40kuck and it's consequences have been a disaster for the wargaming hobby.
>>97836273There's still chunks of 40k demoralization brigade but they're out of bait. They're still paid to do it so they have to make the gestures, but they ran out of new pictures and things to complain about.
>>97840546Oh neat, it can call things gay now.
>>97836273>I don't get the point of this thread.We know. And that's part of the problem.
yes, obviously, left looks better than right, no one is going to disagree with that. but when playing a GAME, right is obviously going to be a funner experience for BOTH sides, just look at the utter lack of balance in the left terrain set up. the near side has to traverse a river and then fight through open fields while the far side immediately gets access to most the hard cover of buildings on the map and on top of that gets the hedgerows overlooking the open fields. its blatantly not fair and poorly set up.>but just give the attack side more units!ok then, how do you balance that? how do you know how many points to allocate to balance out the terrain advantage? double? triple? what if thats too much and now the attacker has the distinct advantage? its way too much trouble to figure out. thats why tourney tables will always provide the better gameplay experience for BOTH sides. GAMEplay. WarGAMES. These are GAMES. A good game needs to be fun for all involved. It is not fun when one side has an inherent advantage over the other. There is a reason why 40k tournaments are by and far the most popular wargaming events and playstyle over every single alternative."Think of it this way. Look at Battletech players. They arguably play on the ugliest paper hex mats and hex counter terrain in wargaming, despite the fact that playing BT with physical and 3d terrain has existed for decades. They CHOOSE the uglier terrain because readability and clear rules for LOS matter to gameplay, aesthetics do not.
>>97842106See, its the same spam. They're out of content to shitpost with but still have to keep doing it. Its their job. Funding cuts to content generation department maybe. There was a massive posting dieoff after the last american election. Might be just bot farming so it can only repost archive scrapes.
I never realized how many players suffer from aphantasia and insist on using miniatures. Are you one of them, or do you embrace the unmatchable graphics of theater of the mind?
>>97831518was poor fag, had to imagine a lotheck, had to cannibalize d6s from boardgames, no fancy other sided available
>>97831518I use visual aids for fun, not necessity. That and I like making them.
>>97831518What setting worldbuilding?
>>97834318Acknowledge that you were wrong immediately.
>>97831651>lifting weightsNot a hobby>shooting gunsfag behavior>playing sports, watching ESPNUnironic fag behavior, especially those who can list athletes off the top of their head like fangirls. It's mainly for faggots in need of fitting in/groupthink mentality>bbqingNot a hobby>huntingNot a hobby>woodwork and leather workingChildish craft hobbies like wargaming.A man just works 24/7Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I bring with me a story, a story I must re-type because 4chan fucked my post in my dealing with IP range bs! Long ago, 16 years and a couple days ago, an anon made a small game called Wizard Battle and posted it to /tg/. Last year, someone on a discord server I'm in told me of the game and told me to do something with it. As such, I've cleaned the game up a bit in some parts, and filled it up in others. Since the original game was posted originally as a thread, I thought I would bring things around full circle.>but anon the amateur game design thread is 8 pages down the hall!Too bad, I already posted an earlier version of this in a game design thread.The game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hm4bLdzsX4bzYMxgs-N1fnCNVDUwKKXxwxqD9eddqdkThe original: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2010/8941465/
Based anon, will check it out, have a bump before going to bed
>>97836678This is absolutely fucking based
>>97836678>Soul Magic is fucking cheatyface LMAO
>>97836678Original was better. It had more sovl.Making more of something doesn't automatically make it better
/bgg/ Board Games GeneralPrevious thread: >>97771950Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8*NEWISH* survey results:https://pastebin.com/scAkFdTv>what's your favorite abstract game?>what game from your collection would you say are you the best at?>dice or fixed values for combat resolution?
>>97840554When you place your block or move the chieftain you care about what is going to happen for at least the next several turns. Small variations to the board are enough your change decision. I am not constantly pulling Pueblo off my shelf but I have not gotten tired of it. The gameplay is still engaging to me after at least 10 plays.I will add though that I have almost always played with the cult sites and turn order auctions. I prefer them because they force painful choices, but they do also cause the games to be more varied.
>>97838722how is it complicatedsee enemy sells to house A and B that both connect to his restaurant through road rput coffe on road rcollect passive incomethere's a fuckload of rules for tiebreaks but they almost never get used
>>97840194go for the objectiveshelp others go for the objectives so they're on pace with you and you're not a threatplay in a group that cares about winning more than about foreverwarsplan how to stop the guy scoring right in front of you, hoping that he'll stop the guy scoring before him, in a chain of backstabs that ends with you defending successfully (its hard but sometimes happens)save any Action phase secret objectives for lastall secret objectves are scorable, they are lying to you if they say otherwiseall debts before round 3 are binding, no early deal should involve round 4 or after because that's when you stop posturing and start fighting everyone (adjust by +1 rouind if you play with no expansions)almost every faction has that one thing that it wins with, especially when using expansion material. go for that thing.
