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How many MTG cards can you fit into a Gift Box? Any idea how many are in this picture?
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>>50814027
http://lmgtfy.com/?iie=1&q=How+many+magic+cards+fit+in+a+magic%3A+the+gathering+gift+box
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>>50814027
Zero because I quit playing after MtG reached the social justice tipping point and my FLGS turned into a safe space.
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>>50817422
>I can't fit cards into a box because the SJW'S have me triggered.
Honestly the SJW/anti-SJW is the Political/Religious argument on the internet all over again.
I mean, let's rephrase your answer like this:
Zero because I quit playing after MtG reached the atheistic tipping point and my FLGS turned into a godless den of Atheists.
Or the reverse:
Zero because I quit playing after MtG reached the Christianity tipping point and my FLGS turned into a church.
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Do ever-present meta mechanics worsen an RPG experience for you?
Should PCs be mechanically special or unique simply because they are not NPC's? If so, does it cheapen the world if everyone at the table knows the other entities in the world are (mechanically speaking) cardboard cutout mooks as compared to the PCs?
Does drama superseding logic, or vice versa, cheapen the game experience for you?
If a PC dies, do you think it should always be appropriately dramatic or can you die from an otherwise nameless NPC with a gun given some bad luck and poor circumstance? Does that serve to enhance drama and achievement, or reduce the drama?
Do you prefer knowing the PCs are the 'big damn heroes' from the start, or should that be something found out in play in accordance with their actions and achievements or lack thereof?
Is it about telling a good story for you, or setting things up for a good story but then just seeing what happens in the fictional world even if it turns out badly?
Cause->effect influenced by logic, or drama?
Should drama be emergent and organic by default, without "safeties" to ensure its presence, or should the rules of drama be genre enforced by mechanics and table consensus to produce it intentionally?
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>>50813850
I think metagaming as a concept needs to be reassessed in RPG culture. It was at one point pure heresy but yet when I got into OSR metagaming greases some of the gears to help it flow better because sometimes the game improves if you cut to the chase instead of playing out the parsing of information. Then we have games like Fate which are new hotness and which also involve a level of metagaming but in a different way.
Metagaming ultimately has a role in gameplay. Every RPG should factor it in rather than forbid it. What metagaming should do depends upon the game in question.
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>>50814101
Which type of metagaming is more palatable to you? OSR-style or Fate-style?
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>>50814145
OSR style metagaming is more easily applied to most RPGs because most RPGs are action-adventure games. Therefore
Fate style metagaming highlights elements of characters and scenes and encourages you to use them to your advantage. It was always in the back of any creative player's mind but once in the forefront of the game it feels so different. However, Fate metagaming can be carried over to other games once it is learned.
OSR metagaming lubes the machine of the game. If you stop lubing it up the game grinds and becomes a burden.
Fate metagaming changes some parts out. The machine runs differently, you need time to get used to it, but eventually you want to install those parts within other machines.
I think most players prefer OSR metagaming but I think Fate metagaming improves gameplay in the long run when it becomes an automatic creative process.
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You boys might have seen this thread before.
Im making a quiz for new years eve, and I need suggestions. Can be any theme, but good questions are the one where the answer is super interesting, or is subject to discussion (its a group quiz)
These are the definite questions I have so far:
1. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
2. Which animal is the Canary Islands named after?
3. Whats Scottlands national animal?
4. Which movie studio is represented by a roaring lion?
5. Whats the youngest, UN-recognized country in the world?
6. Name a movie from 1990. Any movie (most people taking the quiz were born then)
7. When, on a normal, circular clock, the time is 3:15, how many degrees apart is the hour-marker and the minute-marker?
8. What is Dominican Republic Syndrome?
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>>50813553
>What is Dominican Republic Syndrome?
ooh, ooh, I know that one! That's when you're born a boy but you look like a girl, like, at the molecular level or some shit.
I only know about it because I'm from the DR, and my grandparents would tell me stories about it at night whenever I was acting up as a kid.that and it's one of my fetishes
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>>50813723
fucking right it is
sexy pics if /tg/ can get all 8
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What is a primary color?
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Who would win if the entire Tau Empire went up against a unified Commorragh?
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>>50812508
Hot damn that Tau a thicc.
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>>50812508
Do the Tau even have a way to get into the webway?
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>>50812546
Dark Eldar abducting them is a way.
I'm never running a murder mystery ever again. At least not for morons.
When I wrote the thing I had fears that everything was just a bit too linear and that the clues were too obvious so I threw in some red herrings, obviously. I didn't think these players would obsess over these diversions as much as they do. It's been three sessions tracking down one dead end. Short of coming out and telling them out of character "You're looking for the wrong thing, idiots" I have made it as obvious as possible.
