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>>53086180
>-2546
So... King Meskalamdug of Ur wrote it? I can dig that.

>>53086292
>I can dig that
Marc Miller literally dug it up in 1977 at a dig site in Iraq. True story.
Then during his divine/alien inspired translation, he read that in Traveller's Imperial Calendar -2546 is the equivalent of Solomani/real-life 1977AD.
It's wheels within wheels man. Or space wheels within space wheels

>>53086180

Inb4 all replies are post-Secrets of the Ancients shenanigans.

That campaign can have you muster out as a fucking immortal demigod!

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>>53217296

This image is mandatory.

>>53217338
fuck it, just fuck it. I'll take it, it would fucking fit. They'll be the swamp dwelling nymphods.

>>53215896
>4th sphere expansion

Wait, how far into the future are we going? Or is GW seriously gonna squeeze in 4th sphere expansion into M41, when 3rd sphere started in 997.M41 and was just getting started by the end of M41. 1st and 2nd took thousands of years combined.

This opens up so many cool ideas for a Tau army. You can really do whatever you want now.
>>53215939
I'm calling it now, 8th Edition explores the entire M42 millennium.

>>53211746
The game of pretend.

>>53211746
The one you're playing right now

>>53211754
>The one you're playing right now

So basically: this is just a tribute?

>>53211063
False.

>>53211063
0/10 show your work

>>53211063
>By raw, the DM is allowed to use common sense

characteristic of the majority of tolkien's dwarves which were simplified further for early dnd which itself is either simplified further or used as the jumping board for everyone's idea of fantasy

to stretch it out of this notion of what dwarves/dwarfs ought to be and not just be "my dwarfs/dwarves are like regular dwarves/dwarfs but" you might as well just create your own race

>>53206193
Probably same reason why dwarves are very similar physically and culturally too from setting to setting, unlike elves or even orcs.

Dwarves are basically just bizarro humans.

>>Dwarf's originally have a massive Empire
They certainly don't have an empire, not in the sense what we understand under an empire.

anyway i just got upset with this 3edgy5u fucking lfg https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/77327/rocks-fell

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>Played in several Star Wars games, mostly Saga
>Always see a guy called Aaron
>Plays the same fucking thing in each one
>Mandalorian Soldier come Mercenary
>Looking to join a game see one set specific time
>Mandalore does not exist
>Mandalorians do not exist
>Asks to play a Mandalorian
>Uses the same art in every one
>Uses the same name in every one, Alexander Czerka or Cezvka or something like the company from KOTOR.
>Does not say anything except shoot badguy

Seriously, I see him in every god damn Saga game.
Pic related, his entire character background.

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>>53206930
https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/4875031/questions
>You messed up Aaron

>>53201155
>What are your thoughts on the new info about the next iteration of WoD?
>glad there's no Kuei-Jin
>baffled by the direction of werewolf
>shocked by the fact they want to shit out 40 books
>indifferent to vampire mechanics changes

what ever happened to all those Dark Ages bloodlines that are never mentioned in modern nights? did they just die out? Can they be used?

>>53201155
The random chance to frenzy going up is much more annoying than any blood resource.

Totally losing control is too big a deal to be doing that. Any time it happens you have a better than even chance of dying or doing something that later gets you killed and there's no playing around the new development like a parodox - part of the development is that you can't do anything about it at all after it starts.

>>53200287
Is +1 initiative REALLY that useful?

>>53200287
>not zero terrain tau edition

>>53200287
previous >>53169509

>>53197937
Clownier shit than what you can do in PF.

Again, PF might have overtaken 3.5 on clowny crap like divine metamagic+divine power+24h spell

>>53197937

Installed base. If you have a group that still plays 3.5 and doesn't want to bother switching.

>>53197937

As someone who hates 3.5 and will speak out on its flaws at length, you don't need a 'reason' to play it.

No amount of flaws means you have to justify playing a game. We might question your choice and ask what benefits it brings you and your group, but at the end of the day it's a question of choice and what you find fun.

