Fish editionWelcome to the Old School Renaissance General, the thread dedicated to first-decade, Gygaxian D&D, and content created for use with them. Later editions (2e, BECMI, retroclones NSR and newer) are not OSR should be discussed elsewhere.Broadly, OSR games encourage a tonal and mechanical fidelity to Dungeons & Dragons played as intended by its creator in its first decade — less emphasis on linear adventures and overarching metaplots and a greater emphasis on player agency.>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.
>>97201344You're never going to talk about 2nd ed. You've been given hundreds of opportunities and outright explanations of how to do so in a way that isn't obnoxious and you refuse to do so. All you do is shit and piss yourself, taking any excuse to perceive a conspiracy or slight and justifying your lying, shitting and pissing.
>>97200658>defeated They got mixed up in a fight with some Deep Ones, their followers and some Migo. They feigned fish allegiance, took the treasure and ran.
>>97200677>MECHANICALLY distinguish between different humanoidsAll the different goblins, orcs, hobgoblins, elves and whatever already have different stats. At low level things like the humanoids having +1hp or a different hand weapon and tactical approach has made a notable difference. Reskinning is fairly intuitive to me at this point so rolling Bugbears and turning them into picts or sewer mutants or anything big but stealthy works well. Giving them battlefield objectives helps too.
It's immediately noticeable that we have finally defeated fishfag, the pro-2e troll that has been force-merging and hijacking threads.How do I know this? He is pretending to be somebody that is not him, and using our own tactics against us. But it will not work because he is a singular malfeasant pest. Ignore him, and remember:2e is off-topic.ACKS is based. Slice of Life / downtime/beach episode sessions are not a bad thing or a bug!
>>97203575Great job defeating the voices in your head, anon. Also 2e is still on topic,
Why do DMs love putting paladins into 'you must fall' scenarios?
>>97180635Because it's the best way to beat your opponent as the DM, why wouldn't you do it?
It filters out muh epic deus vult faggots
>>97201242>implyingBy default 5e is more lenient about falling plus the deus vult types would pick oath of vengeance anyways making the line yet more blurred. Older editions (save 4e) are more captious in defining the paladin catches and they may offer better options for that archetype (eg: 3.x straight has the crusader class).
>>97181260Ypipo are canonically evil IRL
Literally not a thing anymore. The value of the Paladin Oath has become flavor text rather than a game mechanic.
>only elves have access to magic and can be casters
>>97193397
>>97193397In my setting have more tolerance to magic backlash (on average) than a human. But no one can use magic safely, because magic wasn't meant to be wielded by them.
>>97198324Elf Game. The game where you only play elfs.
>>97196662Hey Christpher Paolin, good to see you!
>>97193397>but they're not very good at it so everyone assumes that magic isn't real
>author adapts his D&D campaign into a well-written, highly-entertaining animated seriesWhy has nobody done this since?
>>97196907What's not irrelevant to quality is how the series gets shilled as being so high-brow and unique because it was written by an anthropologist or whatever and it turns out no different than any other high fantasy series with giant floating islands, over the top magic, nobody staying dead, white-haired badass guy with giant magic sword and goofy name and other stuff. I don't hate any of that but the series is misrepresented.
>>97198481I was with you until you started behaving just like that Zoomer triggered by Lodoss.Dungeon Meshi, Frieren, GS and even Konosuba are really good shows/Novels and just because you have a chip on your shoulder about Adventurer Guilds and Isekai doesn't make it less true you blithering troglodyte.Konosuba is many ways similar to Slayers in that it lovingly pokes fun at Isekai-Tropes while Slayers poked fun at the Japanese Version of western fantasy.>don't even take inspiration from Fantasy literature like Lodoss didDid you even read the Replay? It was as barebones as it could get, get your head out of your own ass.
>>97198950Let me guess, you watched it back when you were young and all you wanted was "action, action, action" in your anime. You saw that it wasn't all "action, action, action" so you only remember it as boring.Try watching it again now that you are an adult with a different perspective. You might actually realize it has a good story and an actual plot.
