The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Can't show POV of being taken bondsman by a Clan Jade Falcon Aerospace Phenotype on this board.Previous Thread: >>97195724================================>BattleTech Introductory Guide & PDFshttps://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400>Overview of the Major Factionshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houseshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clanshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97223186"It runs on a pure, Space-aged Mineral Water!">>97223218Even Captcha fails at Triforce...
>>97223024Dam dracs really just going in raw and deep in 3151
>>97223218Checking Reactor Ops and filtering for>Clan Invasion>Draconis Combine + Common>IS tech base>6/9/x movementI'm seeing stuff like Cicadas, Firestarters, a couple of Grand Dragons, Javelins, Locusts, Owens, Spiders, and Phoenix Hawks. Lots of options in there.
>>97223024…..those maps disprove your point though
>>97223218For the Combine? Spider, Mongoose and Hussar. Could also throw a Hermes in there for good measure.
How has a wife/girlfriend joining the group affected your games?
I got thinking recently, and I feel like a big problem with games where the main appeal is the vibe/feel of the setting rather than unique mechanics/crunch isn't the idea of an artistically driven game in and of itself. The problem, IMO at least, is more that A: a lot these games aren't just narrative-before-mechanics, the mechanics are a complete afterthought, and B: they're all aping the exact same vibe. If we only had 1 or 2 games attempting to capture the "grimdark" vibe it wouldn't be so bad but it feels like everything is going for variations of the exact same aesthetic/narrative flavour. At least Turnip28 had some degree of whimsy in the actual fluff, but with Trench Crusade, Mork Borg and a billion other "the artstyle is Streaking Grime" settings I personally am feeling grimdark fatigue.I dunno- I feel like an art/vibe driven game with an actually unique or at least underutilized vibe (purely as an example, aping the bright and colourful look of 2nd edition 40K and its contemporaries) and decent mechanics would be good.
>>97219773I agree, art direction is everything, no one wants to play with a world that is visualized to look dull and ugly
Everyone's trying to do grimdark because it's popular. The market exists and wants it, so everyone's jostling for first place. You can make a game with any other look but it's untested grounds.
>>97219773>they're all aping the exact same vibeThat's because you're looking at things that are all descended from the same source because it's far and away the most popular game in that niche.
>>97220097>I intend toYou can literally start right now!
>>97219773Grimslop is fine when there's an actual setting behind the art like with Mutant Chronicles but all the nu grimdark settings just reference Warhammer and call it a day. Grimdark isn't even a real genre it's a marketing buzzword.
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/9fzM6128>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97222508As a side to the aforementioned disneywood problems, the original Wormskin Zines are well worth looking at and using various parts to add to your campaign. They have a lot of useable material that has a more earnest approach and tone than the newer stuff and more direct use with b/x.
>>97222859FWIW, doing it 24 miles per hex would put it at the size of Italy and Norway and roughly half the size of France. So yeah, arguably too big, but not that big.I know you were probably being hyperbolic, but I did the maths and wanted to share.
>>97223125I was being hyperbolic but the main reason was that my autism is just about weak enough that I couldn't justify doing the maths myself, so well done and thanks.
>>97223174What sort of content is in those overstuffed hexes?
>>97223174I'm the Anon who's done the map comparison spreadsheets, so it was just a matter of changing one cell. Not much work involved. At this point.>What sort of content is in those overstuffed hexes?Lairs, altars, gates, dolmens, inns, and so on.
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>>97223007Fuck off, none of the units that have heavy need a durability boost
>>97222943I've also played at least once a week since release, and in my experience the army that sits in a corner cowering and doing nothing but shooting generally wins.For context, we use player placed terrain (rulebook rules + allotment, so 6 impassables that we also treat as heavy, 4 6x6 medium area terrains and 2 10x10 medium area terrains)Most games end with both players at max primaries but the shooting castle scores Last Man Standing and First Strike which means they win.
I think the shoulders on tbe new termies and drwad would look cool with grave digger style art
>>97223158That sounds so much difference from my experience. How is the castling player clearing objectives and keep units on them without moving out of their corner? How do they deal with multiple units in Rhinos rushing in and charging them turn 1 or 2?Every time I've seen somebody try to do the sit in a corner and only shoot they struggle to get LOS to units in time, can't force enemy units off objectives and get their own scoring units on it in the same turn, and have one or two elite melee units that come flying into their ranks which start rolling up all the shooting units.
