>>97822521
>What are you struggling with?
I think it's mostly me wanting to improvise a lot of stuff since when I do prepare most of the stuff I write before hand ends up being really irrelevant.

>>97822550
Ah, you're not alone in that, many people here and outside struggle with that. You may find good value in changing your approach to prep.
Like you said, if you try to zoom in and prepare something specific you risk not using it or having to quantum ogre it. YMMV as different groups deal with hooks and agency in different ways, of course.
What I find to be really effective in situations where you have to be ready to come up with stuff on the fly is having a more vague prep done, and work on the details when the time comes.
You want to have them explore an area, write down just the main players, their agenda and personality. Add creatures, split them into factions. Give a basic framework of how they interact with each other, and maybe a few notable happenings that can come up if someone asks or does something.
The PCs enter a valley, there's orcs there. You know that the orcs raid caravans, so that's a possible random encounter. The PCs want to look into it, you know that elves have been trying to trade, but their leader is ill tempered, so there's also a patrol of angry elves around, and maybe they blame the PCs if they loot the wrong thing or act in some aggressive way. Stuff like that.
You can come up with stuff because you know what the premise is and how the world would react, but you didn't write down anything specific.

>>97822308
I usually just start with a single dumb idea and then expand on it. Like for my current game, I wanted to do a fairy tale storybook adventure. So right away, I decided all the sentient beings are talking cartoon animal people. Then I was like, what if all terrain, plants, and animals were made of candy / desserts? The rest of it pretty much wrote itself from there

>>97822264
No time. Prep is noob trap.

Been playing one shots lately, because of schedules conflicting and because I like trying new systems out to find the good ones to base a campaign around.
I tried several methods.

An Only War campaign that was mainly a series of combat encounters linked by a war movie plot that was just the ongoing conflict. One small starting operation against insurgents and then a longer conflict with Orks, that got sidelined after we couldn't manage to get together to play anymore. It's always there ready to continue if we want. Prep wasn't that deep, after I put together a few operation maps to give context during mission briefings. I probably spent more time cropping enemy stat profiles in a nice little sheet I could print out than getting sessions together.

L5R was the next big thing. I put together the basic premise, named a bunch of NPCs and gave them personality, ambitions and all that stuff, most of them aren't even statted beyond "generic+1" . I put together a small conspiracy plot in case the PCs needed a nudge, but they soon went in another direction and I rolled with that. Prep work gave me all I needed, I just had to come up with the details. I had another subplot ready just in case, and it's turning out to be the main plot in the current second campaign arc that we just started.

Between L5R arcs I GMd a cyberpunk 2020 campaign. It was supposed to be a sort of open table limited to our group but it soon became a regular campaign after a few players became unavailable. City map was done with google maps, a few factions with objectives and again a bunch of NPCs. We did keep the option to have the players change PCs between sessions, turned out pretty useful in some cases, like when the party had to interact with a zeppelin hijack from three different locations.

Next thing I'm going to prep is Exalted, still have to think how to tackle that because I want to study the system first and boy, is there a lot to read. Then maybe a classic fantasy using GURPS.

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>>97825290
Don't worry I Anon of House /tg/ will post something good. First one is a site I found years ago. http://www.peldor.com/ I have posted it before but I think it is a good read. The other one is a site I learned about just today https://geocities.restorativland.org/ the old internet had lots of D&D and other fantasy stuff so something like this is useful for those looking for idea for their games.

>>97825405
announcing reports like this is a bannable offense FYI

>>97825424
Suggesting that someone use a site feature is not in fact a bannable offense FYI

>>97823971
2e sandbox guy from the previous thread. Hope this one works out.

Gonna repeat a question I posted in /2eg/ a few threads ago, with no response:
Does anyone have any resources to make specialist wizards more distinct/unique? I know there's stuff in PO: Spells & Magic for it, but the additions aren't especially interesting. Also, iirc, they kick in at level 8 at the earliest.

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>>97825455
you might genuinely be one of the dumbest fucking idiots ive seen here

>>97821664
>>97822557
>>97823721
>>97824841
>>97825180
>>97825261
>Be Prince Aerendil
>I shouldn't be doing this
>I shouldn't be doing this
>I REALLY FUCKING SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS
>An Eldar
>Going to rescue a Necron
>I will be the laughing stock on the craftworld
>Were it not destroyed
>"Consider yourself lucky! Priority has changed!"

