The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!One Confederation, One Vision, One Chancellor editionPrevious Thread: >>97234667================================>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.
>>97258150The 30% BV increase works fine if you're running all heavies and assaults but not so good if you are running lights and some mediums since even with the ECM changes you're still potentially competing with a targeting computer for the weight and cost involved. keep in mind you've still got a mech that needs to spend tonnage on a C3 Master here
>>97258170You only get a bonus as long as you keep your units at medium or long range, if your opponent is smart he closes with you as fast as possible, using cover to break line of sight as much as possible on the way in. Because once you're in short range you effectively no longer get a bonus and they've got more bv than you.Back when it was 20% for the 4 unit c3 force the comparison was as follows: two identical 4 unit lances where one uses c3 with 4/5 pilots and the other has 3 gunnery across the board but no c3 has the same bv.This means you have to leverage your situational -2 to hit Vs your opponents permanent effective -1 to hit enough such that once the opponent can close to short range his damage output is already reduced to the point that you can win the brawl despite your worse pilots.With the new situationAt 30% you're still only getting a situational -2, and now your opponent has even more BV to counter you with.ECM no longer fully shuts you down but bv wise even if it was 20 instead of 30% you're now equal for to hit rolls as your opponent with better gunners.The positive changes to c3: ECM doesn't 100% shut you down anymore, instead only halving your effective bonus, and it is no longer prohibitively expensive to run 7+ unit c3 forces, as the extra bv percentage got a cap.Negatives: the increased cost on the most common sizes of c3 forces (4 units) makes it basically unplayable at the scale at which most games of battletech occur.
>>97258168Yeah, so much post-dune scifi traces something back to dune. Taking that slight fantasy approach with latherings of handwaves, maybe a lost/gatekeeping technology background and a sprinkle of prophecy or magic was all important for creating a certain kind of futuristic setting.Though tbf psychic stuff used to be generally more popular in scifi. It's kind of sad that its real life status going from "potentially but unlikely" to basically flatly disproven means it's no longer as accepted. I like psychics in my scifi. Out of anything they add to the next AU settings, I want psychic rules.
Can someone explain what thrust exceeding SI means? I just planted my own ASF in the dirt by forcing this piloting check.
>>97258252I always assumed you'd want a lot of LRMs in a C3 force, since they have a very good short range bracket once you negate the minimum range. Sit two LRM units 8 or 9 hexes apart from each other and always be in short range of anything that runs up to either of them.
Gundam Meta Edition Here is a thread to discuss trading card games other than the big three.>Build Divide>Force of Will>Final Fantasy TCG>DBZ CCG>Wixoss>Keyforge>Gundam>Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R)>Digimon>Flesh and Blood>Gate Ruler>Battle SpiritsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97252969>What's the most recent starter deck you've acquired?2 Amethyst Mandala
>>97257644It's like I've always said about video games. If the gameplay is good, the graphics shouldn't matter. About Lorcana, I've always said it's better if you can look past the Disney theme, and see what a good game lies underneath.
>>97257817I can understand that, but if I'm going to waste my money on something it better be pleasing to my eyes
>>97257644fucking savage, holy crap
>>97248972 where do you find monthly and yearly japanese tcg sales info?
Previous thread: >>97111514GURPS is a modular, adaptable system, capable of running a wide range of characters, settings, and play styles, with a level of detail varying from lightweight to completely autistic.Optional rules allow you to emulate different genres with a single system, or even switch genres within a single game.A nearly complete archive of GURPS books can be found by using the image. Never post direct links to the archive anywhere in plain text.If you're wondering where to start:- The Basic Set covers everything, including a lot of optional rules you probably won't use.- A genre guide can be found in the archive, under Unofficial/GURPSgen. It tells you what extra books and articles you may find useful for many common genres.- How To Be a GURPS GM is a good read even for players.- GCS (gurpscharactersheet.com) is an excellent character-builder software, with page references to all the books and the option to export to both Foundry and Fantasy Grounds.Thread question: How often do you use an official GURPS setting? Which are your favorites?
