Everyone's issues with RPGs are solved when you do sandbox play. You don't need to prepare too much, you don't need to force players along a track to a desired outcome, players will want to explore the dungeons you've prepared, it's not possible to avoid content for very long when they track resources, everybody wins. It's easier to not railroad players.
>>97894727What's decided is the objective, not the result, retard.
>>97889041As always, I'm here to point out this only applies if the only thing you play is dungeon crawlers over and over again. It doesn't really work for something like Call of Chutullu, any game with a mystery or an intricate conspiracy behind you need to prep for.
>>97895215Nou
>>97894171>point C, D, E, F doesn't exist, X, Y, Zvs>I prepared point B, we're doing point B, I know the outcome already, and if you try to do anything else then game night is cancelled
>>97895585Post points C through Z from your last campaign.
Personal Responsibility EditionHere is a thread to discuss trading card games other than the big three.>Build Divide>Force of Will>Final Fantasy TCG>DBZ CCG>Wixoss>Keyforge>Gundam>Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R)>Digimon>Flesh and Blood>Gate Ruler>Battle SpiritsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97892992>Carrotanon, please beat all Penel players at your lgsI'm trying to.Carrot in theory has a pretty good matchup against Penel, but they gave him this really dumb combo here where he can do Lightning Kitten to -1k my freeze Carrots, then Mamaragan to rest her and then crash into her with the 10k Enels, or Lightning Dragon so she can't attack/freeze anything next turn.I really don't understand what they were thinking with him, his deck can do everything.
mail dayFirst z/x with bit of luck and logic.missing one card for having full collection of L&L (excluding promos)
>>97895460union arenatoloveru is more fresh set but there are barely any cards on yuyutei
>>97895474and some shadowverse to pad my order
>>97895458I'm sad to hear about that. It seems that powercreep eventually wins against skill when it comes to Bandai games>I really don't understand what they were thinking with himMoney>>97895460middle row far right Sex!>>97895474>toloveruI forgot about it. I wish it came back
Previously: >>97853651▶ Thread Task: Let's have another figures thread. ▶ 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:https://pastebin.com/XRGqaW4W (embed)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>97895503yeahtrying to create the 3D model with Tripo latest modelit is way better than the previous onesI am using the free version and it is already better than last year's paid modelmight resubscribe to test it and print some OCs
>>97895088my ancestors...
Supers Swimsuit EditionPrevious Thread: >>97355136The thread to talk about Super Heroes/Villains/Spies/Agents/Rogues be it in spandex or not.Popular Choices for Games:>Mutants & MastermindsCurrently the most played one, uses a d20 resolution for everything, has powers building and rules for tactical combat.>Marvel TSR/ FASERIPClassic Supers game from the 80s, still has a lot of fans and various retro-clones. Uses a d100 with an universal resolution table to decide the degree of success, has random character generation and abstract rules for powers and combat.>Masks (PbtA)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97891381>30 year plateau Can you please elaborate more on this statement?
>>97891375At least in the context of superheroes, Magik has been a thing for decades. She simply missed out on the X-Men boom in the '90s because she was out of action at the time, so it's only relatively recently that she's returned to relevance.
>>97894102Also, she's not a demon, but rather a notable occultist, who just so happens to also be a mutant. She exemplifies the Marvel universe rule that anyone can learn magic.
>weeb who was so monomaniacally obsessed with martial arts anime that he unlocked the secrets of ki manipulation through pure autism and became a crime fighterIn which systems can you do this concept justice?
>>97894303Martial Artist is one of the sample archetypes in Mutants & Masterminds 3e - no (mechanical) powers, but stuffed to the gills with combat advantages.
