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Why is it that the humans most people would like to play these days seem to be genocidal fuckheads, refusing to admit that maybe they aren't the hottest shit in any given setting?
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Blowback from a common trend in fantasy series to make humans out to be absolutely shit in comparison to non-humans. As well as a revolt against special snowflake type characters.
That said it isn't that common of a thing, and most of the HFY I've personally seen is usually tongue in cheek.
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>>49794665
because the same could be said about the people playing them, given the chance.
Give or take the genocide. 'Specially round here.
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Never experienced a human player like this, OP.
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Why are players so averse to running away?
I've literally seen players, in a horror game none the less, fight to the death when an avenue of escape was clearly available.
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>>49789187
Modern games and video games teach them that you have to beat the enemy to see the next thing. Games that give XP for fighting monsters are basically telling players "if this fight seems too tough, you won't be able to handle what's next, so you've got to beat this guy to get stronger!"
I like OSR, because players get piddly XP for winning fights, and tons of XP for acquiring treasure, whether they fought for it or talked their way into it or snuck in behind the owner's backs. Combined with the lethality, players learn to run pretty quickly, because fighting is dangerous and unproductive.
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>>49789187
They've been conditioned by mediums to not run away, and to just smack problems with a big sword or fireball until it goes away.
Sometimes you just have to remind them that running is an option. This may even be as simple as stating out loud, "Okay, this encounter is very dangerous. Remember that retreating can still be an option."
Even still, a lot of players won't run. It's stupid how someone can go full murderhobotard and then turn around and say fleeing is dishonorable. In these cases, make them wish they got the hell of there.
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>>49789238
I was actually going to mention OSR games in my previous post. It's fun to watch someone who's used to more "modern" conventions squirm the first time they realize they're about to get their shit pushed in.
The group I play with now, asked me to run a campaign for them. They quickly learned that "charred stone floors" and "distant growls" were not bluffs. They were warnings.
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I literally have no idea what races I should use in my fantasy setting.
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>>49792940
All of them.
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>>49792940
What sort of setting is it?
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Decide on a dominant species
In our world humans are dominant because they're smart
There could be several dominant species, but one is clearly the best
Decide on sub species and their intelligence
If a sub species is more intelligent than the dominant species, you've got them in the wrong spots
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You have been tasked with creating a tabletop RPG based on a recently released intellectual property.
What do you choose?
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>>49792879
How 'recently' we talking?
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Riyria Revelations. Clever, well developed, and little known.
It's perfect to base a low-fantasy game off of.
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How would you revive religion in a futuristic sci-fi/space setting? How would you get people to buy into after thousands of years of scientific progress?
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>>49776385
>40k
>Star Wars
>Firefly
You think in ideals. Ideally, science would oust religion.
But there will always be the "unknown". And people will always fill it with gods. And you also forget the religion doesn't NEED evidence to survive. Science has no bearing on the minds of people who run off faith.
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>>49776385
As a Mormon I feel my faith could survive just fine in most scifi settings but maybe that's just me.
>Inb4 Kolob
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Warcraft Lore and RPG Discussion
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WARDEN POWER STANCE edition
Discuss the lore and viability of Warcraft as a tabletop setting.
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>>49760069
Tell me about the Grimtotem.
Why do they wear the paint?
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Is Maiev still dead ?
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>>49760236
She's never been dead.
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/awg/ - Alternative Wargames General
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Blood Berets are rad edition
>What is /awg/?
A thread to talk about minis and games which fall between the cracks. /hwg/ doesn't entertain fantasy (for good reason) and the other threads are locked to very specific games, so this thread isn't tied to a game, or a genre, lets talk about fun wargames.
Any scale, any genre, any company, any minis. Skirmishers welcome. Rules designers welcome.
>Examples of games that qualify
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_miniature_wargames
Mighty Armies, Dragon Rampant, Of Gods and Mortals, Frostgrave, Hordes of the Things, Songs of Blades and Heroes, and anything that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread (gorkamundheim).
>Places to get minis
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D2DbNJ2mYAUxh5P9Pq9NZqS5tXHGn0i2JhZchEwbA2I/edit?usp=sharing
>The Novice Trove
http://pastebin.com/viWJ1Yvk
>Last thread
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>>49735346
And on a related note, the Siege of the Citadel KS ended on 600k with shitton of extras - the Dark Legion pledge is now worth around 600$, so I'm glad I got in.