>>97223217What missions are you playing? The only core book mission where an objective outside of the deployment zone matters is the one with 3 points on the middle, and that is just a matter of getting guns looking at it and then both players trade putting on units each turn.Elite melee units don't make it to the shooting player because they get shot before they make it there (or their transport gets shot and they never make it there).I haven't seen rhino rush used for anything other than getting on objectives. Usually terrain makes it extremely difficult for a turn 1 charge from them, too? I've never bothered putting a melee unit in a rhino to try it. Search and Destroy is the only deployment type where it even seems feasible, if there was no terrain in the center. In Dawn of War/Hammer and Anvil deployment, deploying a rhino on the line, moving up 12 and then pivoting to put the butthole on the line, then evacuating 7" further up only gets you 19". If they're deployed on their line, for whatever reason they would do that, with their important stuff and not like a screen, and don't use the opportunity to react move away from your charging threat, that's still a 5" charge to make and you don't get a set-up move. Sounds like giving them free volley fire/overwatch and a chance of stunning yourself?
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>>97222284oh understandable. For sure, you have to do it with people you know and who trust you not to be an asshole. We have been playing a while already, and 3/4 players I've known for years.
>>97220239>>97220243To be honest, in the DW campaign I'm in, I would have totally thought that was cool. I get people saying "bah! 10 corruption points is so punishing!" but the limit is 100 and even in a long deathwatch campaign, it will take forever for it to matter. I slightly agree with WP success punishing you for having high WP but I think it would give away the hallucination to easily for what it is.
>>97223001>but the limit is 100 and even in a long deathwatch campaign, it will take forever for it to matterThat's a good point actually, Maybe I just don't give them out often enough, but even in the longest 40k campaigns I've ever run or played not a single character ever acculumated enough insanity or corruption points for them to actually become an issue
>>97223001>WPTbf, they were all in the 40s-50s with one 38. Basically, coin flips
>>97222774>picrelMan I got no memes from my games, I wonder if I'm too boring of a GM.
Love Wins Edition>>IF YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION, PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH GAME YOU'RE PLAYING<<Previous Thread: >>97099515 /pfg/ (pathfinder 1e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/RSt0rF0T/p2g/ (pathfinder 2e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/1zySxwm3/sfg/ (starfinder) link repository: https://pastebin.com/5yp9s2U3>>CHECK THE SHARE THREAD FOR MISSING MATERIALS<<TQ: What is your favorite pantheon? What pantheon(s) would you want implemented/updated?
>>97222961Back when Erastil was going through one of his #Cancel troubles - I want to say 2018 - Paizo released one of those Ultimate books that had a write-up for Milani where they portrayed her as a traditional country girl that loves big families and defending your community from tyranny. It really felt like, at the time, they were trying to sell Milani as the big country deity to worship.
can I get some tips on making this homebrew item?Passive Shield - WornHP: 40 BT: 5 AC TARGET: +6 Hardness: 6A shield that is fitted directly on clothing/armor, requiring the user to strategically turn their body to take blows with the shield. Instead of requiring a raise shield action and a shield block reaction, this shield will automatically block incoming damage depending on the incoming attack roll. As long as the attack roll of the incoming damage is equal or under the sum of AC + AC TARGET, but above or equal your AC, the shield will block the damage, as if you had performed the shield block reaction. You can not use Raise a Shield with this item, and it does not give AC bonuses.It's for a PF2E total conversion into a mecha action homebrew system where the player has to fill one of their weapon slots with it, so don't worry about how it fits on a medieval setting.
>>97222622Well into 1e but modern references to external pop culture crap like >>97222739 wormed its way into the game from the jump with references in the campaign setting guide from 2008. Not being able to read the books has persisted since time immemorial.
>>97223264forgot to state the obvious but it's PF2E
where's the starfinder 2e PDF
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>>97223153Why would I want Morrslieb to speak to me?
>>97215495Criticizing a company isn't "white knighting" for another company anon. You're the only one bending over backwards to suck capitalist dick here.
>>97218559>FB_IMGGood for you anon, the games you play in your head are pretty cool.
