Thread dead for two entire days edition>What is Trench Crusade?An alternate weird history 28mm/32mm tabletop skirmish game. Based on the art and lore of Mike Franchina, whose illustrations you may have seen floating around on /tg/ for a several years now, and designed by Tuomas Pirinen, one of the original creators of Mordheim. It's grimdark, it's visceral, and it's very Blanchitsu.>What's the QRD on the background?The Knights Templar turned heretic and opened the Gates of Hell when they took Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Over 800 years later the war is still ongoing as technology has developed to a pseudo diesel-punk WW1 standard and a third of Humanity has sided with the Infernal Princes.>How do I get started?All the files are free online:https://www.trenchcrusade.com/rules/They used to be split between the website and the discord, but no more. For posterity's sake, the old mega will still be kept active even if it's unlikely to need updating: https://mega.nz/folder/70QH0BBa#Eg-blxYQKkY_C02wErnFTQ>third party sources for making trenchers:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>98018420Santa is taking the field to deliver coal to the naughty heretics personally, I see.
>>98019476St Nick IS an Antioch patron after all.Actually pretty decent one in terms of skills.
Going to play my fist game in a few days, 700 ducats game btw, need some criticism on the following list.## GHOST ## Faction: Trench GhostsRating: 697 Ducats | 0 GloryPatron: None## Elites ##Heretic Priest - 177DBattlekit: Grenade Launcher, Trench Polearm, Tank PalanquinBarbed Wire Banshee - 122DBattlekit: Trench Polearm, Reinforced Armour, Trench ShieldComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>98021108>Trench Ghosts are slow as shit, even with a musician. You might want to lean more heavily into HL's absurd range and keep melee gear on the cheaper side.>Take the armour off the troopers. Armour should be used to protect investments. Troopers aren't that, and the armor on either of them costs more than the rest of their battlekit combined.>I hate Sarcophagus Mines but someone might have had better experiences with them.>Banshees/Choiristers have terrible Range Att, but you can circumvent that with FLAMETHROWER if you can make room for it.
>>98021108Doods don't get swords, they don't have +D to hit so critting doesn't really come up. Give them bayonets instead for bolt actipn guys they're just a better trench club. Armor is a premium, use those points for another dood with instrument instead of armor on your troopers. In game 1, 2 armor is pretty much all you're going to need. Consider dropping down to light armor with shield and a sac knife on your chorister. Silenced pistol is funny and flavorful on the commando, but just take a gas nade unless you're really going for flavor
Where do you normally take inspiration for new creatures to throw at your players ? Mythology/Folklore, spec evo projects, paleoart... ?
>>98007991That's the most badass Togemon has ever looked. Also, are the dates on them when the episode where they first showed up debuted? If so that's base.
>>98014196>Detective Patamon
>>98007991Sauce?
>>98019037herehttps://shimhaq.tumblr.com/post/614775716889952256/finally-done-with-the-original-8-of-the-digimon
Punkussy Edition>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.
>>98017724>But I guess a fear of mine is balancing, since power armor and maximum metal get pretty crazy pretty fast, even with lower spec armor like guardians. If you're doing 2020 there's basically no balancing unless your crew is using ACPAs or are using heavily combat-focused FBCs. Maximum Metal just operates on a fundamentally higher scale than the base game. The Arasaka Standard B is the most common ACPA that you'll will see per the supplement, and it has:>50SP in all areas. Meaning that even an AP attack requires at least 26 damage to deal anything past the armor, which requires heavy anti-armor weaponry like 0.50 Cals, ETE enhanced weapons, or high explosives> Its melee is 4D10, 5D10, and 6D10. A kick is more or less guaranteed to explode a limb if it hits anyone, even in Metal Gear>Has grenade launcher, and its main gun is a 6D10 heavy machine gunUnless you give Borgs PanzerFaust and/or Cybersteroids, they're also just in a game of rocket tag against an ACPA. Even the Grasshopper is still more armored than a MetalGear and uses a 7D6+3AP machine gun designed to kill an FBC quickly. For Cyberpunk RED the power scale is more linear, but ACPAs are still a notable power jump like FBCs were. They:>Nullify Martial Arts' half armor bonus, and are unaffected by Aimed Shots>Can't be grappled if you have lower than 15 BODY (requiring an Omega Frame, an ACPA, or a TUp Beta Frame)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
If a 9 HD dragon in Chainmail attacked 20 archers figures.How would it be resolved in mass combat and separately in Man to Man?
