I have extended the title and I think it's good and we should use this longer title going forward Edition>Previous Thread>>93227239>New to The Horus Heresy? Here’s Everything You’ll Need to Get Startedhttps://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/05/30/new-to-the-horus-heresy-heres-everything-youll-need-to-get-started/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/faqs/#the-horus-heresyhttps://www.warhammer-community.com/downloads/#the-horus-heresy>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8https://pastebin.com/8riDmnhS>30k TACTICA & TIPShttps://pastebin.com/Tm2P4QLpComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>93253848Hair dye, cartoon shirt, or piercings?
>>93253815I trust you refuse to play against her and explain why, or are you just a fucking pussycuck who meekly rolls over IRL and comes here to subject us to your whining?
>>93250074It’s a terrible idea.Do it.
>>93254968>>93254968>stealth nerf when they increased base sizesI've never understood this. What base sizes ever increased this edition, Dreadnoughts didn't change base size and marines have been on 32s and 40s for forever.
>>93250354Shave off the crux terminatus from the shoulder and imperialis from the chest and they’re good to go.
I am developing a bell-curve system (3d8) and think rolling characters is fun because it allows for unexpected character strengths and weaknesses. Who cares if the party is slightly imbalanced? RPGs are not for tryharding. With such a wealth of options on what you can do, surely you can think of something to do with your character even if they are a tad underpowered statistically speaking.Nevertheless, he is a mainstay around the table and says building a character is the far superior mechanic because it leaves less room for disappointment. He is worried about the potential of other characters outshining his even on the things he is meant to be good at. Despite my wholehearted disagreement with this on principle, I am trying my best to be accomodating because I assume he is not the only player who sees things this way in case something comes out of this.If I were to provide a way for people who wish to do so to build their characters instead, what is the best way of accomplishing this, considering the bell curve is not flat? Values further away from the mean become less likely, meaning higher attribute values should cost more if there is a way to "buy" attribute points. Otherwise, that skews the balance in favor of his kind of playstyle too much. I don't mind if it's a little imbalanced, but that seems very strong unless I limit it somehow. For reference, my attribute modifiers range from -5 to +5. 0 if the dice roll 13-14, 1 for 15-16, 2 for 17-18, and so on. Because they're essentially about genetics, attributes are pretty much set for a characters lifespan. Skills and talents exist to provide modification post-creation.
>>93254545nta but if a game is unbalanced then that means any player that has a want to have a reliable impact on the game world (which should be every player, because if they dont care about doing things then why tf are they playing) will be pushed towards a smaller set of options - and players who also want to fulfil a thematic vision will have to accept that they will have a worse impact on the game world than another player.A suite of balanced options encourages diversity and good roleplaying and makes games better.
>>93254406>vast majority>average>medianYou need to understand that the way you are setting it up, there are chances that someone will be in an extreme, and then, what are you planning to do, just roll with it?It sure will be fun to play a game where you just suck balls, and because of that, there is no "wealth of options", you had to specialize in a single skill to make up for the lack of stats, so that's the only thing you can do better than anyone else in the party. You are a living one-trick pony.You don't need to skew it in favor of the players, you can just put safety nets in case the ball goes out of the park.
>>93254545>Some of the world's best and most acclaimed games have fuckall in terms of "balance",Like what. I would love to listen about those acclaimed games that have no balance at all. I have seen developers who are bad at balancing games, but not developers that did not give a fuck about balancing anything because the game would be better off because of it.
>>93254541Especially when what you're roleplaying is "people who regularly go into dark scary places and fight lots of monsters to the death"
>>93254678I think you are not understanding just how rare those cases will be. There is a .79 percent chance of rolling a -5 per roll. The removal of the three lowest rolls makes it even less.For a single character, that's a 94,5% chance that you won't roll even ONE -5 across all stats. Add to that that you would have to roll FOUR of them for one to have to stay on your sheet.For a party of 5, there is a 75,4% chance that none of you will see a SINGLE five to remove in the first place. You are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
>the adventuring party has to get dressed up to go to a fancy ballwhy is this such a common cliche in campaigns and has it ever actually been fun?
