CYOA with the least aura?

>>97828143
Anything made by that lame ass nigga Italics.

>>97828143
The horror one where you're on a doomed expedition to a House of Leaves pastiche and it's constantly hammering how dreadful and hopeless the situation is.

>>97828143
ultimate god

>>97828177
which cyoa was this?

>>97828200
one of the things is that the humans aren't even incompetent per se, after all they still beat the Na'vi militarily despite having a serious disadvantage on the final battle due to the electromagnetic disturbances (they had no such issues during the attack on the home tree which is why that entire thing was the most one-sided slaughters imaginable, the only loss the humans suffered that day was one of their number defecting because of how bad a slaughter it was)
It's them getting caught off guard by the planet wide super-intelligence mobilizing literally the entire biosphere against them that deals the final blow

the only major mistake they make is having the bombs delivered in-atmosphere rather than being dropped from orbit and even that one can be reasonably explained by the mercenary commander not being able to trust the civilian spacecraft pilots to actually go through with genocide, especially after he already suffered several cases of civilian defection and one case of even a mercenary defecting

because again has to be said repeatedly, this was not a military operation in the slightest, the entire aerospace portion of the operation is run and operated by civilians and the mercs are damn lucky they actually managed to finagle mercenary pilots for their VTOL craft

aside from that of course, the biggest blunder the humans made was completely fumbling diplomacy not just with the Na'vi but also with the planetary supercomputer, but that blunder is already well established before the first movie even begins as a key part of why the movies even happen in the first place

>>97821566
Pro tip: If it's not stale garbage it's not HFY

>>97826746
how tf is Avatar anti-human?

>>97828229
the idea that the reception to Avatar was bad is also something that only exists because of extreme vocal minorities

the most common thing people took away from the first movie is that it was gorgeous, people might not have liked the characters much but they did like the world and how it was presented
and yes that means even among the general moviegoing audience there was a lot of sympathy for the Na'vi, mostly because the world was so pretty and the corporate dickbags in that movie were trying to destroy the pretty world

Quaritch was badass sure, and most people took it away like that, but he was also side-by-side and for most of the movie taking orders from a corporate slimeball with exactly 0 fans
And it's not like villains being badass has ever stopped them from being villains

>>97828248
it's not really, it's anti-corporate and pro-environmentalism so it's only anti-human if you're one of those people who believe you should be a mindless slave to corporations, in which case I would urge anyone to check the early life section of their article

>>97828176
>anon discovers that the game pieces are representations and not scale models
Man, your head is going to explode when you start looking into how big dropships are.

>>97825249

Don't forget the Tomboki Hussars either! And whilst not anime, Buckaroo Banzai is literally just... in the setting with zero explanation.
Hell, they're even referenced in some of the books!

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>>97828207
Ludicrously big yet seemingly never big enough

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>>97828208
>cut from both FM: Davion and FM: Mercs

>>97828208
I can't find Tomboki Hussars in google. What is it?

>>97827886
How about creating your own thing? Oh wait, in today's stupid world everyone is chasing the safe option instead of doing something new and getting a market without competitors, it's too much risk for retarded modern investors.

I'm really not sure, but there's still some time to decide. On one hand, nowadays 50 bucks for 2 starter decks with dice included doesn't sound that bad of a deal, especially since they keep adding some bonus to all tiers. I do like keeping starter decks of different out of print games around like self-contained games just to see how rules evolve in card games though.

On the other hand... it looks so incredibly boring. Art is boring, gameplay looks boring, even these extras that should be exciting look so bland, like the deckboxes. These companies really should take some risks with innovation before every experience whatsoever is slopified into purgatory.

But what do I know? They make the big money after all. Maybe this is what people actually want.

>>97826573
Altered TCG,the previous kickstarter record older has ended after only 18 months. Maybe the cyberpunk IP will be able to carry this one.

>complexity level of Mtg starter/welcome decks with vanilla creatures
>no plans for expansion sets since it's based on a videogame with one said and done story
>female V
Get out of here with this crap.