>>97258000If anything the skills should be lower for melee, consider that you're intrinsically using Guns skill against hefty penalties and they're still no higher than that
>>97258000Rank-and-file soldier = skill 12Elite soldier = skill 15The realistic templates for noble warriors in GURPS Crusades have skill 15. The ones for commoner warriors in GURPS Warriors have skill 12 or 15.
>>97257762Against an opponent of roughly equal skill, your odds of hitting with a melee attack are usually in the 25-50% range regardless of what skill level you have, because defences rise along with attack skill and the best attack option is usually to lower your effective skill to about 11-12 with a deceptive attack. For landing blows to the face or neck, the 'optimal' skill level against an opponent of equal skill seems to be about 15.In a boxing match you would generally expect that 20-30% of punches would 'land'. This is roughly consistent with GURPS moderately skilled (12-15) fighters making a mixture of deceptive attacks, dual 'weapon' attacks, and targeted attacks to the face, arms, or vitals along with extensive use of retreats, evaluates, and defensive attacks.
>>97258000>you can't tell me an experienced mercenary or knight doesn't have a 100% hit chance (barring critical/automatic fails) against an opponent provided he's just trying to strike himAgainst a completely unresisting target, when he can use all-out-attack determined and telegraphic attack, virtually anyone (skill 8 or better) can reliably (98%+) land strikes against something the size of a human torso and a skilled (12+) fighter can do it two or even three times a second. Against a moving target which is actively defending, while you have to defend yourself, performance drops dramatically and failure to connect becomes quite common even after slowing attacks to once every couple of seconds as you use feints and evaluates to increase your odds of success.Sports fighters might 'land' maybe one blow every 5-10 seconds and they are highly skilled, usually only trying to connect lightly, and not fearing for their lives!
Can I get a QRD on how patron, duty, and rank work?Like say you are a detective a generic police department. In my head, this means that while on duty, you have access to: a gun, a badge, and a car, and you also have to investigate what your boss tells you to investigate.What combination of patron, duty and rank would give this in GURPS?
I've been working on a game for about five years and wanted to share it, but I can't seem to upload pdfs anymore. Why is this? I thought /tg/ was the hub for sharing rules systems. A lot of the stuff I played while designing was downloaded from the sharethread, are they also suffering from this?
>>97256689Hey, buddy, I really enjoy dolphin porn, m'kay?
>>97254569>but I can't seem to upload pdfs anymore. Why is this? Anon its been like this for 9 months.
>>97254569Still don't see a link. Is it going to take another five years to upload?
>>97257542Bigger question is will it take five years for them to uncomment a single like of code
not OP but i started working on a GURPS setting about a year ago, but i wanted a different tone and more heroic pulpy play style that I thought would be better with its own system. I just finished a draft of Space: 2002 if anybody wants to have a look. I'm doing a playtest with my friends this weekend to iron it out and stress test it.https://files.catbox.moe/55w6b5.pdf
What is the best TTRPG for a Kenshi Campaign?
>>97255847I do, and yes, it would. But I'm speaking generally, not just about this bread.
>>97253984You need to get better at this man. Sad.
>>97256994Rent free
>GURPSIs not a functional TTRPG, but a box of parts for amateur development of one. It is quite a useless suggestion without a very thorough defining of which options from which sourcebooks, at which point you may as well just wrap it in a fan-supplement yourself.
>>97257329Yeah, that's what the earlier discussion about using Basic or even Lite was about. If it was me:>Basic Set covers most every rule>Low-Tech for extra equipment >Martial Arts for extra combat options >After the End for tinkering and environmental hazards
Work in Progress, Christmas Johnnies Edition>Full-on /WIP/ OP Links Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/BE42AEcD>WIP Tutorial Images Megahttps://mega.nz/#F!TvQFCaLb!w8WZKCcOsTRasxrI0JWezw>Saint Duncan's "Six Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Painting"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufP8ka3KGno>Saint Duncan also explains thinning your paintshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxWgsqSf74s>Paint thinning 102Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97257507Only ones l know of are the sakura and army painter
>>97257865The more I look at it, the more obvious it seems, I will definitely need to knock it down with a black glaze.
