>name's Januz. Januz Strakon
>heretic legion line trooper
>trench designation K-17, frozen north front
>boots full of mud, soul full of sins
>assigned to forward battery detail

>she arrives at dusk
>no footsteps
>no breathing
>just an armored shape in a shroud stitched with sigils that hurt to look at
>she raises one hand
>the sky tears open and screams with flame and shrapnel
>enemy trench ceases to exist

>weeks pass

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>>97331545
>night bombardment
>counterfire hits our position
>wake up in crater that use to be our dugout
>lungs full of mud and curses
>she’s there
>shroud torn to shreds
>mud and someone's guts caked all over her armor
>standing over me
>calling down explosive death from the very hell itself
>like a valkyrie of the old tales

>later
>offer her my rations
>she doesn’t eat

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>>97331567
>rumors spread
>trooper’s gone soft in the head
>trooper’s talking to the Witch
>trooper’s marked by fate
>i don’t care

>when she gestures for me to follow, I do
>when she points at the sky, I duck
>when she rests her head against my shoulder
>even the glare of the Hellgate feels comforting somehow

>maybe she was made in Hell like they say
>maybe she's nothing but a construct
>a suit of armor filled with Hell's will

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>>97325385
the Carcass Front is going to be what makes or breaks TC IMO
if its great then people will love TC and the gameplay can catch up to the lore and art in quality
if its shit then TC will lose even more steam and i doubt the band waggoneers will be able to keep the momentum up
really their biggest stumble is not releasing their books at the same time im kind of hoping Carcass Front does well so we get more campaigns and things like old warhammer where players felt invested in the building world

>>97326155
i mean it seems pretty obvious to me its TC space marines/ custodes
genetically enhanced troops as a baseline in smaller numbers with a bigger unit to handle other factions bigger unit, like war wolves or praetors
maybe a smaller "squire" or "serf" unit to fill in the lack of troop numbers

>>97331010
>Battletech Gothic
That was a retarded idea from the get-go and I can't believe it actually got approved for publication.

>>97331010
>see the wet fart that was Battletech Gothic
anyone who shilled for that shit or defended it should be rounded up and dumped in a landfill
(they'll be happy there)

>>97330704
>BALLS OF STEEL

>>97330704
Turns out, everyone else in the non-historical wargame scene is retarded at running a business and will blow their own foot off, and either go under or become a shell of themselves.

>>97330793
Privateer is gone lol
SFG owns the game now

>>97325093
>I take a species, give it a set of characteristics which can be used to form a sort of baseline culture/identity, and then create different permutations of that culture based on where I drop it in the world.
In a similar vein (and if setting permits), having distinctions based on nationality could allow for even more differences to exist within a single race, or even among several. Iron Kingdoms does this pretty well; conflict ensues more due to nationality or allegiances than due to race, though that does still exist. Also has beardless dwarves.

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I'm brainstorming a 16th-century-inspired fantasy setting with a few twists. The names and history will be different from our own. The first twist: the in-universe Russian Tsar married the Khatun (Queen) of the remnants of the Golden Horde, rather than the former conquering the latter. This led to a reinvestment in and revitalization of the Silk Road. While the best days of this 'Jade Road' still pale in comparison to the Atlantic trade and the colonization of the Americas, its existence changes several things.

First, the East is more dynamic and wealthy. Since a branch of the Jade Road moves north, the Baltic Sea is richer; the in-universe Hanseatic League experiences a Renaissance parallel to the Italian city-states. Persia, India, and China see increased prosperity, and the Ottomans lose their monopoly on Eastern trade, creating two competing routes (North and South). Additionally, the English 'Moscow Company' (historically the world's first joint-stock company) becomes successful decades before the East India Company. Religion conflicts still happen, Spanish rise still happens, the colonization of Americas still happens, but instead of the usual "Europe vs. The Rest" or "Ottomans vs. Everyone," you have a tripartite struggle.

Is this a strong setting foundation? How close should I stick to real history even if this is mostly meant for a fantasy setting?

