>>97835786
>I might do that but my jumper will be shocked when everyone starts looking to her to play the role of god.
At least Civilization will have prepared you for being worshiped.

>I could see her at this point reluctantly trying to fix things... Whether trying to do that actually works, I am not sure.
Fixing heaven’s systems will be the hard part, but the angels should be able to help you with that. As for relations with the devils and fallen, god’s reincarnation showing up will result in tensions, but if you make it clear that you want peace things should calm down after a while.

>>97835975
>At least Civilization will have prepared you for being worshiped.

Oh my jumper is not going to be happy.

>Fixing heaven’s systems will be the hard part, but the angels should be able to help you with that. As for relations with the devils and fallen, god’s reincarnation showing up will result in tensions, but if you make it clear that you want peace things should calm down after a while.

God seems like a role that you grow in to. I think my jumper will probably lay low for a bit doing jumper things before she reveals who she is a reincarnation of.

>>97838535
>God seems like a role that you grow in to.
No doubt. It’d probably going to be near the end of the chain before you’re finally comfortable in the role.

>I think my jumper will probably lay low for a bit doing jumper things before she reveals who she is a reincarnation of.
A sensible idea, but remember that heaven has ways to detect god’s reincarnation. Your jumper might want to lay low, but they’ll probably have several angels at the door within a few hours.

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>>97831036
I don't really like the lightshow wings too much. I would just default to insect wings because they look cooler.

>>97839219
>No doubt. It’d probably going to be near the end of the chain before you’re finally comfortable in the role.

I am not sure getting comfortable being worshiped is a good thing actually. Getting used to it is too close to coming to expect it and that leads to all sorts of troubles.

>A sensible idea, but remember that heaven has ways to detect god’s reincarnation. Your jumper might want to lay low, but they’ll probably have several angels at the door within a few hours.

I did not know this actually. I am not super knowledgeable about DxD. I use Rias' pics because she looks awesome (Except in the newer anime where she looks derpy). Could you elaborate more?

>>97840868
you got it
Anna's Archive's wikipedia page always has the current url

>>97840529
>Hot Streak
>The best game of it seems to be the first one you ever play
nah it's the game where people yell the loudest
only pull it out every now and then for 1 game, no more

>>97841047
In my experience these two overlapped 90%
As said I imagine it's best in a super casual context like a larger family gathering where people slowly gather around the game and there's a kind of casino table excitement vibe going on

>>97840844
I cam get you medina for ca. €55, the estates is gonna be harder

Easter Morning, played a game of Tragedy Loopers at my friend's place with the boys. Probably gonna play Clank or The Crew next.

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>>97840636
g3 starting hand
1x mulligan, opponent 2x mulligan

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>>97840647
and now i should feel proud of myself

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>>97840647
Can you post the deck list, I just started and want to see what cards I'm missing, ive lost to it enough to know it seems really fun to play
I got the mythic rare world thing that if you tap you get a green for every creature you have from some free event which was really cool

>it's an opponent goes first episode

>>97840833
I'll get it when I'm back at desktop. It's pretty normal landfall deck, thrown together with whatever I got on this account. No cash spent at all on it.

>>97840193
Even if we're wholly limited to what's in the games, that's still a massive roster considering how much co-op expands things.
Lurkers are also almost guaranteed, they were even added back in to SC2 in Post-LOTV. Could easily put them in a wave alongside Liberators and Reavers as a heavy support wave.

>>97840736
Meh, I don't like Toss in the PC game, and the Zealots look awful in the board game too. Besides, the deal for Protoss pack isn't even that great—I'm saving about 10%, when set with Terran and Zerg is like 50% less.

>>97840780
Yeah, Jacek said they had like 9 years worth of releases.

We'll probably see Dominion Troopers when Mengsk releases, for example.

The thing is, there are a lot of eligible Terrans to become Heroes in the Lore. There are fewer Protoss, but still quite a few. The Zerg have the fewest number of eligible characters.
I guess they could draw on the many queens named in the HotS campaign. Infested Duran and Infested Stukov would also be cool for a change of speed. Dehaka is absolutely essential for some Primal shenanigans.

