The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Tex Talks editionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38cHV-lZCXIPrevious Thread: >>97267187================================>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.
>>97282438Superheavy Elementals, the gene-freak made by the Society of course
>>97282514Anon is only starting to be reached out to. There's not enough of a working relationship to have faction-level effects. Standalone planetary or mercenary company effects is the level they can generally operate on, especially so for any interesting or crazy bullshit.>>97282438Could the Corporate Espionage be made up of former members of ROM? It'd be cutting it a bit long, but it has only been about 20 years since Comstar was largely dissolved.
>>97282619I actually find the concept of Mercenary Espionage interesting. A firm that performs secret missions for the highest bidder, offering a subtlety and reach that the state intel agencies can't match.
>>97282619>Could the Corporate Espionage be made up of former members of ROM?Do you think former ROM agents could have iron clad fake identities and decide to form a mercenary company to sell their services to the highest bidder?
>>97282438Horror story / Tragedy - one of the Federated Suns marches uses a McNamara's Morons plan and either Light Mechs or Battle Armor to raid the Capellans Combine.
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.
>>97282203We're getting full arts in coming sets, with some an extra special version called "Grand Master Rare" though that particular level is so extremely rare that it's gonna be in investment territory.If you want to go in on more general collectng, Konami has a pretty aggressive reprint policy that means there's gonna be a fair number of options out there.Since you mentioned going for graded stuff, know that it's way, way harder to get high grades in Yu-Gi-Oh compared to stuff like Pokemon. 7's aren't that bad of a pickup for instance. If you think I'm joking, the 1-of-1 Tyler the Great Warrior that was in a case from when it came off the line to when it got graded only got a 7. It's partly a matter of quality control, but also because the grading people look really deeply at all the cards for even the tiniest of errors to dock the grade by.
Is it just me or do master duel missions not always work?
>>97282449Nice
>>97282528It is laughably broken. At least once a week I will time-out on a mission because the game is fucked.
>>97282528Taking a stab in the dark at your issue, you can only complete the majority of them in ranked/events and if you surrender the game it doesn't count anything from that game towards progress.
>no display names>no player cards >large groupHow do I keep track of the characters? It’s such a weird thing to ignore. Just throw a name and picture onto the screen like every other Channel does
>>97281598>>97281695OK, one more try...
is travis the only straight furry
>>97281325who are you even talking about?
What are the chances that liam frequents this thread?
>>97282618If he did, that weird little anon who always defends him would get some acknowledgement, but he never does.
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.
You have to choose one of the current top ten to win a Classical game against, and if you lose, or draw, you die. Obviously, you’re going to die. But for the best of the slimmest of chances, who do you choose?
>>97282255Keymer easily. He’s pretty blind tactically and is basically an overtrained mediocrity whose parents had the means of hiring Peter Leko to coach him from a young age. His natural talent is minimal. I would complicate the game as much as possible and hope he fails outside of his classically trained comfort zone and misses a tactic.
>>97280936Thanks for sharing this, I’m conflicted as a Chiefs fan but I do like his content lol
What single chess video have you found most useful in your development?
>>97282616Hmm no single video for me, there’s too much to chess for one video. But I get a lot out of-PowerPlay Chess videos-ChessBase India videos of OTB games like https://youtube.com/watch?v=csdj0DmrEvA&pp=ygUWQ2hlc3NiYXNlIGluZGlhIG1hZ251cw%3D%3D-and the old chess24 rapid tournaments, especially during Covid
Post your favourite Warhammer Terrain kek
LGS has some decently colorful stuff, we can do more than the bare minimum at tourneys!
>>97282246Is this satire?
>>97282246Nigger half of it is unpainted, not to mention the paintjobs on the modelsI take it you're an amerimuttDo you ever play with thematic objective markers or do you just stick to faggot shit?
>>97279686no thinner
>>97281107Thanks anon, yeah it was cardboard. Anyway to minimize? I'm a poorfag so avoiding spending money is my motto and cardboard bases call to me.
A thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.Sheev I'm NJO editionPrevious: >>97217145Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing, Armada, and Legion>https://pastebin.com/9puqx1zeStar Wars Roleplaying Games (d6/d20/FFG)>https://pastebin.com/iUriRfaAOther FFG Star Wars tabletop (Imperial Assault, Destiny and the LCG)>http://pastebin.com/ZE4gn0yNComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What's it like being an adult who thinks about Star Wars on a daily basis and 2025?
>>97281397pretty rad. keeps the day from being boring when thinking about laser swords, alien babes, space ships and telekinesis.
>>97280538Survivor's Quest is fine other than the Droideka fight needing too much gimmick rather than just getting out of line-of-sight and force crushing.,
>>97280493Notice who is not on those posters but cost half a movie?Fucking Jar Jar. Even the people making the posters knew.
>>97280493>clone wars>uses adult Ahsoka's outfit (no midriff or miniskirt)0/10
Thoughts on moths?
>>97281262>coomer still can't answer the question
>>97276734We now know why moths and other bugs fly like crazy around artificial light forces - it fucks with their vision because they fly with the assistance of the sun and/or moon above them, so other light sources fuck up their senses and they want to get that light above them.
>>97277531You know how moths are made? Moth sex
A thread for talking about players doing dumb shit and acting like retards.>Be me>Running short campaigns for new groups at the LGS>Players are all tasked with defending some random hamlet in a backwater province from bandits that are planning to sack it and haul everyone off into slavery>First group is (rightly) terrified of a fair fight >Lures the bandits into an ambush by getting help from a neighboring village>raid their camp after they retreat and destroy the group>Second group tries brute force>Roll up on the bandit camp directly and alone>Talk their way into meeting with the leader when they rushed him>Catch him offguard>Are also playing optimized characters >Slaughter him and his guards and convince half of the bandit group to work for them, rest scatter>The third groupComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97280823Probably had multiple opportunities to ask about problems in those two months
>>97280884The onus is on the players to actually play the game. The GM is not a kindergarten teacher trying to herd retarded children around.
> no one bothers to remember shit between sessions> turns into a lot of "what are we doing" or "i dont understand whats going on"> one player will just start hallucinating dumb shit the others just shrug and go along with whoever speaks firstI dont demand perfect attention at all times with amazing in depth character interaction but please gimme something more to work with
This goes way back to the D&D Next Playtest.>Running the caves adventure with my regular group, wanting to playtest the new upcoming stuff.>Open up a lot of plot hooks >Dont follow up on any of them>"We're bored DM, nothing is happening">Get annoyed and have an NPC tell them directly "Go here, find this">Encounter group of 9 orcs>Wizard wins initiative>Steps forward in front of rest of the party with no plan>burning hands the orcs>Half die>Orcs move in and attack Wizard>"Why did they target me DM?">Other PCs flee instead of fightingComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97282621handled better not held better
>join a game>it's a new system>spend time looking through book, get ideas, munchkin slightly to at least have a good mechanic character, think backstories and character immediately, be excited to play>takes me a few hours to get my character in>at worst, it takes a day>everyone else takes like 2 fucking weeks because hurr durr gotta read a book and that's so difficult life comes first>join a game>its 5e DnD shit>since it's the most popular shit and easy to make just need to think of a character and ask what others are playing>get a character in 1 hour>others take fucking days to week>life, job, friend, vidya whatever is the excuseFuck. normalfags. Kill them all. Tabletop and nerd culture becoming the hip thing to do is the worst thing that has happened to this once niche culture.I work 40 hours a week, play vidya, workout, have to take out parents/grandparents out to eat on holidays and birthdays, and I can meet schedule and play tabletop just fine because this is my hobby and has been my hobby for 20 years. If you truly love something you can make time for it. There is no excuse.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97275912What if you made real friends so you would have a reliable group of like minded faggots to play with and it wouldn't be a problem
>>97275912I think I'm too far on the opposite end, where I'm so abnormal I'll sit at a table by myself for hours just testing mechanics I'd enjoy in games, because I'm not going to ever get mechanics like those sitting with a group "game", and my friends aren't interested in tabletop games that aren't casual card games like UNO or Cards Against Humanity.But you're so fucking right about being able to make time for something you love; most people just like to flake and make excuses. I get maybe two days to myself if I'm lucky, and I still find time to either develop mechanics or test them.