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>>97825357
>>97825261
>>97825230
>>97825180
>>97824841
>>97823449
>be Apothecary Aftse
>im heading to the capital to deliver the stc when i get a general deployment order to Hive Kong
wejustcamefromthere.sigh
>we still also have to replace our lost brothers, our depleted ammo stocks, the weapons and armor those brothers lost to warp magic so are too tainted or ruined to be recovered, as well as the losses the chapter took before departing either aiding this world or fighting alongside the angry marine battle barge trying to stall the hive fleet
>Forgemaster Ta'Shawn has not responded to any of my requests for how much we lost in these campaigns and given that there is a level of shame in being "gifted" thunderhawk gunships when we are the company that is supposed to resupply the chapter is heavy on us all
>in particular Company commander Axum'Kaleb
>he is far too noble for this position in my opinion
>even now he orders our remaining brothers to aid the people of this world
>i know he is one of the older batches of primaris

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>>97825420
2/2
>why in the FUCK would i EVER agree to do that when it spits in the face of my Commander's request?
>not to mention that the necron should be turned over the ordos xenos
>he sends an vox feed of the rogue trader humiliating Axum'Kaleb by taking control of the trial and just declaring Lord Kong innocent then ignoring Axum'Kalebs promise of remembering this
>...
>...
>...
>i send back an acceptance IF, he also includes a full servitor crew refill to help staff our battle barge
>i am not my commander
>im not a noblebright hero who turns the other cheek
>im nothing like Vulkan or any of the great salamanders who came before me
>i do what is needed so my commander can be those things
>melta squad deploy to the coordinates provided

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>>97825154
>Be Kong Qiu
>I recount the seven core human emotions
>Happiness
>Anger
>Grief
>Fear
>Love
>Hate
>Desire
>All these emotions tempered by ren (humaneness), li (ritual propriety), and yi (righteousness)
>All build De or the Virtous Moral Character
>Perhaps when I die, I shall discuss with those before me of this
>Perhaps I might be lucky to discuss this with the Emperor
>I feel light as a feather as I keep pushing onwards

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>>97825357
>>97825180
>>97825261
>designation: Q-123155XX
>new arrival(1)
>xeno's eldar
>error 404 understand = -1
>eldar =/ allies with necrons
>new arrival(1) recorded response: "Halt! Marionettes of Mag'ladroth! Your masters scheme shall not come to pass, not now, not in a million years!"
>targets = overload
>mission success chance: dropping rapidly
>this unit = best chance
>this unit will deal with new arrival(1)
>requesting full skitarii deployment on target location
>preforming close range engagment with eldar

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>>97824985
Elitist gamechud!

>>97824404
Stop responding to such lazy bait. At least make them work a little.

>>97824985
Uhm actually reading systems is really consumist so no you should not do anything you say and also you are being a chud when you tell people to read because tg cant read so stop being worldbuilderphobic

>>97824423
Dont worry about the actual dice before deciding how you want results to behave and people to act. Randomizers are just randomizers, so the form they take or the method doesnt matter until you have the vibe decided.

For instance, if you want to encourage players taking risks, make a blackjack-style mechanic and add whatever randomizer you think will work best for you. If you want something which makes more average results, use something that creates a bell curve. Et cetera

Also try to think about what mechanics you want to see, and what randomizers help you make that run smoothly. For example, a wargame im working on uses d12s because of how i wanted to do morale rolls (roll over [half the number of models the unit lost] plus [number of models lost this round] to avoid losing a model). I could use all sorts of dice or tweak the mechanic, but a d12 works well enough for it

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>>97825022
most dice nerds 1) don't play games and 2) don't have a nuanced viewpoint like you do. good job anon

>>97824423
i would argue that doing exotic dice resolution mechanics ( which is generally anything other than muh d20 and muh big british pile of d6s) adds complexity that you can put in a more interesting part of your game. Using a classic dice resolution mechanic also will increase your player base. This depends on what kind of game you are making too - boardgamers are more open to alternate dice than wargamers or roleplaying gamers.

early in 13th age's release cycle someone asked Rob Heinz at a convention or AmA or something ' did you ever consider using something other than d20?' and his response was ' why?' and it was a correct response - he did several innovative things with the d20 that some cutting edge game like tom abbadon's icon use.

i think two dice + x is bad for RPGs and good for wargames. warmahordes used 2d6+x and you could boost a roll to 3d6+x for a mana. RPGs thrive on randomness.

>>97825061
right wingers did not start getting called chuds until we found out what was going on in the brooklyn tunnels many years before we found out how real that meme is.

>>97825093
And yet, a group will need at least one copy of each book.

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>>97825323
Delusions lvl: (You)

>>97825093
>Instead of one 400 pages book, you need two books, 300 pages each
>For a pricetag that would you buy three other games, full and each in its separate book
Gee, what a great success for DnD and it's pro-customer design!

>>97825323
There is an entire cottage industry of youtubers shitting on not just D&D in general, but specific books and modules, you fucking moron.
Reddit has dedicated subs for doing the exact same thing.
RPGnet is pretty famous and equally vocal for hating 1d20 games, D&D and its direct derivatives in particular.
Twitter doesn't even exist anymore, and it's still all about drama about [insert whatever subject].

