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What's a good loadout for a Leviathan dread?

I'm a little adverse to using the new Redemptor, regardless of how good it's rules might be (though with everything SM I imagine it'll be mediocre)

I prefer to use the old tanks and dreads alongside Primaris for the models and think the Lev will make a nice, but not OTT centrepiece

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Anyone who rolls a 7 in this thread gets decimated

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Why is she so perfect?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbh6ZQc256U

I think that has nothing to do with traditional games. But there might be some other board for this kinda stuff, just look around a bit.

>>54116241
Just use roll20 or IRC, you mong.

We literally have a board for this. There's a link to /qst/ at the top of the page. It has poster IDs, drawing in your post like /i/, /tg/'s dice roller. If you're set on doing it it has all the tools.

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>>54116208
You're a towel.

>>54116231
I sure hope somebody takes me hitchhiking!

I like sandwiches

>>54116052
Elan.

>>54116052
I would like to play a half elven solarian. I would also like a solarian example blog post damnit.

>>54116052
Either a damaya lashunta or contemplative. They both look like awesome races for a technomancer.

>>54115810
This problem exists because many systems don't take into account that people with low strength can't wield heavy weapons. Weapons should have a minimum strength requirement attached to them. In some games (DnD, Pathfinder) however, you get half again your strength for wielding a weapon with two hands, so in that case it benefits strong characters more to wield weapons in two hands, rather than one.

>>54115855
>This problem exists because many systems don't take into account that people with low strength can't wield heavy weapons. Weapons should have a minimum strength requirement attached to them.
But the problem still exists, it just has a higher ground floor. The weakest people capable of wielding heavy weapons are the most incentivized to use them.

>In some games (DnD, Pathfinder) however, you get half again your strength for wielding a weapon with two hands, so in that case it benefits strong characters more to wield weapons in two hands, rather than one.
This does address the problem, though in my opinion, it's a less than elegant solution for a couple of reasons. First, it's kind of obnoxious to add one-and-a-half times your strength bonus (but then I like shit as simple and streamlined as possible, so others may not understand my point of view). Second, it stacks inflated damage on top of already-larger weapon damage, so things can get a bit out of hand damage-wise. One thing I don't like about it is that it takes away the possibility of a graze--or anything approaching that. If your strength bonus is 4, for instance, the very least damage you can do with a two-handed weapon is 7, which is pretty close to the maximum damage a normal dude does with a normal sword.

In the end, it feels like a patch on a flawed system. With that said, I'm not sure what the ideal solution is. It still bugs me though.

>>54115810
The problem exists because those "heavy Weapons" like the 2 handed sword weren't that heavy, and are easier for someone with a lower strength to use for prolonged times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSy9GLi2H44
this should help you learn a thing or 3.

>>54115529
Because Champion was just so the SRD has something to print, and because it's for guys who like Action Surge but really wanted to be a Barbarian.

Eldritch Knight is too circumstantial and Cantrips can't replace Melee for fighter.

Purple Dragon Knight is just the worse half of the Warlord we're never gonna get, and Battle Master is the better half.

Beyond that... You've gotta go UA or Homebrew to get any better.

>>54115529
Because you are a faggot who likes to shove a sword-hilt up his ass.

5e general

>>54115289
It's so christian biaised.

>>54115334
lolwut

>>54115334

That picture? Not remotely. That's pretty much the difference between the laughably pathetic Weaboo we all make fun of compared to a serious student of Japanese culture. It takes work and interaction to get into the latter half even in societies where Christians are very much a minority.

And there are no cultures, Christian or not, which don't have attitudes towards the subjects below, and those attitudes are never trivially simple.

As far as actually incorporating into the campaign, though? Fundamentally it's going to mostly be an internal model of what 'feels right' for that group of people as worked out by the DM. I'm not sure how you'd be able to create a deep culture for a separate people that approaches the complexity of the real world and isn't in some sense based off of your own, although I do include deliberate contrast of your own in 'based on'. Nor would I expect to see much of it as a player.

FFd6 exists, anon

>>54114542
And from what I've read, it's no better than ZODIAC or that other one... Returners, was it?

>>54114523
FF1: ODnD except the GM rolls behind the screen 0 session to randomly determine what spells do nothing.
FF2: BRP
FF3: DnD 1e
FF4: DnD 2e
FF5: DnD 3.5 but only tier 3-4 classes
FF6: DnD 3.5 but everyone can learn spells
FF7: DnD 4e
FF8: Whatever system is the most cumbersome and most likely to cause players excessive amount of grief on how BS everything is and their options are redundant and they should have done some ass backwards way of actually doing what they want. Probably DnD 3.5
FF9: DnD 5e
FF10: iunno
FF12: iunno
FF13: DnD 3.5

>>54114343
What.

>>54114371
This is the future /pfg/ chose.

>>54114383
/pfg/ was a mistake

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>>54114074
Strike! uses a massively streamlined system based on 4e for fights.

Could be what you are looking for.

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Hyperborean Mice, basically Conan mixed with Secret of NIMH. Combat is simple but getting a critical success over your opponent's defense roll allows you to perform combat maneuvers depending on the weapon you're utilizing. Even before that, you still have several maneuvers you can access.
I'm genuinely surprised not many games have utilized anything similar. The only similar thing I can think of is Dungeon Crawl Classics' Mighty Deed system for warriors.