I agree
Isharmla..
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. And as we enter this happiest and newest of years, remember: 2e was never an old-school game, bait is for reporting, and fish is for smoking! Happy new year, grogs! 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.
>>97280032Could be something worth using there. I'll take a look.>>97280209I think I have Halls of the Blood King floating around somewhere. Worth considering. Thanks.>>97280830Yeah my initial idea was to generate a small lair and give some landmark designators to point them in the right direction when they search for it. (5 miles East of Obelisk, just beyond the lake. Place Obelisk and lake hexes accordingly on hexmap etc.) but I also thought this may be a good way to break up the process of delving such a huge dungeon as Stonehell.I was considering using The Hyqueous Vaults as it's been recommended by Prince and others. I could also have one of the macguffin rods from the module be bundled up in the map as my player hasn't actually examine it yet (fortunately for me). It's maybe a bit longer than I was looking for, at about 60 rooms, but it's only one floor and has "vault" in the title, so the allure of treasure would be strong.>Reposting the magic item I came up with the other day as I think the sloppa image I generated for it turned out decent.
>>97280181There is a supplement called Dungeon Grappling, you could maybe look into that.Although though it purports to be compatible with S&W, it seems to me that it's mainly written with modern editions in mind, but could be what you're looking for.
>>97280181TL;DR: No. The DMG has unarmed combat rules that are way more extensive than they ought to be, but they're not as detailed as what you seem to want.
>>97280830>Lone Colossus of the Akolouthos Sink by Gus LNow that's a name I've not heard in a long time. His Red Demon in the Vile Fens is in that level range although on the lower end.
>>97282325Oh yeah, that one's good too. Kind of the same concept though, isn't it.
Christmas edition▶What is Kingdom Death?Kingdom Death is a tabletop miniature brand stared by Adam Poots and operated by himself and his Team that later spun off into a miniature based bored game funded by two very successful Kickstarter campaigns.▶What is Kingdom Death: Monster?Monster is a Nightmare Horror cooperative boss battler/miniature hobby game for 1-4 players about hope in a strange world of bizarre monstrosities and perpetually darkness. Players take on the role of survivors that band together to form a settlement, fighting monsters, crafting weapons and gear, and developing their civilization to ensure survival from generation to generation.Prologue Narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLc8dHv0AcThe Game is broken up into 3 phases:1. During your Hunt Phase your band of survivors traverse the world of KD in pursuit of their quarry.2. After successfully tracking your quarry you will begin the Showdown Phase, where you must fell these horrific creatures in order to acquire precious resources.3. After the battle, your survivors wander home with loot in hand to begin the Settlement Phase. Arm yourself by developing new weapons and bizarre structures to prepare for next year's hunt.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I will buy recasts of monsters in order to have multiple palette swaps for higher levels.Also because spidicules is a spindly fuck and I need to practice ways to magnetize or convert his ass into something more wieldable for play.
Alright, Tyrant Lvl3 is dead (after a very scary early harvester incantation draw...) and we have our 4th people of the star and our 2nd and 3rd frozen heart. I think we're going to work on polishing their gear grids now, we've got 2 calcified shoulder pads cooking that'll pop right before the level 3 nemesis at 23, going to see if we can get 2 beast knuckles and a set of Lantern armor and dragon slayer for our katar and grand weapon user respectively. Ultimately, we're hoping to finish this campaign this weekend before we have to get to work, so we honestly might say it's a wipe to the king man at 23 to save time since we still don't have pottery (thank God barber burgeoning locked behind that anymore)
>>97281332Any good stl scans? I surprisingly find non on telegramHow's the recasts prices?
