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It's kinda hard to discuss games that never existed, and the way Kickstarter works it's actually really hard to find the pages of failed projects, especially since creators can easily delete old accounts and make new ones if they don't want to be associated with a prior failure.

There was that game that got canned because the sun said it should be

Honestly, if you need kikstarter to get your project off the ground, it didn't deserve to exist in the first place. Lazy entitled hipster fucks think they have a right to money because they had an idea and want to pay other people to make it for them. No, you worthless fucking kike, you can produce something of value and then maybe I'll consider giving you my money (which was earned through actual labor, not sitting in a shared apartment smoking weed or at a coffee shop on my apple craptop). Fucking make something. I've made three fucking games that I am working on finalizing. Whereas the pieces of shit want hard cash for vague promises, won't even give shit about the mechanics half the time because of "muh copyright". If you really cared about making a good game, an not just money, you'd distribute your game for free. At least if it's and RPG. By charging money you're saying "this is a profit motivated venture and my game is a piece of shit". Trust me, if it's good, you'll get something from PWYW. Otherwise you're just being a slimy fuckin jew.

>>55256638
What cake shall we bake today?

>>55256638
>clearly armed with foam hammer
>damage 0d6+0

>>55256638
YOU AREN'T MY KING YET, BOY!

And even if you were, that is a thread I would never shitpost in.

As long as it's a cool one and not one of the shitty $6 ones made of cardboard that's fine

>>55256224
Who are you quoting?

>>55256242
If you're on 4chan long enough, it becomes difficult to introduce an idea without greentext, because greentext allows you to use a fragmented phrase instead of setting up a proper statement.

'Your DM forces you to use his dice tower' sounds strange, like a command or a statement of fact even if it's untrue.

>forces you to use his dice tower

Sounds incomplete and in need of a response.

>>55256047
Make the first quest sooooo simple.
Maybe little girl is crying because her kitty went into THE SCARY WOODS... add in a few orcs,a misunderstood cat aficionado.
You all get to learn rolling dice,have a chuckle and make an in game friend.
Maybe buy a module(if they are still called that) after your players get used to this game.

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>>55256047
Start with this.

Make sure everyone brings their own dice and pencils. Photocopy blank character sheets, at least a dozen.

GM should re-read the adventure the day before.
Prepare some graph paper for impromptu maps.

Prep and understand the monster stats, including special attacks, auras, powers, spells, etc.

Make sure each player has read the sections about their own character's skills, powers, spells, etc. It's not the GM's job to explain all that to them in-game.

>>55256047
Play burning wheel instead so you'll start with a good game

>>55255703
>What's an easy way to name NPCs?
Make a big list of names beforehand. Use simple, real life names that sound vaguely fantasy-ish. Alliteration also helps if you want players to remember a certain somebody. Felix Farcatcher. Adrian Aleron. Butch Bailey.
>How long is one D&D game supposed to last in game?
However long it needs to. There's no set time scale for this sort of thing. A session can be one in-game hour, or it can be a month long stretch of travelling. You just have to eyeball it.
>How can I encourage them to speed up the process and not take so long to do things like this without ruining their fun?
Stakes. If they don't get the rare mushrooms at the bottom of the dungeon within a week, the king will die from his illness. Another adventuring party is itching to finish the dungeon first and claim the glory/loot. The NPC's buddies are mustering their forces and enacting their plans while the players are busy interrogating him. If there's nothing at stake, there's not a whole lot you can do to stop them from just up and leaving.

>>55255703

Cant help you much with names. Thats something I always have a hard time with.

A single session doesnt necessarily have to represent a specific amount of time in game. A session might be able to cover months or only a few minutes in game depending on whats going on. A big clusterfuck combat might take an entire session, or a session might be spent working out important details of whats going on during down time (shopping, crafting, individual characters dealing with stuff of their own, etc) and might cover a particularly large amount of time.

If they think they are done with the dungeon, and want to go back to town, that's fine. Players can be unpredictable beasts, and you shouldn't railroad them. If they miss out on something important, it might come back and bite them in the ass. Another person they need to deal with might escape, and it could lead to further adventures. Any treasure and good stuff might be removed by the other beings in the dungeon. Actions have consequences. If you are doing lost mine of phandelver, have the drow at the end abandon the place and off the dwarf, and leave a bunch of hobgoblin reinforcements. Its not a video game where NPCs will sit there and wait to be slaughtered. If they notice an incursion, they will adjust their plans to account for what they noticed of the incursion.

>>55255703
>What's an easy way to name NPCs?
I make my players write down the name of every person, place, organization, house etc as it's the only way they remember them. I mean they should be doing it anyway but after a few sessions of them all forgetting where they were supposed to go or who they were meant to talk to it got old fast.

