battlefield, and they certainly were never known for magic (any people that were known for 'magic' apply to the other classes moreso).
>>97450884>What mechanic do you suggest to have similarly non-fungible attritionable assets for casters?Why should the ability to cast spells involve non-fungible attritionable spells? "Power currencies" are more common in fiction, and gambling systems are more fun in play.
>>97452549>Why should the ability to cast spells involve non-fungible attritionable spells?So that the resultant decisions can be more than "run down the meter"? Having A of B and X of Y instead of X you can use for Y and Z means the DM can pressure a specific capability without gassing out the laundry-list of random utilities, and vice-versa regarding gassing out the random utilities without pressuring the bread-and-butter healing, and it means that only SOME random utilities conflict with SOME healing instead of ALL healing drawing from ALL random utilities so on the players' side of preparations they have a conscious choice between more specific recovery-from-harm and general problem-solving.>and gambling systems are more fun in play.Not for dungeon-crawls and Domain play, their risk-reward assessments HEAVILY rely on a reliable sense of what you can do.
>>97448188ah pontifex maximus, the same title currently held by the pope
>>97442678>and there's not really any historical analoguesProtfags are so funny.
>>97452840The problem with non-fungible resources is that you don't really make resource constraint choices while playing, you just make them during prep time. A spellcaster should have to choose between using their resources on random utility or healing or combat, and moving those choices to the heat of the moment makes those choices easier to understand and increases player agency while also providing more compelling moment to moment drama.>their risk-reward assessments HEAVILY rely on a reliable sense of what you can doTheir traditional risk-reward assessments, perhaps. Have you considered that gambling based magic systems, especially those with elements of attrition, can also have a satisfying and interesting assessment of risk and reward? You wouldn't say that the potential to miss in combat or have enemies fail saves ruins these modes of play, so why would gambling based magic systems?
>gameplayFor Centaurs, you should be able to use them as mounts when not in combat if they're lightly armed & armored. I think you could ride into battle with them and fight on their back without overburdening them, depending on your loadout. Squeezing into dungeons and caves might be a bit of a bitch, and your centaur companion may find themselves too cumbersome to accompany you in certain locations. If people in wheelchairs can make do, I'm sure a transmog potion or a shrinking potion might solve the problem.>fantasy settingsThey're more at home here for sure, like having a horse. Some taverns may give you a hard "no" for your centaur companion, but I'm sure regions that are steeped in centaur culture or adjacent ones have accommodations for their unique anatomy. If nothing else, they could help carry your camp supplies and other provisions. >loadouts for fantasyIf you're not riding them, I think they can be pretty well armed and armored- think tower shield and a mace/flail. They also make good spearmen, so I think they'd be comfortable wielding a halbard and similar pike-style weapons. This would be with them wearing plate mail cuirass for the human portion and chainmail curtain over their horse hind quarters, or perhaps some specially fitted Gambeson. Other plate sections could be fitted to their horse body as needed. Archery and crossbows seem like they'd work for ranged options. I've not considered them using magic, but having a fairly mobile spellcaster seems cool as well.
>>97457012In the realm of fantasy, things are as real as you feel they are. Just because something is intangible doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. All the imaginary horse pussy you've enjoyed from your favorite fantasy centaur is as real as you want it be. Be thankful that you were blessed with a mind that allows you to enjoy such thoughts.
>>97456611Anon you're speaking to the drawfag of those few pieces, technical execution's important, but what matters is the original intent and idea, that's what harbours the soul of the drawing! So you better post the next scribble of yours
>>97456931Elaborate further
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>>97456931>>97457090they'd really need the ability to project some sort of barrier or energy field to protect their legs if they're going to be fighting
Back to school edition>Banshttps://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-november-10-2025>NewsThe 2025 Magic Con and Pro Tour Schedule:https://www.magic.gg/news/the-2025-magiccon-and-pro-tour-schedule>Metagame Mentor: The Winners and Losers from Standard's 2025 Rotationhttps://www.magic.gg/news/metagame-mentor-the-winners-and-losers-from-standards-2025-rotation>Spoilershttp://www.magicspoiler.com/https://mythicspoiler.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97458196>Sausage+Jelly beans>Pepperoni+Marshmallow>Anchovy sauce+StrawberryWTF? What are these cartoons teaching to children?
>>97458215>>97458222For me its the tuna, peanut butter and grape jelly, someone must lose his job for this.
>>97457714I simply do not buy UB :)
>>97458222Those episode titles are from the 1980s TMNT cartoon. Those kids probably voted in the 1996 or 2000 presidential elections.In all seriousness they were probably trying to go for a minor gross out joke using odd food combinations that kids would have tried. Almost every combination is a child food staple (oatmeal, peanut butter, pepperoni, toast) with a traditionally "gross" food (avocado, clams, anchovies, licorice, garlic, sardines, tuna) or is mixing desert toppings with salty/savory food ingredients.
