Simple rule to improve and balance wizards in OSR games: they can only memorize one casting of a given spell per day. You have 3 third level slots? You can cast one Fireball, not 2 or 3. Don't know any other 3rd level spells? Better go find some spellbooks. Hope you make your % chance to learn spell rolls (I won't bother addressing faggots who let wizards automatically learn new spells). God forbid you have to get more creative with your casting.
>>97816374Verisimilitude isn't realism, it's internal consistency.
>>97801330And that's why 5e players like yourself should be banned.
>>97816014>Now do the same in SW>[epic clever battle sequence that lets them add up to kill the enemy golem]I wish it worked that way, but unfortunately what happens instead is, someone with a hypertuned damage build rushes the golem in melee screaming and gets 5 aces and kills the golem with like 40 damage while the rest of the table laughs hysterically.I really wish it worked like that though. I can't remember the last time my Savage Worlds group actually used the trick fighting or test of wills rules. All they do is Wild Attack because it's objectively the best option to get 2 bonuses for 1 downside and usually their Parry is so high that even if they do Wild Attack the penalty doesn't actually affect them.
>>97818103Well i do also think that the optional rule for wounds cap should not be "optional" but what you're describing is also hyperoptimized builds, no rulesystem holds well to the scrutiny of a buildfag, even supposed strict games like d&d 4e get trivialized that way.
>>97797279I'm not gonna play D&D. And I'm definitely not gonna play D&D with you, anon.Not all of my ideas turn to have been good, but the ones which were good, I have had no difficulty finding people to play them with me.Full stop.
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: >>97665641Resources for Newfags: https://sites.google.com/view/wbgeneral/Worldbuilding links: pastee.dev/p/sp2Mdb5Ihttps://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/f52W6KgDawn of Victory: https://discord.gg/hUAynC3wConlangerama: https://discord.com/invite/ceKjZBr2jCComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97815762>The Power Nodes (The "Brain")These are the figures who stabilize the chaos. Without them, the underworld collapses into a riot.>The "Patron" MerchantThis person is the "Apex Consumer". They aren't "in" the underworld; they use it as a tool to bypass taxes or eliminate competition. They are portals to the legitimate world.-The Tavern Keepers (The "Safe Harbor"):A neutral tavern is the underworld’s version of a courthouse or a bank. The Keeper is the arbiter of "local law."-Grey Arbiters (Informal)These are rare, retired master-thieves or respected elders who settle disputes between rival gangs to prevent "Heat".-The Corrupt Bureaucrat (The "Bridge"):Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97815762The Fence is the only person who can turn a "liability" (stolen goods) into an "asset" (spendable cash). They take the highest risk by holding the physical evidence, which is why they usually take 70–80% of the profit.BONUS:The Tax Man (The Protection Racket). Even the underworld has taxes. If you operate in a certain district, you pay the local "Power Node" for the privilege of not being robbed by other criminals. This "Internal Tax" is what funds the "Social Services" (the healers and the bribes for the bureaucrats)
>>97814985To better explain what I'm trying to go for. I wanted to create a series of spell like abilities that represent the schools of magic that can later be upgraded and modified by things like the subclass you choose or other class features I haven't figure out yet.Stealing from Warlock, a basic blasting spell like Eldritch blast would become the basic representation for the evocation school, generating a shield would be abjuration, arcane senses for divination, a version of presdigation/minor illusion for illusion, etc
>>97813659>>97813683It started as the northernmost Greek colony on the Italian mainland, and the Greeks didn't care about large navigable rivers near their settlements, they generally just wanted a sheltered port on the coast, some farmland and a few springs nearby, and would let the landlubbers do any of the possible overland trading. Shipping by sea, for example grain from Crimea to Athens or Corinthian pottery from the Greek mainland to Etruria, was cheap over massive distances. The freshwater situation in Naples was so shitty the Greek colonists already in the 5th century BC constructed the 10 km long Bolla Aqueduct, partially running underground, to supply the city from a marshy aquifer area on the foothills of Mt Vesuvius. Sebeto was the only river of any importance flowing nearby.
Think I finally nailed my units of lengthBase unit is a foot. There are 5 feet in a standardized pace. 3 in a step. Used in the same context of yard. So something is such and such paces away. Or two paces long. etc. The hole is 3 steps deep. The stone slid 4 steps to the left. etc. Strides are 4000 feet. Based on the average distance someone can walk in the wilds in one hour. So its not uncommon phasing to describe directions as being a hours stride north west, or 2 and a half hours stride east. It is around the middle distance between a mile and a kilometer and used in the setting's context in a similar way. So a person used to miles can think of strides as similar to miles in their head. While someone used to kilometers will think of strides similar to kilometers. Anything smaller I use comparisons or fractions rather than smaller standardized units. I doubt I will meaningfully need larger units so those too can be handled with comparisons to get scale across.
