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Alright I need some help statting some homebrew items for a novice dungeon master.
I'm deployed right now, thankfully we have access to internet, and dungeons and dragons caught on to pass the time. Some of us never played before some played a bit. We aren't getting too super serious about the rules, still following them though mostly, because we have no idea what We're doing and this for fun and killing time.
Everyone was bored with the low level encounter myself and the other dm who swaps out when on mission had. So I threw a mindflayer at them with a few odds and ends to help them as well as 2 npcs. All of it ties into the sorry of course.
Somehow, they managed to go murderhobo on the thing rolling crit after crit and killed it with only two players being seriously maimed and almost dying, 1 Npc died. All in all everyone loved it though.
I wanna give them some cool magic items that level and get better with them so they don't toss 'em first chance. So I wanna know what you guys think.
Human rogue: dagger, steel stats, user becomes invisible for 30 seconds if successfully sneak attacks an enemy.
Half elf rogue: mask that they can mimic someone they've seen for 3 turns. Have to break line of sight to successfully use the disguise though.
Teifling necro: pointing bone, raise one dead enemy, same level or lower, medium or small a turn. They last for 4 turns and are at half stats, can't be raised again ever.
Celestial?human? Paladin: kill 5 undead, abyssal, demonic whatever and get a magic missle.
Aarakocra druid. Featherlight armor that negates 1 attack.
Lizardfolk ranger: prosthetic arm. Bonus action can attack with it.
Everything gets more abilities as they level up which links in with the story I had for them.
Any and all help appreciated!
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>>55204223
Did the flayer use any of that stuff?
Seems like Hat of Disguise and a power point granting ring would be more immersive.
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>>55204368
Nah, surviving npc is a powerful lizardfolk shaman, used the dead npc's body (soul bound suit of armor think full metal) with his tribal shit and magic to make some cool items.
Side note. As a new dm I found it useful to write down behaviors for the enemies to keep from taking it too easy but also not acting out of its character. Idk how common that is with dm's but it helped with the mindflayer and thralls behavior.
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Rolled 11 + 1 (1d30 + 1)
>>55204223
Dude, all of these items are fucking awesome. Give one to each player
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anyone having experience with running sessions in TTS?
what things are possible without writing scripts?
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>>55203724
With the improvement in the potential for character sheets now it's pretty easy to run sessions. I am working on porting the Delta Green character sheets into Tabletop Simulator now.
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You can do it, but I honestly don't see much advantage to using a text client or Roll20.
I like TTS for board games, but I've never really seen the point for RPG's. I guess if the tactile side and nice digital miniatures really matters to you, but the increased bother of it just makes me want to stick to simpler solutions for my games.
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how do I keep loudmouth players from dominating playtime? A speaking stick? I'm a player with one and short of drowning him out there's practically no way to get this guy to shut it.
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Talk to him before the game in private and calmly explain your frustrations in a reasonable and sensible fashion, and politely ask him to tone it down.
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>>55203709
Train him like a dog. If he refused to wear the shock collar, squirt him with a water pistol.
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How do you build TK now with the fact that they've lost so much and aren't really compatible (in an allegiance sense) with other Death models?
>Yes, i know they get the death allegiance.
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>>55201984
>wanting to buy an out of print unsupported line of ugly miniatures
I feel bad for you
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>>55202225
i have had the same Tomb King models for the past decade...
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How do you make sympathetic yet villainous outcasts of society without turning them into special snowflake sues?
I've been reading a lot about historical pariahs (Dalits, Jews, Burakumin) and school shooters
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>>55201603
Make them relatable to your players, aside from the whole 'taking over the world', or whatever their evil plan is part that is.
I don't know what you currently have in mind, besides that you want to make an outcast that's sympathetic, nor do I know what your PCs are like, so I can't do much but offer vague advice.
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Witcher's Scoia'tael are a good example.
bunch of minority races that had enough of being treated like dirt yet go ape shit crazy and perhaps too far in their quest for justice/vengeance/equality.
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Did Feanor do anything wrong?
http://www.strawpoll.me/13850688
>mods are at church
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90% of the problems in middle earth are only an issue because the valar have a "fuck you, I got mine" and refused to do anything about Morgoth until it's too late.
I don't think that Feanor went about his quest in the best way, and the kinslaying was objectively evil, but he did the right thing by trying to stop Morgoth and get the Silmarils back.