>>97221042Consider implementing the following detail: the actual doom diver has the launching pad streaked with some kind of black grease in order for the goblin to slide without too much friction during the launch, there's even a small bucket of the stuff on the model
Okay I'm doing a fanfiction with 4 OCs Warlord Clans going to Clan Mors To become it's Thrall Clans Any information I should know about how Thrall Clans usually become that way with the great 4 or what the relationship is usually like or can differ between the great 4 and their Thrall Clans?
In your game, do you treat bows as strength- or dexterity-based weapons?
For every 2 points of Dex above 10, add 1 to your roll to hit. For every 3 points of Dex above 10, make an additional attack per attack action at a cumulative -2 penalty. For every 4 points of Dex above 10, increase the crit range of the weapon by 1.For every 2 points of Str above 10, increase the damage of the weapon by 1. For every 3 points of Str above 10, you can reroll 1 damage die per attack. For every 4 points of Str above 10, your melee attacks may cleave to another target within range and your ranged attacks gain 50% of their base range in additional range.
>>97223129Your latest game?>>97223171A nice and granular solution, but keeping track of this could get annoying quickly.
>>97223203OD&D gives a missile attack bonus depending on dex.
>>97223103This looks like shit.
>>97223165He's just samefagging.
I haven't bought a model since like 2023 maybe early 2024. When I bought Dante he was like $35. What the fuck happened? This is legit robbery.
>>97222553These are British prices, Americans tend to pay at least 20 bucks extra for all Warhammer stuff.
>>97218744GW likes to cover production and design costs of new models and storage cost of older stock by increasing the cost of 40k units. This keeps the profit margins positive even if not every unit sells.
>>97222443Metal is premium.
>>97221959You can get a full old world army for ~300-400 bucks
>>97220489I miss Mutant Chronicles...
>Setting Basically late medieval to early Renaissance Europe >Magic Not really available to players, expect in the form of extremely rare high level magical weapons and items. BBEG should possess magic abilities >Player characters European presenting male fighters only, maximum one low level hedge wizard or shaman>Races All NPCs and PC should be human, finding a non-human village like elves should be extremely rare, unlikely, and magical experience
>>97223078You must be a faglord.
>>97222512Close but no cigar. >basically renaissance to wars of religion and early colonialism mashed together as needed to maximize cool stuff in game >Magic available at cost with clear mechanical risk & reward combined with social mechanics over time>Classless, everyone can learn spells if they have the stats, everyone can fight if they have the stats. Backgrounds are important context for skills but remain inspiration rather than dictation. >Races starting as predominantly human, adding in other races as they are encountered and become allies in a living world that engage with player decisions and blends in the odd in gradual ways to create both a sense of grounded world familiarity and wonder as exploration proceeds
>>97223088The world map is one of the most visible and evocative parts of your entire setting. If it is derivative, uninspired, and lazy, there's a good chance that everything else in your setting is as well.
>>97222934Because let's positive thinking
>>97223146>he shows players the world map ngmi
I feel like this edition has alot of objectively bad things about it and is absolutely where the alot of worst qualities of current editions showed up. But I feel like I prefer playing this edition compared to a lot of previous editions and 10th edition. Its a weird transitional period where there's still a lot of the old units that haven't been legended yet while still having the fucking Primaris lot. Its strange but I don't feel like I'm missing out on much staying on this edition and playing with friends casually instead of going back to playing the current edition.
>>972172899th needed a few years in the oven.Because it had potential. Everyone finally had a codex and you could start seeing what worked and what not.Instead we got the piece of shit that is 10thI played GSC and 9th GSC was way more fun to play than 10th
>>97217254I recall in 7th playing with Sisters of Battle. That I simply spammed Immolator with twin multi-melta, as much meltaguns dominions, flamer battle sisters and deeptriking seraphins with shred as I could, then fill up the rest with penitent engines.It worked surprising well against Necrons
9e was just 10e with more stupid bullshit to remember
>>97213017>Nu40kDo you mean units? Because many of the units are foul.>>97186166>There will never be a definitive editionBy design because they want to milk you for $If for some reason I didn't want to play OPR any more, I'd play the fan SRD for 4th. But that would only be if OPR shits the bed and I didn't like Xenos Rampant or something.
>>97205175Rate it how and for what?
