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Rhodesian-esque place. 2017-05-19 01:02:09 Post No.53314373
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How would you make a place like Rhodesia in your setting?
If you don't know about Rhodesia then watch this: https://youtu.be/CndEybPBmjU
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>Rhodieboos
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>>53314402
Rhodieboos?
I just like the Whole "Enemy on close to all fronts" thing.
Nothing wrong with that is there?
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Are you Selous? Selously?
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Can we get a thread for DM gaffes? Times when a simple mistake or misread rule led to funny or disastrous results.
>me, my first time DMing (DND 5e)
>create an encounter with three bandits whose horse has been killed by an owlbear, and so they'd desperately try to convince the players that they're not bandits and just unfortunate travelers
>the very instant my players come across them, i accidentally say "you see three bandi—fuck," cluing them in to the fact that they're bandits
>they end up acting really suspicious towards them but there wasn't much i could do to curb the metagaming without saying "no you can't do that," and an Insight check revealed their status anyway
>ultimately they end up killing all three terrified bandits in a quick battle
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>dming 5e
>party is fighting basilisks but doesn't know what they are
>describe them as 'lizard-snakes with 8 legs and sharp eyes' or something
>when it rolls around to their turn I accidentally go 'Basilisk's turn..Fuck.'
>players immediately metagame the shit out of the encounter and win
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>>53313803
Don't you deal out smite damage to players who meta game? I usually give Xd4 radiant damage per-metagame with X being equal to player level. Usually curbs the metabullshit within 2 encounters.
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>>53314437
That's kinda shit, anon.
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/5eg/ - Fifth Edition General 2017-05-18 11:19:10 Post No.53312817
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/5eg/ - Fifth Edition General
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D&D 5th Edition General Discussion - Frost Giant Edition
>Download Unearthed Arcana: Revised Subclasses:
http://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/UA-RevisedSubclasses.pdf
>Official Survey on Unearthed Arcana: Revised Subclasses:
http://sgiz.mobi/s3/6a608a27c7c9
>5etools:
https://astranauta.github.io/5etools.html
>/5eg/ Mega Trove:
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Alright lads what's the coolest thing you could have made from a Bulette's armor pieces?
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>>53312869
D&D Monster Hunter Edition when?
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I'm sketching out paladin subclass mechanics. Right now we have a pretty obvious theme that I'm interested in developing challengers for, paladins that do more with Lay on Hands, Find Steed, and Divine Sense instead of sticking to the aura/smite/abjuration focus.
Replacing the 7th level aura (and taking into account the need for a scaling health bonus, probably just twice paladin level) what's a good ballpark CR to use for steed upgrades, 2 or 3? I'm likely to build steeds from scratch rather than shovel random MM picks into place, but a basis for comparison is good.
I looked at the revised Ranger but those are just a pile of bonuses and attacks, and while I'd like the steed to be functional as a combatant I'm not interested in challenging that niche.
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>Every setting where combat has a melee focus has either no guns or guns that are extremely terrible
>Most settings where combat has a ranged focus still have guns that kinda suck compared to melee
Why is this? People complain about caster/martial disparity but I feel the true issue is sword/gun
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>>53312524
Martial/Caster is just Sword/Gun in fantasy games. Just with less plebs holding the power.
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>>53312524
Stop playing D&D.
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>>53312524
>sword
Well there's your problem. Shield all the way, baby.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QP8l6J_H38g
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Warhammer 40k Wallpaper Thread 2017-05-18 10:36:19 Post No.53312075
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Started thread in /hr/ and no one contributed so maybe I need to post here.
I need cool High Res wallpapers to pump me up for 8th.
Bonus points for skirmish ones like the OP pic
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Are you supposed to base your character's actions on their alignment?
Or are you supposed to base your character's alignment on their actions?
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alignment is retarded so definitely the latter
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Neither. Just create a character and don't let their alignment define them. Or just play 5e where alignment is completely optional.
