>>97707971
And for everybody else to live how you want them to too.

>>97708286
He's going to try to hide in a force cage?

Fuck it let the idiot get himself killed in the cage match, then when it drops you sweep in for the real showdown. Let him be the Vegeta warmup round, that's fine.

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>>97708706
The only thing I would tell them to do, is to not tell me what to do. That is hardly telling them how to live.

>>97708725
back after the fight
objective of the map was to kill the boss, he wall jumped up to it and force caged himself in with it, while we cleaned up all the adds (no reinforcements)
he basically took no damage due to hide looping + the boss just having not enough options to deal with him, but by the time we dealt with all the enemies, he only took 1 structure off the boss
DM ended up fiating that "okay you fought for like 6 more rounds and beat him" because no one wanted to sit and watch him chip away at the boss's hp for that long while no one else got to play
it was whatever. I was still frustrated because I would have actually dealt way more damage to it plus I didnt get my duel but it's whatever
if we actually had to sit and wait for him to chip the boss to death I may have just left the table
him forcecaging the boss shut off half of its shit though which ended up trivializing the encounter
I still don't like how he keeps trying to main character himself into stuff but it may just be a symptom of the atlas being incredibly "main-charactery" of a mech
I might say something to the DM. I just wish me or other players could have cool moments instead of him just jumping around the whole map and killing shit before we get to it.

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Yesterday's HG session was pretty cool. We got to swat a bunch of GRELs riding hoverbikes.
Some pretty cinematic moments happened. (Duelist Mamba missed a GREL by a hair's length from his vibrokatana, only for said Grel to get popped to smithereens by another Gear's AC round).

Also it's neat to see how the various traits can give mechanical bonuses/maluses while supplying character flavor. I mean, it's cool on paper but better to see actually play out.

The DM also came up with a nice system where our squad + allies + enemies all move around on a huge sector map of the badlands, and depending on our sensor range we can spot (and be spotted) by others, decide on whether to spring ambushes etc. It also takes stuff like fuel into account.

For the next match we're finally going up against some Hovertanks, so the stakes will definitely be raised.

>>97705454
Who are his enemies?

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>>97705454
His current "nemesis" is Skeletron, an alien techomancer drawn to our Solar system by the strange energies of the flare that created Sundog in the first place. He can control technology and cobble scrap-metal together into "cyberzombies" that give Sundog the opportunity to cut loose without hurting anyone.

>>97705454
>>97709047
sounds pretty cool
almost like an 80s saturday morning cartoon

>>97709055
Awesome! I'm so glad that's coming across, because that's exactly my intention.

>>97705454
>1000x stronger than the average dog
>1000x weaker to raisins than an average dog
>holding a raisin or chocolate near him has the same effect as kryptonite on superman
>Skeletron blasts him with a grenade filled with cocoa powder
>"breathe it, thats fear"

>>97710428
BattleTech is a historical wargame. Would you ask for custom tanks in your WW2 scenario?

IT BEGINS >>97710459

>>97710451
i am sorry i ever asked
i just got my first minis less than a week ago and started painting them literally today
the manual had a section on custom mechs and was curious if there were any gentlemans agreements on using them

>>97710481
we all do it. years ago, i innocently rearranged the parts of the BNC 5S to match the BNC 3S model, since for some retarded ass reason they totally changed where everything was located.

that lead to these fucking retards screaming 'custom reee custom illegal mech ree' for a jillion fucking threads

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Paint/new fag here. I finished a 5000 pt lance for Liao and Steiner. Now i shall do Taurian Concordant defense force!

Pls r8 my proposed list. No h8. No b8.

>>97709818
You are a schizophrenic otherkin who eventually has to grow up. You live in the magical equivalent of the post-apocalypse.

>>97710169
In earlier editions there was a combination discipline with fortitude that made their claws extra long for more damage and the ability to cut through steel doors and concrete. Iirc the text also stated that their regular claws can only cut wood, but then again they never had problems cutting through steel armor, so who knows.

>>97710077
Trying to flatten everything into "One World of Darkness" after you hire a Nordic LARP Clique to cove the creative vision can't really be described any other way. Maximum blind 90s nostalgia, zero consideration for how to make it work (in a manner that wasn't just turning every game into a.very specific sub-section of Vampire).