But I only made it worse. They took such obvious dead ends and my desperate attempts to return them to the first clue as further proof that they're on the right track, one of them proudly proclaiming "Okay, he's trying to distract us, so we're definitely getting somewhere". I have thrown up multiple dead ends their way, irrefutable proof that the suspects they're tracking down are innocent and that the evidence they have is complete crap, but they're adamant. In the meantime this killer is having a gay old time offing major NPCs without any repercussions.
I wouldn't even mind so much if one of the characters wasn't set up as being "the city's greatest detective". I told her to drop that aspect and that she should just make her character "a detective" in case of shit like this, but she's obsessed with Cumberbatch's Holmes and she won't rest until she plays a carbon copy of him.
Plus they're just making me bust my ass writing new material for these false leads. At this point I feel perfectly justified to tell them out of character that they're a bunch of rubes
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Let some npc detective catch the culprit and have it on the news and radio and everywhere. Interviews of how he cracked the case. Maybe start slow, give some hints that this one dude is onto something.
But instead of just ridiculing your players, let their current investigation lead to the next adventure.
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>>50812512
>Let some npc detective catch the culprit and have it on the news and radio and everywhere.
I guess I'm just reluctant to let go of all that work
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>>50812547
You can scrap any content your players didn't find out and reuse it later.
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What is something you've always wanted to do in a campaign but have never experienced (I.E. kinds of dungeons, enemies, wondorous sights, etc.)? Also what is something you would do if you GMed? "If I were a GM" general I guess.
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Have a fun and enjoyable game where no one bitches endlessly.
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Play with other people.
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Get more than 3 sessions in before That Guy decides to drop the game because he's A) Not the DM, or B) He's the DM.
And nobody else in my area has an open group with three slots.
>Tau are relevant!
>Leader of entire race gets casually killed by the order of one organization
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>>50812309
i tought tau didnt have souls why is the eversor effecting them?
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>>50812322
Culexus assassin, actually.
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>>50812322
well... you should really open any tau books then.
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for my campaign set in space, how do i make my aliens seem more alien? is it how they look, talk, or something else?
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>>50810811
Gurps alien generator from gurps space.
http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/uLjRSNdG/file.html
'The material presented here is my original creation, intended for use with the http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ GURPS system from http://www.sjgames.com/ Steve Jackson Games. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Steve Jackson Games.'
'http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ GURPS is a registered trademark of Steve Jackson Games, and the art here is copyrighted by Steve Jackson Games. All rights are reserved by SJ Games. This material is used here in accordance with the SJ Games http://www.sjgames.com/general/online_policy.html online policy.' GURPS is a trademark of Steve Jackson Games, and its rules and art are copyrighted by Steve Jackson Games. All rights are reserved by Steve Jackson Games. This game aid is my original creation and is released for free distribution, and not for resale, under the permissions granted in the http://www.sjgames.com/general/online_policy.html Steve Jackson Games Online Policy
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EXAMPLE
Specie lives lives primarily on Water
Specie is Silicon/Liquid Rock Life
Specie has Unusual Biochemistry Disadvantage (only if human centered campaigns)
Oceans cover 100.0% of the planet the specie lives
Place specie lives, has 0.0541271463131 G
Specie lives on Reef
Specie is pouncing carnivore
Primary method of locomotion: swimming
Height of this specie is: 20.0 yards
Weight of this specie on his own atmosphere is: 21650.8585252 pounds
Specie Strenght: 55.7427473605
Body simmetry of the specie: Bilateral
Manipulators: No manipulators; limbs are locomotive or Strikers only
Skeleton: Combination
Skin: Hide (DR 1)
Breathing: Lungs (air-breathing) with Doesnt Breathe (Oxygen Storage)
Temperature: Warm-blooded
Growth Method: Continuous Growth
Sexual Arrangement: Two Sexes
Gestation Method: Live-Bearing with Pouch
Reproductive Strategy: Strong K-Strategy: one offspring, extensive care after bi
rth
Primary Sense: Vision
Vision: Bad Sight or Colorblindness
Hearing: Hard of Hearing
Touching Ability: Acute Touch 4
Taste/Smell: No Sense of Smell (can taste, -50%) [-2 points]
Primary mode of communication 1: Touching Ability: Acute Touch 4
Secondary mode of communication 1: Vision: Bad Sight or Colorblindness
Lifespan: Normal Lifespan
Mating Behavior: Hive
Specie Social Organization: Hive
Chauvinism Level: Chauvinistic (quirk)
Concentration Level: Single-Minded and either High Pain Threshold
Curiosity Level: Nosy (quirk)
Egoism Level: Humble (quirk)
Empathy Level: Responsive (quirk)
Gregariousness Level: Gregarious
Imagination Level: Imaginative (quirk)
Suspicion Level: Normal
Playfulness Level: Compulsive Playfulness (9)
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>>50811015
thanks. this looks really in depth
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Greetings Guardsmen,
Today’s news comes from Cadia, where everything is fine, and where you’ll be redeployed to with immediate effect.
As many of you know, Cadia is the fortress world of the Cadian Gate - a shining bastion of light that stands sentinel over the best warp route for light-years around.
