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>>48785014

Depends on what we did last and what the party is feeling.

Right now I'm jonesing for the thug bbeg who is dumb as fuck right up until he outsmarts you and drops you off a cliff.

why must plots have centralized evil villains commanding underlings?
Why can we not have decentralized evil committees that plan and execute their evil separately without the oversight of a central authority?

>>48785071
Because you usually want to have a very definitive "win" condition.

If you have one Big Bad who is Behind It All, you beat him, you have a dramatic moment you can point to and say "we won".

A decentralized glut of evil doesn't really offer that.

>>48784980

>Warmachine video game

W-was it shit? I'd be surprised if the fanbase wouldn't have supported it.

> the fluff isn't strong enough to make people get into it for its own sake

That's a bummer. I was never into the setting but it sucks to hear that no one else was either.

>>48785450
It was unadulterated garbage. Most players were backing it for the minis and it ate up most of their budget to produce them.

>>48785630

Ooof that's fucking rough. A good videogame will do a lot to bring people into the world. The fact that they got a shit one...ooof.

Stands are gonna be rough unless your DM lets you fluff shit.

I think there was a class where you had this golem Eidelon thing that you pimped out and cast magic through, but I'm not sure.

>>48784921
It depends on how abstract you want to get. Wizards have familiars and Druids have a starting pet I think.

>>48784989

Oh fuck Familiars could be perfect for those super-power based stands since you can cast through the familiar.

From there it's just picking a bunch of spells that technically-kinda revolve around a theme or are an extension of a particular power..

Hello! I've run games like this in the past. I'm starting one up right now, via Discord. You are free to join us if you would like an example of how it can be done. https://discord.gg/HzcQM

Anyway, the easiest way to do it would be to use an existing hex map like Carcosa (like I'm using) or Quelong (I hear that's supposed to be much better, but I don't own it yet.)

Basically, you have a hex-map with adventuring locations in each hex, and random encounters. Each of these is a potential plot seed.
Some of these should reference locations and events in other hexes to help build cohesion and create the illusion of a living world.

Don't worry so much about crafting a formalistic plot. Just let it emerge naturally.

Use resource management to keep players moving. Remember that time is a resource, too.

>>48784423
I agree with >>48784562 but also ask on /osrg/.

>>48784423
Here's a (very in depth) guide.
http://batintheattic.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-make-fantasy-sandbox.html

Remember that players don't necessarily have to interact with the hex system at all--it's just an organizational tool. In fact it can be fun to have them draw their own map (and deal with the consequences if they get lost or take poor notes).

>>48784238
I would have never used a deck of many things again after the first fuck up.

Honestly, I have no idea what that GM was thinking, and no, I don't see how Tiamat being mated with anyone represents a specific threat. Did you miss some of the story?

>>48784626
Yeah, probably. But the events I mentioned happened.

Well they could still come back.

As cyborgs

>>48783852
Is Dragon Sickness "a thing" or is it merely a spook?

>>48784400
>>48783852
I feel like cursed treasure hoards make for neat post dungeon adventures

Continually casts suggestion on nearby pcs

>>48783852
>Can strange and hard-to-understand human behavior be explained away with a made-up mental illness?
Yes, but that doesn't mean it actually is one.

If a dismissive explanation for something can easily be found in any circumstance, including ones where it's untrue and inaccurate, then it's not a very useful one.

>>48783841
thats pretty well done, and anybody who doesnt know about warhammer will just assume its 80s metal pop art style.

pretty baller

I already have a barbarian on my arm, so that counts right?

>>48783841
WIZARD FIGHTING A CYBORG

I wish for monkey paw effects.

Straight up wish granting with no caveats if a hella boring plot device.

I'd rather the genie just fuck my shit up.

>>48783835
Lets see:
>more wheels than the Scars
>tanks, assault bikes, land speeders, darkshrouds and Nephelims, Oh my!
>a fucking jetbike
>baller bike wing antennas
>scions of the Lion
>servo ravens that puts Corax's boys to shame
>if they were chirstian they'd be screaming; "Dues Vault!"

>>48784866
Man, what a bunch of Mary Sues.

