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>>51604350
Are you seriously expecting scientific advancement from the cargo cult running Mars?

>>51604620
No, I don't expect the cog heads to do anything, I'm asking if it's possible for a titan/knight to move on it's own. Albet slowly and some what stupidly.

Bumping for interest

Cool lightning scars?

I'd avoid permanent penalties. Maybe lowered HP or ability score damage that recovers slowly, over time.

Focus on the fluff side too. Using the magic they're so familiar with, so used to relying on being associated with new memories of pain and a near death experience, unpleasant and disconcerting for them.

I'd also talk to the player about creating some custom system content based on the idea that they learned from their near death experience. Letting them burn HP to empower a spell or some such.

>>51604312
Well, the equivalent of your pic would be a roll for death because that's what's supposed to happen unless you're a plot-armored wanker. So yeah, Death is a pretty solid lasting effect appropriate for the scenario.

The other time magic circuits were overloaded the bloke couldn't do magic anymore and he was very, very sad. And then his wife left him and tried to fuck this stacked dude with TWO lances.

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>>51603939
Lanterfolk are the main race.

There are no spacecraft. Space travel is done through arcane rituals involving a good knowledge of astronomy and an abundance of magical power.

> female prisoners of war are generally kept in cages hanging from the ceiling where soldiers passing by can push a button to shock them and cause them intense pain, usually the soldiers space it out so that just as she is beginning to relax her muscles are forced to contact again. It is best to do while they are eating because sometimes it will cause them to choke or even vomit, and with nothing to wash out their mouths the stomach acid will burn their throats and after a while even regular breathing will become painful. Many will die of sleep deprivation as the shocks continue to wake them up. A few will go absolutely insane and bash themselves against the wall of the cage in an attempt to commit suicide. Usually after a while they completely break mentally, and dissolve into drooling whimpering or even complete bodily dissociation, their mind literally shutting down and severing contact with the nervous system because it can no longer handle the stress. These survivors can be reprogrammed and set free to spread venereal diseases or to slaughter their families before killing themselves, their minds blank slates from the horrific torture they endured.

>>51603832
And what failure would that be?

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I just read the twitter feed....
How the hell do you fuck up that bad? You know what I don't know but you would think they would back up more often than that.

>>51603935
Dude accidentally wiped out the character sheet database, and had to restore from a backup...because everything got wiped out because of an error during routine maintenance.

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>>51603753

Feng Shui lets you do crazy shit.

On the crunchier end of things, Fantasy Craft can be pretty wild. Pic related, this involves a loose interpretation of one rule, but is generally in line with the kind of stuff FC characters can do anyway.

we had a thread a little while ago about this topic.

didn't some anon make a bunch of rolls for different parkour moves with different effects?

>>51603911
what's the system used in this?

>>51603561
Can't count to 3/10

nrrrrt, I rate your stat bad

Can cast fly, hold person, and telekinesis at will

Probably has a mind flayer extraction type ability.

I'd give them an Intellect and Wisdom of at least 18 based on them apparently being the Combine leaders.

Strength 20 probably. Dex 14 or 15 as they were fairly agile. Their Charisma is probably in the toilet though, unless it is what powers their abilities. I'd make them Large outsiders / aberrations.

That's assuming 3.5 for some dumb-ass reason. Although for some reason I feel like if Half Life had a system, it'd be d20 modern

Nice blog fag where do I subscribe?

>>51603555
Why do you insist on doing this? I was with you in the other thread, and you just had to Shitpost there too. What's wrong with you? Who hurt you?

tl;dr, looks to be some /r9k/ bullshit too.

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>>51602879
In one of the campaigns I was in a few months ago, I returned to the group with a throwaway old-man character that was supposed to die, or only be there for the one session I had him involved in. Some time later, and he was the longest surviving member of the adventurer's guild, and also the strongest, and most competent. During his time there, he was granted ownership of a town, and about 6 titles. Campaign ended just before he ended up turning it into the plot for Shrek.

>>51602982
Forgot to add, near the end of the campaign, he pretty much became a questgiver, literally giving the other players gold, and supplies for aiding him on things he wanted to do.

since I am the DM no

but I make sure that every player has a chance to be in a spotlight, and they take turns being the MC, with each campaign an arc focused on a different PC

>>51602327
Okay......pick a resource or product.

Do they harvest raw materials or do they produce finished goods?

And Im totally down to play "bounce ideas off each other" but just to lay the cards out on the table what do you want this for? Want/need a dwarven city for dnd? Or are you just doing it for the creative process. Because that effects the answers you get.

>>51602327
I still think those are people boating in the lave, not rocks.

>>51602327
How about island dwarves? Sort of like Japan.

>>51601639
Could any village idiot use the item, or does it require skill/talent/special personal properties to use to its real potential?

In a conan-esque setting, sure. Most magic users in those only really count because they have a staff or orb or crown or giant statue that is powered by a god or demon or what have you and all magic is run through that or just stage tricks designed to intimidate the masses.

>>51601639
DEPENDS ON THE SETTING.

But it taps into a setting-independent question of which sorts of magic-users get snotty at which other sorts. Anything inspired by DnD tends to have Wizards getting snotty at Sorcerers who in turn get snotty at Warlocks. Not that this ever makes sense in any standard fantasy setting.

Quoth the Sorcerer: Hmm, so you say that the magic you acquired purely by hard work, despite having no birthright to magic, is superior to my magical lineage. An interesting assertion, let's see if the motherfucking king agrees oh wait he's already had you beheaded at level 1 for defiance of the natural social order.

In any case, if a character can cast then they are a caster, regardless of where the power comes from. The only variable is their social status as a result of that power. Many characters will not care. Whether the characters that matter to the story care or not is, of course, DEPENDENT ON THE SETTING.

>>51601385
Because they are still better than the rank and file and yoy can come by them a lot easier than the alternatives you mentioned.

What's the point of handguns when we already have nuclear warheads?

>>51601434

To shoot the guy who fires the nukes

>what is skub actually good for
Absolute nothing

>What are its exact positive and negative effects
Nothing and everything (respectively)

>What's its importance in the culture
Serves as a distraction for plebs so they don't realize how shitty and worthless their lives are

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>>51601331
Here's your average skub user. Note the total soulless stare in his eyes.

ITT: SEETHING anti-skub try to use a smear campaign in order to hurt skubs popularity

Reminder that skub is the reason the patriots won the super bowl

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>>51601011
Now which more Slav.
Slavstode master race is now

>>51601011
He's worse than generic Custode HQ.

Because you're using the internet to roleplay.

Get some friends.

>>51600448
Wasn't using the internet. I was in the same room as these neckbeards.

>>51600058
>female changeling rogue

and you're complaining about scaly fox people ?
seriously if you're a changeling, why are you introducing yourself as one when you can introduce yourself as anything you want and only let the DM know.

>hi guys, they call me freddie hamburger-face and i have an infectious skin disease.

>suddenly nobody wants to sleep in your tent, or even touch any loot that you've gotten your hands on already, magical or not.

Lots of fun things, with a variety of mood/goals.

Dungeons could be largely empty, with traps and riddles, only the occasional monster that the PC's must riddle past, charm with music, daze with spells, or sneak around.

PCs can travel from town to town solving problems for townsfolk, go Battle of the Bard's against another popular bardic group on a towns square. Rocking out, throwing quips, throwing small fireworks as at least one member of other team tries to sabotage the other's performance.

I lost the game.

>>51599476
Metalocalypse.