So yes, he did some things wrong, but he should have never had to deal with the issues he did in the first place.
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>>55201359
I wholeheartedly agree with this post.
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>>55201359
/thread
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I have been running plenty of one-on-one games and group games over the past few years, and there is one problem about group games that has been causing me plenty of grief and frustration: the way a group formulates plans.
Giving each player an equal say in planning and the execution of plans, be it during combat or outside of combat, is inefficient. People have to communicate (often complex) ideas to one another and respect one another's desires, and even a plan hashed out this way tends to be a disjointed "design by committee." It takes a group a painfully long time to arrive at decisions this way, and the end result is one of those "crazy and nonsensical player plans."
The best method of coming up with effective plans in an efficient time frame is to have one person, ideally a pre-appointed leader, do all the planning by themselves, and to have everyone else as merely a sounding board of ideas to be incorporated or ignored as needed. However, that leaves the players apart from the main planner feeling unengaged, because their desires count for far less.
This could be solved by having the players take turns being the "plan-maker and leader," but good luck trying to find a satisfactory way to shuffle around such a role, even among a group of close friends.
In my experience running one-on-one games and group games, the most efficiently-constructed plans are the ones crafted solely be a single player, the most effective plans are those made by a single player with the others as a sounding board... and the absolutely worst plans that take a maddeningly long time to form are those created by the group as a whole, in a way that tries to respect the desires of each player.
How can this effect be mitigated when running a group game?
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I think talking to your players about it is the way.
Are you playing high stakes combat focused game? Nothing wrong with planing actions for combat in those and it is to be expected. Just ask them to hurry up if they went into analysis paralysis.
Out of combat, ask them to discuss plans in character, treat it like any other scene, ask questions, nudge, introduce NPCs, whatever, talking about things in character IS the game. See if your system have an argument resolving mechanic for PCs.
Talk to your players and bring this topic up, ask if they as frustrated with delays as you are? Maybe they would come out with a solution, without you doing anything.
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>>55201017
Have players / characters capable of calling out bloody stupid plans.
Alternatively, wisdom rolls or equivalent for characters to realise how and why the plans are flawed.
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Pathfinder: shredding AC edition
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So, aside from destroying loot what are some good ways to reliably shred an enemies AC?
So far I've got the feint line of feats, and being an unchained rogue... that's about it. Anything else has times where it basically just falls apart completely. (Trip against flying enemies/multi-legged enemies, as an example.)
So what do you guys think? (Also, no magic.)
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I wonder if sunder is ok, if only used a little bit? Like, just enough to get that -4 AC?
If one of your resident spell-casters has make whole, or craft magical A&A that shouldn't be too crazy, right?
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Subject for the day: more on how the whole Age of Sigmar transition would work in the Lovedagger continuity. Who'd be destroying the world and under what circumstances, how it would be recreated, how the new world would be different, etc.
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what the hell is the Lovedagger community?
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>>55200379
Lovedagger sounds like a Led Zepplin songsqueeze my lemon
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>>55203644
The premise of the Lovedagger meme is that it's a game/setting from an alternate universe where "Games Kitchen" makes women oriented products. Presumably it's the community of nerdy women who like them.
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Today, in Moments in Tabketop Gaming:
>Setting: Pathfinder, set in teh Path Of Exile universe
> DM (listing crimes commited by party to the rogue, then ending with): "...You even committed forgery!"
> Rogue: "What? When?"
>DM: "Why else does your fighter's birth certificate list his gender as 'Attack Helicopter?!'"
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>>55198988
Was it on his character sheet?
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>>55199062
Sadly no. Plus I misspoke; it was forged on the fighter's passport.
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>>55198988
>discriminating against transvehicular characters with your bigoted no-blocking DMing
Fucking LOL. Let's be clear here bigot. You are the one who is outdated. You are the one who doesn't belong in the hobby. You are the one whose view is tolerated less and less every day so fuck you and your outdated ideas of what is normal and OK.
I don't need you judging me and I reject your ability to do so. But I will fucking judge you - you fucking hateful bigot. The hobby will be better off when people like you are finally driven away and the rest of us can be free to be who we are instead of playing shut up for you.
Every day is one day closer to you being driven away. Every day your fucking view is less tolerated for the hateful shit that it is. And you got nothing to say in response to any of this other than to just insult me and say hateful shit like "that's a dick, not an exhaust pipe".