>>97828043
Altered also made several incredibly retarded decisions everyone saw as unsustainable from the beginning. Mechanically unique cards? Print on demand after trading on their NFT-ish app? Cyberpunk seems more conventional in the business model.

Sorcery was a kickstarter success and so far seems to be doing well but that is also due to recognizing it is very much a niche product and playing to that niche.

>>97825959
In my mind the whole purpose behind playing Heretics is to play as the bad guys.

>>97826244
Oh yeah being the bad guys is fun, especially when we get cool shit like the woof and witch, they're also just fun to play, drop your doods down, they cast gun or beat the shit out of a guy. No eking out every drop of performance you can, just doods in a trench

>>97824034
This is unironically the answer but it's unfortunately impossible because the creators are already brainpozzed by the mind virus. Sad to see. I wanted to like this game but I can't support it.

>>97820513
>How do we repair public perception of Trench Crusade?
>we
it ain't my fuckin job, I'm just gonna play it with buddies and paint my models. If the company wants to repair their image they're gonna have to grovel and kvetch and make reparations at least twice as good as the 'harm' they did/

>>97825343
honestly I still think its bullshit heaven won't send out any basic bitch forces. Where's my cherubs and compassions and lower principalities? Hell is sending out lord of tumours and other low tier and mid tier demons. Like I get not sending out a Throne so hell won't have Beezelbub himself come out etc but doing nothing while Hell gets to act is bullshit

>>97823527
>A Touhou game that plays like X-Wing or Blood Red Skies
that's honestly a really good idea

>>97826761
>>zelda
>>monster hunter
>>super smash bros
Strange pulls, none of these significantly feature armies.
>marathon
Soon-to-be radioactive brand whose lore mostly boils down to "and then the hero killed the bad guys," "and then the AI went crazy" and "and then everybody was blown up with a really big bomb." Does not exactly lend itself to large scale engagements.
>street fighter
This might be the worst pick of all. A series entirely about 1v1 fights with fluff no one cares about.

>>97827820
>armies
You don't need to be a mass battle game to be a wargame.

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>>97826761
>warcraft
mfw this is an even worse idea than starcraft, and yet because of starcraft's fake success it's practically bound to happen now

>>97825359
To be fair there's a good number of kits sold on the internet, vinted in europe has some sweet deals sometimes.

>>97827616
cry more, the tarot cards were cool when they were major arcana but then just got lazy like >>97827389 said

>>97827456
you don't always find a +1 sword, sometimes you get mugged of your items

>>97821105
>puckee spamming his commission again
https://www.reddit.com/r/ReasonableFantasy/comments/1s9p7et/vivienne_cruft_peasant_woman_by_dennis_fr%C3%B6hlich/
https://desuarchive.org/_/search/image/MZQ6oAeU30IPlBg_XUeEuA/
>4 times since April 2026

stop advertising your reddit account

Any good 2024 third party stuff out yet?

>>97824377
Learn subtext.

>>97795136
how to use this link?

>>97816712
The do, but not in any way that doesn't have an equivalent (albeit more fiddly) flat distribution version.

>>97826728
Such a system could be made in principle but no one has and no one would want to use it if they did. So the equivalence is meaningless.

>>97827841
How can you make that claim, people are willing to try anything if it works.

>>97827655
Seconding Vorazun as the #1 pick, Selendis, Alarak and Talandar would also be great.
Just give me more Protoss, I fucking love my Protoss.

>>97827655
I support more big Protons titties, no matter how they get in the game.

>>97827655
I'm pretty sure Vorazun knows why Zeratul had to kill Raszagal. And likely agreed that death was preferrable to being infested by whore-igan.

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>>97827897
Protoss having tits is so silly. They have no mouths, what possible reason would they have for tits? They really ought to be flatties but I guess Blizzard modellers had their dicks do their thinking for them when they were designing the protoss ladies in SC2.

>>97828165
>Blizzard modellers had their dicks do their thinking for them
Back when they made good characters
>kerrigan
>protoss gals
>inquisitor white mane
>year 1 overwatch
>all those great HoTS models

Man i miss those days

Traditional games?