The only one I could have a reason to believe your claim is dfrivethrourpg, simply because it's a shilling platform and anythigg bad for the product gets removed (game in question being irreverent, they just protect their own investment)

>>97825333
I'd argue that, because of the way d&d is designed, it's pretty much defacto required that every player has their own phb.

>>97821172
>like a book on netrunning
Netrunning needs a few tune-ups.
- If the entire group is netrunners, branching paths would be cool in data forts and such.
- If there is only one netrunner, it should be streamlined even further

>the highriders.
Damn, missed out on that. But at least the 2020 had lots of lore on them.
Currently playing a Single Player campaign (adjacent to a group I'm GMing for). SP crew aims to make it to the stars.

Who do you reckon inherits the earth?
Highriders, nomads, warlords, AIs, Indians?

>>97825334
400 years of nuclear winter, and then penguins.

>>97825348
Don't think nuclear escalation is on the cards, even for 5th corporate war and subsequent collapse(s).

>>97825353
Then business as usual continues. If Arasaka in NC proves anything a tactical going off in a city center won't even permanently ban you from a city.

>>97825244
yes, some writing is bad and some writing is good, and I like the good writing

>>97821658
It's just a sci fi transposition of how people really hated elves for being written as super special mary sues in a lot of young adult fiction some time ago.

>>97825233
star trek also has humans outfighting the warrior race and outespionaging the espionage race, as well as imprinting their inherent value upon the literally omnipotent and omniscient race
its actually peak hfy before people even thought up hfy, its probably cause roddenberry was such an idealist

>>97825124
That was a joke, hombre. The guy is good people, this was just a particular sensitive point for him. You can like someone without agreeing with them 100%

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>>97823786
Ironically I can recall a bunch of manga/fanfic where magical girls were allied with or part of the military, but none where they are straight up antagonists.

requesting Warhammer the Old World RPG

Does anyone happen to have the Black Market Guide to Immortality's 5e stuff that just came out?

Having problems bookmarking some programming books I got from vendor in iBooks. Works on PC. Told it is because stupid Apple is stricter with permissions.

Is there a simple tool that a novice can use to set the "full control" flag on PDF assuming that is the issue?

>>97825452
Prefer on Windows, but can do it in MacOS or even Linux once restore that PC.

Looking for a copy of Reboot Hill
https://groovydad.itch.io/reboot-hill

>>97813540
Massively underrated setting imo

>>97824206
it's not even "science" fantasy, it has the concept of spaceships going to other planets but it's all magic, as the name implies, and space doesn't work like real space but like a fantasy realm

>>97805210
>>97805231
>>97805281
You faggots need to go away and stay away.

>>97805205
>Blackmoor
A bit generic, but it's from like 1970 so that's forgivable. Charming but not a great setting overall.
>Greyhawk
The other OG. Don't know a ton about it but from what I've seen it seems pretty cool, a lot more '80s Sword and Sorcery' than a lot of the other D&D settings and a lot of modern fantasy fiction in general, which is nice
>Conan universe
I wasn't even aware this was an official D&D setting. Kino, though.
>Forgotten Realms
Easily my favorite and the one I'm most familiar with, but not without flaws. Probably the most fleshed out. It's the most popular for multiple reasons, even if half of those reasons are "Ed Greenwood is excessively horny"
>Spelljammer
Basically a meta-setting that was literally intended to tie all the universes together. Therefore, not particularly unique in its own right, but neat concept.
>Dark Sun
Pretty cool and underrated, I like the concept, but don't find it interesting enough to invest any particular attention in it.
>Planescape
Similar to Spelljammer. Most of the things it brought to D&D as a whole are no longer unique due to them being shared across most of the other settings.

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>>97805205
What about Ravenloft?

>>97824926
>There's an implicit presupposition here that the players ask questions when they want something to be expanded on
>when they want something to be expanded on
Yes retard, that's the point. The DM going "idk, you tell me" is not an answer to the question the player asked. It is in fact signaling to the player that there isn't an answer, and never was. Why on earth would anyone want to play in a world that the DM knows so poorly he can't even answer basic questions about things nearby the playing area.

>>97824926
>>97825110
For real let's do the reverse of this situation.
>DM: What's your AC?
>Player: idk, you tell me
Wouldn't that be retarded? Wouldn't you never want to play with someone who couldn't be bothered to do the bare minimum? Why do you think doing the bare minimum to run a game as a DM is any different?

>>97825150
What a braindead comparison. AC is an actual mechanic with concrete numbers behind it, not worldbuilding.

>>97825299
>Muh mechanic's
Basically every game explains in its rules that the GM should come up with the world. The good ones even give him tools to do it with.

But fine, here's another example:
>What's your character's name
>Idk you tell me
>What's his motivation
>Idk you tell me
Those aren't mechanically defined or even required to play the game. This must be your ideal player since your ideal DM does the same thing with his job.