>>97280007What is the CoD expansion exclactly? Just an upgrade to the current ones? Or is it its own thing like gamblers?
>>97282335https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poots/kingdom-death-monster-15/posts/3951096TL;DR: >Updates to all wave 1 monsters to fit with strain and arc systems>Rules for choosing and/or randomizing expansions and swapping stuff out along the node system >A bunch of new campaigns and mini campaigns with accompanying monster minis >legacy system for more effects on the world post campaign >more crossover content between expansions like new combo armors, new settlement events, and calcified versions of expansion gear >fixing a bunch of retarded shit like silk armor and flower knight being too easy and lacking real gear
SCP editionTell us about your horror settings, games, etc. Share inspirational art, prompts, etc.>List of games:Call of Cthulhu, Chill, Cold and Dark, Degenesis, Delta Green, Don't Rest Your Head, Dread, Esoterrorists/Fear Itself+Book of Unremitting Horror, Fall of Delta Green, GORE, Into The Shadows, KULT, Little Fears, Mothership RPG, Nemesis (free on Arc Dream's website), Nights Black Agents, Silent Legions (Mostly for the tables), Stalker: The SciFi RPG, Symbaroum, Ten Candles, Trail of Cthulhu, Unisystem (All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Witchcraft, Conspiracy X, etc.), Unknown Armies, The Whispering Vault, Vaesen>Inspirational stuff:Caitlin R Kiernan, Castlevania, Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, Doom Watch, Fear & Hunger, George Romero, Ghostwatch, House of Leaves, I Am In Eskew, John Carpenter, Kolchak the Nightstalker, Laird Barron, John Langan, M.R. James, Nick Cutter, Old Gods of Appalachia, Quatermass, Ramsey Campbell, Remedy Series (Alan Wake, Control), SCP Foundation, Scarfolk Council, Shaun Hutson, Silent Hill, Stand Still Stay Silent, The Evil Dead, The Magnus Archives, The Secret World, The Stone Tapes, Anatomy, Thomas Ligotti, Twin Peaks, Vault of Evil forums, toomuchhorrorfictionOther News:H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society releases "The Spark Devil"https://www.hplhs.org/sparkdevil.phpCurrent Book Club Topic:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97266292>Would you join the SCP Foundation or one of its rivals?If I were to join the Foundation, it'd be Ethics Committee just to see what their internal barometer is looking like in there.For a POI besides? Anartists at large, whether or not they're part of "Are We Cool Yet?".
>>97279640>If I have to pick then it will be the one that eliminates kaiju. I don't remember their name.NTA but an MTF is literally called "Kaijumancers" in SCP-5000, but there's probably another MTF that you're thinking of.
>>97266292>Would you join the SCP Foundation or one of its rivals?Yeah, it seems like a good gig if you join it willingly. The MTFs have a shorter life expectancy but it's one of the most exciting jobs in the world.>Which Mobile Task Force would you join?I don't know the names but I've spent enough time on /x/ that I'd want to deal with supernatural or psi anomalies.>Have you played any of the tabletop games based on SCP?No.
>>97281610Oh and out of SCP's rivals, Church of the Broken God is really cool.
Book Club starter questions:>What works?>What's cool about it?>Why is it so effective?>What is the best part of it in your opinion?>Thoughts on the characters?>Is the villain effective?>If you had to pick a moment that really scared you, which would it be?>Is there anything you feel could have been expanded upon?>What would you change?>Would you use it as inspiration for a game?
After about 8 years since I last DM'ed a game, I've been asked to run a session. Unfortunately my books - adnd, 2e, 3e, 3.5, 4e, and 5e are in storage two states away.And i prefer physical copies. Thanks to critical role and the movie DND books have gone up in price which is weird.>4e books are ~10-15$ now. Is it viable to run 4e in 2025? I don't remember hating it and I still remember some home rules to streamline combat to speed it up a touch. Does anyone have suggestions for 1-3lvl adventures or campaign settings? >4e thread I guess
>>97235255The movie? why are culture warriors so retarded, the recent movie was not successful.