>>97457579>The most broken colors: Blue and RedPreachhttps://moxfield.com/decks/4bzfh_7VhU2geGE2uZDCwg
Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Epic, Kill Team, Man-o-War, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Mordheim,Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon, Titanicus, Underworlds, Warcry, Warhammer Quest, Warmaster......and any other GW system and board game are welcome.Helpful resources: (feel free to suggest additions!)https://pastebin.com/qq9N8V0VTQ: What are your tables house rules for your favorite/gwsg/ game?
>>97457344Thank you very much. Do you also have the war of the rohirrim or the gollum books?
Now that made me curious. I haven't played a single game of MESBG since second edition (the two towers box). Has the game changed a lot in this years? Is there any value or any interest to play older editions, or is there a "golden" one?
Anyone got a scan of BB3?
>>97457391No, that mega isn't even mine. I don't know if the Gollum book is even out as PDF yet.
Blood Bowls pretty cool
Dark Elf Ritual EditionDiscuss elves.Post elves.Love elves.All elf lore, game, stories, and anything else that's elfy is all appreciated.Thread question: Aside from pointy ears, what physical traits do you associate or add to elves?previous thread: >>97370377
>>97458126It is what it is.My Marcille folder alone would be able to kill three threads
>>97458126so far so good picsalso im not that smart to check beforeand maybe it might even carry over to the next thread
>>97458131Shouldn't elves have noses?
>>97456457>hmmmmit'd be funny
He is basically the antichrist.
>>97457067>who couldn't even hold his empire together.NTA but the scale in time and space of the GEoM's empire makes him the most successful political leader in human history.
>>97457091Horus Heresy happened before he got on the throne anon, the Emperor's government collapsed to civil war and required a successor (Guilliman) to rebuild it afterwards during the Scouring
>>97457104Sorry, I don't read prequels, so I don't care to know who is to blame or whatever for the HH. I'm only going by rulebook lore (and outdated editions, at that).But what you're saying does not make him any less than the greatest political leader regardless, unless you think that internal strife invalidates the size and lifespan of the imperial project?Surely you wouldn't say that Alexander the Great wasn't an incredible leader simply because he failed to secure a future for his imperial project beyond his untimely death?
>>97457067Why do you persist in showing everyone how mega retarded you are? You act as if you didn't make your original claim, which has been refuted. Your brain has been touched by nurgle rot.
>>97368685>a metaphor for Rome eerily resembles a fictional empire based off RomeHuh how about that
Alright, I'm finally starting the Green Text thread I promised to start in this thread:https://desuarchive.org/tg/thread/97226585Also some music to set the mood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJNz2QgSNsk>be Felinid Lt. Tom>used to be a Sergeant, but got promoted after the battle of New Yur>also get some fancy new war gear:>a fancy power-sword>a bitchin' Hot-Shot Las Pistol>actual carapace armor>Igotthedrip.vox>orders come down shortly after>turns out that we are FINALLY getting redeployed off of Nordica IIComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97455786>>97455486>>97451650>be Packmaster "Meat Shield">this it huh >surrounded and ground to meat paste by pissed off miners in a holovid liveleak video >as im praying that the Emperor really DOES never forsake the souls loyal to him the door creaks open NOTTODAYFATE>scream byself braying for everyone to get inside >as one of the grinders rips into one of the baracade stalls we put up >i watch an ogryn loses an arm then get gunned down by the genestealers on top >i remember all their names and faces>it was Oggie who got sent to our penal squad for trying on the commissars hat as a joke >fight back angry tears i hold in the pain as between this and the apparent uprising that got us inside we have more work cut out for us>i see one worker about to get executed by i guess the those loyal to the magos who runs this placeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97455486>>97457846>>97455786>be Steve>why me?>did i not pray hard enough during my evening deactivations?>did i not apply the sacred oils to the machines correctly?>is it my secret collection of erotica-I MEAN RESEARCH?>why am i cursed to endlessly up in a nightmare that will either cost me my soul or body?>the abhumans are flooding the floor and now there appears to be a worker rebellion led by one of the Sentinel powerlifters >something about the Jade Emperor >fucking regional dialects this is why we just call him the Omnissiah >the head Magos of the floor is twitching, screaming, and arguing with himself>he's sending every servitor >i didnt have proper records of this many servitors Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97455786>>97457846>Be Sentinel powerlifter operator Wu Baoyu >As my life is about to be spent, my Executioner is rammed by one of the abhumans>In a gruff strained voice she says "under new management">As she raises up one of the managers blares over the PA""UNCLEAN TAINT AND WORKER REBELLION IS AGAINST REGULATION G-2342">As a result, the servitors are deployed>Specifically a certain model unique to Chyna Secondus known as the Sweeper model>There's also regular worker