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>>50738772
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>OC

>>50738633
>two TAGs
>best faction
>manly choppy chop or sneaky sneak, whaever you prefer
>not kurwa

Pretty good.

>>50738646
>not kurwa
polish miniatures?

>>50738633
>supergeneric
>bestof2016

>>50738392
Don't let anyone recommend The Name of the Wind or its sequel. It's one of the only fantasy series I've ever put down and I even stuck it out through all of The Wheel of Time.

>>50738586
I'll keep that in mind. I've burned myself with Mistborn enough. It still makes me mad.

>>50738615
Additionally, you may want to give >>>/lit/8849931 a look. They have some helpful charts and recommendations.

>>50738079
The Friendly Tentacle.

Really?

The Magical Realm

>>50738079
Dickbuttt

>>50738004
Palladium 1 wizards start with 4 elementary spells given to every apprentice and need to FIND new ones. Or they can do a maddening ritual that shoves new ones into their brains.

>>50738122
Does a master give them the spells? Are they just "injected" into their brains? Do they have to learn them?

>>50738004
>>50738189
Well, a lot of wizardry systems are based on science.

So it's usually like, you read a book, it says you say these words, make this gesture, it might have diagrams, etc.

Like, look up chemical synthesis steps, and imagine those are alchemical or ritual steps. And then to figure out what chemicals are called for, you look those up, and so on.

>>50737945
This is the only MTG general I would ever think about posting in and I want to encourage these threads to stick around. Sadly I'm on a train to the airport rn and can't post more than a few fun casual jank decks I brewed up when I was bored, here we go lads

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/gideons-pillow-fort-no-girls-or-fun-allowed/

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/mono-white-tokens-300-dudes-seriously/

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/ninjers-3/

As a way to encourage discussion, what's holding you back from realising most of your brews? Land base for me. I wish they'd be more liberal with land reprints. Lands should never be past uncommon, just my .02 dollaridoos though.

>>50737945
I miss the days when I played seriously janky decks assembled out of my nonsensical scrapheap of a collection

Like, 'I want to play slivers but I have under 10. Hrrm, but I have all these Mistform creatures...'

>>50737945

I'll just post my list here, I don't have it on tapped out yet. Something I brewed recently

Creatures
4x Invisible Stalker
3x Geist of Saint Traft
4x Ascended Law Mage
4x Reflector Mage
1x Bruna Light of Alabaster

Enchantments
3x Steel of The Godhead
4x Aqueous Form
4x Detention Sphere
4x Ethereal Armor

Instants
3x Azorius Charm

Sorceries
2x Supreme Verdict

With 4x glacial fortresses then an equal distribution of plains/islands

>>50737851
Play something rules lighter and more narrative heavy.
Imagine a triangle chart with "gamey" "simulationist" and "narrativist" at the points. D&D is a grid based tabletop tactics game with some roleplaying elements injected like a bad botox treatment. GURPS is simulationist to the max. Try Fate (or Fate Accelerated), or something Powered by the Apocalypse, or even Cortex+.

>>50737851
To be fair, DnD in general tends to attract or even lead to very gamey mindsets. As for GURPS, I can't say.

It could be mostly likely column A, but some more specifics would be nice.

>>50737851
>It was either too gamey or too boring
The key is actually getting a good GM who makes time for clever stuff, rather than being all about the combat grind.

I'd recommend something in 40krp like Rogue Trader, with a GM who knows the lore, and is basically running a simulation of the world for your party to play with.

>>50737615
Sorry, I don't want to derail the thread but if a player wants to use an eastern themed weapon like a katana or a tanto or a tetsubo (my personal favorite) I just let them reflavor a longsword or a dagger or a greatclub. Is this bad?

>>50737624
You've probably just fatally derailed the thread. Oh well.

>>50737615
>DmC Vorgil

No.

>>50737440
In games I've played, or games i've run?

>>50737440
A Weasel VS Arch-Necromancer on verge of Lichdom

... Thanks, Mouse Guard.

>>50737440
Cult leader vs. Cult leader. huh, I guess in hindsight I use a lot of religion in my campaigns.

