New year new me 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.
>>97409638Maybe dinosaur game is secretly another elflines mmo and an ARG or something.
>>97409638How do you look at a thread that's nearing the bump limit, and the content of the thread is actually people talking about the game, both mechanics and setting, and not getting bogged down in the usual 4chan shit, and go "oh, well, this game is dead, this thread is dead?"
>>97381064Ok so to ACTUALLY do something with this>weaponsI'd scour Blackhand's street guide but the idea would be basic weapons that can be customized for a mission's needs (and non-basic ammo) but also be standard (like what you'd see in a military unit, not something flashy like what you'd see on a 'runner). It would be cool to see some really heavy weapons. As a side note Woodchopper's Garage is pretty good for high end military gear.>armorLet's be honest... it's gonna be light armorjack, heavy armorjack, and flak but spiced up with the armor ideas from Black Chrome on armor that people would actually use. >vehiclesI really want to see heavier vehicle armor. For example you could get SP15 Flak but it imposes a -4 penalty on Drive (which should only penalize tricks or driving on terrible terrain). A treads upgrade and a really really big cannon weapon would give us quick and dirty tanks.>cyberwareI want both a mix of actually good tactical stuff and the most ridiculous specialized tacticool crap like pic related. I swear these caimen eyes are the dumbest thing but they're so sovlful. I bet they'd be popular with any Navy SEALS or swamp/jungle guerillas. >gearI might just steal some ideas from the Firestorms or even Ghost Recon.
>>97405283Do what fighter pilots do for their callsigns and make it something embarrassing from your backstory
>>97412374thisif a guy goes by Razor he probably cuts himself shaving
FUCKING PEAK AND YOU CAN’T CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE
>>97411900>Which I think is the part that most people struggle with considerably.I admit that I really do struggle with it. I get that Mork Borg's ostensibly a game, but cricket and rugby are games too and they play very differently and you can do things in one that you can't legally in the other and vice versa.
>>97412138What can I say... I understand why people struggle with this.I also find it weird that they get fixated on this or try to use the joke as a game, or, which is really bizarre, try to play it on regular basis, or for long campaigns. All while Mork Borg is effectively the themed Monopoly edition you buy for a joke present and gift to someone, play it once and then forget it even existed.I guess this is only topped off with people who do those "printer friendly" versions or try to take the dysfunctional ruleset seriously or even fix it. And that's just delusional, which I don't understand in the slightest.
>>97411674>it takes the piss off the whole ACTUAL tryhard OSR and the "ye olde goode days" bullshit, by showing just how fucking obtuse for no reason or gain those games tend to be (except as a joke, rather than for real)This just sounds like "it's bad on purpose" with more words.
>>97411638Mocking the source of your aesthetic when it’s the number one draw of your coffee table book is an interesting choice
>>97411900>And said game was deliberately designed to laugh off the concept of playing games.I just find that approach easier to laugh at myself>Which I think is the part that most people struggle with considerably.Maybe, that could be the case, but morkborgians do see to struggle more with being called out on "I was just pretending to be dumb".It's also a game nearly no one seems to have anything to talk about, this entire thread had what, 3 people talking about actual play, and one had to be goaded into it. It's not only this thread, it seems every thread about mork borg is more about defending the system with vague remarks and not about playing it, like discussing religion with a devout believer who never read any scripture.
Let's try it again editionPrevious thread:>>97275454 >What is /awg/?A thread to talk about minis and games which fall between the cracks, or peoples' homebrew wargames.The >>>/tg/hwg thread doesn't entertain fantasy (for good reason) and the other threads are locked to more specific games.This thread isn't tied to a game, a publisher, or a genre, let's just talk about fun wargames. Any scale, any company, any miniatures.>Examples of games that qualify.A Song of Ice and Fire, Argatoria, Batman Miniature Game, Carnevale, Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings,Deadzone, Dragon Rampant, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, HeroClix,Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,Oathmark, OnePageRules, Open Combat, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, SAGA, StarCraft, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void,Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97407161it'd definitely work for 10mm. wanna do warmaster or hordes of the things with wowcraft armies?
