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>>54326817
I want it to work, these are two of my favorite things, but I am not sure it could work. It is like trying to build something cool with Legos but you only grabbed the cool pieces, you need filler.

The time lines are radically different, I would say it is easier to roll fallout back than bioshock forward. But instead of just focusing on the divergence from normal history where do these timeliness converge? Maybe instead of vault tech making underground bunkers, there biggest sellers were underwater ones! Makes sense with most of the US population on the coast.

But now that you have made that change, what would change in the bioshock universe. Let's say frank Fontaine leaves rapture with enough information to start up splicing topside. Does rapture still fall? Probably not, though I am sure it had hardships. Now Ryan Andrews is still in play to get pissed off when his proprietary sink and be safe cities get copied by vault tech.

But then back to the fallout side. Do we still see the world wide energy shortage that lead to the war that gave power armor and laser robots? Who would splice topside? Likely not civilian with a 50s mindset. But the Enclave sure liked their genetics and viruses. And maybe chinese stealth suits were just a way to augment gene tonics?

Tell me more OP. I want this to be good, even if it just turns into a fan fic. What major players do you want? Brotherhood, NCR, Eleanor, Thinker?

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>>54327152
Me rambling more.

Remember OP, that both of these games work around scarcity. They feel the best when you are low on health, and low on bullets. Don't give commoners and settlers any splices. It would be like if everyone had a laser rifle, you need scarcity for this to work. But at the same time play with genetics. Super mutants and even ghouls might be the dead end of two much splicing. What would happen in a vault where everyone was given telekinesis before the door sealed? What is going to be your Adam and eve? If your great grandpa had electrobolt, maybe you just needed a hit of eve to get the juice flowing again? But I can't quite figure out who would still be making little sisters after all that time, but whoever it is, would be powerful and likely on the brotherhood's shit list. In fact if anything g you should start with a list of what factions like what things.

And some things might have to stay a mystery. We didn't know who shot the first nuke till fallout 4, and in a way it doesn't matter. You could have big sisters raid the mainland for girls and never explain why, and it would still be a better plot the institute.

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>>54327152

I would have kept Bioshock's world a secret from the main Fallout universe until after the war, or that it caused it. The gene tonics and plasmids started to spread on the mainland after the radiation was mostly over. Now you could have the NCR and Legion fighting each other with plasmids. I would honestly see the Brotherhood of Steel being opposed to genetic engineering. They are pro technology, but they seem more all about metal suits and laser guns, probably not as comfortable with bio-engineering monsters.

I could also see the genetic modification of the various wildlife, along with radiation, giving birth to all kinds of horrible mutants. Maybe mutants of all kinds have a small amount of adam inside them, which makes hunting them profitable? Maybe Super Mutants are like biological versions of big daddies, with those freaky centaur monsters absorbing Adam from human corpses?

I do like the idea of undersea vaults though. Maybe during the nuclear proliferation Rapture ended up being revealed to the world as a modern nation instead of in secret, and was one of the world powers? I could see all kinds of underwater cities winding up everywhere, which could also explain how Adam and plasmids and gene tonics ended up on the mainland during or after the war.

DnD 4e, or one of the games based off it.

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>>54326638
Thanks. I'm looking for something more futuristic, and it doesn't support out-of-mech encounters . I guess it wouldn't take much to reskin all of the powers to be mech-based and the enemies to be alien-based, though.

I'm still looking for other ideas, though.

>>54326822
Gamma World is fun, the one based on 4th ed D&D

>>54326426
>anyone got any tips
Use cover. Aim. Stack as many bonuses as you can. In ship combat, make sure every party member is able to use an Extended Action to assist the ship each turn.

Also, if you're going to be playing through the official adventures, building your ship with a bunch of +Achievement Point components will yield a shitload of extra Profit Factor at the adventure's completion. I ran the numbers on Lure of the Expanse, and you can wind up with something in the ballpark of +30 to +40 Profit Factor at the end of it if your ship is set up right.

>>54326203
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/other-rules/unchained-rules/automatic-bonus-progression

just copy and work something out of this bud. also probably should've posted this in pfg or pgg or whatever its called now

>>54326456

That looks like a good place to start; thanks. Also, pfg? pgg? I haven't been to 4chan since around the time qst was formed; is tg not the place for tabletop stuff anymore?

>>54327201
pathfinder general/ paizo games general thread
browse catalog

>>54326147
Find someone who'll practice one-on-one or two-on-one.

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Just like vidya, git gud.

Read books.

That might not seem like a very helpful answer, but it helped me. Learning other people's vocabulary (through reading) helped me learn to express ideas better.

No, the only legion that Guilliman has hated is the Alpha Legion.

We all know he should have used 1000 Sons geneseed to get some more Psykers to fuck up Chaos.

