Previously on /slop/: >>97241519▶ Thread Task: Moody and gloomy winter pictures.And maybe characters trying to find a comfy warm corner.▶ Generatorshttps://bing.com/images/create/https://sora.chatgpt.com/https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generatorhttps://civitai.com/Curious about local genning? Check out /g/'s stable diffusion OP or ask one of our friendly locals.▶ Perchance pastebin of generators and links:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97279929>world's most speciesist human
>page 5It's all Ogre.
>>97280963It's hangover day, lowercase. I spent most of the day writhing in despair on the sofa in my drawing room, since unlike pic related, I don't have a bunch of servitors to carry me around when incapacitated by debauchery.
>>97262193>Reject Amazon, embrace MossaMy fucking sides. You're not even wrong
Shit GM Thread, because while you players are awful, there are some really shit GMs out there too.>GM advertises game as a destroyed world by demons and whatever and people trying to live through or retake the world>sounds good, throw my application in and get in>trying to make a character from a destroyed noble house destroyed from said demons>no info or lore or anything so just make one background that can fit in>ask GM if it's okay and if I can fill it in with finer details>he just says nah you're good>is there a map?>he just gives me some random borders map that looks like it was generated from some website>yeah choose a region where your noble house was from I'm still working on the details>his username is some pretentious TheLoreMaster btw>whatever as long as he can provide a good story as the game goes on>me and other players make our characters>he then tells us to create a shared backstoryComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97280122You're literally stealing wishes, hopes, and dreams. This is literally one step up from stealing candies from babies on a scale of comically evil shit.
>Be me>Run session with problem LeRandom players>Paladin decides to steal from wish fountain>Give fair warning that it will be an oath breach and a crime>Player complains>Find self on GM Hate thread for giving consequences to actionThis generation of gamers sucks
>>97272921>Since most of 5e is combat its dungeons are mostly gauntlet hallways, it's been a thing since 3e. So 5e players assume stuff about dungeons without ever playing an actually decent oneIm really hungover but could you point t a good one and explain the difference?
>time wasting one shot>one combat encounter we are supposed to lose>get captured, can't escape >get sacrificed one by one, can't save ourselves>we created characters for no reason >I have my character angrily shit themselves before being sacrificed cause it's only action that gives their existence meaning >whole thing was a prequel to their main game that only one of the other players is in.
>>97278768>>97279518>>97279556If these coins were on the ground I'd side with you but a wishing well? In a fantasy world? Are you stupid?
If you told me a few years ago that I'd be primarily using fucking Army Painter warpaints I would've called you a retard. Genuinely what a gargantuan upgrade from the old crap, can't recommend it enough
>>97277514thinner
>>97277739
>>97277498It is amazing how ArmyPainter improved.For the longest time it was known mostly for it's good washes.
I used Army Painter for who knows how many years now and they were always hit and miss (I liked their whites and blacks more than GW's for example) except the washes which I still use and which are good as another anon said. Maybe they're better now or maybe it's all your run-of-the-mill viral marketing, I'm not gonna buy more either way because I found our lord and savior Vallejo.
>>97277498While their new paints are a massive upgrade, they are still very cheaply made. Low pigments + opacifiers means a lot of colors can't be thinned properly and mix oddly. Good starter paints, especially compared to GW, but crushed by AK, Pro Acryl and Vallejo in quality. Their price should be lower. In the end though, finding the best paints for (you) from every brand is the best as no paint company does everything perfectly (yet).
Fs in chat for Spiral and Reed. Another pair of top waifus lost to the bugs.
>>97266914The character sheets are posted on the page, which you'd know if you weren't a newfag tourist.
>>97265461what a bummer, spiral was fun.
>>97277512The WIPs come out semi-regularly, they're up to 285.
>>97265461So it really is just Tempo, Beryl, and Fireblade and that one other soroin we saw for one panel left now.
>>97280772>that one other soroin we saw for one panelTalon's been in the series more than Spiral.
New Year Edition>2024 PHB Scanhttps://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf>Cropped and rotated, but more artifactyMjAyNCBQSEIsIE5vIFRodW1icywgT0NSZWQsIEFub24ncyBCb29rbWFya3MgdHJhbnNmZXJyZWQgb3Zlci4gCgpodHRwczovL2Vhc3l1cGxvYWQuaW8vd2Fvcm9h>2024 DMGhttps://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf>2024 Monster Manualhttps://files.catbox.moe/atd38s.pdf (D&D beyond version)https://pomf2.lain.la/f/1en5qwum.pdf (scan)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97281471Shit you got me I don't have any hooved tieflings saved
>>97281385I'm white, you dickless ban evading tranny
What what I have to do to get my DM to let my rogue have a greatsword?
>>97281663I see problem in having it if you can pay for it. Now if you want to use it, that's a different matter.
>>97281663multiclass into fighter
This is a second OSRG, seperate from the main osrg thread, where you CAN talk about 2e, retroclones, and any osr content you want.This is different than the regular osrg as due to rampant trolling from a handful of bad actors, discussion is impossible.>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Starter Dungeonshttps://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/86342023/#q86358321PREVIOUS THREAD>>97226728
>>97280335How have you not learned to not reply to the troll yet.