>>97202762>NOOOOO YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE THOSE THINGS THEY WERE MADE BY THE HOLY JAPANESElolget a grip
>>97203496NTA, but they are fun series. You're free to call them shit, just like others can call your assessment half-assed.
Stories, art, don’t care. Post it or don’tWhite human male and orc female pairings are the key to fixing the realm
>>97190058I like thick matronly women, thin waifish women and brick shithouse Amazonians. Variety is the spice of life and liking buff chicks doesn't mean that's all you are into, besides that your brain is absolutely rotted if you are so insecure about your masculinity/sexuality that you are trying to convince other internet dorks that they are gay for liking hot women
>>97190058>only a monster on the outside
>>97202326Only homos will look at this and have issue.
>>97191588>futa orcshttps://files.catbox.moe/h565pm.mp4
I just had a fantastic session and feel great. DMing may be hard, but it's one of the most rewarding things on the planet. We're playing 3.5 after years of 5e, and we're loving it. It's so much more tactically interesting and enjoyable!
>>97201804>What's been happening in the campaign so far?I'm running Savage Tide, and we just wrapped up The Bullywug Gambit. Shit's fun as FUCK. They really, really, really, REALLY hate Vanthus.They hate him so much they managed to make Rowyn (who I rebuilt into a kobold beguiler) and Lavinia work together.
>>97200607Happy for you , OP.
>>97200607Based>>97200615Baaaased
>>97201891I'm also running Savage Tide for my kids (20-somethings) adapted to 5E and it's really good. Currently on Serpents of Scuttlecove (The Wreck). I'm building a 3D battlemat for that one right now and hope to finish it this weekend.The campaign as written is pretty brutal, and I tend to be pretty forgiving since the players are not super experienced (and they're my daughters!). But when handled carefully, it's one heck of a ride. :)
>>97203150Holy shit nice! Yeah, I almost TPK'd theme in Bullywug Gambit when I rebuilt a level 6 cleric into a level 7 druid. But they just barely squeaked out a win.
>The Honest Wargamer>actually a wanker (obviously), a serial bully, and a landlordI think it's because most wargamers are quite soft and odd that when you get these kinds of "extroverted" podcast types they really run riot. What a cunt.Is this a problem in your local scene?
>>97196155I have literally never read a more insufferable comment in my life
>>97195539>he is unfortunately a massive chadHere's another one, imagine what an absolute fucking insect you must be to think this guy is a 'chad', pathetic.
Bs like this is exactly why I don't watch hobby tubers, all of them are weirdos and assholes and if sponsored, bought and payed for.
>>97195559Commenting on little men once a month isn't work, paying for it is parasitism as you think you'll be noticed and rewarded by the host
>>97194496>her ProAcryl paint set is pretty good thoughLiterally, absolutely nothing at all to do with her whatsoever, literally just approved someone else's work
Fair & Balanced 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.
>>97203218Thanks for the help anon, gonna give it a deep dive and see whats up. How's the meta look since last you played?
>>97203258I don't play so I have no clue, this seems to be the post with a breakdown of decks that got in the top 4 within the span of last week thoughhttps://supersolenoid.jp/blog-entry-44927.html
>>97203314Oh you know, I'm looking at two different formats."Original CS" and "Advance CS". Confused me for a second because they both shared the same date but had different decks topping.
>>97203254Is it just people buying into Riftbound for the hype or is the game actually fun?Was a League and Runeterra player and I didn't have any interest in Riftbound at all because the art I saw was just lame recycles, looked soulless compared to Runeterra.
