Thinking about it a lot of the time if a Jumper doesn't become some sort of great evil or demon or monster of some kind they usually end up some kind of god instead if they don't have something specific in mind at least for my own jumpers.
Interesting diverging evolution that tends to pop up.

>>97832955
Something something the trichotomy of human nature?

>>97835007
> the trichotomy of human nature?
Armor, firepower, mobility?

>>97835280
mobility, flexibility, and initiative

>>97835280
horny, lonely, perception

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>>97834348
>great britain society only works if you go for dark fantasy
Thousands of books in dozens of other genera begs to differ.

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Would hunting outpace agriculture for the source of calory intake if large prey like the American bison were more endemic, and most of the continent not easily colonized by human settlers?

I'm working on making a setting where the reason everyone, even women, knows how to use weapons in combat is because their land is geographically just supernaturally* good for grazing, which led to ginormous animals proliferating there.

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>>97815762
Nice summary, thanks.

>>97786637
Dunno if it counts as "lesser known" if only because I'm working with it and am generally a basic bitch. Also the fact that it's basically most of the best-known pantheons (Groman, Norse, Hindu) reduced to primordial soup.

This guy's PIE-coded "Concavia" stuff is pretty neat btw. I particularly like how dark spirits are modelled after funky-headed cave paintings.
https://kemono.cr/patreon/user/63597877

>>97790637
Thanks for the West and Dumezil recommendations though desu I've been playing so fast and loose that bringing things back in line with authentic myth might dampen some of the magic at this point.

>>97835117
For instance I accidentally stumbled into the Striker and Many-Headed Serpent's rivalry with some of the usual roles reversed: A key aspect of the world is that it's a tautological time loop. One of the titans-aspirant will eventually consume their peers and then the whole world retroactively becoming the Ymir / Pangu primordial being who dies and decomposes into creation (which just so happens to contain the hungry hungry humans who will / already have eaten their way to retroactive godhood).

The Serpent is less a manifestation of Chaos than alternate Order based on such alien principles as to be incomprehensible to us. What if something other than humanity dominates all and so cemented itself as the foundation of all? The Serpent is both "scaly-nasty-water-thing" of visceral revulsion and the interlinking chains of impartial cause and effect which drag our worldview away from naïve anthropocentrism and into a nihilistic wasteland where people are nothing special (or worse yet throughput for whatever else IS).

The Striker on the other hand is "fertile" disorder. Their tool-weapon is both the Ur-flint, an aching wisdom tooth knocked loose by stone (as well as that percussive surgical instrument) and an idea itself extracted from the skull in pursuit of peace and quiet. Peals of thunder are as much swearing at having dropped something on his foot as vast oaks or fearsome foes falling before his wrath. Most of the "firsts" he's responsible for are accidents refined by others but the very fact he has no clue what he's up to is what makes him a wellspring of creation and especially anathema to those creations which limit alternative creativity.

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>>97784855
Anyone focus on glass as an important industry in their setting?

Pretty sure for a lot of the west and Italy and Venice in particular, Glassmaking was an important and highly exported product. Often being highly covetted in places like China in a way that Fine china ceramics were coveted in Europe.

I always thought that it might be interesting to make a european inspired place the "foreign and exotic location where you get luxery goods" If you are in a non european inspired place like if it is more Arabian, Southeast Asian, or Japanese. Think I got the idea in part when I was playing Scarlet Heros which has some more southeast asian derived settings.


If you want to go for something more magical maybe stained glass windows and fine crystal wineglasses that vibrate and hum with magic but will shatter if the magic is not kept in check could be a cool idea. Or maybe you are a glass blower that literally blows in the breath of life to animate glass objects. Glass has a lot of interesting potentials.

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>>97825770
>D&D being easy for new RPG players, and it's fucking true.

>>97825776
>Basic rules are free
If only the game was playable using those

Which, ironically, is true for OTHER games: all you need is their free starters. Now good fucking luck running anything DnD-adjecant with their primers. I salute your effort.
DnD being "newfag friendly" is easily the biggest marketing lie of the whole hobby. But what makes it weird is that DnD-only players actually believe that sincerely (since they never tried anything else).
Bonus point for that lie being started by 3.0e marketing blitz, aka the game entirely designed around being deliberately obtuse ivory tower design

>>97834753
No, my players can set their own goals just fine. Stop playing with mongoloids with no drive.