>>97710177
Potence lets you do these things without protean

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the local ST (literally)

>>97699716
Death from the Seventh Seal present in my Mythic Bastionland campaign. I am yet to figure out how to utilize him.

>>97699716
The elven psychopomp appears as a full on skeleton in a robe, grim reaper style. He used to be trapped in a cycle of killing his mother (who is a daughter of the Leviathan, and sort of a mother of monsters figure) and becoming his father, the First of the Dead, but that cycle broke when hell overran the elves' old home. Now he guides the souls of dead elves to the moon, since the Land of the Newly Dead was flooded by the abyss.

He carries a silver blade given to him by the Lunar Queen, which is depicted varyingly as a scythe or a sword depending on context, and he carries the head of his father (who also looks like a skeleton, so it's just a skull) on his hip. The skull gives him weird advice sometimes, and is the combination of every iteration of his father from each iteration of the cycle, superimposed into a single being.

When the elves eventually reclaim their home, he will gain flesh, and take on a profile of rebirth

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Oh man this is like one of my favorite topics.

>>97699716
My book series resolves almost entirely about death and the concept of it. Its was conceptualized by my personal fears regarding the subject, as a way to cope.
In the setting, Death is a character, arguably almost the main villain of the setting but its a bit more complicated. Everything regarding the demons and supernatural elements tie back to her in some way. Its part of the creation myth of the setting that the Gods went mad from being alive for untold eons until they made a pact with Death to be able to die.
Also, the main villains of the book are basically descendants of that Death god its a whole thing.

Currently in the story due to the actions of the protagonists, Death herself is currently locked away BY one of those descendants. This has lead to the world itself being thrown out of balance because nothing can die "properly". Human souls remain trapped in their dead bodies and they slowly begin to calcify and turn to salt-like crystaline structures in a horrific undeath. The MC by virtue of her super special powers is actually one of the few people capable of granting release from this hell.

Thats actually the main conflict of the current book in a way. Two of those descendants mentioned earlier all want to use her power to "fix" the world in their own way. One wants to use it to release Death and the other well... the other's a necromancer that believes Life to be sacred above all else and actively spits in the face of Death.

As a bit of a spoiler, the plan for the finale of the book IS for this MC to embrace the villain's plan and become a full blown psychopomp, at least for some time until the next book works to fix that. Due to the web of intrigue and political and emotional blackmail Ive crafted this is basically the only way for her to save those precious to her.

What are some good way to introduce a sense of sonder to adventures without risking derailing them.

I just like the idea of occasionally implying to players that there are other adventures going on simultaneously to their own that are just as interesting, complex, and important as the one their on. But that doesn’t involve them, and they may never fully know.

>>97707311
This probably isn't very helpful, but my favourite example of that is Shaun of the Dead, where they briefly pass another group with all the same archetypes but played by British celebrities who are more famous than the main actors.

>>97705538
What if you shuffle the deck every turn/round?

>>97705576
I'll always be mesmerized about house rules like 'fines are left on the board' and 'if you land on free parking you get the money on the board' were widespread across the world before the internet became mainstream.

>>97706882
Hm, that's an interesting idea

>>97702957

Seconding RoboRally. That game is designed ass-backwards.

>>97695685
>If you've tried 200 systems and are still looking at new ones, have you considered that the problem might be you?

NTA but have you considered that he might do that because he LIKES games? You wouldn't tell a movie fan that he needs to watch one movie over and over instead of watching as many different movies as possible.

>>97707431
>>97708859
>>97709638
>Be Lord Kong Qiu
>Smacking and crushing the heads of heretics with my power staff
>I get a response from Kim
>Back up is on the way
>Deploying are the army of Cháoxiăn
>A complete battle servitor army
>I am appalled at such a sight
>That has to be nearly the entire population of Cháoxiăn right there
>They are cheaply made and certainly no Sweepers that's for sure
>But I bite my tongue, I'll have to deal with Kim later if I am elevated to High Hierarch
>My position is most likely secured but politics are a difficult bunch
>Marine bolter fire seems to die down but we were breaking this siege anyway