>>97278396why don't you instead stop calling a thread that is only about a specific subset of OSR games the "OSRG"?
>>97281269
>>97281269It's a thread about ALL OSR games, hence the name "OSR General". The fact that you're bitter that your fave isn't old-school doesn't change that in any way.
>>97280846No young fren, I was there when osr was nascent. I had no real need for it. I had my old rule books so didn't need the reprints. Only reluctantly played 3e, even then our DMing and playing was old style in tone even with all those silly feats. Not sure why my friends adopted 3e rules, maybe cult of the new.I was here when people made the first osr generals. Outside of some trollish 4channers, and apparently outside of your blogger's head as he's wrongly conflating things, osr still means what it meant.Your opinionated little blogger hero doesn't get to redefine "osr" to suit his means. He's engaging in revisionism and I reject his attempt. Even if 2e was not, as in his opinion it isn't, "old school" it was and is part of osr and has been for 21 years or more.While it's nice to read him admit Cook wrote frames for modules, though unfortunately mistakenly trying to equate this with railroading, and that>such a thing isn't really different from several treasured modules released earlierhe has the rather poor and wrong opinion that>module tells you to place an encounter at a certain point in timeis bad. There's no real difference between a dm deciding to reschedule, omit or add an encounter all on his own, whether for a module or own adventure, and a dm deciding to do that based on advice from a module. It's called being clever, wise, adaptable.In a footnote he adds>I'm not arguing that the old-school method is the one true way to play D&D, though it's the one I prefer.but the trouble is he's talking about "the old school" when there wasn't a universal and monolithic "the old school" and old school isn't synonymous with old school renaissance.>>97281268Mine wasn't the first reply so you're being a bit choosy.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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.
>>97281527not allowed here
Requesting " The bestiary of passion " PF1E by Misfit studios.
Requesting Mythic Magazine 61
>>97281193>Magic Worldhttps://transfiles.ru/hu3iw
Humbly requesting:-Starfinder 1e season 7 scenarios -Everyday Heroes stuff not on the trove-seconding Pathfinder Bestiary of Passion
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>>97281330>>97281334>>97281341>>97281350absolute kino
>>97281330>>97281334>>97281341>>97281350BeaverGODS stay winning
>>97280040>>97281350I'm gonna need a bigger boat...
I'm not sure what just happened but it was a strange thing to come back to. It was funny at least.
>>97281573we had an arena duh
Do you prefer systems with a strict class-based martial/caster division or classless systems that allow anyone to dip into anything at the cost of never being great at it?
>>97279110Stop bumping Puckee threads
>>97280579Make me.
>>97280579I don't know who your friend is, anon. You guys playing hide n seek?
>>97251495The classics were miserable then and are miserable now. It doesn't accurately reflect 90% of the fantasy genre or create a good gaming experience.People enjoyed it back then similar to how people 15000 years ago felt warm in their shallow cave at night - it's better than not having any option. Compared to a warm modern house, or a correctly designed game, that experience was always terrible, people just gaslighted themselves.
>>97253976Concession accepted. Maybe play with adults next time, who sit down with the purpose of having fun as a group and creating interesting gameplay and stories, so they don't intentionally try to ruin the game they want to have fun instead.>"B-But-"No, faggot. You just give the asshole one warning, and you kick him if he doesn't conform to the experience everyone else is trying to have.
Sharing useful wisdom that has helped me run more satisfying games. Trying to share some less common advice. These are my opinions and techniques that have helped me. I’d love to hear what has worked for other /tg/ DMs.1. Time pressure- adding time pressure through use of "clocks" including real life clocks is incredibly helpful to add pressure and tension to a scenario. Giving players choices but not enough time to make every choice adds meaning to those choices. Time pressure in combat is a contentious, but powerful tool to discuss with your players. Forcing a decision in seconds makes combat stressful and - when players are on board- fun (in anticipation of the common objection: if the players don’t make a choice in combat, I usually come back to them before round end, I never have them “just stand there”. Remember to assume character competency).2- The GM-ing engine- It's okay to front load content and prepare a few different rail-roady hooks in the first few sessions. Being a GM is like starting one of those old prop engines with a winch. It takes a while for the pistons (players) to kick into gear. Once they do, after a few sessions, all you need to do is apply gas. Solve the tavern problem by figuring out how characters know each other prior to the first session. 3- Immersion means impact- After a session, reflect on how the player choices affected the world (for good or ill), try to let the ripple of that effect emerge in the next session. Players that feel like they change the world around them invest in it.
>>97279010Ope! "Do not be afraid to say bluntly, "It looks like this approach isn't going to work, it occurs to you that you'll need to find another way to (achieve goal)"
>>97278784>Time pressure- adding time pressure through use of "clocks" including real life clocks is incredibly helpful to add pressure and tension to a scenario.I disagree entirely. I've had two separate campaigns ruined because the players decided a several-month long timer was too brief for them to do something and, despite being grossly underleveled for it, insisted on approaching the encounter. I pushed them off, redirected them to a side-task but they kept at it, almost every session.