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>>53311368
alignment is based on actions. Characters should be dynamic and can change alignment
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EDH/Commander General 2017-05-18 09:15:52 Post No.53310776
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Foil Edition
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NEWS
>Commander 2017
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-commander-2017-edition-2017-04-18
>MTGO Banlist Latest Update
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>Latest Commander Ban Announcement
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RESOURCES
>Official Site: Contains deck building rules and the current ban list.
http://www.mtgcommander.net
>Deck List Site: You can search for decks that other people have made. Authors often have comments that explain their deck’s strategy and card choices.
http://www.tappedout.net
>Another resource for commander discussion; they have an entire forum dedicated to discussing decks. People often make primers, which go into detail about how they built and play their deck.
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh
>Statistically see what everyone else puts in their commander decks based on what is posted to the the internet.
http://www.edhrec.com/
>Find out what lands you can add to your deck, sorted by category, based on a chosen Commander’s color identity.
http://manabasecrafter.com/
>/tg/ EDH General Discord
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CARD SEARCHING
>Official search site. Current for all sets.
http://gatherer.wizards.com/
>Unofficial, but has GOAT search interface.
http://magiccards.info/
>Thread Question
Best card you've packed?
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>packed
I have absolutely no idea what you mean by that
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>Foil edition
It is finally my time to shine.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/neheb-the-worthy-minotaur-tribal-edh/
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>Best card you've packed?
Assuming you mean opened as a pack foil, my answer would be a Memory Jar, many many years ago.
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What I'm posting right here is taken from a blog -chaudroncromatique-, but I really liked it and I wanted to share it with /tg/ and maybe anyone has something to add to it.
>Most of the characters are elven firefighters (fighter-mages) apprentices who wield water and vegetation based spells. They are level 01 trainees.
>The campaign start after their graduation but something happen and the firefighter veterans are cursed into a eternal sleep or are somehow magically disabled.
>The safety of the forest now rest on the shoulders of those newbies PCs.
>The characters have access to some of the artifacts of the firefighter guild, but they have to learn how to unlock their potential.
>XP is awarded for doing firefighter stuff.
>The sandbox is build around the forest and it inhabitants.
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>The elves have a firefighter treaty with the other forest dwelling races, including the chaotic races like the Bullywug. The newbie firefighters will also have to keep the respect of those races to avoid losing their help.
>To add variety, some replacement or backup characters can be from the races that honor the firefighter treaty. It is often a political move for those races to send away a annoying member of their specie on firefighting duty to get rid of him or her.
>For exemple this bullywug moss shaman who can summon moss spirits.
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>Most of the monsters encountered need help with some fire based menace or incident.
>Like a troll that was stupid enough to eat something on fire. Now he can't contain the fire in it regenerating fire belly. He is afraid to set the fire of the forest but he dont dare to speak because he fear belching fire out of his mouth. So he get in a lot of trouble and incidents. Simply killing the troll is a solution but there is a big risk that he will explode and set up more fire!
>So the players have to find inventive solution to deal with the fire based menaces and monsters.
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>As the character level up, the campaign escalade with the apparition of the Dark Fire. A corrupting fire that twist what it burn into monsters.
>For exemple a dark fire treant, who is angry and resentful of the firefighters for failing at their duty and letting him burn. The fire treant become a dark fire king that try to spread the fire in the forest.
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Let's say you have a character who can come back from the dead pic related style, someone who dies so many times and so often it's not even funny. But always revives next week on the same day. For example if he died on a Tuesday morning, he'll be back next week on a Tuesday morning.
Now let's say that character got gud and stopped dying because he finally became the equivalent of the Black Mamba from Kill Bill. What are some advantages he could have in combat and how do you balance him if the party are a group of normal humans?
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>>53310604
What are liches?
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>>53310604
Honesty just leave it at that.
He can't be killed by external forces.
He ages at the same rate so he's going to die "naturally" at some point in 60 or 70 years.
Beyond that for all game related activities a 7 day respawn counter isn't a game breaker so long as the antagonist keeps working at a steady pace.
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dont know introduce a plot element that will erase his power and give him other
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Players jumped to bizarre conclusion, what do? 2017-05-18 08:49:28 Post No.53310386
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Players jumped to bizarre conclusion, what do?
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>Have fairly major villain.
