They're often treated the same way as if they were one thing, but they should not be. Magic is the bending of reality contrary to the law of physics, even in its own universe, while psionics is bending the material and spiritual world with the power of your mind. Unfortunately, game designers and writers lack nuance and creativity, leading to magic and psionics being interchangeable terms, i.e., Star Wars. But what do you think, /tg/? Should they be different or just different ways to use the powers in the setting they're in?
>>97862647I like how GURPS does it.Magical spells are skills with rigid effects that you learn in preset prerequisite trees. They cost energy to cast, and this cost goes up the more power you need, and goes down as you become more skilled. The effectiveness of magic is also affected by local mana levels.Psionic powers are customizable traits that you learn in no particular order and have flexible effects that you improvise on the fly. It doesn't cost energy by default, but pumping in energy can give extra effect or let you improvise new effects. Generally, powers are more expensive XP-wise, but have fewer restrictions and are a lot more flexible.However, that's just the default. You can easily tweak things so that spells work like powers. That's called Sorcery.
>>97863603Fantastical concepts definitely belong in fantasy, and nowhere else.
>>97866309No.
>>97862647then play GURPS, retard
>>97865217>There is nothing wrong with establishing magic and psionics as different powers if the maker of a game wishes to do so, especially if they take the effort to have them fill different niches and function differently.I have yet to see a game that pulled it off. It ether is clunky junk most hate and refuse to use or literally just another a flavor of magic like how it's treated in WoD and D&D 5E.
Infinity 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:https://youtu.be/72suWTk-K1M>Rules and missions:https://infinitythewiki.com/index.phphttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/resourceshttps://infinitytheuniverse.com/games/infinity/its>Beginner FAQs and guides:https://pastebin.com/x06JG55Uhttps://pastebin.com/xtQzRcq5 https://pastebin.com/xUBR7QFU>Model identifiers (what each faction can take, somewhat outdated new sectorials and old ones coming back):Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97869224They're an absolute upgrade over the current ones, but the previous ones are still better.
>>97869656The faces and hairstyles are GW tier
>>97868721Nuff said.
>>97869784>Not swiss guard
>>97869913Some new info about the animated series. Nothing much, just more team members, but at least the project is still alive.https://corvusbelli.com/en/press-room/press-releases/paradise-lost-team-esp?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwcHllYm13d3pZNmFWbVRwWnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR79_adGsoWlaKQhmtglBsTLEHW9hLCTUlt7UjhHsxsXlpezl9csB6oAraprdw_aem_HhOQpX4Ht3RpFv7rEjGksQ
What is the afterlife or afterlives like in your setting? How accurate is mortal perception of it while alive, and how does that affect the setting? And what do you need to remember when creating an afterlife?
>>97859536What's with the flowers? Are they supposed to be in Heaven or on Earth?
>>97863674Does heaven not have flowers?>hail satan
>>97859536I'm starting to like settings where there is no afterlife, guaranteed, no rules bent about it. When a character dies, that's it, they're dead.
>>97859536I don't like different dimensions, so the heavens and hells are usually both deep underground and sometimes you can wander into them by accident as a mortal which usually ends badly.
>>97859536Have you got any suggestions of your own, OP?
/bgg/ Board Games GeneralPrevious thread: >>97825383Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8*NEWISH* survey results:https://pastebin.com/scAkFdTv>do you prefer playing with your friends or with your SO? If you had to choose one, which?>what are some behaviors by other players that really grind your gears?>what do you predict are gonna be some candidates for game of the year?
>>97869299>You can exchange everything...Hang on, do you mean you don't like Root because you can't exchange cards in hand? You mean "unbound" not "mechanicaly represented".
Why is Wehrle so popular here? People can't stop talking about him and his games. What's the appeal his games have that you all like so much?
>>97869810he's popular in board gameshis games have cute art and are sold in Target
>>97867541base box includes vanilla arcs and Leaders & Lore variant which gives asymmetric powers to players, some say that's enough game for them and i can agree, the extra L&L pack is if you liked the game, and Blighted Reach is only if you wanna see even more rules in less turns on the same tiny map>>97869705>The people who can't compete for the first turns points are unlikely to "setup" for late game swingswhy not? if you know you can't compete an Ambition you should set up to compete in the next round, hoard resoures or get a good Court cardon the other hand, Raid dice and the ability to quite literally steal a win also encourage setting up for a play when you're not in the lead. Ultimately it comes down to what you can do with your cards, but even 6 actions in a turn can be huge if you make them huge.
