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give the shopkeeper some personality.
put in some magical trinkets that don't really do anything important, but they're convenient or fun.
make the shopkeeper chum lee.

>>53210322
Magic thrift store.

Bin of unlabeled potions. A sign on the wall that says "MANAGEMENT NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CURSED ITEMS - TEST BEFORE BUYING." The jewelry case a particular necklace, the Amulet of What The Fuck Is That, whose bizarre, non-euclidean geometry prompts anyone seeing it for the first time to say "What the fuck is that?" A set of painted wooden figurines that are suspiciously similar to the PCs in shape, clothing, and equipment. A used spellbook that's been heavily annotated and scribbled in the margins by previous owners. The Flail of Healing(Have faith, my son, and hold real still!)

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>>53210322
Do what videogames do, make the shopkeeper someone the party interacts with alot, who occasionally gives quests from time to time like retrieving stolen goods, protecting a lost shipment, or retrieving rare materials. Then, as the party does quests for said shopkeeper, have their inventory expand to offer rarer and more useful goods.

Aside from this, make the shopkeeper someone who's well connected. If the party needs information on anything happening locally (or possibly beyond, if the shopkeeper is part of a large trade work) they'll be the one to ask. News, rumors, advice, whatever. Make a shop that the players's "friend", that friend that knows a little bit about everything and can get what you need if you return the favor.

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>>53210184

>>53208000
Everytime i build a deck that can win its considered oppressive, every time i build a weaker deck it doesnt have enough answers. Basically Idk how to make a fair deck.

Fuck Sheldon.

>>53208000
>What deck/s do you not know how to build?
Boros. How the fuck are you supposed to beat removal in a 4 or 5 player game?

none, because it's a social game

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>>53208011

>>53207978
Michelle Branch
Natalie Imbruglia
Natasha Bedingfield

>>53206603
Did you just assume their gender, shitlord?

>>53206603
Since she's in the city guard, she's probably a huge racist with an itchy sword hand and no accountability.

>>53206603
Bitch clearly identifies as an attack helicopter. Check your privilege.

I'm not usually the guy to say it, but honestly GURPS always feels the most satisfying for playing a ranger type character. Plenty of wilds survival type skills, simple RAW options to take just about any type of trained animal companion, satisfyingly gritty stealth combat mechanics and a ton of ways you can use a bow to end a fight in any number of outcomes.

>>53206370
I feel so jealous of GURPS players who actually have real sessions and campaigns with other players. (I don't believe that you do, probably just own the books and pretend to play games as a group like I do.)

4e.

I try and keep it balanced, so every country the party travels to is a new experience politically. One run by the church, one run by a parliament, one run by a king ruling over loosly organised tribes Genghis Khan style, another with the most powerful army is steeped in bureaucracy making it next to useless and another is ruled by the most intelligent in the country, with the obvious class divides that make that up.

>>53205876
If it's Italian that you like, consider their old warfare protocol. See, Old Italy didn't have a standing army. They had rich individuals and plenty of mercenaries willing to risk life and limb for money. Well, the medium is a bit cringy, but for an idea on how one 'adventurer' tried to change the world you can check this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAfNQ_XiPjQ

You didn't really get proper democracy or accountability back then, it's just an oligarchy.

The 12 or so wealthiest merchants make up a council which make executive decisions.

>>53204673
new edition holy fuck how when did this happen wtf

>>53204673
post pdf

>>53206893
Sorry, I only got the physical version.

>>53201593
What metal gear are you going for? Action should be useful for all of them, with the crazier ones using Gun Fu and Powers. Martial Arts/Fairbairn for CQC.

In Metal Gear, you go big or go home. Don't be afraid to play it straight, either. I recall someone talking about a MGS game they played in where they were given a tutorial on the system they were playing in-universe. It sounded like a great time. Unfortunately, they didn't share any other information about the game with me.

>>53201593
>Going Metal Gear.
Throw common sense and good story telling right out the window and shoot it so hard the mass it takes on collapses in on itself.

Ghosts, psychics, backflips off rockets! It's all good here baby.

As for a plothook, go for either a VR simulation or going straight onto a minor espionage mission.

Op here I love spy movies and plan to do something in the earlier games.

What kind of bad guy should I make?

Make sure he has a reason to inflict pain. It doesn't have to be a good reason, it can be as petty as someone stepping on his heels, but don't make him beat the shit out of people for no reason.

>>53198812

Write a female character.

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>>53194922
>Shit DM like OP can't keep his fucking fetishes out of the game.

>>53194922
>the party
>A princess
There's nothing cliche about 3-6 murderhobos all occupying the body of a single princess.

>transforms the entire party
>into one single princess
Shit that never happened. Would you turn your adventure into "everyone is John"?

>>53190468
When you're the bard and the Dragon is hard.

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>>53190468
All the time

>>53190497
Or even just if you're just the bard

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>>53190576
Is it frowned upon to attempt to increase the people's life expectancy by flooding the kingdom's gene pool with draconic half-breeds?

>>53177643
Probably the Grootslang, though Kandara and Ferdinand Vogel also have me eye.

>>53177643
Neverborn stuff is so OP ...

>>53177643
>it's a TT gets 3 more mediocre to terrible 5 SS models to throw onto the heap of never used 5 SS models episode

Thanks Wyrd.

I'm surprised at just how one note and uninspired the whole TT selection is in comparison to the other factions.

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>>53169194
It can be said that Blade Runner helped bring the Noire Detective flavor of cyberpunk, and the type of cyberpunk that doesn't rely so much on the technology and more the setting and tone. Blade Runner, and the book it is based on, doesnt contain the traditional decker, like Gibson's work. Mind you, I've only read Neuromancer, and D Androids Dream of Electric Sleep so I'm no expert, but I dont want to see this thread die

>>53169194
>bladerunner not Blade Runner

>>53172374
>Noire not noir

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Blade Runner was about interracial sex.