If I posted a zombie game I wrote, would anyone even bother reading the ~30ish pages of rules in order to give me feedback?
>>97412637I'm interested, but 30 pages of rules is quite substantial
>>97412637Sure, but don't forget there's a Amateur Game Design and Homebrew Thread >>97283892, you might get more hits there.
>>97412650I've formatted the documented so that the rules are presented with bullet points instead of traditional paragraphs. I think its a bit more readable and easier to skim for specific rulings, but it also takes up a lot of space, so the rules are probably even shorter than 30 pages. the document is 50ish pages total but a lot of that is weapons, zombie types, etc. Anyways I'll do a bit more editing and formatting and just throw it out here at some point.
A professional has standards edition >Previous Heresy: >>97399915>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>Titanicus Compendiumshttps://gofile.io/d/qdYzem>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/iUqNrrA8Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97412485The saturnine box is a good start since it also has almost everything you need to play, like the rulebook, templates, a scatter dice, tokens etc. So if you like the models it's a convenient way to get into HH.It is somewhat of a large investment if you aren't entirely sure if you will enjoy the hobby though. If you can find a local group that plays HH it can be a bit safer to start with just a box of one infantry squad, and get the saturnine box after finding out if you like building and painting the models.
>>97412485get a twenty man tactical squad of whatever flavor of plate you like the most my dude and maybe the melee upgrade kit if you prefer bois with chainswords and hand cannonsthe 2.0 and 3.0 starter boxes are enormous investments of time to fully assemble and paint with any care and you can't go too wrong with some (potentially more if you go further) basal line infantry and even twenty marines should well and give you an idea of what's entailed
>>97412067>TQyes, it would take unnecessary amounts of time to react to warzones that needed to construct additional Legionnaires if they had to ask Terra and Terra had to send out some troops
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Blackshields 2k. The Eternal Vendetta+Taint of the XenosPrime Delegatus: 140+Jump pack, Halo Blade, plasma pistol, Paragon of BattleCenturion: 115+Jump pack, Thunder hammerMoritat: 105+overcharged plasma pistolsRhino: 90+Combi bolter, multi melta++Apex detachment: Officer cadrePrime Centurion: 95+Halo blade, paragon of battleComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Dramatic Hollow One Edition>Previous>>97389996>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.
97412536Well, yes. They are more streamlined both mechanically and narratively.
>>97412370>This is wrong. Depending on interpretationsAnon, did you miss the "Many Sects" part? I didn't say "All Gnostics".Or were you just looking for an excuse to gush about a subject you like? You don't need to make an argument to do that.
>>97412561I probably could have worded it differently. I just meant that Lucifer is NOT a goddess. I think I gushed too much about Gnosticism & the Prometheus part to explain why I was saying you were wrong. That's my bad. Istar/Astarte is parallels Lillith in Christian/Abrahamic myths, not Lucifer. It's a different sort of archetype. Lucifer is closer to the duality gods myths than the Mother of Monsters myths. But even then, he's paired with Michael, Jesus, or Adam not God Almighty
>>97412536I personally hate Awakenings choice of names. Like, Avatars, paradigms, etc are words I comprehensively know reflexively, meanwhile shit like Yantras are too foreign in my ear I have to force translate it every time, even though I know/understand the concept.
>>97412536That's because they're easier to understand.
>designed to be the "40k killer">slips into obscurity shortly after release What went wrong?
>>97409766That's because>Government subsidies for all feeder industries to the car components>Government contracts for the cars that guarantee sales>Government capital ensuring that losses are absorbed>Government strategy that knows that undermining the industrial heartland of competing powers means they won't have the ability to manufacture or design weapons for the next war
>>97411929It wasn't even fumbled, it was straight up murdered for the sake of the KS scams CMON has been living off of until now.
>>9740666840k was already killing itself and adopting its failed business model was not a recipe for success. 40k is alive because of brute forcing the setting into a variety of media while the tabletop game remains forever on life support. 40k has become like the god emperor. Just a corpse in a chair with a bunch of tubes kept artificially alive through the life energy of others born into its service.
>>97412066this is just, simply, untrue. GW is making money then ever right now. 40k sucks but it is absolutely the most popular miniature game on the market and the fact that your so full of hate you can't see that makes me so sad.