>>97203420Well they sure arent buying it for the rares since boosters are mispacked and missing them
It's Da PDF Share Thread!Get ready to stuff your hard drive like a cosplay hooker at a con!STEP 0:<----- That image is not a PDF, it's an image, at least for now. Check the 4plebs link below to find the PDF.PLEASE READ DA FAQ BEFORE REQUESTING OR SHARING.It will answer 99% of your questions about this thread. If you haven't read it, we will know.STEP 1:Please exhibit good manners. Threads start sliding off the board after a certain number of posts. More posts wasted on being rude means fewer posts available for sharing.STEP 2:Request, share, stay awesome!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I'm looking for D&D Player's Handbook 2024DM'Guide 2024Monster Manual 2025I'm both blind and stupid but everything in Da Archive seems to be 3rd party related. I would appreciate a kick in the but towards the right direction, please
>>97200601Somewhere on Facebook apparentlyUses AI for writing and art now
>>97203108literally in the 5e thread's OP
Does anyone have SIS/TR: A Rare Geometry for Mothership 1e?I have the dice but would like the actual adventure module PDF. Gracias.
>>97202835>>97197332
Post franchises you think should be or should have gotten tabletop RPGs or war games.Considering how wild the 90's was, I'm legitimately surprised this of all things didn't get one, frankly.
>>97192138Yeah, I forgot most of the details and just conflated it into a word salad.
>>97194269And yet, you said sea anemone and I knew exactly what you meant, because I've been on the Internet for too fucking long.
>>97192138it was both
>>97185025It's such a ridiculous kitchen sink setting that you'd think someone would have been all over this post-apoc arcane sci-fi setting that also has cowboys and robot horses bounty hunting vampires and demons.
>>97185025>>97199057RIFTS Vampire Kingdoms + New West is pretty much exactly this. I'm in a game of it right now and we watched VHD as one of the inspirations.
>Brutus' Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1qb0_OLhDrDYVVpbllIREdOczg?resourcekey=0-m3LU1xaC5-PnnA0VLRfK9g>DriveAnon's Drivehttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cx7KoDkQa9qmDfJN9_CehZ0fxXEweKOu?usp=sharing>Jumpchain IRC Chathttp://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/?#JumpchainCYOA>Ruleshttp://pastebin.com/Gqj3iKyn>How to Jumpchainhttp://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1qb0_OLhDrDVDFBR2NpdG03S0U/viewComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97202181He literally afraids of his own FUCKING powerlevel, the absolute pumpkin.
If you check all the processed food you can see it says that it contains bioengineered food ingredientsUhhh.... What does your jumper eat?
>>97202681Bioengineered DEMONIC food ingredients.>t. Infernal
>>97195372is blade still open for commissions?
>>97202172I want to believe this is just a normal panda someone dressed up in clothes that is beating up Gohan. It's probably pissed because someone clothed it.
+++ADMINISTRATUM PASS KEY ACCEPTED+++>Loading message...Welcome to yet another glorious day in your officio station revered clerk of the Administratum.Your efforts in compiling the information on [Vokaris Sector] and its eight subsectors have been further garnering plenty of praise from your peers and lords above your meager station, we implore you to resume your task to gather this stellar data about this sector in our glorious Imperium of ManA brief reminder that as data comes in to your cogitator station via the servitors around you, you will have to compile it and make this sector whole again.May the God Emperor continue to guide you clerk Anon.Hello there, Anons of /tg/. If anyone is still interested in this fun project, here is the whole sector - updated with the discovered planets so far - where we can continue to create together, using the planet generator found on 1d6chan.Previous thread >>971016821d6 page>https://1d6chan.miraheze.org/wiki/Setting:Vokaris_SectorComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Rolled 5 (1d20)>>97202826If nothing else, the religious aspect to the world gives it a certain charm. >>97202334Merry King-uh I mean Empmas! I said Empmas! I said it, Lord Inquisitor- why are you looking at me like that... No, please-
>>97202918>No extra quirks beyond what was already rolledPretty boring planet. The monks truly have come here to be isolated from all worldly affairs. Roll (1d20) for unusual factions. Maybe the Peasants are up to something.
