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-Sand
-Water
-a place where they meet
-swimsuits, depending on time period
-lotions. Perhaps there is not enough lotion to go around, or a group of muscly barbarians orders the party to oil them.
-hookworms
-volleyball
-undead pirates who got turned around the wrong way and can't figure out how to read their map
-hot babes
-sandcastles
-real castles
-no castles
-surfers
-the plot of Point Break
-elves leering at people
-nude beach populated with fairies. The magical kind, not the homosexual kind.
-a bunch of kids murdering each other with sticks and rocks
-a big dead whale
-traps that are actually just piles of discarded needles half buried in the sand
-giant angry seagulls
-Daniel Craig walking around in the shallows in a grossly undersized speedo
-murderous gooeyducks
-regular ducks
-a tsunami

>>51267863
>>51267711

Muscly Barbarian Raiders are attacking beach goers, stealing their lotion to oil their pecs. The party must defeat the Beach Brobarians in order to return the stolen lotion to the scorching populace

An enormous sandcastle, guarded by crab soldiers, looms over the far end of the beach. None who have ventered there have returned. Dare you attempt to breach into The Keep of Crab Cove?

Undead Pirates have beached their ship, have taken to raiding the local populace while they try to get it unstuck. Because they're undead and bound to the ship, the pirates eternally ressurect every night even when defeated. PC's must unstick the ship and then board the pirate vessel at night to defeat Captain Siltbeard and his vicious band once and for all

A race of magical sentient speedos and bikini's have begun attaching and assimilating the populace. Attempts to remove the alien menace results in horrific pain for the victim, as it is bonded to their junk. Only the magic balm of the great kahuna can remove these parasites, and only the fires of the volcano can destroy them for good.

>>51267863
>>51268002
Noice

>>51267653
looks cool

>>51267690
The threads are up on /co/ right now, but I seem to have failed in providing you guys with a link, still, if you read said story time I hope you enjoy it, and 13 - 18 will be posted up tomorrow around 10 am wester pacific. Hope to see you there

>>51267653
>>/>co/89185096
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Three arrows and the board name, OP.

>>51267124
Shouldn't this be renamed "CYOW"? I hardly ever see anything other than waifu shit.

>>51267263
Why aren't you making content you like?

>>51267006
You're probably better off playing online

>>51267006
I'm in the same boat anon, except in rural Canada, so bump for interest.

I once watched an animu called Hikaru no Go. I don't play the game or even like it but for some reason I enjoyed that series.

First for Commargh

Second for Rogal Dorn returning with a bionic power fist and punching out Abaddon

So we have the Aeldari meme out of our systems now, let's discuss what they're going to rename the otehr factions.

What do we think they'll call the Tau? What about Orks? Is Necrons a unique enough name already?

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>>51266379
>all of them are a bunch of annoying noise-making turboautists

If you're the kind of person who shits their pants whenever anyone talks too much/too loudly in a social activity based around roleplaying, which seems to be the natural conclusion of you finding 3 groups in a row with absolutely nobody fitting outside that mold (except for you of course), then this hobby might not be for you.

Regardless of what happened, just from that attitude I certainly wouldn't want you at my table. At least not until you'd made an honest effort to remove that stick from your ass.

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>>51266379
>>all of them are a bunch of annoying noise-making turboautists

Need background OP before I form an opinion.

>>51266379
I've actually had some luck with Roll20, despite what most people on this board think. The key is to be very, very selective before the game starts and to be clear about expectations at the outset.

For example I've had games where I've had about 30 people apply, I granted interviews roughly 15, and ended up with a decent group of 3-4 players at the end.

There is a lot of shit on Roll20, to be sure, but if you put in the effort you can get some good games there.

>>51266307
Ever see Pagemaster? That. Or better yet just go full television, and call it Stationscape.

>>51266307
Space-Time-bending shenanigans, collapsed colliding universes, that sort of thing.

>>51266307
RIFTS

gray jedi master race

She's asshurt that she was betrayed as both a Jedi and Sith and projected that into an extreme kind of nihilism.

Does that make her right? Not really. Only the Sith are inherently flawed as their "might makes right" philosophy probably proves to be too self-destructive. The Jedi school of thought provides for long lasting stability and peace for the galaxy.

>>51266007
Broken by periodic intense strife.

I think she was literally correct that opposition breeds strength, but that's because her philosophy and the game mechanics were in alignment.

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>>51265386
Sounds like about right. Demon Buddhas are totally a thing; Maitreya's a boss in SMT 4: Apocalypse.

>>51264804
"I ought to kill you RIGHT NOW." Knives growled. But he didn't, oddly enough, shoot.