>>97869810It's a case of presentation and hype amplifying his work. His games are not universally easy to get to the tableIn general people overestimate how often they’ll play these games. But the underlying systems are genuinely distinctive and influential in modern design. I really dislike these kinds of games, and I don't feel like I'm capable of criticizing whether or not they're objectively well designed. I do wonder if he would stand a chance as a designer if he had to start all over again. I mean probably not but that's not unique to him. I think when you're successful you overestimate how talented you are. I know I did.
tell us any stories about your LGS and it's customerbase, good or bad
>>97865264Even if what you say is right it is not a good idea to choose a lesser evil over what you deem is a worse evil.In the context of an LGS community of course. There are contexts where it is better.I just hate pokemon scalpers mostly because it is becoming dangerously common for scalpers to engage in more insane ways for cardboard crack to scalp online like robberies of varying comical degrees.The Pokemon scalping disease will spread to other card games if it hasn't already and eventually it will reach wargames. If it hasn't already to the level that pokemon scalpers go to get their cards to scalp online.
>>97866952Only old people and minorities.As a chubby chaser, trying to find a fat white zoomette under the age of 25 is like trying to find a fucking unicorn.
>>97867210Sheffield?
>>97870043>America solves its obesity crisis>With inflationComical
>>97865315>Sees Seto Kaiba IRL>is displeasedMad bcuz 3rd rate duelist
Uma delicia Edition>Previously, in the Mortal Realms>>97846080>Official AoS website:https://www.ageofsigmar.com>Downloads, Rules Errata, 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.
This chick did a whole Lumineth army using Cathay models
>>97870062I have to ask if it was an actual woman considering that color scheme
>>97869959Play them as CoS-Jade warriors as steelhelms-Peasants as wildercorps (figure something out for the dogs, gryph hounds can usually be found cheap on ebay but idk if they work sizewise)-Shield gun guys as fusiliers (maybe place the shield a bit closer to the body and ditch the supporting guy)-Shotgun guys (with leftover weapon bits from jade warriors) as grenadiers-Jade lancers as cavaliers-Wizard as wizard-Gate masters as marshal/marshal on horse-Cannon as cannon-balloon as cogfort-sentinel as RoR mega gargant-shugengan as zonn (maybe using the wizard on horse body)-miao ying as tahlia maybe?That leaves the gallants, anvilgard guy, ogre warhulk, command corps and zenestra, you could probably kitbash the ogre using the cannon set and some leftover bits, command corps will be trickier but I think you get a fair few character models between the balloon and cannon crew, could work something out. Anvilgard guy idk use small miao ying or something. Gallants no clear solution either, use jade warriors and dive into your bits box for some unique looking weapons and give them a colour scheme that sets them apart, it'll have to serve.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97870052In terms of pre-modernization armor and stuff? I think Japanese shape language can be easier to work with for miniatures and the like. It also helps that there are boatloads of popular media and artists' conceptual work on the subject, that I believe most Western visual artists are more likely to be familiar with than they are with media and history that evoke Chinese motifs.
If Cathay or Not!Nippon really come to AoS is fucking over.
Thread #012 Degenerate EditionWelcome to /schreck/ where you can rp your VTM character! For all questions concerning the World of Darkness, please consult the WoDg and CoDg thread>>97733980Previous Thread>>97621954Brief rules>We have no story teller, we are acephali>Threads are v20 based, although the night is long and full of whispers, lies, and half-truths. Decide your own canon but all will not believe you>all nicktuku will be diablerized on sight>all OOC discussion should be spoileredTHREAD QUESTIONComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97868688>Your death will have spectres recreate it in their theatres in the umbra.Now I'm interested in his fate. And if he isn't Diablerized and you need something done to his soul, I can help with that~For instance, extracting the soul from his body right after a so-called "Final" Death~
>>97868688Is that so? You two were pretty close, huh magic man? You want me to tell you about her final moments? The little mewling of pleasure she made as I was sucking the last drops outta her? The way her body trembled, and the nips on those huge tits of hers were stiff as a board, and she was so MOIST down there, if you know what I'm saying? It's a good thing I'm dead or I'd had such a fucking boner! What a rush!Oh! To make it up to you, I could mail you the keys to her place. I was gonna see what I could loot from it, but had to leave town in a bit of a rush, you see? You could drop by, maybe take a pair of those silk panties she wore and spray 'em with some of her perfume as a keep sake! Something you can take a deep sniff from to remind yourself of the good times!I wish you could see the look on my face right now! But I'm on the road right now and this was just a temporary stop. Need to stay moving, but we can catch up later. Toodles!