>>97834753
Have you tried not playing with complete morons?
And more importantly - have you tried NOT treating your players like cattle?
One of the most damaging things you can do to a new player is sitting them to the game and then babying them. End result - you are fostering a textbook example of trained incapacity

>>97801119
The whole hobby is a MacGuffin. You don't know it yet, but Cribbage is a better game than your entire board game collection and it's free. It even has multiple solo modes for those cozy nights when you want solitude and a free puzzle expansion called Cribbage Squares. You don't know it yet, but Crokinole mogs every Kickstarter. You don't know it yet, but roleplaying games are no different than kids playing Cowboys and Indians. "You shot me! I shot you. No, you didn't. I was hiding behind the rock..." You don't know it yet, but one day your friends will move away and you'll realize that playing new or popular games is a means to an end and that the actual game you're playing doesn't matter at all.

>>97834256
>I like the rapiers, I like the ogryns
Boom de-ahh-da

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>>97834327
No.
Years ago, Warehouse 23 carried a non–SJ Games book on that topic—A Magical Society: Ecology and Culture, from Expeditious Retreat Press. But it looks like that book now is available only on other storefronts.
https://store.paizo.com/a-magical-society-ecology-and-culture/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2019/a-magical-society-ecology-and-culture

>>97834428
Guess I'll see how Gemini does making random gen charts then

>>97834431
A Google search for the title reveals a pirated copy uploaded to 4chan.

There's a lot of words on martial arts about reverse grip, let me see if I got it right
>reverse gripping a broadsword (reach 1 weapon)
>reach is now C vs front and side attacks
>+1 thrust, -2 or -1 per die swing
>parries have no penalty, but if you have brawling or karate you can parry with those skills at -1
>vs front and sides bonus to deceptive attacks and feints
>can attack with the pommel at -1 damage cr
>vs the rear only thrust atks

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apology for bad english

where were u wen character die

i was at table drinking soda when gm call out

"Your character is kil"

"no"

I would actually prefer this /b/-tier spam like this over the disingenuous spam that sucked the life out of this board. It's more honest.

>>97835060
It's also just a bit of fun.

>>97835060
>>97835112
it's only fun because it's become somewhat, if we had threads like this every day they would suck.

>>97835240
Absolutely. Quickest way to spoil a pleasure is to overindulge.

>>97833331
>Succubus. All red with toy devil horns.

Her color is green but yup it would be the whole kit with leotard (with heart cut out), little horns and tail and thigh highs and gloves. But I think I'll go with bunny girl as it's more humiliating

>>97833395
I assume he doesn't if he's having trouble with running LA

>>97833331
3e also didn't had a Background which granted you to never get lost, always find everything you need to survive and remember improtant landmarks and locations, basically nullifying anything interesting exploration could give you like 5e has.

3.0 and 3.5 were more specialized while 5e is just generic overall and you need multiple supplment for some basics

>>97831719
Have you tried Labyrinthus?

>>97831071
Well you've done a fantastic job. Even if I don't use the rest of the system Ill be making extensive use of these encounter tables. Well done.

>>97835175
At the risk of sounding like one of "Them" I've always liked it, and thought it was one of the more interesting BT eras. I love mechs with huge chainsaws fighting one another amid the dying embers of a failed Golden Age.

>>97834693
>>97834933
I think it's one of those things where the best explanation is entirely lore elements. Divergent needs drive divergent development. Dwindling tech base and limited production capacity meant conservatism in design for the IS that focused on the robustness of integrated hardpoints and the versatility of hand actuators as both substitute heavy equipment and an attachment point for external weaponry. Meanwhile since the Clans prioritized military development and combat readiness above everything else omnipods took over as they meant combat effectiveness of units could be maintained quickly though what are essentially plug and play components. Omnis never really took off in the IS because, unlike the Clans where standardization could be enforced from the top down per Clan, the sheer number of private manufacturers operating in the IS plus the number of polities meant that omnipod compatibility is a massive problem.

And for BA, Clan institutional knowledge is frequently downwind of technological possession due to the Trial system so you get extended periods of copying gained tech until you understand enough to begin new development, netting you a general uniformity because everyone is cribbing off the same homework. Since the IS has a wide variety of industrial and technological capability the copied designs are immediately reshaped by practical realities of construction. Clan scientists look at Elemental armor and go, "jump jets, missiles, laser, claw, anti-personnel gun, we can do that" so they immediately start building Elemental armor; IS scientists look at Elemental armor and go "we can do the jump jets and the missiles, the jump jets, laser, claw, and antipersonnel gun, the laser, claw, missiles and antipersonnel gun, the laser, missiles, and add another laser, and Oops, All Jump Jets."

>>97834842
99% of the time weathering looks like shit. Only really good painters can make it work.

>>97834530
Anything but the hatchetman, really. Or conversely, only hatchetman, final destination.

>>97835175
CGL really have been shilling hard lately haven't they?