>Has odd and as yet to the players unexplained rapid regeneration power. Recovered from literally being bisected in a couple of minutes. More minor wounds barely slow him down at all.
>Clearly does have some limit to this power, as he does retreat from certain confrontations instead of just diving in.
>Players investigating, in addition to other quests they're juggling
>While on a completely different mission for a completely different conflict, they run into a hydra.
>Big fight.
>One player gets bitten, remind him that Hydra bites are venomous, and he's taking 6 damage a pulse until he gets an antivenom or dies.
>That's a lot in system, and when I get a question as to if I'm sure that's right, I confirm it with "Yeah, hydra venom is pretty nasty stuff".
>Players have now become ABSOLUTELY convinced that the 'secret' to unraveling Onehving's rapid regeneration is hydra venom, it's his One Secret Weakness that he can't regenerate from.
>This is wrong, of course; and I pointed out that in none of the confirmed instances where he fled from either them or other NPCs were hydras or their venom present.
>Not that this matters
>They're now sinking thousands of SP on hiring a beast master skilled enough to extract venom while they search for another hydra so they can poison this dude, and I'm sure I'll get whining when the plan fails.
I mean, seriously, short of DM OOC "This won't work" what the hell do you do when your players run off on wild goose chases like this?
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Anyone? Bumping for advice.
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>>53310386
Let them, if they actually put thought into it other than "inject with venom" maybe have it give them some benefit. Might not be the final answer but a tool that can help keep themselves alive and give them an edge.
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>>53310386
Perhaps throw them some more clues about the villain that will prove to them it won't work? Or at worst, I think just telling them "this won't work" out of game isn't unacceptable in such situation. Or hell, why not simply make it work? Sounds like quite a creative way to beat the guy.
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Mutants & Masterminds N00b Help Guide 2017-05-18 08:20:56 Post No.53309880
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Recently me and my friends have picked up the Mutants & Masterminds 3rd Edition rulebook and the game sounds amazing in concept with literally no limit on what you can build. I'm just struggling to wrap my head around the simple stuff; making attacks, what's allowed within PL, ect.
It mainly stems from my understanding of 'Attack & Effect' in the rules it states that 'The total of your hero’s attack bonus and effect rank with that attack cannot exceed twice the series power level. If an effect allows a resistance check, but does not require an attack check, its effect rank cannot exceed the series power level.' So if for example the PL for the series was 5, my total hit & damage/effect couldn't equal more than 10 if I'm correct? My question is how do I calculate my hit roll and damage effect? Say I just wanted to hit someone with a punch could I roll just pure strength vs. their dodge? Or do I need to have Close Combat ranks in skills to do this? If that's the case then say I want to be an Avatar inspired Fire Bender and I take the Damage power can I just use my Damage Power for both 'Hit' & 'Effect' or would I need to take ranks in Ranged Combat?
Also an 'Effect' in the glossary counts as 'An aspect of an a power with a defined game effect' which seems a little vague? Does this literally include anything a power could do? Extending Limbs? Creating constructs? Running super speed?
I'm really looking forward to playing this game but I'm struggling to get the basics, I feel this is one of those system where once you really get into it that it's amazing but the rules have to vague since you can literally do anything.
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>I feel this is one of those system where once you really get into it that it's amazing
First impressions are deceiving.
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>>53309926
I'm assuming that you've played before then? Is it a bad system then?
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>>53309880
It's a pretty decent system. Maybe not as great as you think. But, for a quick run-down.
Your attack bonus is based in part on an attribute (Fighting for melee, Dexterity (or is it Agility?) for ranged. Then you add in any stuff like Close or Ranged Combat ranks, or the Close or Ranged Attack skill. Powers can also add to attack bonus if you use the Accurate modifier (+2 to checks with that power). So, attack bonus is built from many things.
Effect ranks are well...effect ranks and nothing else. And yes, pretty much anything which has rules for it is a power effect. You want to be stretchy? That's an effect. Shoot lasers? effect, etc. M&M works as an effect-based system, so you make a power not based on the subtle fluffy details, but only on what it does in-game. A guy with a rocket launcher versus someone who shoots bolts of telekinetic force are both using a ranged damage effect, but with different descriptors, fluff, and probably extras.