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>>97221933Yeah I didn't mean rules. I meant models. Did a quick peek on Etsy and didn't see anything that fit the profiles either. Maybe I should give up and just nab some craftworld ships.
>>97222946Arcane Shipyard has good sculpts if 3d printing is an option. They are modular with variant prows for each weapon system and they have both escort and cruiser.https://cults3d.com/en/users/ArcaneShipyard/3d-models
There is a strange code at the bottom of pastebin file.What is this? How do I use it?
>>97222588I don't know why they bothered with errata for the Flamer/Man-catcher. It's the single worst weapon in the game and nothing they did changed it.Also, I guess if a Squat has a circular stone saw as their weapon besides their gun, they make unarmed attacks + circular stone saw. So cheap power pack weapons are overpriced on anyone with more than one attack, and the expensive ones are overpriced period.
>>97222566>Neither of you has read the actual bookYeah, and I don't intend to. A summary is fine. I'm just want to know what Ozzy and the previous rulers were. I know they're called "the iron lords" but I don't know what that entails. Cyborgs? Necrons? Guys who traded iron with other systems? Rulers who were though like iron?
Magic should be rare, mysterious, superstitious. It should take time to use and be exhausting to cast When did fantasy magic and wizards turn in Avatar the Last Airbender shooting fire and lightning out their assholes?
>>97218076How about magic from belief? You have a priest who REALLY REALLY BELIEVES that he can banish a spirit, he matches his willpower against it (his belief) and if he wins, the spirit is banished. Alternively, the belief could be a resource, ie a priest, wizard of godling has to convince a big enough group of people that their magic works, allowing it to happen. It could be cast using personal methods or a set formulae, but without the belief that it will work, it doesnt.It would lead to some interesting situations - a unbelieving scientist attempting a spell in a spellbook and nothing happens becasue he has no belief. A powerful wizard, priest or god could be reliant on the belief the people have in them - if the legend of the caster fades over time, their power fades or vanishes as well. It would give priest characters something to do than just heal, they would have to keep trying to generate belief in their particular god or brand of magic, while reducing the power of competing beliefs and religions. Building/destroying shrines and temples would aid one side or another, while a wandering wizard would encourage tales of mystery and wonder that spread from his adventures.
>>97221495>he matches his willpower against it (his belief) and if he wins, the spirit is banished. That is a formula that one of its parts is belief. The formula doesn't need to be compromised by hard math to be a formula. A newts eye, the tear of a virgin, and the a true loves kiss combined breaking a curse, or casting Charm Person is still a formula even if two of the parts are not really tangible.
>>97217677Doesn't work well for tabletop RPGs, or rather requires tremendous effort on GMs side of things.Because for magic to actually deliver on the "mysterious" side of things it should be exceedingly weird and confusing. You, as a GM, would have to construct an exceedingly complex system of metaphysics and obfuscate it from the players. For there to be genuine mystery, there has to be substance, glimpses of larger workings, a feeling that there is some semblance to alien law/reason that still would completely elude the players minds.You as a DM basically have to make some odd Cultist Simulator magic system and keep it 90% hidden from the players, good fucking luck.So no, just making magic rare doesn't fucking cut it.
>>97217677If magic exists,and it's a natural phenomena, it should be common, spellcasting should be rare because it will be restricted by those in power having access to the knowledge. Spellcasting should take more time based on complexity and power of the formulae, any physical activity consumes energy based on intensity but training should mitigate the effects for a time. Ignoring your limits should be dangerous and magical, the corruption of self be it physically, mentally or spiritually. Now you have crazy magicians, deformed magicians or weir magicians caused by power hungry, not so clever or people skilled on hindsight.
If you want magic as a combat resource then fireballs etc are going to lose any sense of mystery pretty quickly. If you make casting times a lot longer then you can have magic as a background feature where the scenario is to stop or enable a ritual that opens a portal, summons or bnishes a demon... similar to Call of Cthulhu.If you drop the hermetic casting approach and have magic being gifted by infernal powers you also get a lot more flavour.
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>>97217108No, it isnt.
>>97211615Very nice. But the candle lamp makes me think of a slug. Is there a reason the candle is like a tail?
>>97211711Is the link only dead for me?
>>97220637Yes. I see thick Lampad just fine.