>>97257711Partly lighting, partly cheap acrylics from the office supply store>>97257716>>97257713>>97257717Thanks anons, I’ll try making my own washes or using dip wash. I’m gonna spray matte varnish which should help with the glossiness
>>97258038What about the barrels
>>97257596Thanks anon. The only styles I can really do are "Technicolor vomit" (orcs) and "Instagram 28 grimecore" (everything else). My theory is that good colors and kitbashes can compensate for what's lacking in technical skill, and I think the contrasting bright blue on the alieny bits worked. The faces lost a lot of detail in the wash though so I'm going to do a final pass with beige to highlight them back up and maybe add some pop to the gunmetal sections as well. >>97257685When I was a kid everyone just thinned down craft acrylic paint with water and it worked... Okay. These days I pay out for nuln oil like a pig and life's a bit easier, but diy washes where there for me. Also I never got over using cheapo paints for terrain. Here's a novel one: Liquid Pigment from the Model Railroad store. It's designed to color plaster, but I use it as a "everything wash" over terrain pieces and it looks fantastic, albeit grimy as hell. The bottle's expensive but lasts forever.
Here is a thread to discuss trading card games other than the big three.>Build Divide>Force of Will>Final Fantasy TCG>DBZ CCG>Wixoss>Keyforge>Gundam>Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R)>Digimon>Flesh and Blood>Gate Ruler>Battle Spirits>Ashes>One PieceComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97253827Shobu doesn't even have every English card. You might have to wait for me to make my simulator :^)
I'm here to meat you to death
>>97256539Ah yes, the worlds' least effective corporate soldiers
>>97248972where do you find monthly and yearly japanese tcg sales info?
>>97252119It plays more like a board game then a card game (would be very difficult to play without the included playmat zones). The entire gameplay feels more like a board game honestly but it is interesting and worth at least getting the starters for.
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #591"All i want for Christmas is for Dark Magician Girl to materialize in my bedroom so i can summon her in face down ass up position, have sex with her, and end my turn" EditionPrevious thread: >>97191908Most Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion encouraged. Post OC, write dumb fanfics with bad CaC in them, duel each other, have fun, etc.>Yu-Gi-Oh! Online PlayAutomated Sims:●EDOPro website: https://projectignis.github.io/download.html●EDOPro: https://discord.gg/ygopro-percy●YGO Omega: https://discord.gg/duelistsunite●Dueling Nexus: https://duelingnexus.com/●Master Duel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449850/YuGiOh_Master_Duel/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97256589Yeah but you could pull a crystal meth rare from the set. Big collectors item.
>>97257008Just looked it up, it was LIOV actually. My bad.
>>97257008>>97257122?
>le dice roll game
>>97257764TLDR a few years ago someone was caught smuggling meth by repacking it into packs of LIOV.BLVO was the set prior to that which is maybe why they thought it was that one.
Everyone I know who watches Fatt Coville videos is a fucking terrible GM. I've never fully watched one and I am widely considered the best GM out of all 3 groups I'm part of. I am regularly requested to run campaigns. People borderline fall asleep in the games others run. There's also no tension because they know that these Coville acolytes will fudge rolls until all PCs survive the battle. If you're a good GM, it's an inmate talent you can hone over time. You're born that way. If you aren't, then no amount of shitty advice is going to make up for your lack of talent. It just is what it is. This idea that everyone should "try" DMing is retarded. The idea that anyone can be good at it? lolno. Its like some fat divorced on who suddenly decides he's gonna become a famous author. Fat chance. Most people fucking suck at GMing. Hell, most of them suck at playing, but at least in that case the game depends less on them.
>>97251340I've seen the same thing a few times; bad DMs who stay bad.I'm talking about an IRL context, but it's pretty hard to get players to usefully critique DMing, out of politeness if nothing else>Hey, person who just put a bunch of time and effort into entertaining me and three other people, before I head out I just want to say that the adventure was really bad, I didn't have fun, and you should do things better, by doing them differently, because what you're doing now isn't good.