"Blessed be the mind too small for doubt," the monks prayed, "for there shall be denial of his light." They were the monks of Saint Morgan and they prayed every day. They song his hymms, bringing the beauty of his sound to even the dry desert sands. "Be the fire in our heart," they chanted in unison as the desert sun blazed beyond. Igwe heard them as he knelt in prayer, spending his time in a cell where he was only given unsalted meat and water, the only contact he had with the supply train the Abbey sent.But even here, with the Abbey in the distance, he could hear them. He was so isolated, the only thing that reminded him that he was human was the massive A/C system that kept his cell cool. "Blessed be the Ministorium, they who guide his flock." He prayed again, reflecting upon the fact that he only had to spend one more week in isolation before he was allowed to be initiated into the order. "Blessed be..." He took another sip of water before sitting back against the sandstone wall. The Morganites came here to be free of the troubles befalling the greater Imperium. This planet had been gifted to the Ascetics following the Crusade some centuries ago. And it was perfect: the sands left little for the mind to wander. And the Ministry was content to sit in the Arctic cities, leaving the brethren to their vows of silence. The only temptations were brought by the many moons. "Blessed be..." Igwe kept praying, uttering many more prayers. And he would utter even more after he was initiated. Then a century later, they would pray over his grave in one of the many tunnels carved by the hermits. A simple life was the ascetic path.
Rolled 1 (1d20)>>97203393Let's go!
>>97203480>This planet is boring and has no unusual factions beyond any already rolledDamn. Roll (1d10) for architectural quirks.
Vista edition>Cyberpunk 2020 vs. Cyberpunk RED?Cyberpunk 2020 is the second edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG that focuses on simulation gameplay and has a black trenchcoat aesthetic.Cyberpunk RED is the fourth edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG that is set after Cyberpunk 2020 following the Fourth Corporate War, focuses on more balanced gameplay and is more streamlined but has less content.You can discuss Shadowrun here too because I also feel bad for those guys.>Cyberpunk Rulesets (The Vault) (May not have all updated rulebooks, check official sources for updates):bit<dot>ly/2Y1w4Md>Resources for RED:https://datapool2045.net/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Any good sources for VTT maps?I like TC Modern's stuff (works fine enough for cyberpunk) but most others I've seen online only make fantasy content or are kinda crappy.I'm specially looking for some good road or highway open maps
>>97194666>don't make sense again as to why the nations didn't act sooner.While Mike did do a lot of real research into history and technology to make his future have some grounding in reality. He also was trying to make a fun setting for TTRPG campaign frrst, not a realistic depiction of how the actual future would go.
>>97181724>Under that framework, I don't quite understand how the fuck the Fourth Corporate War got that bad though. It didn't get "that bad" aside from Night City getting nuked.Japan and America had some fighting and what essentially amounts to company funded terrorist attacks against the assets of the rival company but that's about it.Most of the world didn't get directly affected by the 4th corporate war but cyberpunk lore has tunnel vision on Night City so obviously that place in particular looks like shit by the time of RED.
>>97202869It seems like Chicago, Hong Kong and Rio are completely fucked up by fighting, Busan has a bio-attack that kills thousands, and there are plenty of smaller engagements all over the world. CP: Red also says that they targeted shipping and logistics specifically, which is part of the reason why things are so fucked up as of the time of Red: between supply lines being fucked by the war and the data crash destroying the data of what shit was in which shipping container in which spot, no one knows where anything is anymore.Definitely Night City got the brunt of it, but other shit was happening all over the world. I don't think it's outright stated, bit I imagine a lot of smaller corps used the chaos as an opportunity to grind various axes as well.