>>97328208
If an alternative trade road existed to the goods of india and china then the colonial projects would be significantly diminished, simply because it would be much simpler for the european nation to access the desired resources.
For the most important fact under all this is the Netherlands situation. If an influx of trade were to come from the Baltics then the Dutch are perfectly places to capture a large part of it and move the trade along to the south, to spain.
So i think that if spain holds these lands which is far from far fetched, then the entire history changes.
Also even if nothing else changes the existence of a source for these trade goods significantly diminishes the value of a large part of colonies especially as plantations hubs, so you might still see colonisation but more of the northern us type or the portuegese with trade stations/forts competing for alternative trade routes.
In reality it wasn't even europe against the rest at least till mid to late 1700s. Most colonial projects in Africa are dated after the successful coup of the East India Company in India.
You have to understand that the British had been harvesting a good relationship with the Mughals for at least 150 years before they found their opportunity to weasel themselves in. A stronger Persia/Mughals and more importantly a Britain that focuses on the Northern trade, suddenly put in a much more favourable position than the one it found itself in, would most obviously focus it's attention on the Baltic trade.
Also i can imagine a golden age of piracy happening in the north of Europe with the Norse being a real menace.

>>97320356
You don't have to have dwarves in your setting at all if you don't want to. Why subvert something instead of just not having it?

>>97330610

DNDdrones have this weird feeling they NEED to use the basic races.

>>97328208

I like the spirit of that, but it wouldn't work. Shipping is gonna be waaaaaaaay cheaper by sea anyway.

>>97324457
You can't be counterculture while having the entire medical industry bending over backwards to make up excuses for why they need to keep supporting your self-mutilation.

>>97331542
Nor can you be counterculture when you are represented by the most powerful man in the world, who is signing hundreds of different executive orders designed to appease you. If there is a "true" counterculture, it has nothing to deal with the culture war at all.

>>97331585
>>97330613

In a world where the system and media promote LGBT, Marxism, globalism, atheism and BLM, the only real counter culture left is traditionalist Christian nationalism. Being a based nazi is the new punk rock

>>97330987
Maybe it was you. Maybe it was me. Maybe it was Memphis.

It's Sora dead for everyone or just me?

>>97328915
I'd join her party, if you know what I am mean
I'd love to see some more of her

>>97329560
>>97329618
Very similar to the stuff posted along with that story made by two posters.

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>>97331608

>>97330599
she is a standard succubus, spell abilities restricted, with CL 13 Ironskin on +3 Druchite Leather Armor
most of her AC is from +14 natural, +6 armor
hard to punch through, but with only 40hp, when someone can get through her defense, she is in big trouble.
>>97330551
with that math I see your point. Going to have to think about it. I don't really like easy ways to disengage or ignore threatened space. 3.5 rules make it too easy, you have a point about pf1 making it too hard.

what's the point of the Flesh To Stone spell when Break Enchantment exists?
Break enchantment is lower level, lets you disenchant a dozen people at a time, doesn't risk the victims dying on you.

>>97330722
I have long since thought about making bigger modifiers but then making stacking have diminishing returns. So that you go something like this:
Bonus A + 1/2 Bonus B + 1/5 Bonus C + 1/10 Bonus D + 1/20 Bonus E
Ignore any same source and whatever clauses since you already get diminishing returns and bonuses go up to 10 or even 20 instead of 5 for attack, damage and so on.

>>97330780
Did you mean to type Stone to Flesh?
Also i assume it's a holdover from previous editions, but another anon might correct me

>>97330780
>>97331635
Also, stone to flesh is great for making a rock wall something you can just burn away.

>more deep

holy mother of esl...

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>>97328435
somehow went 3-3 even with this trainwreck but not the previous deck
last game was pure stupidity
>on play, turn 1 mom
>opponent has perfect answer with wrenn and six
>loops prismatic vista with wrenn and six like 7 times
>has phelia into wrap creature
>i buy some time with parallax wave
>opponent casts containment priest next turn ????????????
>exile his whole board with parallax wave
>still fucking lost because cannot draw answer to wrenn and six and opponent can answer all my threats because he plussed like infinity with the wrenn and six
i hate this game so fucking much sometimes, retard opponent wasnt even punished for his baffling play

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I prefer BO1 standard cause I don’t like making the time commitment for BO3, but it always feels bad to go up against these gimmicky sucker-punch decks that would otherwise completely fold to sideboarding like reanimator and artifacts

>>97330556
>I don´t play this game, so I'll just spend my time going to a forum of the game I don't play and write about how I don't play it

Ok retard, nice use of your free time

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What are the contents of the pack rewards from the cube draft? What are the differences between the packs with Chandra pre-Aetherdrift flatness nerf and the packs with the Mox Opal?

