How would D&D-style planar societies (e.g. all of those baatezu/devils in the Nine Hells of Baator and their archdevils and gods, or the archons up in Mount Celestia and their Hebdomad and gods) rank on the Kardashev scale?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale
https://futurism.com/the-kardashev-scale-type-i-ii-iii-iv-v-civilization/
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit
Is the Kardashev scale even remotely relevant in a D&D-style multiverse with infinitely large planes, whose mystical energies are regularly tapped into to power everything from spells and magic items to the soul-petitioner-outsider reincarnation process?
How much do Dyson spheres and similar creations matter when most magical creations are self-sustaining and cost no overall power in the long run? While there are objects like consumable scrolls, an enchanted sword always stays enchanted until disenchanted, and a Decanter of Endless Water will always pour out water because the Elemental Plane of Water has an infinite supply.I have purely magic-powered Dyson spheres in the space fantasy take on Planescape/Spelljammer that I usually run, but I downplay these as relatively minor sources of power compared to the vastness of planar energies, and most magic items are their own self-sustaining energy sources anyway.
So I was setting a game of light urban fantasy (mostly mundane crime with some rare wizards, vamps and fae here and there) in "our earth, present day, present time just a dash of weirdness added" as I told my players.
And then one player wame to me with his new character and it's Ryan gosling.
To clarify, he didn't make a driver expy or some other gosling character. His PC's name is "Ryan gosling". His Background is compiled from gosling's wiki page, some articles from gossip press and a bit at the end about how he went on a drug blender and disappeared and that's why he doesn't start with money.
What would you do in this situation?
Tell him to cut that shit out. You should make actual characters, not jokes.Unless the campaign is one big joke in which case, go right ahead.
>>54984203
It depends.
If he's got a history of being a good roleplayer and wants to see how far he can go, I say let him pretend to be Ryan Gosling. If he's known for making stupid jokes you might as well kick him because in that case he's obviously not taking your game seriously.
I'd allow it.
If he acts like a prick in the game and ruins people's fun then shit can it.
>My father is a gigantic, morbidly obese man
>Cares little about hygiene
>Rarely washes his hands
>Open sores on his legs due to fatness
>Several teeth fallen out
>Giant tumorlike growth on his thighs
>You get the picture, but he's really friendly and tries to be nice at all times, gifts me things and such
>Be me
>Forced to live with him because reasons
>Try my best to establish some hygiene and order in the house
>For the last couple of years, my health has been deteriorating
>Plagued by constant, 24 hour headaches
>Joints hurt, jaw hurts, neck and back hurt
>Get sick more often than i used to
>Am sick right now
I'm usually not superstitious, but something smells fishy, and it's not the ulcer currently forming in my mouth.
Shower daily.
Brush teeth daily.
Get exercise daily - whether it's walking a couple miles or going and lifting weights, anything helps if you're normally sedentary.
Eat only enough to live - this one is especially hard if you're not buying your own groceries. Have a couple eggs in the morning for breakfast, a sandwich+trailmix+yoghurt for lunch, and some meat+starch+veggies for dinner. That's it. You'll be hungry sometimes.
DRINK MORE WATER. Seriously. No one drinks enough water. Your body was designed to take in over a gallon a day - more if you work/sweat/lack-sleep etc. You don't know how shitty you really are until you get hydrated (drinking a gallon a day for a few days). Then whenever you feel your hydration slipping you can feel it. Drinking a tall glass of water can help stifle hunger pangs (multiple studies have shown that average dehydrated people think thirst means hunger and crave food when they should be drinking water --- look it up if you don't believe me).
Find what you enjoy, and do/pursue it. Working 40+hr weeks helps you discover really quick how you value your free time, and how you want to spend it. Some days I get home from work and spend 30mins on the toilet on fb/4ch before showering. I don't mind that I'm wasting time - it's MY time. I enjoy how I spend it.
I think I met your father a couple months ago, actually. He's a big guy, but pretty friendly overall. The thing is that he patted me on the head and I think I caught something from him because I got this weeping rash afterwards.
Pic related. It's my scalp.
So tell me, /tg/. How do I get into Chinaman wild ride? Just look for blue core custom proxies on aliexpress?
A BOOK WHERE A BALOR IS BOUND MAGICALLY INSIDE AN ARTIFACT AND IS FORCED TO SUMMON DEMONS COUNTLESS TIMES 3
Let meme cross-contamination commence.
