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You put up the match-up image instead of the collection sheet. I'm honored. The rules for the rest of the Ice Age will be reposted again here in a moment. The post that begins this Round is copied here:

Welcome to Round Five. Two Hundred and Twenty Two Snowflakes are now only Eight.
The first match-up is as follows:

>Ka'Koarm
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0Bwl7IuoVRkFxdGYxbF9rWGJMdHM?tid=0Bwl7IuoVRkFxUDZRVGVfQ1BDbm8

Ka'Koarm defeated the following Flakes over the course of the Ice Age:
>Round One: Sajek
>Round Two: Iohannes
>Round Three: Varametra
>Round Four: Narimi and Andromeda

>Ivander
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0Bwl7IuoVRkFxenY5MlJDWl9pNW8?tid=0Bwl7IuoVRkFxUDZRVGVfQ1BDbm8
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FMdDLd9KGzA_FvX00IM9r3IquhBYW-jAzAs1soVJcX8/edit

Ivander defeated the following Flakes over the course of the Ice Age:

>Round One: Ivander was given a bye when Unit IV was disqualified.
>Round Two: Sonia
>Round Three: Sumarru
>Round Four: Tok and Del

The first battle of the Quarterfinals begins...
DISCUSS!

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>>49616295
The Rules from now on are slightly different:

>During each round, flakes will be assigned to random opponents in single-elimination tournament fashion.
>Flakes will be treated as though they are all neowalkers in order to create a balance of power.
>Flakes with meme-levels of power will be treated as though they weren’t.
>During each round, small groups of flake match-ups will be revealed
>Arguments and votes will be taken from the thread over which flake is likely to prevail over the other.
>Discussion in the thread now takes a greater deal of importance: polls will only be released after a considerably reasonable amount of serious discussion has taken place.
>Polls will be up for 24 hours after their opening.
>Polls that appear to have been tampered with will result in a replay of that match.
>Ties will be broken by chance.
>After each round, the flakes that move on will be re-randomized on the roster to make match-ups unpredictable.

>>49616252
I'm voting for Ivander because I still like Puppers over Digimon 2.0

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>>49565439
>not even any mention of burds in the OP

THEY'RE CURSED
CURSED I SAY!

>>49565439
>godendag and pole flail are both STN 7 now
Where's that peasant swerve image when you need it?

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>>49566619

>>49644739
No game > LOL FARTFIREBALL XDDDDDDDD

>>49644739

Find the most broken level 8 PF character build you can, and run it. Be Chaotic Neutral if possible to keep your RP options open.

Smuggle private jokes into the name and backstory as stealthily as you can.

Have a few drinks, or a bong, or some chems, before you start the game.

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>>49644739
>find 5e game in gamefinder thread
>ok
>DM admits he's new, that's fine
>playing over roll20, I happen to like it
>session 0 happens
>DM hasn't really done any homework on online gaming at all
>that's fine, as an experienced roll20 user, i help him through getting character sheets into the game and making handouts for everyone
>We'll be running LMoP first, then homebrew stuff
>That's fine
>suddenly the sound of a retarded dragon crashing into a cart full of plates plays through the DM's mic
>according to other players, he's dabbing
>FIRST RED FLAG

>So I go to roll up my level 1 character, and-
>>>16, 14, 12, 8, 7, 7
>Well, fuck, guess I'm playing Wizard.
>Mix a couple of stories together, Wizard is an elf who hates orcs because they burned down his hometown. It became motivation for him to learn even more arcanery on his own.
>i know nothing about anyone else's character besides classes ( Bard, Paladin, Druid, I think one of them was a cleric.)
>but that's fine because it's a premade module anyway
>So, we get to session 1(the next day, because we'd be running fridays)
>Escorting a caravan for whatever reason, not really given a chance to RP much- but he's a new dm, I'll cut him some slack
>see a bunch of dead horses with arrows sticking out of them
>Go to investigate, because I probably have the highest INT out of the party.
>I'm probably gonna get sho-
>get shot
>goblins pop out of the bushes
>>>it's a party of 5-6, against four goblins
>>>all the goblins focus on the paladin
>>>they have -1 to hit and he has ac 18
>one of them survives for some arbitrary reason(nobody held back)
>Interrogate him, because I know a few monstrous languages thanks to backstory
>figure out he came from a nearby cave
>as a true neutral wizard, I leave him to the whims of the party because I am done with him
>the bard CUTS OFF SOME OF HIS FINGERS. The paladin and GM are perfectly okay with this.
>SECOND RED FLAG

>>49626856
No I have not. At least not in Chronicles system. I've run well meaning but still obviously dark/evil characters with powers beyond mortal means. But never Superheroes.

