How do I justify that some civilizations become advanced city states while others become barbarian tribes?
Yes, I checked history. Still no idea why there was such a big gap between Persians/Greeks and Celts/Germanic tribes.
>>52706366
natural resources and the means to make use of them is a snowball effect that some people do not have access to
It may also be that the gap was a lot narrower than we think, with northern Europe simply being less prone to write shit down and more fond of wooden architecture.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/slaughter-bridge-uncovering-colossal-bronze-age-battle
>>52706366
>while others become barbarian tribes?
It's a lot easier to just rob rich people than it is to get rich yourself.
As such, barbarian societies likely have not changed because they get wealthy doing exactly what they were doing before, for less effort and more honor.
I've noticed that there's a stigma associated with 40K, and warhammer in general.
Hero clicks, and Magic players cringe, and have autistic spasms when the game is even brought up.
Why is that?
It's all the fault of Imperial Space Marine Fags.
>>52702071
It's a triangle.
Ask Magic and 40K players about Heroclicks or 40K and Heroclicks players about Magic.
Nerds hate plebs that don't enjoy what they enjoy in the way they do it.
Mini gamers are sort of like the jocks of the gaming world. Sense of camaraderie, more expensive gear, etc.
Card players are like the dorks who watch whatever anime is on cartoon network and don't seem to have any substantial hobbies. On some level the MtG players know they're smelly neckbeards and get kinda catty about it.
RPG players are like the snobby theatre kids. You'll sometimes find some in the game store but they prefer to hang out in secret cliques.
>My character uses fire magic
Why is this always a red flag?Why firefags are subhuman edgelord lolrandumb scum?
Shit
I never actually made the connection til just now but it's true, every fire fuckhead I've played with has been a cunt
>>52698128
Got one positive and one negative example, both DnD5e:
>positive
Tiefling Sorceress with a habit to let herself get surrounded and then blasts everything with quickened and empowered Fireballs centered on herself. Actually has become a staple tactic of the party.
Also otherwise great character and fun RP, so no red flag unless something else is wrong with the character and ties into an obsession with fire
>negative, more likely to be associated with your post though, OP
Half-Elf Monk that isn't even able to cast spells but has this chaotic randumb need to set everything he comes across on fire for no fucking reason. Otherwise has no personality whatsoever except "I'm a monk, I come from a far away place and I punch things"
Nothing like a red-headed hotblooded fire wizard to remind you of your teenage years
What's a good way for a poorfag DM to make/draw dungeon maps in the middle of a session?
try use marker and paper
>>52695155
purchase a sheet of plastic and whiteboard markers from the dollar store for under 8 dollars total
some christmas wrapping papers have grids on the back
What does your character do for a living when adventuring isn't paying the bills?
Ask the undead whether or not he could use their material possessions.
Act of charity = Religious pardon.
he runs a business, but adventuring and risking your life is fun and the rewards potentially greater, so why not?
>inb4 stripper / escort
We post things that PLEASE Slaanesh
*No lolis
**NO (pure) WAIFUS
>>52681932
>Waifu
>Pure
Is this your first day on 4chan?
I would post music by Celldweller, but I don't want to be called a fag
>>52681932
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC_Y4zOUdcI
What are some good vehicles that can be used in a steam-punk setting set mostly in a city?
>>52672290
You know it
>>52672319
Thats... actually not a bad idea, I'm doing a blades in the dark campaign and a Blimp-Train seems like a pretty neat idea for a heist
>>52672827
Glad you like it.
Make sure to put in lots of trams, cog railways, elevated or underground railroads, cable cars, all run on steam.
>GM/Player
>System Preferred
>Times Available (with timezone!)
>Method of Play (Skype, IRC, roll20, etc)
>Contact Info
>Additional Notes
Previous >>52585751
>GM/Player
GM looking for an established group of players
>System Preferred
Pathfinder
>Times Available (with timezone!)
I have a flexible schedule so can free up a couple of hours for gaming at any time or day of the week
>Method of Play (Skype, IRC, roll20, etc)
Discord and roll20
>Additional Notes
I'm looking for an established group of friends(to avoid drama and the group collapsing) and players to run fun and challenging games for. My main calling as a GM is to really cater to my group and make sure they are all having a blast.
Picture related, my favorite book
>>52660723
>not posting the superior Pathfinder pasta
>GM/Player
GM
>System Preferred
Dive into the Sky
>Times Available (with timezone!)
GMT+2. So far thinking about the weekend, after 3PM.
>Method of Play (Skype, IRC, roll20, etc)
Discord
>Contact Info
Mello0#0704
>Additional Notes
The game will be 50% ecchi and 50% Ace Combat, at least that's what I'm aiming for.
Pod Problems Edition
>>OFFICIAL BOOKS
http://robboyle.wordpress.com/eclipse-phase-pdfs
>>Transhumanity's FATE (FATE Conversion)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ae113ujgd3hggpl/Transhumanitys_FATE.pdf
>>X-Risks and After The Fall
https://mega.nz/#F!KwcS0bJK!9KLjZegzebaq-mlPUin45Q
>>Chuck's Eclipse Phase Wiki
https://eclipse-phase.wikispaces.com/
PLAY AIDS:
>>the10 things you should know about Eclipse Phase
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qnrh0w7H0Jl2_CSsySRxcs4ugw27xsBIk5MYwXq2nDQ/edit
>>Advice for new players and GMs
http://pastebin.com/e0EErN6X
>>Eclipse Phase hacking cheet sheet
http://eclipsephase.com/downloads/voidstate_eclipse_phase_hacking_cheatsheet_v1-1.pdf
>>Online character creator
http://eclipsephase.next-loop.com/Creator/version4/index.php
/view/?axe1vs35muk4juh
>>Eclipse Phase xls Character sheet
https://sites.google.com/site/eclipsephases/home/cabinet
>>Downloadable Character Creator
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5wr4yo6bdymuijr/Agency.exe
>>Singularity: The Official Character Creator
http://www.mediafire.com/file/fsmkm846acu6kcy/singularity.zip
COMMUNITY CONTENT:
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Previous Thread: >>52592365
Mods are still asleep:post more basilisks.I wonder how earth is doing right now.
