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>>55139528

He's not. He was a joke in WHFB getting his ass headbutted.

And I've seen entire AoS generals erupt in flames about Abbadon and his role in the setting.

Just not particularly popular so he doesn't have a whole lot of penetration in terms of memes etc.

>>55139866

Meant to write Archaon instead of Abaddon for that second line.

>>55139528
It's memes, mostly.

But the primary reason behind it, is that for a decade, Archaon's miniatures was this really badass realistic armored dude on a big horse, whereas Abaddon has always been this dumpy little weirdo with a giant phallic topknot.

This is what allows the memes to thrive: Abbadon just looks goofy.

Then there's the fact that the Eye of Terror campaign ended in such a lukewarm, inconsequential and disappointing way that everybody went "wow, Abbadon's not such a threat after all." which forever undermined his credibility as a villain.

As for the meme, it goes like this:
>Abbadon's end goal is to conquer the Imperium, and none of his Black Crusades achieved that. Therefore he must be incompetent
Which is based on the assumption that every Black Crusade was meant to conquer the Imperium in one blow.

This isn't necessarily something that the creators of the meme actually believed, but everyone had a good laugh, and people invested so much time and effort into making dumb jokes about Abaddon's supposed incompetence that everyone kind of decided to stick to that assumption as if it were canon, and to lash out against GW's attempts to make Abbadon more threatening, because that would go against the fan-lore they poured so much time and effort into. Memers took offense at GW's attempt to contradict their memes.

Kind of like buyer's remorse. Except for dumb jokes that cost you a lot of time.

To be fair, GW's attempts to retcon every black crusade as having achieved a very specific goal was kind of lame: it actually made them seem trivial and narrow in scale compared to how they're described elsewhere, so that didn't help.

So basically GW wrote Abaddon into a corner where nobody will take him seriously unless he annihilates the Imperium, but if he does, everybody will be pissed off because their memes will be contradicted.

>>55139094
>eceleb opinion
dropped

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No one cares about your wrong opinion

>>55139094
Yeah it would have been the most important miniature game 20 years ago.

Now that star wars has been shat on who the fuck cares?

>>55139025
Probably in the middle of the largest friendly city. It's probably easiest to access materials I need and potential clients I can make money off of from there.

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abandoned fortress I weaseled my way into from a local king. That way I can prepare my nefarious plans in secret.

my mom's basement

nope. 2 spooky for matt ward noble anti-hero not-tomb king newcrons

also too threatening. Newcrons are all about being yet another self-fighting alien entity on the eastern fringe

>>55137684
While the Pariah Gene stuff was really cool, I always thought that Pariahs themselves were retarded. They remind me of Ratchet & Clank, where Nefarious zaps people with a laser that turns them into robots.

>>55137870
This. I just didn't think they fit with oldcrons. But newcrons are better anyway

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>>55137649
At least Halo has some chances to be adopted.

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Talking about less know companies it's encouraged, there are lot of garage tier model makers than do very cool minis right now.

>>55137649
What's a space opera?

Someone asked me this after I told him Mass Effect was a space opera and I didn't know how to reply

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>>55137368
Are the potions of youth still being used by pedophiles?

>>55139066
>Not women using potions of youth for vanity purposes leading to it becoming fashionable to look as young as possible while still being a functional adult

>>55139189
Yes, exactly, practical pedophilia. It's still a random roll for youthening effects, not like they can control exactly what age they'll end up as.

They're 45 but look 12.

>>55137264
At least if my experience in watching these sorts if anything to go by, you need to be an aggressive, annoying retard. And loud about it, very loud.

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>>55137264
You're gonna wana ask Pathfinder General about this.

>>55137264
Fox girls aren't real, so, however you want?

>>55136910

You already know the answer is no.

>>55136910
*BLAM* ZENOS ARE TO BE KILLED, NOT REFORMED

>>55136910
No.

The sanctioning of xenos for use by Rogue Traders only really works the way it does because they're on the very edge of the Imperial infrastructure.

Traveler.

_____________GURPS

>>55136722
GURPS is the real answer, though.

>>55136722
You clearly already know the answer is GURPS. Your real question is what is the second best system.

>>55136159
Stupid. A level of social organization such that you can have a centralized adventuring guild where people put up missions and the guild helps manage things probably can support a real army to do that kind of shit instead. Unless it's some hyper-rich and low population area, where it's more economically viable to bring in outsiders (mercenaries) for everything, a la 13th century Italy, there's almost certainly a better method for dealing with local monster incursions.

>>55136159
they remind me too much of real life

>>55136159
While not suitable for every setting, I think they can be fun in some of the more whimsical, "kitchen-sink" style fantasy games.

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>>55135173

What the fuck is that slut saying? I don't want to give them pageviews if it's something I disagree with.

>>55135483
Hence norbro auto archiving on pol

>giving a shit about what some cunt says about what you should or should not say

sorry bitch but this is america and i will say what i want

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>>55135116
Card Name 5W

Creature - Dinosaur

Enrage - Whenever ~ is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

3/5

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>>55135116

Twilight Legion Battleship 5

Artifact - Vehicle

Vigilance

Crew 2

4/6

>>55135126
wow they're really pushing the brakes on these vehicles
ba dum tss

>>55134619
Doesn't matter what you put on it, it still tastes like a hotdog.


Playing a system with no alignments is the only true answer.

>>55134619
Your system fails to account for chilidog with grated cheese, and therefore fails...

>>55134669
>chilidog
On a scale from 1 to 10, how fast do you feel the need to go?

>http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Slender_Man_Physiology
>Rolled 63

This is going to be so much fun. For me that is.

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>55134103
>http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Tactical_Analysis
That's not a superpower, but okay. Just need to see how good I am at it.

>http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Lifespan_Manipulation
>rolled 94

OP please nerf

>>55133500
I'd expect something super safe and controlled, like Adventure League.

It's not what I would WANT, but it's what I would expect.

>>55133500
I would spit in his face for charging for gm-ing and then gm my own game.

Disgustin jewry.

>>55133500
>If you were to pay someone for running a game for you, what sort of things would expect from the Game Master?
If money is on the line, then I'd like perfect pacing, interesting descriptions with imagery, fun NPCs that are fully voiced, complete understanding of the rules, satisfying storyline.