>>49626856

Nope. I have actual superhero RPGs for that.

>>49626856
>Have you ever played in or ran a superhero game?
Yeah, a few.

>>49599075

>What's your personal favorite game?
N/A
>What's your main group's overall favorite game?
Cosmic encounter
>Have you ever dabbled with designing a game? If so, how far did you get through the process?
No but seems like a fun task

>>49599075
>What's your personal favorite game?

I have way to many games I really like to come up with 'one' favorite game. My favorite category is apparently 'Space 4x' as I own 6 or 7 games in that category alone.

>What's your main group's overall favorite game?

They like the lighter games so far - I'd say Citadels was a hit. That said, I'm slowly working them into the heavier games.

>Have you ever dabbled with designing a game? If so, how far did you get through the process?

I can't say I've seriously tried my hand at game design. I have considered researching / writing a book on the history of ancient board gaming and comparing with modern gaming design of the last 20 years or so.

>>49599075
>What's your personal favorite game?
CitOW
>What's your main group's overall favorite game?
Right now, Scythe. Before that it was Machi Koro, before that was Ticket, before that was Puerto Rico.
I have an odd group.
>Have you ever dabbled with designing a game? If so, how far did you get through the process?
I'm in the very, very initial design stages of an asymmetrical area control set in the post-apocalyptic Mojave desert (between the Confederated Californian Community Protectorate, Mr. Hues and his army of wooden robots, a mysterious one-man-army postman with the backing of various local communities, and the Legion) (suck it ZeniMax you can't trademark Roman-inspired post-apoc warriors), and a mission-based point-to-point drafting game set in the solar system as described by Flash Gordon in the Nameless General.
I'm taking physics and compsci and I work part-time so I don't have very much time to devote to this.

>>49651493
Well there was Birthright, but nobody played it

>>49651493
tabletop would be harder to manage all the stuff

>>49651512
It doesn't need to be mechanically complicated, though. Besides, in many ways it's far more challenging to construct a ruleset that accurately reflects the individual level. It shouldn't be that difficult, and clearly there's the demand for it - so why no games?

>>49651507
Let me preempt this kind of suggestion by stating up front that D&Dshit of any variety doesn't interest me in the slightest.

>>49650746
Are there guides to creating monsters?

Also, why is every monster or NPC xd8?

Im a long time DM and my group of newbies are about to hit their first proper town.

What are your quintessential urban encounters, DM's of /tg/? So far im thinking fortune tellers, witnessing an exotic dance troupe, a trip to the gambling den to get cheated out of money... Give me your best ones.

In answer to the question, monster manual 2 should include a bunch of guidelines for making campaign level villains, much like the book of villains for 2e did.

>>49650772
Literally the DMG AND MM desu

>>49650618
Depends on the game.

In 5e, I made the houserule that you can spend gold for XP. So if the wizard spent his share of gold on that, sure.

>>49650618
>using a system with xp

>>49650618
I would say nah but I generally don't do general rewards. If he's studying at a library of magic, why not a magic-related reward like a magical feat related to their studies or something small like being able to eschew a certain component from all their material costs or learning how to substitute it for a different component or cheaper one if your campaign does that. Or a greater proficiency with a certain spell or school of spells or whatever, like being able to cast all illusion spells at 1 CL higher or something. Or maybe another spellslot that's 1 or 2 levels below their current highest level spell, so like an extra level 1 spellslot or 2 even though they're level 7 or whatever. Or the obvious: that they can learn a spell, or even create their own ooc and use this as a means of learning it, partially or wholly--or even learning how to create their own spells even if of a certain school or type or whatever.

But just giving XP is lame. Be creative nyugga, break the rules but in a way that promotes them to be more invested.