>>97410481Oh wow thanks for the work man they look great was hoping you would start expanding the range out again.
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>>97412537at least i'm not playing pretend soldier
>>97412546Yet here you are in a play pretend material board.
>>97412566Actually I only read the material I don't actually play it so I'm an intellectual
>>97409631>East Texas University (Savage Worlds)Included Pineboxgf/d/uyMypS
Requestin lore game book "Mock Soul" by Salamander King published by Hollow Press
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>>97411842I remember somebody painted those bright blue at my old FLGS and they really looked like space marines from far away
>>97411206What is this game from?
>>97412584Just your average historical wargaming club game
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 or post whatever relevant input you might have!Last thread: >>97165346Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: https://pastebin.com/JNnj79S5 (embed) (embed)https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Eo+fK41FKVR7xDpbNO0a0N4k0YYxrmyrhX3VxnM14Ew/Fantasy map generator: https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator/wbi/: https://discord.gg/6ZjEc7dy4TWorldbuilding Hub: https://discord.com/invite/wGjxK3YThe Writer's Forge: https://discord.com/invite/CUxHxWqTira: https://discord.com/invite/f52W6KgComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97411607that set up is pretty similar to the anime/manga Hell's paradise.There the main setting is an Island near japan which was settled by someone sent out ages ago by the chinese emperor to find the elixir of life. The island was basically turned into a labratory to create it, primarily by researching Tao(the local chi equivalent), for that purpose they also create a bunch of other kinds of beings by combining humans with other life forms. WIth the strongest being a handful of near immortals who are part flowers, they can perfectly regenerate and dont age as long as they have enough energy, which they only replenshis with a special elixir created by refining human corpses.There were also a bunch of more normal people who only had their lifetime extended by being part tree, but the longer they lived the more tree like they became until they eventually just full on became trees and lost all sense of self.
>>97411753how about making it the opposite of a Ring world, where you essentially leave in Ring like gaps that could still let enough sunlight escape for nearby planets.
>>97411917Thanks. I read that manga when it came out but dropped it at some point so I didn't know all that. The setup is based on an actual legend about Qin Shi Huang (first Emperor of China) who allegedly sent his court magician (Xu Fu) looking for the elixir. He also drank shitloads of mercury and is the guy buried behind the Terracotta army.>which they only replenish with a special elixir created by refining human corpses.The one thing I want to avoid is using human corpses, souls, spirits, or anything like that. It overlaps with other forms of life extension/immortality that I have.
>>97412206I mean, you could totally just go with a similar plant based immortality, without without the need to replenish it through harvesting humans.Maybe just base it on some special fruit that is cultivated like Golden Apples in european myths or Peaches of Immortality from eastern ones.Or something like Ambrosia/Nectar where an elixir is made from special flowers.
>>97408603Their victory proves that the Cosmos favors them.
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>>97408218Not an abosutely perfect answer, but if you're willing to cross the streams a bit:The brawler with this archetype is close:https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/hybrid-classes/brawler/https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/hybrid-classes/brawler/archetypes/paizo-brawler-archetypes/shield-champion/For some flavor add this to a shield from the MIC:RANGEDPrice: +1 bonusProperty: Shield (except a tower shields)Caster Level: 5thAura: Faint; (DC 17) transmutation Activation: —This streamlined, gray metallic shield is keenly balanced and features a razor-sharp edge.While using a ranged shield, you can throw it in combat. The thrown shield has a range increment of 30 feet. While in the air, the shield is treated in all ways as a ranged weapon, and it cannot be blocked or grabbed except by those with appropriate feats. Regardless of your size, a ranged buckler or ranged light shield deals 1d6 points of slashing damage, and a ranged heavy shield deals 1d8 points. You add your Strength modifier and the shield’s enhancement bonus (but not its effective bonus from this or other special properties) to this base damage.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
How long are your sessions, usually?
>>97410388Around 3.5 hours. Rarely less than two or over four.
>>97410536Same
>>97400919What if I want him to be able to make some of my homebrew alchemical items as well? I want an alchemist class and I don't want to reduce potions of level 4+ to a feat, I feel like that's too much for just a feat.
