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>>53289470
Spelljammer?

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>>53289522
/thread

>>53289522
>>53289522
Good place to start, but don't be constrained by it. Spelljammer on it's own is fairly sparse.

>Gnolls
>literally demons

Nah, he'll be fine.

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>>53289386

>>53289386

Yes. Children are still developing and the paladin could use this as a opportunity to teach the gnoll better in the hopes that by the time he's grown enough to do serious harm, he'll be a better creature.

First for Chaos T''''au

Moron
>>53289021

world eaters

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Third edition and further on is where it all starts to go downhill. Most if not all of the original writers have likely left the house. Mechanics are often simplified to attract new players, but the new writers and playtesters have little to no idea on the underlying subtleties of the old mechanics and how they went together, often resulting in a big mess. And the story of the setting has become its own beast: no longer do people add interesting stuff from mythology or other stories into it, but instead they expand and advance the storyline that already exists, once again often without understanding how it came together in the first place - it's quite likely that these new writers know little of those old tales or references at all. Whatever the original vision was, no one in the company knows any longer. Great many books are published just to make money, and they will contain far more mechanical options and fluff than is needed, and are usually entirely professional and rather sterile, with no life or interesting narrative to them that the amateurish flavor of the earlier editions brought in.

Further editions only make things worse, attracting more and more people and keeping the spiral going so that they could make more money. It'll be likely most players don't even know of the earlier editions any longer, or figure they're automatically shit because they came earlier.

You know this to be true, /tg/, do you not?

Most games I've played only have a single edition.

GURPS doesn't fit: fourth edition is pretty great.

Shadowrun fits.

WH40k checks out. And on that note, so do WFRP and Dark Heresy.

Advanced Fighting Fantasy... yeah, it fits.

In case of Dungeons & Dragons, the actual "second" edition would probably actually be the first edition AD&D. But yeah it's the best.

>>53289173
>>53289184
Exalted.

>>53289038
>door ladder
Alright, you've earned an answer.
Try Edge of the Empire.

>>53289038
Uncharted Worlds? It's PbtA.
I know you said no FATE, but have you looked into Mindjammer or diaspora? If nothing else, stealing diaspora's system generation sub-system is a great idea.

>>53289126
>>53289355
I'm an idiot I forgot to mention it's dieselpunk and will involve space combat but not so much millions of systems and aliens.

Mindjammer looks too high tech, diaspora looks interesting. Edge of the Empire might work.

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first for kunnin

GIMME SOME GOOD AUDIODRAMAS

As in not just a guy reading a book, I want actors, music, sound effects all that good shit.

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8th got me like picture related

Owlbear

>>53286802
I...
What?

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>>53286732
Name: Jonathan Joestar
Affiliations: Solo d10, Buddy d8, Team d6
Distinctions: A True Gentleman, Ripple Prodigy, Archaeology Scholar

Power Set: Ripple Training
Enhanced Strength d8
Enhanced Durability d8
Enhanced Stamina d8
Enhanced Reflexes d6
Ripple Control d8
Luck & Pluck d8

SFXs:
Sunlight Yellow Overdrive - Against a single target, step up or double a Ripple Training die. Remove the highest rolling die and use 3 dice for your total.
Scarlet Overdrive - Step back the highest die in your attack action pool to add a d6 and keep an extra effect die for a Burning complication
Metal Silver Overdrive - On a successful reaction against a close combat attack action, inflict physical stress with your effect die. Spend 1 Plot Point to step it up.

Limit:
Breath Control - Shutdown Ripple Training to gain 1 Plot Point. Take an action against the Doom Pool to recover.

Specialties:
Combat d8
Medical d8
Mystic d8
Psych d8

Milestones:
Joestar Patriarch
Gain 1 XP when you mention your family's name or holdings
Gain 3 XP when you challenge someone in the name of your loved ones
Gain 10 XP when you either get married and continue the Joestar line or leave your home to ensure the world is safe for those you care about

DIIIIIIOOOOO
Gain 1 XP when you declare that Dio Brando is responsible for something negative
Gain 3 XP when you admit that you once thought of Dio Brando as a brother
Gatin 10 XP when you either kill Dio Brando, ending your feud forever, or find it in your heart to forgive all he has done

>>53285989
>Never run DMPC's. Your focus should be on the PC's.
We have a whole thread going on about this now, but to summarize >>53274215, having an NPC in the party is by no means always a bad thing. You just shouldn't view them as *your* personal character.