>>97840812
Fair enough. I got all three because I'm practically treating it as a board game to bring out for friends.

>>97840815
Mengsk is actually slated for release at the end of this year. He’s releasing alongside firebats in the second wave of core units.

>>97840619
It's all just one system.

>>97840633
If you say so dude.

>>97840619
Looks simple-ish enough, actually.
Prana is the stand-in for magical energy of other systems and settings, but more integrated into the world, so you can't just up and banish it from an area without killing everything inside.
Mantras are the verbal, and mudras are the somatic components, and yantras are the local take on magical circles. It's all facets of the same system.

>>97840592
One thing I don't get is the Maya thing. What do you mean by cosmic illusion and illusory realities?
Is it just an illusion over the real world? Or is the real world an illusion too, and you simply swap parts for some of your own making?
I mean, the latter kinda fits the "Matrix-style" description.

Also, magic is mostly subtle and monk-like, I presume?

>>97840195
A lot of the animals are different from earth animals in my setting.
The few that are unchanged are stuff like rodents, insects, and birds. The main exception are a few random domestic animals that live exclusively within settlements.
Everything else follows two main strategies of surviving in the wilds with monsters being a thing.
Being durable enough to fight monsters off
Or being very very good at evading monsters.
Some, like boulder bears, use both strategies depending on the threat level of the monsters in the area.
Like if it's a human sized monster with nothing really special about it, the boulder bear will probably stand their ground and fight to disable the monster enough that it's no longer a serious threat.
But a very dangerous monster the boulder bear will curl up and use it's natural camouflage to look like a big rock in the hopes the monster will pass through without noticing it.

Another example is quite a few snakes have developed octopus like camo that not only changes color but also texture to REALLY blend in.

>>97840882
>One thing I don't get is the Maya thing. What do you mean by cosmic illusion and illusory realities?
>Is it just an illusion over the real world? Or is the real world an illusion too, and you simply swap parts for some of your own making?
>I mean, the latter kinda fits the "Matrix-style" description.
>Also, magic is mostly subtle and monk-like, I presume?

It means that the actual physical world, the one our senses see, is not the real world. We are simply seeing an abstraction, a mistake of the senses. Like being trapped in an illusion or a VR simulation.

Or in more practical terms, the Matrix as a metaphysical framework.

>>97835723
But the same midwit take will work for most TTRPGs unless you're playing with medical doctors and people with PhDs exclusively
The important thing is the appearance of realism instead of absolute realism, and for most people the baseline there is movie realism

>>97830485
Critical thinking, something (you) lack.

>>97836846
Says he's quoting >>97835146 right in that post

>>97830485
Planning. A lot of the time, a "smart" character is just a character who took extra time to prepare. But an average person can achieve most of what a smart person can do just by spending extra time thinking something over and preparing accordingly. You can make a player of middling intelligence feel like fucking batman by implementing any sort of game mechanic that lets him make plausible retroactive preparations in response to things the player is only just learning about now. For example, if you're going through a cave, and only just learn now that there are trolls in the cave, then the GM might let you roll a Knowledge check at a high DC relating to trolls or caves to retroactively purchase a pack of alchemist's fire. This should be amazingly useful for all but the dumbest of players.

>>97840870
Having played a couple of narrativist RPGs that do allow this to a limited extent, it's actually not all that useful.

>>97834149
>>97834151
Stop being a gatekeeping gamechud. Video games can be traditional games if they identify as such. Get with the times.

>>97841040
I'm ok with that, because it's always been the case here, you fucking "ironic" newfag

>>97834822
Which one?

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Sandro.
Always Sandro.

>>97841266
Based. My cousin that introduced me to the series was actually named Sandro, I will always have fond memories of him bringing me copies of HoMM and AoE.