>>98021130Now I can’t delete this dumb post.Screw it.How many rounds does it take your Chooms to kill the Elfline Online dragon. If it “happens” to come out of the game.
>>97971278Hey I recognize herhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_V5JK5HMeA
What is the best wargame for a cyberpunk setting and usage of 28mm cyberpunk miniatures from cops to private military contractors to armed punks?Vehicles included if possible.I need STL suggestions of good cyberpunk looking vehicles.
A thread for discussing the Star Wars franchise and its various media and tabletop games.May The 4th edition>Adepticon roadmaps:https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/adepticon-2026-roadmap-star-wars-legion/https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/adepticon-2026-roadmap-star-wars-shatterpoint/Previous: >>97916374Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing, Armada, and Legion>https://pastebin.com/9puqx1zeStar Wars Roleplaying Games (d6/d20/FFG)>https://pastebin.com/iUriRfaAComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>98018080>moisture farmerIt would have made sense if the moisture farmer look was just Obi-Wan dressing like (some) people on Tattooine.Otherwise he has been trying to hide for 18 years while still wearing his uniform. While you could call him a moron, how stupid is the Empire for not finding him?
>>98022049What he looked like doesn't really matter, he was hiding on fucking Tatooine
>>98019523>Doesn't stop them from being a military force as wellThe Jedi have never been a military force, not in Lucas or the EU or even in Yidsney canon, that's headcanon. The Jedi are mediators and peacekeepers who spend most time helping planets with agriculture or construction and shit, or just meditating in the Temple. Making them an army misses the point the PT was making, that they lost their way>I've always been disappointed Jedi were always just robe wearing space hobosThey're monks, not hobos>wartime Jedi to have decorative relic armour and weaponryThere hasn't been a real war in the Republic since Ruusan, makes no sense to have armor. Even TCW makes little sense, Genndywars does it right with Obi-Wan just using clone armor which is available>proper space samuraiThis is your issue. The Jedi have never been samurais. They have some inspiration but just because they use swords doesn't mean they're soldiers.>>98022049>Otherwise he has been trying to hide for 18 years while still wearing his uniform. While you could call him a moron, how stupid is the Empire for not finding him?He hides on some random forgotten hut miles and miles away from the closest homestead, let alone city. The Empire only runs random patrols on cities on Tatooine, they don't go outside to check for no reasonAlso many people have brown cloaks, they aren't Jedi exclusive
I keep forgetting all the autism when typing posts...>>98022211>The Jedi have never been a military force*Being a monk has not stopped monks from forming into a military force in times of need.>The Jedi are mediators and peacekeepers who spend most time helping planets with agriculture or construction and shit, or just meditating in the Temple.Yet "for over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic" while carrying weapons and training to fight.>They're monks, not hobosMonks can wear clothes other than peasant robes.>There hasn't been a real war in the Republic since RuusanHence why their weapons and armour would be ancient.>The Jedi have never been samurais.*Proper space samurai style armour and weaponry. Don't need to be a samurai to wear old, decorative weapons and armour.
>>98022267>Being a monk has not stopped monks from forming into a military force in times of need.No indication to the Jedi that there would ever be a time of need again.>Yet "for over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic" while carrying weapons and training to fight.Firstly, I'm tired of people using Obi-Wan's speech to Luke literally. In that very speech he lies about Vader. It was manipualtive, to push him into being a Jedi knowing that he wanted to be something larger than a farmboy.Secondly, yes theya re the guardians of peace and justice. It's just peace and justice ends up being mediation and planetary development rather than wars. The Prequels make this clear, there hasn't been a conflict in a thousand years and both the Jedi and Republic are unprepared to fight.Thirdly, yes they carry lightsabers which are used to stop small planetary conflicts. It's also implied in a lot of media that lightsaber dueling is a form of connecting with the Force, not just a violent act.Fourth, in ESB Yoda says a Jedi always uses the Force for defense, not attack. Even the OT says the Jedi don't go around fighting people.>Monks can wear clothes other than peasant robes.They're meant to be simple. As Yoda said, they're more than crude matter. They're also light which is good for mobility>Hence why their weapons and armour would be ancient.So they just keep ancient shit they don't know if it even works? Also a lightsaber is enough a weapon for them, as Obi-Wan shows the Jedi tend to consider blasters uncivilized and violent.>Don't need to be a samurai to wear old, decorative weapons and armour.Dude if you want samurais just look at Inquisitors. Jedi have never been willing fighters.