>>97823568
your bots like 3 days late bro

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>>97823625
Dude 4chan is like the playground for various idiots to experiment with chat bots.

All of the 4chan bots have like 3 or 5 brain cells at best. It is like chatGPT hobo edition. The google cardboard VR of chatGPT.

>>97797871
OY VEY!

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>>97827208
https://2e.aonprd.com/HellknightOrders.aspx?ID=1
It's a reprint, but also a buff.

>>97826796
Since at least Occult Adventures in 1e, Paizo's been piecemealing the Warlock kit and ideas to various classes. Especially once D&D5e hit, they saw the frankly overloaded class, and just decided to not do it for 2e.
>Witch takes the lore of the mysterious patron that gives free powers for nothing and cantrip buffs
>Kineticist takes the one-action cantrip blasts and at-will powers
>Psychic takes the limited spell slot design for focus on buffing cantrips
>Magus takes Pact of the Blade/Hexblade shenanigans and very limited spell slots (Bounded Spellcasting would be far more palatable a design if it was 6 slots over 4).
>Summoner got Pact of the Chain and very limited spell slots

In some ways, a good portion of 2e's lifespan was spent chasing the Warlockfags without wanting to commit to a full Warlock kit, to only mixed success. People just value the Warlock's nonsense too much to compromise on. Compare to how Artificer got split between Alchemist, Inventor, and now Runesmith and barely anyone bats an eye.

>>97827208
>Expecting the Lost Omens team to play the game and not wax poetic about shit no one cares about
i envy your naviety~

>>97826961
>you aren't doing (the thing that makes you a warlock) but you're getting fucked with by your DIVINE patron because your powers came with a curse
cmon man, I kind of see how it could be a similar fantasy but witch is still clearly the pick for a warlock and oracle's class fantasy is clearly more close to... ya know... a mythological oracle....

>>97827482
I mean mechanically sure I guess but that mechanical perception of a warlock basically only exists in 4th and 5th edition D&D, or things that have copied it I suppose. The basic idea of pact based arcane caster is a much more relevant comparison unless someone was specifically looking to be an eldritch blast bot IMO.

>>97827482
>Compare to how Artificer got split between Alchemist, Inventor, and now Runesmith and barely anyone bats an eye.
those three classes are all terrible in some way desu

>>97826796
>it doesn't have eldritch blast or anything but both are arcane spellcasters who get their magic from a pact with a powerful magic entity. Although I'll give you pathfinder's patrons lean towards the more distant and mysterious rather than the kind that has a chance to breath down your neck.
Arcane spellcasting is probably the least important thing from Warlock identity. Hells, you could probably fit them into any of magic types without changing much fluff-wise. Patron being the neckbreather is likely the most important aspect of the class identity thing, whereas Eldrich Blast being customizable thing is probably most important mechanical identity.

>>97827866
>For punishment you must dress sexy
Woah there Mr Puritan, you are going too far. You might upset our lord if you observe scantily wenches

>>97828075
Sexy dress AND serving drinks to the rowdy enlisted that's very humiliating surely

>>97828075
Sounds like a good intro to a campaign, or a decent price for a recovery spot, actually.

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>>97828139

>>97827866
depends on the girl

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Been thinking about roads again.

>>97826060
>Any good ways to explain the difference between a mortal and a monster in your fantasy setting?
I have three different types of soul, the aetheric soul of mortals, the elemental animus of elementals (elementals that have become self aware/distinct "races" essentially) and I forgot what I called the liminal/fae version. So "monsters" would be different from mortals on a fundamental level. Although mortals can become corrupted or otherwise changed into monstrous forms so I guess the distinction isn't so clear cut in all scenarios.

What are your in world slurs? Do elves call dwarfs diggers?

>>97827264
Race based slurs aren't really impactful or all that insulting/offensive in my setting.
Like the Blooded might refer to "lesser" peoples as stock (as in livestock, you know, because they literally feed off them or use them for their utility). But people are generally more concerned with what the blooded do, not what they say. There are still stories from before the Apex was revived, when powerful blooded did whatever they pleased in their domain, including horrific fleshcrafting and unethical experimentation. So just being referred to with dehumanizing language is basically nothing.