>>97253603>he's started changing his lingo because he was too obviouslmao
>>97255318>I've seen the same thing a few times; bad DMs who stay bad.And it's the majority of players, unfortunately. Maybe 25% of the hobby at MOST is even passable at DMing.>I'm talking about an IRL context, but it's pretty hard to get players to usefully critique DMing, out of politeness if nothing elseWhy bother? It's like critiquing some middle schooler's garbage poetry. It's not even worth the trouble, it's not going to help anything.>>Hey, person who just put a bunch of time and effort into entertaining me and three other people, before I head out I just want to say that the adventure was really bad, I didn't have fun, and you should do things better, by doing them differently, because what you're doing now isn't good.Yeah, exactly. No one wants to hear that, and also asking for feedback as a DM is cringe as fuck. It's like going to the car mechanic and he asks you afterward to take a look and see if he did it right. No, as a DM, you show up, you deliver, and that's that. You should know if your session went bad. You should know what went wrong, and work on fixing it. If you need to ask for feedback, you are either severely autistic, or fucking retarded. I am not trolling, I am being 100% serious. Maybe I was a little bit hyperbolic earlier, but I am absolutely serious. DMs that try to be super-transparent about their DMing, and want to have meta-conversations about it, are just adding another layer of awfulness to their shit DMing. Do not ask for critique. It doesn't fucking matter, you're not capable of implementing it anyway. If you aren't seeing the problems, there either aren't any, or you're too fucking retarded to fix them. I am dead serious.
>>97256734>Maybe I was a little bit hyperbolic earlier, but I am absolutely serious. DMs that try to be super-transparent about their DMing, and want to have meta-conversations about it, are just adding another layer of awfulness to their shit DMing. Do not ask for critique. It doesn't fucking matter, you're not capable of implementing it anyway. If you aren't seeing the problems, there either aren't any, or you're too fucking retarded to fix them. I am dead serious.Anon that's retarded. Like literally 0 creative hobbies work like that. Everyones got blindspots, especially when it comes to subjective shit like arts, so feedback is important. The issue is that GMs are only asking for feedback from other players, if they actually want good feedback they basically need to record themselves GMing and do a VoD review with another actually good GM
>>97232246Nice post, but>posting wojakshitkys, right now
This is a general for everything 3D printed relating to /tg/ from sci-fi, fantasy, historicals, fantasy football, and more! Share your printed minis, terrain, print fails, 3d modelling, printing advice, works in progress, or anything else /tg/-related to 3D printing.>DO:- Post pics of your prints be they fails or triumphs- Keep discussion/photos about tabletop games only- Post your resin/printer/settings for faster advice- Help your fellow anons with advice>TRY TO:- Remember that this general is monitored by GWendolin and her lawyers- Not make a new thread until old one dies- Not encourage namefags, tripfags, fumefags and coomers- Not spoonfeed- Not war over Filament/Resin consoles- Keep your model pics naked (no paint/undercoat only)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97258040>>97258052Do it like that anon told you, that is what works for me. But maybe watch out, try to lift the vat beforehand. If it sticks to the printer you have a breach in the vat and it would be better to leave the cleaning sheet and empty out the vet with it plugging the hole.
Absolute beginner here. Started printing with resin just two days ago. Even after not getting the cones of calibration to print just right i managed to print minis without failure.Then i started to print some bigger models, a trike and a car. Those prints failed at about 80%, like they are sliced off... pic relatedAny of you Anons know how to fix this? Help would be much appreciated
>>97258147Hmm. Can't say you're under supported. Settings are probably OK if you've had success before. Have you tried running the sliced file through UVtools or similar? I've seen slicers (especially earlier versions of Chitu) bug out and fail to render parts of supports.
>>97258040>Is there an easy way to pop up the sheet?Remove the screws holding the tank in place, lift up one corner, and reach in with a finger to GENTLY push up on the release film just underneath the corner of the sheet or hardened resin. As you do your other, gloved, hand goes in and tries to grab the corner like the other anons are telling you to do.
>>97258147>Absolute beginner hereWhere is your printing set up at?Could be colder temperatures causing issues if it's gotten colder where you are at.
The DM reveals that all this time, the 'Chaotic Evil invading soldiers' you've been fighting and slaughtering were actually Lawful Good innocent untrained peasants. They were tricked/convinced into believing they were fighting for survival and defense of their impoverished homeland.THE PALADIN FALLS AND LOSES ALL POWERS!!!Do you feel like a hero yet?
>>97253489>>97252494OP, still waiting for an answer as to why these people were "defending" their land by "attacking" mine.