Feng Shui

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Does anyone actually play TratGuard?

I think there were a grand total of 2 traitor guard armies in the last Black Crusade game

Why? I am a dummy/newbie

>stripping paints
What?

>>54112460
Seems silly given how much effort you put into painting them. What's your rationalization?

Anyway, the guard captain had determined we were the most experienced militiamen available and recruited us to delve into the bug's nest and "remove" the problem. Our silver tongued bard managed to talk the captain into adding a few goodies onto the gold reward, namely a suit of plate armor, and a whore of Ashworthy’s choice (He REALLY wanted to set up a harem in his bedroom).
I’ll skip the gritty details of dragging ourselves through the bug nest, suffice to say the guards lasted longer than we expected and we had not gotten our money’s worth with the mercenary. We retreated after realising we had no means of collapsing the egg room without caving in the place on top of us.
While the gnome and I were hanging around the shop, the bard consulted with our local mafia connection and talked his way into the underground trade of illicit goods, namely Dwarven Blasting Powder. Without consulting the party, he agreed to a 190 gold transaction, despite not knowing how much of the stuff he was buying, or even if it could be delivered within our available time window (The guy would be stealing the powder). Being the proper dwarf I am, I told the Bard to plough himself at the prospect of spending ALL of our money. Obviously being upset at being rejected, he used a 2nd level sleep spell on me, managing to JUST out-roll my HP, (he had to use 2/3 of his Lucky rerolls). After one minute of gentle napping, I awake to our safe being picked clean and our Mafioso laughing at me, having witnessed the entire altercation. He also stole my key to the safe.

The Mafioso takes Garil to the sewer systems where Ashworthy had run off to make the deal. As the deal is about to conclude, a VERY angry Garil bursts into the scene (Think of the Ragged Flagon from Skyrim, but larger). Garil gives Ashworthy the most lethal deathstare he can muster and shouts “OH AM GONTA BEAT YE SO ‘ARD Y’ELL AVE A TWITCH” and charges to dive bomb the bard. Ashworthy, visually shitting himself tried to cast Thunder Wave. Mustering all his resolve he thrusts his hands forward and… Nothing. Nothing happens at all. The room is surrounded by an Antimagic Field. In seconds, Garil has tackled Ashworthy to the floor, yelling “YU THINK YE CAN DO AH MAGIC, EH?” inbetween punching the bard’s face in, We make it through 4 rounds of grappling and pummelling before the bard finally managed to break free from the pinning grip of a furious Dwarf with 10 less hp than before.

At this point, people are actually betting on the fighting, Ashworthy did not have a lot of popularity there… Also keep in mind that at no point did anyone make any of this known to Wrenn, he was still back home sipping his tea and wondering what’s taking us so long.

But I digress. The bard, being the weakling he is, hauls ass towards the ladder we came in on to escape judgement. But there is honor among thieves, Garil calls for someone to grab him and to his delight someone grabs the bard and yanks him from the ladder onto his ass. Unfortunately having failed his athletics and crashing through a table, Garil cannot get his hands on the halfing before he’s already up and running again. Not willing to let him evade his grasp, Garil grabs his shield from his back and hurls it at Ashworthy, slamming him in his gut for a tasty 8 points of damage.

The same idea occurs to the bard however, now being deprived of a shield, Garil doesn’t have a high enough AC to defend against the shield now being thrown at his face. Using his last Luck dice, ashworthy rolls a fucking 20, socking Garil in the teeth and knocking one out. Having been returned his shield, Garil grabs it and charges forwards in a blind rage, being a far better acrobat, Ashworthy attempts to jump over the shield. Garil manages a natural 2 and is awestruck for a brief second as Ashworthy gracefully leaps over him, but only for a second… As he lands, Garil slaps the shield into the Bard and sends him skyrocketing over some tables, knocking him out cold. Garil revels in the cheers of the crowd and the jeers of one guy who bet on Ashworthy. Garil then proceeds to honor Ashworthy’s deal, handing over the gold, though not before returning the favour and knocking out one of the Bard’s front teeth.

And thus concluded our day’s adventure, instead of being good Samaritans, our party beats the shit out of each other over how to be one.

Thanks for slogging through this :P

>>54112237
Animism/communion with spirits. Possibly the user acts as a host/vessel for a large number of spirits and "borrows" power from this collective.

>>54112237
This >>54112410

Spiritualism fits best for any sort of shamans or foreign priests like that. It fits well for the belief systems of those cultures that tend to have lots and lots of spirits and entities that range from small to godlike, contrasting with more European style where there's more of a monotheistic influence and leaning, where there's a clear line between what's a god and what's just some minor entity.

>>54112237
How would it be different from voodoo?

>>54110288
It's a cool comic, but too bad they chose Apocalypse World as a base for the RPG. Could have been something good.

>>54110297
It actually fits the comic's tone pretty well unlike most AW hacks. Though I could see them doing it in a totally different system like that one Wuxia d6 game.

I've always felt it was a huge mistake for the artist to use what they're worst at (faces) for the cover.