>>97833148
>I only want to collect DM stuff and possibly Heroes from GX, everything else I don't care much about, the modern set I will buy for that exact reason.
Can you be a bit more specific then?
Do you want to collect everything DM related or just the clasic cards? (which have a lot of reprints, rarities and diferent artworks), or specific archetypes? (all the dark magician related cards for example)

is it worth it to buy gx era asian english ultimate rares? they are so extremely rare and expensive, but a lot of them are 'literal who' cards and they still command a minimum price tag of $500+ for an LP copy.

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I'll never understand why people thought it was unrealistic for Mai to be corrupted by the power of the Orichalchos and I chalk it down to the fanbase (gooners) grossly not understanding how much of an aggressively sub optimum duelist Mai actually is since if you look at her character objectively, Mai only wins duels against duelists worse then her (Rex). Also, Mai's personality is all over the place. I can even prove it. In Duelist Kingdom, Mai has zero optimism at Yugi's chances for beating Weevil until he outsmarts Weevil and Mai starts coping with this stating how it was "luck" so to prove her "theory" correct she demands an immediate duel with Joey that she loses which she also claims was caused by Luck. She then manipulates Rex later in the afternoon to duel Joey which Joey wins again according to her "thru luck" but then tries to act like she's part of the squad because she has access to food and water but still feels the need to belittle them. Even when Yugi won her starchips back she is still in the belief she's a better duelist then Yugi until Yugi brute forces thru her misplay and then surrenders near the end of the duel because she feels like she doesnt have the motivation to muscle thru whats left of the duel.

Battle City happens and you can just tell she is only in this tournament as an excuse to show off "her growth" only to demonstrate what we've already known which is Mai is only good against duelists with zero actual plot importance. She enters one Shadow game and this shit literally makes her never wanna touch this game again. Like no one calls into question the emotional and psychological damage a shadow game does to a person and how Joey and Yugi are used to this but Mai feels angered she just "has to be" use to this when medically she was announced dead for most of the tournament

So yes, I do believe a dumb bitch like Mai immediately jumped on Dartz dick and joined his crew because she's mad she wants to be a better duelist but cant.

>>97833545
>worth
Do you want them and can afford them? Yes.
Are you looking to invest and sell later? No.

>>97833006
I saw this on /biz/

>>97834317
>Don't like it? Make your own thread.
Should we tell him?

>>97834345
>Should we tell him?
You know perfectly well that fishfag is against /2eg/ and /todd/ existing, he's been saying this for weeks, and that he's been trolling, false flagging, and trying to rewrite /tg/ history for months in an attempt to raise a sperg army to throw at /osrg/.

So unless you're fishfag himself, you fully deserve him. A distinction without a difference, really.

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Hey /todd/, I got something I think you might like

>>97834601

>>97834217
Cool cool, now actually go back and read all the content to determine the discussions. All examples.

>>97834217
>>97834221
>a new frontier in autism
Anon didn't even say anything about the OP text, lmao
He said 2e wasn't welcome in /osrg/ and there was no substantial 2e discussion, do you have an autistic link to a long conversation about 2e that nobody interrupted to point out 2e didn't belong in the thread?

>>97835135
Lotv*
Fucking autocorrect

>>97835135
I mean that's kinda something they were already getting at in SC1 and Brood War. The Conclave had failed and was a broken ruin, the Overmind could only be beaten with the power of the Nerazim, and those same Nerazim were the ones who ended up saving the Protoss as they fled from Aiur. The whole point was that the current ways of the Protoss weren't working and needed to change.

>>97835164
I know that, I just feel that the change was achieved way too easily.

>>97835185
Because Artanis is the Executor - YOU - from SC1. Of course he gets shit done.

>>97835185
It sorta just happens between games since that's where BW leaves the Protoss at. Their society has essentially collapsed twice over, first with the Conclave being destroyed on Aiur then with Raszagal being killed in Brood War. Hell one of the Zerg missions in BW has you more or less blow up the biggest city on Shakuras.
The Protoss basically didn't HAVE anywhere else to progress. Artanis was their only big leader left, with Selendis being his only significant lieutenant if we consider her as the BW Executor.
Protoss kinda got written into a hole by getting slammed hard in their SC campaign and then being the first campaign in BW, letting the Terran and Zerg campaigns walk over them.

>>97832813
DO NOT
Do not don't try to place it first
Okay. First rule of this stuff is to never internalize it outside of cursory stuff because that is asking to be trapped in it at worse.

It's not prophecy but it's something ajdacent. Like- Dejavu. Except too much all at once. With excess sensory information hanging on it. I used to be basically crippled by this stuff and the only reason I'm functional is I got a nice voice in my head that balances out all the fucking garbage and hallucinations.

Something will eat something else. But we can't- shouldn't try to get too much in terms of details.