So what are you working on?>Why should I homebrew?/tg/ products are fairly unique in that it's actually pretty simple to make them these days, with a plethora of products to assist in making and playtesting your game. Making your own games helps understand why games are made the way they are, as well as being fun to do.>What you should postIdeas for games, games you're currently making, updates to your own games in broad strokes, and any homebrewing for existing products that don't get much attention. Discussion about the above is welcome. Post good, be good, and look over others products, they care if someone looks more than anything.Had to remake the thread>Resources for the aspiring developer>https://anydice.com/ (A fantastic resource for checking probabilities)>https://miro.com/ (A online whiteboard with tools to help organize yourself)>https://www.notion.so/ (Similar to the above, but in a bit cleaner format for those who work in larger teams)>https://rolz.org/ (Impromptu playtesting at its finest)>https://www.youtube.com/user/georgephillies/playlists (Game Design Lectures)
>>97892037I've already typed this up three times because of some stupid state-wide IP ban, so here goes. Inspired by MahoAko and a magical girl webnovel that got haiatus'd. It's meant to be easy to pick up and play with simple to make characters. Simple d6 dice pool system in order to reach the most people. Combat is the only system module I'm having issues with, because I don't want it to be too easy or take too long. A few systems are in place to represent the more common things you'd find with magical girls. An Identity system gives you benefits for portraying your character's personality. A Bond system is in for Power of Friendship. Magic is supposed to be easy to set up and varied enough to keep things interesting. There's also a corruption system that trades power for an eventual Bad End. At the moment the system is abstracted enough that you could potentially refluff everything as a superhero or toku setting. An update I have in mind will change this, but will hopefully make some of the systems and rules mesh a bit better. What it needs right now is playtesters that can tell me what works, what doesn't, and what needs changing.
Can anyone recommend a good place to find a beta reader for a homebrew wargame? I'd post it here but it's like 150 pages currently, I'm guessing will probably end up being 250 total, and I doubt anyone is going to want to take the time to actually read through all that.
Ok folks, I really need a different point of view there:How would you classify/stat a wide variety of senses?Like, obviously we all know what seeing or hearing allows us to perceive or not. We also have a rough idea of what the sense of smell of a dog allows it to do.But what about the Vomeronasal organ of a snake, for example? Or the vibration senses of a spider?This is a very concrete problem for me, because my game is centred around playing a wide variety of different animal species, so if a player has a shark-like character, I need a simple way to sum up what... say... electroreception allows him to perceive and not perceive and how to roll for it.Here are the two approaches I can think ofOption 1: Full-blown effect-based classification>Senses are cut down into a list of effects, like:>How far does it perceive? (line of sight [perception decreases with occlusion]/ radial [perception decreases with distance]/ contact)>Active or passive?>Does it require the target to be there, or just to have passed by?>What does it target well?>What are its limitations?So, a sonar would be: Active, Line of sight, target present, perceive volume, doesn't convey colours.Option 2: "Work like"Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97893129My sister wanted to write a comic/manga thingy for some time. With no real intentions of actually publishing, but autistic enough to be done right.So she pays college psychology students to read and present feedbacks about her writing and stuff. Maybe pay some of your local nerds to read it? not necessary money but a invite them a meal if they read up or something along those lines.
>>97893603Personally i think youve got tunnel-visioned.Describing what it detects, how it detects, and a special function is better than over complicating it.For exampleSonar detects matter clearly at 30m. It uses sound/vibration to do so.Detects [sensed variable] clearly at [average distance where it can clearly distinguish a human-sized object without Fail] using [detection method/medium].You can also add a special disclaimer like for example infrared can detect footsteps if a short time passed
"2026, I am forgotten..." Edition>What is Genesys?Released in November 2017, Genesys is a pen-and-paper generic/universal RPG system and toolkit by Fantasy Flight Games and EDGE Studio, using a refined version of the system presented by their Star Wars RPGs (Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, Force and Destiny). Its central mechanic is the Narrative Dice System, using pools made of specialized dice to create narrative results. The intention is for the system to be a highly flexible narrative system, adaptable to most any conceivable setting and premise.https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/genesys/https://edge-studio.net/>Any news?The dice are still in stock. Also EDGE released a Twilight Imperium sourcebook for ships.>Where can I find the books?Check the Online Extras pastebin below for something useless. The core book is the only mandatory book.>Do I have to buy the fancy dice to play the game?Only if you want physical dice to roll. There are plenty of free dice rollers available online, now including the official dice roller app on mobile. Check the Online Extras pastebin for links.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97892362The dice are still in stock. My cat is not for sale though.