>>54325824
>implying Cawl hasn't done exactly that

The differences, as far as I know, are relatively minor. I still have 6th edition and I haven't bothered with the new one yet.

go for 7th - layout is really good and it's still pretty much compatible with everything that came before.

the biggest change from 6th to 7th is that attributes (strength, size, intelligence etc) are now ranked as percentages (like skills) instead of the old 3-18 range

>>54325689
The differences are tiny so it doesn't matter. Just buy whatever is available at the lowest price.

024 Deck of Spellweaving
A deck of 20-40 Blank cards. When a spell is cast on one, the spell is negated and the card can then be used to cast that spell, negating all components
required for that spell, but only once before it must be shuffled back into the deck to recharge.

026 The chaos butterfly
You walk in an empty room and see a bell jar on a pedestal. Inside the jar is a large beautiful butterfly perched absolutely still. If the bell jar is removed
the butterfly will flap it's wings. Hurricane force winds fill the room and everyone needs to make fortitude saves. The winds continue until the insect is trapped
again under the bell jar or killed.

Healing spellbomb: a tiny clockwork sphere; when activated it starts a timer, and when it runs out it detonates healing everyone in the vicinity for a small to moderate amount. Reacharges by boiling in hot water for an hour.

Quicksilver shields: any projectile (magical or otherwise) that doesn't go through AC gets eaten by the shield. You can release it at a later time.

Jelly powder: turns water into jelly.

003 Bracers of Clicking: When these bracers are put on, they make an audible click. They have no further effect.

010 Dagger of Told Secrets
A simple-looking dagger. If used to backstab someone to death, it will whisper your most embarrassing secret to that person.

012 Enchanted Book of Collected Stories
Opening this will cause miniature creatures/people to pour out and preform a chapter from the book much like a theatre.

013 Diadem of Brothaurity
When wearing this headpiece, you are as elegant and well-spoken as a famous diplomat or regent, but you can't stop calling everyone bro.

017 The Artist's Bludgeon
Inanimate objects hit with this bludgeon will receive no damage; they will however change colour.

022 Bagpipe of Stealth
Grants the user invisibility as long as it is being played.

Pillow of Jung
When unfastened, the zipper on this large pillow can be used to enter the dreams of the person currently sleeping on it.


Ring of Spell Absorbing. Contains spells, can be released. Must be released before taking off the ring, or the spells will discharge on the wearer.

deck of many trivia facts
a deck of cards that when one is drawn displays a random trivia fact about something in the world, could be anything from how farmer bob lost his shoe to where the Genie lord's secret treasure is


a shard of mirror that shows a weird reflection of reality where everything is black and white, and instead of people shows their shadows only.

a monocle, if you hold it to your eye, you can see little portals next to sleeping creature's heads and watch their dreams.

Warhammer filled with holy water, +radiant damage to undead and fiends
Compass that can always point toward a target/object of user’s choice. Target can be changed at will once per day.

Riddick goggles to negate sunlight sensitivity.

A folio of text of an unknown language.

A small pewter cage which holds a swirling cloud of shadow.

A monstrous eye preserved in quartz.

A bronze miniature of a ship that appears in your dreams.

A fragment of meteroric stone which seems to make animals feel uneasy.

Twilight's Battleaxe
Weapon (Battleaxe), uncommon (requires attunement)
Once per short rest, when you crit with this weapon it casts Hex on the target. Roll a d6 to determine which of the target's attributes is weakened. The bearer cannot transfer the curse to another creature.

Eidolic Foil
Weapon (Rapier), uncommon (requires attunement)
Dark apparitions bound to this weapon haunt the edges of the bearer's peripheral vision, becoming hideously visible to devour the bodies of beings slain by this weapon. Once 666 bodies have been devoured, the apparitions will be released to prey upon our world and the sword becomes a permanent +3 weapon. So far, the weapon has eaten 1d6 x 100 + 3d20 bodies.

Draconic Frying Pan +1 vs dragons
Jester's Hammer
Weapon (Light Hammer), uncommon (requires attunement)Once per short rest, when the bearer crits with this weapon it casts Crown of Madness on the creature it hit, DC 12


Nullifying Trident
Weapon (Trident), uncommon (requires attunement)
Any spell of 1st level or lower that includes the bearer as a target has a 10% chance to fail, cast by both friendly and enemy spellcasters.

Gambit Cards
Used as throwing daggers. Use real card deck, each card has a different effect. Ex: King of Hearts forces target to make a save vs death, etc.

Endless Legend. Auriga seems like a really interesting setting for an RPG.

>>54325126
I had not thought of that. Yes indeed it would be interesting!

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Mine we mostly from literature.

I would like the world of Jeroun (Zachary Jernigan novels), the insect tech from the Bel Dame Apocrypha series (Cameron Hurley), and maybe some jap sci-fi ala Alita.

Anime was a mistake.

Go on.

>>54323594
i've heard of people running 1 player d&d games. maybe an entire campaign could get boring but a single game would be fine, especially if you switch off dming

Mars Colony.

Warning, will probably be depressing

>>54323594
Isn't The Mountain Witch made for a single player and a GM?

>>54323382
He was destroyed by a quartet of punch cards.

>>54323400
Huh?