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>>97708777
>Be Cryptek Zhoubi
>As I'm finishing off the Genestealers coming for me a well dressed Imperial calls for me
>He is bearing a mark of a diplomat
>Hmm wonder who gave him that
>"A good day to you, most venerable and ancient cryptek, I am the Rogue Trader Lord Peregrine Ponsonby-Bannerman, I would like to know the name of you, who art so deft on the field of battle."
>Hmm, a sly tongue on that one
>Trying to butter me up, but I'll play along
"Well Lord Peregrine, I am the Cryptek known as Zhoubi last of the dynasty on this world known to my kind as Samsāra. Tell me, how much do you like killing genestealers?"
>Just as I finish another wave pop out supported by fire arms bearing cultists
>Those must be acolytes
>I would be grinning ear to ear if I still possessed my flesh

>>97704975
>>97705623
>Be Schlick Ambassador Valerie
>I have spent the past few days strapped to the front of some sort of makeshift vehicle driven by one of the White Lightning tribals
>The effects of the Warp infused spring water they dunked me in have long ago worn off, and the constant vibrations and jarring impacts from the vehicle I am strapped to have left my body numb
>At least the White Lightning tribe joined the siege like my masters wanted, but assuming I survive all of this, I think I will struggle to find a way to take credit
>Somehow I don’t think I am surviving this though
>I don’t know how much the Twin Bulls, White Lightning, Schlick, and other off-worlders coordinate in terms of military strategy, but the White Lightning seem to have found their natural niche as raiders and expendable shock troops
>They spend most of their time attacking small Imperial formations travelling between the outlying forts of Hive Kong and Hive Bei’Jing, but periodically they will mass for a large scale assault on the front lines of Hive Bei’Jing, usually losing many vehicles in the process, but those who survive the vehicle wrecks just climb onboard retreating vehicles, and then loot new vehicles for further assaults
>This time we are up against stiff opposition, including Space Marines and Heishou
>Even the driver of the vehicle I am attached to seems slightly intimidated and decides to fall back earlier than they usually do
>As we fall back, my eyes are drawn, as they always are, to the strange war banner of the Slaangor
>Two figures are attached to the banner, as there have been on each previous occasion I have seen the banner
>One figure changes shape frequently, glows from within with Warp energy, and ejaculates frequent streams of pure corruption that sometimes lead to small rifts forming in the Warp

>>97710294
>The other figure is a relatively normal human female that seems to be loosely bound upside down to the first figure with gold chain, such that the two figures can provide each other with oral pleasure almost continuously
>Despite its frequent changes in shape, the first figure somehow reminds me of my brother Vincent, while the second figure has a similar body shape and tattoos to my sister Victoria
>I can’t help but wonder if they chose this fate, or if they are being punished for some real or perceived failure
>Analstasia is a compassionate leader, but her war leader Vin’gloria is at times as harsh as a Commissar
>I wonder what fate awaits me if Vin’gloria decides I blotched the diplomatic mission to the White Lightning tribe
>Assuming I live long enough to find out

>>97710147
>Be Lord Peregrine Walter Horatio Mycroft Ponsonby-Bannerman, Rogue Trader
>To my delight, and relief, the cryptek seems willing to humour me
>"Well Lord Peregrine, I am the Cryptek known as Zhoubi last of the dynasty on this world known to my kind as Samsāra. Tell me, how much do you like killing genestealers?"
>Genestealers, eh?
>That golden glint I saw in her eye suddenly makes sense
>Genestealers are nasty little buggers, but as long as you can keep your distance..
>And well, I am always up for some sporty hunting
>Then come the arms-bearing cultists
>Turn to my retinue
"Alright, get back to the car, and fetch the heavy weapons, yes, including the melta's and automatics."
>I will take up the cryptek's offer
>I also have a feeling of what the cultists are after
>Light up my pipe as my chaffeur hands me my personal Voltlock Arquebus
>Let the hunting horn be blown

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>>97708249
Pic is outdated, they don't let you purchase individual items anymore. Now you have to buy the whole digital book again if you just wanted one spell from a splat.

>>97709478
>Canon can't be ignored even if you don't use it because that's what establishes the baseline for the game/setting. When WotC does something retarded and I decide to ignore it, that means I have to have the same discussion about why it's retarded every time I play with someone new.
It really doesn't. I run games for new groups off Reddit because I like it and it's fun. And I use FR because I like it and it's fun. And it's been years and at-least dozens of players since anyone ever complained that I wasn't doing Forgotten Realms the "right" way.

