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>>50639163
>August 24th.
>Woke up, found some extra money under my mattress, had a nice date with the missus, went home after a long day.
>It's been August 24th for 42,207 days in a row.

Am I doing it right?

>>50639163
"Outside, the rain has stopped."
>check to see if the players notice all the window panes are completely dry

>>50639163
>Is that a cyst on his arm? You swear it wasn't there before.

>>50638999
Checked.

One of the best romances I've seen in a campaign was between two NPC's. He was a clumsy Archmage specializing in Elementals, she was a supercompetent Cleric of some knowledge god or other. We liked the chemistry between the pair, so our DM told us a story that basically defined their relationship. He was captured by a bunch of slavers, and of course being the pacifist, just went along with being a slave, because he didn't want to harm anyone by summoning a small army of golems with a snap of his finger. So, of course she has to buy his contract from the slavers, and, well, she's never gotten around to abolishing his contract. It's simply a matter of fact that she owns him as a matter of property. Of course, they've been married for thirty years, so the difference between them and other couples is simply an extra piece of paperwork.

>>50638999

Anon, go get a copy of the letters of Heloise and Abelard. Some folks say that romantic love is an invention of the middle ages, and if that's true, this is the ur-text from which it all spawned.
It's one of the most important texts for understanding the medieval world, and it's a great romance to boot. Any GM remotely interested in romance or courtly love, especially in a pseudo-medieval fantasy setting, ought to give it a go.

>>50638999
The man is happy. If that works it'll work.

>>50638995
And the undead aren't magic?

>>50639200
they are, but it's a bastardization of the human soul that makes it work, and thus can't really be replicated.

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>>50638995
When you say demi human, what do you mean? Like on a scale of catgirl to monstrously warped constructs that once might have been related to humans but are now just living weapons?

>What would be the most interesting gods to have in this setting?
I'd say gods which traditionally aren't that well known, mesoamerican gods, mesopotamian gods, perhaps some famous gods from animistic religions like Shintoism. A lot of gods tend to have similar purposes though, so I'm not sure how many you want to stuff into the setting before it becomes overwhelming to keep track of who's in power ect.

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>>50638601

Fucked up the pic, sorry

>>50638601
Sadly, /tg/ is a bad place to ask about this stuff because 99.9% of the board only plays and cares about D&D and Warhammer 40k. It'd be best to ask this on another place or when an specific CoC thread/general comes up.

But bumping in hopes that somebody else can help you, OP.

>>50638601
>Basically, I was following the scenario, but adding shit up the way I saw fit, like making up fucked up events to get insanity checks. Is this good or am I supposed to only do it when the scenario says so?
You're mostly supposed to have fun with your friends. Do as you feel as long as everybody at the table is okay with it and think the game's interesting.
>Also, none of the retards chose "spot hidden" as a skill, so at one point where the booklet said that they had to roll spot hidden to find a floating dagger, I allowed the guy with the highest int in the group to make an int check to find it, was that good?
Yes. You shouldn't let a mechanical limitation stop your scenario. Maybe you should have had the ghost attack them, though. I mean, if they're shortsighted, well too bad, they get stabbed.
>Combat, the book said that if they grabbed the dagger and it broke free, the dagger would attack them and it would be a combat scenario where every dagger attack would cost 1 magic point to the ghost. How do I determine the ghost's stats? or any NPCs for that matter.
I haven't read CoC 7th, but isn't that supposed to be somewhere in the book?
>Last question for now: Whats the limit on the amount of shit every character can start/carry and how do these items translate to the combat?
If there are no rules regarding this, eyeball it. If it feels like the character is carrying too much shit, make his physical rolls slightly harder. If it feels like he should be crushed under the weight of his backpack, make his rolls a lot harder.
>The other guy said he had multiple arcane tomes, but this wouldn't translate to knowledge of the arcane, right?
I guess not? Maybe have him make an Int roll to see if he finds the info, and how long it takes.
>cont.

What kind of god was it?

Did the player show martial prowess that impressed the champion enough to spare the player's life?

>>50638507
They now owe their life to that god, and must swear to their service until they earn their freedom or else face execution.

>>50638507
Depends on a few things -

>How merciful is the god?
>How much of a fight did the player put up?
>What kind of curse re we talking here? Is this the "redeem yourself in my eyes" kind of curse or the "ha, you don't have my permission to die" kind of curse? None of the above?

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>>50638027

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>>50638067

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>>50637486
Not today death.
Build companions to follow.

>>50637524
Was posting second in the new thread part of your plan?

>>50636944
bump for curiosity, but cannot help :(

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>>50636944
>I can't seem to find any resources whatsoever when it comes to things like character building or generation.
Go by the book, rolling the dice yourself?

>I'm pretty open to simply doing everything old-school, but convincing everyone else to do so is gonna be notably more difficult.
I was actually playing 2e back in the day when it was the current edition, so I'm obviously an old-timer, but I've never, ever used any sort of automated character generation and can't really understand what people would have against. I mean, you need to understand the rules to play, and 2e isn't *that* involved, so it's not like you'd be saving yourself an incredible amount of trouble by not having to write shit down.

And I don't see that you've got a lot of choice. 2e was put out in the early 80s, when maybe 15% of people had a computer at home, and there was no internet (and it was never the huge phenomenon that D&D was, in any case), so it was unlikely that anybody would disseminate a character generation program for it. And now it's 3 decades and ~5 editions out of date, and lacking an OSR movement like for D&D, there probably aren't many people who would be motivated to write a program for it. You want to play an old school game? You probably have to play it in an old school way.