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>>97841095
booba

>>97833437
I get why people might take issue with the guy starting inane threads, but what's the problem with an on-topic contribution to a charater art thread?

>>97773402
Doesn't that mean they're technically funky-looking angels?

>>97833979
>aren't demons ackshually angels?
Their celestial version exists in the rules, too. They're angels that have taken mortal form in order to enjoy some vacation

>>97834526
>They're angels that have taken mortal form in order to enjoy some vacation
What does the mortal realm have that heaven doesn't?

>>97839644
Off the top of my head? Vices and conflict.
>vices
Indulging and NOT indulging, depending on how corrupt they are. Not indulging is a test of will and resolve.
What good is resisting temptation if there's no temptation to be found in Heaven? Can think of it as some form of celestial character-building.
>conflict
Again, can be a vice, like the joy of carnage, with heart pumping, body pushed to the breaking point, the sheer feeling of being alive after facing death, the triumph.
Alternatively, for the less warlike, it's the possibility of being the savior, the guardian, the protector of the people. To be a hero the world desperately needs.
There's no conflict in Heaven, everything is at peace, or close enough that it amounts to the same. No opportunity to fight for the side of good.
>vices again, sort of
Angels and other spiritual beings may not have bodies in their natural state, so they lack the bodily sensations of the mortals.
Look back to the "feeling alive" part. How can you know true fear unless you're staring down the abyss of death?
How can you know triumph if you never had to fight for your life and emerge victorious?
Only a mortal can know the depths of despair and the heights of joy, for he is both mortal and limited.
He may not go where he pleases, may not do what he wants, nor does he always get what he desires.

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>>97839644
Beer.

>>97840061
So it wasnt my imagination after all. Was slightly remembering something similar.

>>97840072
A lot of the boarding patrol boxes got released like that. CHeap at first. The thousand sons one might have been one of the few decent boxes they actually got then.

>>97835045
>>97702930

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Will Kill Team Phobos ever reappear?

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>>97841045
Already has
If you mean the upgrade sprue, probably never, but it's so minor that you can most likely do without it

>>97841216
Bet this idiot fills PARTY BALLOONS with Helium!

>>97840732
Fuck off, manic

I think the DC would be less stale if it were culturally more like Feudal Japan, than the imperial/anime mashup Japan they canonically are.

From what I’ve been hearing from the internet of folklore and legends from that time period, Samurai and their lords were more… eccentric and overt back then.

>>97841364
Just makes for more interesting storytelling

>>97841364
>From what I’ve been hearing from the internet of folklore and legends from that time period, Samurai and their lords were more… eccentric and overt back then.
Well the Geishas used to be boys...

>>97835857
those things you disapprove of are only unacceptable if they're entirely made by ai, i bet you wouldn't become a crosseyed retard like op if it was just some brainstorming help for the biographies or sessions or something, and the same can be done with a battle map since you can just have the ai complete something you started yourself with a sketch, all of which also falls under what the op described

>AI faggots so upset nobody likes them they have to make threads like this
lol

>>97840227
sorry, ai derangement syndrome is real

>>97818057
Let's take the bait, but without sexy image.

>If a player uses AI to make a character portrait of their PC - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME!
I don't care.
>If a player uses AI to make a character biography - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME!
Proof of laziness, but it's player and GM's duty to develop that slop in something good if necessary.
>If a GM uses AI to write an adventure for a session - QUIT THE GAME!
I don't care from which source the GM takes his magical adventure. If he is good to tell an interesting story and make a good game experience even from AI, well, I can only kneel
>If a GM uses AI to generate a picture of where the PCs are - QUIT THE GAME!
Sacré Dieu... Wait, why the GM needs a picture. Ah, right, we are talking about online sessions, not a group of frens around a table, right? You know, if the GM is able to generate something good, well good for him.
>If a GM uses AI to generate a battle map - QUIT THE GAME!
Proof of useless laziness, but I am used to an A3 grid paper with coins, monopoly pieces and peanuts as players, monsters and wenches.

