Considering how in vogue ancient egyptian shit is this days, how would you do an egyptian-themed BBEG
>>55190743
Lamia with big tiddies.
>>55190743
A princess who wants the crown from her sister, but is actually completely fucking inept and can't seem to do anything right, so she just keeps signing deals with monsters that she really shouldn't be signing, so ultimately they end up as a much much larger threat.
>>55190743
An ancient, a-woke-an KANG who seeks to claim Egypt and her ancient starships for his proud Melanoid people and destroy the Yakubian white devils who have oppressed them in his absence.
ITT: We stat anime characters
STR 6
DEX 6
CON 8
INT 15
WIS 10
CHA 8
>>55187084
STR: 4
DEX: 4
CON: 1
INT: 2
WIS: 2
CHA: 1
Traits: Worst Girl
>>55187084
Did this a little bit back in another stat me thread (to get them to shut up mainly).
>>55187084
>145cm
>roughly 40kg
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What do you think about westeros? Good worldbuilding? Bad worldbuilding?
The shape of both continents look like they were both squares originally before being chiseled away at.
Otherwise, George R R Martin managed to make some stories that captured enough of an audience that HBO wanted to make a TV series on it, so it was at least enough for that.
Bad map, fun series.
Pretty sure it wouldn't be so popular today if the series still used its 80s/90s, pulpy covers. They're not "serious" enough.
>>55186285
Westeros, Essos, Planetos, The North, The Westerlands.
Such an inventive naming scheme.
How can you raise the importance of taking a life?
How can you get your players to understand the weight it places on their souls.
Once that line is crossed be it for the best or necessary reasons, that line cannot be uncrossed.
It will change your soul as you carry part of them with you forevermore.
Are you ready to pay this cost?
Mechanics or Story, how would you deal with this?
>>55183733
I don't know, anon. I actually got the opportunity to fight back when I was deployed, and it wasn't a life-changing experience at all.
The simple fact of the matter is that most people playing games do not consider taking lives to be a big deal? I mean, why would they? They're just monsters or bad guys, and by defeating them, there's nothing really lost, there's no real impact beyond making the world a better place.
I'd personally recommend using that mindset to your advantage. Pull a Drakengard or Nier, and have them keep those feelings for sometime, only to reveal just how large of an impact their murder sprees really cause. Entire villages of innocent people speaking about the party like they're the boogeymen. Local news of a woman committing suicide because her husband was murdered by people armed with powers no one in the area could even imagine. Or at the very least, show that the villains they're fighting aren't just mindless drones, but have hopes and dreams just like everyone else, and to them, the players are the villains.
>>55183733
You really can't in a way that will make sense to players, to be perfectly honest. the closest you can get is the san loss mechanics in GURPS and Call of Cthulhu, where takign a life means a san loss (minor if you save), even when it is something that used to be human. Most players nowadays go the full murderhobo route regardless.
So I kind of promissed to make this, hope you restocked on cute stuff and make your requests to drawfags.
Last one as it's traditional
>>55147193
Is this man truly the greatest DM of our time or is he an overrated hack?
Neither, he's a decent entertainer and mediocre storyteller.
>>55180211
You're a fucking hack.
Can he not be somewhere in the middle? Fucking extremists.
What would you do if you were a planeswalker?
>>55178980
Tell no one.
Fuck power politics. Shit's dangerous.
>>55178980
walk around planes
Shitpost on /pol/
Stat him /tg/.
He's a small guy
0 hp
Literally took someone with a step down from Omnipresence to stop him/10
Better late than never. This is a thread fire discussing and dumping stuff from the Black Legion novel. This is a safe place, if you have irrational hatred for ADB or Chaos please stay out.
With that said, let us begin.
Abaddon's relationship with the gods of Chaos :
>But I am convinced that they hate us. They laugh at our dreams. They mock our ambitions. They fight us to enslave us, knowing they need us. They crave champions for their causes, elevating us, offering more– always more– to achieve our goals, only to abandon us and destroy us when we act against their whims. This is more than simple malice. Malice is crude and practically instinctive, a thing even beasts can comprehend. No, this is spite, and spite requires consciousness, emotion, the capacity for bitterness and wrath.