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>>48783835

>Mfw there are actual factions with old timey bikes that can't fly or go supersonic speeds
>They don't even use CC weapons that make use of their momentum
>Basically just have to go home if they have to fight by lava, sea, mountains or mud
>Laughing Spears and Windriders

>>48784866

>a fucking jetbike

Wow! One ENTIRE jetbike you say! Did you hear that Nuadhu!? They have a fucking jetbike!

It's super dope, but the rest of the game doesn't seem all that exciting. I wonder what the writers of the game are up to these days.

>>48784875
Yeah it seems as though it slightly falls apart when you reach the higher levels of Span. Still, I would like to see a new version of it, with some updated/fixed mechanics. Seems like having to record every jump you make would get to be a bit much.

Anyone else have any experience with it?

>>48784875
>>48784981
Played it a bit, it's pretty great. Having to record all the jumps can get to be a bit much but the most that usually means is eventually looking at the rats nest of time travel you've built for yourself in a particular region of space/time and saying 'I'm never coming back here if I can help it', marking off a few safe points in case you end up in a time combat that strays through the area and mentally fencing the whole thing off.

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>playing Dark Heresy
>am an Imperial Guardsman who managed to get a shotgun
>don't know what kind of demon monster we're dealing with (it's a genestealer), but I took its baby and threatened over the intercom to kill the baby if it harmed another person
>come running into a room where it has some dude cornered and I see for the first time that it probably isn't even sentient
>it kills the guy in front of me
>I throw the baby half-genestealer up in the air, shoot it one-handed, pop the shell and start chasing the creature down the hallway

also

>playing D&D 5e
>we kill some aberration thing that came through a portal which is still open, and a nightmarish face watches from the distance in this bizarre Lovecraftian hellscape
>shove the body through the portal
>stare directly at the face and take a leak through the portal before smashing the gate

>>48782945
It was really a thing you had to be there for.
Any description of my combat droid's exploits would be less impressive without me in front of you beating the table with my fists to simulate stomping sounds.

>>48782976
Holy shit that's metal.
>>48783065
I have a vivid imagination. Tell me!

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>>48782902
DnD, or whatever incarnation has survived to that point.

Fallout 4 has a building, where several of of the monitors were being used by their former workers for a play-by-post dnd session. Pic related is one of the messages.

>>48782902
Chess, checkers, etc. the tabletop games that have been going strong since the 19th and won't stop short of total human extinction

>>48782902
Chess probably. It has survived for centuries already, it will probably still be played for a while yet.
And yes it's solvable, and computers already beat humans. But I doubt humans even in the 22nd century will be able to play optimally.

Deus Vult / 10

Cleric/Monk multi class with a high carisma

LG
medium humanoid
10 hp
AC 10
Can use any cleric spell at-will as an epic level caster
Can use any divine abilities from Deities & Demigods at-will, as a greater god

>>48782534
Basic it's work like poker dice

You roll a dice pool of d10s, the number of dice that match decide the speed and damage of an an attack while the face value of the matching dice (height) decide accuracy.

The main advantage is it's one of the few systerm to handle 'simultaneous' combat in a quick manner.

>>48782534
Okay, but not revolutionary.

It seems conceptually elegant, but in practice you're still rolling a pile of dice and taking some time to crunch that into a result. For some games, a simple pass/fail is better.

>>48784740

The genius is in making the dice mechanics integrally incorporate dynamic initiative, so everyone works out what they're trying to do, which is generally fairly quick, and then everyone rolls at the same time and begins working out how they did, so there's much less of that "and now everyone else at the table waits patiently for the slow dice roller to get on with things" as they're all busy seeing how they did and processing their rolls and how they want to apportion things.

Combat in ORE games is thus a lot snappier and less time consuming, fewer cases of the party spending the better part of an entire gaming session wanking away in a fight with low level goblins.

I came up with a weapon that when stabbed into an enemy, blade growths would pop out like a tree's splitting branches.

Even basic +1 magic weapons can become awesome through fluff. Had one where it was a blunt sword that would have a magical blade form on the side that is being swung.

Hmmm... But what about non-magical weapons? Maybe some metal work or something that can be done to make some strong ones.
Even just exotic weapons, like snake swords or some Killa-Kill scissor-sword-thing, right?

Maybe? My goal is to have fun with my friends and that can be a really awesome funny moment.

Yes. I am a sadist.

>>48781499
Kill yourself.