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>>97818150Not sure how about boars, but most of the Chinese badger fur comes from farms that are absolute hellholes.
why don't they just shave the weasels so they can regrow the hair like they do with sheep wool?
>>97818281One of the reasons they're so good is because of the soul of the weasel. Think of them as enchanted items.
>>97818281You try giving a weasel a haircut.
So, you know guys, treat your brushes well. Somebody literally gave up their life for them.
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>>97817212There are websites that removes itOr use lama cleaner
>>97814914>GrokIsn't that only for people stupid enough to be blue checkmarks now
>>97817578I didn't get to play with it that much before it wen all paywall, but its ability to make images was pretty hit or miss, especially when it came to various art styles.Its video generator was pretty good for animating existing images.
>>97817587>pretty good for animating existing images.Any examples?
Jolly good time>Cyberpunk 2020 vs. Cyberpunk RED?Cyberpunk 2020 is the second edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG by R. Talsorian Games, set in a (then) future inspired by film noir and the dark science fiction films and books of the late 20th century. It focuses on simulationist gameplay and lethal near-future combat.Cyberpunk RED is the latest edition of the Cyberpunk TTRPG, set after the devastating Fourth Corporate War. It focuses on more balanced, streamlined gameplay and is currently supported by R. Talsorian Games.>Resources for RED:https://datapool2045.net/>RED has free DLC and extra content, including character sheets:https://rtalsoriangames.com/downloadable-content/>RED Easy Mode is available for FREE:https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/409912/cyberpunk-red-easy-modeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>>97818141I actually had an idea for a cyberpunk theme park campaign inspired by Westworld and Jurassic park. Where at some point rogue blackwall AI get into the animatronics and start killing guests. Including the dinosaur ones.
>>97818167I thought Biotechnica can only bring back small extinct animals like rabbits and birds. Anything bigger like a bear or a dinosaur is probably beyond their current ability.
>>97818298The pet dlc shows they can bring back bears and bigger creatures just fine
>>97818298>>97818308One of the adventures has a corpo with a pet lion or tiger that has a few neurons twisted in its brain to be a guard animal. I forgot if it was in 2020 or RED but Biotechnica has the capacity to do so if they can do all that. Especially that 2020 pet list that has underwater creatures too.
Is there ANY miniature wargame that isn't insanely expensive? I'm talking about things you can buy in a box and play immediately, not "print your own minis" bullshit or things where you're forced to use proxies cause official models don't exist.
>>97814744Because the rules in TW are virtually the same as in the Battletech Compendium. I do not trust Catalyst to not """"streamline""" the game for """modern audiences"""" and making it just Alpha Strike 2.
>>97816644That was just our local ban evader nicedaemonette getting obliterated. The mods nuke him from orbit whenever they sniff him out, regardless of what he's talking about. IDK what he did but he has their eternal enmity.
>>97817532They already summarized all of the changes and they're a lot less than what's been changed between Compendium and now. They didn't remove an entire phase of the game, for one.Although honestly, I don't know anyone who is actually going to use this new core book thing since it only has the BSP rules for non-mechs. Everyone's going to wait for the actual full rules.
>>97817360>Even bandai, who have the knowledge and skill on how to make posable gunpa kits decided to not do that for their own wargame.To be fair to Bandai, Engineering possibility at that scale hits the limitations of materials engineering.You'd be looking at a figure between a Mega Construct "Micro Action Figure" and a Dianaut, and five bucks per Dianaut is a deal these days.>>97817363>Now they are all copies of copies of copies.Or have literally used the molds so much you can't make out the details.
>>97816722>I have no standards: the Post
Post cheesecake itt. Beefcake also welcome!Keep it sfw.
>>97814926If you going to be a bigger retard than that guy at least post cheesecake.
>I can fix her>she can make me worseWhich way, Terran man?
>>97816275Hey now, Patreon is just under 70 pages ahead. They're still not off this fucking ship.
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>>97816139They probably connect via her crazy-strong dreams, and she gets over it.Hell, Alex probably bas his first real coversation with her in a dream.
>>97816355FUCK
>>97814917Fuckin' noobs, I swear...
