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>>50780475
>Armored but exposed in many areas, twenty-first century technology, and no jetpacks.
Basically they can lift heavy things, resulting in more gunbangbullets. But pretty much any residue is going to fuck it up, and there's not really much need for really heavy guns.
Also maintenance goes through the roof.

But because it looks good on paper and on display, it's funded and distributed with soldiers finding excuses to not use it and rely on practical and light body armor and rifles.

The basic technology behind it continues to find more practical use as a wearable forklift in warehouses and logistics. It's most useful function is lifting pallets with other exo-suits on.

>>50780475
>What sort of physical enhancements should an exo suit be able to perform?
They should provide at least enough enhanced strength to knock aside smart cars while running. Maybe take a note out of the hulkbuster armor and have piston fists.
What kind of weapons would one have?
Gauntlet or wrist mounted machine guns at a minimum, even better if they have an absurd firing rate. Energy weapons could also be a possibility. Some sort of extending weapon thingy with explosive projectiles is also a must.
Should exo suits provide interesting movement abilities?
Enhanced jumps. Mini-rockets on the joints to turn a side-step into a 20ft slide. Two modes where one is combat and the other is travel so the person inside could run at speeds over 100 kph.

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>>50780475
>What sort of physical enhancements should an exo suit be able to perform?

When two or three individuals with these suits work together they should be able to lift a standard sized car over their heads with ease. This allows for the creation of rapid fortifications. That said, it should also allow them to carry things like shields that can resist small armos fire or even rifle fire (if only for a short time maybe.

>What kind of weapons would one have?

Weapons normally intended for vehilce mounts or ones you would have to anchor in place to use. As stated previously, shields that can resist most small armos and could possibly be used to create fortifications as well.

>Should exo suits provide interesting movement abilities?

Nothing beyond what humans would normally be capable of but if you have a way to cushion the fall from a height that would obviously severly injure/kill someone that would be a major boon as far as possible ways of moving through obsticals and being inserted into theater of operation.

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>>50775866
What about a format where every card printed after M15 is legal- including supplementary sets?

>>50775969
Then Eternal and Modern Masters just fuck the whole thing

If WOTC makes Frontier official. Would you rather it be from M15 or Origins?

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im glad our server is back u-
>ss12
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>>50770958
That's what you get when you wake someone up to post the OP you bully

>>50770969
Its ok bb
its not like i can deep fry this thread and feed it to you like i did with that security hardsuit

I have a secret to ppl who dont like d20's. Roll 3d6 instead.

Done.

Does not fix dnd tho, but its atleast better than using d20

By "confession" you mean hackneyed expression of an incredibly common sentiment on /tg/?

These threads are always good and the in-depth discussion is top notch.

I can get Tin Fins pretty close to built, but I haven't got a solid list picked out. What do people like?

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Alright boys, this is it. This is the list I'm taking to the gpt. Jank brought to the forefront.

>>50749865
Nice Scrubland OP. Build cleric tribal.

>>50750488
Nice China man trops, almost passable.

There's been a couple campaigns run in the past, and everyone seemed to love it.

>>50744012
I've watched a group play this online and it looked really delightful. Probably a fun time to play with a group that's willing to go in for the proper tone. Would play.

>>50744012
It is the only one just for me.

shameless self bump

Look up a forum called No Mutants Allowed.
My bro has a savage hard on for fallout, there's good shit there as I understand it.

>>50807822
Yeah, googled fallout TTRPG, and it linked me there, but I couldn't find any hint of a TTRPG.

>>50806874
>not going for a "ultimately, you did it for the future of X"-ending.

>>50806983
I don't understand the reference, sorry.
Not English or USAian

Ultimately it's up to you. We don't know your players, you do.

However, there is a third possibility here. Alter the existing ending in such a way the tone isn't completely lost, but still can allow for heroism.

Your job as DM is to enable the player's fun, but it should not come at the expense of your own.

First for Iron Hands

>>50806391
Second for Black Templars

Can you help me find a passage in the Ahriman books where Ctesias appearance (wargear etc) is described? I think there was something in Dead Oracle but I cant ctr-f it. Thank you anon!

