>Be me.>Lord General of the Nordican 1225th/ defacto governor of Nordica II.>For the last few years we've been abandoned by the wider Imperium to an ice world that very much resembles our home.>In that time we've constructed the city of New Yur.>A sprawling metropolis surrounded by a network of trenches visible from orbit dug by the kriegers and valhallans.>We've also made more or less peace with the orks we were originally sent here to fight, and even made alliances with the ruinous powers, but those truces only last for one day a year.>A day that is fast approaching.>Candlemass brings peace, but also war to Nordica II every year without fail.>This year however the orks have decided to convert the former colloseum constructed by khorne worshipers in the ruins of a space hulk that crashed here into an arena for a sport they're apparently calling "Blood Bowl.">I will be attending the first of these games on Candlemass day, which is set to pit greenskins against some surviving khorne worshipers they've captured.>Emperor willing this will be the beginning of true peace to our world.>But knowing Candlemass that seams unlikely and I'll be waiting the whole time for some new threat to emerge.
>>97226585>be me>wish i wasnt though>tiny Tam>hive city orphan of New Yur >and an abhuman >or mutant>least thats what im called by most of the rest of the population >apparently there was a mercenary band of felinids here and some stayed behind to settle in >i hope my mom comes back >sometimes i like to dream she's out there still fighting to get enough aquillas to come back to take me someplace warm >probably either dead like dad or taking as an "advisor" like my older sister was by some noble >its not so bad being an orphan though >most of the other homeless who were apart of the guard are nice enough to me and i usually can get enough to buy a ration pack >god emperor bless us everyone Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97227524>>97228728>>97228987>be Lord Sobek>the Imperishable, king of the stars, breaker of the neverborn, lord of all that can be seen and unseen, the undeniable, the master of the dead words, the dismisser of the false king's pawns, the unbendable, the denier of the storm lord's requests, the unbound, the monarch eternal of the endless void between worlds, God tamer, decrier of the false star, bounder of the broken lords, prince of all treasures of the snow capped worlds, avenger of the fallen empire, rebuilder of the blackstone pylons, void banisher, and many many more>and i am very excited >after my DICKHEAD cousin Komei trashed my throneworld with a bunch of those red meatbags who keep shoving metal in their skin youwillneverbearealnecron.scarb>i have taken my fleet to scour the great rift seeking new daemons for my collection>which HE ALSO DESTROYED >and left me in this female frame my previous cryptek built before the 4 greater daemons i had captured tore me to shreds >but thats neither here nor there what IS important is that i heard this planet has ALOT of nice unique daemons to collect and after my greater daemon of slaanesh ran off back to the warp i am in the market to collect as many daemons as i can especially if they are unique>the mind scrabs have told me there are some choice specimens here >a peaceful bloodletter>oooh i could use him, add him to my opera bloodthirster Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97226585>>97228987>be da red mek>da fasting tinking ork in da waaaagh >if ya can call it a waaaagh >boys are getting antsy in dere pantsy cause da boss said we can't krump da humies since dem being here always brings sum good fighting >but aint nothing happened for a while yet!>but boss sayz he gotta plan and needs me ta pull it off ta bring da biggest fight to dis icy rok eva!>putting da finishing touches on da bloodbowl field >dun get wat the boss is tinking having the boys fight but not fight but squigball is a waaaghmas tradition>humies call it bloodbowl >lots of fireworks>lots of fire>had to bash da machine spirit ta get it ta play music proppa >as me and my "mang'os" (or wat i call my mek boyz) get off da field we get da next part of da plan in orda Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97228928>Be Sergeant Ivana Semenov, 74465th Valhallan, Recon company 32E >It is now my fourth year on this planet >The Valhallans took some pretty serious losses last year fighting the Dark Mechanicus and the plague zombies, but we got reinforced by several regiments worth of dumb, horny, teenage conscripts straight from Valhalla >On the plus side I am now a sergeant since there is a shortage of experienced soldiers >On the minus side, I am the one they call every time someone gets drunk and gets their balls frozen to a signpost, or gets frostbite from going streaking and then getting locked out of the barracks >Was I ever that stupid?