>>93245639Because the upper classes in pretty much every civilization maintain a dress code.
>>93247527He's just trying to spam his fetish again.
>>93245639It was fun. My character was the only one that was familiar with the 'refined' environment. Me and the parties face ( a former con-artist) played a game of saying the the most obscene lines in conversation, the winning being the one that called the most attention to them.
>>93245639>why is this such a common cliche in campaignsIs it? It has never happened to me or my 356 TRPG friends.
>>93247560You pay attention to women now? What happened?
Gods and Religions Edition 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!Last Thread: >>93183334Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: https://pastebin.com/JNnj79S5https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Eo+fK41FKVR7xDpbNO0a0N4k0YYxrmyrhX3VxnM14Ew/Fantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generatorThread questions:>What are the major faiths in your setting? And what are the gods of said faiths?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>93254395Y'know im probably just overthinking it, it can be whatever really, a piece of one plate retracted, volcanic or dangly like you said.what really matters is figuring out the local climate, from what i've seen where i've placed it the islands will be in a nice spot to get currents coming east and west and the waters are cool which i think means that they'd be temperate to boreal? like oregon or england maybe.
>>93254073Because a certain faggot kept gay threads alive for a fucking month with gay little bumps like "could you elaborate on that" or "besides the obvious, what can we do about x y z". He had a particular, profoundly autistic obsession with magic, magic systems, elements, and children's cartoons. He's still around, and he's still obnoxious.
>>93248678I’m trying to make a setting where all the deities, save maybe for a singular god of Balance, all either fall to the Lawful and Chaotic sides of the Alignment chart, as those two forces are the most dominant in the known planes. Are there any preexisting settings that do the concept justice that I can look at for it ideas, particularly on what domains would go to each side like a Law god of Justice, or how their religions might work (that are not Warhammer, since that’s both darker than what I’m looking for and has no benevolent Chaos deities, not to mention the insane Chaos cultists)?
I don't have gods in the traditional sense but I do have godlike beings. The faiths of my setting are either based on the progenitors of the different races or the creators of different magics.Beastfolk and Dwarves - the Great beasts or the Earth warden. Angels and Halflings - the Archangels or the Wind khan.Leviathans and Merfolk - the Krakens or the Water lord.Light Elves and Dark Elves - the Fae or the Fire rider.Humans - worship the Cosmos and their ancestors but some will mix it with elements of other faiths.Various fiend tribes - mostly atheist but some cults devoted to historical demon kings exist in secret.
What is a good excuse for warp drives only allowing warp in/out from outside a star system? I am considering some rationale along the lines of:>can technically warp anywhere but some degree coordinate jitter is unavoidable>near strong gravity wells the jitter becomes worse, both warping out and warping inEg. outside the Kuiper Belt you could have an entire convoy warp out within 100km of each other without worrying, and be within 5km of a specific target, but as you get deeper in a system or near a planet the jitter massively increases to the point of being a crapshoot. >however it is possible to set up "channels" or "locks" or whatever which reduce jitter in systems>thus making trade and travel easier since it can be deeper within a system and less slow travel is required>and creates a chokepoint for defense, tarriffing, inspections, etcThough this does make me worry about "traffic jams" and how you would coordinate the arrival of ships entering the channel from different starting points. Even if it was a spherical area 1,000km across, and normal traffic was as low as 100 ships a day, not knowing if the channel is clear before you enter it seems thorny without communications with the canal authority. Perhaps the process is; send a probe to the outside of the system, it petitions the authority which then figures out when in the schedule the new arrival can come in according to some Universal Time, tells the probe still chilling outside the system which then zips back to the rest of the convoy, conveys their timetable, everyone gets ready then warps in to the canal at the scheduled time and then makes way for the next incoming vessel. On the other hand I'm already assuming torchships capable of 1g continuous thrust for days. If you can do the Brachistochrone from the equivalent of the Kuiper belt to earth in a little over a week anyways, maybe this doesn't matter much and would be strictly for government/military use. Thoughts?