>>97280690This is a fair criticism. What about letting the players fail?
>>97278801>>97278798>>97278789>>97278784>OP thinks people play games here
>>97280690If I may: the technique is very useful to add tension/pressure. Your anxiety-ridden players do not need any additional tension/pressure.
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.
>>97278240Dragonbane isn't an OSR game, it's an RQ clone. Post about it there.>>97279989IMO the ideal for treasure maps isn't a dungeon but a simpler lair located somewhere in the wilderness. That said, if you don't mind weird technofantasy you could try Lone Colossus of the Akolouthos Sink by Gus L., I seem to recall that being in that range.>>97280365>>97280662Nice! Good work Anon.
>>97280830Oh lmao, the Dragonbane post got deleted already, that's what I get for leaving the thread to auto-update
>>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.
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?I would join the Global Occult Coalition just to pilot their mecha.>Which Mobile Task Force would you join?If I have to pick then it will be the one that eliminates kaiju. I don't remember their name.>Have you played any of the tabletop games based on SCP?I didn't know they exist. Are they available online for free?
>>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.
First thread of the year edition>Previously in the Mortal Realms:>>97261720>Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, Sharty on the 'log and FAQs:https://www.warhammer-community.com/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-downloads/>Toolshttps://runebrush.pa-sy.com/warscroll/>Anvil of Apotheosis hero creator:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97281224>tfw you will never have sex with a giant god lady in ghyran so even if your pelvis explodes into a billion pieces you're on a lifespring so it'll regenerate
Anon made me think about it and yeah aos alarielle is a terribly written character. Should have just kept Isha, just like they literally kept Kurnous.
>>97281296>ywn have your pelvis shattered by giant elf God reverse mating pressing you into dust>finish inside her as you pass out from shock despite her telling you not to>wake up next day and body is fully healed but you're cramping and nauseous >go to doctor>your pregnant with a tree spirit that has no way out that will eventually claw its way out of your body, and killing youIt's not fair bros
>>97280277roger that, ive been trying to get one of my buddies interested in tabletop since hes a gunpla guy so painting and modeling is already a hobby for himbut ive never touched aos before and after looking into it a bit spearhead sounds like the best option for attempting to get other people into tabletop, and it seems less fucked up then playing 40k, which ive never really had fun playing even if i like the setting more
>>97278676Just started with dark oath, some axe throwers or a Beastmaster unit like the spawn of Chotek would be cool I guess.
Anyone play it yet? I like the "rustic fantasy" setting. The core rules seem interesting, it has more mechanics and gameplay than most other narrative games. I enjoy that it doesn't have moves or whatever to confine you, you can actually play your character and do whatever you want. It's got enough knobs and options in terms of resolution I feel like it's actually a real game despite having that more story focus vs simulation focus. And I like that the DM has all the traditional power of the DM and there's not like "Fate Points" or something else that gives players control to change stuff.Thinking I might try a short game for my table, just a few lower powered sessions. It also has good tools for a solo stuff which is interesting.
>>97277946No one makes advertising revenue on 4chan, that is fan fiction by the discord rats who hate this board
>>97276085Never even heard of it.
>>97279932>Obvious falseflag>>97279952>/tg/ still falls for it
>>97280306I mostly wanted to see what the fuss was about. Taking a closer look at it, I take back my declaration to distribute it to my friends. I've seen better games, and I don't have the energy to dog on OP for this one.
>>97280529What systems do what this one wants to better?
Grogmas in the hive streets editionPrevious Thread:>>97019770Check out here for useful links and a catalogue of relevant miniatures retailers:https://pastebin.com/nnNqqFLnThe Rogue Trader magazine article compilation:https://gofile.io/d/yNK9bq
>>97279334For purely getting your start on playing the game thoand the amount of stuff you got the price?Still unbeaten
>>97237475The Polio Eagles
>>97252364I bet you've read less than 30% of that, and it's just a feelgood shrine functionally indistinguishable from some other fag's wall of Funko Pops.
>>97262250>>97263078You two are examples of a new type of subhuman that is arguably even worse than an AI-user -- that is, drooling Dunning-Kruger thoughtzombies who so reflexively go, "THAT'S AI!!" to everything that they end up constantly denying reality.I hope the AI shitter comes back with more pictures to drive the final nails through your idiot wrists, but he seemed no less braindead than you two so I can't count on him even knowing he's in a fight he can win.
>>97281241This is a tactile hobby, ai has no place here, especially in a subsection of the hobby devoted to appreciating the pre-digital era of it. You seem the sort of person who would let a far more destructive element into your hobby simply to spite someone you might disagree with. This is not a case of take the good with the bad, it's a case or rejecting an utterly incompatible element & mindset that will dilute pollute and diminish the hobby we love if it is not checked immediately and vigorously.