>>97832859
Aaaaaand this is why I don't pay prophecy any mind. Younpay too.much attention and YOU make it happen. Or drive yourself insane. You don't pay enough attention and it makes no sense until somebody eventually gets aroubd to convincing you it was about that thing that happened last week. Train. Drink Blood. Rip the heads off cammy licks. And never forget: Tomorrow never comes.

>>97833295
Do you always talk about who's coming and at what time?

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>>97832771
>Honestly I don't know much about Asian fashion. My family has lived in Ontario for decades. Still does. I made the mistake of checking.
>Egh, rambling- Like the Kimono more I think for casual wear and stuff.
I have a strong suspicion that what you found were mostly simple, classic colors and designs. A friend from the Della Passaglia family sent me this picture and I just had to add a modern lace and satin áo dài to my wardrobe. I wouldn't call it casual, sure, but it's far more comfortable than it looks.

Of course, I see nothing wrong with preferring the kimono, in fact, I'll bring some of mine to April Fourth in Venice later for myself - and for the most curious in the family.

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>>97833857
...Did you just call me a slut? I'll have you know that while Bleu is like a snake and can unhinge her jaw, I'm like a pitbull; I can lock mine. I don't let go until I've sucked my prey dry.

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Will Shal and her rad horse Cerulean find Ranthor's killer, or will she just continue to have a crashout now that she's swole?

Find out tomorrow!

>>97834610
>switches scenes three times within as many paragraphs
>clunky sentence structure
>sweaty breasts on the first page
Nice idea OP, but I'm good.

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>>97834651
I get that they couldn't just let her have three Wish spells at the ready, but come on...

>>97834677
>sweaty breasts on the first page
And that's a problem because...?

>>97834318
Who are you quoting?

>>97834299
Done. Everything I said turned out to be correct.

>>97834789
Yeah.

>>97834318
No, not really. In the same location, within distant range. In the same section, within close range. Being behind someone doesn't matter, heroes don't provide cover. You can take the Defending Others action if you want to protect an ally or civilian.

>>97833847
Getting back to normal sleep cycles is important, but so is having a life outside of your home. Take a walk, meet people, read books. It will come back. It takes time.

>>97835040
And also does anyone use different death rules for 5e like neg hp or exhaustion each time they go unconscious? Even my normie players have started to understand the stupidity and abuse of 0hp healing

>>97835066
This seems like a good skeleton to build on. I think reflavoring the vestiges to be various elementals might be more in line what I'd imagined (Fire, Water, Earth, and Air) and then granting abilities along those lines would be the way to go. Thanks for the input.

>>97835127
I did experiment with rules for rolling an injury if someone went to 0 HP during a fight. Though I did limit it to a single roll once the battle was over, justified as the adrenaline preventing them from noticing the injury until afterwards.
That did require some tuning, like changing the lose an arm/leg results into just breaking an arm/leg. And it's something I haven't had the chance to really fine-tune. I'd likely want to add Con mod as a bonus to the roll, and possibly implement a penalty for each time they went down.

But it did ultimately accomplish the goal of making the players far more wary about going down to 0 and playing more cautiously as a result. Doing something similar with exhaustion would probably be less punishing, but still quite effective.

I wish the game had more enemies like the Giant Spider that basically countered 0 HP healing by themselves. There's more enemies that just outright kill a PC when reducing them to 0 compared to those that would just incapacitate a PC for 1 minute on reducing them to 0.

>>97819785
Having access to spellcasting already puts him neatly above most subclasses. The core features of rogue just kinda suck

>>97834873
To make it work you should lower the numbers all around, not inflate them. Less damage but less frequent healing

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Do cyoas today lack soul the same way the lighting of today lacks soul?

>>97835124
New techniques can be learned later, Aura can be developed but has diminishing returns.

>>97835153
After is the future. Just like Interactive CYOAs are the future of CYOAs.

>>97835217
interactive cyoas are retrofuturism slop at this point

>>97835124
he refuses to be specific about anything even when the alternative gets absurd, like one anon thinking he can pick up a basic technique in a week and another anon thinking you'd need ten years to do it

if you read carefully you'll find that increasing aura reserves is not technically capped but it becomes exponentially harder to the point where you might get something like 100 aura after an entire kalpa

also, it seems that the most important thing when learning or making techniques is just having a fuckton of aura regeneration available so that you can keep doing it over and over, which is why the aura burst is so profitable for technique development (you're supposed to get about as many techniques again as you started with during an entire burst), which means that besides prodigy the most important thing to get for techniques is any form of aura regen like sacred fountain and some aura regen schemes you can set up with some techniques like the alchemy legend status if enough people worship you