Anyone who is new doesn't say shit 'cuz they don't know. And anyone who isn't new doesn't say shit 'cuz they're not new and they know how games work.

You're complaining about an absolute non-issue.

>>97708249
I tell you to fuck off to reddit where you came from like all the other the donald offcasts.

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>>97708249
Refuse to play/run 5.Xe and PF2e in specific and anything produced after 2011 in general. Done.

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Sadly, we have no reason to believe the damage can ever be undone. The days where there was a relatively uniform RPG fandom have passed (by which I mean a common and respectful culture, not an era in which only a certain set of RPGs were uniformly played). Gone are the days where a DnD fan and a VtM fan could happily shoot the shit with each other despite not having much in common, replaced by social media, influencer culture, and the all-devouring culture wars. We can try to re-enforce it through bullying, but that will only make a sad shadow of the original culture built on fear and ego rather than genuine culture. What you can do is try to keep that original culture alive and induct new people in your group into it, so that if the bloated monstrosity of the modern fandom ever deflates it might be that you and your bros can rebuild it from the ashes.

>>97710237
So what would LOTR be? That was always big, it got bigger with tourist from the movie but it was always one of the biggest fantasy books of all time. Same with games like Legend of Zelda. Each game has always been big.

>>97710212
Well if you look at what I have said, it doesn't matter. (Though I did bring up that I found it funny that people were pushing that the Witcher and Elric was the new shit even though they are older than the examples Warcraft and He-Man.)

>>97710304
Yet He-Man was popular among boomers, while Witcher wasn't and only became popular when younger demographic appeared.

>>97710364
The Witcher was big in Europe especially Poland. It blew up worldwide and outside of just those wh read fantasy after the game came out, but it was still a big series in fantasy.

>>97710395
>The Witcher was big in Europe especially Poland.
In Poland yeah, in Europe not so much.

>>97710431
>i posted this shit somewhere else so my retardation is correct!
Lol, pathetic. Post it 998 more times, Goebbels said that makes it true

>>97710441
>>i posted this shit
But it wasn't me. It's Age of Sigmar player who posted it.

>>97710463
Yes sure. Did he work at Nintendo?

>>97710478
>Did he work at Nintendo?
Idk, yet he seemed very well versed in AoS lore.

>>97709459
>ko vs tzeentch
Kino matchup
Oh yeah the new spesrhead is an enormous downgrade. It's actually just the old start collecting with the hero switched out and double the price, it sucks compared to the previous spearhead giving you a whole damn frigate.
>>97710071
>>97710105
Don't bother, he did this exact same gimmick a month or two ago. It was retarded then and it's retarded now.

>>97709408
Orvar. I'm just never interested in it. But I don't disassemble it, because it was a gift from my friends

>>97710150
>which last strike would increase your possible trigger total of to three
oh fucking christ I'm constantly being reminded I miss so many combat damage triggers due to my dudes having double strike. GodDAMN that'd be so cool to get 3 per turn

>>97710349
Mono white infect with Skrelv and all the 10cent creatures with double strike. If your pod doesn't like infect then bring up my rule with it: I can't kill anyone unless I kill all the remaining people with proliferate at the same time after getting everyone to 9 poison counters

>>97710349
Spellslinger. Mostly you want to spam a bunch of 10 cent commons and 50 cent rares.

>>97706814
This shit got SOUL

AI could never

>>97708931
who's al?

>>97708987
He's weird

>>97697004
Source on the eldar portrait on top right, please?

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Requesting Fizban the Fabulous writing "I put on my robe and wizard hat" on a parchment addressed to Laurana.

>>97707678
Did you expect that to be conveyed by your image with no explanation?
Do you expect anyone to agree?

>>97707701
Hey i didnt take it seriously myself so dont push it,

And of course, it is no surprise I tend to trust people have telepathy with no description involved

Imagination sucks to have

>>97707868
High how are you right now OP?

>>97707127
Is Lisa at Camp Granada?

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>>97709679
anOPn here

Am good but

Playtimes over, bud, lights out

I'm a chud! I'm a writefag! What the hell am I slopping here? Billions must (You)...

