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Go away fishbat

>>50219298
I want to use my 15mm models, what do I need to change?

>>50219731

Not much, honestly. You'll want to either increase the number of dudes in a unit to get roughly the same size OR scale down stuff that's bigger than a normal person to make sure that dragons are not bigger than entire units.

>>50218282
>is it an enemy?
>kill enemies
Simple.

>>50218300
Efficient.

>>50218282
>don't die
>complete the objective if there is one
>kill the enemy
In that order, actually.

You may have a vague interest in this.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13722924/

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Many sues have equipment that they spawned with them. The level of technology they have access too seem to vary wildly, and some are even cybernetic, however the deference between them seems to be completely arbitrary

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Age also seems to be entirely cosmetic.

Dunno about fantasy settings, but Fragged Empire is one. Humanity went extinct due to genetic erosion. You play as one of four artificially created races, developed either by the Archons (humanity's heirs) or the monstrous X'ion (itself a creation of the Archons).

But actual fantasy settings? I can't for the life of me think of one. Humans seem to be so critical to fantasy settings that omitting them seems like one of the higher heresies. Which sucks because I'd be interested in seeing something like that.

>>50216433
>Relating to Pic
Dark Sun.

The Dragon Never Sleeps

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The Royal Academy of Otherworldly Sciences was established by the joint effort of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria and her counterpart Christian IX of Denmark. The Academy has been recruiting aggressively among the great minds of Europe for some time, and has become a name spoken in hushed corners of dark venues. If, after all, The Academy asks you to join their ranks, you are destined for great works somewhere exotic in the far reaches of the known world. You are whisked away to a career of adventure!
Little do the common masses realize, these forays are quite otherworldly, entirely.

Those a part of the Royal Expeditionary Forces often were put into the force as...expendable. Those with a track record of reckless abandon, yet RESULTS. Those who couldn't be trusted domestically with trusted assets, yet had undeniably skills to put to use. Those were the ones put into the ranks. Sikhs. Irishmen. Americans.
Nova Londonium (pictured here); The new capital of the new empire is a bastion of beauty on a nearly perfectly earth-like world. The scientists and scholars have been poring over it's every inch for nearly a decade, and still, barely the surface of it has been scratched. Now, with full support of the Queen herself, the colonization of the new frontier will commence!

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You have been gathered from your various origins, sent on an Antarctic voyage to a blasted ice shelf, ushered into high security secret facilities, and then loaded upon a train car (which you surmised would go nowhere on this little island). Moments later, a WHOOSH and a swirl of light, and the train is blasting forward through a shimmering silvery portal!

You find yourselves seconds later being offloaded in the new port of Londonium. Massive marble buildings dominating the skyline of an alien city! Verdant jungle of wild abandon in the distance, and the train pulling free of a massive Stargate behind you!

The promise of service to your Queen and Country behind you, the grand expanse of an alien world all around you. Your future, uncertain.

So the question each of you need to answer is simple; why would YOU have been recruited for this grand adventure? What history would put you in the grand fate such as this?

Why, You?

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The colony is based on some sort of alien abandoned city; massive monolithic buildings of clean white marble. Interlocked stone streets. Fountains pouring crystal waters. And all of it hedged in on a low mountaintop, with nothing in all directions but a vast green jungle towering away.

Her Majesty's military forces are dispatched here in earnest; red uniforms abound. Among them, the officers of the Royal academies are ever present. Scientists of all fields arrive here with devices arcane and sophisticated, seeking to unlock the mysteries of the Stargate, and the new colony.

Apparently, this land has been claimed by The Queen for some time; the forces here have for some years been reclaiming the city around you, block by block, from the jungle and it's inhabitants. Fierce beasts of alien form, massive in scale and ferocious, with no fear of man. The Royal Armory has been put to good use, and many trophies now line the dormitories around you. But the work is constant, the fight tiresome, and the need for security paramount.

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> Rome never fell
> World Wars

>>50218607
So roman sci-fi?

>Dark Sun
>Planescape
So there is an plane of fuck you

Nope.
Pratchett and C.Clarke are.

>>50215327
No.
not dead, you just aren't looking if you can't find any.

>WAA ALL FANTASY STORIES PEAKED AT THE EXACT TIME I WAS MOST EMOTIONALLY SUSCEPTABLE TO NEW THINGS

>>50215327
no

People write what they know, and most fantasy writers are from Europe or North America.

>>50215088
First post best post. People don't write much about fantasy China because those that have the narrative capability to do so don't know enough about actual China to create a convincing facsimile. You have to do outside research on shit like that, and that takes time.

