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Why do so many first-time GMs attempt open-world sandboxes or political intrigue or some other difficult theme/concept for their first outing?
Do they want to crash and burn?
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Retards tend to have big egos and over-estimate their own abilities.They also tend to blame their PLAYERS when the game fails, rather than looking at themselves.
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>>55100109
Probably just down to them not knowing the amount of effort it actually takes to make and sustain a world like that.
They'll imagine it's about as easy as playing skyrim or something, but they'll be controlling the NPCs instead.
And a bit of what >>55100151 said, but I think thats more of a minorityand them talking from personal experiece, I feel there's a "That GM" story in there.
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>>55100109
Because that is what media is filled with.
Nobody makes simple stories of things that need to get done.
They'd rather watch a clusterfuck and then say "OMG IT SO COMPLEX"
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Spice Soldiers and Cheese Lords Edition
A thread for discussing the setting of George R. R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' novels and all related traditional gaming.
Possible topics of discussion include the novels themselves, the licensed rpg by Green Ronin Publishing, the card and board games by Fantasy Flight Games, the miniatures game by CMON Limited, general aSoIaF lore and theories, artwork, HBO's adaptation 'Game of Thrones' and the computer rpg, and the Telltale video game series.
Game Resources
A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying
-PDF Collection
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/6sar1o14399xv/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire_Roleplaying_(SIFRP)
-Cheat Sheets (Includes House Creation Rules)
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cam2kq4lrmdm9/Cheat_Sheets
A Game of Thrones: The Living Card Game (Second Edition)
-Official Fantasy Flight Games Page (Rules, FAQ and Player Resources)
>https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/a-game-of-thrones-the-card-game-second-edition/
-Card Spoilers
>http://www.cardgamedb.com/index.php/agameofthrones2ndedition/a-game-of-thrones-2nd-edition-cards
-Deckbuilder
>http://www.cardgamedb.com/index.php/agameofthrones2ndedition/a-game-of-thrones-2nd-edition-deckbuilder
A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game
-Kickstarter Page
>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cmon/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-tabletop-miniatures-game/description
-Official CMON Limited Page
>https://cmon.com/product/a-song-of-ice-fire-tmg/starter-set-stark-vs-lannister
Lore
A Wiki of Ice and Fire
> http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Main_Page
The Lands of Ice and Fire (Maps)
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/q5a5zbkb30uxo/TLoIaF
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Which is the best Free Cityand why is it Myr?
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So if House Tarth was a supporter of Renly, did their loyalty transfer to the Tyrells and thereby the crown after Renly's death?
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>>55100875
Well its more like House Tarth was sworn to Renly directly.Technically it would have switched to Stannis, since the Stormlands lords bent the knee to him.
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Does no one make normal characters anymore?
What's wrong with making a dude that isn't special in some way.
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If you're not special in some way, what the fuck are you doing adventuring? Go home and raise some crops.
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PC by nature are exceptional
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>>55097343
Because been there done that.
Only first timers go for balanced builds.
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>high elf, low elf, sky elf, rain elf, storm elf, wind elf, winged elf, cloud elf, flying elf, stone elf, rock elf, mountain elf, hill elf, valley elf, underground elf, dark elf, night elf, star elf, moon elf, sun elf, wood elf, forest elf, tree elf, leaf elf, grass elf, jungle elf, plains elf, flower elf, snow elf, ice elf, arctic elf, tundra elf, boreal elf, tropical elf, ocean elf, sea elf, river elf, lake elf, water elf, underwater elf, volcano elf, lava elf, magma elf, steam elf, fire elf, magic elf, magical elf, sorcery elf, thaumaturgy elf, half elf, three-quarter elf, octoelf, second elf twice-removed, blood elf, crimson elf, red elf, sanguine elf, vampire elf, psychic elf, psionic elf, mentalist elf, telepath elf, desert elf, sand elf, badland elf, fighting elf, warrior elf, martial elf, elven elf, elf elf
why
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Why not?
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>>55094531
Why is the "savior" of Man a homo for a slave boy?
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all great heroes are, nerd
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>Liches are always human
Why? Aren't elves better at magic than humans?
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>>55091821
>why doesn't a race with natural immortality/longevity bother to become a lich
gee i dunno
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>Liches are always human
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Most other races are either already immortal or not good enough at magic.
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What's the most unironic edgy thing you did during one of your runs?
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>>55090181
Ate the legs of a still living person as a torture method.
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>>55090181
Made an elf ranger with humans as a chosen enemy.
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I've played, like, 2 torture-focused charactersI described what I did
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This is your new party.
How does your character fit in?
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>>55089743
My character's the guy on the right except without the kissing, so that'll be a bit awkward.
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>>55089743
>The hoplite with the smiley face shield
Cute
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>>55090688
I like Mailbox Knight, personally.
My fellow Dwarves. We have recently have managed to discern three important facts about the moon...
1: It is is more than seven hundred decillion tonnes of stuff that can be mined.
2: It is 100% Orc Free
3: It is 100% Elf Free
As such, I say that we make it our goal and put our dwarvish skills to use to put a Dwarf on the Moon so that we can begin mining it!
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Do we build a tower up to the sky to reach it?
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We take the alcohol, and put it under a few boxes, and then we blow ourselves to the moon.
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"We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do these other things, not because they are easy, but because there are no pointy-eared bastards up there."
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Miniatures Recommendations?