>Yes, definitely >But getting wasted and doing stupid shit isn’t quite as fun when you know from experience how much the resulting injuries and punishment lashes hurt for the next few weeks >Damn I am starting to feel old >I am currently navigating the busy streets of New Yur, heading to a strip club where apparently one of my soldiers got mistaken for a stripper and beat the shit out of three Tallarns and two locals >Given the soldier involved, I am pretty sure she planned things to occur that way, but that is fine, I don’t like the Tallarns either >Every time I visit, New Yur seems to be a few buildings bigger. I remember a time when it was just a few crude buildings in the middle of the camp where off-duty soldiers and camp followers hung out. Now it is a full fledged city where a wide range of consumer goods, some of dubious legality, and assembled and sold to shady Rogue Traders and nobles in bulk, while off duty soldiers and ship crews spend their time instead in crudely built bars, casinos, and brothels >Pretty much anything can be bought in New Yur, including goods created by Orks, Tau, even Eldar
>>97229272>I am starting to think maybe the Kriegers have a point and the Lord General is corrupt, or an outright heretic >But on the other hand, he has increased the salaries of every Guardsman on the planet ten fold in the past year, so maybe we are all a bit corrupt these days >Speaking of Kriegers, I notice a few sneaking out of the house of a known family of Tau sympathizers, with bloody shovels in their hands >I don't like Tau either, but that is a bit dark even for me >Hmmm, not my problem >No doubt one day there is going to be a confrontation between the puritan fanatic and pragmatic/corrupt factions of the Imperials on this planet, but until then, I will try to keep both sides happy, and then pick the most likely side to win once open violence occurs
Give the princeps the reigns edition>Previous Thread:>>97216117>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>New Edition, to a great wailing and gnashing of teeth:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/setting/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8https://pastebin.com/8riDmnhS>30k TACTICA & TIPSComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97229085>>97229155Not useless, just... measurably worseSiege Tyrants are still terminators, and the +100 pts they pay on top of similar WS4 regular power fist termies is like getting a banestrike combi (that's +50), keeping the regular combi, and then getting optional krak missile ammo for further +10 ppm.That'd let them scare any would-be Assault Veterans counter, and kill a stray Rhino, which seem to be common nowadays
>>97229219"Bring what's cool" does not result in "Oops nothing but inductii" you fucking disingenuous cunt. Spamming is strictly sweaty WAACfag territory.
>>97229204... wouldn't 3000 pts of Kratos with Tactical/Inductii escorts actually be a viable army, though? As in, Kratos need specialized tank hunters to be dealt with (AV14), but they themselves can kill the tank hunters sent to destroy them.And most tank hunters sacrifice the anti-horde capabilities necessary to deal with massed Troops, so they won't be able to defeat the Inductii. Only the base Vindicator may have a chance, and that's already a compromise down from the laser one.
>>97229280>bring what looks cool>but only one of it
>>97229296You gonna keep trolling huh, you waste of oxygen.
Do you prefer playing anti-heroes or just straight up heroes?
>>97227592Anti-Heroes, but more of the "I did bad in the past; I can't undo what I did, but I'm going to do what I can to make the world a better place from now on" type than the "Ends justify the means for the greater good" type.
>>97227592I feel like most players default to anti-heroes. I mean, everyone likes Wolverine more than Cyclops and Han Solo more than Luke Skywalker.
I prefer playing neutrals. Having characters with gray morals makes interacting with the world feel a bit more free. I wouldn’t call them anti-heroes though, just normal jackoffs that got pushed into a situation.
>>97227592heroes
>>97228909This is the cultural vibe for the last 30ish years. It swings back and forth though. iirc Human Male Fighter was the most common BG3 option.
How has a wife/girlfriend joining the group affected your games?
>>97229228your tranny obsession has to stop, it isn't healthy
>>97223515heartily lol'd
>>97223311What's the character name? Niganog?
>>97229256Nta but real women usually don't have to advertise how feminine they are with pink colored everything. He is more then likely correct about the OP image being a tranny character sheet.Why are you mad about it?
>>97229283i'm not mad at all, just being silly it could be, who knows?
The /btg/ is dead! Long live the /btg/!Can't show POV of being taken bondsman by a Clan Jade Falcon Aerospace Phenotype on this board.Previous Thread: >>97195724================================>BattleTech Introductory Guide & PDFshttps://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400>Overview of the Major Factionshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houseshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clanshttps://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97229098Owens C
>>97229103The first time he got shot in the head, the second time he shot her in the head, so at least he learned from the experience.