What is the most evil or violent thing a player character has done at your table?
I once took TWO pennies from the jar! And I didn't rewind that movie I rented!
>>98009797Was GMing a raider campaign in BRP, as a group of bastards looking for an elixir to awaken their king who is asleep due to a curse. They were like roman vikings.Anyway, our heroes encounter an immortal who keeps healing, and they want to know how he is as such, he tells them he doesnt know, so they keel-haul him, flay him, rip him apart with horses, put him in a crushing wheel and try every other form of torture, until he tells them of a hidden cave within the volcano containing the water of immortality (just lying to make them let him go). The party believe him, and as thanks they cut him up, put him in a metal chest and fill it with sand, then they wrap it up in rope and leather and dump it in the ocean. Apparently they were afraid he would find them and get revenge for the torture
Playing as a Drow paladin who barely escaped slavery in Menzoberranzan and was forced to kill her Lolth-sworn brother in self-defense. So what does the public game store table do several sessions in? Hand my character over to Lolth-sworn Drow that were hunting me, in exchange for money. The DM then said my play session was over. Did I mention I paid for this?
>>98022183>Did I mention I paid for this?This was your first mistake.
>>98022224Well it's one you only make once.The store reps have since asked me if I want to get in on another campaign and I've told them loudly, "Not after how you fucked me over the last time :) "
The best way to cure brainrot is a good reading of fantasy. Fantasy aids your brain and also helps with other problems like depression. So let's get a thread for the best genre going.Post about well-known authors you like and love.Post about obscure authors you wish others to know.Fantasy adjacent genres like history, horror, mythology, detective tales are welcome too.Feel free to ask for recommendations from other anons.You don't need to post about any system or specific game on this thread. This is purely dedicated to fantasy as a whole.
>>98021957How modern's modern? I don't really keep an eye on what's being published, I mostly just read stuff that my local library gets or that catches my eye on the bookstore, so I can't really speak to the general state of modern fantasy. I've liked N. K. Jemisin's novels quite a bit, though. They're pretty distinctly political, though, or at least ideological, with lots of anger about oppression and inequality. Nemisin does what more writers should do and writes her own original stuff, though, instead of injecting her views into pre-established franchises. Also her books are just generally pretty good, not among the all-time greats but good.
>>97919229yo im about 2/3 of the way through the trilogy now is the silmarillion as enjoyable? I know it's considered heavier but I do want to see morgoths face caved in
>>98022120I liked Silmarillion a lot, but I know a lot of people who found it boring despite liking Lord of the Rings. It's less a novel and more a history book about fictitious history. I like reading history books in general, and I like LotR and find the fictitious history behind it interesting, so that worked for me.
Any recs for something nonviolent? I love fantasy settings but I'm just not into reading about fighting, killing or heroics. It's boring to me.
>>97924366is beowulf actually good?
What are some general pointers on making settings without humans right for TTRPG sessions?Pic related is arguably one of the best settings I know of that don't feature any humans.
Can you give me some recommendations for adventure modules for settings that aren't strictly medieval fantasy or written for D&D? (Published adventures for other games than D&D)Also, can you recommend me adventure paths/Series of linked adventures for games other than D&D or Pathfinder.
>>98021482Depends on what you're looking for. I mean you got Cyberpunk, Traveller, Stars/Cities/Ashes without Number, Star Wars has a few TTRPGs, and more.
Just to ask a straightforward question:Is it reasonable for the DM to basically flat-out say "Hey I have no interest in roleplaying out romantic relationships, so nothing sexual will happen between PCs and NPCs"?Like NPCs obviously have relationships, but that's just for the plot (i.e. the King has a Queen and a mistress, some dudes are married). Meanwhile we're just not going to not do any of that for the PCs so things don't get weird.I mean it just feels fucking awkward for me as a DM.