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>>49735384
You and me both! So many minis, so many boards, so much content to play through! It'll be ages till we get our stuff but hopefully amy delays wont be too major.
What would happen if someone in our world just gained the ability to heal any human with a touch? Genetic disorders, missing limbs, cancer, mental disorders, severe blood loss, diseases, suffocation, and anything that isn't death. I'm world building for a supers game and the first superhuman ever discovered is a healer. The next superhuman doesn't make a public appearance for six months after this one.
>Political impact?
>Social impact?
>Will super secret organization kill everyone and kidnap the dude for experimentation?
Also supers general
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>>49777831
Probably persuaded to spend all their time curing people.
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>>49777831
Probably would be contained or covered up by the government. If not that, probably the same but with a large corporation.
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>>49777831
Government that discovered it first would kidnap said person and either use for their own purposes, basically making them a slave, or if they feel confident, disect said person, and hail new "medical breakthrus" for their countries benefits, including their soldiers.
Then every other government in the world would espionage the shit out of them for the secrets or, failing that, outright attack them for them.
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Anons, I need some help.
>Start working at local Burger Emperor to help pay for Schola Loans
>Celestian Superior owns this one, got the job easy
>Hive World so place is ALWAYS busy, get paid alright though
>Grey Knight who works the grill always staring at me when I'm in the back is kind of weird but OK
>Get promoted to a Team Superior a few months in, kind of stuck there now
>Suddenly a McTaunolds opens up across the street
>Sales drop tremendously, so does pay.
>Management goes full panic mode, starts cutting people left and right.
How do I make sure I'm not cut, anons? Those fucking Tau are stealing all the customers and I'm still 5k Thrones short on my loans.
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>>49775105
Purge them, dumbass. Let them experience the cleansing fire of the deep fat fryer.
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>>49775105
>Tau
>On an imperial Hive World
Have you considered burning them alive?
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>>49775131
The Cannoness says we can't or else it would start too big of a war. Tempted to do it anyway.
>we want the dwarf fortress audience
https://youtu.be/7XFwdw_qd7Y
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My god. Please, let this be good. Please.
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It better have goblins in it or I'm going to be piss
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DIG DEEP
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We're happy to welcome new contributors. If you'd like to have a read of the project (and please, don't pitch an idea without having read anything!), there are a few possible starting points. The main page is:
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_/tg/_Heresy
While the Primarchs and the Legions are firmly locked down at the moment, we welcome any and all with ideas for Successor Chapters, Xenos Empires, Great Crusade Era Factions, Ork WAAAGHdoms, Eldar Craftworlds, Imperial Army/Guard Regiments, Knight Houses, Mechanicum/Mechanicus Forgeworlds, etc.
Want to know how to get into the Successor Chapters?
Welcome to the only two links you need!
https://1d4chan.org/wiki//tg/_Heresy_Successor_Template
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legiones_Astartes_(Hektor_Heresy)
For real though, take a look at the Imperial Army!
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Imperial_Army_(Hektor_Heresy)
The forces of Lost and Damned need some love, and no one is writing for them! Get in on the ground floor!
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Hektor_Heresy_Chaos_Forces
Know what I said about grounder floor and no one writing?
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Xenos_of_the_Hektor_Heresy
ELDAR, ORKS, LITERALLY ANY WEIRD ALIEN THINGIE YOU CAN IMAGE! YOUR'S! YOUR'S FOR THE TAKING!
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>>49770716
I am currently tired and can see into infinity.
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>>49770716
Fuck, I had a bunch of shit to do for this crap when I went to sleep last night but now I can't remember what any of it was. Fuck.
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>>49771056
Well if you left it when you went to sleep, go back to sleep and pick it up.
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ITT : Campaigns you'll never get to run
>Cyberpunk, players are bounty hunters
>They're getting paid to hunt down ancient supernatural monsters
>The entities have chosen humans as their hosts so they can blend
>They're now essentially cute girls with [STAND]s
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>>49767425
>Cyberpunk, players are androids and cyborgs.
>Outfitted with tacticool kits and sent on spec-op missions.
>Basically Ghost in the Shell meets Megaman.I have been "working on" that homebrew for SIX YEARS.