>>97892229Cute cat. Any ideas for campaigns?
Found myself a nice local group and I'm thinking up some oneshot ideas to ease people into the system. I kinda want to run a pulpy weird war game with the players as commandos trying to stop a super evil nazi train or something. I think it could be cinematic and zany enough to help sell the ruleset and the dice. An alternative would be to raid an olde pyramid that nazi occultists are looting, Indiana Jones style. Or a safe bet would be a Shadow of the Beanstalk oneshot, a daring heist on a head office or something. I'm a bit concerned about the timing, as it's in a public venue so the max session time is 3 hours. When I run a game at my house, the game takes as long as it takes because we'll pick it up next week. With a one-shot, there's no guarantee of that.
>>97894344There's an in-game bomb that's going to go off in three hours so if they players don't finish the one-shot by then the PCs die a grim death
>>97894344A three hour one-shot means you'll need something snappy, yeah. If you're going to show off the whole system, you'll need a simple introduction, a general skill encounter, a social encounter (maybe to get some intel), and a combat encounter to round things out.Since you're on a Weird War kick, let's do some Weird War II stuff. The party are Allied commandoes who are currently in contact with the French resistance. A Nazi occultist squad has appeared in Paris and have since disappeared into the infamous catacombs beneath the city. Whatever they're up to down there can't be good, so get down there and root them out. This scenario gives you a good old-fashioned dungeon crawl but with a lot of extra WW2 pulp flavor to it and plenty of room to fill things in around the climactic raid on the catacombs.
Reject all AI from TTRPGS! If a player uses AI to make a character portrait of their PC - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME!If a player uses AI to make a character biography - BOOT THEM FROM THE GAME! If a GM uses AI to write an adventure for a session - QUIT THE GAME! If a GM uses AI to generate a picture of where the PCs are - QUIT THE GAME!If a GM uses AI to generate a battle map - QUIT THE GAME!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!REJECT AI FROM TTRPG!
>>97895304>D-dying is a bad analogyNo, business failure is the death of a business. The analogy is rock hard, you just have allowed yourself to become retarded.
>>97885697AI will make us all more stupid, exactly the same how cars made us less fitit doesn't matter how reasonably you use it, the mere fact that thinking is now optional will have disastrous consequences for societysame for art, same for fucking everythingif you want to stay fit, then don't use it ever, for anything
Artists, I hear you and want to use your work in my /tg/ project. How much are you charging for an 8x10" image, or a trading card equivalent? At the moment it seems like $100 per card is the expected rate for art
>>97895371you should probably go somewhere that has artists.
>>97895409That is exactly what I'm doing
Most "people" are low iq retarded apes. They are physically unable to imagine perspectives outside of their own. Worse than that, they are physically unable to engage in hypotheticals, i.e. fantasy.Thus, the imperiumtard is born. The imperiumtard believes himself to be a "good guy". Again, since he is unable to understand hypotheticals, he takes them literally. He looks for himself in any scenario. In Warhammer 40k, he looks for himself, and he finds the Imperium. Since the retard believes himself to be "the good guy", this necessarily extends to his proxy. Therefore he believes that the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable is good.Of course, there are sentients who play 40k as well. Sentients recognize that Ryan Gosling is not literally you. Sentients can play any faction they like without self inserting as the little plastic figurines. This is physically inconceivable to the imperiumtard.Therefore the imperiumtard concludes that Chaos players must believe that Chaos is good. So, sentients must be hypocritical! How can they say that the Imperium is not good, when they think that Chaos is good?? Hence the meme.Now, what can be done to prevent these subhumans from totally overrunning /tg/ and traditional games as a whole? Is it already too late? I see this behavior in far more places than just 40k.