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TTRPGs are a social game first and foremost. That means there's unspoken rules that vary from group-to-group, but a common one is "acceptable breaks from sensibility" in the name of game experience or table cohesion. It's the kind of thing that keeps the bitter rivalry between the Elf and the Dwarf largely to amusing banter and not outright PvP. It's an innate instinct: nobody likes to spoil the atmosphere, because that's a large part of the appeal of a good game (alongside the freedom).That being said, there are also times when the group's course of action is patently retarded and you can't meaningfully push back on it without feeling like you'd cause a big fight over nothing (and then feel obligated to keep comrades away from the consequences), or something a character cannot abide has to be "sanded over" somewhat, or you as the GM don't want to cultivate the feeling that you're antagonizing your players by hitting them over the head with "you murdered someone because it was convenient and didn't even take measures to cover your tracks" or whatever unhinged misadventure occurred because something about the player position of the table cause human beings to lose IQ. Have you ever had that feeling? I think I see enough greentexts to think it's common.
>>97228727Attention deficit brainrot.Don't play with these kinds of people /tg/. Send em back to video games, real TTRPG are too hard for them.
>>97228740Sorry nobody was interested in your ebin meme NPCs and shopping sessions
>>97228753Did you misquote?
>>97228101Correct. Only some faggot who's 'plot!' is more important than accurately reacting to the party's actions would pull this shit.NPC's plots should follow the "every one has a plan until they get punched in the face' mentality. They should have things they're gonna do, til the pcs hit them, then they have to adapt to that bases off what, if any information they have on them.It should never be "A happens, B happens, then C happens, no matter what!" That's some tard tier rail roading shit that needs to be shot and thrown into a ditch.
>>97228087>That means there's unspoken rules that vary from group-to-groupThis is the big problem. Make those spoken. Don't be weird or preachy about it but making what you, the gm who is running the game and actually in charge of the social event, clear on expectations in simple ways removes a lot of crossed wires about unspoken anything. Everyone assuming they're all on the same page is how miss communications happen, build and get fucked up. Just say something like >Part of the game is based on a party or group cohesion, so everyone should er on the side of being agreeable with each other's player characters. Some bickering is fun but we're not doing pvp or >we can do randomly murdering and burning villages if you guys really want but an evil campaign isn't what I want to do for very longand let them get it out of their system before moving onto something else. Just talk to each other, be a bit flexible but also know and maintain the social side in clear and concise ways. This may at some point mean you have a player who doesn't fit. That's okay. Not everyone has to get along forever about everything. If they clearly want divergent enough things its totally normal and fair to tell them its not working out and they need to find a different group.
>take soulless Primarishit model>insert classic Forge World MkIV SOVL>??????>PROFIT!And the best part is, because the precedent established by Games Workshop Group v. Chapterhouse Studio explicitly protects compatible third-party accessories, there is nothing GW can do about it but cry and exclude them from their subsidized events.
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>>97228318The reason people post in generals can be seen by observing this thread. Because when 1 nig can samefag 80% of the replies, people lose interest in having a discussion. It doesn't help that you can't discuss games anymore outside of generals due to the amount of bad-faith actors roaming /tg/.
>>97228899oh fuck off you're the same type of faggots screaming to push all /tg/ greentext writefaggotry off to /qst/ /tg/ used to get shit done now anytime anyone wants to they have mongoloid faggots like you come and either tell them to post in the generals or to not post at all
>>97228318>could it be that retards screaming to post every single topic related to any game in that game's general is killing creativity and annoying people >no its clearly everyone else that's wrong
>>97228996>/tg/ used to get shit doneNot it didn't and if you say it did you're either a retard who has gaslit himself/been gaslit or you're lying on purpose. Whichever it is, you're still a tranny banger.
Why does lichdom exist when you can just clone yourself in 5e?
>>97228734The existence of nuclear reactors is common knowledge. Now go outside and try to build one.
>>97229175Thats why >>97229044 is the better alternative. Cagliostro makes clones and transfers his soul from one body to another, but he doesn't have to prepare the clones in advance. He can just alchemize a new body into existence from ambient materials on the spot. At one point he even has his body vaporized by a trap that specifically destroys alchemically transmuted materials, and he still comes back in less than a minute with the explanation of "Fuck me, I almost died there. I had to juggle my soul between states to buy myself the time to make a new body for me to inhabit without it ever actually passing on. I wasn't sure that would work. Neat."Which essentially makes Cagliostro objectively better than a Lich, because not only does he have a shorter respawn timer and isn't stuck in a gross corpse body, but he's not limited by a Phylactery as a point of vulnerability. As long as his soul is intact and he isn't in a vacuum devoid of raw material to work with, thats all he needs to respawn.
>>97229221>a form of immortality from some media with no downsides is better than a form of immortality from different media with downsidesChatGPT drivel is more insightful than your post.