>>97869675Welp. That didn't take long. I thought the Gangrel in your pack who had his female hyena peg his ass every night was the biggest shmuck in your pack. Good Job proving me wrong.
>>97867928>>97869675Alimania.Your 'Ally' died a warrior's death and you ran.Next I smell your taint or catch your online fuckup, the ocean will not save you. No estoy dispuesto.>>97869694His conviction redeemed his base habits. Did not flinch in the fire. Now I have a hyena. Medio salvaje.
>>97867379As good a meeting as it could be, given the circumstances. Amazing what some cheap beads do for my travel companion's morale.Best of luck in your hunts.
I reflected over D&D and realized something rather interesting. Each edition had a defining setting that only made sense for that edition. 1e had Greyhawk, 2e had Spelljammer, 3e had Eberron, 4e had ???, and 5e uniquely had Strixhaven. None of the other editions had a magic school, it wouldn't be befitting of those editions, but it works for 5th edition. What is a setting unique to your edition of a system? which one of these are your favorites?
>>97867398It still ripped off Treasure Planet.
>>97869212Thing is, that's the opposite of the design philosophy that they designed 4e's meat and potatoes with; the combat system is all about managing daily and encounter powers, in a rather bland grid-based crpg-style environment.
>>97866757There is nothing about Spelljammer which is specific to 2e at all. You can run Spelljammer in basically any tabletop system except maybe the pure futuristic sci-fi ones, and even then you could probably still manage it.
>>97866762As a retarded fanboy who likes the Nentir Vale/Points of Light setting but never played 4e I like it because it's a simple frontier setting with only a handful of safe settlements and lots of ruins to explore. It facilitates your basic dee and dee adventuring easily and doesn't have too much dumb shit in it (4e's obsession with dragonborn and tieflings nonwithstanding).
>>97869152There was a Ravnica D&D book though?
Previous thread: >>97766613GURPS 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.TQ: what's the best Gurps supplement based on a licensed IP (Prisoner, Deadlands, Discworld, etc)?
>>97868499>markdown>not HTMLcringe
>>97869208>HTML>not .texAre you even trying?
>>97869211>he doesn't reverse-engineer the original InDesignngmi
>>97869225>he doesn't reverse-engineer the original InDesignAll of the 3E and most of the Gurps 4E books were originally laid out with QuarkExpress. It's one of the reasons the × symbol changes to ¥ when you try to copy/paste it.(Quark can continue to burn in hell where it belongs, though— InDesign is -way- easier to deal with!
>>97868051It's just the cliché of a galactic multi-ethnic empire where the characters are free traders going from point to point in a sub-sector managing their shit and what-not. It just became some of that "reinventing the wheel" kind of thing where I've come to a point to think to myself "then... why not use OTU?", it's not like my friends know anything about the lore and GURPS Traveller flashes out the OTU setting pretty neatly, a way better material than what I can come with in the able time. But hey, GURPS Space is amazing, honestly, a solid tool kit, just a shame that I didn't make anything all that good. Maybe next time. Not that the work is going to the bin, just not using it, I guess.
what are some top tier sword n sorcery or fantasy series that aren't on the /tg/ wiki? i know there is hercules the legendary journeys and i will watch that, and fantaghiro film series, mythica film series, but what else?
There's the new Pendragon: Rise of the Merlin show on Dailywire+.Adapts Lawhead's Pendragon cycle, it's pretty solid. Charis ass and Morgan ass is well-presented when you see it.
>>97869313>I'm also a puritanok bro. Remember you will never be normal.
>>97869739>Prottie has his pants full of cum, because there is a sex scene in a movie>Somehow everyone else is a puritanWhy are you constantly projecting your own fucked-up perception of reality on others?
>>97869968see you're doing it again, you see a sex scene in a movie and you assume people are masturbating to it. This is why you're a puritan. You're making a big deal about something perfectly normal. You'd go to a movie like Lethal Weapon and it'd start with bare tits, and no one cared.Most people were not masturbating to game of thrones sex scenes. Most people just see a sex scene in a movie or series and don't mind it. The orgy scene is notable because it's hilarious, people are fighting and fucking and there's some random women in the mud, and its ridiculous in a funny way. This is why the movie is on the "good bad movie" list. Meanwhile, you see a naked tit and think it's such a big deal to you you assume everyone is masturbating. Puritanism personified.