Common Legacy - Decks You Should Prepare to Face
>Miracles
>Delver variants (Grixis, Izzet, BUG, RUG)
>ANT (Ad Nauseam Tendrils)
>Death and Taxes
>Eldrazi Stompy
>Shardless BUG
>Lands

Uncommon Legacy - Decks You Should Know About
>LED Dredge
>Reanimator
>Infect
>Stoneblade
>Burn
>TES (The Epic Storm)
>Elves
>Painter
>Maverick
>4-Color Loam
>Nic Fit
>Sneak n Show

Rare Legacy - Decks You May See On Occasion
>Enchantress
>MUD
>Goblins
>Merfolk
>High Tide
>Aluren
>Food Chain
>12 Post
>Belcher
>Pox Control
>Dragon Stompy
>Tezzerator
>Sneak n Breach
>Stax (White or Black)
>Deadguy Ale

Mythic Legacy - Decks You'll See Once a Year
>Doomsday Fetchland Tendrils (DDFT)
>Cheerios
>Nourshing Lich
>Sea Stompy
>Spanish Inquisition
>Monoblue Omnitell
>Parfait
>The Cure (Kavu Predator + False Cure)

I'm into finance, which lets me support this hobby quite well.
I also play 40k and vidya, and am /fit/ although I haven't been there for a while
Anyways, Jailer got me thinking about cards that make you monarch and I thought thus of Marchesa. Would some kind of aggressive mardu DnT work? I feel like it wouldn't hurt to try

>what do you cats do outside of magic?
College student studying Architecture, that's why I only play online, it's gonna be a long time before I can buy in
What other hobbies do you have?
A most vile pastime, League of Legends. I also run a lot.

>penny arcade
>kickstarter

fucking NOPE

$78 sounds like a little too much for this game.

They run a goddamn gaming convention and they need help funding something for 80k? They're worth fucking millions.

First Roll whats our Regiment Origin?

Rolled 9 (1d10)

Let see

>>49649473
Thank you my good sir we're a local Militia made up of random citizens with some random weapons defending our random homes from random enemies with random training
AKA: We have no official weapons,armour,or training we're just some dudes protecting our home

>>49643442
It's kinda racist they decided "steampunk but no Brits, because Brits = empire = evil" while keeping good British influence like not burning wives on their husbands' funeral pyres.

Cultural appropriation, so to speak. Erasure.

>>49643442
Meh.

Buying a couple of singles for Commander, I like Demon of Dark Schemes. But apart from that I couldn't care less.

Certainly not enough to entice me back to Standard, and the mechanics are boring enough I don't want to make a kitchen table deck around them.

>>49643442
>>49643442
new mechanics: shit

setting: too modern and weird for my taste. They're pushing steampunk way too hard. However it's noticeable that they were trying to focus on the art over everything else.

>>49629334

Is there anything even left to talk about at this point? Maybe we should save future generals until the game is actually out.

>>49629518
So we can't talk about 1st edition? I was hoping too considering I have a Ragnarok game I am about to start running this Thursday.

>>49629995
We can, so long as it doesn't turn into "we were lied to!" whining.

>>49629518
Well the Kickstarter is still ongoing, so if nothing else the thread drums up a minuscule amount of traffic, not that the game needs it. I mostly use the thread to know what people on the forums or Kickstarter page are saying without having to actually do any legwork myself.

All martial classes are underpowered in all editions,
it sucks building a Barbarian only to see him dominated off a cliff on the first round by some flimsy magical bastard.

>>49653296
Yes, they're good. I've heard bad things about berserker subclass, but I honestly don't get it.
Also, I'm somehow SURE that asshole who's shilling for Dungeon World in every thread is going to show up in a post or two, shitting on 5e.

>>49654166

This is a lot less true in 5e, and the thing you're mentioning literally every class is vulnerable to. If anything I find DMs more willing to blast the fuck out of the casters BECAUSE of this notion that they are superior to martials.

To answer your question OP, Barbarians are probably the "worst" martial in 5e but it's not be a very big margin. Hell, if you go totem archetype you become probably the tankiest thing in the game.

>>49652577
>Tamiyo has an adopted rat child and some other lame-o kids
>Ajani is still crying over Elspeth
>Elspeth is still kill
>Bolasdickery
>Tezzeret is supposed to be kill
>Tezz is not kill
>Ajani wants to make Tezz kill

This story proves that Ajani is by far the coolest neowalker. And they actually managed to make him seem like an actual person rather than just another archetype. I got sad when he got sad. I felt with him.
What a cool guy.

>>49652577
How many gay couples did they manage to shoehorn into the story this time?