>But they reserve their fiercest hatred for Abaddon. Oh, how they despise him. They hunger for him, fighting each other for the honour of attracting his ironclad soul into their clutches. The Pantheon hates him the way parasites or addicts resent that which sustains them. Without Abaddon, they have no hope of victory. If he would only choose one of them, if he would only commit his destiny to one of the Gods, it would bring the Great Game of Chaos to its final moves.
>But then Abaddon would lose. He fights not for the Pantheon, those creatures that hate how they need him, nor does he care about their Great Game. He fights for himself, for his own ambitions, and for the brothers at his side. He fights for the Legions cast aside by the Emperor. He cares about the Imperium we built with our blood, sweat, bolters and blades– and he wants it back. He cares about returning to the godling that gave us life and seeing the Emperor bleed for all His failures. He cares about brotherhood, the unity of the damned, the wrongs that were done to all of us.
>And therein lies the root of the Gods’ spite. They beseech him. They beg him. They betray him in spite and then crawl back in the hope that he will bow to them.
>But the power is ultimately Abaddon’s, and that is what the Gods can never forgive.
>>55174887
>His greatest strength is also his deepest flaw. Because he will not bow to the Pantheon, they will forever betray him and work against his ultimate triumph. It is said that Abaddon’s destiny is an ouroboros, the serpent devouring its own tail, as the Pantheon chases a submission he will never give, and he chases a triumph that may never come.
>And so I tell you this, as true as I have ever been in my entire life: Abaddon’s entire existence is devoted to breaking the cycle. We, his brothers, are his instruments in forcing fate onto a new path.
Abaddon's growth as a character and the effects of the Chaos Gods nagging :
>My brother and I stood in one of the spinal observational spires overlooking the dark vista of the Vengeful Spirit’s backbone battlements. Outside of battle, he was often to be found here. As time had passed, as our armies had grown, as the assaults to steal the Vengeful Spirit had increased in number and intensity, Abaddon became evermore a warlord of the Eye rather than the simple, blunt instrument he had been as First Captain of the Sons of Horus.
>And yet.
>And yet Ezekyle himself diminished in ways few eyes outside the Ezekarion seemed to see. The malady that struck him burned slow in his blood, eating at him month after month. He grew distracted, insular, listless. The life in his golden eyes never faded; rather it seethed and turned sour. He had begun to grow apart from those of us he had brought together.
>He led us, still. His lapses and distractions had not yet threatened to compromise his leadership, but the more feverish and gaunter he grew, the more uneasy some of us in the Ezekarion became.
>Soon enough, he stopped sleeping. Sleep is rarely a concern for the warriors of the Legiones Astartes. We are able to subsist on mere hours of such healing rest each week, and we are capable of long periods without it entirely, albeit with a strain upon our physiologies. Yet Ezekyle claimed he no longer sought the respite of slumber at all. Instead he was almost always here between battles, staring out into the teeming half-dark between the Eye’s occluded stars.
>Sometimes I could almost sense what tore at his thoughts. Something? Someone? A presence, voiceless but far from silent, existed somewhere out there in the deeper dark. It called to him. Or threatened him. Or cursed at him. I could not tell.
Traveller is a classic science fiction system first released in 1977. In its original release it was a general purpose SF system, but a setting was soon developed called The Third Imperium, based on classic space opera tropes of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, with a slight noir tint.
Though it can support a wide range of game types, the classic campaign involves a group of retired veterans tooling around in a spaceship, taking whatever jobs they can find in a desperate bid to stay in business, a la Firefly or Cowboy Bebop.
Previously on Traveller General: >>55048218
Library Data: Master Archive:
snip li link:
/Traveller
Galactic Maps:
http://travellermap.com/
http://www.utzig.com/traveller/iai.shtml
Resources:
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Traveller
http://zho.berka.com/
http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/
http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/Main_Page
http://www.freelancetraveller.com/index.html
Traveller General Homebrew:
https://pastebin.com/G1kb29aT
Music to Explosive Decompression to:
>Old Timey Space music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w34fSnJNP-4&list=RD02FH8lvwXx_Y8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0cbkOm9p1k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDXfQTD_rgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8lvwXx_Y8
>Slough Feg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM7DJqiYonw&list=PL8DEC72A8939762D4
>Goldsmith - Alien Soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lAsqdFJbRc&list=PLpbcquz0Wk__J5MKi66-kr2MqEjG54_6s
>Herrmann - The Day the Earth Stood Still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ULhiVqeF5U
>Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz1cEO01LLc
>Tangerine Dream - Hyberborea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LOZbdsuWSg
>Brian Bennett - Voyage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZioqPPugEI
This is now
>tfw when no space elf gf
edition.