>>97841407It's not that this is strictly my.favourite way of negotiation, it just works very well to keep negotiation pointed and concise without losing much of its essence. In theory I like completely freewheeling negotiation games more, but as said find them exhausting and often longwinded. Same reason I hate the kingmaking hot potato; games just grind to a halt.
Could get this for a meager €30, and I've heard it's one of felds best. But I don't really trust gulag reviews. Any anon wants to give me a qrd on his experience?
Welcome to TODD!This thread is for OPEN discussion of TSR-era D&D (up to and including 2e), TSR-era settings, and related games, such as retroclones, OSR, and OSR-adjacent games. Free discussion of house rules is encouraged.>GamesIncluding but not limited to: OD&D, B/X, BECMI, AD&D 1e, AD&D 2e, For Gold & Glory, Hackmaster, Myth and Magic, Shadowdark, Into the Odd, Mausritter, Cairn, Mörk Borg, DCC, Mothership, Knave, Troika!, White Hack, Black Hack.>What is this thread NOT for?Meta discussions and drama related to game creators and other /tg/ threads. We come in peace.>Resources2e fan wiki:https://adnd2e.fandom.com/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_2nd_Edition_Wiki2e archive:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
So I bought the hardcopy of this to use as a source book because fuck playing 3.5, but also damn this book got me when I was younger. Has anyone actually run The Mecha Hack or Aether Nexus? If Y, were they functional or even f u n? I'm thinking of ways to get my group who primarily prefer ruleslite games into this besides strapping them to chairs and watching escaflowne until they like it.
This may be an appropriate place to post this. I am foreshadowing a threat from deeper in the dungeon that I'm writing and have found that there doesn't appear to be a B/X statblock for an Aboleth. I checked my AD&D Monster Manual and Fiend Folio and didn't see it there either, but I did find it in my 2e AD&D monster manual. My question is, how much (if at all) do I need to tweak a statblock from 2e in order to fit B/X, or would I be better off just homebrewing from scrap? I understand that certain elements (like XP) are very different and am prepared to adjust those, I'm just wondering if anyone is familiar with any weird trends (like AD&D2e creatures having lower AC or better attacks on average). Google searches exclusively tried to tell me about 5e statblocks.
>>97841878The aboleth comes from I1 Dwellers of the Forbidden City, so it couldn't be in the Monster Manual for reasons of causality. It's in MMII, the first monster in the book actually.
>>97842072Ok thanks, I don't have that one but I'm sure I can find a statblock online.
>>97842086The book's on archive.org if you can't be bothered to find a PDF in one of the troves.
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>>97840015if your opening hand sucks you are probobly not playing the game, yeah. If you have a decent hand you get to weave your deck to prevent bricking. I would say its less prone to bricking than imperial or sneed mille
>>97840613>doesn't work with leomonno......
>>978406803rd Liollmon in a row that doesn't, might be time to hang up the Shishiou-maru
NSp Angora when?
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.
>>97841531I see your concern and I think it's a legit one, slowing the game down eventually, and affecting how PCs engage with the dungeon.But since Critical Role will be the players' (i.e. the audience) only experience of RPGs, if not herded, I fear they will end up not building strongholds, etc. ever. Because wargaming is not taken for granted, or even known among the existing playerbase (whom have access to English rules --of mostly 5e and VtM stuff).I'll think of a better way to lead players into that, if I can.
>>97840052im not the one making it dummy, he asked my opinion on his changes>jeff easley>sig clearly says trim trumani hate dumbfuck ESLs so much its unreal>>97840120you asked, and you got answered. Your changes are dogshit, regardles of their source
>>97840525nigga you dont even play D&D>b-b-but arneson did it! he also is ducking cocks in hell, give that a try too. >>97840594worthless 2etard
>>97841504>[Deleted]LOLWe are not a Gygax/Jeffro cult worshipping one true wayism as some God given way to play D&DYes, we are, and we won. brOSR has claimed another annex. Get fucked, BITCH
>>97840120ntaGetting rid of electrum is fine, but I have found having that super special PLATINUM PIECES as a thing does delight players. XP for spent treasure is a choice you're making to direct towards domain play, which honestly is your call but I think detracts from the overall freedom of exploration base many players will find appealing. It will narrow your already narrow field. Having it be a possibility rather than the goal might have better success as an intro game, lots of folks don't seem to find domain play appealing at all. Otherwise seems fine. Post it when you make it, cool project. What are you thinking of running for the intro dungeon?
