RPGPundit just released this. Are you going to play it?
>>92635811No
How annoying is the simulationist HEMA-based combat?
>>92635811>'Look, yes, I fled to a South American nation, and yes, I make vague allusions to using my bullshit occult powers to help authoritarians win elections, but BY GOD, don't you dare call me a Nazi!'Just buy an ad, coward.
RPG Pundit is the biggest retard out there right now. Dudes tries to be the spokesperson for ttrpgs and so far up his own ass he can't smell the narcissism.
>>92635856Who is this dude and why does he suck?
>>92635811>Adventuring in 11th-century Piaszcszcczszsct PolandDoesn't sound like something I'd be interested in so no, unless someone in my group really wants to try it out.
>>92635811What's the rules for magic like?
>>92635869Beta fuck that farms drama on X
>>92635884Wouldn't expect it to have any, anon.
>>92635905Shame, maybe I can homebrew some in using 5E spells.
>>92635917Well, if you want to turn a historical game into fantasy then go right ahead. Something with subtler magic might work better with the game though, on the off-chance you're serious.
>>92635933At that point, I'd just play Ars Magica or Call of Cthulhu.
>>92635827I think his games are D&D adjacent. He is a really big D&D fanboy.>>92635856There's just two things he is right about. 1: being a chud. 2: the best way to gm is to create as many npcs as possible and focus on bringing them be as much of a bunch of living things as possible (I have this video of his saved).All his other opinions are terrible, he is a close minded OSR retard and his game settings are dry as fuck. You don't need magic to spice things up, you just need to be a good writer and lift your work with exciting passages instead of "hmm actually this is not how things worked back then, it was this and that way, etc" you fat fuck if you are reading this please try to write about what is cool and exciting in your settings instead of going on autistic rants like you are making a youtube controversy video instead of writing a book
>>92635942Both good options.
>>92635850>>92635856>>92635869>>92635896RPGPundit was a necessary counterbalance to the Forge grifters who tried (successfully, for a while) to gaslight the world into believing cooperative disconnected improv-theatre storytelling with barely any rules was the only right way to play RPGs. He's exactly the kind of gatekeeper you want at the walls of the hobby, and if he's up his own ass, that's a fine price to pay.
>>92635942Though, I do like games with subtle occult magic stuff. Always thought that stuff was more cool than just regular spells.
>>92635811OH SHIT, I have to send this to all my polack friends.
>>92635850> Y-you g-guys are fucking CHUDS!!!!
>>92635948>the best way to gm is to create as many npcs as possible and focus on bringing them be as much of a bunch of living things as possibleThis is legit good advice, I basically just spend all my time prepping making NPCs and thinking of what NPCs populate an area.It's easy, fun, and adaptive.
>>92635884Don't pay attention to the other anon. This game will have magic like all RPGPundit games. The system will probably be based in real magical practices typical of the medieval times (like in Lion & Dragon) but I can't specify much because I haven't bought it yet.
>>92636221>Don't pay attention to the other anon.I don't know shit about this guy's games and assumed it's just a straight historical RPG. The cover sure seems to sell it as such.t. >>92635905
>>92635850Who are you quoting?
>>92635811Is it good?
>>92635811Probably not. But we'll see after I download a copy and give it a read. It's got a sick looking cover though, I'll admit.>>92635954Fuck. Those force games ruined tabletop. I mean. I've been gaming, but any time I try a new (anglosphere*) system published after 2007, it turns out to be some forge or savage worlds or fate inspired 'rules lite' / low detail crap.It *would* be nice to see some more crunchy simulationist games finally cone out again (outside Germany).
>>92636516You know what anon? I'm not sure thst is what this thread is actually about.
>>92636516no
>>92636744Well that's that, then.
>>92635811No, probably not. These books sometimes do carry interesting ideas, such as the magister in lion and Dragon, but in general, I never feel like dropping OD&D to instead play one of his original systems.
>>92635811Serious question: What's interesting about 11th Century Piast Poland?What makes that interesting enough to be the tagline of the game?
>>92635811No, I already have too many projects going on, and I don't need an entire system to go through and see what I can talk from it on top of them.
>>92635811No, I'm not a fan of the trend of hyper-specific games and this is taking it to an absurd extent.
>>92635811>Held in review for nearly a monthMan Mad Scribe must've really pissed in someones cornflakes over at DTRPG to get locked into QQ-Timeout for that longAyylmao
>>92635811Is it any good? For some reason that question doesn't seem to come up enough nowadays.