Some people sincerely, legitimately enjoy 3.5, for a multitude of reasons. I might personally find them bizarre or see logical flaws, that the things they claim to enjoy about the system are more to do with houserules, interpretations or the group itself than the actual ruleset, but at the end of the day if they're having fun I can't say they're wrong for doing it. That'd make me just another badwrongfun asshole.

>>53196083
>Do you guys have any stories like this?
Irl cooking skills.
The best kind of people hands down

I'll give this one bump

>>53196083
I speak several languages and always use them to add spice to certain characters. I'm also pretty good at birdcalls which can help if the campaign is in the right setting.

I agree with you, and most of the time it's just little things, but roleplaying is very much you get out of it what you put into it, and I always go full monty.

Pluto SLAM

>>53184550
Eternium is an indestructable, unmodifiable, unbendable, unbreakable material. Which makes it completely useless, even the god of smiths can't make anything out of the stuff. There's just a pillar of it holding up the realm of the gods.

One day the god of rogues stole few rapier-shaped chunks out of that pillar. They're impractically thin because they'll never bend or break anyway, and impractically sharp because they'll never chip. You could cut through rocks with one, if you were strong enough.

I've wanted one of those since I first introduced those in a game.

>>53184550
I could make that.

It'd be heavy as shit but i could do it

>>53176893
Risus. It has like one page of rules and it's actually good. We can be done with character creation in less time than it would take to explain the rules in most other games.

You could build a better system in two pages of rules, but it would be less than twice as good as Risus.

>>53176893
GURPS. It just checks every box for me. The system covers almost everything I could want to run, no end of crunch to play with, a rock-solid core mechanic that everything else is built on top of, and an amazing community to boot.

Pathfinder
Tons of material
Interesting, balanced classes
Everyone knows it
No need to buy books
I've never seen the need to play any of these other hipster snowflake games when Pathfinder works perfectly for any possible type of game.

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>not playing the femme fatale
>not playing a whole party of femmes fatale locked into increasingly more outrageous games of seduction brinksmanship with and against eachother

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>>53214890
Gosh, no, I don't think so, Mister Anon.

>>53214890
how many times did Jack cum in Aku?

>>53214586
>But I lost my mental healthcare coverage when my insurance changed in January
Thanks Obama, even ttrpgs got fucked because of you.

>>53214586
Lego isn't cheap. People make a living being resellers for collectors. Hope you get lucky on eBay, but that's it.

The cheap option for minis is paper standees. Look up on YouTube 'cardstock miniatures' for guides and such.

>>53214586

RPGs work like every other social structure. Take for example highschool, university and people at your work place. As years go by people leave, new people come in. You alienate from certain people or they leave because you stop having things in common.

When I started playing rpgs there were around 20 people and 5-6 different gaming groups I knew and played with. Now 10 years later I'm playing with only one group that consist of 3 old guys (we are friends for around 8 years.) and one new guy that came into gaming around 2-3 years ago.

I lost touch with everyone else. We didn't leave on bad terms. It is just we didn't have many things at common and as times goes by everyone went their way.

Now you shouldn't take rps too seriously. They can suck energy and life out of you. You can burnout very easily. Your players are type that take it somewhat to extreme with taking it easy. they should show at least some effort.

I don't agree with them being cunts and blaming you because of your mood getting erratic because of your life spiraling down the drain right now. I wouldn't call that kind of person your friend.

It took me a long time to find a good group. and it took even longer for that group to form in its current shape. Also it isn't perfectly automated engine. In current group there is this guy who is my polar opposite. He is erratic while I'm meticulous. He will do random shit while I'm always trying to have a plan. He is rebel at heart while I'm loyal servant of an empire. But we can play together while in the past we couldn't stand each other and wouldn't want to play in same group.

So don't lose hope anon. You'll find a group that is willing to compromise with you (but you also need to compromise with them)