Yu-Gi-Oh! General #593"the king of powercreep (3200 ATK + on-summon raigeki + omni-negate/handrip + search AND summon when tributed)" EditionPrevious thread: >>97299566Most Yu-Gi-Oh! discussion encouraged. Post OC, write dumb fanfics with bad CaC in them, duel each other, have fun, etc.>Yu-Gi-Oh! Online PlayAutomated Sims:●EDOPro website: https://projectignis.github.io/download.html●EDOPro: https://discord.gg/ygopro-percy●YGO Omega: https://discord.gg/duelistsunite●Dueling Nexus: https://duelingnexus.com/●Master Duel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449850/YuGiOh_Master_Duel/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97412282>still am confused by any summoning more complex than a tribute summon.Read up how PSCT is formatted before you read the rest of this post.>Special Summons by Card EffectThese are signified with a Colon or Semicolon in PSCT<Condition> ( :COLON OR SEMICOLON; ) <Effect>>If you control no monsters: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand).>You can Tribute 1 monster; Special Summon this card (from your hand)>Special Summons by Summoning Conditions/Unclassified EffectsYou don't need to worry about what an unclassified effect is. You just need to know that these don't start chains<Condition> ( COMMA, ) <Effect>Alternatively, "You can Special Summon this card, by (action)">If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97412378Also note that the first part about the colons/semicolons isn't exclusive to summons. That's just how effects are written.If <Condition>(COLON) --> <Cost>(SEMICOLON) ----> <Effect>For example, If <you control no monsters>:--> <You can discard 1 card>;----> <Special Summon this monster (from your hand)><You can discard 1 card>;--> Destroy 1 card on the fieldIf <Your opponent controls more monsters than you do>: Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97412407Anyway, I'll spare you the rest of the walls of text unless you ask more questions. My recommendation to you as a new player though, >Learn how PSCT reads so you can skim the cards. It's a well-versed player's trick to just skim cards for anything that fucks them>Learn how PRIORITY works, THEN TIMING. Don't do it the other way around. >Learn to identify the shared functionality between archetypal cards. Since you got a Phantom Revenge box, I'll use Kewl Tune as an example for the last one; Most of their Main Deck monsters have the shared functionality of using 1 tuner from the hand as material when you synchro summon with their cards, and activating effects when they're sent to the GY as synchro material. It expedites the process of reading all that shit when you mentally format an archetype, so you have a general idea of how they work without having to memorize all the text on their cards.
>>97412282Slapping 40-60 random cards from two different booster sets together isn't going to work, buy a structure/starter/legendary deck instead. DUAD is iirc lunalight and onomat while PHRE is h*ckin'handerinos, kidz bop and that one stun/burn archetype with the weird ships/animals, none of which have synergy with each other.Having said that, i don't think branded is a good starting point for a beginner, since it's (IMO) a pretty boring archetype, at least without the dracotail cards, because you just want to floodgate the opponent with the piss dragon, meaning you won't actually learn anything.The 5D's legendary decks will actually give you pretty much every single relevant staple card, but the decks themselves are beyond awful.Blue-eyes has been powercrept hard, but it also gives you a fair amount of staples, and the deck itself isn't half bad, it's just a little inconsistent without the primite cards (which aren't as expensive as before, but it's still a $100 engine iirc), and being both a starter deck AND a popular archetype means you'll be playing a lot of mirror matches. It IS getting more support in the future however, namely a deep-eyes retrain that searches maiden and summons itself (being level 10 is ass, but you can still use it for juraishin and seal), so it's not a bad investment for a casual player.
>>97412583Branded is an excellent starting point for new players. What kind of cock are you smoking, brother?>without the dracotail cards or the floodgates-You need to keep your dick down and remember that you're suggesting starting points for newbies, not totally-optimized builds for experienced players. They get a feature-rich Branded deck off of a few copies of the Chronicles deck, which also happens to come with a particularly versatile form of removal in the form of The Fallen & The Virtuous.