>>98016029>I kind of think you're reading into things that OP never mentionedHe mentioned a plot centered around an arranged marriage here >>98011882I am being slightly hyperbolic with regards to having two NPCs flirting, but that's exactly the point. OP is pretending like it's fine for an NPC to be engaged/married, but a PC being engaged/married is too far.>The logic doesn't work unless you think the PC is just going to marry the NPC and then never try to have any romance with them during the game?It doesn't matter if they try, because the DM can just say "okay, you spend some time with your fiancé/wife, what is everyone else doing?" and leave it at that. And if OP is being honest with his players that he just doesn't want to roleplay romance, then that should be plenty. That's the context in which telling the players flat out "I have no interest in roleplaying romantic relationships" makes sense and is honest, because it matches with what the DM is already doing with NPCs.At the point where a player tries to actively roleplay their flirting, then you can shut them down and point to the houserule.To give another example, let's say there's a GM who doesn't want to roleplay the PCs drinking alcohol, because he finds it gross. Then during the party's first quest, they need to persuade a dwarf, and they find him at a tavern having a drinking contest with another dwarf. It wouldn't be surprising for a player to have their character attempt to challenge that dwarf to a drinking contest. Only to have the bartender refuse to serve the PCs any alcohol. Obviously, he could have done a better job by establishing that he didn't want drinking contests ahead of time. But the better method is to just not have bars with drunk dwarves as a main facet of the quest.Now think of how many stories you've seen about heroes saving women from arranged marriages, and ask yourself why OP would have 'escort this woman to her arranged marriage' as a quest at all.
>>98018605Man you're really into that imaginary sex thing aren't you.This isn't an attack, I'm just curious why it's so important to you. At the tables I've played at, no-one would mention something like that because of the social ostracism vibe, and the inherently gay air of having to basically flirt with your DM through proxy.
>>98012104>>98012121This, it's the equivalent of a quest where an NPC asks you to bring a love letter to another NPC. It's just the quest setup, you don't take it personally when you can't fuck one of the NPCs or send your own love letter to her. Besides most arranged marriages in fiction are basically bloodless anyway, it's not even a big deal.
>>98010740>DMHave you tried not playing D&D?
>>98012415I mean it was my fault for playing with 11Bs
wat am i in for?
>>98021917Play it and figure out.
>>98021917It's quite hard and balanced around decks built rigidly to each theme. I bought a lot of packs and my main deck (Lorien) still ended up half printed proxies because everything I needed was spread out so much.
>>98021917Only played a couple times, bud id's inderesding :DNot tied to the film license, which is nice.
Paladin in Hell Edition>2024 Core Rulebookshttps://mega(dot)nz/folder/d2ohSCSL#5HnqSMJncr9Queh8KDzbSQ>2024 Official free ruleshttps://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules>2014 Official Free Ruleshttps://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/basic-rules-2014>2024 UAhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/ua>2014 Erratahttps://dnd.wizards.com/dndstudioblog/sage-advice-book-updatesComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
As I clicked the button I realised I missed the fucking subject!
>>98021540so what is the thread about now
>>98021548How long the wait to make a new thread takes now
>>98021562But this is the new thread
Noise Marine edition>Box Reveal:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/x2allqya/warhammer-40000-armageddon-whats-in-the-box/>Community Links:https://www.warhammer-community.com/https://www.unitcrunch.comhttps://www.newrecruit.euhttps://wahapedia.ruhttps://40k.gallery/>3rd Party Models Pastebin:https://pastebin.com/Q33bkBUhComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>98023145Hehehe Magnus tiny hands.
I like slaanesh demons and cults but I don't like EC at all. Feel like I'm the only one.
>>98023135>replaced the old FW mk3s with the numk3sThey're gonna have a fun day when they update mk4 lmao
>>98023212Why does it look like that? What was the idea here?
>>98023207Really? Oops. Well, no more pics then.
Do goth aesthetics exist in your game and/or setting?