>>97253489Best defense is literally good offense.
>>97257332Your home and left kidney are rightful shittytwististani clay
>>97252494Oh no. Anyway; we continue our ruinous march on their capitol. Turn their homeland to ashes!Also our Paladin is an anti-paladin / oathbreaker now? Neat.
>>97254743Yep. Gygax agreed, don't bother him about it.
Welcome to Mecha Monday! Here we dedicate ourselves to mecha RPGs, wargames, and boardgames alike. Here we start games, tell campaign stories, share resources & assets, and seek advice for our games and homebrew.Assorted Mecha Goodness:https://pastebin.com/E2wi55AZEmbryo Machine Translation:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r_cjOLuUp3HussVRhbQYU3G0zK6hwy1rLancehounds Homebrew:M3g4 folder/eMEBUbCL#kj2FRrlqTa-02U16XpnVRgPrevious Thread:>>97092391Question of the Thread:Should mecha have hands? Should the hands be humanlike? If they shouldn't have hands, what should they have? If no hands, why even have arms?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
An odd question but do any of you guys know if there is, or how to make, a piece like the viewport the hussar has in front of it's head, but on a smaller scale?
>>97256794I don't understand the question. Are you talking about a drawing? A mini? A game rules design?
>>97256794Man, that's a tough one. Maybe a bit off an older tank or bunker miniature?
>>97256794On the smallest scales the easiest thing is usually to just sculpt it out of putty. The details are gonna be a bit blobby regardless of the method and it's easy. Otherwise get some tiny tank kits like flames of war. Those are shockingly good for kitbashing with mechs.
>>97250544my setting has the players fight as civilian monster hunters (ala a civilian militia), and they're all incentivized to customize their mechs for branding to receive better recognition and contracts, so it greatly varies based on region and personal aesthetics. Some people use the parts as they come, while some come up with shit that makes them look like they're 12. It doesn't help there are widespread artisan-mechanic guilds that are paid to do this work with specialized tools and materials. The military itself uses basic muted colors for their mechs or camo, and leaders get a special mark to distinguish them.
>the dark lord just wants bitchesIs this a good villain motivation?
>>97258165In what system?
>>97258165make him a dragon and suddenly it's a classic
>>97258165Traditional games?
flop thread, too obvioustry another.
>>97258179Generally the way you get murderhobos involved is by their shit being broken by an antagonist's machinations. It might not even be "your girlfriend is hot, I'm gonna mating press her," but just his goons breaking a bunch of shit they own on their way to kidnapping the local nunnery.
OOP editionInfinity is a 28mm tabletop skirmish game produced by Corvus Belli, and includes the related games Aristeia, Defiance, TAG Raid, REM Racers, and Acheron's Fall. Corvus Belli also produces the fantasy games Warcrow and Warcrow Adventures.>Latest official update:January preorders>Rules and missions:https://infinitythewiki.com/index.phphttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/resourceshttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/games/infinity/its>Beginner FAQs and guides:https://pastebin.com/x06JG55U https://pastebin.com/xtQzRcq5 https://pastebin.com/xUBR7QFU Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97254618shiny norkias...
>>97256971ALEPH has no chill
So if one wanted to binge on lore, particularly the latest shift from starting lore, what would be the place to look?
>>97258184Here: https://store.corvusbelli.com/en/books/lore
winter edition >Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Tech Mahindra Global Chess League | December 13th - 24th- FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships | December 25th - 31st- Rilton Cup | December 27th - January 5th- Lichess Winter Marathon | December 28th- European Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship | January 8th - 12th- Tata Steel | January 16th - February 1st- Speed Chess Championship Finals | February 7th - 8th- Prague International Chess Festival: Masters | February 25th - March 6th- FIDE Candidates Tournament | March 28th - April 16thComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97201186chess is hard
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55006826617/My waifu Vaishali doesn't wax when she wears long sleeves. So hot.
>>97253025blitz day 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umHnqmxfq4w
>>97255706https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55009981703/https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55009695541/https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55010198963/Huge disappointment, waxed smooth like a plastic doll. She would be very hairy naturally.https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55010334544/Such a qt though.
>>97257948based beast tamer