>Critical skill check rolls should not allow impossible results.
Not if you want a game that's at all realistic, no. Some groups might welcome ridiculous or reality-breaking mythical results though. I wouldn't, but some might.

>Do not railroad, let players drive the direction of the game even if that leads to them dying.
Certainly don't herd the players along and take away their agency, but sometimes the stricture against railroading can be overstated. It's okay to make an adventure about a particular thing (a particular dungeon, for instance), allowing you to focus your planning. You just need to make sure you have the cooperation and interest of your players. Not everything needs to be a wide-open sandbox.

>Try to keep party from splitting too much, but if they do then avoid focusing on one player for the entire session and try to expedite the encounters to gather them again.
This is good advice, though I've reached the point where I tell people who leave the party without a very good reason to go ahead and make a new character. It's a game about the party, and I don't want to waste time splitting the action because fuckers couldn't stay together.

>Never have traps that do not allow spot/avoidance rolls. (ex. rocks fall, party dies)
A description could warn attentive folks away without any roll being necessary, though I do like rolls as a sort of saving throw if nothing else.

>>53285989
>Checkup with them at the end of each session to find out what they liked/was bored with.
You could maybe do a quick check, but I wouldn't expect a detailed commentary after every single session. Most players will view this as a hassle and will be noncommittal, giving you shrugs and "I guess it was alright." But certainly check back in with your players periodically. The trick is that players often don't understand why they do or don't enjoy a session, and may misattribute things or fixate on minor or ancillary issues, so always take what they say with a grain of salt. Also, people can have a bad day for reasons that have little to do with your execution of the game (or the group dynamic can be off, negatively impacting the session), so don't overact to player concerns. That's not to say that you shouldn't react at all; just be measured and considered in your response, especially if somebody is suddenly taking issue with something they didn't seem to mind before.

The rules are but tools for the GM to use to provide structure and consistency to his game. They should not be a cage, and should be disregarded if they start to become one. If you do so, however, be careful not to make things seem unfair or inconsistent. You don't want to hurt people's sense of immersion or piss them off.

nth for fluffy armies
I hope we aren't forced to take 3 troop choices just to have 3 optional heavy, elite and fast attack slots.

>>53285751
I'd be fine with this if they brought back "X character/wargears turns X unit into troop choices" but they probably won't.

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second for plastic sisters

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>>53285711
That does make for an interesting concept. Your pic related could be a necromancer taking advantage of some afterlife loophole involving true love or somesuch. Revive the princess with some good ol' synthetic love enchantment, marry her, then take over the kingdom.

If you're reading Adam Warrens "Empowered" right now, it has a small run with a love themed villain.

>>53285754
That's a pretty nefarious idea. I suppose you'd need to consider how 'true love' proves itself before it elicits a magical effect.

No, but any strong emotion can amplify magical power. Love, rage, sorrow, ecstacy, etc. It can happen on its own, or you can learn to harness it.

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>>53285468
Why be rational when we can be ANGRY?

Imperium lore has always been ass cancer.

The new rules are shaping up pretty well.

It's gonna be an ok edition.

>>53285340
>Who's idea even was this?
New CEO, new audience

>>53285340
Its gonna be okay anon. Unless youre a Blood Angel.

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Rolled 408 (1d816)

Dice for a dice gods!
Random jump for the thread topic

Reposting from last thread, have you even "since when were you under the impression"ed someone, /jc/?

>>53284751
Leave, now.

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>>53284383

>>53284005
Current villain I'm running is a just crazy enough degree of crazy to where he talks to the players like friends and sounds like he's from Australia otherwise known as a Grey Slaad from Limbo.

>>53280789
Care to share?

to the guy that asked I'm 30, why?