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1. Relax. Fate is super easy, and you should worry more about your character than the system. It's a rather narrative game, so you can focus on the story rather than the mechanics.

2. The SRD is online. Just google Fate SRD.

3. Make sure you pick some good flaws, flaws you feel comfortable using against your character. They're the easiest way to get Fate points, and a flaw is pointless if you choose one you don't earnestly plan on using.

>>55026638
The book should be in the PDF share thread. As for advice, try to make your aspects dual-sided--both you and the GM will be using them to move the game along, so make sure both sides have something to work with. I remember one reviewer of FATE writing about the difficulty new players have with that, and his example was his attempt to write up aspects for Marvel's Thor. I don't remember all the iterations it went through (there were several), but I remember him deciding on one aspect being "Mjolnr, The Source of My Power." That wording was useful to both sides; the player could compel it to get a power boost and the GM could compel it to represent the PC losing the hammer and thus his power--a common plot device in the comic and movies. Another example could be "Divine Heritage"; that has obvious usefulness for the player, but the GM can also use it to drag the PC into a cosmic clusterfuck, introduce social/familial obstacles, and similar things.

>>55026638
In FATE, you will have a better time if your aspects are VERY easy for everyone to understand and hang compels off of.
Don't try to cram deep internal conflicts and complexities into your aspects. Don't feel like you need to describe every aspect of your character via aspects. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that a flowery and intelligent aspect name is better than a 2 word cliche like 'Tough Guy' Don't think you have to create your character completely on first go. You can tweak aspect names every session as you get a feel for your character.

Do read the Fate book. Do read other players characters and talk to them about those characters to get an idea of them. Do suggest compels for your character and the GM- it's not cheezy, it's part of the game.

As metaphor for society's ills like in Tolkien or Beowulf.

>>55025246
Nobody uses dragons that big in games, it doesn't work.

Usually makes for shit art, too.

>>55025246
I like to have them as living embodiments of the forces of nature, primordial and destructive but not malevolent either. They are the most elemental representation of the wild places of the world.

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>>55024914
This quick-start PDF for the 4th edition of the game is a good, short intro.

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Reference lists of various things (from gods to flora/fauna to magical treasures) in Talislanta for new GMs.

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>plate mail seems a bit too advanced/out of place

>>55024391
Prezzy much >>55024431
Or google Dendra Panoply. Alternatively the combination of big shields, good body armor and steadfast discipline already makes them "heavy" in the context of their age. Add some long spears as well.

pepe storage floor
waterslide that goes through every floor to let him get from the top to the bottem quickly

>>55023830
Reckless nonsensical bullshit experiments that he's completely forgotten about.

A room full of pressurized sea water that, when opened, rushes out, expelling a small collection of sea life and revealing the entire room to be made of sponge.

A room that was set up in an elaborate ritual, with bells and mirrors and rotting reagents and some still-burning candles. It's all perfectly pristine, and on a table nearby are the molding scraps of someone's dinner. It's possible for the party to accidentally 'trip' the ritual by accident and activate it. It creates the same meal they found on the desk, already molded and rotten.

A room full of unblinking, unspeaking, completely nude simulacrums of famous and recognizable people, possibly the party themselves. They maintain eye contact to an unsettling degree, but never stand up from their positions or otherwise move. They make lewd noises if touched.

An entire floor dedicated to a tribe of constructs or kobolds or goblins who believe the wizard to be their supreme deity. They're a somewhat advanced farming society, preforming sacrifices to keep their population exact so they don't run out of food. They grow crops in repurposed containers, and breed common pests as livestock.

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>>55023830
Off the top of my head:

>A large library would be the most obvious one, to house all manner of texts both arcane and mundane.

>A personal study, in which the wizard would keep things relevant to his current work.

>An alchemical laboratory or workshop, in which the wizard might create or test the properties of magical materials/artifacts, synthesize spell components, brew potions, etc.

>A large ritual chamber, suitable for summoning demons/djinn/whatever, or for performing large-scale spells.

>A store room, in which the wizard would keep spell components and alchemical reagents in bulk.

>An observatory, so that the wizard can keep track of the position of the stars.

>A dungeon, in which the wizard might keep captured magical beasts so that they might be studied, or captured people to be used in experiments.

>A solarium, which might also double as a greenhouse for certain arcane plants.

Don't forget to include more the more mundane rooms as well, such as bedchambers, dining rooms, a kitchen, larder, servants quarters, guard barracks, armory, foyer, etc.. The whole point of a wizard's tower is that they're mostly if not completely self-sufficient, and thus should have all the facilities necessary stand in their own.

>>55021009
Umbra are stupid and ugly. Bring back the crabitalists.

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>>55020580
>mfw Uhahu not S1

Any info if those stats are missions only or for keeps? I don't think they would preview new Druze models without updating them, but profile wide Fatality 1, jeez.

Are the Druze rules actually sectorial rules or are they just for Outrage?

Mongols
Zulus
Football Hooligans

>>55020593
Dacians.