>>92637378I am a fan of hyper specific games when the rulebook is short.
>>92637949Pendragon is cool, for me the setting needs to be interesting enough to justify it.
>>9263721311th century Poland is a brand new country that is very unstable both in borders(there's conflict with the Czechs, Germans and Rus), religion(notably a massive pagan revolt happened), and status(the title of king still has to be fought for every succession).
>>92638000So like fertile ground for alt history stuff? Like if the players wanted to restore paganism or conquer it for Germany?
>>92637959That's fair. For me there's a ratio involving rules length. A compelling mechanic or an interesting setting element can be enough to get me over the line to try something if the rules aren't wasting my time.I've played tactical waifu. It was ok.
>>92637959What about 15th century early age of exploration/late medieval with mythical and sword and sorcery vibes, exploring an Atlantic sea that has all kinds of magical islands, monsters and forgotten ancient civs?
>>92635811I would love to but my group is pathologically terrified of new systems.>but why can't we run it in genesys nyeh nyeh nyeh!Kill me.
>>92635811>eastern europeno thanks, I'm white.
>>92635811Fuck no. Its weird to me anyone plays pundit's games. I'm going to pirate it, skim it for the 2-3 ideas I like, seems to be his average, and move on. I'd be more inclined to go back and pay for things I use if there was more usable ideas and his zines weren't 10 pages of shovelware with 5 pages of advertising for his own zine. The fleeing to SA and being a wizard irl is pretty funny though and creates an occasional sensible chuckle.
>>92636814Don't believe him
>>92637213Well it's contemporary with the Viking Age and I believe the Jomsvikings were set up in the region at this time.
>>92635942Aquelarre is probably better than both of those for Medieval settings.
>>92635811No, because I hate historicals and traditional fantasy as a genre.
>>92635811Is it any good? Is it fantasy, or a historical?
>>92635811Dubs and I'll buy a copy to upload to zlibrary and various torrenting websites
>>92635850did the voices in your head tell you to write this?
>>92641825Heh, I was just thinking about Aquelarre.I wish we had something besides the core book in English, but I get the why - it’s a limited-appeal game in a small market. Difficult to justify the resources.
>>92642049They put out the Asturias supplement, but that's it I think
>>92641911>GoodDunno. Seems like it could be, but I haven't played it. Rules wise it's based on his older L&D.>Fantasy or Historical?Yes.Similar vibe to the pictured CRPG if you know it. This game is in an earlier setting though.
>>92635811In Poland? Never heard of that time period in this country.
>>92635811If I want to play osr shit (i don't) I just play whitebox or something idc about shitbrews other than mine.
>>92642172They don't teach about the founding dynasty of Poland in Poland?
>>92635856>RPG Pundit is the biggest retard out there right now.I think you mean Venger Satanis, but Pundejo is up there.
If people want to know what's in the book, there is a a sample where you may read the table of contents ...
>>92644146Wrong image.
>>92644159>that userdatazoomers really are tech illiteratelearn to scrub what you postayylmao
>>92645786I don't see anything in the metadata.How do I learn this power?
>>92645786Doesn't 4chins autoscrub exif from images anyway? I realize that is a pdf, just ax'ing.
Aftering reading through the PDF I'm going to try and get a refund. This is a boring period piece set in Poland and is made for the same kind of niggas who like to play historical games. If you like extremely low fantasy OSR games then have it, but this shit is lame.
Nope, I'm really glad for AI art, because it's been the most effective way to instantly discard low effort shit.AI Cover = Lazy shitworks for books, games, and albums
>>92635811This thing was written for old dudes with beer guts.
>>92647561How do you know this was made with AI?
>>92647584He knows because the author and publisher said so. They hired a guy to make a cover but weren't a fan of it, so fucked around until the AI spat out the current cover.
>>92647632>Hired an artist to make a cover but when for AI anyway Cringe.
>>92647584by glancing at it?>>92647632if that's true that's super silly, even if you personally find AI art aesthetically pleasing it's already so associated with being cheap and low effort grift material I'd never use it
>>92647836Actually a good thing because it distincts people who are passable at creating doodles, calling themself artists from the actual ones.If an artists "art" is slop to such an extend the commissioning party rather spends some clicks one AI stuff than working out something pallatable with the "artist" it probably means that they dont want to spend much more money and weeks of their time to get some soulless shit that is basically handcrafted AI prompt slop if they can create that in a day with a few clicks.