>>50737102
>adapting a heroic romance to 5e
>not using the basically perfect Pendragon rules
>trying to shove Vancian casting into Le Morte d'Arthur

JUST

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Reading the Romances and Chansons de Geste that make up the Matter of Britain makes one thing very clear to us: Magic isn't a system.

It appears randomly and never in the hands of the protagonists. Saxon sorcery in the earliest texts, the Fey grants their gifts to their half-breed kin like the old King of Cornwall who rides a magical horse, mysterious sages like Merlin who never hand out any of their secrets.
>>50737329 is pretty much right. 5E is not meant for Chivalric legend. Do pendragon or even The Prince Valiant Storytelling game, which I myself am running a Arthurian campaign in.
If you want to include sorcery in any of those systems, I found that having 'Magic' ability be a reward for having completed a quest that pushes a skill one step above what is actually possible, and tie it into the mythology.
In Prince Valiant, the max skill on can have is 6, but I allow players to do quests to push those to a seven, which other than just add one mice dice give them 'magical' ability.

Examples would be: a 7 in Naturalite, the knowledge of the woods and wilds, gave a player the mythical ability to commune with the birds, an idea taken from proto-norse legend.
Smithing 7, which a player learnt from a Finnish Giant, led him forge truly magical weaponry, with the right materials of course, etc.

Just don't make magic commonplace. It should be rare, mysterious and scary. Fighting a sorcerer is an epic level quest, even with a full party.

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the Arthur myths aren't D&D buddy, there aren't wizards wandering around doing wizard shit all day. Merlin is the only male wizard to begin with and even then calling him 'wizard' didn't come until much later.

>>50736816
Start using cheesy european power metal for everything

Alternatively, dress up emo and play nothing but alt rock for a whole session

>>50736816
Play better music

>>50736841
You may not understand, I'm trying to get them to tease me LESS

>>50736843
>better music
Impossible

Either work.

If you check for traps claim its intuition or paranoia.

If you don't check for traps, use it as experience for being paranoid later on.

Also depends on how deadly the system is. In AD&D, I'd always check for traps. In Anima or Exalted? Fuck your traps, the Golden-Anus fears no man!

>>50736367
>If you knowingly lead the party into the trap because your character wouldn't be aware that a trap lies ahead, wouldn't you be putting your party at a mechanical disadvantage just for the sake of roleplaying?
that is the entire point of roleplaying, yes.

>>50736367
It really depends on your character.
Half of my characters wouldn't really feel comfortable taking the lead anyway. Those that do, are either supposed to be naive optimists or people who enjoy looking for traps and the like. The former would just charge in, the latter would take their time.

4e is the superior game but the playtest for 5e could have been the best.

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>>50735927
Thousands of them.

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Second call for ideas for a chef/monster hunter type

Variant Human, taking Gourmand feat from UA at level 1. Ranger probably focusing on Beasts or Monstrosities.

Anything I'm missing or might be more fun?

>>50735739
Doesn't look like it. Very STALKERish. But then, I'm jaded and bitter. So maybe someone else knows the system better.

>>50735739
If you like the very pretty artwork, yes.
Otherwise, no.

The rules seem solid, but character creation can be confusing.
The setting is great, but falls down in some small places, like its naïve Euro-based treatment of Africa.
Otherwise, I am entirely in love with it.
I just wish I could convince people to play it to give it a test run.

>>50735739
I FUCKING LOVE Degenesis. It's really neato. One of my favorite settings.

>>50735265
Side note: I find it a bit odd that while kill spells are a black/red mechanic, the strongest kill spell in the game is white.

Anon, what turn would one usually win on with this deck do you think?

>>50735317
The first few sets in Magic weren't meant to be balanced, it was made for you to try and find all the cards, and be surprised when you hear about new cool cards. For example, the creators never thought ancestral recall was balanced, it didn't need to be, it was more for the wow factor, that's why there's an initial huge disparity in card quality.

Also, good job and on making an infinite combo, they're always fun. They get better and better, trust me, especially when you accidentally stumble into them. Keep enjoying Magic anon, it's a fun game.