>>55020593
Somalians.

>>55020093
Sometimes you come out of it with a wife, so yes.

>>55020093
NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN!

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>>55020093
Yes
Delicious traps

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>>55011061
No longer shall those disgusting fleshlets touch our machinefus!

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>>55011103
Wowzer

Whatever your favorite card is.

>>55010449
>Posts generic white bear
We get this card literally every set. What's you beef with this one?

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5 Rings TCG did this better

>>55009934
Why are you such a faggot?

>>55009934
What in the actual fuck?

>>55009934
I'm so excited for shitfinder I can't wait to play some really fucking terrible paizo trash

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I'm looking for art of european monks (preferably in combat clothing). Picture related.

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Requesting an interaction between Mairsil(top left) and his right-hand man Barl similiar to the scene on the right.
Barl has no art depicting him but is described as
-a stocky (short), muscular man
-thin, neatly trimmed beard
-receding hairline
-sharp blue eyes
-dresses plainly, leather pants and ruffled white shirt
The first panel would be Barl saying "Mairsil, no." and right below it is Mairsil sticking a Sol Ring (bottom left) in his pants with a wild look in his eyes saying "Mairsil, YES!"
The ring needs to still be glowly/on fire or it'd kind of lose it's value.

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Migrating again
Here is that additional reference again. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/W0k9N

I would like a picture of my two main wizards in my army for Age of Sigmar: Bubugullax the Balefiend and Zappzag the Shaman.
Bubugullax is a Fimir Balefiend like the creatures in the two screenshots provided above. They are reptilian cyclopian bog monsters roughly somewhere between an orc and an ogre in size, roughly 8 feet tall. He is lean muscled, as his focus is magic and not physical fighting. He has a smooth tail with an ornate hook-like blade attached to the end of it. I am aware the references have bony protrusions, but Balefiends are supposed to have smooth tails.
His robes should be much like the ones in the screenshots provided, made from several mismatched and tattered pieces of cloth, likely stolen or captured banners or capes from victims. He should be standing opposite of Zappzag, staring down at him with contempt.

Zappzag is a Night Goblin Shaman and as such he is much smaller but no less malevolent than his Fimir counterpart. He should have "ornate" robes with small animal bones interwoven into the fabric. He has a fancy hat much like the headshot provided. His staff is stolen from a Branchwych and "improved" upon with orcy sigils, animal skulls, and a metal Bad Moon crudely tacked onto the top. He should be staring daggers up to his Fimir counterpart. There is no camaraderie between the two, despite working for the same boss, as both are playing the long game against each other for power and the eventual take over of the warband.

Also, if you would rather just draw one of the two, go right ahead.

A big thank you in advance

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>>55006245
Migrating:
"Hi

I'd like to request a monk for a PF game
He's half Asian half Caucasian, dark mid lenght messy hair, sharp features. Stats are Str16, Dex22, Con14 so he's pretty athletic

He traveled a lot during the campaign and his clothing should reflect that, he has wester pants (dark leathery), western boots. Middle easter belt (similar to Altair's from AC) witha thick rope around it and a beaded collar tied to it. A simple shirt and white with floral pattern Kimono jacket with short sleves and a hood on top

Middle picture is how he started (done by me ages ago), right is the closest I found around internet, left was a commision from almost a year ago that never got to be finished

If possible I'd like a dynamic pose

Thanks in advance"

Addendum: If possible don't make him as emo as in my original drawing, thanks

>>55003816
>Marriage among the Dynasty, maybe.
More specifically, last thread had a pot or two about whether Dynasts marry for purely political reasons or whether personal feelings have their place as well. I seem to recall that in 1E at least elders of most Houses did pay some heed to the opinions of the potential spouses when it came to arranging marriages. This seems like a sensible thing to do, because marriage presumably works better both as source of new Dragon-Blooded and as a means of securing alliances and connections if the husband and wife don't hate each other too much. How do you guys think these things work or should work? Have you had marriage negotiations in your DB games, and if yes, did your characters have any say?

>>55003866
I've been imagining them as heavily formalized courtships of "proper" candidates. The Dynasts parents select a group of suitable brides/spouses and arrange a formal meeting between the two with the other Dynasts parents. After meeting the potential brides/spouses the child (usually with a great deal of input from his parents) selects someone from that group to begin courting. After a short courtship the two Dynasts, barring severe problems between the two that would make marriage unwise, are engaged. Their parents and other family elders have a large influence at every step of this process advising and guiding them to someone they think will make a good marriage for the House and the child.

That would be the ideal at least. All to often Dynasts are all but sold off by their power hungry families to unsuitable candidates for political power. Widows and widowers often won't have parents or elders help them through the process of remarrying and they may be considered bad luck. Marriages where the two candidates didn't particularly love each other often break down with both partners taking lovers on the side and only staying together as a formality, many servants in Dragonblood houses have their children receive terrestrial exaltation and noble features.

Is Rathess dead?
Can you use Excellencies during Craft Projects and/or Sorcerous Workings?