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>>54361831
The earliest attested literature we have for summoning rituals which produce humanoids is the Homeric cycle, in which Odysseus performs a rite to summon the spirit of the prophet Tiresias.

So a few millennia before the weeaboo shit you have in mind.

Shitposting aside, the idea of summoning spirits is prehistoric and in virtually every human culture (barring ones in which religious faiths have outlawed such practices, and even then a person with less than charitable views toward Catholicism might regard the invocation of the saints as such). So you need to be a little more specific in your inquiry. What sort of "magic system" are you looking for?

It's probably nearly about as old as the concept of magic in fiction, so who the fuck knows?

>>54361831
I got this reference

>>54361392
I don't want play anything that dies to graveyard hate except magical merchant turbo

>>54361392
In the old days of 60 card Infernoid with That Grass Looks Greener, you could chain this to Grass to potentially OTK.

>>54361143
>What should I do?
Acting classes. At least some free online course.

>>54361143
>"So guys, I'm not good at this whole voicing a bunch of NPCs thing but I'm gonna give it a shot."
Oh no your friends are gonna have to be supportive it's almost like they're your friends or something.

Man don't even worry. Just have fun with it and your players will appreciate you more for your work.

It's all part of the experience, don't go into this thinking you're going to be judged by the your players, if you put in the effort they're going to have fun, and you're going to have fun. Voices will always add to the game, in my opinion. I've always done them and I always will.

>>54361108
Because most of the people who have used it weren't very good at writing systems.

Because using it to replace d6, d4, and d3 though corresponding modulo is too much math for average player.

Because there's very little they do better than a d10. Apart from a strict succession of dice sizes, generally a d10 gives you a similar enough range and that it's a nice easy decimal makes calculations and building mechanics around it a lot cleaner and easier.

I do love d12's. They're fun dice to roll and they look great, but they're not a dice that would really carry a system as anything other than a gimmick, chosen precisely because they aren't used very much.

>>54360700
Their canonical name is the Adeptus Custodes. That's copyrightable enough.

Adeptus Palatines.

>>54360700
Adeptus Dare Pecuniam

In vacuum of no other attributes, consistency (or sameness) is preferable.

>>54360363
it's shit, both are shit, you are asking if people would prefer to eat horse shit of cow shit, its still shit. just like this thread

Shit.

Name: Huntsley Constable Hunstley
Origin: Dustishire
Notable deeds: Slew the nefarious Pixie King and screwed the sensational Pixie Queen

I would like to compete in interpretive dance, and if that is not possible, archery.

>>54360432
Welcome good sir, you may compete in both. But we may need more contestants before we can begin either event. Help yourself to some mutton and ale, a boon from the king himself!

>>54360328
>Name: Sir Confrustable The Uncrustable
>Origin: The Unfrustable hillshire of Bontrustable
Deeds: Thrust the unthrustable spear of untrustable Huxtable the unscrupable, and coaxed the uncuckable muckstable of high Fluxtable

>>54360045
fuck him. just another whiny tau fag. do not concern yourself with bullshit

>>54360912

This.

Just keep smiting and warptiming my dustbro.

>>54360045

Necrons don't have deny either.

>>54359560
Depends on how important they are. The more presence said NPC has on the overall structure of the game, the more likely I am to build a full character, level by level.

>>54359580
This. Main villain gets a sheet, most other npcs fall into some npc category where they just take their stats out of the MM or whatever. Also stealing premade stats for a character of their level and class works well.

>>54359647

I've kind of fallen into the loop of knowing what I want out of someone who needs to be a threat to the party. Their BAB, their AC, their HP, and their saves.

Then I just make up what they had on them after the PCs win.

Does this make me a bad person

Bump to keep the thread alive.

Main writer for the Velvet Book here

I'm in the middle of a Wild Talents game right now so I'm not in a position to post in this thread, but I'll do so tomorrow (I was gonna post a new thread in the AM, but got beaten to it). The copy paste is on a different computer than the one I'm using right now, unfortunately.

I will say that the Velvet Book playtests are going forward. One of the playtest groups in the discord is on its 4th or 5th session.

Here's the discord link:

>https://discord.gg/aWZMuZP

>>54359402
Sounds like Wolrd of Darkness to me, you can find info via /WODg

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>>54359402
GURPS is best for modern games. Best rules, best gunplay, best sourcebooks (High-Tech, Mysteries, Cops, Horror, Action), best system.