Fera will refer to humans as hairless or baldies, since fera are covered in body hair. But it's generally seen as a childish insult with no real impact or venom behind it.
Lizardmen will occasionally call the other races apes, but again there is no bite behind it.

People got more serious shit to deal with then fantasy racism.

Hell, to the people in Centennial, comments about piss and shit are FAR more offensive to them.
Meanwhile to the people of Soul, blasphemy in general and especially blasphemy against their main god Sol, are fighting words that will get you killed. They have zero tolerance for it.

>>97822512
What kind of stories are you looking to tell or games you want to play?
Let your narrative or design goals inform and influence your worldbuilding.

For example the whole ecology of magic in my setting is designed from the ground up to be a ongoing conflict motivator that ties directly into why monster filled dungeons exist and are actually a good thing, as well as always giving a reason to go out into the dangerous wilds since it's highly lucrative to those who can consistently survive.

>>97825040
I've been looking for a viable alternative to mothership for similar reasons, Death in Space seems at best half baked, the combat rules especially.

>>97827167
I haven't looked at that one. You might be able to use stars without numbers. That one has a lot of options

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>>97827164
I think that name rings a bell, I saw it when I looked up CSC in the archive.

It's a really great piece of work, I've been having a marvelous time with it at my Gongfarmers chapter.

The next adventure I want to do is a multiple-choice mission where the PCs are offered three jobs from their fixer;

>I've got a guy who wants a guy dead. I've got another guy who wants someone...extracted against their will. Nothing bad will happen to him, in case you care. And I also have a straightforward bodyguard/escort gig. Take your pick, I have other runners who'll do the others.

Turns out, it's all the same guy. A mob informant is trying to duck out of his deal. The District Attorney wants him to testify, the triads want him dead, he wants to go to Tahiti with his mistress. The PCs will be up against two other teams of runners who have opposing objectives.

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Anyone here ever tried using the Veins of the Earth cave generation system? I like how it can make nonlinear and challenging passages, but I can see it becoming repetitive with the limited number of options.

>>97827632
Not a fan of abstract maps, honestly. Particularly those that claim to create 3d maps but actually give you 2d planar graphs.

>>97826409
Mao had no problems with Kung Fu practitioners who were brainwashed into being obedient communist lackeys. Unfortunately for him, there weren't that many around. At least not as many to convince him that a purge was unnecessary.

>>97826423
Cultivation novels are essentially about a bunch of guys using magic, alchemy, and violence to transcend to higher planes of existence, it doesn't take much to switch the Celestial Bureaucracy to gibbering idiot gods.

>>97826382
>It's a well-documented fact that Ip Man used to be a cop
That doesn't mean he kung-fu'd his way through riots or that he trained cops to use wing chun to fight rioters. You're conflating basic training, which all cops do, with the movies where this guy was an untouchable badass.

>>97819486
Killed by Jackie Chan

>>97826963
Again, Ip Man wasn't the invincible superman of the exaggerated movies based on his life, nobody is capable to put down hordes of people with his Kung Fu irl. But the very fact he was a police officer during times of strife disproves the accusation that "he never regularly fought people", as the fact that he was selected to supervise police training, something a fake master could never achieve in pre-WWII China, disproves the accusation that he was just a moron spewing Bullshido, like many modern chinese lolcows. As for teaching cops Wing Chun, Ip Man did exactly that: several among them went on to be Wing Chun masters themselves, and take students of their own. Apparently, there were a few whose interest got beyond basic training. All of this is well documented: famously, Wing Chun associations very meticulously record master-student's lineages. While you can, technically, print a fake certificate and sell yourself as a true Sifu, trained by legendary masters, you would be immediately sued the moment actual practitioners learn of your existence should you decide to pull this trick with Wing Chun. Bullshido dealers either invent their style or claim to be the last successors of some style among the many that got purged by the commies.