>>97202465I suppose? In 2077 the way Judy nonchalantly "mixed" BD's made it sound like you just had to tune the sensations correctly to make a (relatively) safe product. I would figure abusing BDs or XBDs would have a negative effect. You're effectively flooding your brain with dopamine or other stimulating sensations, which over the long term would "fry" your brain the same way a chronic drinker or chem abuser might suffer. That's my interpretation anywayThere's also the virtu, which is explored more in 2077 where you join someone else inside a BD environment. In that case, I figure you could redo your avatar to be whatever you want. That way, even if you're a fat disgusting slob IRL, you could be cute shota or a masculine hunk of a guy in the virtu and feel that way despite being jabba the hut in meatspace. A similar concept was in Surrogates starring Bruce Willis (the movie is kinda dumb by today's standards, but it explored some interesting cyberpunk ideas)This would also allow you (or a partner) to larp loli, woman, monster, or whatever your imagination could conceive.>>97202803>child abuse is still illegal in Night City.Which I figured would be the case. As for> fully legal BD called ''wet dream' which lets you be 'the dream or the dreamer'.It looks kind of rapey with the cover art, but I'd need some more substantial evidence of what it entails before I say "you can buy legal rape/murder BD's as long as it's only simulated rape/murder." I'd reserve the XBD label for actual recordings of rape/murder that used 100% real rape and murder sensations for their sensation profile. Arguably, whether BD or XBD, both could be tuned to be more or less intense for the viewer's pleasure, so I don't think any BD is going to give someone a pure translation of the original sensation that was recorded to create it.
Welcome to the New School Revolution General, the thread dedicated to games derived from the OSR movement.>What is NSR?>NSR is a subcategory of the OSR, it mostly follows the same play style but experiments further with the mechanics and settings.>Broadly NSR games have a gm, a living world, are rules light, deadly and focus on emergent narrative, interaction and exploration.>What is this thread NOT for?Meta discussions or drama of the games and its creators aka shadowboxing with twitter, reddit and the OSRG (frens with osrbros)>stay on topic>gamesShadowdark, into the odd, mausritter, cairn, mörk borg (and its hacks), dungeon crawl classics, mothership, knave, troika!, whitehack, blackhack, old school essentials (we know this is just a retroclone), etc. >links, resources, more games!, etc:https://pastebin.com/0W8WmbCk (BROKEN we're working on it) Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Troika goes way too gonzo for my tastes. I like a classic medival aesthetic, but I stick to nusr because I'm drawn to rules light with just a dash of simulationism to escape feeling like a video game.I feel really out of my element when someone hears im into OSR and starts sending me "Orcs are flying fluffballs who feed off of orgasmo energy and remove the concept of the color green from your mind on a 1d6" type shit. I just want to have my players go into old ruins while discovering the cause of their downfall.
>>97187396>I just want to have my players go into old ruins while discovering the cause of their downfall.gross negligence in infrastructure spending by the pointy hatted ne'er do wells
>>97187396You check out Mythic Bastionland? >Orcs are flying fluffballs who feed off of orgasmo energy and remove the concept of the color green from your mind on a 1d6" type shit.I can fuck with a bit of that but it needs enough grounded contrast to work for more than a one shot.
don't die yet
https://andrew-cavanagh.itch.io/cairn-bx
Infernal Theorycrafting Edition>What is Exalted?An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.Start here:http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial:http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.htmlIt’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. good luck>Resources for Third Edition>3E Core and SplatsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97203125Unless it's alternate trees that restore Infernal's theme based charm trees I think I'm good
>>97203125More Charms is kind of the last thing I want. I think that 3E Infernals Charms are genuinely pretty good, but it's still 3E, it's still yoked to the mistakes of the core, and having a whole lot of fairly small and fiddly Charms is still a problem. No more, please! If the last stretch goal was more 1CDs instead, I might be interested.
>>97198276I hope they release some Infernals-focused fiction soon!
>>97202608First time I hear of this. As far as I know he was meant to be Lucifer back in 1e, with the difference that he won.
>>97203434It is more noticeable in the existence of the Zenith caste, but 1e Solars had powers themed after biblical heroes.>Conky as Lucifer.They even got the moniker wrong (daystar vs morning star).