Anyway, pic is a Gamma World scenario I came up with on the spot for somebody who was asking for one on /tg/ some years back. It doesn't really seem like it'd tie in with what you're looking at, but you might find it interesting.

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>>50641372
It's hard for me to imagine that people who would otherwise be able to learn and play an RPG would lose interest if there was no character builder, but I admittedly don't have a lot of perspective on the issue. Why not have a character-creation session where everybody hangs out and shoots the shit while making their characters. Maybe then it would seem more fun.

Anyway, attached is a Savage Worlds port of Gamma World that I've heard good things about, in case you wanted to consider other options.

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>>50633696
>Dorngle
Kek

>>50633769
>Despite Dorn being 50% eagle, it's WS who get Eagles as wargear.
Justify this.

What jumpack armor do you guys like best? While I adore the mkiv, I loathe the giant mono engine jump pack. And mkiii disappointingly can't jump

>>50633288
Unarmed attack: 1d12

Don Ramon CR 1

XP 400
Human Monk 2
LE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +5; Senses Perception +7

DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 14, flat-footed 12 (+1 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 Wis)
hp 17 (2d8+5)
Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +5
Defensive Abilities evasion

OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.
Melee unarmed strike +5 (1d6+4) or mwk floppy hat +6 (1d6+4) or mwk floppy hat flurry of blows +4/+4 (1d6+4)
Ranged mwk floppy hat +2 (1d6)
Special Attacks flurry of blows, stunning fist (2/day, DC 13)

TACTICS
Before Combat Don Ramon drinks his alcohol to forget his sorrows

During Combat Don Ramon uses his stunning fist whenever possible, especially against opponents who have successfully irritated him. If reduced to 5 hit points or fewer, he withdraws to step on his floppy hat angrily.

STATISTICS
Str 19, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 10
Base Atk +1; CMB +5; CMD 19
Feats Blind-Fight, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Improved Unarmed Strike, Scorpion Style, Stunning Fist
Skills Acrobatics +5, Bluff +1, Intimidate +5, Perception +7, Sense Motive +7, Stealth +5
Languages Common
Combat Gear masterwork floppy hat, 3 gp

DESCRIPTION
Don Ramon is cripplingly poor due to his Vow of Poverty, and his GM won't allow him to drop it because "it's funny jajajaja".

>>50633969
>and his GM won't allow him to drop it because "it's funny jajajaja".

my sides

>>50632580
>Do they feel more like traditional or indie games?
That's a kind of ill-defined distinction, but it's probably safe to say "indie" here. PbtA mechanics work a lot on the meta-level, even if they don't call much attention to it.

Many PbtA games are garbage, because they try to blindly copy AW's mechanics without really understanding how or why they work. The most popular offender here is Dungeon World.

I haven't actually played Urban Shadows yet (my group picked Blades in the Dark over it), but from what I've read, it seems like a very solid game.

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>>50632580
I played Urban Shadows (though the group fell apart due to relationship drama before the campaign finished) during the playtest. It was pretty good, though one thing is that you absolutely need a separate sheet to track your strings. So many playbooks by design let you give or take strings in so many situations that every player is practically going to need a list of the NPC cast to keep track of it.

It does make for some very interesting reading afterwards, though, when you see who has what NPCs written down.

By and large, some of my favourite campaigns were in Apocalypse World, though I fully admit that was likely more to the game perfectly matching the style of my favourite GM and pushing him to go as great as he could manage than the system itself.

My roomie got me into them after me dragging my feet for almost a year. I really like them so far. My only issue is I miss the nostalgia of d20 and the simplicity of it makes other games seem over complicated and frustrating.

Also, some AW hacks like Dungeon world and stuff seem to have no reason to exist other than "we were too enthusiastic about this system and ported it into settings it didn't need to be involved in."

>>50631398
No.

>>50631398

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qrns1ywnqoj8yof/Hobbit%20SBG%20rules%20%26%20Scenarios.pdf

Most recent thing I found is this and it is not even complete unfortunately.

You could just buy it, you know.

>>50630133
My rules:
>weed
No
>alcohol
Only if it doesn't stop you from playing
>anything else
No

>>50630294
out of curiousity, why do you not allow weed? is it the smoke/smell? is it because it's illegal in your area?

>>50630133
Role playing should ease one out of one's inhibitions. Seen too many games falter and sputter out because of weed & booze.

>>50629786
>Orcs are all misunderstood mixes between Dindus and a native Americans
>Drow are same as Orcs
>Elves are all short lived, rash, impatient, and violent
>Dwarves are lazy as fuck and don't drink
>The Bad Guy is actually the King while the Sorcerer is actually a kindly old person who wants to become overlord so he can care for the Peasants
>Knights are all Stuck-up, irredeemable assholes
>Priests are arrogant, over-zealous, irredeemable assholes

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>>50629786
Eclipse Phase but not Anarchist wank fantasy

>>50629786
>Dwarves can and have produced offspring with most of the other races while humans are only compatible with halflings

>>50629015
Players don't know what they want.

>>50629015
You listened to your players lie. Either that, or you failed to craft a sense of player agency in your "railroad". One of the two.

Players are shitheads and sandbox is a buzzword.

Unless you literally and obviously overruled any decisions of them, you weren't railroading anyway. As long as whatever the fuck the players do still matters, it's not railroading.