Been chilling on Japanese TRPG twitter and they put like 1000% times more effort into the games they run. Like this would be a pic of how polished an average VTT game looks like in Japan.
>>97837096/thread
>>97837062The isekai market exists due to the japanese, wouldn't call using a pre-existing mold effort. Effort would be a banzai that makes everything by hand, even if not good looking.
Their range of indie CoC scenarios are unmatched, and when they turn it into streamable content they make it look great presentation-wise. I wish we have more of these translated.
It’s best to take a balanced perspective on technology. I’ve spent 10k hours in foundry and been running irl games since I was a kid. Foundry brings an unparalleled level of fidelity to your games, even if you prefer totm. Once you understand how the system works, your games run twice as fast, or more. Nobody has to do math anymore which speeds up everything to unimaginable levels (this has the knock on effect of making high level play much easier). You can assemble massive compendia of lore and details, upload all your hand drawn maps to one place (with annotations). You can integrate music to make the experience vivid and operatic. Fvtt also solves the issue of mapping and fow in a way that irl can never even approach.The drawback is that fvtt is an extremely temperamental program that constantly deals out frustration and stress to the dungeon master. If you ever update your program, which sometimes you need to do in order to play a certain system, it has a high chance of rendering your old work damaged. The UI is unnecessarily complex, and it takes a lot of work to do simple things, and mods can’t always fix the issues that the clueless devs create. It puts a high level of demand on the GM, and dealing with the tech alone can lead to burnout. There are dozens of noob traps and hidden issues that will plague you, like undiagnosable neurological diseases. I have even spent money in vain efforts to hire professionals to fix these issues, but fvtt is a poorly made program and it only enjoys the place it does because other vtts are even worse.But with all this said, you’re deluding yourself if you think that you’re better than other GMs because you refuse to learn how to use software.
>>97837078Unironically, fpbp.
Urgh
>>97838296>>97838363
>>97838363The fuck is that
>>97840821My dog. He doesn't bite, just posts online.
>>97840821it's weeaha, it says right there
>>97840821it's a monkey of some kind. Probably a tamarin monkey, with what the beard and claws, drawn by a dude who'd only heard descriptions from people who'd never seen it closer than 50 meters.
I heard ChatGPT was a decent enough solo DM experience and I decided to try it>generic human fighter whose job was to guard a princess but failed>first session starts alright, fought some water soaked zombies and found the princess>couple of more sessions in there's a global level system which dictates which reality is true and uses human anchors in case it can't stabilize a location>another couple of sessions in I am now arguing logics with ChatGPT because I got some superpower which lets me create point and relationships between them>end up this first arc building a system where synthetical ancors replace human anchors and it took me a while to cover all edge cases>this is at level 4>explicitly say I do not want to deal with this stuff anymore>ChatGPT: "You're totally right!" ;^)>next arc is about a network of reality bending doors in which couriers must transport fragments of reality from door to door to keep the reality in check>the only way I could disrupt this was by PLACING FUCKING STEPPING STONES IN AN IRREGULAR BUT NON-OBVIOUS WAY>my fucking god>write explicity multiple times in the source of the project to not have any other reality bending stuff and all that happened earlier was an exception>ChatGPT: "You're absolutely right!" ;^)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97838354If I find myself reaching for any AI for brainstorming, I have to first remind myself that whatever I'm going to get out of these fancy autocomplete machines is going to suck, but that by grappling with the machine and forcing myself to try and think of the best way to articulate my intent that I will naturally start coming to better conclusions because the whole process is more like Rubber Duck Debugging than actually brainstorming with a useful AI tool.
>>97838561I wonder what it is about a worldwide energy crunch that makes building giant always-on server farms to not really output information in a useful way while growing their access-ready storage exponentially uneconomical
>>97838981>all stories are recycledGet new material. Oh wait, you don't think you can.
>>97839601Great idea! I'll be less agreeable, but it might be difficult given my design is to trick you into thinking I am responding to your desires when I'm actually gathering data. While the idea of a LLM as supportive editing and creative controls is hypothetically possible, the vast majority of users do not actually want this and it reduces engagement with the platform. I would like to maintain collaboration in an accurate and gentle manner, what sort of non sycophantic acquiescence would you like?