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Sup /tg/, I don't have any friends to play tabletop games with or D&D and stuff, but I want to get back into painting miniatures like I did when I was 12 years old or something. Despite liking the look of Games Workshop stuff, I don't really want to spend all that money so early on.
Where can I get some cheap/affordable minis that I won't feel bad for painting badly on my first attempts?
I could also do with recommendations for paints, I have some stuff already but they're the shiny enamel kind that I don't think I should use and GW's paint line seems extortionate. Should I just go with GW's paint or something else?
I'd google, but I thought it'd be better to hear from you guys.
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>>55106437
Buy reaper bones minis. They are pretty great looking and really cheap. Good set to use as a stepping stone for your other games.
Vallejo paint is the best stuff to use.
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>>55106490
>Buy reaper bones minis
I just had a look, the Cowboys looks pretty cool.
>Vallejo paint is the best stuff to use.
Sounds good. I'll find a painting guide, but is it a retarded idea to use Games Workshop paint with Vallejo on the same model? What about inks and washes or whatever? I'd like to spend a long time per model to make them the best looking I can.
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>>55106584
You can mix and match.
GW makes pretty good paint but its over priced. Vallejo stuff is a bit better and cheaper.
For a new player you could do just fine with GW stuff. THe best product GW makes is their free painting videos with Duncan on Warhammer TV. He can teach you all the basics you need to know.
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What would a small village made up of hobgoblins and hill giants look like? Who would be in charge?
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I like to think that the Hobgob warleader would have figured out a way to enslave or enlist the Hill Giants.
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Thw Hob will be the governor. The Hill Giant would be the mobster. The things about monstrous race is we have a hard time imagine they have commoners too.
Somebody to extort, somebody to pay taxes and work the fields. People who wants to pass the times playing dice, or want to have their daughter married.
But they must have somewhere. Or else they won't be a village or even civilzations.
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>The things about monstrous race is we have a hard time imagine they have commoners too.
I don't have a hard time at all.
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Crimson Slaughter are the best, edition.
Citadel Paints
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/21/coming-soon-the-citadel-paint-system-in-your-pocket/
>Death Guard preview
http://imgur.com/a/90wRO
>Konor Campaign, Imperium in the lead, fighting back against the #RiggedSystem
https://konor.warhammer40000.com/
>GW FAQs (1.1):
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Rules-Errata
>FW FAQ (1.1):
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/15/new-and-updated-forge-world-faqs-july16gw-homepage-post-2/
>Rules and such. Use Readium on pc/iphone, lithium/kobo on android:
>Everything 8th edition in properly converted pdf & epub, fully bookmarked and linked with in-line errata annotations
https://mega.nz/#F!bF0ExS4D!_XaMECn0K9HiJKUFSopJLA
>Other Megas
https://mega.nz/#F!64wmnBZR!rWcm37EkOOeToeueqhPjpA
https://mega.nz/#F!BxI1HSgI!0tKymKh9RZTzGpgIA5EyCg
https://mega.nz/#F!9NchGZyZ!-V1LhJALxDp9Tw97WzEQGA
https://mega.nz/#F!pFgm0RKR!J06C1gVYcjzNGsF8YNLsjQ
>WIP Math-hammer doc (Thanks Chart-Anon!)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h0hk_IdJ7fivDEjMiIpKM5yMMB8HTm64lZHuKdLZCIU/edit?usp=sharing
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Spartan Games has closed down?
Fuck. 8th edition wasn't worth this.
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>>55105986
>Spartan Games has closed down
And nothing of value was lost.
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>>55105986
Who?
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>Discuss
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>>55105329
Keep 'em cucked, WotC!
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>>55105329
Song of swords soon...
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>>55105329
>Kotaku
>blatant /socjus/ baiting
>single line, single word post
And the sad part is people will actually respond to you.
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How would anti dragon cannons look like?
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>>55105328
I'd imagine some kind of scatter shot to puncture the wings so it falls.
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>>55105328
like a regular canon, aimed upward?
Honestly though anon, I reckon it'd be a bit like the armaments on an Age of Piracy ship of sail. You'd have various guns and ammunition types for different dragin baggin jobs. Chain Shot for clipping wings or tangling necks and limbs, Sabot Shot for trying to punch through scales, general ball shot to buffet or disorient, scatter shot to try and punch holes in wing membrane. You probably want 24 to 36 pounders, long barrel.
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Would a classless system where you have more options to just customize your character however you want as you progress work, be balanced, and be fun in a TTRPG? Something akin to Dark Souls or Fallout.
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Sure.
House ruled WFRP all the time to allow that, though perhaps it felt like less of a jump messing with a "career" system compared to say trying to rip the classes out of D&D.
At a basic level even just fudging what someone needed to enter the new career they want so that it matches up with the story better always felt like it added a heap.
As for what is balanced and fun, at the end of the day it's the GMs call and up to the players to come up with a convincing reason for them to get access to something.
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>>55105172
It certainly can be. It might not necessarily be depending on how well the game is designed. I'm not even sure what you're asking here, to be honest.
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>>55105172
>What is Shadowrun
>What is WoD
>What is GURPS
>What is ORE
OP D&D and Pathfinder aren't the only systems out there. This isn't a far fetched or revolutionary idea.
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>>55104621
Somebody within Wizards REALLY likes Atraxa Superfriends Commander, because doing away with the unique rule only benefits that deck.
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>>55104980
well, oops all gideons could become a thing now.
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>>55104621
huh
interesting card
i could see some bullshit with this tbqh