>>92647934On an objective level, ai slop can btfo low tier artists, but on a "will I give you a chance" level, AI is an instant pass, because it's so easy, it's a red flag for the quality of the product. If you dont care enough about whatever you made to spend a couple hundred bucks on a cover it's probobaly a lazy shit product. A bad art cover can at least be charming (though not all are) so won't instantly turn me away.
>>92635811they has a full blown pants-shitting meltdown if anyone so much as questions the undue influence a certain foreign nation has on American foreign and domestic policy... but Dark Albion was solid so yeah probably.
>>92635811the way he holds the swords irks me
>>92648557You should also be irked by the sword itself, the helmet, and the design on the shield. It's AI imagery.
>>92654118if this is ai then please give me its name because it is hella good
>>92655197Its not.
>>92644159The introduction is written like a first-year BA assignment. It's dry and uninspiring, and doesn't fit the visual design of the font. This is supposed to pump me up for a Conan-esque adventure in a dark world emerging into the light by my hand, but all I feel is a need to grade it.
>>92655197Mid journey, says in the pdf.
>>92635811The dude which wrote Arrows of Indra? No thanks. It was bad. Looked like someone wich had no good ideas about India and neither about D&D, but still tried to combine both. Characters which threw elephants at each other and shot arrows at stars mixed with adventurers which must carefully check for poisoned traps? And why did so many of your familiy members must die after the dice are thrown? Why couldn't he make new stats for the "Dhils" instead of just copypasting the half-orc? Why do the "priests" keep being unable to use anything beyond blunt weapons?It's one of those books where I could have done better, but not even I would choose myself to do it.
>>92655510>>92635948>dryyo samefag, we are not talking about your moms old ass pussy here
>>92655539AoI was ass (after reading the source material it was worse), but I liked Lion & Dragon.
>>92635954The Pundit *was* one of those Forge grifters, who was kicked out for being too much of an asshole, even for Forge grifters.His contributions against them were fuck-all, other than constantly taking credit for it, and some of the most insanely uncreative games I've ever seen.He's a grifter who found a better audience to grift.
>>92636516I'm probably the only one ITT who has played it already and yeahhh, is good, it mainly depends on how good the DM is, of course, but the setting is serviceable.You basically get a historically accurate and (except the magic) quite realistic medieval setting with the main menace being pagan slavs who fight back the christianization movement and conjure weird mythological creatures. I just think it's a shame you can't play as a pagan shaman (I think)
>>92636209pic is literally me
>>92657252>pagan shamanWas supposed to be in an appendix.Was it not?
>>92657364Yeah I said "I think" because i've only played a few sessions and haven't read the full manual yet, just the basic classes and some info about the historical context.
Someone posted a picture of a class. A Dark Ages Vampire Killer/Witcher type thing. Folkloric Vedmak based I'd presume.
>>92636613>Fuck. Those force games ruined tabletop. I mean. I've been gaming, but any time I try a new (anglosphere*) system published after 2007, it turns out to be some forge or savage worlds or fate inspired 'rules lite' / low detail crap.Have you tried not being a retard? I've not had trouble finding non-narrative/ruleslite games to play. They're fucking everywhere.
>>92657323based dom player
i heard from a credible source that neckbeardia and guardbro just reviewed this today and panned the everliving dogshit out of it. its alleged to be a formatting nightmare and rife with puditisms.
For a well seasoned RPG writer he has glaring editing mistakes.
>>92663089Like nigga just choose one
>>92635811>Brap 'tism of fireImagine the smell
>>92635954The fuck are you on? Dude has multiple blog posts about how Amber and Fate are the best systems ever made, and another where he proudly announces he tried to trans a 9 year old. Go back to theRPGSite to suck his cock more faggot
>>92663846>he tried to trans a 9 year oldProofs. I must have missed or you lie
>>92663065If that was true wouldn't it be a post somewhere?
>>92635811>RPGPundit just released this.Who? Take your eceleb bullshit to /tv/ or wherever. It doesn't belong here.>Are you going to play it?Probably not, but why the fuck would you care if I do or not?>>92635856>random namefag #369 is the biggest retard out thereBig doubt, faggot. If he's making someone with this reddit-tier takes seethe, he must be doing something right.
>>92636121>Blanda uppI really want to know what the author put into Google Translate to get this
>>92664071Right here http://therpgpundit.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-note-on-rpgs-for-kids.html
>>92664508>Mentions kid who played with him who came up with gender-fluid wizard characterThat's not what you said occured, but it is fucking weird.
