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>>48835867
I wanna use it but my players are shitters who don't even wanna read lite.

I run most of my campaigns with it. I lucked out and though me and my group started out with D&D, we always had an open mind about trying out other systems (not saying that D&D is inherently shit it just seems to be a common issue for a lot of people that their group doesn't want to branch out.)

I stumbled on GURPS after hearing about it from a GT retrospective on the fallout games. It sounded interesting and we gave it a shot for a one-shot zombie apocalypse game and loved it.

It isn't for everybody but we personally really enjoyed the detail-oriented nature of the system. One of the first questions my players asked the first time they got hit in D&D was "can I roll to dodge?" In D&D this is abstracted as part of AC, in GURPS dodge is an actual maneuver. This sort of thing is something we enjoy.

While some groups prefer abstraction on things like damage, armor, personality and the like, my group prefers detail and structure, something GURPS is great for.

>>48835867
Define 'primary'. I use it for almost all games that are at least somewhat grounded in reality, since it breaks down a bit in the higher TLs and power levels. The amount of work required to make GURPS run those well exceeds the amount needed to learn another system.

For your general down-to-earth needs it's really good and extremely flexible, and lends itself best to homegrown settings or multiworld games.

>>48835621
>The most reliable form of communication is through the Naga Messenger Guild, a series of incredibly long snakes connected by talking heads that traverses the deep calcite caves of the Underworld. You talk to a naga on one end, see, and the naga on the other end speaks with your voice, relaying your message to the recipient. Prices are steep, and even most lords can only afford a few minutes of conversation per day.

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>>48835621

>>48835749

Traveller

Secrets of the Blood Nebula

sorry what?

>>48835361
I think OP wants to make a very specific thing happen in his game but is disguising it as a general question so it doesnt look like he's just asking for help

>>48835382

Not really, I suppose I didn't phrase it well but the idea was making weapons out of tools I guess.

It's not like it hasn't bee done before; flails used for threshing wheat turning into, well, flails. Scythes with their original blades replaced by straighter ones for use in combat that sort of thing only using future shit

>>48835088
The excuse I'm using in my campaign is that the Navy was needed elsewhere ao they just shattered the planet's space capability and then fucked off to a new warzone

>>48835088

Factories, archives, various useful/irreplacable shit.

Holy cites are good

Planetary governor who refuses to (or can't) leave is good

fuck with 40k you could literally just have the Navy not give enough of a fuck to bombard the planet, like the admiral has the ships fuck off to somewhere else.

>>48833761
I miss my old fleet.

I've seen this before, but the name escapes me.

Maybe Battletech but I don't know

I thought this concept was cool as fucking balls and I hope to dear god they are still in business and goin strong.

>>48833319
I'm sorry to say, but as is I dont like it. I think you have a cool concept here but when you tie it to closely to the idea of the lich you're surrendering to much of the mystery to pre-established concepts.

Could you instead decouple it from a phylactery and have the creature who's gaining power from this remain nameless? It would come off as more "eldritch" then "undead" depending on your narration.

Furthermore, I recommend reading "The Sabbath" by Rabbi Abraham J. Heschel. A large part of his thesis is on the nature of the sabbath and how it is a construct in time. I think this could help give you some language to better express your idea.

Dealing with that would be an unpleasant hassle that no system will handle well.
It's clunky and obnoxious at best, and almost certainly tedious to boot.
Unless you're trying to fap to your DMPC, please stop. Actually, stop either way.

Ok so looking at this my first question is how the players are supposed to beat it without time bullshit powers.

In all I really don't like it, it seems to be confusing and obtuse for the sake of being confusing and obtuse, an attempt to be "original" instead of something that's actually cool and useful. I feel that it would work in a really really really really specific setting and/or game but as a general thing to use in stuff I really don't like it. I'd sooner just have the lich hide his phylactery in a specific time period.

>>48832685
Drinking from it turns you into horny Viking party girl

>>48832685
Makes all booze taste like Coor's Light

>>48832824

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Not youtube, but people usually fanboy over Critical Role. If you're talking about dnd related videos, not necessarily game recordings, then Spoony can be fun.

may i suggest 3rd Wheel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd83kSpJ-jJGCE_L8Yaoakg

Really fun and an interresting Story. also got presentaition style

>>48829946
Don't be lazy. Play a game, don't just watch a game.

>>48828466
Like Islam? No thanks.

>>48828466

Because that would require effort and research, which is beyond most writers, who would rather just vomit vaguely-remembered things they osmosed as a child.

Saying they "derived" from LotR is being super generous, because it implies they looked at or read LotR at any point in their lives.

>>48828466
Name me a good fantasy series that is strongly inspired by lord of the rings. You'll probably find some but you can't deny that the best fantasy works are original creations. It's the generic shit that tends to be Tolkien ripoffs.

I like it, not sure why its not that popular. Its way better than the other two versions WoTC put out. My group is playing the version from FFG right now.

>>48828093
I don't know why, but I can't get behind Fantasy Flight's. It's not that it's bad, I just can't. Still used to the D20 system, not eager to leave it.

>>48827616
Jedi are fucking overpowered, jedi knight is the most crazy prestige to exist, noble is fucking useless. The game is full of options, but 80% is useless shit and you soon find out that there are only a handful of GOOD options here.
Skill focus (use the Force) should be banned at all tables.

>>48826650 If you somehow deal combat damage to yourself as the monarch, do all your "become the monarch" and "stop being the monarch" triggers go off?

>>48826772
I don't know for sure; that's the sort of thing where I could give you a guess, but until I have the actual CR entry for Monarch, anything I give would be just that: a guess.

The cards in the new Conspiracy set will be legal in vintage, legacy and EDH like the old one, right?
If so, do i get the draw benefits if i play a card that says "you become the monarch" outside of a conspiracy draft?

>>48824341
Kore blimey!

>>48824341
>The demon actually looks pretty cool
>Everything else is the same old SAD shit

We had this thread at least twice already.

I like the parasite design. Thunt usually draws like shit, but somehow knows how to doodle spooky and disturbing stuff.

>>48822591
>that gemstone technical paint line
gonna shill for a moment, MAN those are good

>>48822591
"Always rumembah ta thin ya paints 'n get a nice, fine tip on ya brush!

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>>48822627
I can see how they're useful for doing a lot of units up to tabletop quality in a hurry, but I'm a traditionalist.

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A globe is fine, but is hardly practical for real use in a campaign. There are a few map projections in Worldbuilder, but I'm not a big fan of them. Here's a 2:1 equirectangular projection of the world I made.

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From here, I can use this tool to convert the map to one of over 100 representations. http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/gprojector/

Most of the projections look way too impractical for campaign purposes. I want something that minimizes distortion, but is aesthetically pleasing and accessible to players. I import the equirectangular map, pick Eckert IV, and adjust the center.

I think the result is something accessible, practical, and interesting to look at. This particular world has a lot of land, all connected, but with natural borders from many huge mountain ranges. There are a few islands, too. Since Worldbuilder lacks rivers and lakes, I would paint those in myself.

http://donjon.bin.sh/
-gm/map aids

Pennywise the Clown or something to that effect. Really anything that lives in the sewers is going to give you a good opportunity for a dungeon encounter.

Run Ten Candles instead. It's kind of like Dread but with a cooler gimmick.

Also someone please post the pdf I need it

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>>48817032
>hey everyone, I just watched Stranger Things and I'm extremely easy to influence