>>97845142>no PRIMALPrimal is a love letter tonsword and sorcery pul stories
Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>97852146
>>97869951I mean it was doomed the moment it went mainstream. Wasn't exactly a surprise. The cracks started to appear even before that though. When powerscaling redditors got their grubby hands on the wiki and started making shit like unkillable mary sue lizards and infinity+ transcendent niggerman I knew it was over.
>>97868877The Epstein Files CYOA.
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>>97869969It's disturbing how efficiently the tranny cabal infiltrated and then subverted the whole project.
>Player or GM>Preferred System(s)>Schedule/Times Available (include timezone)>Voice or Text>Method(s) of Play (Skype, Discord, IRC, roll20, etc)>Tone/Theme Preferred>Contact Info>Other Notes
>>97865060I'm using Foundry VTT on version 11 so I can use a specific UI theme mod that allows me to customize it further with ease. I also have several manual .css changes throughout.
>>97865140>Foundry VTT on version 11Anon, Foundry is currently on version 14...
>>97865510that is why he is specifying what version he is using dumbass unrelated but the draw steel VTT looks very good
>>97859325>being fully concentrated for 8 hours is hardNo. No it fucking isn't. Put your fucking tiktok down, anon. You're literally developing dementia. Like actual senile dementia right now.Read a fucking BOOK. You have the intellectual development of a fucking toddler. How fucking old are you?!Fucking disgusting. Get out.
>>97867184>nogames compensating this hard
Tell me what your character DOES, and I will ask (YOU) to roll a skill check IF a check needs to be made. The next guy who asks for a skill check to search a room or wipe their ass, I guarantee you will fail it, no matter what you roll.
>>97863452Why even bother playing the game. The say you won. There's no possibility of failure, because the players always win eventually. So just say you won and skip the whole game thing.
>>97863452You don't know which actions require rolls and you don't know which traits apply to which actions. Sit the fuck down and do as you're told.
>>97864368No, none of that actually happens, specifically because the players don't choose when they roll. The barbarian's knowledge is determined by what he learns during the game, the same as any other player. Bluff and charm attempts have rolls called for by the GM, if the GM determines that there is some probability of success and failure. Weight limits are given on the lifting table, and never require rolls. You sound like you've never actually played a game.
players don't get to roll passives and the gm shall roll them in secretwhenever the party enter a new chamber, the gm rolls each one's perception behind his screen and, depending of the result, the gm will proceed to describe what they've seenno new roll shall be made afterwards unless something happens; if a trap is triggered, people can carry out a searchin a similar matter, passive and active perception should be two different skills
Players roll all dice, including for the monsters.
▶Previous edition: >>97687864▶What is /gwsg/?A thread to talk about Games Workshop's specialist and spin-off games which fall between the cracks.Battlefleet Gothic, Blood Bowl, Epic, K*ll Team, Man-o-War, Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game, Mordheim,Necromunda, Shadow War: Armageddon, Titanicus, Underworlds, Warcry, Warhammer Quest, Warmaster......and any other GW system and board game are welcome.▶Helpful resources (feel free to suggest additions!):https://pastebin.com/qq9N8V0V▶TQ: What is the best Orc Specialist Game?