>>97229221Go away with your trannimae nonsense. The OP is specifically talking about 5e and my comment is specific to 5e.
>>97229218Nice try, glowie. I'm not gonna become the other kind of glowie.
We've reached the point where GMs are now producing AI slop responses both in and out of character.
>>97228120Spiritually brown.
>>97228120>presuming intelligent people are the primary users of these tools>not acknowledging that the main consumerbase being pandered to are morons who need to ask for direction on how to wipe their own assesGuns are a symbol of modern humanity's ability to make nature its bitch, yet we still collectively look down upon rednecks and anyone with darker melanin who wields them with the patience and self-control of children armed with squirt gunsHumanity does not fear AI, they fear the retards who read the Roko's Basilisk thought experiment and decided that sounds like a REALLY good idea and are wasting every single dollar trying to accelerate its creation
>>97226034>No one cares about anything as long as they can jerk off>posts furry shit
>>97228120Imagine thinking that using lazy shortcuts is creative and intelligent.
>>97228120>the most productive toolsThe numbers consistently show that implementation of AI results in a drop in productivity. Moreover, in the case of tabletop RPGs, I can observe that the time spent on prompting AI and editing the output to reach what I would consider a baseline level of acceptable quality is greater than the amount of time it would take me to simply write the things myself.>which, though still work in progress, is sure to stand as one of humanity's masterpiecesI'm not even going to bother contesting this because we simply can't know what the end state of the technology will look like. I know what it looks like now, however. The possibility that a future iteration might be better doesn't give any value to wasting my time with the inferior products that exist today. Not when I can achieve better results without them.
"Contemplate This on the Tree of Woe" EditionArchives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllsync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Previous thread: >>97219855>Thread Question: What would you ask as a thread question if you took the burden upon yourself?
>provide viable criticism of a cat race>get called a prick/cyoag/ is doomed
>>97229079I mean, of course they are, they don't have fur, they are cold and want warmth. That doesn't make them any better to look at anyway, they are still ugly.
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>>97226924Cute cyoa>Halstatt>+1 stat, mod, cozyIt was a toss up between that or Queenstown. I would love to live in Rural sweden but I don't really like fish. A nice meat strudel for breakfast every day would be nice.>Ancient appearance>+1 stat, practI would love to live in a castle>Warm entrance>+2 CozyOpulent maybe a second choice if just for the castle theming.>Clean kitchen>+2 practNo mess is too good, even if its just surfaces.>Open Air living roomComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Why are major CYOA releases so sporadic these days?
I think that D&D 2e/3.X/5e, Pathfinder, and Draw Steel's cosmologies all have major issues with scale and in-game practicality. Setting authors tend to get weird about scale whenever extra worlds are involved, and these are no exception.These games' settings want to fulfill multiple conflicting desires:• #1: One or more "flagship" fantasy worlds: the Realms/Greyhawk/Dragonlance trio in 2e, mostly just the Realms in 5e, Golarion in Pathfinder, Orden in Draw Steel.• #2: A vast universe full of so many other worlds, so that GMs can feel cool about their own homebrew worlds somehow sharing the same universe.• #3: Otherworldly planes full of celestials, demons, devils, fairies, and the like.• #4: These planes are so vast that they influence many worlds simultaneously! We have heard since 2e about how the Blood War has spilled into and ruined many worlds. Pathfinder's Hell has "countless malebranche," each specifically tasked with conquering a whole world for Hell.• #5: The adventures that take place on a "flagship" fantasy world are of super-great import. Their stakes and consequences ripple throughout even otherworldly planes.• #6: The planes and their cities and hierarchies should be approachable in-game and understandable, not totally mind-boggling.(Continued.)
>>97227489Fantasy is the last place there should be multiverse slop, all you need is one main terrestrial setting, a divine/heavenly realm, and a netherworld
>>97227634>"Only paragon-tier and higher heroes can inflict damage on this monster".This is the norm in some settings.
Multiverses and parallel timelines are the worst thing that can happen in any story for multiple reasons. Scale just happens to be one of them. These are concepts that appeal to literal retards that find the whole idea that there is more than one of a thing the most mind-blowing shit ever and genuinely believe that that makes them smarter.