>>97327326
Varies depending on the terrain and extra stuff they put in. can be around 80€ to 160€ around here. no clue where you live and how expensive it get there or what currency you even need.

>>97327650
USA, but that gives me a decent picture. I think the CSM raptors vs sisters will probably be the more expensive kind. Would be kind of neat if the release overlaps with the GW store's anniversary near me and we get a free mat too.

>>97327710
From the previews we've seen, the new box will be nothing more than most likely 6 or 11 CSM models (whatever size the new raptor kit is plus a chaos lord) and 10 sisters, a pair of half-sized playing boards, and the usual bits like the dossier and tokens and cards. It very well might be on the cheaper side, closer to the wolves vs tau box we just had.

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>>97320807
Heartbreaking. Le sigh, the dude can pass as a grenade launcher or a volley gun, then. Poor little bastard.

>>97320807
speaking of heavy stubber, does wyrmblade want it over the seismic cannon?

>>97326626
Well, just had another character break through! Let's see if he can make it to town. If so, can he round up some other adventurers?

>>97330455
Aaand he died on his way to town. A swarm of Stirges came up over a hill on day one. He fought valiantly, and got their numbers down but they managed to peck him to death...

>>97330897
ain’t that always the way. thanks for sharing, anon. godspeed with your next character.

>>97330257
>What do you mean by the point of it all? Like it is pointless for you to play solo TTRPGs?
I have everything I need to run a campaign right in front of me but I just can't do it.

>>97329250
Motivation issues are a sign of depression. Talk to your doctor about it. Tell them, "I can't find the motivation to play solo RPGs" and they'll get you medicated.

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I like the ancient Grotesque models.

>>97317605
Got one from years ago at an RPG convention, they're not bad little dudes, for sure.

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>>97321597
Paul Bonner was a real 'get' for them, fantastic artist.
On a related note, It's been fun watching interviews with a bunch of these old artists popping up in recent years. It's amazing just how many good ones worked for GW at some point (kind of like how many later legends wrote/drew for 2000AD).

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>>97322258
He's talking about the ones from the 1e Hero book probably, where they're pretty Americanized looking since two look like NYPD, one looks like an American SWAT faggot, one looks like CIA, and all but one or two otherwise look pretty American.

Can I have sex with my divine parent? Incest is a pretty big part of mythologies.

>>97316993

Most of this art is honestly horryfing.

>>97316993
>rez life
lol. wtf? That's like making the slavic deities into a bunch of gopniks squatting outside of commie blocs (which would also be very funny)

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>>97324354
My best guesses

>>97322961
>Strengh 10
Does that mean it automatically passes strength tests? Shouldn't it be Strength 9?

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>>97330124
Very few units have had stats set up to 10, the Jugg and Nap being those that I remember right now (Nap with Awareness and Discipline 10). While at 10, you automatically pass any test, yes, but not necessarily win every face-to-face roll.
> picrel
New map!
I've checked the Taiping book and will upload it as well as the tokens, there's a few things I'll want to change or clarify in the rules, still making a list, but it'll 100% work in the meantime.
>>97314298
Alright, it'll be an econ unit, the carts will be random, its the best way to do it without turning the train into a more limited tank, and I want to avoid that. All the carts will have some transport capability, you might just not want to spawn your soldiers in the dining cart, but that's what you rolled this turn and you need the soldiers so... that kind of choice.
>>97315417
What I'm thinking is that the rails will be split off and set in the regular Structures section of the rulebook, so even if you don't have access to the Locomotive, you could lay tracks as part of an econ engine, and I'm thinking of putting the handcar >>97302625 as a merc special unit, since that shouldn't really be restricted, especially in a setting that takes place mostly in caves.
The rails would be something like "gain X silver per Track token connected and controlled", with the exception that the player who layed them controls them by default if they connect to his deployement zone(?). The Locomotive itself would grant Silver from exiting Carts from the maps, with bonuses set for exiting quickly and off non-deployment map edges.

>>97322961
It could easily be ported to the new Neo-Mughal book, if that's alright with the relevant parties. I never did care for it in Lemuria either, but it's a cool idea and made enough sense when we didn't have a dedicated India book. Though, maybe it isn't worth bothering.