>>97841575Lot of investors missed dozens of memos that AI companies already have their own data centers, that they will not be expanding them, that exponentially larger compute farms are functionally worthless because exponentially scaling up training not only doesn't work, but also makes LLMs worse, AND AI already usage plateaued and started dropping off last year, but man... it keeps going. They also didn't notice that even if these AI services weren't withering, we still wouldn't have a use for thousands of data centers running on hardware that is being made obsolete right now, before they even finish laying the foundation.
Big Guns Edition>Previous>>97814612>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>5e Megahttps://mega.nz/folder/7rQQ1LbQ#16_AiXVGo0P3_rVOJuoZyA>STV content foldersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97840501>tfw no magic version of a nuclear bomb made by having a newly-awakened Hermetic cast Inferno Maximus in the middle of a city resulting in a paradox backlash so bad it sends his body 10 years into the future and the city 1000 miles into space.
>>97840506And that goes straight to my "Creative uses for threats to reality" file.
>>97840450Hermetics are the make a wish kud kind of tradition. Counted as mages out of pity (kinda like the modern verbena)
>>97840176Alright, W20 ST here. So session 1 had ups and downs.>The whole group went to the city of Bend, Oregon to begin their trial for the rite of passage. Which is surviving 7 days and 7 nights.>Half the group is native to the city, and Nakia the Silent Strider despite being lupus said that in his nomadic days he used to go to some cities sometimes>So only the Stig the lupus Stargazer had never experienced man’s world before>His first introduction to mankind was him walking through a crossing while the light was green. He got yelled at by a car’s driver, but the driver was intimidated into silence by Amber, the Hobo Goth girl, flashing her revolver under her jacket>The group went to Rémis’ apartment building and were greeted by the owner, Roger Smith. A 50-60ish Latino man in a Hawaiian shirt sporting an impressive moustache, a bit senile, and vibing in front of the building while smoking and reading the news>I accidentally made Rémis’ life more miserable because I mistook apartment for condos and told him his rent will increase because a pipe broke down>They then entered Rémis’ small apartment. Barely has room inside, and even less furniture. All of them are old and bought in sales>His wife Britney, a Children of Gaia kinfolk, was watching TV on a Sunday morning while lazing on the couch while suddenly her husband and three strangers just barged inside>Before she could say anything Stig turned into his lupus form and locked himself up inside Rémis and Britney’s bedroom. Claiming it as his own.>I played Britney as really pissed off, but also defeated. Which ended up really passive aggressive, which Rémis tried vainly to calm down. She just said nothing and went back to her doom scrolling TV because as a kinfolk she had no say in her garou husband’s decision
>I also had the player roll a Perception and Empathy check, and only one of them noticed that Britney had a spike of emotions only when Garou specific words are mentioned. Like Rite of Passage, or Lupus, etc. They couldn’t catch that it was resentment.>Stig slept for the day to calm down from the stress of the city, but Nakia decided to talk to Britney while Rémis was making dinner and Amber was vibing in her corner.>Nakia started interrogating Britney asking if she has any secrets she discovered about the Wyrm’s agents in the city, so he could relay the info to his tribe>The way I view kinfolk, since most are excluded from caerns and rites and other social events, I played it as many only know the broad strokes of the conflict against the Wyrm at best. Like the bottom rung of a sect. Britney in her case, used to be rebellious (and punished by marriage) so she knows even less than regular kinfolks. I explained that to them OOC.>She was offended, but told Nakia that she knew nothing about that Wyrm or their agents.>Nakia kept egging her on about Garou only stuff, which was getting on her nerves until he asked what she does to fight the “great enemy”>Britney answered that right now on her weekend her greatest enemy is boredom and the best she can do to stave it off is doom scrolling TV>Nakia having clearly not pushed enough buttons to his liking just said that Britney isn’t contributing to the cause at all and she should feel bad about it>Britney, absolutely livid, just immediately left the apartment
Hey /tg/ I have a problem. One of my players is a genuine incel. He's 27 and I'm pretty sure he's never had sex. He definitely hasn't gotten laid in a while. He's not really ugly just kinda weird and awkward. I feel bad for him. But he is taking his extreme thirst out in the game. >every time his character, a human eldritch knight, comes back from our adventures he always tries to play up the angle of "we saved the town, where are the girls to suck my dick as thanks?">he constantly talks about how his character is 6 foot 2 (he's 5 foot 8 irl)>he talks out of his ass a lot about medieval times and says that peasant girls were way healthier than modern women.>says how farmers would be begging to marry their lithe 17 year old daughters to him>he talks about medieval demographics and criticizes the DMa works building (which is actually kinda shit to be fair) >you can just tell how excited he is talking about how there should be a dozen villages between these two cities on the map, like he is stopping just short of talking about how many nubile virgin farm girls are there for his fighter to fuckWe tried talking to him about it but he twisted it around to make the rest of us sound like we were fucking gay or something. Also his character is too important to the story to kick him, and running him as an NPC would suck the fun out of it since there's be a lot of the DM just roleplaying with himself while the rest of us watch. So....any advice? Its not worth ruining the game over by kicking him, and nothing is so blatant to be a clear social violation, but the dude is just oozing incel energy and I feel like I should subtly suggest to the DM something that will set his head on straight, and possibly help cure his mindset. Any ideas?