servitors in the midst but most will be the Sweeper model>I see on the feed the face of a former flame of mine>One Xue Baochai, she was once a temperamental woman but she was unashamedly passionate>I shake off the two managers holding me and grab my executioners pistol "You are to stay put managers. Until we rid the manufactorum of the rebels that defy our Jade Emperor">They seem to look at each otherComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97456595>>97455024>>97454994>>97451981>Be Ta'Shawn >tasked with the greatest of duties as to aid my Company Commander and Lord Axum'Kaleb >sadly it is not easy we have taken losses during our wrap transit and fighting an entire underhive plus a tainted hive city would be hard work for an entire chapter let alone three fourths of a battle company>we have turned the tide but it is only a matter of time until the enemy responds with overwhelming numbers so we must strike hard and fast before then >Lord Captain Axum knows this which is why he went to eliminate one of the Cult leaders personally to both send a message and inspire hope>also though he does not speak of his time before awakening something about that whiteshield speaking moved something in him >i did not speak this to him but chances are that child is already dead or worse>this is a cruel galaxy he has awoken into and i must temper his idealism with reality more often than most brothers i have served with >but we do our duty ever and always >i watch as my lord lands near hive kong>and then gets bombed with several tones of ordinance Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97440246>>97454994>be Hellblade Pilot Rubert, von Rubrum >on loan from my lady Analstasia Van Gina of the Schlick LXIXth>part of a deployment to see of the local cults are worthy of joining the Schlick >hardly in my most honorable and mustached opinion >save as livestock and fur rugs >im the only air support these heretics have had since starting this paltry rebellion>by the pleasure palace of slaanesh my squad and I are the only air support not controlled by the damned imperium >but yet i continue to shoot down their commanders, bombers, and targets>why you might ask because you are in fact a moron?>why because Lady Analstasia picked me out as the best pilot on all of Nordica II >since then i have been unbested in aerial combat >granted im currently under the command of Maria who can barely hold her gag reflex around these mutants >but sucks to be her, playing diplomat to a bunch of horny farm animals I get to be flying high in the sky shooting down targetsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Thoughts on the Hyborian Age and Robert E. Howard's worldbuilding in Conan the Barbarian?
Did you know? Technically this is the same universe as the Cthulhu mythos.
>>97458073So is Zothique and Hyperborea, but that hardly ever comes up in Cthulu Mythos books
>>97458024>thoughts Casually interesting but not deep dive material. Having enough to run a sword & sorcery game is more of a rule of cool and vibes than worldbuilding. Trying to make a sensibly cohesive in exhausting detail version would be needlessly futile. Howard didn't bother with that shit, wrote about and included what he thought was cool. Do that.
>>97458045Anon, you’re going to summon the sperg… Tech should be bronze through iron depending on the aesthetic of each race.
>>97458024It's good!
>Player or GM>Preferred System(s)>Schedule/Times Available (include timezone)>Voice or Text>Method(s) of Play (Skype, Discord, IRC, roll20, etc)>Tone/Theme Preferred>Contact Info>Other Notes
I want to play Space: 1889
>>97450668I don't like them because it always turns into beer & pretzels shit. There's no gravity or immersion to it.
Anyone find a game yet?
>>97457872Yeah I'm in the first poster's game
>>97451576The accent thing is highly subjective. I'm ESL and could perfectly understand a Scottish bloke, while the American GM couldn't.
I'm just curious if there's a significant tabletop roleplaying community in China and / or Korea. We've had some awareness of how TTRPGs are like in Japan, but I don't think we've heard much from those countries.
>>97456623To be fair, theater kid or not, both hobbies are equally gay. >One you do behind closed doors. >One you do not.
>>97456594>There are Touhou adventures for Call of Cthulhu. There are courtly space opera adventures. Neither has anything to do with cosmic horror, or even horror in general.Hmm I checked the video, and looks more like a theater or detective game with "Call of Cthulhu" tittle stamped on it.
>>97456878Years ago, I saw a Japanese VTuber group streaming a Call of Cthulhu game. They were playing as super-spies tracking down some super-terrorist trying to blow up the world: no supernatural elements whatsoever, aside from the overall wackiness of the super-spy genre.So yes, Call of Cthulhu over there tends to be mutated into "virtually anything that includes drama or investigation at some point (and sometimes, not even then)," which is a very broad umbrella.
>>97456987Kinda proof that d&d isn't the problem, it's humanity that keeps trying to fit square pegs in round holesCute clock btw
>Call of Cthulhu is basically D&D(5e) in asiaIt's like visit parallel universes
Stars Without Number, Worlds Without Number, Cities Without Number, Ashes Without Number. Have you played these? Are they fun? How did one guy raise a gorillion dollars on Kickstarter to publish multiple games that are just houseruled B/X?