Previous Thread: >>97096644For: Creation and discussion of Lewd RPGs; including Solo Rpgs, Homebrews, and Greentexts about your game sessions (specify the system you are using)>DON'T post or ask for "Looking For Group" or "Looking for Players".>DON'T sperg about Hentai logic, Hentai Artists or NTR. Take your meds.>NO Shota/loli crap. Go to /trash/>What's a Solo RPG?1: YouTube (Season 1 of Me, Myself & Die! gives a good explanation)2: Ask in the Solo RPG General: >>970620423: 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://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97412119Holy fucking based. I kneel anon.
>"I can't tell the difference between fiction and reality."t. >>97412014This entire board must be a horrifying place for you, let alone these threads.
>>97412323Well what's turning you on about the doodle? The fact it's showing prepubescent characteristics or the fact it's drawn in ink? A person that jerks to drawings of men is likely into men and a person that jerks to drawings of animals is likely into animals. You can follow the logic here, right?
>>97412323>Nooo you se it's a drawing of a minor it's not real so that's okay! >Fapping to art of minors is not the same of fappting to photos even if the word graphic in "pornographic" includes drawings!>It's not like all the pedos who get caught always have stuff of all sorts in their computers!>The board was always okay with pedo crap, it's j-just you who can't handle itHoly mental gymnastics dude you are so pathetic
>>97412323Found the Roblox groomer
Bloom Tender editionPrevious: >>97287917>News & RemindersDevoted Druid and Painter's Servant are pre-banned in HistoricLorwyn Eclipsed coming out January 23; preorders are now availableArena Championship 10 won by Michael Debenedetto-Plummer (Mono-Red Prison, United States, he/him)From November 18, 2025–January 19, 2026 Golden Packs will temporary contain cards differently than before due to "various pieces of internal nonsense"https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/mtg-arena/announcements-january-12-2026>Useful Linkshttps://pastebin.com/QFA0hqaA>TQComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>start sealed event>fucking double click past the screen where you pick your creature type and end up with elves without meaning to>open my packs and see my busted ass card pool>"this is fine actually"
>>97411772This deck deserved the clean sweep but I got turbo manascrewed in my second-to-last game so I'll have to settle for a mere 7-1.
This is my deckThere are many like it, but this one is mine
>>97404409Enjoy your brown nonbinary women cards.Also, anime website.
>Oh a new set dropped!>maybe brawl will have some fresh blood in it>30 games in>landfall>5c slop>enchantress>combo>FINALLY a new card!>Morcant>Magical christmasland hand of ramp, elf weenies and protectionthis game is fucking shit and will never change until the chinks programming it are dragged out into the street and beaten.
A thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.Homage editionPrevious: >>97341812Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing, Armada, and Legion>https://pastebin.com/9puqx1zeStar Wars Roleplaying Games (d6/d20/FFG)>https://pastebin.com/iUriRfaAOther FFG Star Wars tabletop (Imperial Assault, Destiny and the LCG)>http://pastebin.com/ZE4gn0yNComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97412373>monkey's paw>implying that's not exactly what I want
>>97411304I agree with your post, but I would also tack on that opposition to "wokeoid" changes can also come from people who, as you noted in your discussion of EU material, fundamentally disagree with the change is attempting to do. This can blend into B, but I consider it distinct because I've gathered from these threads that there are some things that most anons here would be okay with that a chudmaxxing goober like me might still find objectionable.
>>97411793DARK GREETINGS
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>>97412491BASED
How would one make an Ilithid Campaign where you play as these squidies
all they do is hide in caves and touch each other on the head with their tentacles. it would get boring.
>>97410994Aggressive hentai campaign where an aboleth sends you on a quest to discover new and interesting ways to rape as many dark elf bitches in the ass as possible. Maybe some derros and deep gnomes too, idk.
>>974109943.5e spelljammer, iirc they're a +8 level adjustment race but you can ignore that if everybody plays one
Its a really shitty thread but I'll admit I've been hankering to play a mindflayer in a dnd campaign. I'm sure there's already any number of homebrewed player race for them as is too. I'd want to play him as a double agent, playing at having broke free of the hive mind, but working towards preserving it and directing dangers away and funneling in easy marks.