It watches over the Ocularis Terribus, also known as the Eye of Terror - so named as those inside are all terrified to turn their eyes towards the Imperium and Cadia, for fear of the righteous wrath that would fall upon them were the Imperium ever to deem them worthy of destruction.
Occasionally, particularly brave or foolish fleets have been known to tentatively spill from the Eye of Terror and then, in a panic, attack Cadia. To this date, they have never succeeded in breaching the iron defences of the world, and they never will.
We have recently received word that such a fleet is inbound to Cadia, likely another fragmentary rabble of degenerates and traitors. You are being shipped to Cadia, as such an invasion represents a unique chance to witness the glorious Cadian armed forces in battle, and not in any way because they need reinforcing.*
You are being sent there to witness and learn from such visionary commanders as, Lord General Troskzer, Knight Commander Pask, and maybe even the legendary Major Lord Castellan Creed. Over 1,000 other regiments, several Space Marine Chapters and a dozen Imperial Knight households will be joining you for this learning opportunity.
So, in summary. Everything is fine on Cadia. You’re being deployed there immediately, but that is great, because everything is fine and you might get to meet a Hero of the Imperium.
Thoughts for the Day:
'Cadia Stands! It will stand until the Eye burns cold.'
- Major Lord Castellan Creed**
*Though you will be required to take part in potentially deadly combat situations
**Paraphrased for dramatic effect.
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https://regimental-standard.com/2016/12/21/cadi-a-ok/
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I'd like to know more.
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>>50807006
You'll receive further briefing on the spot, guardsman. Get in the fucking transport.
Stat me /tg/
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Trait: Nigger
Description: dindu nuffin, is good boy
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>>50806600
Bane, also known as the Black Hand and the Black Lord, is the god of hatred, fear, and tyranny and one of the main evil gods in the fictional Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, Forgotten Realms.
Bane is a Lawful Evil Greater Power whose symbol is green rays squeezed forth from a black fist, and whose divine realm is the Black Bastion in the Barrens of Doom and Despair. His Third Edition D&D domains are Evil, Destruction, Hatred, Law, and Tyranny.
Being a deity, he has no stats.
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>>50806600
Size: Big
>bought family a bunch of board games that can be played with lots of people during christmas holidays
>4 people might not be coming because of flu
>Just me, my sister and narcistic father and game-oblivious mother.
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>>50805857
Bring along a pet to make it 5.
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>>50805857
>I have no friends
>family has fallen apart
>mother dead
>haven't spoken to my father in years
I'm gonna spend the holidays in front of my pc trying to pretend the world outside doesn't exist.
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>>50807259
If you play Magic I'll happily send you a duplicate jank rare in the colour of your choosing, depending on the part of the world you live in. Don't feel bad anon, I wish you a Merry Christmas. Get drunk do drugs and watch some cartoons.
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So you have this situation.
The Elf girl in your team adopted a Tiefling boy.
The boy seems to be a skilled thief since he actually managed to steal your team's Paladin's sword right under his nose and would've gotten away with it if it weren't for the girl.
The boy is also a street urchin, has no parents, lives in the slums, and resorted to stealing in order to survive. He's a nice kid, but the Elf is worried that if he keeps continuing what he's doing, then at one point he'll be no different from the stereotypical Tieflings. Hence why she adopted him.
What do you do in this situation?Also post cute pics.
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Kill them both. Next party will be only Human Master Race.
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>>50804795
>hating on cute Tieflings
You are a monster. Go back to that Mary Sue you call Zarus.
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>>50804813
>loving the litteral spawn of Satan.
The Emperor work is never done!!!!!
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Are you a bad enough dude to work for Shinra?
How would you run it?
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>>50803636
Corporation RPG
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>>50803636
Middle management sim where the players are minor white-collars and try to scam system as much as they can while avoiding being killed by rogue SOLDIERs, corporate KGB, or crazed ecoterrorists.
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>>50804457
Sounds like Dark Heresy honestly.
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Where did they go wrong, /tg/?
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Those miniatures are like 95% perfectly fine (or whatever portion of body is taken by head).
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>>50797834
Only thing I dislike is
>not barefoot
But that can be easily fixed
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>>50797834
They're not free because GW needs to turn a profit?
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Media (books, tv shows, movies, ect...) that are basically a TRPG campaign.
I'll start.
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>>50796133
>"Hey guys we're playing a space game where you play as this group of folks called the Ravagers"
>One guy makes a Han Solo type that's a little quirky but ultimately in flavour, even making it a part of the Ravagers.
>The girl wants to be the ultra special daughter of the main bad guy
>The minmaxing fuckwit dumps his social stats to the point of being unable to talk, in exchange for being indestructible.
>The lolsorandom dipshit makes a lolracoon guise, but then gets into the game and becomes basically the best asset the party has
>The fighter plays a fighter again.
Sounds pretty on-point to me.
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This show feels like a campaign with all the fuck-ups.
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