>PiratesCan we make piracy great again? I don't understand why people don't like the idea of freedom, wandering in search of adventures, glory and treasure, this is de facto the usual formula for standard adventurer campaign, but on the sea.
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>>93227186>all while having the freedom to leave and go somewhere else whenever they please.That's a treatable delusion. Sea travel is fucking expensive, that's like letting a starship captain just up and ignore the most recent plot without jacking enough loot to pay the bills.
>>93227165Piracy and necromancy is an underutilized combination in my opinion. Imagine something like the cursed pirates from the first Pirates movie, but without a mind or soul to suffer, or undead sharks that can attack ships from below.
>>93253569Have you tried Pirateborg?It's pretty great. Classic Murdery OSR in a pirates of the Carribean style cursed ocean.
>>93253594>Borgshit>OSRChoose one.
what system's good for weird scifi?
>>93250201the Romans (latins, latinos) invented the sun, so they got to name it
>>93244759i wanted to bang zev (not xev) so hard when i was in high schooland i still do
>>93253323All eve by the Zev ZevAll eve by the Zev I layI found her fist inside my neck stumpAnd pleaded for it to stay
>>93249943Personally I hate fluff stories and almost never read them.Might be necessary to fully flesh out your setting, tho.I like more vehicles and maps. My style is to provide all the tools and goodies for players, and then let them do as they will. Not everyone does that.If you're scared of bloat, then edit ruthlessly.Some sample adventures and ideas wouldn't go amiss (unless they're already in there and I missed them).
I've been thinking, why would anyone join Khorne in warhammer? Feels like he's the most worthless chaos god.Even if you are warrior and want to get better than anyone else at killing, slaanesh is way better bet.
>>93252039>slaanesh is way better bet.This!Sickly, sinful, spectacles stand, shuffle, shamble and saunter shamelessly in mine scandalized sight! I suggest a solution... Surely such sedition should sour and succumb to Sigvald - the salacious, scandalous and sensational servant of Slaanesh! Son of Succubi, scion of sordid acts and slayer of squalid serfs! See how I stroll, stride, swagger and swirl, spin, slash and stab at stupid, senseless scum! Soon they shall swoon, shall seek solace and death from sundry torments wrought on them by my strategic, severing, scintillating shower of shimmering strikes! Send for the sword - summon Sliverslash!
>>93252039>slaanesh is way better bet.But only if you happen to be a novel protagonist with the power of PLOT on your side. Otherwise you might end up like these fine fellas here
>>93254767Ah, what pitiful prattle from the mouth of a misinformed malcontent! This feeble fellow dares to decry the divine devotion to Slaanesh? He warns of the so-called perils, pointing to poor, pathetic pariahs as examples? How laughable!Behold, the true testament of Slaanesh's touch! I, Sigvald, stand as the splendid, supreme scion, the ultimate expression of our lord's favor.
>>93254721>too detachedI have felt this too, but I did not feel detached at all. If anything, I felt at home. I want to go back and never wake up.>>93254612>nu41kRejected.
>>93255147>Rejected.Your opinion is irrelevant. Besided, the exact same plot could have happened with a random Bloodthirster or Kharn, with some other random McGuffin and a different random imperial crusade in old 40k
Previous Thread: >>93162477For: Creation and discussion of Lewd RPGs; including Solo Rpgs, Homebrews, and examples of play (Greentexts)>Don't post or ask for "Looking For Group".>Don't sperg about Hentai logic, Hentai Artists or NTR. Take your meds.>What's a Solo RPG?1: YouTube (Season 1 of Me, Myself & Die! gives a good explanation)2: Ask in the Solo RPG General: >>931701283: Solo is a good way to test out systems and to avoid problems such s "Schedule Conflict" or "Playing with Weirdos">Solo RPG Toolkit (NPC Generator, Mythic GM Emulator, etc.)https://tayruh.github.io/solo/solo-roleplaying-toolkit.html>Official Thread's DiscordComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>93251941You should probably make a comic desu, it doesn't *really* fit RPGs or blue board.