>>97825458
>"DM, is there a blacksmith in this village?"
>Yea, sure, he moved out of the city to enjoy the quiet life after the accident. What was the accident?
>"What if... he was trying to forge a magic blade, and it blew up, accidentally killing his assistant? And him 'enjoying the quiet life' is actually him hiding from the Guild, who wants to bring him to justice?"
>That's sick, yea when you walk into the smithy you see a grizzled man pounding at an ingot with his left hand; his right hand is missing."

You're really gonna sit here and say "no, the DM should have pre-planned it all, and the player's fun idea for a plot hook is stupid"? Why not just have ChatGPT on text-to-speech and a robot roll your dice while your at it?

>>97820684
sure. i keep messing up the spoiler somehow, i used to be able to do it

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>>97820156
>Have you ever made a custom mount/vehicle for your character? how did that pan out?
Not from Scratch but I've designed a Solar Dragon as a socerous-working-forged familiar/mount. Used the Sky Titan as a baseline for flying mount then added in bits from other critters like the Tidemare's ability to serve as mass transit, and a custom breath attack.

>>97821861
Based. What did you end up using it for?

>>97822206
Transport / battle tank / primarily for intimidating unruly Gods because its claws could pierce sanctums and it was a Solar working so it could fuck up even decently strong opponents

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>>97825388
Based and Tolkienpilled

>>97825172
They unironically think of martials as being for new players.

>>97825172
The Hellknight feels like an interesting concept with a Fighter focusing on damage over time, but it really just ends up being X uses of Searing Smite per day.

Especially when they already introduced a Burning condition in the 2024 PHB. Why couldn't the subclass be 'When you deal Fire damage with your Hellfire weapon, the creature you hit starts Burning'.
1d4 damage wouldn't be anything special, but it also means that the creature has to use an action to drop prone to extinguish themselves instead, doesn't have a capped duration, and can't cure it just by regaining hitpoints.

>>97825212
>>97825239
>The cleric can spend a minute passively building up exhaustion on enemies and then if they die gets to blow them up and deal 3d6 damage to everything around them (of your choice) a number of times equal to their primary stat
>The fighter gets to add 1d6 once per turn a number of times equal to their secondary stat to apply a debuff that can be ended by any healing or a single action, but if you get lucky and roll a 6 it can also explode for a handful of damage (which can hurt yourself/allies)
What were they thinking lmao

>>97813902
Would giving martials Musou-like attack ranges help bridge the divide with casters at higher levels? Basically multiply the range of melee attacks by their proficiency bonus and make all the attacks cones that cleave every other enemy in the area for partial damage. Flavor it as sword beams, air pressure from the strength of your swings, whatever. Ranged attacks instead just get a % increase in range = 10x the prof bonus or something.

>>97825321
Debatable. It helps out their damage against groups of enemies, but at the same time even a 20-30 foot cone can be awkward to catch more than a few enemies in depending on the size of the space.
It certainly wouldn't hurt though.
I'd also say for ranged attacks you could have it be a line attack instead, piercing through enemies until it hits some solid cover.

>>97824293
in second place I would put the mexichink purple hybird build - you can pool so many resources in your hand and blow them all at once.

Galacticmon doesn't actually kill all that quickly, does it? Decks these days just sorta shit out bodies like it's funny. You know what that means? We should get a Vemmon floodgate to stop the opponent's on plays.

>>97825091
generally it one shots you when it kills you and they valued that really highly in the tier list. no security whammies to swing the game back. you also get high consistency, immunity to everything and the best tamer kill in a very tamer centric meta

Why haven't they banned Tumblemon yet?

>>97825409
Specifically to make your life miserable.

>>97825067
Thanks, anon!

>>97823529
Where's the body from? It both does and doesn't just look like a land raider

>>97825310
It is a Land Raider, with a bit of plasticard and 1/35 ERA bricks modding done. The turret is from Repulsor, the wheels and tracks from 1/35 Tamiya Bradley (afaik M2A2).

>>97822492
I feel like at this point you may as well just add the legs too. Not really a bust if it's 80% or more of the body

>>97822838
Have fun with your mechanically separated paints.

>>97825523
Looks like starter set ETB shit.

>>97825494
>more literal who guardshit
go back, redditor

>>97825534
AoS got new Islamic DoK models that instead of wearing bikinis are wearing Islamic swim suits to cover their whole bodies, and they are monopose with 0 options to swap weapons or heads and 0 variability in posing or even options to not take the banner. They are also spliced into many pieces for some reason.

>>97825517
The fake chest looks neat because it adds extra armor.
Just extend to the lower chest "rim" above the stomach panels. Would look good that way too.

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>>97825523
If we go with sprues the new Nightbringer is literally a single big sprue for 82.5£