When it comes to worldbuilding, I use only 2-3 planes. Depending is the afterlife is canon.
i really don't see the problem. it makes it easy to discern which world to use for which type of adventure.if you want coherent worldbuilding you should read a book
Speed Edition.>Previous>>97205272>Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/WiCHizn0>Mediafirehttps://mediafire.com/folder/s9esc6u7ke8k5/CofD>Mega Ihttps://mega.nz/folder/ePQ1BKhJ#RCosRCh59Ki2Mpb1M9H3Uw>Mega II (also containing fanmade games)https://mega.nz/folder/ZbQ2zLJA#DOT-3df6rS2lLet4_RmqJQ>WoD5 Megahttps://mega.nz/folder/7rQQ1LbQ#16_AiXVGo0P3_rVOJuoZyA>STV content foldersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97228901Except me.
>>97228901Ummm akshually that depends on which scenario we go with and the only proper one is [insert author's favorite]
>>97229055My favorite one is the one where a only few vampires get a chance to redeem themselves but I don't actually give my players a chance so everyone fucking dies painfully in the end no matter what.
>>97229073You got bullied in high school didn't you
>>97229073Ah, a hunterplayer running ST duties?
Previous thread: >>97111514GURPS 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.Thread question: How often do you use an official GURPS setting? Which are your favorites?
>>97226052This reminds me of the old game boy advance Pokemon games.>>97227226>I am wondering if i can do it using the theater of the mindWhy? Any map is better than no map, even a quick MS paint drawing full of rectangles and squiggles
>>97224656It’s soft in the other definition of the word, in that it has no underlying logic that the reader could try to understand and mostly just does what the story needs it to do.
I'm gonna do a bunch of Soviet/Russian prototypes and rare production firearms using the new gun book, if anyone wants I'll dump it here once I'm done.
>>97229132please do. I would definitely make use of them, I'm about to start a modern campaign with lots of ex-soviet mercs.
>>97229132Dump away
Welcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade, Gygaxian D&D, its faithful modern clones, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e and newer) should be discussed elsewhere.Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creators from 1974 to 1983 — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency.If you are new to the OSR, welcome! Ask us whatever you're curious about: we'll be happy to help you get started. We also have two excellent beginner guides created by Anons with feedback from the thread that you can check for help:>n00b DM's Guidehttps://pastebin.com/EVvt6P0B>n00b Player's Handbookhttps://pastebin.com/XALkXkV0>Troves, Resources, Blogs, etc:http://pastebin.com/9fzM6128>Need a starter dungeon? Here's a curated collection:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97228131>wtf a year ago I asked about upkeep and was told I was an FOElink or it's bullshit
>>97228201>>97228227Something about taxation is theft. I don't remember the details but a really negative responce to a fairly basic part of the game like 1:1 time.
>>97207832That's it? Those are far less taxing than AD&D poindexters make it out to be. It's negligible even. OD&D has higher upkeep and even that is easy to afford. ACKS characters will be collecting taxes at a certain point and will have no problems affording their upkeep when it starts to ramp up.
>>97228131>>97228201I think I remember something about taxing dungeon loot directly.Not upkeep cost but local lord smells the gold and pops in to take his tenth (or more) because the dungeon is on land he claims to own.
>>97225946NP. There's buckets of character generators for most of the retroclones and such.
Love Wins Edition>>IF YOU ARE ASKING A QUESTION, PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH GAME YOU'RE PLAYING<<Previous Thread: >>97099515 /pfg/ (pathfinder 1e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/RSt0rF0T/p2g/ (pathfinder 2e) link repository: https://pastebin.com/1zySxwm3/sfg/ (starfinder) link repository: https://pastebin.com/5yp9s2U3>>CHECK THE SHARE THREAD FOR MISSING MATERIALS<<TQ: What is your favorite pantheon? What pantheon(s) would you want implemented/updated?
>>97226162Depends. If you have STR on positives then it is not that mandatory, and you can probably complement it with temporaly buffs. If you are at 0 or at negatives then it becomes a lot more critical considering there is not that many damage boost with investigator and with two man party you need to be dealing that damage often.
>>97226532My strength is 10 so I'm at least not taking a penalty. 5th level is probably when I'll grab it since that's also when studied combat is available and I prefer being able to share extracts with infusion first.
>>97224844>Skull & Shackles>consistent and focusedBro have we read the same AP? I do agree in regards to Ironfang and RoW, but S&S is a goddamn mess. Owlcat's RT is also a peak into what ship mechanics for it could've been (hot flaming garbage).
APs are not only garbage in and of themselves but they also inherently defeat the point of TTRPGs as a medium. Such rigid dog shit is better served for video games.
>>97228843This is the nature of the beast, anon. You’re right, but we’re here with them and we need to deal with them.