what's the best system to play a unorthodex space setting
something like warhammer in which magic and science mix to create a nice setting
>>55173449
Well, as a Traveller nerd, I gotta say grab either MGT1 or Cepheus Engine (they're the same thing, really) and get Flynn's Guide to Magic in Traveller (from the Mongoose 1e/Third Party Content/Rules and Careers directory) and you're good. That's what I would do, anyway.
But for non-Traveller options, maybe look into White Star, it's popular and I hear it does pulpy raygun SF with an OSR foundation, so you could probably bolt any one of a dozen different magic systems on with no trouble. It might come with one, I dunno.
I do recall there's an explicitly "Science Fiction" magic system in the OSR General's Trove, as well.
>I'm playing a human rouge!
I see what you did there, you clever man.
>>55163184
I accept it.
I'm playing a barbaryan
What magic card best describes your sex life?
Give it a brief explanation
>>55160941
We're hardly ever on the same page.
>>55160941im lonely
Do I need to explain?
What is Exalted?
An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.
Start here: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/
>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?
Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial: http://mengtzu.github.io/exalted/sakuya.html
. It’ll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.
>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?
Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/.
Resources for Third Edition
>3E Core and Splats
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/b54o6teut3fx6/Exalted_3e
>Arms of the Chosen Previews
https://www.dropbox.com/s/15xddoahzedtkwu/Arms%20of%20the%20Chosen%20Preview.docx?dl=0
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7FqViticwNuam9lbVJBWFhJM2s/view
>Dragonblooded Charm Previews:
http://theonyxpath.com/dragon-blooded-charms-preview-exalted/
http://theonyxpath.com/the-elemental-aura-dragon-blooded-pt-2-exalted/
>Other Ex3 Resources
https://pastebin.com/fG1mLMdu
>Resources for Older Editions
https://pastebin.com/GihMPwV8
New NPCs and a Behemoth rework
https://pastebin.com/d8erArwm
https://pastebin.com/fPSSNQZL
https://pastebin.com/2pPpjjv5
https://pastebin.com/fLRD51Hf
https://pastebin.com/VwCdMgCG
https://pastebin.com/RmUiuBKR
https://pastebin.com/MbTG7ZH6
https://pastebin.com/ccPnXHQz
Previous thread: >>55107780
Where is your circle currently?
What are they fighting for/against?
How many pastries have they consumed?
>>55156393
Nowhere.
Nothing.
None.
So lonely.
Is there an eta on the Dragonblooded book? I would like to care about Exalted again.
>>55156690
Next year, at this rate.
Anyhow, is anyone willing to buy the newest Hundred Devils Parade and share the NPCs?
old drawthread >>55100706
>>>RULES<<<
Requesters:
>Provide good, detailed references (pictures are better than verbal descriptions), so the artists know what you're looking for. When making new requests, quote the OP post. When migrating requests quote the OP post and link to your post in the previous thread.
>If you have a WIP or pending request quote the Anchor Post, and attach the WIP so your Drawfag can find you.
>Hold off on additional requests after receiving a delivery from an artist, be mindful of the other requests that might deserve attention.
>Bump your request only after 24 hours has passed, you may bump once every 24 hours after the first.
>If you're unsatisfied with your completed request, please wait a 2-3 threads or so to re-request it.
>Reminder that nobody is entitled to a delivery under any circumstances within these threads.
>Ignore the bait, you're better than this
>Stay on topic
Artists and Artists-to-Be:
>Feel free to drop your tumblrs/websites/commission/etc information, but:
>If you're dropping your commission info, consider filling a request beforehand instead of just advertising
Books and Tutorials:
>https://mega.co.nz/#F!2RARFaLA!VTiQb6eRXfV4V6mYQ6FJTA
>https://www.dropbox.com/s/kno4yv719g88pol/Tutorials.zip?dl=0
Figure Drawing:
>http://www.quickposes.com/pages/random
Beginners Guide to Drawing:
>https://archive.is/GNIq1
The w/ic/i art Guide:
>https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/
Anchor post
Migrating from last thread
Requesting something I saw in my dream last night
I was walking in the street and I was face to face with a cat sized bee, seemingly waiting for me, sitting like the cat on the left (so that's what I'm requesting, a cat sized bee sitting like a cat)
>the website I found the bee pics is call "weknowyourdreams.com"
Calling /x/ right now
>>55150952
Migrating from last thread.