>>97868071yeah, they're fine at low tv/short leagues. I doubt you would even notice they got nerfed in a short league. it's mostly just seethe over the fact they finally got nerfed after being the best team in the prior ruleset and they are worse for NAF and perpetual match making, but perpetual matchmaking is ASS and only weirdos play NAF and you can just fucking rebalance NAF with different rules packs. like the fags who bitch about NAF nerfs are the same fags who only ever bring the top teams for a specific format because they are the power gamer group and they're seething about necro being unplayable because most current NAF rules packets make necro tier 2 instead of tier 1. if you are playing a normal short for fun 6 week league the only nerf is that you can't mass guard on the long beards and the long beards lost tackle, but outside of amazons dodge is rarer since it's a 30k skill, you still have 2 tackle diving tackle players to counter elves and teams can't guard bully you since you have mass defensive and you still have 4 S access players plus the roller. I think a lot of the seethe is over the playstyle shift. Like Orcs got buffed but I'm kind of annoyed because I know they are better but they got playstyle shifted and are less faster dorfs with guard spam and are now closer to chaos renegades/undead with the MB spam instead of the four st4 guard spam I liked. but if I wanted to I could play nurgle who can do the guard spam thing with the sf nurgle warriors. I'm not sure who the new dorf playstyle dorfs are. the other big issue is the random bash your toys together teams like OWA and underworld are just better than dorfs, humans and skaven due to the nerfs and retarded >it needs to come in the starter boxrules for teams. Like OWA gets 3 long beards, a dorf blitzer, a troll slayer and human blitzer and buffed catcher so you still have 4 S access players (not including the roller) so they are better dorfs and humans
>>97868071>>97868137oh and I think this was a previous rules thing with the multiple rerolls per turn but they also buffed throw teammate one turns by not making it a throw action so teams like orcs with throw teammate and teams like OWA and Underworld who have a traditional chain block OTTD and a throw teammate OTTD are super strong if you want to actually win games and dorfs don't have either option but you can just take OWA, you get 5 dorfs (6 if you include the runner no one uses) and you have 2 somewhat reliable OTTD options and the human blitzer and catcher are fast and good and will help cover your mistakes and allow you to score way easier on offense with that MA8 compared to the dorf runner's MA6. there's also that retarded ass stalling ruleif you activate your ball carrier and can score without a roll, but don't and you don't hand off you lose 10k of winnings and roll a D6 and if the roll is higher than the turn the ball carrier gets hit by a rock at the end of his activation/turn
I looked at some Blood Bowl minis and that got me curious. Are the smaller games Blitz Bowl and Dungeon Bowl good points of entry? I won't play in a league or anything.I also noticed there's footballs on the sprues, what do you use those for? Just base decoration or do they work as markers?
>>97869687Blitz Bowl play more like Warhammer Underworld with ball, players died and infinitely respawn while you can also score by follow the objectives on the cards.The balls on the sprue are use to mark which player is holding the ball. There are rule for the special balls for each team, not sure if new season still had these rules, but very few people use the special ball rule anyway.
>>97869687>I won't play in a league or anything.Then why even bother? BB is designed around the league experience. If you want pickup games, go play something else.The balls are for base decoration. Nobody uses them to mark where the ball is, we use tokens for that. Starter box even comes with one now.
Hey /tg/ I have a problem. One of my players is a genuine incel. He's 27 and I'm pretty sure he's never had sex. He definitely hasn't gotten laid in a while. He's not really ugly just kinda weird and awkward. I feel bad for him. But he is taking his extreme thirst out in the game. >every time his character, a human eldritch knight, comes back from our adventures he always tries to play up the angle of "we saved the town, where are the girls to suck my dick as thanks?">he constantly talks about how his character is 6 foot 2 (he's 5 foot 8 irl)>he talks out of his ass a lot about medieval times and says that peasant girls were way healthier than modern women.>says how farmers would be begging to marry their lithe 17 year old daughters to him>he talks about medieval demographics and criticizes the DMa works building (which is actually kinda shit to be fair) >you can just tell how excited he is talking about how there should be a dozen villages between these two cities on the map, like he is stopping just short of talking about how many nubile virgin farm girls are there for his fighter to fuckWe tried talking to him about it but he twisted it around to make the rest of us sound like we were fucking gay or something. Also his character is too important to the story to kick him, and running him as an NPC would suck the fun out of it since there's be a lot of the DM just roleplaying with himself while the rest of us watch. So....any advice? Its not worth ruining the game over by kicking him, and nothing is so blatant to be a clear social violation, but the dude is just oozing incel energy and I feel like I should subtly suggest to the DM something that will set his head on straight, and possibly help cure his mindset. Any ideas?
>>97867751Not everyone wants to kick him though.
What's this called? Advanced Virgins and Vagenes?
Make a crowdfunding campaign and pay a hooker for your buddy.
>>97866058>There's no "story" in D&D, dammit.yes there is
>>97840927>foid comic>foid postYou know, weirdly enough "incels" and male loneliness where not an issue a decade or so back, you know, when women had realistic expectations.But sure lass, you go write a nice big rant about how it's the mens fault that they are not all ultra rich 6 figure plus income ripped Brad pitts who treat you like a lady and always have time for you and to do stuff with you but also work high profile jobs and spend 4 hours a day in the gym.