>>92638037More like become part of HRE?Why didn’t Poland become part of HRE anyway? Czechs did, Premslids were elecgtors even.
>>92670040No one wants polish people, they just want the land.
>>92644159>cover art created using midjourneyDamn, it can do accurate CoAs now?
>>92635850God, I wish he was a Nazi. Instead, he's a fairly boring, milquetoast Ben Shapiro type conservative. We need more Nat Soc game systems like Myfarog.
>>92635811Based
>>92635811How's this compared to/is it connected at all to Riddle of Steel/Blade of the Iron Throne? I like the ideas of those and a new version may be nice. Not familiar with Pundit.
This is just D&D but kurwa? Or ACKS but gayer.
>>92672078>implying acks is gaytop kek "anon"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGp0tePx-9A
>>92635948>I think his games are D&D adjacent. He is a really big D&D fanboy.A lot of his games are OSR systems, and he did work on 5E's original release.
>>92635811I really hope they don't do AI for the future books. The art on his other books were nice, this just reeks of fantasy bullshit. Especially with that Corinthian helmet on an 11th century Pole. Unless there's some sort of precedent for a helmet like that, it looks like pure fantasy.
>>92635811We have enough retrocloens and I don't care about your setting book.
>>92664404>I really want to know what the author put into Google Translate to get thisHe didn't. It dates back to a swedish parody song about racemixing produced by the SVT in like 2010 or something.It just means 'mix (it) up', but I don't spend enough time with swedes to know if it's a phrase that sees real use.
>>92635850What the fuck are you even talking about?
>>92635811Who the fuck is RPGPundit? Is he polish? Has he made something previously of note?
>>92657438There's a typo. It says fighter instead of witch hunter.
>>92679891This and it's associated setting were mildly of note.
>>92643575>PundejoWow, that made my day.
Can anyone give me rundown on what or who RPGPundit is?
>>92684361Oh, so it’s just a B/X clone with a surface level “realistic” setting? How come a lot of OSR people are obsessed with making realistic medieval settings using the B/X ruleset when old D&D was more weirdo gonzo sword and sorcery and the people who actually wanted more realism in their settings went on to make games like Runequest, Chivalry and Sorcery and Rolemaster?
>>92635811Looks neat enough.
>>92664508>>92664899>He played a gender-fluid wizard with a penchant for reckless ultraviolence and destruction of life and property.based
>>92635954I agree with the first part, but he's necessary only because so many talking heads are phonies, or clueless types who think that Mercer is a good GM and are oblivious that such streams are fake games, or are afraid of 'The Worst People You've Never Met' (Mercer included).
>>92671385Him going full Obamabot was the funniest arc.
>>92690320>How come a lot of OSR people are obsessed with making realistic medieval settings using the B/X ruleset when old D&D was more weirdo gonzoYou answered your own question.
>>92693262I really didn't. Again, back during the OD&D days the people who where dissatisfied with D&Ds lack of realism didn't just slap their setting over OD&D and called it a day, they made alternate battle systems, added skills, realistic damage etc and slotted it into D&D. This is how Chivalry & Sorcery and Rolemaster started out before being spun of into their own systems. Even Runequest had it's origins in a more realistic combat system for D&D. Point is, these people didn't just change the classes for OD&D to fit their setting and change the spells and miracles or whatever, they added a considerable amount of more complex systems to fit the type of game they wanted to play until it didn't even resemble D&D anymore. OD&D, B/X, AD&D etc aren't suited for realistic medieval games, they're made to play gonzo sword and sorcery stories inspired by shit like Conan.
>>92694216>OD&D, B/X, AD&D etc aren't suited for realistic medieval gamesWhy not? I think his game shows it's not a bad idea and can be done perfectly fine.Also, you forget that many people still play OSR systems not only for their rules, but because of their adaptability and the amount of content there's for them.
>>92694216It's not like OD&D's mechanics don't originate in historical wargaming even if some (like AC) were not used the way D&D used them before. Old D&D is fine in a historic setting, it's just more abstract then the later systems which sought "realism" in the details.
>>92692910I agree
>>92641853>I hate historicalsBeing retarded is hard I know.>>92647934No, it's appalling. >>92648072Yeah he do be like that while accused of being other things. Trithfully he's some ki d of neocon drama llama and it's boring