>>98011647What IS the definition of Irony they should be using then?
>>98012235Still leaves room for perky goth necromancers.
>>98012703no you don't. it's a yes or no question. there is nothing interesting to add.
>>98008169>This is why Urgathoa is the best Goddess.Not familiar with that one or their setting, why is that? Also, why are they like Hel but horizontal?
>>98021235Urgathoa is a god of the undead in Pathfinder but she has a focus on living it up by indulging in lust, gluttony, greed etc. and a sideline in disease. So it's like death but a squamous indulgent messy death. Which also explains her look, because there's a pretty obvious spin on having a death goddess who's also in some aspect a sex goddess and having her look like a beautiful woman topside but then a set of bloody skeletal legs below the waist.
Hyperborian Chart Edition>What is this?/TG/ DEVELOPED A GAMEIT IS PLAYABLE. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.EXPEDITION is a ~1880s era, Jules Verne-inspired retro-futurist, underground blood soaked adventurescape.It is a Skirmish wargame. Two players with their own expeditions, on a hexgrid map, explore & fight each other for victory and profit.3 versions of the rules exist, 2 of which have been playtested. The main one is 2e, to be found :>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/us7vnek39dc6k/AgarthaRulesas with maps, tokens and lore resources.>TL;DR Dochttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1LxdaGoBlJRTMuziMDupG5TeeFwNDnsIW2pfaRAcFDgA>Main Lore Doc, including links to anon-written short stories and additional lore in "Recommended..." sectionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
By the way, since there are now two different rulesets for the inquisitor, what if we leave the original one for the Holy League mercs and the new Spanish Inquisitor for the spanish book?
>>98018594I don't have any issue with that.
>>98015396Awesome. Love to see people working on conversions for this thing.
>>98020471The knight is actually a Victrix Cataphract straight out of the box (for the moment)
I've uploaded the profiles for the mercenary factions, with their lore writeup and their available units, on the discord. Now we have to add the keyword for each as well, though some of them need revision as per the notes I posted last thread.I think that we could now get into the Ottoman refresh. How much of a revision does that book need?
>Everyone• PLEASE BUMP THE THREAD IF IT REACHES PAGE 10!>Requesters:• Provide good, detailed references (pictures are better than verbal descriptions), so the artists know what you're looking for.• If you have a WIP quote the Anchor Post, and attach the WIP so your Drawfag can find you.• Do not reply to other deliveries with a request that the artist fill your request next. This is called 'piggybacking'.• Do not make multiple requests in the same thread and do not serially request multiple characters after a delivery. Suggesting several concepts for artists to choose from counts as making multiple requests.• If you're unsatisfied with your completed request, please wait at least one week before you re-request. If someone follows this rule, don't waste posts by complaining about it.• Stay on topic.>Drawfags and Drawfags-to-be:• Drop your tumblrs/websites/commission/etc information, but if you're dropping your commission info, please consider filling a request beforehand instead of just advertising.• Please keep AI deliveries to the /slop/ threads. This is a thread for human-made art.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>98016526Cactus OR here, this is incredible, dude! Thanks a million for this!
>>98018600Thank you! I used to post on Bluesky but kinda died on all social media>>98018635She’s really neat, it stinks her files are so small. I hope the art works out!>>98019639I’m glad you like it anon! I hope your one shot goes well :o)
>>98015875Thanks, fren!
>>98020445Oh wait, you were talking about the composition, weren't you...? ACK!
>>97968495Really nicely done Wheeco, I'd recognize your art anywhere. Hope the jackasses in here didn't bother you too much, you're legit my favorite /tg/ artist in YEARS, and one of my favorite artists period. I've been lurking the thread this whole time but 4chan is making it harder and harder for posts to get through unless you 4chan pass rip (I had to identify special flipping tiles this time wtf). I do follow you on the bird site though though and often try to recommend you to people when it comes up. Hopefully you get a bit more traction sometime, and if you decide to make any other art accounts be sure to share it over there so I can follow you there too! And as long as shit doesn't blow up in my face (as it usually does when things start looking up) I definitely have a few things I'll want your expertise on once I can afford you! Keep up the great work dude and don't let anyone darken your mood least of all from this gutter!