Hello, I'd like to request a drow rogue/mastermind. She'd have amber colored eyes and white hair, and suffered grave injuries very young, leaving her with a badly scarred face with the right eye missing (with the eyelid closed) and also missing her right arm.
I don't have a specific pose in mind, in case it helps her general demeanor is blunt, but cheery.
Cheers, and have fun !
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¡Viva Trinity! Edition
The /btg/ is dead - long live the /btg/!
Old thread: >>55120363
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BattleTech video-game Beta gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt6FatHHnzI [Embed]
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>BattleTech Introductory Info and PDFs
http://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400
>Overview of the major factions?
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houses/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clans/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powers/
>How do I find out which BattleMechs a faction has?
http://masterunitlist.info/
Unit Designing Softwares
>SSW Mech Designer
http://www.solarisskunkwerks.com/
>MegaMek Lab
http://megamek.info/
https://github.com/MegaMek
>/btg/ does a TRO:
http://builtforwar.blog(not spam)spot.com/
>How do I do this Against the Bot thing? (old)
http://pastebin.com/pE2f7TR5
2017-03-03 – (Against the Bot)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/kffatbm11ffus7l/Against_the_Bot_Instructions_v2-5.pdf
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=56065.0
Current 3.21 rule set is included in the mekhq package
>Map of /btg/ players (WIP):
https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1116217&add=1
>Rookie guides
http://pastebin.com/HZvGKuGx
>Sarna.net - BattleTech Wiki
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Main_Page
>Megamek - computer version of BattleTech. Play with AI or other players
http://megamek.info/
>BattleTech IRC
#battletech on irc.rizon.net
>PDF Folders
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sdckg6j645z4j/Battletech
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cj0tjpn9b3n1i/Battletech
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/tw2m414o1j9uj/Battletech_Archives
/btg/'s own image board: - (31AUG17 - Still getting worked on & now has 15,461 pics! Any help with tagging appreciated!)
http://bgb.booru.org/index.php
More goodies! (Rare manuals, hex packs, TROs, discord server, etc.) Last updated 2017-07-30!
http://pastebin.com/uFwvhVhE
>>55150093
HAHA XIN SHENGno but seriously fuck that shit
Repostan to new thread in case the newfag missed the end of the old one
>>55150915
>And how does that Calbeck guy figure in?
>>no shit I'm a newfag
Roy Calbeck is the fursona of a particular ELH fan. Once upon a time, this fan pitched FASA on an ELH sourcebook, got a positive response, and sent off a draft. (It included his aforenamed donut steel SI character as a member of the ELH, complete with anthro-unicorn nose-art on his Pegasus hovertank.) He never heard back about the project again, but it certainly never got printed. Later on, he sent the same draft to Warner Doles' forums, where it was posted as background for the ELH, completely non-canon but fun to read.
Then Warner Doles' website became the official FanPro forums for BattleTech, complete with an "online canon" section. And someone derped by leaving the ELH writeup on-line as part of that section.
A couple of years later, a fan asked some questions about that "on-line canon" write-up on the forums "Ask the Writers" section, specifically its mention of outright magic. FanPro realized they'd derped, said "oh shit", yanked the write-up, and declared it thoroughly non-canon. Calbeck got butthurt about the whole thing, claimed FanPro had knowingly and maliciously stolen his write-up to add it to their IP without paying him for it, and used that "theft" as grounds to sue FanPro for control of the entire BT IP.
The judge laughed him out of court (it might've helped him if he'd actually hired a lawyer instead of representing himself, but I doubt anyone who actually passed the bar would've taken the case anyway), but it was yet another case of bullshit litigation costing BattleTech and its owners time, money, and effort they really could have better used elsewhere.
>>55151117
>and used that "theft" as grounds to sue FanPro for control of the entire BT IP.
>as grounds to sue FanPro for control of the entire BT IP.
>for control of the entire BT IP.
>the entire BT IP.
Crazy MFer...