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>>55135784
Do you have a new thread queued up and waiting for when a thread hits the bump limit just so you can force a shitty joke every few hours?

>>55135784
Patron of the Moon is probably my oddest commander.

>>55135837
>tfw plan on building him too

Any cards I should absolutely include?

>>55135566
They'd be horrified to learn that we were embroiled in multiple wars against horrible green monsters, Egyptian robots, and insect/dinosaur things. After all, for them all wargaming was recreation.

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>>55135566
>What would impress our distant forebearers the most about contemporary miniature wargaming?

The level of detail on some of our figures would no doubt register.

>>55135566
Well Kriegsspiel was developed for training and simulation, assuming their searching for the same thing they'd be a little put out by the most popular games I'd imagine.

What the fuck is a normal monster

>>55135962
trolls, elves, ogres, cyclops, goblins, wolves

What's 'normal' about a mud man powered by jew magic?

>>55135261
>DM decides to retcon something that happened in a past adventure
>runs it past his players, explaining why, and what the issue is
>players grudgingly agree, and are a bit salty, but since they agreed to it, the campaign doesn't collapse simply because of the retcon

>DM tries to keep the gold rewards low, money penalties high, and to put a heavy focus on life and upkeep
>players love it because the DM clearly stated what sort of campaign it would be beforehand and didn't simply change the tone of the campaign in the middle of it because he thought the PCs were getting too strong

>DM introduces a literal moral compass
>Players look at it
>its four points read "kill, eat, befriend, take a bath in it"

>>55135261
>I can't communicate: The Probleming

>retconning

It's basically admitting you are a bad GM.

>>55135153
Do you consider flamethrower to be a gun?

>>55135153

Actually shotgun will be perfect weapon for ork kommandos but they will call it "Shootagun" instead for Shotgun.

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>>55134962
characters need three things
>a goal
This needs to be an understandable goal for everyone at the table, something people can empathise with. It should also be something the character is incapable of in their current state, they need to change in some way before achieving it, whether or not they know that is up to you.
>a motivation
A simple statement about the world from your character's point of view, a statement they believe in which forms the basis for their reason for wanting their goal. My usual advice for motivations is to see if the statement can be convincingly counter-argued, for example, 'evil should be vanquished' isn't exactly a controversial statement, something more like 'I am the only one who can be trusted to judge and vanquish evil' works better as the room for debate means you allow for your character's morality to be flawed, leading to development as the game goes on.
>a personality
This should principally be about how your character prefers to deal with problems. You should be able to name at least three things about your character which you admire and also at least one trait that causes more problems for them than it solves.

>>55134962
I just ask myself the following questions

What does my character want?
Why does he want it?
How does he go about trying to get it?
What's kept him from getting it so far?
Does he want anything else if he achieves it?

From there it's just a matter of throwing in a few character quirks and flaws. Double points if it's his flaws and not his circumstances which have kept him from achieving his goals thus far and this encourages character development for my character to progress through his arc.

>>55134962
The other posters are forgetting the most important question of all.
> Why is my character willing to team up with those weirdos and wander the world, killing monsters and risking his life every day?
Adventuring is not a job that everyone will take willingly. But if you can't answer why your character is a) an adventurer b) a team player, you failed at chargen.

>>55134840

Depends on the setting!

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>>55134840
You're one stupid nigger, try googling some time

>>55134840
because you havnt made one yet.

personal homebrew has a entire culture of elf barbarians, there fun as fuck whenever anyone interacts with them

>>55134783
Depends on what am Is your budget.

Realistically, what are you paying for? High quality paint job or Homer's makeup gun? Or am I misunderstanding & you're paying someone to acquire your figs?

>>55134783
Commission as in they design and cast the figure for you, or just paint it?

I don't think you are That Guy, at least from the story you're telling. If other players want spotlight, they should come and get it. Nobody is entitled to it, it's earned.

No, you're a good player.

>>55134750
If they're too pussy to assert their character and match your level then it's their loss, man.

They deserve their place on the sidelines.

>>55133652
Sounds like a cool premise, especially going with old fae, Pratchett-style elves who can't invent but love to destroy.

Doing Tam Lin and other changeling stuff applied to the modern day might be cool.

Also, while the Fae can't invent, they have long, long memories - so they might copy things from across centuries.

How are you thinking about handling iron though?

>>55133741
Iron is a good question. Maybe there's something conceptual about it that's just anathema to them. Something to do with the fact that as a concept, Iron has come to be strongly associated with permanency and an unchanging nature, which is in opposition to the chaotic fluidity of the gentry. Same with stone.

This is why humans started building things like houses and castles out of stone and brick. Sure, it had it's own positive qualities over wood - but deep down...

>>55133819
Stone might still have some power, but that's a good reason for iron to have much less power

>Iron, oh yes, Iron used to stop us, to burn us and bind us, but we, we are patient... iron *rusts* human, in your mind and in your soul. Now you scrap it, you re-cycle it, and nothing is forever. And how many new materials have your scrabbling fingers grubbed out of the ground, so clever, so replaceable. You have forgotten, forgotten what it means to make things for that last. Returned to the natural state... and you are naturally prey

Kukulkan The Storm Dragon

>>55133572
Physics.

>>55133572
One of the moon gods has a big hand in it, it's one of his hobbies.

He's a bit of a dick

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That wasn't too hard, now was it?

>>55132976
Merc 2000, Twilight 2000 but merc based

>>55132976
The Advance Recon

>>55132976
Mercenaries, Spies, & Private Eyes...

>>55132927
to finally kill all I hold dear and become the true unfettered capitalist

>>55132927
Because chess is too violent for me.

>>55132927
Is there any strategy in monopoly at all? Isn't the right play to just buy whatever you land on until you get low on funds and and then hope to avoid your opponents' squares?

And by return of the captain, I mean Brutus is back and is fixing the drive, for those unaware. Stupid hurricane.

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Jumpers, how have waifus changed your builds?

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What would you have for Awakened/Requiem abilities for Za Warudo?