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>>52175711
BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC WHEN!?!?!

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>>52175711
It's not a boardgame

It's meant for new players.

>>52175585
So which race has the best princesses?

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>>52175585
This seems relevant.

>>52175612
Depends on the setting, but I'd probably say humans or elves.

Elven royalty would have extremely long reigns during which they'd amass a wealth of experience (assuming they weren't killed).

>>52175346
"Have you tried not playing D and D?" is a meme spouted by idiots who have some pet indie system they really enjoy and causes them to lash out against D and D because it's the most popular, in the hopes that people will play their shitty pet system instead. Instead all they do is look whiny and toxic and drive people away from the hobby altogether.

>>52175346
That having tg hobbies is cheap. Be prepared to drop several hundred, if not thousand, of dollars. Depending on the game of course

>>52178554
That usually gets posted in response to "I am having a problem that is directly caused by adherence to the D&D rules wat do", though.

I get that you're new to RPGs and have brand loyalty to Hasbro, which is fine.

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>>52174930
>take a human
>give him traits of various animals
>give him some generic modifiers and such
i mean orcs for example are basically just pigmen

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>>52174963

That's not a bad plan. I do like various shades of animal people, furry or not, but the trouble is finding what animals to actually use.

I combine a bunch of animals into an anthropomorphic form and give it a dumb name with a bunch of apostrophes.

okay

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>>52174508
Really makes you think

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>>52174662
Fired up my neurons

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>>52173668

>>52173668
There can be some overlap but at the end of the day it basically depends on tone, theme and style, which basically depends on setting and GM.

There is no right way to do it, just a hundred thousand different wrong ways.

>>52173702
>>52173718
Let me make it easy for you then.

In a world where "magic" exists, and every major character is aware of it and has access to it, is there really any point in distinguishing martials from mages when they're both capable of performing shit that's way beyond the peak of humanity by the simple fact that they're player characters?

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Have we had this storytime already?

>>52173483
boy oh boy I wish I could post a microsoft word document to 4chan. Wouldn't that be nice? So that others could edit it? You can all thank our japanese step-dad for that one. And our real dad I guess

>>52139661
link to old thread so freshanons know what they hell's going on

>>52173483
A howitzer isn't effective without anyone to man it.
How the hell do we balance JoJo and Jesus?

I made a couple of languages for fun, but I don't use them. What's the point?

>>52173482
I ask the DM if I understand that bullshit and he tells me no.

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I have sample phrases that I use when a chance presents itself.

Perform the required maintenance rituals and apply sacred machine oil. Clean any grime off and inscribe the sigil of the Mechanicus on the machine. Light incense to please the spirit.

>>52174455
We already used His Blessed Deliverance in Liquid Form, aka WD40, and it didn't help. The central shaft with screwthread on it is jammed stuck inside it's housing, that is the core problem. It won't come out and the maintenance rituals are sadly lost to this particular temple. All we have are the basic daily service rites (operators manual).

What kind of incense would work best?

Find traverse mechanism for that axis, check alignment. That's usually the issue.
Also, tell your local techpriest. Check internet and shop storage for manuals.

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>>52173292
>What do you guys expect from book 5?

I'm going to be annoyed when they bring out more models that patch the weaknesses of factions while bloating the game unnecessarily.

But the new Master upgrades (Mk.2, Veteran, whatever" mite b cool.

>>52174046
I don't think that the game will be especially bloated, but rounding out all weaknesses can be an issue. Though I may just be salty after bringing excorsists against a Ressurectionist player who had no undead models in their crew.

What I really want to see is a new system of some sort. Crossroads gave us scenarios, and Shifting Loyalties gave us campaigns. Something big like that to make up for no new masters would be rad.

>>52174295
Personally i think new masters, totems and upgrades are the best way to add new models without causing bloat issues, because you can't take multiple of them at once. Upgrades can be made limited, you can only (usually) have one totem and certainly you can't have two masters.
Another really solid idea could be to add a new mini-faction with some gimmick like not having many of its own models, but being able to hire strange lists through its master upgrades. Sort of a faction with 3 or 4 jack daw style masters and a handful of its own models.

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>>52173283

>is forcing a predetermined outcome regardless of what the players do railroading?

You tell me, OP.

>>52173283

That is the definition of railroading, yes.

>>52173362
>>52173384
/thread

>>52171212
Fuck off.

>>52171413
no u

>>52171212
heh, muh crack

>>52170931
Speaking as a DM, fucking illusionists. It puts so much pressure on the DM to work out the reactions of the enemy to the illusion. They're very polarising; some fights they'll basically win/avoid alone, some fights they'll do fuck-all. They annhilate certain enemy types, and do jack shit to others.
They're just so black-and-white in terms of effectiveness.

>>52170931

As I love to meticulously concern myself with the "feel" of things unarmed martial arts monks are kind of a sore concept.
When they are a thing, they kind of make regular warriors feel less competent for relying on the "crutch" of weapons but on the other hand feel more boring because they can't have weapons.

And I dislike characters where having a "pet" is the main thing. Summoners, beastmasters, Pokémon trainers. I don't like when the companion overtakes the actual character in importance and it seems like the character is only there by virtue of being the one with connection to the creature. It is also less satisfying to interact with animals than with persons from a roleplaying perspective.

Bow guy. Don't get me wrong, I love bows. But I feel like they should be a lot more common and part of the arsenal of literally anybody who intends on killing something.

I even like characters to whom bow proficiency is a central attribute. But swaths of ridiculous abilities and a built in forester theme (lookin at you DnD, also hunters from wow) cheapen the purity of the bow as just a weapon.

DMd a session that was Armored Core inspired.

I had to rush preparing for it, so it was just a barfight followed by a mission where they were betrayed by Patches (who they promptly kicked the shit out of).

>>52171089
What sort of mech did patches roll with?

>>52171564
He was using a medium weight biped with knock-off Karasawa and Moonlight and a ridiculously powerful overboost system. He was also supported by a number of low-end construction/security MTs. He also appeared after the players were supposedly exhausted, but he (I) apparently underestimated their combat prowess, and he promptly got focus fired down.

I did drop hints that this equipment is way above what his paygrade should be, but since it was a short session, players didn't have time to follow up on it. They looted the !Karasawa and let him live in exchange for the promise of selling them restricted equipment.