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Setting Sans Numeral is the only family of systems that I run these days.I like how skill checks workI like that every step of character creation is laid out in the very first chapterI like that player characters can actually die to gunfireI like that the focuses and classes are distilled down to a pure liquor that isn't tied to any particular canonI don't like the GM tools and never use them, which makes me a weirdo apparently
>>97452608really good sandboxing tools but i'm not playing anything that doesn't have a universal mechanic
>>97458273Do you ever mix and match the systems? How well does it work?
>>97452608AWn games I spectated always DMed by a gay americna. Like all the 6 games I saw on discord. why
Big Fight Edition>Previously, in the Mortal Realms>>97446562>Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, and FAQs:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-downloads/>Toolshttps://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/>Anvil of Apotheosis hero creator:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97457148I should never have looked at this because my own Rathalos inspired Saurus will never be anywhere close to this beauty.
>>97458152someone will always be a better painter than you, and someone will always be a worse painter than youmy minis kinda suck ass but god dammit they're my own boys and i love themrathalos is cool as shit and you should be proud of your lizardboys too
>>97458180You're not wrong. Its just one of those "Damn." moments.
>CoS win rate down to 28% after nerfs to the busted units I always like being vindicated like this when I play a high win rate army without their busted shit and don't do well.
>>97457951I feel so bad for Idoneth players. Like KO got a similar number of kits right next to them but at least we got two new actual UNITS out of it. Idoneth must be the most character lopsided army in the game that this point.
Games Wokeslop spent years building deep epic lore only to shit all over it overnight with Age of Shitmar yayAnyway, I’m good friends with a prominent writer of Warhammer novels he even wrote books om Gotrek and Felix saga. According to him a lot of writers within the Warhammer universe genuinely think AoS is bad. The general feeling is that GW higher-ups have no clue how to properly utilize the franchise and most important they dont respect it hence the constant retconsI also asked him about the return of Warhammer Fantasy. He said it’s a step in the right direction but many fans are still angry and the damage that was done cant really be undone at this point as many moved on to other games/settings out of gw
after they fucked up with fantasy now its time to introduce transmarines to 40k oh its coming
>>97450882>I read the books, matea secondary and an Australian, impressive
its called age of shitmar bc its shit
>>97456468idd
The useless cucklets of gw have no clue what they are doign do they? Did anyone watch the latest faq? they made the dwarfs even more useless now and shit all over slayer lore lawl can you believe this shit?
Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade, Gygaxian D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e and newer) should be discussed elsewhere.Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creators from 1974 to 1983 — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency.If you are new to the OSR, welcome! Ask us whatever you're curious about: we'll be happy to help you get started. We also have two excellent beginner guides created by Anons with feedback from the thread that you can check for help:>n00b DM's Guidehttps://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97457943Eat shit, retard
Everyone forgot about sages. Finding and hiring sages short term until you get one worth employing long term and dealing with the upfront cost of setting that up so you can ask specific or exact questions is not cheap. Not an uncommon thing to forget because I suspect most gameplay involves the DM being a lot more generous with information than the AD&D dmg would outline, but if you're concerned about what to do with all that coin, nerds are expensive, picky and might not even be the right kind of nerd. A devious DM could even have sages of less than Good alignment lie about their areas of expertise in an attempt to gain funding and grants.
Zilchus help your wallet if you have a seemingly casual question to ask your sage while you're out in the field and its something they know just enough about to respond >sounds familiar, let me take 2000-20000gp to get back to you on that...
>>97458188Oh excuse me, you're in the field. >4000-40000gp and 2-20 days >with a day off every 4th day mind you... Fucking sages man.
>>97457943>t associate This is why you'll always be small time kid. fwiw there could be a lot of interesting gameplay from a very successful thief who was trying to keep it simple. If they're just amassing wealth it has to be stored somewhere so putting money into protecting it has costs like building a vault, what to do with the people who built it so they don't reveal the secrets, upkeep and building new traps and devious methods to keep out the other thieves who have caught wind of your treasures (who may very well have better support and organization given you have decided to let them do the paperwork and organized crime side) etc.etc.etc. If you're dead set on not caring about that sort of game there have been various attempts at >the player characters spend all their money at the end of every adventure sort of picaresque but I suspect it closes off more than it opens up after everyone hears>you party really hard again and here's a dungeon with no context in the world for the umpteenth time. Pawn style boardgame play is an option but then thieves seem easy to delegate to a vestigial character who rolls for traps, dies and is replaced fairly frequently.
Would your current campaign make a compelling tv show?
>>97455093No, and that's completely fine.I play games because I enjoy games, not so I can create compelling non-interactive media.
It would be better than most contemporary star wars stories at least
>>97458085That isn't a high bar, hasn't been since 2015.
>>97455093your thread is still up>>97451291
>>97458283theres a chance he's just one of the shitters that piggyback off of other threads/posts in those threads.