>>54359741
How good would WoD be if you dont have any of the supernatural stuff?

>>54361387
Hmmm... I hear GURPS for absolutely everything. But what books do I look to for gunplay, vehicles, and all the other cool jazz that comes with a modern crime campaign?

What about a less crunchy system? I hear GURPS is awfully crunchy, and while I THRIVE in crunch, my players get bored.

The city was built into the side of the mountain after the Goddess of Love, Moriah, stopped the rest of the Gods from greek/roman mythology fucking around with mortal affairs.

The mountain has volcanic activity that makes springs by the top, so whatever flows down the mountain towards a river. The city has 3 concentric, raised walls which lead to tiers and levels.

There are a bunch of guilds, mostly commercial (building, smithing, weaving, etc) but there is a mage's guild, knights guild, mercenary/murder hobo guild, and temple guild. A percentage of their taxes reflect how many votes they get for their government.

Government is slow and shitty, so commonly, guilds just buy out adventurers to do their shit for them, since its faster and serves themselves. I want some other interesting places in case the PCs shit on guilds or decide to become evil. I cannot think of a good prison system in this area that isn't just prison, execution or exile. The only large communities outside of the ways are farming areas and barbarians on the other side of the mountain.

>>54359256
>>> Does not come back alive.
Tell us the story, OP.

>>young physicist
>>about to get PhD
>>married to a beautiful girl
>> they go on vacation with his family
>> he goes to swim with his brother
>>riptide
>> huge survival need, but no prep can help you with that
>> brother is found. Healthy
>> my friend isn't.
I'm staying with his wife. I am going through all of his notes. It's sad. She always wanted to play with him, so I want to finish our last adventure.

Most of our content was just how the city operates. There's no real fat to it. We only had one mechanic which will be laughed at. Fusion domain of the love god. Join with an ally and have the best stats out of you both. Level 8 as a full round, you both get a standard action.

I just miss asking him stupid shit for him to shoot down, and me telling him to think crazier. He grounded me as a player and dm. I miss that guys.

Pretty sure this is mostly a video game thing

>>54359183
I actually thought a rapier was called a musket until I was five years old or so.

Old Final Fantasy games couldn't fit Dragon Knight in the text field, so they went with Dragoon.

>>54358873

Well m8 entry prices are high. No getting around that. Ultimately we spend money on what we enjoy. Funny yoy menation that handheld gaming system, cause you know what that shit's expensive too, specially with the a tual games and shit, and after a few years it's obsolete and it's time to pick up the new hotness. At least with this that doesn't happen.

If you want to meet the community go on a Friday or a Saturday. If the there is a community they will probably be there.

As for giving it a spin, it's not like the shops have every army just lying around y'know? In my experience yoy can get a practice game in, see how it runs, but if you do that your gonna be using the display models from up front, so basically the old dark heresy or new dark imperium sets.

>>54359052
I still have a functional, hacked Sony PSP I use on a regular basis. Just because a handheld becomes outdated doesn't mean it loses all functionality.

I already said that in 5 different stores, each one told me I'm not welcome if I'm not playing or building and painting

and whilst not every army is ready to go, there's _plenty_ on display. Each one has had tables going unused, with units prepped for battle, literally ready for use at any time, with further models for display in the windows.

If someone wants me to invest into an entirely new hobby, they should be trying to _justify_ that price tag. I know what I can get out of a 3DS, or any other gaming platform I go to, such as Steam.

>>54359181

Don't know what kinda stores you were in m8, aint like that where I am. My local owners are nice guys. When I was getting started they were happy to talk things over with me and shoot the shit, lemme watch a few games. Either people where you live are just massive cunts, or you've somehow managed to do something that makes them want to get rid of you. Since I don't know you or where you live I couldn't say which.

Also, those armies you saw may not have belonged to the shop owner. I know guys who leave their models at the shop do they don't have to risk lugging em around, and if the owner just went using other people's shit that'd be no good.

To be quite frank though this sounds like a exaggeration. Assuming you got run out of a shop at all I reckon you probably got run out of one not five. This is either b8, or you were hoping to bitch and have people agree with you. You aren't looking for a solution to your problem, you just want to whine and have somebody pat you on the back or maybe just tell us our hobby is shit. Seems to me you've already made up your mind m8. Go ahead and buy your console and play your vidya while looking down your nose at us if that's what you want. Nothing wrong with that.