>>52649087
>>52649674
Oh, hey, a rainbow.
>Google Drive
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>>52715140
ocean of bloody dreams
Changelog:
>Added 'Fist over Hand' and 'Slice of Heaven'
>'Slice of Heaven' can be made bigger with CP increment purchases, you're welcome Anon
>'Slice of Heaven' helps with spiritual practices
>'Mystic Dojo' has its effect improve training of body and magical practices instead
>'HYDRA Construction Plans' further clarified, herp derp
>'Call Trish' has its first purchase for free
>'Nuclear Reactor' for Power Armors replaced with 'Badassium Reactor' because I was a retard
>Canon Relics added for purchase
>Premade custom Relics added for purchase
>Import/Merging options for Relics added
Small update. Just need to finish the effects table then we're off to drawbacks and finished.
I hate every single last one of you.
And yet you're still better company than my own fucking family.
If a gold piece is so valuable, shouldn't adventurers be more charitable?
Think about with: with just 50gp you can save like 50 starving peasant families.
>>52723086
Who gives a shit about peasant families?
>>52723086
Are you seriously implying the vast majority of adventurers are something other than selfish, stupid, murderhobos?
>>52723086
Feed 50 peasant families and you save those peasants.
Buy the best equipment you can afford and you foil a plot and save the world.
Do the math, OP.
Previous thread: >>52713151
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>Party goes around slaughtering monsters, fucking hoes, and burning the housings and livelihoods of monsters and forestfolk
>Suddenly whilst they are traveling towards their next destination, reality begins to twist and invert, starts melt away as the sounds of the damned echo around them, screaming in terror and pain as existence breaks apart
>Then from the infinite blackness comes a single phrase, of pure mind numbing horror
>GREETINGS
How would your party react to encountering the Gentry /tg/?
>>52722134
Well, apparently since we're big dumb murderhobos we try to kill it. I mean, really OP, if you're going to set up a whole narrative about what my party's done and how we go about things, why are you even bothering to ask?
>>52722203
Well there isn't really any way for one to attract the Gentry's attention WITHOUT the party being big dumb murderhobos. The only other way would be for the people of that campaign setting to be completely and utterly stupid, and regularly go to war and murder each other for the lulz.
>>52722134
Play some Sabbaton and get to killing.
Pathfinder General /pfg/
Armory Edition
Weapons in pathfinder really are bad, don't you think? It's very easy to single out best possible picks, two-handing is king, shields suck, weapon groups are weird and arbitrary and don't even get my started with exotics. How would you design Pathfinder weapon system to ensure that every weapon has a healthy niche?
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Current Playtests: https://pastebin.com/quSzkadj
Old Thread: >>52713935
I would like to raise awareness that not only is Spheres of Might's new troubadour a scarily powerful and flexible class by tier 3 standards (as laid out in >>52715857, >>52719059, and >>52719535); it also has talent names such as:
>Dandere
>Deredere
>Himedere
>Kuudere
>Moe
>Tsundere
>Yandere
Adam Meyers has defended this by stating:
>The class is based on the idea of taking theater/performance tropes and making them real. From that perspective, giving then the name of the trope in question is the clearest way to present them.
Under Adam Meyers' logic, anime waifu archetypes are "theater/performance tropes" that everyone is clearly familiar with.
Adam Meyers also seems to be the mind behind this class. How can we better inform him that the class is overloaded and overpowered by tier 3 standards?
As well, Adam Meyers must have a thing for quiet, doll-like anime characters, because dandere and kuudere are the two highest-priority talent choices for the Lover trope.
>Dandere: Your persona is quiet, drawing people in through its shyness and mystery. You may use your lover trope power without audible components, meaning allies only need to be able to see you to gain the benefits. >Additionally, you may begin using your trope power as a move action rather than a standard action.
>Kuudere: Your persona is focused and in control of its emotions. You gain a morale bonus on Will saves equal to your Charisma modifier.
Yandere is a good runner-up, although it is trickier to use:
>Yandere: Your persona possesses an unstable mind that allows it to kill with impunity without sacrificing its loving heart. Whenever you end a bardic performance, you gain a morale bonus to attack and damage rolls equal to half your troubadour level until the end of your turn (minimum: 2).
I never thought I would live to see the day wherein a professional publisher would have players write down "dandere," "kuudere," and "yandere" on their character sheet in an otherwise Western-themed product.
Summoner, or necromancer girl?
>>52721831
What you are proposing requires a full rework of the system. Shields need extensive rewrites to make them worth it. Two-handing is king because everything else requires copious amounts of feats, class features, and full round actions to get off the ground.
Hello tg, i am currently working in a video game, where the player will be fighting against several types of beholders.
I would like you to describe a type of beholder you came up with or a rare type that you found somewhere.
I will write them down and add them to my game.
Thanks.
>>52721365
Are you aware of all the many canon beholder variants?
Yes, i am
Death tyrants are the best beholders