>>50215066
There is fantasy Norse, Egypt and Greek.

also why the hell are joe dever's books so disproportionately expensive?

>>50213931

The Sorcery! books are great.

Also solo games general?

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1ecybp6dp8rix/SoloTG

>>50211834
There won't be gods you dip. Bolas is a God-Emperor. Not because he is literally a god, but because people revere him as one. Pharaohs were all revered as living gods, but none of them actually were gods.

>>50211958
Wait really? I thought I actually heard somewhere that it was gonna have its own Cycle of gods. Then again that place might have been /tg/ itself soooo

>>50211834
>>With that said though, what are your hopes for amonket?
BW faction that isn't evil jewish banker stereotypes.

monitoring thread

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Not OP but bumping once in case he comes back

>>50209342
Is it just D&D or is the GW ORK part of the evolution?

I don't know. Whatever happened to the Androsynth, anyway?

>>50209286

>Orz invading 2060s Shadowrun

Oh shit the Horrors came early this time around!

>>50209286
Hey, it\'s fine. We're all happy campers, here.

>>50202311

Well, the obvious answer is to include a character trait that is wholly incompatible with Sauron's personality and archetype.

Even if you drift into old habits, you'll have to put in the work to reconcile the incompatible bits.

More general advice:
1) Start with one trait/belief you find morally agreeable and one trait/belief morally reprehensible. Design the person who has both. (This is good for characters in general, really.)
2) Villains don't exist in a vacuum. A villain that is phenomenal in one story can fall completely flat in another; make sure you're incorporating the heroes and the context of the world into the villain to make them really sing.
3) Try imagining your villain with as small of stakes as possible. When they go for the world, lots of villains start to sound the same, because "the world" is such a huge, all-encompassing target. But if your villain is, like, level 3, who and what he chooses to go after says a lot more about him.

>>50202311
Have your players complained?
Maybe you should start by considering a different motivation for your villain from conquest and seeking power over others. Why you do something affects how you do it, and what sort of person you are.
>Revenge
This is a classic one. Revenge is not concerned with getting anything, like greed is, or fixing anything, like justice is. It's about taking something away from someone else, usually because it or something like it was stolen from whoever is taking revenge. Usually, collateral damage, loss of allies or even death are considered acceptable costs in exchange for vengeance. They usually lack subtlety and may even actively explain who they are and what they're doing, to justify themselves to others and themselves.
This is a woman who dragged herself out of the gutters and lashes out in hatred towards nobility. Comparing this person to the target of their hatred will likely either provoke their reflection or fury.
>Family/Love
Probably one of the most relatable forms of motivation. This is the person who's willing to sacrifice anything, up to and including their morals and body, to protect another person or cause them to prosper. Usually, they tend to work in secret, hiding their works from the person who benefits from them- more often than not because the target wouldn't approve of the methods. They will likely have well-structured plans, but panic if the subject of their affection or protection is targeted. Paranoia is likely for a villain of this type, and they will almost certainly be a good actor so to hide their true colors.
This is the prince of a kingdom who connives and kills in secret to ensure the safety of his father the good king and the other members of the royal family. He will likely be charming or even hold feelings toward a member of the party, but any threat to his father or siblings will be noted with silent hatred.

>>50202624
>Survival
This is rarely justified for a powerful villain (save for immortality seekers), but can be useful for an enemy of smaller scale. This person needs something to live, from blood to water, and does not care how they get it- it is literally, or nearly so, a matter of life and death, and for them, death is not an option. As they are concerned with protecting their own life, damn the morals, they are more likely to 'fight dirty' or exploit those who they can easily crush. Ironically, despite often using fear to accomplish their goals (which saves them time, effort, and a risk of death, however small), they are generally 'cowardly' themselves, willing to let an enemy have a small victory or pay him off in order to ensure he doesn't interfere with their supply of continued life.
The spice must flow.
>Curiosity
This is actually fairly rare, because the stereotypical person that falls under this (mad scientists) are also typecast as subservant to more generic enemies. This person does amoral experimentation to feed their twisted understanding of the world. They usually ind funding from someone who is either willing to tolerate or benefits from their 'research', their 'research' 'funds' itself, or they need to do additional work to provide for their experimentation. These are eccentric people who see potential where it is not, or are otherwise obsessed with the answer to some obscure or cruel question.
This is the guy who places people in deathtraps to see how long it takes them to die.

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First for legion of ever... tit?

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>>50179024
Everblight likes big fat elf tats.

Hey in the spirit of Warmahordes what army did you guys start with?