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>>53696492
I liked that in Buffy when they shot a guy with a rocket launcher since that's way better than swords or shit tier magic.

Reminds me of several 'villains' from OPM.

You could say that the ancient evil was storing up energy while it was sleeping, so it is much more powerful now than it was then.

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>>53696492
>The Villain's Ethics are also outdated to the point that he's no longer considered evil by today's standards either.

Welp, I've got my next character.

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postan some more just to get the thread rolling

Honestly I haven't heard anyone outside of /tg/ talk about Critical Roll. The few new tabletop people I've talked to recently have been more inspired to get into gaming from shit like HarmonQuest, thanks to how popular Rick and Morty is.

Regardless, I frankly have no issue with an increase of political-themed games if that's the result. I'm far too tired of typical murderhobo campaigns at this point, even if it means playing with normies to get something different.

>>53692769
I don't play outside my circle of friends, so it doesn't seem like a problem to me.

>>53692769
I'll hide the thread and move on with my life

>BBEG
How to look like a retard in 3 seconds.

>>53691968
>How to look like a retard in 3 seconds.
Well, you sure showed OP that you're a larger faggot then he.

>>53691968
Are you retarded?

>>53690952
>How do I put nazis in my setting without making them seem like nazis.

>>53690992

You don't beat around the bush anon. That's what I was going to day at first but then I felt dumb.

>>53690952
You give a reasonable ingame explanation why things came to be this way. And, maybe a way to change something?

Answer to the second question seems rather clear. Understand what is the context of their fates having crossed, his goals and resources, etc.

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>>53689940

>when GW took all the good paint schemes so homebrewed chapters have ugly paintschemes that include unsightly combinations of browns, greys, neon greens, etc

>>53689940
>OC donut steels
Ugh.

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>>53689940
>pardon me while I contribute

the gilded wings. a successor chapter of the raven guard who prefer misdirection and guile over regular stealth. they act like smurfs to throw people off then ghillie up when shots fly.

they focus on bikes and jetpacks and work tightly with some lesser knight houses. they started their journey by raiding the storehouse of raven guard HQ for older weapons and armor styles before taking off for the boonies, like a bunch of broody high school seniors raiding their parents' liquor cabinet.

>>53688309
you missed the thread by a couple of days famalam

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>>53688377
There is never not the time for an outsiders thread though

>>53688309
>dem jpeg artifacts

>>53687020
I prepare too much so my adventures often become too railroady.

Also fuck rollplaying, but luckily the whole group is into roleplaying

I'm the best DM ever, I'm not self conscious about anything.

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>>53687020
I give my players too much plot armor because I want them to get invested in their characters and not just treat them like a disposable sheet of stats. Like any time my players end up in a situation where they should probably die, I'll usually have them taken prisoner instead, or rescued while they're unconscious, or allow them to come back from the brink with some kind of long-term injury or penalty instead of actually dying.

Unfortunately, as players start to realize this, even sub-consciously, it tends to make them reckless and puts them in those situations more often, to where the secret plot armor risks not being a secret anymore.

>>53681804
Star Wars, Star Wars, and star wars.

>>53681804

Being unrealistic and therefore wrong.

Pretty women in skintight spacesuits with massive fishbowl helmets.

-7

In my experience, such tests are useless.

I have never met a single person who makes characters that tick large numbers of those boxes, but would be willing to honestly examine their own motivations and practices. They certainly would not be willing to change as a result of someone else 'insulting' their Donut Steel OC.

Also, some of those traits in the quiz are entirely appropriate based on genre. Most classic superheroes are massive Mary Sues by any realistic standard- so if you want a game to FEEL like, say, the Justice League, you're not going to get there by creating balanced, realistic people. Most fantasy/sci fi games are going to fall far short of that, but there are still a lot of things on that list, or any good list, that are perfectly ok, even desirable.

If people can't create characters that are appropriate for the game and fun to have, they end up being asked to leave. I'm willing to adjust the game, and I'm willing to work with people, but those aren't sufficient to solve most of these types of problems.

Mary sue as a term has been beaten to death. If you have a character that is good at anything or is special in some way people will bitch and call Mary sue. News flash 99 percent of the time the protagonist of a work will be remarkable in some way either by his own choice or by circumstance.

Suggestion:

When shooting a burst, divide the dice pool by the amount of rounds you want to hit. Eg., when making a simple burst, divide the whole pool by three. Each round would be judged separately, and would deal full damage upon hitting.

That would be the perfect way to make burst firing both realistic and useful. Thoughts?

>>53678663
Sounds good, I hate how people just spray and pray all the time and just one bullet always hits by chance and all the rest just disappear without doing anything. Maybe add some sort of suppression effect on top of that to make 10rd burst something to actually consider?

>>53678663
>realistic
who the fuck cares about realistic? If you want realistic fights use "Ops and Tactics". Realistic =/= Good

>useful
in what way? If a character is good enough to considerably kill with normal bursts then changing to your method won't improve it. And if not then it makes no difference either
Also you increase the amount of rolls significantly, making the game slower. Fights are already a slog, no need to make it even slower

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>>53675083
Is it ground? Is it air? Is it water?

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>>53675148

>>53673755
baito des

>>53673755
"Judge a fish by it's ability to climb..."
Sure, what it did, it did okay. But d20 and dnd 3.5 are not fully realized rpgs any more than Kraft dinner is fine dining food.

>>53673755
Because despite not being a very good system it was held up as the posterboy of the hobby. Far too many people swear by it when there are games that do everything it can do but better.

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>>53660806
Its Pathfinder, so no, it won't. Remember the last time Paizo tried to get into the gaming market? It wasn't pretty. Pic related
t. a /pfg/ /pgg/ regular

>>53661127
What happened to that?

>>53661289
It was a flop that even had a kickstarter that resulted in an unfinished product that ran on an outdated everquest engine, so it was never finished or released resulting in the only consolation for the backers to have was a bonus campaign module they got after the first kickstarter.

I regret ever giving these fucks my money