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>>55255607
My campaign theme revolves around ancient heroes and villains who have sought the secrets of Immortality, and roughly a score of them have achieved it. Over the long centuries, the lines between the wicked and the benevolent have blurred. The Heroic Age that they sprung from has been nearly forgotten, and been replaced by a Grey Age of murky morality, where villains prosper and heroes tend to die young.

The adventuring party is part of a new generation of young heroes, their destinies forever changed by a cosmic confluence, who exist to tear down the old stagnation and bring about a new heroic age.

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>>55255607
I build around interesting situations.
Coincidentally this may include something that can be read as a theme or I may apply one retroactively if convenient.

But the freedom that is maybe *the* inherent perk of roleplaying also brings freedom from structured arcs with it. So I embrace simulationism and aesthetic but ultimately unfocused compositions. For the illusion to work best I try to let the world stand as just itself, if you catch my drift.

>>55255607
Oh and I recommend that the next time you make a thread that's meant to be serious discussion, maybe ditch the Animu girls and choose something that won't put people off.

>tfw your army us half Codex, half Index
Being a Blood Angel player is suffering.

Fuck Death Guard and fuck white people.

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>>55254669
Admech obviously can't match Conscripts by the score and their requisite support troops, but they're pretty good as medium troops go, have good support and may be able to augment their Knights a tad in addition to or possibly with their Forge World buffs. Also, lots of opportunity for cool fluff and conversion work with Sacristans and Stataraga Magi. (Knight House to Admech liasons, including people like pic related.).

You could take some Sniper Rangers to put holes in enemy buffs while you sweep up chaff as Troops and then go for Corpuscarii or Vanguard blocks to deal with hordes, then toss in some Onager AT or AAir specialists or Dragoon skirmishers.

Hell, if we can give them <FORGE WORLD> or something you could have rerolling 2+ Sv Knights with Cawl and Shroudpsalm. That's probably not happening, though.

Personally I might put together a full House Malinax lance to go with my Admech anyway, since I've already got one regular Knight magnetized and half-painted. Given I now have access to recasters I'd probably add a Castigator, Atrapos and Acheron since I like them and leave the standard chassis to the Scion Aspirant.

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>>55255410

>>55255410
If you aren't actually using the system, why are you pretending to?

Seriously. There are other systems that exist. Ones that handle combat differently, more efficiently, whatever. If you just want to run a freeform system, do that. Don't lie to your players about it though.

>>55255470
>If you aren't actually using the system, why are you pretending to?
Because I am using the system.

>>55255248
Coming from a guy who actually liked 4e, I am willing to bet that it will never come back. It was too different from the original and way too much autistic screeching ruined it's reputation forever.

It was great. A new 4e will never occurs because 3.PFurries (5e is good, but bland).
But it started a whole new view in rpg design and clarification/obfuscation of rules.

Homebrews and retroclones of 4e are hard because of the sheer amount of material to create and balance.

But it is a excellent edition that did what it proposed to do. Had it flaws, but the clear design allowed for easy fixes.

>>55255892
>But it started a whole new view in rpg design and clarification/obfuscation of rules.

This is how I feel as well.

We'll probably never get another 4e, but its legacy will live on.

>>55255200
kek

>>55255200
>getting close to a nurgle cultist
I hope you gave them all deadly infectious diseases for their efforts.

>>55255276
starting level campaign so I had a few of the cultists have corrupting blades instead. Got a nice little side story out of that

I miss having quest threads on /tg/.

>>55255067
You are the worst shitposter, and I hope you get banned.

>>55255039
it's like intentionally playing badly?
The game then needs to push the end-state to prevent infinite deadlock.

>>55254997
Currently playing in an only war game with a friend as DM.

Playing a rough rider; I am under no impressions that my horse will make it to the end of the adventure.

>>55254997
>DM doesn't kill it
>In fact dDM does everything to not kill it if possible
>Even when the pet falls into the abyssal ravine while trying to reach the bbeg it'll come back in the end to fuck your waifu and gods son.

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>>55255034
that is incredibly radical

>>55254995
Well that's a nice looking beach.
Cudos to the artist.

I can't wait for Jace to start humping Vraska's leg.

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>>55255269
This whole block is compelling me to draw romance novel covers featuring swooning jace and vraska. Or perhaps just editing their faces over them. Either way.

EN5IDERanon here again. I've fully updated my mega.

https://mega.nz/#F!rAoGFBBJ!7oaBSiTtMQl5uDnevTEzHw

>>55254986
Cools, what's in the updates?

>what classes from older editions would you like to see again in 5e
I'm going to have to go with Dwarf

>>55254803
Let the weasly family in on scholarship to promote diversity of thought.

They may be shitty wizards but they have imagination, and tbats what we like to see at my school!

Plus he would make a lot more there than at the ministry.

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Did GT ever explain why, if every random rock had people who could fight on par with Buu, Frieza was able to build such a large empire?

>>55255025
They went all over the galaxy, most folks werent even kid goku level.