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>>52019892
>low-key supernatural things
>often interacting with mythical beings
>Perhaps they even acquire some powers themselves
Make up your fucking mind.

>>52020478
There's a world of difference between the examples I gave and something like Forgotten Realms books - the former are definitely low-key in comparison.

In Saga of the Volsungs, the characters often meet Odin and Sigurd gains a magic wolf skin that allows him to transform into a wolf. It meets all three criteria:

>low-key relative to a lot of modern fantasy fiction
>characters interact with Odin, a mythical being
>characters acquire magic items or powers

What's the problem?

>>52020739
>What's the problem?

You're posting on 4chan and expecting replies to not be shit.

That aside, I wish I could help you. I'd love a game that did this well. I think that a lot of it, though, would probably be more in the hands of the GM than the game because like the anon who replied to you demonstrates the three criteria you pointed out do overlap with stuff like Forgotten Realms books which are, I think, fairly tame compared to fantasy coming out now.

The average FR novel protag is a lot less Sue-ish than fucking Eragon, after all.

>>52019433
>playing with girl's toys
>taking the hard counter to an opponent in your meta

What are you, some kind of ner-
hang on

>>52019460
>girl's toys
IT'S 2017.

We're not burying them at void? What then?

We'll reanimate their power armor. Take them into battle with us.

A paragon to our brothers-in-arms. Even in death.

We are Thousand Sons.

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Jumpers!

Do you ever wear clothing/armor radically out of the norm for the setting? Classic armor in a modern setting? A hoodie or tactical armor in medieval setting?

>>52019361
Yes, all the time. But I usually wear glamours over it.

>>52019361
Outerwear, I tend to conform.

But my underwear tends to be modern regardless.

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>>52019661
> Modern body armour and a riot gun
That's not post-apocalyptic. That's just the military of a poor country drafted into UN duties, after losing their best soldiers to become another army's elite force.

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>>52019299

Literally Drizzt.

>>52019124

Sounds super boring and overdone, because it's b8

>>52019124
Yeah, that's probably bait.

Yes, everyone would use the best, most protective armor. Only reasons that samurai used wooden and paper armor is because they had not very much shit iron. With good steel they'd probably lean more knightly.

>>52018944
3 factions clad in a hybrid armor fight with bastard weapons designed to be effective against the foes armor

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>>52018944
>How would the factions influence each other?

Everyone would dress like knights.

Late medieval plate harnesses are the final word in battlefield armour until guns are applied.

>>52018439
>Salamander.
Of course not.

He adopts it.

What shit tier bait. Remember that ironic shitposting is still shitposting.

>1. Suppose the baby cries, threatening to give away the Space Marine's position. Does he murder the child to avoid detection?

Yes, Space Marines are typically utilitarians and regard their own lives and especially the success of their mission as the most important things.

>2. Suppose things are fine and the baby survives. After the fight, if there is time, does he go back for it? Does he just assume someone will find it? Is he likely to even care?

If there are human authorities that are taking care of civilians nearby, he might deliver the baby to them. Alternatively, the baby might be taken to be raised as a chapter serf.

>>52018127
>Half-elf white necromancer.
I'd be accused of being an agent of Sauron as soon as I cast raise dead or use speak with dead.
I probably get stabbed before I get to do anything.

Boromir would actually get to live as soon as a few Uruk-hai get killed.

>try-hard knight who thought of contact with women as haram

It'd be like more Boromir, but with more Chanson de Roland autism.

I kill several people in their sleep, nick the ring, and fuck off. Then die in a cave somewhere.

>Where does he get off?
The bathroom

>>52017874
Fuck off Valar cunt.

>>52017874
I'm still mad Tolkien ripped off Madara to make Feanor

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How have you supported the Empire today, /swg/?

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>>52017149
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bmXywWus8
The same way anyone supports Empire Today: through the power of dance.

>>52017364
God, I forgot how terrible and wonderful Galactic Dance-Off was.

dumb

>>52016087
Why? The Tyranids deploying a debased, alien mockery of the Emperor's son against his own children is suitably grimdark, fits their MO, and advances the story of the Tyranid attack on Baal. It also provides opportunities for the Sanguinor to dramatically reveal his identity and climatically slay the beast, only for it to be reborn elsewhere (dun dun dun). If the nid-march was good enough it might even give them a presence again.

Most importantly, GW could sell a big supplement with lots of huge models (nid-march and Sanguinor Ascendent or whatever). They're advancing the setting, so why not?

>>52016933

That doesn't add up anon

>>52015911
But think how fucking funny it would be to find out after

>>52015911

>giving your dad the chance to shoot you

>>52015911
The less I know about the villains and their motivation, the better.

By humanizing my enemies, I establish the world as morally gray, and it creates ethical problems later on.

Far better to slaughter them like dogs and never concern yourself with the issues.

It's good.

>>52015718

I'm glad to hear. Any details?

>>52016695
pick a villain gang, Heroes are hard as shit to play well because they just get fucked by the villains numbers

>>52014982
Fate, possibly with a bit of homebrew.

I'm not even joking, it's remarkably great at emulating both the "just as keikakku" way fights in Jojo work out, as well as giving you the flexibility to "stretch" powers without having to stat out every little thing.

>>52016323
This. I'm playing a JoJo game using FATE right now. Only one session, we beat up a guy whose Stand had possessed all the random crap in a house and made it attack us when we entered.

>>52014982
Fate is a good suggestion but I'd suggest a look at Marvel Heroic. I don't think it's quite as elegant a system but it's better at representing weird power sets and has better mechanics for over the top dramatic moments.

Brecian – a minority group of Espius and Zelkand, and the majority in the small nation of Brecia. A small but notably shrewd and opulent group, the nation of Brecia itself is almost an aristocratic enclave of sorts. Brecians tend to be master politickers and consider winning the hard-earned trust of other powerful people.

• Society Level: 5 (Late Feudal)
• Stereotypes: Insular but wealthy – lords, traders, businessmen, socialites, courtiers
• PHB Analogs: None
• Real world analogs: Balkan, Greek
• Native Tongue: Espusian

>>52014140
Espusian – majority ethnicity of Espius. They are a well-civilized people with a storied, well-recorded history, and a visible appreciation for arts and craftsmanship of all kinds, revering beauty in many forms. While they show an heir of sophistication, they have a reputation of being passionate, expressive, spontaneous extroverts with fiery tempers.

• Society Level: 6 (Modernistic)
• Stereotype: Impulsive but cultured – merchants, artisans, explorers, privateers
• PHB Analogs: None
• Real world analogs: Iberian, Italian
• Native Tongue: Espusian

Harther – the proprietary culture and majority ethnicity of the Harthese Empire. Their cultural identity and sensibilities are largely informed by a tempering of both elfish and dwarfish influences. They are known to be very orderly and community-minded, but are a diverse group nonetheless.

Harthers tend to live in the most technologically sophisticated human society. The establishment and growth of their Empire has lead their government’s nationalism and jingoism to rub off on many of them, but it has also lead to them to become quite worldly. The majority of people in Ilcron have learned to speak their language due to their culture’s large sphere of influence.

• Society Level: 6 (Modernistic)
• Stereotype: Hawkish but conscientious – soldiers, politicians, academics, settlers
• PHB Analogs: Chondathan
• Real world analogs: Briton, Germanic
• Native Tongue: “Imperial Common” (Harthese)