>>97895510>>97895523nigga what the fuck do you think happens when someone wants to leave the imperium?
>>97895540They go live in the ass-crack of nowhere and fend for themselves, just like Outcast Eldar.
>>97895561Lol.
>>97895608Congrats you're retarded. Even on Necromunda, one of the most oppressive crapsack shitholes in the Imperium, there's people that live outside of the Hive and nobody bothers to fuck with them. The Abyssal Ferrymen openly flout the Imperium's laws and nobody goes after them.
>>97879447this board was made as containment for 40kfags who liked their muhreens with a side of anime, because furfags on /b/ couldn't handle the banter
Why is "Don't overprepare" such common advise given to DMs? sometimes it seems like people are allergic to putting effort into building adventures. Railroading typically happens when a DM is underprepared for their sessions.
>>97893683It's pretty easy, actually.
>>97893683Nope.
>>97894095It’s not that easy. Not unless you’re lazy and your friends are sparing your feelings on how boring and slapdash your games are.
>>97894107Nope.
>>97893683My tip for you is to design "leading questions" those are things that naturally instill curiosity, to the degree it wouldn't make sense to leave it alone and not engage with it.
Horrible Art EditionPrevious: >>97792409News & RemindersStrixhaven soon in ArenaStrixhaven already draftable against ai in Snapshop of MTG Forge. Beta so there may be bugs.Spoilers for next sets somewhere here: https://scryfall.comUseful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaAhttps://github.com/Card-Forge/forge/releases
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #601"The new face of Handtraps" EditionPrevious thread: >>97788606Most 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.
will konami ban or limit pre-prep to push this card instead?
me when i shit on a sky striker fag
>>97895072NOTICE: the translation got a small update.WAS>(1) Reveal 1 Ritual Spell in your hand or Deck and add 1 monster [mentioned on] it from your Deck to your hand.NOW>(1) Reveal 1 Ritual Spell in your hand or Deck and add 1 monster [that mentions] it from your Deck to your hand.So the monster has to mention the spell rather than it being like pre prep where the spell mentions the monster.>Will the ban or limit pre prep?I doubt it. I know the OCG put it to 1 in January but OCG generally loves their consistency hits over anything else.
How does Apprentice Illusion Magician's discard effect work with Diffusion Wave-Motion? Like if my opponent has three monsters out, do I get the 2000 atk boost while hitting just one of them, or does it apply against all three monsters?
>>97895468Each attack from Diffusion Wave Motion is a separate attack and Apprentice Illusion Magician's effect only applies to a singular damage calc.
Welcome to /wbg/, the official thread for the discussion of in-progress settings for traditional games.Here is where you go to present and develop the details of your worlds such as lore, factions, magic and ecosystems. You can also post maps for your settings, as well as any relevant art (either created by you or used as inspiration for your work). Please remember that dialogue is what keeps the thread alive, so don't be afraid of giving someone feedback or post whatever relevant input you might have!Last thread: >>97784855Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: pastee.dev/p/sp2Mdb5Ihttps://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Eo+fK41FKVR7xDpbNO0a0N4k0YYxrmyrhX3VxnM14Ew/Fantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generatorThread Question: Do you use your world building in games and projects as you go or are you waiting for something such as your world feeling somewhat complete?If you are waiting, at what point do you think you world will be ready to use?Alternatively are you just world building for the joy of worldbuilding, with no particular game or project in mind at this time?