OHH OH, OHH OH

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>Hibiki
>>97700150
The only thing Hibiki really misses from the Land of Rice Fields is the forest he used to escape to and explore - he intends to return to it eventually at least once to meet the Singer, but doesn't plan on ever seeings his family again. He wasn't close to any of his relatives, wasn't fond of the traditions ('Ahhh, Aunt Kusanagi made the prisoner go into shock! She loses!'), and while the food and other luxuries were nice they were so plentiful that Hibiki finds the normal lifestyle of Getsugakure exotic and interesting. Other than some plants he enjoyed from home, he's happy to leave Otogakure behind.

>>97702183
Really cool work Dogen-anon! Gives more insight into Dogen's personality and teaching style, which will help a lot with writing him in the future. I can definitely see him being the hardass disciplinarian of the teachers, and he can serve as a good antagonist for the more lighthearted academy plots. No issues with Hibiki, he's in character and you did a good job with his parts.

Technically Hypersonic Mind Waves forces the animal to obey orders even to their own detriment, but Hibiki at this stage wouldn't want to risk hurting them or going against their will so it still works. More a limitation of his personality than the Jutsu itself.

https://imgur.com/a/EYiWzT9

Getsu is tiny. It has one port, one major settlement, and a palace a short walk from the town.
It has no shinobi, and it seems to survive purely on tourist revenue.

>>97700150
>Getsugakure is great, sure. They'e a rich place with a lot to offer.
Natsume does NOT consider Getsugakure to be rich, both from her privileged upbringing as well as Redaku seeming to be one of the only nations that can rival it for national wealth.
>But maybe they're missing that special something you're missing.
Natsume is extremely homesick, which is exacerbating her brattiness. Back home she was the only child of magnates, knowing only that lifestyle, with abilities that were all but considered fictional by the people of her homeland. She was special. Here, she's one of many, and struggling to adapt.

There is a yearly event that her parents would host, called the Parade of Dragons. It's effectively a competition between the various mines and their operators, where each try to present the largest, most complete, most impressive fossils they have found that year. The best she ever saw was a creature the size of a building, 100 feet tall. Seeing those long-buried ancient titans filled her with fantasies of what they would have looked like when they were alive.

What she misses most of all is her home. She has many precious memories of there; of her parents, of her friends, of guests and celebrations.

She's thought about if there's a way to replicate the climate. She's used to it being hot and dry. Getsu is wet and humid, since it's an island. She didn't know the air even could be wet. Drying out an area seems extreme though, and it's not like it's bad. There's more water in the sea than she has ever seen, but what kind of cruel joke is it that it's unusable?

>>97702183
Great stuff Dogen anon! Having the sensei acknowledge how busted our builds are compared to average genin is a great addition, and the teaching points were all on point!
With Natsume, showing that she's far from mastering her abilities and can even put herself at risk with them if she's not careful is excellent. I wonder what he'd make of her eyes, and with the last bit, her treasure.

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>>97700150
Iwao is from Getsu, although he lived on the outskirts, at the foothold of that mountain range. This means his father had longer commute to work, as most projects are built in the city proper, but he was never the most sociable guy, and it helped prevent eventual bullying Iwao might have suffered if he lived surrounded by other kids from being a pebble. Iwao started visiting the city when he was 5yo, always accompanied by his dad. Initially it was to see the market, later also to help his dad with work by carrying stuff.
Iwao likes being surrounded by people, but it can get a bit overwhelming for him, and at times he misses the peace and quiet of the mountains. He also liked to hike. The view from the peak was the closest he could get to flying. He also misses his dad since they don't meet as often nowadays that Iwao's in the academy. When something happens, like when Iwao sees a pretty bird or a rock, he can be seen looking for his dad to tell him, only to get saddened when he realises he's not there.

>>97704333
Probably the one who posts her garbage "art", I don't know who she is but I see it every so often in spam threads.

>>97705368
>Imaginary women

>>97705364
A retarded faggot and his boyfriend who both wish they could be mods but keep failing are pissed that somebody makes threads with his commissioned art.

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>>97705495
Surprisingly not much tiefling bard art. There's a lot of tiefling rogue art though.

>>97704333
Warlock, druid and cleric are definitely by far the most poisonous to games when they're female. It's not even close.