His glaring expression gradually changed, and he pulled back his gun. "You know what? Just putting a bullet through your head isn't enough." He said, rather calmly.

"You're healing pretty quickly, aren't you? I don't think bullets can kill you." Knives continued. My leg shifted, my body forcing the bullets out. They rolled on the gravel of the desert. I struggled to breathe. His heel pressed down on my throat.

"Let's see if choking kills you. I'd like to see you die slowly right under my heel."

This would be a hilariously ironic way to go, considering that I killed Kefka this way. But not so funny when you're the one dying.

A gunshot banged. Followed by more shots. Knives was forced to remove his heel as he staggered back. Vash's face was flat in it's expression. Smoke drifted from his white gun.

"Who the FUCK are you, asshole!?!" Katsumi demanded, pointing my Peacemaker in Knives's direction as well. It wasn't smoking. "Get your heel off my MOM'S throat right now."

I scrambled to get up and jumped (yes, jumped) behind Vash and Katsumi.
"How hurt are you?" Vash murmured, not taking his eyes off Knives.

"Be careful. He can activate his Angel Arm now. You can use yours to absorb his, though." I said. "Yeah. I know." Replied Vash.

"Really sorry about taking so long. I had to find that magical cage thing." Katsumi said, patting something in her pocket.

Knives didn't say anything to Vash. He had this, pretty hilarious looking when I think about it, angry twitching expression on his face. His arm started to shift.

"Vash, are you ready?" I asked him. He nodded.

White light filled my sight, and heat overwhelmed my senses.

...Only to fade away. Vash had absorbed the blast with his Angel Arm. Thank god.

Katsumi handed me the Peacemaker. "Get 'im." She said. "I'll throw the cage when he's ready."
I nodded. I aimed the Peacemaker.

>>51265389
All right thanks. Weird stuff.
So if I'm interested in Kyubey's long term plans and his supposed battle against entropy, I should go to the first Madoka jump?

>>51265441

Sword & Sorcery is a broad term, and one that bubbled up from the murky cauldron of publishers and fandom at that. It's not like it's been nailed down as absolutely excluding any realism.

>>51265622
I would say strict autism simulation is out of character, and certainly isn't offering a game in the vein of Robert Howard, Fritz Lieber, or Michael Moorcock.

It's not like you can smash quality helmets in with the pommel anyway.

>>51265285
That's really vague so do you have any sort of campaign ideas or tone in mind?

>>51265285
Start building your world and realize your players will only see about 20% of it and also fuck up everything they touch.

Be prepared for the game to last longer than expected. Worst case scenario, you end early and have time to discuss the session.
Players will eventually think outside of the box and do something you didn't prepare for, or even ask a question you don't have an answer to yet. This is where having improv skills can come in handy.
Make sure you know who can and cannot bring/pay for food.

>nice planet you got
>alas, we need it or else we all die
>you dont want to share? well i guess we have to disintegrate you now, sorry it is just business

They're like, ultra fucking Jew capitalist loan sharks.

>Hello there friends, we come from another world! Fear not, we can cure this plague you're having!
>What's the matter, you don't like the arrangement where you have to keep paying us indefinitely or else the cure wears off? Oy vey, you signed a contract didn't you? By our lawyers, it's a legal binding contract!

Or maybe their science makes them seem like gods.

>>51264514
This sounds hilarious actually.
Stealing this idea.
As far as making them menacing, have some locals the players have run into get in a fight with them and lose badly.
Don't make the entire crew assholes either.

>>51263876
they work far better as a punishment then as a normal game component

>>51263876

Mostly I use them as an incentive for the players to avoid fights. Game system I play a lot, (Dragonquest) has rules about wound infections, and they can get NASTY. Even a fight that you're sure to win is something that you might not want to deal with if it can be avoided.

>>51263876
No one enjoys being sick, as you said, but I'm sure there's a way to add flavor to them.

>a PC is poisoned, but they have some time to perform a favor for whoever poisoned them in exchange for the antidote
>diseases that grant boons, but have certain costs (i.e. a certain infection that causes your blood to coagulate quickly and wounds seal up faster. Initially it's great, but if you don't get treatment in a few days, your blood is going to coagulate in your veins).

Just off the top of my head.

>>51263080
wait for the paint to completely dry before moving on?

>>51263080
Depends on the setting.

>>51263080
That situation is self-contradictory.

>>51262559
I kill them all and loot their bodies.

How much XP do holy men give?

Declare that they are all fools for seeking simplicity in so complex, and that to indulge them would be wilfully ignorant. Leave them to their fruitless struggle and embrace the nuanced and uncertain nature of things.

No! The morality of man is not a simple construct! It has layers and layers of complexity.