>>97893889china also used them as a cudgel/buffer state against their neighborsgiving the current reigning savage tacit permission to go raid china's subordinate nation to keep them in checkorgraciously giving their subordinate nation domain over a bunch of land currently occupied by mongols (telling them to go waste all their military resources in a frozen shithole)
A magical spell used by Chieftains of powerful Sorcerous families to perpetuate their existence past their natural death, and to prevent the inevitable fate of greedy murderers- transformation into a Ghoul or Vampire.The process is simple enough. The Sorcerer takes a subject, mostly his Heir, when the latter is a child. Then the Sorcerer commits to a ritual that connects his Blood to his Soul, and feeds it to the Heir.Again, and then again, and again....sometimes even for years, this process is constantly repeated until the Heir has been trained to feed on the blood of the Chieftain. And then when the Sorcerer dies, sometimes by his own hand, his soul postpones passing to the Afterlife- where it will have to face God's Judgement for its Sins- and instead possesses the Heir.In cases of powerful Chieftains possessing weak vessels, the Vessel is turned into a reincarnation of the Chieftain, hence Anastasis (Reincarnation). But in cases where the Vessel has greater potential than their Sire, they will form an amalgam of the two souls and retain their original personality. However, they will retain their thirst for blood, and so powerful Chieftains often keep specially bred slaves just to sate their cannibalistic appetites.
Is world anvil worth using?
>>97893716Also, wasn't Siberia mostly north to the nomads' regions?(Khazakistan was conquered in the second half of the 1800s, and without population substitution)
>>97895263It's a good program but everything it does can be easily substituted with alternative software. Mainly I avoid it because I don't like the idea of having all my content being locked behind a subscription that I'm forced to keep paying for to maintain access.Personally I like Chronicler (free) for doing wiki stuff and Wonderdraft (paid but no subscription, easily pirateable) for mapping.
Thread died and I recently got to play so I'm making it again.>What are you painting?>What are you looking forward to?>good stories about your huntsThread question: favorite fight? Least favorite fight?
>>97806612So when is screaming god expected to come out for general purchase? I was expecting end of March but that came and went, does Poots usually drop something during summer?
>>97892892iirc the KS update said as of April 2 they had hit warehouses for kickstarter fulfillment so I'd imagine it'd be later in the year, probably alongside Black Friday?Unless the KS update was for general sale intent, but that seems odd
>>97842591Hello, Scananon here. I will scan and upload the nex expansions as soon as I recevie them. I just uploaded some previous items, I haven't received the new Wanderer - Preacher (or anything post that) yet to scan.>/folder/KZpVAYyC#BRGoKS805EUH5Y0i-3jxJw
>>97893462Thanks anon
>>97893462Honestly I wish poots had kept on with percival being the one with sensible armor/nor cheesecaked up because at this point I can't tell her apart from erza.
What does your local regional DnD clone do better than og DnD? What are some specific tweaks you adopted over the years?
How Diplomacy should work https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=9606632
NATO intervention editionPrevious thread:>>97576097>Thread Question: What have you been working on recently?>Community Summary of Wargames: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11JoUpGIRDp5DZdgJ24rijKHgyY-qvvR5QnVtHIp57Tw/edit?usp=sharing>List of Historical Tactical, Strategic, and Military Drill treatises: http://pastebin.com/BfMeGd6R>ZunTsu Gameboxes: Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97892143>more bullshitHandguns were not exactly decisive in this conflict and the "mounted infantry" fighting style of men at arms began in the HYW. I also note you don't suggest a rules set.Re Bolt Action, I've always found lardies rules very stop start, lots of digression posed as granularity but the ranges of BA and the price overhead are great in 20mm.
>>97892143You don't need a specific ruleset if all you do is change the amount of a few units in your army lists.
>>97873771Well /pol/ really. A lot of traffic these days are just incels, trannies and other terminally online users spamming whatever thread they decide to plague.
>>97893593not that anon but you've clearly already made your mind up in spite of the obvious so just go ahead and use the HYW minis for WOTR, it's not the end of the world
Are there any Pelopennesian or Greco-Persian War wargames?