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>>97818196but can't you accommodate the brood hive since it's unsealed?
>>97818220The problem is that to accomodate the brood hive tendentially you ought to be a moon or a mother, and to be a moon you need to do the ritual.I planned a shenanigan to make it work, but ended up with a chained build instead
>>97818220>>97818250just take a companion on the prisoner pathway, make them reach sequence 0, and they can just give you the sefirot and make it accommodate you using their authority over it
>>97818250not reallyI mean those western continent chuds in the 5th epoch were all using sefirots wily nily, and I'd bet none of them are sequence 0even a sequence 9 like klein could use a sefirotif you get to sequence 1 of the moon or mother, you can probably command enough authority in the brood hive to satisfy the advancement to moon, and if it doesn't count, advancement ingenuity got me
>>97818286>I mean those western continent chuds in the 5th epoch were all using sefirots wily nily, and I'd bet none of them are sequence 0They weren't accomodating anything, they were dao integrators, used boons>even a sequence 9 like klein could use a sefirotHe controlled it, thanks to CW's influence, not accomodated it>if you get to sequence 1 of the moon or mother, you can probably command enough authority in the brood hive to satisfy the advancement to moon,Yes, I planned to use it to be reborn from it while a KoA, as that would make me a part of it, satisfying the requirements, I wasn't saying it was impossible, just that trying to straoght-up accomodate it might be a risky idea (on the other hand with the help of the dao integrators might go better).
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>>97816823Never, the union will make sure of that. and that's a good thing. Ivory Tower and Media Control are working overtime to sanitize this mess. Everyone was involved, even the Mad Convention. Why do you think Stephen Hawking was there?.
>>97817518Whatever this is, it beats getting asked trivia[/spoiler] for the 1st in the captcha. Anyway shame it's slow around here on holidays. The whole idea about the technocracy getting involved with epstein island? Nu-Wolf would never do that but honestly it's quite a fun bit for a campaign
>>97814714What about hunters?
>>97816957well if you believe the [spoiler ]gangrel[/spoiler] and some osirians then Set also ate himself up from 4th gen gangrel to 3rd gen presumably by diablerizing a 3rd gen named typhon without any known side effects as his mental problems come from Apophis induced nightmares and his quest to regain his self proclaimed godhoodalthought that would put into question why malkav and saulot used to bebest friends with him
>>97818297Hunters are incels because they're crazy. nu-Hunters are volcel because they're about muh struggle
How hard is it to create an interesting campaign without backstory? After reading the classic Sword and sorcery stories, I wanted to do something that didn't rely on backstory and was completely focused on the present. But how do you make it interesting?
>>97817618in medias res is a thing you know>>97817742>Your commander is dead, the only way your division can get supplies is through a guarded pass>The commander is ruthless but honorable>goUnless you consider something as barebones and scene setting as this backstory, IDK how that is flat and boring. You dont need some long monologue, just where you are, what your immediate goal is, and the major characters in play.
>>97817742Don't make the story too flat and boring. Alternatively, know your group and run the kind of game you have in mind for people who'd be interested in it. I don't know what kind of an answer beyond "have interesting shit in it" are you looking for here. That's all there is to it. If you can't think of interesting shit that doesn't depend of backstory established beforehand, you probably shouldn't run a game without backstory. If you can think of interesting shit, why do you think your players would find it boring?
>>97817618Make interesting places for the players to explore. Make interesting characters for the players to interact with and talk to. Make interesting monsters/combat encounters to fight. Give the players room to fill out their own characters. Leave gaps and let the players fill them. the story will emerge on it's own.
>>97817742>someoneSure thing, but there was no indication of who OP is trying to interest, so I had no choice but to answer in terms of my own interests.I can get by without story in a game, I just need the game to be good. But the vocal majority of faggots on this board need daddy to tuck them in before they can throw their dice, and they generally prefer a more /qst/like "structure".So, the answer to OP's retarded question depends on who he's trying to interest.
>>97817835>in medias res is a thing you know>>97817673>Have interesting things happen and interesting characters be present.So between these two comments, there just isn't anything else that needs to be in this thread and I don't fucking understand how the OP managed to think it was a good idea to make this thread anyway. A thread died for this shit. Where are the fucking jannies?
A thread for everything Dragons. What is the best kind of Dragons for a game. Just the standard, firebreathing scally Dragon? Or is it better for a game to give your players variety?
>>97809146thousand sons has wyverns in lore
>>97815414Because it is the common thing. And thats just a common cultural exchange. Happend within Europe too. So did China with Korea and Japan.But Yamata no Orochi is an interesting dragon. Thanks for that info.