>>97331595
One of the rules of the neo-mughal is that they can recruit 1/3 of their silver in lemurian units. In theory they shouldn't need to move it there.

Is there a list of all the magic systems in gurps somewhere?

>playing GURPS
>character gets shot with a 12 gauge shot
>all pellets hit
>But the character has a standard concealed vest
>takes 0 (ZERO) damage, not even the max damage pellet could get through.
>isn't even winded
I feel like this isn't realistic. What am I missing?

>>97331097
Zero penetration seems quite realistic. Buckshot isn't going to do well against even fairly light kevlar. However, it seems somewhat likely that you would suffer effects similar to being hit with a beanbag round from having a significant amount of kinetic energy dumped into your chest, even if it is spread over a wide area. The failure to achieve this effect is due to the buckshot being treated as a bunch of individual hits, when in fact they all arrive at the same time and should realistically be combined for the purposes of blunt trauma (Basic Set, p. 379). Note that at very short ranges, shotguns do work like this (Shotguns and Multiple Projectiles, Basic Set, p. 409).

>>97331535
>blunt trauma
>(Shotguns and Multiple Projectiles, Basic Set, p. 409).
oh, so that's what I was missing. Yeah, taking 20 damage from pellets turning into two damage due to blunt trauma makes a lot more sense.

>>97326364
>I don't like how, certain weapons categories are just better than others.
You're wrong.
Dual-wield has the inherent -1 to defense which no one else has, though it's the most expensive to raise it's also the one who profits the most of Gunslinger. You can have an AP/HP loadout, and with Akimbo shooting perk you're the most maneuverable character in the game.
SMGs with low bulk and rapid fire means you choose the fight better.
Rifles punch the hardest and have excellent Acc.
Shotguns punch the weakest but are the easiest to hit with, and can switch almost instantly to slugs to punch the hardest.
LMGs have the heaviest firepower but you need high ST and money to use them, also we live in a society bottom text.

SMGs are the weakest unless you have high dodge and Tumble everywhere (see Martial Arts). I think rifles with their 5d and RoF 15 or something can't beat a Desert Eagle 4d pi+ in each hand, the shooter adds Acc on every shot, and the target rolls -1 on each defense.
>>97329203
Maybe Action 2 has rules for that I don't remember. I bet 3rd edition Special Ops, Covert Ops, or the WW2-line has something on it too.

>>97330600
>a joke at the reader's expense
What a queer little Reddit thing to say

the object of the game is to find parking

>>97331245
No, anon, it's in the book's foreword. The people who made the book don't actually care if you find the damn thing balanced or even playable or not, they did the book entirely for a laugh and to piss off powergamer types who try to win every ttrpg they play by releasing a game where the only thing you compete to do is die last from how stupid and inept the pcs are.

>>97331553
Yes, I own both HOL and ButtHOL, I'm quite familiar with both, it's just abusing to see you acting as though it's in any way actually at the person's expense, when the entire thing is meant to be a self-contained parody

>>97331573
I always assumed it was both, in that it's a very self-aware parody of ttrpgs that's useful as the literary equivalent of a prank where you invite your friends to play a session to piss off the overly serious ones and to laugh alongside the ones who get that the game was effectively rigged from the start.

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>>97331231
XO, reset the clock.

>>97330011
I choose to believe that the video game is the version of Shadows of The Empire which Dash tells while trying to score Chiss pussy after he faked his death.

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The final Lucaspilled prequelcel truthnuke is that the romance scenes in Attack of the Clones are good too. They're beautiful-looking and memorable. They're sincere in a way that you rarely see in modern films, evoking the earnest innocence of a bygone time. The "cringey" dialogue is just the standard elevated Star Wars style ("We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete") applied to a romantic context. Lucas sought to starkly differentiate the style and tone of the romance from the one between Han and Leia in the OT, desiring as always to deliver something new and unique. "Across the Stars" is one of the greatest love themes ever written. It was an act of Providence that Natalie Portman ended up "slumming" it in this film when she was at her absolute peak, because no other director would have done her more justice, or so easily ensured her immortality. It’s so deeply funny that Lucas shot this movie with a prototype digital camera with on-paper specs that made other professionals think he was joking. She looks better in Attack of the Clones than any other film she's ever been in.

>>97331324
Kill yourself.

Any news on the Shabby Blue front?