ITT: concept campiagns you wish you could do, but can't I'll start
>Players play as established deities, playing a complex game of chess and intrigue against each other using other using followers, conversation, created monsters, and cool deity domains
>>54981376
Why can't you though?
Hey Fa/tg/uys, looooong time lurker, very rarely post, but love this board.
I come to you for some advice. I'm going to be part of a D&D campaign (5e, maybe a short one, donno) for the first time ever, as a NG Mountain Dorf Barbarian.
I would like your imput and some help to flesh him out a bit more. So far, he is a war veteran, and kind of the village hero for his past deeds. Everyone respects him and can get a free drink in town and the surrounding parts. He is a bit of an alcoholic and, of course, a brewer. Maul is his weapon of choice.
I know it may vary depending on the DM/game, but is this enough to start?
Let me know what do you think, I been trying to keep it simple but I would like to know if there is anything interesting I could add in the vein of this character.
Also Barb and/or Dorf Stories are welcome!
Thanks in advance.
>>54980926
What was it like for him the first time he took another person's life?
Who was his role model growing up?
What kind of porn does he got off to?
>>54981010
Mmmh, almost by accident, as a dwarf invader rushed the line and pretty much ran into him and died on his own axe as they tumbled.
Probably another family member who was in the army before him, but maybe without that much renown.
Lewd Dorf Fortresses designs.
Shameless Bump with pic.
>go outside
>see this
What do?
>>54980816
Stare
>>54980816
Praise the primordial truth
Is there any good A Song of Ice and Fire MTG Custom Set or do I have to make one myself? I wanted to make a custom cube to draft at my LGS but I could only find shitty ones at the internet.
here, no go away
so, I've been hosting 40k games at my place recently, and a couple of people who come to hang out are interested in playing but not so much buying little army dudes.
long story short I'm going to start a space marine army that is sort of communal. I'm thinking a straight up pure primaris army. thoughts? is this a terrible idea?
>>54980503
Manlets are probably cheaper. Get some second-hand off ebay.
>>54980503
Get the Dark Imperium thing. Me an a friend pooled our money to get Assault on Black Reach back in the day, it ended up being used between four of us.
I don't really know if it's a good value but the models look good.
>>54980503
Consider Kill team/Victory is Vengeance, anon. It needs less models, and plays faster while being a nice intro to the setting.
Our board game group group pooled together and we each have small teams of our favourite races that we mix up a little and swap around between us each session. Every now and then we buy a box to expand on one of them.
>Captain with Tac-Assault-Dev marines
>Chaos Lord with Berzerkers, Rubrics, and Talons
>Warboss and Ork Nob sledgehammer
>Autarch and Aspect warriors
>Grey Knights
>Space Hulk Terminators
>Dominus with Vanguard/Infiltrators
>Scions and Inquisition
>Just bought Dark Imperium
The shelf is starting to look like Trazyn's gallery.
ITT: we post magical enchanted names for mundane real life objects
>Underpants of Comfyness
Goofy-looking pair of underpants that always dry and clean, not matter what.
> checkers of white privilege
Ordinary looking checkers board enchanted that white stones always wins, no matter what.
>pot of easy cooking.
No, this pot isn't cooking for you, just nothing sticks or burns in it.
>>54980123
>No, this pot isn't cooking for you, just nothing sticks or burns in it.
I NEED IT
What's the most /tg/ skaven clan?
Clan Skully
I'm terrible at home brewing please link your favorite modules/quests.
>>54978770
The Hidden Temple of Temoachitatlazlantan...however it's spelled.
Lots of neat stuff there.
>>54979744
Tales from the Yawning Portal is just great in general, since it is possible to run the adventures as one campaign, or as seperate ones you can drop in your current one. I'd really love it for them to do another compilation of old "greatest hits" adventures.
As for other published modules, pretty much any but the Rage of Dragons adventures.
Are you my DM?
Running an impromptu game of Shadowrun in a few hours, need NPC runners. Ideas?
Been trying to find a document I read on /tg/ once. It was much like Man After Man, loads of bizarre imagery regarding humanities future, but the odd part was that in this the idea was that an alien race came and flesh crafted mankind as a genocidal punishment into many odd, dim, forms.
Been trying to masturbate with my forehead once.
>>54978009
Thank you very much.