>>97705547I found the writing to be lackluster. It reads like a Disney Channel original series with simpleton characters and villains too comically villainous to be taken very seriously. I like dragons, but I wasn't willing to go past the first book. Things may improve after that, but I don't feel like I'm missing out.
>>97812205>>97812672>>97813749Other dragons are a given. I was thinking more in terms of empires, civilizations. Masses of creatures that can exist as long as dragons and rival them in power in their own way, not necessarily being significantly supernatural.Guess I'm trying to write a huge adult dragon as I would an adventurer: what kind of rivals, challenges and quests can he face without it being a straightforward high power magical creature or heroic character. As well as not escalating into all out war with armies.Like giants are pretty good for that. Fae or high power magical creatures seem too wild, momentary challenges.Sentient gryphons or harpy civs perhaps?
>>97817879Ok, not neccessary an adversary or opponent. Something i can see are Dragon hunters (Knight Order or barbarians)Harpies are good. I wouldnt make them civ but like a bird flock. Dragon (Eagle) vs Harpies (Crows).Sphinxes or Chimeras are not that magically. They can just act like special animals.Just like unicorns.
>mimimi, humans don't have their own feature, mimimi, we have to invent somethingNecromancy right here. When was the last time you saw non-human necromancer, lich or vampire? That's right, they practically don't exist because other races are simply inferior when it comes to necromancy and those non-human undead are so pathetic that everyone forgets about their existence in 5 minutes . Except for that one orc, but even he understood that he was worthless and therefore got himself a human body to finally become a full-fledged lich. So yes, here is your feature humans - necromancy, you know that I am right, you can't run away from the truth forever.
I've sometimes wondered if the general absence of non-human fantasy skeletons or zombie models is an indication of a potential gap in the market or that they just don't sell.
>>97816932Dude that pic is from a game called minion masters I remember saving that ages ago, its not the usual suspect.or at least not one of his coms
>>97817724I don't think anyone has to try to be less retarded than (you), OP.
>>97816513>When was the last time you saw non-human necromancer, lich or vampire?Dwarves have Ancestor Spirits...Don't tell them that summoning the ghost of their great-great grandpappy is necromancy, they get short tempered about it
>>97818289The fact you seem to think I am OP shows you are trying very hard at it.
What do your story characters do in your worldbuilding setting when the story enforcers can't/won't do anything about annoying and ceaseless disruptions to the worldbuilding setting's peace?
>>97817539Use your mod powers to delete the post.
>>97817046We need to have this thread as a general.
>>97817594Why?It wouldn't contain anything.
Usually fuck the girl npc when the gm lets us
>>97818301basedI love fuck girl
I always hear about the stir this caused, and recently about how bad or redeemable it is. I'm not certain about it myself because I dabbled with 3e and then got into 5e, never paid much attention to the scene during that entire era. What does /tg/ think of the system?
>>97816243>star lockFucking autocorrect. I meant a Statblock.
>>97778565>x was good because it achieved its bad designYou are truly retarded. An excellent example of the oversocialized man.
I've said it before, but most people are bad at D&D. They have inefficient resource management, poor decision making skills, a bad understanding of the underlying math, and are incapable of judging the actual value of many rules elements. In other editions, you can kind of get away with just showing up to the table to vibe because not even the developers were good at D&D; nobody was paying attention to you flubbing it. But 4e? If you don't know what you're doing as a player, if you don't know what you're doing as DM, and if you don't know what you're doing as a designer for the system, it's extremely obvious that you don't get it and the game doesn't work very well for you if you don't.
>>97816232Oh ok. Rocks fall you die. Good game everyone.
>>97816243Living Forgotten Realms attempted many, many experiments with making solos that were actually worth their XP value. Blue dragons were no exception.For a heroic-tier blue dragon solo, consider the thundering wind scarab here:https://livingforgottenrealms.com/adventures/SPEC0403LFR.zipFor a paragon-tier blue dragon solo, have a look at Sapphiraktar here:https://livingforgottenrealms.com/adventures/CALI0402LFR.zipThere are several high-epic-tier dragons here:https://livingforgottenrealms.com/adventures/EPIC0502LFR.zipI have actually played through this high-epic-tier adventure and have fought the dragons there. However, I have not played through the other two adventures I have just linked, so I cannot attest to their quality compared to, say, the Maroon Prince (and even he has a very janky and inelegant effect-removal mechanic).