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>>49767425
>setting is middle age fantasy
>gets invaded by colonial era nation
>nation is lead by dragons and frontline troops are musket wielding kobolds
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The PCs were the lowly minions of some BBEG who lost.
I wanted to make the goody toe shoes nature faction win against the "evil" army who was lead by an industrialist who employed mostly mercenaries.
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Gray Death Cancer Edition
Long live /btg/! Except if you're running around near PPCs. Then it's a short and agonizing death.
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BattleTech video-game pre-alpha gameplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjEeDz51pHE
Touring the Stars: Tyrfing
http://www.mediafire.com/file/bk2zfcwhlfb92f2/E-CAT35SN212+BattleTech+Touring+the+Stars+Tyrfing.pdf
Touring the Stars: (Ha ha) Butte Hold
http://www.mediafire.com/download/c5ggig1wz21l8r0/
E-CAT35SN210_BattleTech_Touring_the_Stars_Butte_Hold.pdf
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>BattleTech Introductory Info and PDFs
http://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400
>Overview of the major factions?
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houses/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clans/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powers/
>How do I find out which BattleMechs a faction has?
http://masterunitlist.info/
Unit Designing Softwares
>SSW Mech Designer
http://www.solarisskunkwerks.com/
>MegaMek Lab
http://megameklab.sourceforge.net/
>/btg/ does a TRO:
http://builtforwar.blog(not spam)spot.com/
>How do I do this Against the Bot thing?
http://pastebin.com/pE2f7TR5 (embed)
>Map of /btg/ players (WIP):
https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1116217&add=1
>Rookie guides
http://pastebin.com/HZvGKuGx (embed)
>Sarna.net - BattleTech Wiki
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Main_Page
>Megamek - computer version of BattleTech. Play with AI or other players
http://megamek.info/
>BattleTech IRC
#battletech on irc.rizon.net
>PDF Folders
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9q792hobnbpw3/Battletech
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sdckg6j645z4j/Battletech
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ded thread ded game
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So according to Randall, IlClan and Historical: Second Succession War is next year, and knowing CGL, it's going to be a GenCon release. Also, there's pic related, which looks like it's probably the cover to a Combat Manual. Probably a Marik or Davion one.
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>>49761137
That purple spot on the right knee makes me think Marik.
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Hoping for the second coming edition AKA Now with a proper subject line edition
Previously on Imperium Asunder
>>49705421
This is a 40k alt-lore thread with new legions to replace the old ones, new xenos races in addition to the old ones, and a bunch of other wild shit , new posters are always welcome.
Want to find out what the setting's deal is? Check out our wiki.
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Imperium_Asunder
The wiki is still not as up to date as we'd like, feel free to post questions/clarifications/ideas
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Guys, how do I wiki? I want to make a separate page to put all of the 'mortal forces of the Tempestus gap' stuff we had last thread on.
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>>49749741
Making a new page shouldn't be that difficult. Start by making an account. As for headers and images, just copy stuff from other articles. Cannibalize.
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>>49749755
Right, done. Sleep now.
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If you could change one MAJOR thing about 40K, what would it be?
For me, it'd be Chaos. fuck chaos, keep your stupid mary sue warp gods and deamons out of my godamn scifi setting, you cunts.
it always irked me how they just copy/pasted the chaos faction from fantasy over to 40K. we know GW had a huge hardon for chaos so it's not surprising, but still.
40K chaos is boring, edgelord bullshit and the setting would be better without it. you can still have the warp existing as a supernatural element that results in psykers and strange phenomenon, but get rid of the "HURRR CHAOS GODS ALL POWERFUL YEAAAA" bullshit.
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>Chaos
>Edgy
Anon the acolyte Cultists are the only edgy thing about Chaos. Everything else fits perfectly fine and even makes the Chaos Gods mandator y for everyone else to function.
Now hush.
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>>49792594
there is nothing about the setting that makes the chaos gods necessary, outside what GW put in there specifically to make them important and relevant to a scifi world.
And yes, they are edgy. "hurr we are chaos and thus EXTREEEEEME, everything we do is unbalanced and incredibly single minded, because CHAOOOOS"
it's retarded and pointless in a scifi setting. there is plenty of threat and story potential without chaos.
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>>49792558
Hmm.
Take Space Marines back to their early third edition power level.
That's pretty much it, honestly. Other than that, I like 40k pretty well, warts and all.