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Nice blog post famalamadingdong.

>>52677178
>Therapy site
Where?
>the RPG Pundit
Who?
>his whining
What?

>>52677178

And?

Amuse us with storytime.

What are the dragons accomplishments/motivations/etc?

>>52676247
the Screaming Sheikh of [exotic-sounding location]

>>52676247

I'd imagine that if they'd claim territory then their title would be generic rather than a noble rank. "Lord of the Western Wastes" or "Master of the Drakespur Mountains", etc.

They might take a somewhat ironic title in some cases. E.g, a red dragon attacked a fuckhuge fortress and defeated it, and then settled in the ruins with his hoard. Over the centuries since then he became known as 'The High Castellan', a title he enjoys (and may or may not have encouraged in the first place).

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Though, I think you need to clarify your question. An anachronistic interpretation of tech would be an old, outmoded way of thinking of technology. Like a system of highly trained pigeons as a method for rapid, global communication, instead of the internet.

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>>52679839

Slings. All battles would essentially be herds of little folk scurrying around, slinging stones en masse. It would be less of fighting an army and more of fighting a hail storm.

>>52674916
Same weapons as anybody else, just smaller.

If they're fighting taller races, probably more polearms.

Combat Hams

>>52674734
Assuming you still have the chance to pick out skills and everything else, I would say to focus on making a Wis-focused Skill monkey. Take mostly supporting and buffing spells that aren't reliant on Charisma.

>>52674734
your gm is a cunt

Honestly, if I was in your shoes, I'd have complained loudly and then quit if the GM refused to allow my PC to switch back somehow (e.g. heading to a local temple to get the cleric to cast Lesser Restoration or Remove Curse). DnD 5e assumes that all the characters will have a 16 in their important scores, and it'll break pretty quickly if that assumption isn't met.

>>52674618
GURPS, obviously.

>>52674618
Why not full MegaTen?

>>52674753

Because I don't know what that means. I'm kind of new to this franchise.

all edh babby garbage.

G>B>W>U>R

But then again I'm a big smelly retard.

>>52674610
even the EDH general hates them

>>52674496

DMing is not adverserial. Go play a dungeon crawler boardgame if you want to murder other players.

>>52674496
This is clearly bait but I'm bored so I'll bite.

If the DM's job is to kill the PCs, and the DM is in complete control over the game, then the DM has the ability to auto-win by just saying "rocks fall you die" as soon as the game starts.

If the DM is required to abide by some sort of fair play agreement, then where is this agreement? Is the DM allowed to homebrew monsters? If so, how tough can he make them? Is it suitably fair to put the group up against a level 1 Goblin with a million in each stat?

At the end of the day, constantly trying to kill the group is only going to make you run out of players (I suppose you could theoretically find some who like your particular style of constantly trying to kill their characters, but that would necessitate some sort of fair play rule that you abide by, even if it's not written down anywhere).

The DM's actual job is to help make sure everyone has fun, including themself. Incidentally, this is also the players' jobs as well. Typically that's going to take the form of sending challenges at the group that they can beat, or at least that they're able to run away from or avoid if it's unwinnable.

Different players look for different levels of challenge, and various other factors, but at the end of the day they all want a non-zero chance to win (or at least not die permanently) and most want a non-zero chance to lose. Exactly how high those numbers should be is a matter of opinion, and you should try to find a group who agree with you in that area.

>>52674733
>At the end of the day, constantly trying to kill the group is only going to make you run out of players
Had a friend who basically ran out of players doing this no matter where he went. He didn't start from day one trying to kill the players, but he was/is a control freak, and when the PCs started to hit levels where they had access to more powerful magic, he would start getting frustrated, and would put the party into an unwinnable situation and go for the TPK. If it looked like they were actually beating the odds and at least some of them might survive, he would blatantly stack the deck against them until they died. This usually happened around 9th or 10th level in D&D. Last I heard from him, he had run off another group and was complaining that he couldn't find anyone to game with. You might ask why anyone would put up with this bullshit at all. It's because when he actually gave a shit he ran a fairly fun, challenging and immersive campaign. So it was a shock to show up for a gaming session and have the evening end with an extended version of "Rocks fall, everyone dies."

>>52674247
If the gods have a problem they solve it themselves

The problems that priests solve are petty human problems that the gods don't care about.

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>>52674247
>Why don't the gods do everything?!
>They do
>wtf?! I want Free Will!!!!!!

>>52674247
>Good God manifests in one country to help his followers
>His nemesis destroys the shit out of another country while he's not looking

Clerics are like black ops, you send them when you can't risk making a move yourself.

first for grot revolution

What to name my first ever knight?

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2nd for best primarch

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I just got done sifting through ~9k mecha musume images on the booru.

Expect an autistically detailed "be the cyborg girl" CYOA sometime later this year.

>>52673965
The only thing that makes gods any more real than others is whether people believe in them. Maybe he started trying to pull the greatest con in history, but his cult is actually worshipping something. Giving it power. If he turns out to be right about the ritual, he'd go out with the biggest grin on his face.

>>52674033
oh shit thats good. i might use that.

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Looks better in color

>>52673186
Disadvantages
>Not fire resistant
>Too light to do damage when thrown at enemy

>>52673223
It's funny how two disadvantages combined make an advantage.

>>52673241
Finally you can smash dice at the face of an annoying player or DM!

I just play out the flirtation if it makes sense in context, then have a fade to black if it leads to sex.

>>52673076
what are the check thou. do ti tell them too roll a cha check to give dick or should it be more complicated

>Manchild Passive-Aggressive Option:
The only NPC that will sleep with the randy PC is a Succubus. The PC's soul is ripped from their body through their dick. Tell the player to roll up a more reasonable character, or get the fuck out.

>Adult, Mature, Grown-up Option:
Make it clear to your group that you're not comfortable with roleplaying sex scenes, and explain how the problem-player's behaviour is creeping you out. You may find that the rest of the group feel skeeved out by the problem-player's behaviour, and so said player either needs to adjust their behaviour, or leave the group. You may also find that the group is unfazed by the problem-player's behaviour, or even encourages it, in which case the group just isn't for you, and you're better off leaving the group yourself.

No gaming is better than bad gaming.

>>52672978
All of them were most right.
All of them were most wrong.

However, the expansion factions were least most right and most most wrong.

They were all different flavours of wrong.

It's like Bioshock. It's a bunch of ideologies exaggerated to grotesque extremes with no moderating influences unless it's the faction you play as.

>>52672978
>Who was most right?
Morgan or Santiago, depending on whether you think militarists or libertarians are further right.