Reminder that the original There and Back Again was purported to be written in Hobbit, and that Tolkien was acting as translator. There were bound to be some idioms that did not translate well to english, and so he replaced them with something that made sense. Frodo would never have been able to read the translation in the first place, so the questions are moot.

>>50806402

You could arguably use that for idiomatic expressions, but some of them (such as names of foodstuffs that would only be discovered in the Colombian exchange, albeit only applicable in the original edition) can't really work along those lines.

Plus, the narrator's digressions identifying the narrator as a human don't seem to be something that is possible just because of translation drift, unless you want to argue that Tolkien "changed" the meaning quite a lot.

>>50806504
It's happened before. Translators often put their own spin on things. Look at different editions of Arabian Nights, for example. Also, the Red Book of Westmarch changed hands many, many times, so there's bound to be some idiosyncrasies in there which Tolkien no doubt had to work around.

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>>50805147
>How to you deal with the Fullmetal alchemist Homunculi?

Don't. Stop trying to shove anime into your tabletop games.

>Standard
>Tabletop
>Rules

Well how you would stat them would fucking depend on the system in question, now wouldn't it?

Brotherhood was ass; a manga's pacing and comedic timing should not be adapted to an anime 1:1.

>>50805147
>standard tabletop rules
D'n'Dee?

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>>50804709
>2016
>Almost 2017
>Still using experience points

Man, fuck experience points, I just give my players level ups when they complete big story moments or plot arcs. It cuts down on book-keeping math and helps quell the part of the murderhobo mentality that says you need to KILL EVERYTHING to level up faster.

>>50804957
But what if I had the crazy idea of NOT GIVING THEM XP for fighting monsters unless the monsters directly threatened them in some way.

No xp for shopkeepers. No xp for hunting down a lone orc if you're 3 points from level 7

bits of XP for monsters the party didn't set out to fight, who wear them down as they pass through the wilderness or dungeon.

Good xp for beating a dungeon, looting the treasure and escaping safely. This should allow them to bypass the monsters.

Larger xp for beating specific legendary monsters or large scale quests, such as the search for a parrot's tear.

But hey, you do you. I just find it easier to give consistant story related levelups if I have some arbitrary way to track x;, instead of having to make a judgement call every time. Plus, this way, I can give a player a few xp for things such as good roleplaying, working well with others, or being the scribe for tonight's game.

>>50804709
5.
That's impossible.
No.
Wherever they are. No.

No. Personality isn't actually all that malleable.

>>50804665
I mean, sure you can describe influence in a poetic fashion like that, but no, you can't assume it.

>>50804665
I'll plant my 'Seed' in you anon, if you know what i mean

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>>50804589
>Carmac Edition
Alright, I'll bite, where's this going?

How exactly would I be able to create nearly indestructible guitars?

I plan on beating the shit out of those who oppose me with the power of music in the form of a very durable instrument.

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Jumpers!

Have you ever encountered an ideology that needed to be snuffed out? What do you do when confronted with ideas, thoughts, and modes of worship that strangle society? Do you embrace them and hasten entropy? Do you fight against them? Do you watch and laugh from the sidelines?

Tell me your tales of cultural struggle.

>>50804574
You can be an asshole. Just don't be an asshole with no common sense.

>The king tells you that he has a noble quest, one to finally cement your status as a Knight of the Realm. You must find...
>The king can go fuck himself. He's nothing but an old, drunk, sisterfucking bastard.
>...
>What? It's what my character would do!

If you're going to be an asshole, ask yourself, 'Will this result in a total party kill? Would I do this in real life? Why am I doing this?'

I feel it just like making an asshole character without said character being unlikable

>>50804574
Your character can be really lazy and dumping all the hard work on the rest of the party, which is asshole but because the other players aren't going to get tired by having their character use a shovel for 8 hours, they won't mind.
Your character can also be really selfish, but happen to benefit from the rest of the party, so your shared interests makes you less of an asshole with them.
Try to avoid anything that fucks over their wishes and roleplay anything that won't be actually bothersome if it is only in the imagination. Say, if my character punches yours (but not for damage), there is no reason for the player to be angry about it even if his character is.
You can also make up for the times you do take a dump on your party by helping the other players with that they want for their characters with yours, even if you do so by giving your character a selfish reason to do so.