>>97254793Wait, they had elemental monks?
>>97279807Only Fire (Desert Wind) and Water (Eternal Tide) from Heroes of the Elemental Chaos. Unfortunately it was one of the last book with player options ever printed for 4e so we never got ones for other elements.
>>97254866>BinderI have no idea what the fuck they were thinking with this class.>Oh hey let's make a squishy ranged controller >Now let's make it's primary controller feature be based around standing in melee with enemies or beign the one to deal the killing blow(minions didn't count iirc?)Honestly the Hexblade was everything the Binder should have been.
>>97282374Binder seems like it was supposed to be designed with a Curse like base Warlock so it could trigger its Pact Boon at ranged when its Cursed target went down but they didn't want it to be damage and just erased it right before shipping it. What I would have done is make the Curse be "Minor Action you lay your Curse on the closest target. When you hit your Cursed target it is Slowed/Slid/Gains Vulnerable/whatever based on your Pact. When a target under your Curse falls to 0 Hit Points trigger your Pact Boon".Instead they made you, a Controller, have to finish something off or be next to it. And in a jank way to facilitate that you get at-wills that are fake Blasts so you can fire them off in melee. I wish I could have been in the room when they decided on that asinine bandaid. And to top it off as written you can't take the generic or other Pact specific Encounter Powers. It specifically says "You gain an encounter attack power associated with your pact." which absolutely guts your pool of Powers.If someone for some psychotic reason wants to play Binder just slap them and then make them play base Warlock, especially almost any Cha Warlock. You'll still have access to the Binder Powers if you really want them but the increased flexibility, better Pact boons, Curse which opens up so many options, the ability to stay ranged and in the end more consistent Control its just better. Similarly if someone wants to play Bladesinger you should beat them with a brick. If you want to be a magic sword guy Swordmage is awesome, Hexblade is okay and you can rig Sorcerer to be melee too. Or if you desperately want to be a Wizard then be a Mage and use AIP to poach a longsword onto it and waggle that around like a wand. Hell even just Hybrid Wizard with literally anything is better than Bladesinger.
Valakut editionPrevious: >>97129473>News & RemindersWorld Championship 31 won by Seth Manfield (Izzet Lessons, United States, he/him)Complete winter achievements for rewards December 16-January 6From November 18, 2025–January 19, 2026 Golden Packs will temporary contain cards differently than before due to "various pieces of internal nonsense"https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-december-15-2025>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQHave you played the brawl challenge, and if so, which commander?
>>97282537wrong one
did a streamer just play this deck or something? i feel like half the matches ive played today are against this deck ive seen maybe one single time before
>>97282401They weren't?
>>97282578at the world championships the entire top 8 was mice and izzet
>>97282592That was pro tour FF not worldsOmni was the 2nd most played archetype in that
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like Santa's Magic Sack!STEP 0:<----- That image is not a PDF, it's an image, at least for now. Check the 4plebs link below to find the PDF.PLEASE READ DA FAQ BEFORE REQUESTING OR SHARING.It will answer 99% of your questions about this thread. If you haven't read it, we will know.STEP 1:Please exhibit good manners. Threads start sliding off the board after a certain number of posts. More posts wasted on being rude means fewer posts available for sharing.STEP 2:Request, share, stay awesome!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Requesting Kazad Mor by Taylor Seely-Wright
Looking for- one way out- Hell World Earth- rue from ruin-brightborne- everything available for entity
Anyone willing to point me to a VTT Trove? Tokens (been to the one in the OP), Foundry, Roll20 I might be able to find something in any of them. Thank you in advance.
>>97280101It's not available yet, even to backers.
Requesting Pathfinder Adventure Path #221: Into the Apocalypse Archive (Revenge of the Runelords 3 of 3
