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>>50365909
>no roleplaying as non-adults
>no strangulation

so no loligagging?

>>50365909
In or out of character?

>>50365909
physical restraint is too vague

>>50365428
Remove them and then accept them back when their issues get resolved or when they don't have any more "issues."

>>50365428
/Get better people/
It takes some doing sometimes, but just keep at it.
Make sure they're engaged in the game in off time. Ensure they're committing to the time slot by asking them directly "will we see you at the game each week?". Talk to them like PEOPLE not just meatspace filling a hole.

>>50365451
They -HAVE- been engaged in the game. They've made characters. Hell, one of them's been helping the GM on the side. Can't exactly turn them away, they're our friends. It just gets irritating when this happens- is there no other way?

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>>50365067
If I post an LFG of this game, how do I screen the tide of players so as to filter out the the ess-jay-dubbly-oos before they can ruin every bit of effort I put in?

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>>50365000
That's what you get for playing Paranoia.

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>>50365000
Sounds fun, as long as it wasn't one of those edgelord groups.

>>50365021
Zing!

Next time play the patsy just for lols.

> npc holds sword to pc's throat, pc cares
> /thread

>>50364791
Make them funny.

>>50366173
Listen here you pedantic fucker. Do you really remember any of the random bandits you've fought in any game? PCs get swords pointed at them as often as they get asked "How do you do?". Even if they managed to get an ambush set up and actually hold the sword against the throat of a bound PC, once the PCs get out of their sticky situation and kill the bandits, they're not exactly going to feel attached to the memory.

>>50364698
Not specific to your problem but here's my general guideline for making an interesting encounter
>first pick the enemies you will be using, look at and think about their stats, use these to decide how they would probably approach a fight, what's their best option?
>then look at the player characters' builds and composition, then think about what their go-to strategy is, then set up the terrain, goals, whatever to stop that happening

the idea is to get rid of the obvious option so the players have to vary their approach to the fight

>>50365070
Thanks, that makes me think that more ranged enemies might be a solution. The current campaigns have been largely anti-beastmen, undead, Orks so far.

>>50365181
mixing enemy types is one way of removing the players' first strategy, I prefer using placement and terrain though

so talk me through it, what does the party consist of and what kinds of enemies are they facing?

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>>50364424

>>50364424

We chaos, what were you expecting?

>>50364424
Don't see anything outrageous in all that, as they said, it's in the Psychic phase where Tzeentchian daemons come into their own. Cheers for bringing it to my attention tho'.

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>>50364020

How much discussion do you really think can come out of a picture and a blurb about the contents?

>>50364020
Is this the book that will allow the custodes to get out of the palace?

>>50362572
>What does /tg/ think about vassal engine?


Awesome. You get some great wargames playable on Vassal that you don't really have space for.

>Is it better wors worse than Roll20?

Dunno, don't use roll 20

>What's the community like?

At least in my experience, there isn't really a "Vassal" community. There's communities for this, that, and the other game, which people play on Vassal, but there's not a lot of connection between the guys who play Game of Thrones and the guys who play World in Flames, or something.

>>50362572

As far as I can tell, it's apples and oranges. Vassal is for boardgames and doesn't really have a Roleplay setting like Roll20. Rolll20 is the same, but in reverse.

>>50362696
>You get some great wargames playable on Vassal that you don't really have space for.
Or the money for, or the time to paint the minis

>At least in my experience, there isn't really a "Vassal" community.
When people talks about the roll20 community they refer to the kind of users that will pop up if you make an open call for players
What kind of people do you find in vassal if you don't play with friends?

>>50362323

Have him help the party out. Make them get attached.

Then have him show up somewhere and kill one of the party. After they've done what he wants.

Oh also blow the city to the ground, or the king's castle.

>>50362323
Put him in a situation where he seems to actually be in danger, and have him berate the PCs for not saving him quickly enough. Make it clear he's not doing anything to ingratiate himself to the PCs. If they press for more, have him launch into a diatribe about how his duty is to protect the royal family, and the presence of the chaotic PCs puts him on edge.

