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>>50312927
>I wanna do a game of Dying Earth using the cipher system
No you don't

>>50312927
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/o5jt9pl6z9ph3/Numenera
Enjoy

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>>50312961

But I kind of do tho?

Explain to me why I don't?

>>50311937
L5R and Paranoia are good choices. I'd add Earthdawn, In Nomine, and Traveller to the mix as well.

I like Godbound for playing demigods, Feng Shui 2 for Hong Kong action, Apocalypse World for intense and interesting mechanics, and Achtung! Cthulhu for mixing World War II and Cthulhu.

Hollowpoint is a cool way to play modern assassins, Kult has a mind bending setting for horror, and Mutant Year Zero has some good ideas for post apocalypse.

What is holding a position?
What is defending?

>>50311504
Orks are fast when they're moving. Their low initiative is supposed to represent their clumsiness.

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>>50311954
One thing I wondered was doenst anyone use barbed wire? If you get charged by someone they are gonna get caught up and become easy targets.

your pub is located in a city that covers the entirety of a small astral plane tied to the astral sea. it's a trade hub of astral skiffs, spelljammers, and other mystic craft filled with exotic traders, sinister slavers, and bright-eyed explorers

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>>50311441
Thanks for the idea.

>Everyone else
Thanks for the wealth of ideas, tg. Really holding down the fort.

>>50313801
Okay, first of all, I have to ask: Why do you think you're deserving, nay, entitled to input? People will post if they want to, not because you asked. Input is granted, not deserved. I'm floored that people actually behave like this. Shame on you, OP.

>>50311057
Cults of personality.

>>50311057
> Asks for cult ideas.
> Posts a wise old man heroically keeping an ancient evil locked in place without any religious precedent.

Jokes aside, maybe a cult trying selective breeding and peering into the future to guide humanity into a new terrifying super species to squish all other races/the supernatural?

>>50311057
How about a fringe denomination worshipping the same deity as the setting's main religion, but being way more weird and extremist and fundamentalist about it because of a different interpretation of its teachings? Like think regular American christianity vs those weird little cult-ish micro-denominations where your 13 kids are all homeschooled and the daughters wear those long denim skirts.

>>50310467
Phoenix Command

>>50310916
hmm, I think I'm looking for something more cinematic and less crunchy. I don't like the idea of tables for hit locations.

Maybe I should have said simulating gun-fu?

>>50310467
>needing classes
ugh
just go to GURPS

>>50309742
>one-shot campaigns
What do you mean by that?

>>50309742
I really like Strike!. Ran two oneshots in it.

I was vary of recommending it, but you seem to consider heavier systems as well, so it should be fine.

It doesn't really have a setting though, since it's a generic system, but on the other hand, you can easily transplant anything into it.

>>50309742
Mutants & Masterminds. It uses almost exactly the same mechanics as D&D 3.PF, it's meant mostly for use with superhero settings, but it's point-buy(like BESM), so it's flexible enough to do just about whatever.

I will say, however, that it's an effect-based system. What this means is that the final intended effect is what you're looking at, not necessarily the powers themselves. For example, Super Speed doesn't give you extra attacks per round(only one ability does, and it's meant for GM-controlled NPCs that are meant to solo the players), so to do things like using insane speed to attack multiple targets in an area around you, you'd buy a Strike(melee attack) power with the Area(Burst) Extra, and maybe the Alternate Saving Throw Extra to switch it from Reflex to Toughness.

By keeping them away from /tg/

>>50309042
Don't use them. At least, not so often.

You'd be surprised how fresh an idea can be when you just give it a break. No use running it to the ground with a 100 examples of subversion until the lich isn't even a lich anymore.

Trying new systems and settings helps with this greatly. Then, when you've got enough time away from the idea, you can come back to it and have the concept not feeling as tired.

>>50309042
Play them straight and play them well; don't try to reinvent the wheel. A well-done cliche is better than a poorly realized original concept.

Perhaps more importantly, use them sparingly. They're only the quintessential BBEG because the GM decided they would be. Why not pick another monster or being to be the BBEG?

>>50308174
What's the system and setting?

>>50308269

Only thing I know about it is it's name, "Stars Without Number". It looks pretty complex, with psychic powers and cybernetics.

>>50308331
Ah. That's a science fiction game. It's pretty good, but it's old school d&d based, so it might not be to everyone's taste.

Take note, level 1 characters are FRAGILE. Avoid fighting as much as possible, be prepared to create new characters if the worst happens. Characters can die in a single lucky hit. Try to get your group to get plenty of Lazarus Patches. That's an item you can use on downed team members to make sure they don't die.

You don't need to read the whole book. Most of that's useful to the gm. Just read the section on combat and skill checks. Those are short because this is a very simple game. Character creation will be fast, since you'll just pick a class and pick two skill packages.

What else? Telekinesis is pretty cool since the level 1 will allow you to send a grenade wherever you want. This is an approved strategy by the author. Teleportation will also allow you to fuck shit up fi you're clever since the weight limit for that is insane at high levels. At low levels, you can drop a live grenade (free action) then teleport out.

>it felt more like controlling an NPC than playing a character.

Uhhhh as it should be???

>>50307848
What did they do to Mokey Mokey

>>50307862
what the fuck possessed you to think that feeling that you're not actually roleplaying is a good thing in a roleplaying game, let alone try to imply that this is the norm
for fucks sakes at the very least you could've said 'no, it really doesn't' instead and you'd be stating an opinion on the system instead of going full fucking retard

>>50306753
Paperback books are also a lot less durable, and rpg books get handled a ton.

>>50306779
True, but it's a problem that's easily solved by being respectful and careful with the books, whether they're yours or someone else's.

Granted if someone spills a drink on the thing, it's screwed either way, hardbound or paperback.

>>50306811
So when someone answers your question of "why is [THING] not made of a less-durable medium" with "because it's not as durable", your solution is "just be more gentle with it"

But really it's because when they print in bulk the cost per unit goes down, but maintaining an artificially high price is easier to justify to the consumer if it looks like a heavy, expensive hardcover

Converting anime to tabletop rarely goes well, anon. I suppose GURPS or Mutants and Masterminds could probably work out well enough to be playable.

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>>50306101

Strike!

Because if we are doing animu, I may as well have fun combat.

I didn't think so... but bumping just in case.

>>50305186
>space-chainmail-bikinis

Where'd the rest of her Beskar'gam go?

>>50305102
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazg%C3%BBl#History_within_the_legendarium

>Gollum seized the Ring and fell into the Cracks of Doom, and the Nazgûl perished with its destruction.

>>50305930
/thread

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Except they're actually kept alive by Sauron's will. The ring just makes it so that his willpower is expanded and virtually limitless (remember than in Tolkien's world, everyone's power has limits, Melkor actually had to spend much of his own power to transform the land and the creatures, becoming weaker and weaker)

Theoretically then, Sauron can never die, and thus, the Nazgûl can't die either. They're just extremely weakened.

There is also the small chance that Sauron can make a comeback