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Hello /tg/, after years of lurking I'm going to bite the bullet and purchase the Skitarii 'Start Collecting' box and start really getting into 40K.
Only a minor issue. I'm hugely into the idea of 'Your Dudes' and being as new as I am I'm unsure how much of that I can actually do with Skitarii and Admech without fucking up the lore.
Do I make up a unique forgeworld and color scheme? Do I name specific units? Can Skitarii even HAVE personality? Plenty of these feel like obvious questions but I would very much appreciate the help here /tg/.
TL;DR: How do I make Skitarii & Admech 'my dudes' without fucking up?
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You can make up your own forge world and colour scheme, sure.
As for Skitarii having personality -- yes, but by necessity they're pretty dogmatic and zealous with regards to the strictures of the machine cult. Their commanding techpriests, however, can override their emotional impulses through the noospheric link through which they also receive their orders.
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>Do I name specific units?
Sure. 40k has a lot of 'xyz pattern noun'.
>HAVE personality
Depends on what you mean. Any given forgbworld's management, resources, and situation likely heavily shape the way it approaches war, it's capabilities, and it's preferred tactics, including the way it equips and modifies it's soldiers.
The battlefields your dudes tend to be deployed to, the methods they employ, the sorts of equipment your forgbworld has access too. Is it a new forgbworld? An old one? What are the ranking Magos's like? Does the force world specialise? How orthodox are they viz a viz Omnisian Cult? Do they work a lot with Space Marines, or Rogue Traders? Do they have a long history of fighting tech-heresy, or do they have a reputation for skirting the edge of acceptability? Do they quickly adapt their equipment to their enemy, or are they ponderous and industrial in their approach to warfare? Do they have any specific treaties with local planets? Do they harbour grudges against any local Xeno factions? Do your tech priests strongly venerate any specific sort of technology or school of thought?
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All good answers in this thread. Some Skitarii squad leaders maintain a small portion of self initiative, and when they use it in the field, it didn't loose the mission.
Generally though, Skitarii are meant to be faceless, replaceable, and numerous. The vehicles are what you want to your dudes with. If you bring in an enginseer, his servitors could be his personally crafted ones, as well.
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Is Shadowrun good? Not bait or troll, I only know 5e (pretty well) and d20 based CRPGs but I love the aesthetic and I want to learn and play something sci-f flavored.
What are the alternatives for sci-fi? Aware of Dark Heresy which I like the fluff of but every story just seems like CRAZY WHACKY PSYKER SHIT. Like people are getting possessed every other session.
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What kind of Sci-Fi do you want? Because Shadowrun is only what you should go to if you want it's specific idea of "magic returns to a cyberpunk future". It's kind of a mess of a system, and the books are poorly edited and the company that publishes it is notoriously shit.
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Follow up question: are any of the Shadowrun novels readable? Actually good?
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>>53307693
I'm very easy. I've played Shadowrun: Dragonfall and enjoyed that as well. Not as interested in EVE type ship battles or anything like that though.
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Hello and welcome to yet another intergalactic session
By far, we have several officially recognized subjects and species:
Humans-Mankind Dominion
Alari-Divine Dynasty of Alara
Noo-Noo Liberty Union
Selari-Selarian Clerics
Tau-Tau Empire
Collective-Collective
Hazar-Hazar Imperium
Elaamid-Elaamid Autocracy (Btw, waiting for their development of lore)
I declare new session to be open!
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We give appropriate greetings and welcome all to hopefully another productive session.
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>>53307060
I like the appearance of that "space elf."
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Good day fellow necrontyr, I,Nemesor Zahndrekh, have heard that there's some session happening, so I have decided to lend my helping hand and military might to help the Nercrontyr Empire and represent the Sautekh dynasty
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What's the point of Space Marines?
They are like tanks, only more expensive, slower, squishier and less deadly
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>What's the point of Space Marines?
To sell shit.
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>>53306496
Tanks can't go up stairs.
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>>53306496
They're more mobile tanks that are often used as shock troops.