Then do this >>50362342

Alternatively, get better players who don't metagame murderhobo their way through every encounter.

>>50362323
Make the King a pain is the neck to deal with (take your pick of personality flaws) so the players go through the adviser for quests and rewards and whatnot, since he's relatively normal and seems pretty annoyed with the King's shit himself

>>50361894
tell us about the setting op

is it a big larp, how many people are participating etc

and also are you in a group or going solo?

>>50361952

Heading with a friend, but I'm not sure on the group size. I think about 8 people.

It's a High Fantasy setting with two main factions; Islanders and continentals. There's this island where a big plague was brought in by guys from the continent. It's wiped almost everyone out and the group is trying to get out of dodge. At least that's all I've been told by my friend.

I was sent a book with a metric fuck tonne of classes and rules, but nothing substantial about the setting so I don't really know how to make my character very relevant.

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Figure out how to make it fun for yourself.

>>>/v/

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>>50360858
Yeah, I know. Thanks for the bump anyway.

You can go to the general but its going to be pretty biased
>>>/vg/160909335

>>50360220
>squadron vs. squardon
(But without tcg element)
Infinity is what pops into my mind in the first place. But Malifaux can be called that, although it has a fantasy-horror theme.

>tabletop+tcg hybrid
What do you mean by that? Random card (or figures?) in booster packs. I don't think you could be hit the market with random stuff if you are not already big enough (but I may be biased, but I hate the TCG way of getting cards, I think LCG is so much better in that way).

If you just mean, that there will be card play added to the miniatures, maybe you should look into BattleLore. It is more a board game then a tabletop, but it has miniatures and cards.

>>50363184
thanks, man!

>>50360220

MERCS incorporates cards into its movement system in a pretty novel and effective way.

40k uses datacards for mission objectives, including faction-specific ones. Also occasionally rules, like the cards for Skitarii's Doctrina Imperatives (disposable whole-army 1-turn buffs), although these can be represented without cards entirely.

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>>50359808
Kender.

I gotta admit I hate the fuck out of abhumans. Filthy crossbreeding shitters.

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>>50359808
Kitsune, Catgirls, etc.

Remove Furry!

>>50359094
>Does Spider Bite in the new Spiderman jump include all of the abilities that Peter got from the spider bite in the movies? There are a few minor ones and not so minor ones that aren't mentioned in the perk.

I thought I covered most of it. What'd I miss?

Jump 210: Alan Wake
>Ace of Cups, reversed: Failing to understand the emotional needs of those around you.
To be fair, there are more important things to concern myself with in this setting.
>Age: 30
>Location: Free Choice
>Identity: Investigator
>Drawbacks: Daylight Savings (+300)
I'll just have to make sure I stock up on batteries. And carry extra flashlights just in case.
>Bright Falls' Finest (Free, Investigator)
Hooray, now I can be a cop whenever I want.
>Trail Of Clues (900, Investigator)
Wait. Am I in a CSI show? Should I have gotten a fluorescent flashlight?
>That Was Close (700)
Plot armor. Or quick time events, depending on your point of view.
>Touched By Darkness (400, Investigator)
I know I've got some good anti-corruption perks already, but being able to comprehend such things without them causing corruption is in itself immensely helpful.
>Champion (0, Investigator)
I wonder what this would do if I were part-Kryptonian. Though I'm not, so that's fine.
>Flashlight (Free, Investigator)
Oh good, this is a normal flashlight. For a second I was worried about a genre shift.

Really, there's not a great deal that needs to be done here, from an investigator's viewpoint. Run around, find things that don't belong, and shine flashlights at them.

For the things that flashlights don't illuminate, you use holy magic. I will enjoy laughing at them when they complain about unfairness, and then hitting them harder.

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Here's a WIP for the Fire Emblem Blazing Sword/Binding Blade jump. It's not usable yet and it's a little messy (and not all of the kinks have been worked out), but I felt like I should at least show you guys what I have so far