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>>48810170
>Rules lite systems are also scorned from what I've seen.

Which is bizarre because online is where you really need rules lite systems. I don't want to sit in front of my computer for 1 hour while people are making their characters. I don't want to stare at porn for 5 minutes while the wizard reads all his spell descriptions to figure out what spell to cast.

Rules light systems make online games run much faster and more smoothly.

>>48810170
Hey Alphonse

>>48810170
So are you saying the reason your games fall apart is that the system isn't good ? Are you sure there isn't anything else ? I find it hard to believe.
It could be bad scheduling of sessions, not enough discussion with the players before hand, or getting players who just aren't that into it. I recruited players from a gamefinder thread once to complete a group ; out of almost ten people who contacted me, read some of my lore and said they really wanted to play, only one actually ended up playing with us. The others disappeared on me after one long discussion about the game, some even did that after a few discussions, and stating several times in different occasions that they wanted to be part of the group.
I feel like people tend to have shorter attention spans for online games and just drop out easily.
But seriously rules lite systems aren't scorned at all, it was for Fate that I got so many people contacting me. And you could learn Fate easily

Ya need a choppy to ya face, ya git!

WAAAGH!

>>48809835
>Do you think it would be scary to fight Orkz

You fucking bet it would.

>Be Imperial Guard infantryman
>Spent the past week fighting Orkz
>Those guys were brutal, one picked up one of your squadmates and casually ripped him in half
>The poor bastard had a shotgun, not like it did him much good, took another dozen lasgun rounds to drop it
>Those big fucks are even worse, you swear to the God Emperor their skin must be made of Plasteel
>You've never seen one feel pain, either, Sgt. Jenkins took one's leg off yesterday, didn't stop the thing from crawling at him like a crazed madman
>The Chimera's currently undergoing repairs, rugged as it is the terrain and constant use of explosives by the Greenskins has worn the old girl down
>You check your last Lasgun chargepack, haven't seen a supply drop in days
>Only 30 shots
>Orkz could be anywhere, and you know you can't kill more than 3 with that kind of ammo unless Big E. suddenly decides you're saint material
>Not getting close to those greens either, things are stronger and tougher than even the biggest guys in your platoon, thrash about with their torso-sized slabs of metal and there's no way you're parrying that shit

>>48809027
Sci-fi in what way?

Stars Without Number

>>48809027
Traveller

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Is there any pratical difference betwen "this spell can't be countered" and "this spell can't be countered by spells or abilities" or is it just to make cards that target countered when their targets become illegal?

>>48808606
"This spell can't be countered" means it can't be countered. At all. By anything.

"This spell can't be countered by spells or abilities" just means it can't be countered by spells or abilities, but the rules of the game can still counter it. This is why you see 'by spells or abilities' on spells which target, and the 'can't be countered' on spells which do not. If Rending Volley just said "Can't be countered", then it would still resolve after I gave the target Hexproof or Shroud, because the rules of the game can't counter it. Hell, it would technically resolve if I made the target stop existing!

So, yeah. That's the reason for the wording.

>>48808343

Not sure if this is quite a valid question, but it's been rattling around my head a bit. Do you have any idea if MTG plagiarized from Master of Magic, or is it the reverse? The color scheme is too similar between the two to be honest coincidence.

>>48808003
>I have lived for XXXX years

The right way to write that is XL. And it's only 40, not old enough to say such pretentious shit without being laughed at.

>>48808363
>XL

Yes, let's put the guy who has lived for 1000+ years in the same bucket as a t-shirt for your fat ass

>>48808373
Is this that new trolling thing I've heard about?

>>48807721
What's the theme like? Do you expect a lot of combat? Where do you want the humor to come from?

Generic systems are always a good bet when you don't know what system you want to be running.

>>48807721
Storyteller/Storytelling

Run a self aware game of WoD

Savage Worlds

Gray rather than green skin.

Stay as far away from Warcraft and Warhammer as possible.

Well, what are you worried is "uninteresting"?

Just come up with a story and then boom there you go.

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Used to be a gladiator slave. Plenty of potential there for heavy backstory.

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The CYOA's Patron Module, which determines just who bestows your character's magical abilities. But be wary, for not all of these patrons are after your best interests...

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SCS Core Rulebook for use with the CYOA.

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Re-post of the teaser for the spell re-work.

Have you tried playing D&D?

Because that's the game they wanted to make?

Sooooo they made it.

>>48807523
Because no amount of pushups can alter the fabric of your being?

Elementals are physical manifestations of the natural world. Even if they're spiritual entities, they manifest in very tangible ways.

Spirits, on the other hand, might represent the same things but in a much more ethereal and conceptual form, much less physically present and more able to act within the themes of their element as well as its physical effects.

Fairies are an entirely different sort of thing, elemental fairies are just servants of Fae Lords channeling various sorts of natural powers, but they have a much less direct relationship to nature.

>>48807324
Of course you don't need all of them in setting, you can do whatever you want.

>fire elemental
Incarnation of a primal force. More savage, not necessarily anything resembling a creature.

>fire spirit
A formless intelligience related to fire. Maybe the guardian of the campfire, keeping evil beings away while travellers rest, maybe a vengefull soul that was burnt on the stake unjustly.

>fire fairy
That's just a fairy with a nick for fire magic. Not much different than a pyromancer.

>>48807324
>Do you really need to have all three types in a single setting?

Do you really need all those elements and damage types, nigga? You've got piercing fire damage, radiant bludgeoning damage, there's negative channeled constitution drain, there's positive charisma burn, there's profane temporary hit point damage, and even city damage.

WFRP IS AWESOME

Hitting shit is hard and deadly and you can start off as a grave digger.

It also has the most amazing multi-classing/leveling shit ever.

I have never played Rune Quest so I must assume it is shit and that my preferred game is superior.

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WFRP comes with a cool setting. RuneQuest comes with a superior system. The two can easily be combined.

>>48806840
So what about the rune quest 6 system is superior?

>>48806104
Followup post: haven't ever really ran a one-shot session, how would you set it up to make sure it all took place in a single session, or at most two?

Wild Talents has some NPC stat blocks

that might help get you started

>>48806104
>SCP
I wouldn't. it's a mess and it doesn't invite inspiration. Everything that touches it turns into bleh.

>OPFOR
If you don't understand the moving parts enough to come up with something as simple as a challenge then maybe stick to Savage Worlds? It really isn't hard. I swear, every idiot asks this, in any system. WUT PAGE IS DICEE ROLL AGAINSTEE ON?

shameless bump

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>>48806059
Depending on which interpretation of the mythos you believe, the elder things might have been the ones to actually uplift humanity from dumb apes to intelligent bipeds.

Most likely an Elder Thing 'cult' would consist of a cadre of elite human scientists who deal with the star-headed men as, while certainly not equals, at least colleagues. They are, after all, "men" of science. A "cult" would most likely be human scientists working in concert with them on some great project, or carrying out their wishes in exchange for technological or eschatological knowledge.

Lovin your idea. Having the insanity of the world slowly begin to be revealed is the heart of the mythos.

The long and short of it is that you need more experience. play more games, watch more games, listen to pros talk about their card and game play choices (LSV in particular is great at explaining things).
As your game knowledge increases, so too will your card evaluation skills, you will use those skills to build better decks.
Also, buying singles is just good fiscal sense, I'm sure some other anon will explain how if it isn't obvious.
Tl;Dr game more

>>48805965

This. You will learn about efficiency and what your meta has. Look at the specific kinds of cards that are giving you a hard time or certain strategies and try to fix that.

And buy singles, you will save money.

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>Unwilling to buy single cards