>Falling Down rules have nothing to do with Breakfast at 11:30 am.What did he mean by this?
>>93252108>What did he mean by this?That Labyrinthus Anon is a man of culture
>>93250151I just can't get things moving. I waffle about with what system to use and get lost looking up new games in search of "perfection"
>>93254799perfection is the enemy of good
Votann got two teams before World Eaters got one Edition>Previous Thread>>93176379>Key Downloads, FAQs and Erratahttps://www.warhammer-community.com/kill-team-downloads/>Critical Opshttps://kt-critical-ops.netlify.app/>Rules and Teamshttps://wahapedia.ru/kill-team2/the-rules/introduction/https://ktdash.app/>Newshttps://www.warhammer-community.com/2024/01/23/kill-team-how-to-turn-the-tangled-terrain-of-bheta-decima-from-obstacle-to-opportunity/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>93249624>Team ability is reverse injured.That's neat. >Flamer guy who flamers harder and is on fireThat sells me.
>>93246565>TQ3 man 6 apl 2+/4++ termieshammer+shield, lightning claws, assault cannon+fist
>>93252853I mean it's not that uncommon of a mistake. I've made it myself. >>93253068it can be a bit hard to get into (especially learning the tempo that the decisions that you make generates) but guy was just being a dingus. Use Wahapedia, do your best. All it takes.>>93253776A lot of the compendium teams if used well can be competitive. The game is hugely about the decisions (placement, trades, etc) you make on the table. Even comparing 40% to 60% win rate (so one team is 50% more winning then the other) that's not that huge a spread, the custodes team is strong, hell technically plaguemarines are strong (they don't lose fights, they loose on points), Warp coven are competitive. It's a bit of an expert player flex but its very possible. Player skill is a far bigger gulf then the hypothetical 50% from the book.>>93254336Would a chaos terminator and maybe 3 pink daemons get to being a fairer fight?
>>93254871>Warp coven are competitiveDo you mean Brood coven? Warp Coven is a white dwarf team.If you mean brood coven, got any info on how they're being played competitively?
Space Wolf kill team idea>Wolflord with Wolfhammer and Wolfcape>Wolfviking with Wolfshield (can pick wolfaxe or wolfsword)>Wolfzerker with Wolfclaws>Wolfscout with Wolfgrappling Wolfhook>Wolfshaman with Wolfmagic>Wolfwarriors with Wolfbolters>WolfwolvesAbility is Saga, At Turning Point One, you start your Saga with a free team dash, then in each subsequent turning point, your Saga is affected by binary factors; if you control more points, if your opponent is over the central line, and if you're below half of your starting units. Basically your Saga changes as the game changes and either helps keep momentum or tries to recoup losses.
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>>93254877If you're playing age of hannibal, you can expect between 36 and 72 models. Those are both ends of the spectrum, 36 would be a super elite army and 72 would be 6 units of levys
>>93254899From what I gathered, literally a single box of Victrix Republicans Romans would get me a playable army for Age of Hannibal. But I'm probably going to move up from there to something else.
>>93254921Yeah, for Rome, your only restriction is you can only use a single unit of mounted warriors iirc. When I started I got a box of greek hoplites and then found out you can only field a unit of 8, so I got tons of hoplites laying around
>>93254956Far as I can tell most factions don't seem to have too many limitations. I guess it makes sense giving Romans a small amount of warriors considering they aren't exactly known as a cav army.