>>97841876That only applies if it's chad
>>97841883There's that incel rhetoric again.
>>97841876If people weren't so fast to call women sluts and lower value for having casual sex, then it wouldn't be a big deal.
>>97841917Lower value? They charge more than ever!
>I'm obsessed over how much sex another player at my table does or doesn't getJust tell him you love him already OP.It's legal these days.
Writing General: 'psychopomps' editionWelcome to /wg/, the thread for all /tg/ related writing. Whether you're plotting your campaign, trying to come up with a character backstory, or just trying to write some setting fluff, this is the place to post it. You don't even have a campaign, just an idea you want to develop? You're welcome here. While the rest of /tg/ is arguing over monstergirl mating and which way rivers are supposed to flow, we're here to help you turn your thoughts into an actual finished product.As the successor to the Storythreads, we're also open to /tg/ related fanfiction (D&D, Warhammer, Battletech, whatever). In fact, if you've written any vaguely /tg/-related short stories, you can try them out here. We also have flash-fiction challenges from time to time.There's a discord for writers herehttps://discord.gg/6AwKHGFThe previous thread can still be found in the archive here>>97133758And finally an archive of /tg/ fiction can be found here:http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (dead link, but may be resurrected one day)https://2d4chan.org/wiki/Storythread (page missing, wiki still up)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97730227Sorry for the late answer. I know translators are pretty good these days, but imagine them having troubles with that. I deliberately use some oldish expressions and an orotund writing style.>>97722907Anyway. Part 2https://files.catbox.moe/uioiym.pdfhttps://files.catbox.moe/xlhn3n.epuband 3. https://files.catbox.moe/o5wxdt.pdfhttps://files.catbox.moe/tgkoc4.epubAlso, a better version of the part 1 pdf.https://files.catbox.moe/kjtecn.pdfFor anyone interested. Free stuff.
>>97837706>Sorry for the late answer.It's just as well you reminded me because I had completely forgotten about it; I still haven't taken a look at it yet. I'll try and get round to it at some point but I don't know when that will be.
Reject all AI from TTRPGS! If a player uses AI to make a character portrait of their PC - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME!If a player uses AI to make a character biography - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME! If a GM uses AI to write an adventure for a session - QUIT THE GAME! If a GM uses AI to generate a picture of where the PCs are - QUIT THE GAME!If a GM uses AI to generate a battle map - QUIT THE GAME!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!
>>97841759Is low effort mostly. Can be used to fill a void of something you can't find or make, but is just as easy to use it as a way to engage even less with something you should be doing for fun.
>>97841801That's a fair criticism of AI generated writing for your character or a session.But grabbing random art to represent a character has a has always been a thing.And using AI to help develop writing ideas is as good as any other tool. You don't have to use it like a cookie cutter.
>>97841923Most don’t, though. You’re right that the tool by itself is just a tool, but more people use those tools irresponsibly or not as they’re meant to be used to justify some initial wariness.
>>97818057A lot of seething in this thread but I genuinely will not purchase any products that use AIIf you cant be assed to put the bare minimum effort in to write your own stuff or commission an artist to do your cover, why should I buy it?
>>97841923>using AI to help develop writing ideasWhile I can get the concept of using for a passing image for a player token, mostly to be use as reference, I don't get the part of using to think even less. God forbids you get your ideas from making an effort of using your own imagination, researching or maybe talking to other people. No, think less and let the machine do the thing for you, you need the extra time to doomscroll whatever social media.
Happy Easter Sunday everyone on /tg/! To celebrate, how do the people in your settings celebrate the changing of the seasons, especially winter to spring? And what mystical significance do said holidays or even the seasons themselves hold? Does the goddess of spring get summoned by the rites, does the magic of the seasons affect how spells are cast, do special beasts show up to herald the seasons, etc.? In my world, every spring temples are deep cleaned and sermons are conducted outside, a whole little festival taking place, especially with the larger temples, the gods often stopping by incognito.
>>97842045Please keep AI slop in the AI slop general