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>>97833288
Just like Hasbro wanted.

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>>97838100
Left of prophet-Bureaucrat

The Rejected Degenerate:
>The Lights are on, but no home
>Remember the person you used to be?
>They want you to come back
>Might be the original

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>>97838100
Slot below Agent
Digested Degenerate:
>Could be worse
>Ask not from whom the jerky is made
>Outperforms The Cultivated in every list

>>97838100
You put Ozymandias and Bureaucrat on the opposite side.

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The cultivation continues.

>>97839190
Kek, that's the best one yet!

>>97836349
Do you build the board during the game?
I've been looking up these board games on BoardGameGeek but I always prefer a QRD from anons as that tends to be better. It DOES look a lot like what I have in mind.

I'm trying to avoid many auxillary pieces or boards.

I considered having a deck of technology cards to add another dimension to the game, like the Catan development cards but they would be actual technologies giving you minor boosts in certain situations to shape how you play, but that would be my limit.

I might have army tokens that move about the board, but actual attacking cities to conquer them will be an Illuminati-esque mechanic where you roll 2d6 and "spend" soldiers like money to influence your roll (and it will be against a fairly hard number, like 10 base, or +4 difficult for 14 if they spend stone on walls for their city), and so far the army has just been an abstract currency you spend to attack a city, and have to pay more resources in Food depending on distance between your nearest city and the city you're trying to conquer.

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>>97838939
>Do you build the board during the game?
Yes and no. Maps are made in setup but most tiles are face down. However, when you explore them, you get some agency on how you place them for your benefit (or the opponent's detriment).
Cities in this game have size which increase by building stuff on the central piece, and the size helps toward providing stronger actions.

To answer your original question, I don't really care about rolling dice, and prefer to keep randomness to a minimum, or at the very least have ways to mitigate it. Games like Castle of Burgundy do die randomness well since you have a multitude of things you can do with said dice and if you really need a specific value, you have ways to change the values rolled.

>>97839103
>Games like Castle of Burgundy do die randomness well since you have a multitude of things you can do with said dice and if you really need a specific value, you have ways to change the values rolled.
I'll check that out as well. My game that let you roll a dice pool and then pick what you do with your "successes" (5s and 6s) had a lot of choice off that dice roll, but the problem was it results in a lot of dice being rolled. So hopefully I can condense it but maintain the freedom of choice.

Thanks for the pic. I like the flip and reveal but I imagine you can reorient it so long as it fits in the same way?

>>97839326
>but I imagine you can reorient it so long as it fits in the same way?
You can reorient it as long as it follows some rules (land units not falling into water, trying to connect water to water if possible, etc). Check out a playthrough of the games and you'll see how the mechanics work in tandem.
Success-based rolling is something you'd see in games like Arkham-/Eldritch Horror and Merchants & Marauders to check if particular actions turn into good results, I feel like the amount of things you can do in a turn be dependent in how many successes it gives you hurts being able to plan a lot, and can be frustrating to roll some amount of dice, have 1 or even 0 successes and basically skip your turn because you couldn't do much.

>>97824776
I like rolling dice, but big pools of dice quickly gets unwieldy.
Have you considered a dice ladder?

>>97837840
This is pre world of darkness so I don't really know what I'm allowed to have for the most part.

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>>97838430
That's up to your GM, so ask him.

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>>97837783
>psychics are illegal unless you're a government agent
Just like B5 psicorp. Either join the corp or take psi-suppressive mood altering drugs for the rest of your life.

>>97834539
Minbari in B5. Whole entire caste called the religious caste. Telepaths are legal and respected. The Centauri also have a religion, a fucking awesome one, and telepaths are legal and respected. Humans are the only ones who really suppress psychics.

>>97834539
Talk to your GM rather than us. That's their job, not ours.

Oh wait, you probably did, he gave you an answer you didn't like, and you want one of us to give you a different one so you can whine and go "SEE SEE THIS IS TOTALLY VALID". Kill yourself OP.

>>97841020
No games loser