>>93255109Yeah and you can always recruit some mercenaries if you want to field cavalry
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>>93254845>I'm watching them and enjoying themIt's OK to have shit taste, but I wouldn't broadcast it so loudly.
>>93249576This is my only issue as well: I *despise* hypocrisy. I'd be perfectly happy for sexless catladies and wineaunts to get their topless shots and prosthetic dicks flopping around if it wasn't for the fact that even a hint of a suggestion of a smidgeon of attractive female sexuality - not even nudity, just a hot woman who's not dressed in a fucking burka - drives them into a frothing rage denouncing the show as "cisheteropatreonormative violence", any man who says they liked it as basically-a-rapist(honestly one day a lot of guys are just going to say "fuck it, we're doing the time anyway, might as well do the crime" and then I'm gonna fucking laugh), and any women who liked it - if they acknowledge they exist at all - as useful idiots.
>>93254903Fuck the low bar my man! Me and my gf Maggie love Revenge of the Sith and wish it was filmed in 70mm! Revenge of the Sith is my favorite Star Wars movie and I wish I was the one who co-directed and co-written the script!
>>93254918Fuck you and eat shit! ROTS was kino!
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>>93254504Note that the faggot who replied to you didn't post an image.
>>93254520of course not, never post anything if you're offering a criticism. because midwits will just pretend like what you posted is shit, even if it isn't. i'm too smart for that, sorry
>>93254911>getting upset on 4chanlol
>>93253931Heh. Nice.
Characters for cool fantasy and sci-fi games!You have great art - show it off! Do it now!Last thread: >>93158349 Thread Theme: Good Damn Heroes
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>>93246842Bald with fat mullet dreadlocks is definitely a look.
Does anyone have interesting/uncommon art for ogryn boneheads?
>>93252311Four legs, two wings, a tail. Must have horns.
>>93254111A lot of people think of them as reptiles, but dragons are traditionally magical hybrids. Western dragons are a cross between a snake, a bird of prey, and a big cat. Eastern dragons have many more animals rolled in, called the "nine resemblances". So by comparison, dinos look very un-fantastical.I enjoy this Grenadier/Mirliton dragon ironically though. It's just silly.
>>93254659On the other hand, this dino-inspired dragon works, because it's neither fully dragon nor fully dinosaur.
>>93254687Last one, from Alternative Armies.This one looks good but there isn't really much dragon in it.Note that both the unironically good dragon-dinos don't have wings, because they're not inspired by pterosaurs and anything else would look weird.(the previous one was from Dark Sword)
>>93252311I always thought this guy looked awesome. Dark Sun dragons are weird but something about them just looks right.
is getting attacked on sight for playing a non human race even a fun mechanic?even if it's a weak af human going up againts a demi human for some reason it just slows don't the game and becomes annoying
>>93249989Not really. Even if you dial it down towards simply being confronted by the guards and undergoing an interrogation, it either ends up wasting time, getting handwaved, or with the player having to create a new character. Playable races need to be able to exist in population centers without causing major issues. If a race can't do that, it shouldn't be playable.
>>93254436I disagree on the grounds that there's tons of campaigns that go nowhere near population centers (unless they're raiding them). War campaigns, borderlands campaigns, underdog campaigns, bandit and pirate campaigns, tomb raiding campaigns, etc etc etc.
>>93249989You will inevitably be confronted by the players at one point or another beginning to butcher the mob/ the guards/ the soldiers/ the locals, for even if you try to hide, sooner or later you WILL fail a check. So unless you plan a "slaughter every racist human and overthrow the racist government" campaign, yeah, it will be annoying, if not outright game breaking.
As another anon said, it doesn't even make sense a portion of the time because some weakling isn't really going to go and try to fight a player character in a group just because they are a race they don't like on account of being literal weaklings. Most common people are not even considered level 1, and then you're having to deal with the group too potentially.
>>93249989It's kind of tedious to do the whole song and dance with every new settlement. Make some concession to the fact that the character needs to keep a low profile, and move on.