I got none of that for you pal. Not one fucking bit. Because I want you alive and well to see the day you no longer have a place in this hobby and you are the one stuck looking from the outside in as everyone else has a good time.
You know what? I was feeling pretty down in my first post. But I'm feeling pretty good right now. Fuck you bigot, you are the one that is wrong and outdated. Not me.
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What is the best fantasy beast race /tg/ and why is it the Minotaur?
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>>55198714
Pic-related, best minotaur.
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>>55198714
Name one fantasy beast race that isn't fetishized.
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>>55198738
Giant Cave Swallow Men.
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Bacterion and its empire stroll into the 40k setting. How well do they fare?
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>>55198281
Ask in the /pfg/ thread. They know all about the Bydo and similar monstrosities
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Defining MTG Colors as Classes or Real Life Classes 2017-09-03 06:38:52 Post No.55198275
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Defining MTG Colors as Classes or Real Life Classes
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ITT: Each color has a facet about them that fits human personality. But can we take those aspects and fit them into RPG Classes or how they fit in Real World jobs?
We already know Green would have Rangers and Scouts, Blue would have Sorcerers and Wizards, but looking at the color combinations is interesting.
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>>55198275
I'd say only a small number of classes are only available/likely for people of one color. Druid almost always being green, maybe, or monks and paladins almost always being white. But there are certainly classes you couldn't reasonably pigeonhole into a single color: Magic has had Soldiers and Warriors in every color, after all, so it seems unlikely for fighters, and both Wizards and Rogues are frequently either black or blue. I'd think color in RPG classes would be more a combination of the character's motivations and tendency in ability choices.
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White:
>Cleric, Paladin, Knight, Soldier
>Police, Priest (major religion), Administrator, Secretary
Blue:
>Wizard, Artificer
>Scholar, Theoretical Scientist
Black:
>Assassin, Traditional Necromancer, Dark Knight
>Politician, Banker, Businessman
Red:
>Sorcerer, Warrior, Bandit, Bard
>Artist, Musician, Artisan
Green:
>Druid, Ranger
>(Park) Ranger, Environmentalist, Historian
WU:
>Theurge, Tactician
>Professor, Mathematician
UB:
>Rogue, Frankenstein/Herbert West Necromancer, Egoist
>Perpetual Student, Hacker/Information Security, Alphabet Organizations (CIA/FBI/NSA/etc.)
BR:
>Warlock, Swordsmaster, Demoniac
>Celebrity
RG:
>Barbarian, Shaman
>Televangelist, Survivalist
GW:
>Hermit, Scout
>Preacher, Priest (minor religion)
WB:
>Vampire, Noble, Crusader
>Economist, High-ranking Politician
BG:
>Animist, Lycanthrope
>Prepper, Fitness Instructor, Athlete
GU:
>Summoner, Sage
>Biologist, Biotechnician, Doctor
UR:
>Alchemist, Mad Scientist, Psion
>Experimental Scientist, Psychologist/Psychiatrist
RW:
>General/Warlord, Divine Herald
>Propaganda/Advertisement, Coach
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So, what are the most beautiful promos in MtG?
Which promos do you think would be most worth having, based on their artwork?
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Also worth mentioning.
I admire it's purity.
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I really like the comiccon planeswalkers.
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>players are getting close to epic level
>cleric has a 2 level advantage on everyone for making it from level 0-20
>I've got some ideas about epic level class features for most classes but I'm just drawing blanks for this cleric
The setting is a homebrew but fairly standard high fantasy, high magic running into the issues all near epic games generally run into.
Suggestions /tg/?
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>>55198077
Maybe you could do something related specifically to the Cleric's deity rather than try to think of something for Clerics in general?
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>>55198077
Cleric gains all the features of this home
brewed angel patron becoming their servant provided by their god.
https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Seraphim_Patron_(5e_Archetype)
Fighter gets the best goddam sword in the world whether it be through blessings, upgrades or given to them. The exact why does not matter just that he gets the best slashy thing the world has ever seen.
Wizard gets nothing because they are already busted and ubjectivly more powerful then other classes.
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>>55198092
There are two clerics in the game one Tempest (level 20) the other Light. So I'd like to standardize it so they get maybe two or three domain features and then some general cleric features like how its done in the phb. Getting boons is great and all but its more of a temporary solution and they have one already from doing some crazy shit I didn't expect of them.
>>55198131
This is for warlocks not clerics.