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Song.

>>48680517
Usually the mermaid song is beautiful but nonmagical, while the siren's song is actually a magic charm effect. Also, sirens aren't necessarily aquatic; variations that resemble beautiful harpies exist, too.

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>>48680517
Not much. Hell, in some languages, they use the same word for both. In English, however, mermaids tend to be the good guys and sirens tend to be the bad guys, since they're the ones who tend to lure people to their death. But it varies, they're like orcs and ogres in terms of similarities.

>>48581079
No nobody has. Their entire business is built on curious people buying their books

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The poor layout of the rules as well as the constantly reprinted typos and lack of clarification is probably what turns more people off of Palladium than anything else

I would check out this channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Maloquinn it features one of the writers for Palladium discussing the system interviewing artists and Uncle Kev himself and explaining the rules and going step by step through character creation

This was actually the first fantasy genre RPG I ever ran/played. There's a lot of fun fluff/lore it, and some OK mechanics, but it can be horribly unbalanced, even if you're not trying. I do recommend giving it a try, because it has a different mechanic for just about everything, and it's quite different from many other RPGs.

I played it for about five years, and by the time my group and I were done with it, we had houseruled the shit out of it to make it more balanced and more symmetrical.

The book itself has issues with layout and organization, too.

Some changes that I would suggest to you:

Make all Weapon Proficiencies follow the same pattern.

Make all classes follow the same XP progression.

Introduce a Perception Skill and/or Stat.

One neat thing, though, is that there's a ton of homebrew material for Spells, Classes, and Skills, as well as mechanical fixes, all available online.

It's a very uneven system, but you can absolutely have fun with it.

I have given thought to adjusting them into a new system if necessary, but we honestly have never played anything else other than D&D and Pathfinder.

>>48579805
Jesus at that point they'd be battling cosmic entities. Have they fought any Demon Lords and such?

immortals handbook, you ain't shit until you've defeated the time lords and their army of neutronium golems

Hello horticulturalist Mima.

>>48579244
>she

Let's not kid ourselves here anon. It's a dude.

>>48579244
This is one of the main reasons I haven't join any group apart from one I joined 3 years ago (which I'm still in).
Sadly the group is still running 4e, which after playing 5e, I can't help but hate. Also the DM is running an extra hard varient, which make non-optimal builds non-viable.

>>48663092
You just beat me to a repost. I heard a guy say that the new cowboys are tormented bandits. I'm quite happy with this.

But I realize I'm talking more about Jack Daw then either Viks or Von Schill. Anyway, what's everyone looking forward to?

>>48663139

Mostly the Reva box and Anna that are on their way.

I wasn't initially sold on Reva until I started to consider how her corpse marker based threat range lets her threaten and control a lot of the board, especially with the Shieldbearers.

Anna sounds like a good no fun allowed henchman that I'll have to find a good place for.

>>48663139
Murder Bull and Genie.
I love big models
Although apparently Genie is summon only, boo.

>>48579212
I could see them tearing up farmland super hard.

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>>48579212
There are a few carnivorous species, so probably yes.

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>>48579212

>looking at the artifact
>not just giving it to the drop point

Say goodbye to your team.

>>48579132
What if it's DWARVEN fruitcake? That could be used as a mighty weapon!

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>>48579132
>My character likes fruitcake.

He didn't actually want to do it, but once he had the ruby pendant in his hand there was no going back. Now he's pursued by all manner of thugs, bounty hunters, and assassins, but it was all worth it, right?

My Wizard is basically the security/mastermind/leader of our group of ne'er-do-wells. She does what she does because it's highly lucrative and she's convinced the rest of the party wouldn't be able to find their own asses with a map and both hands without her. Honestly, she's grown very attached to basically the only family she's ever had, but rationalizes it away with human calculus.

We've shifted to general adventuring as a free company, because that pays better than crime. We have a pirate ship now, that she is intensely focused on upgrading and prepping for general freight.

>>48578742
My rogue's general purpose for adventuring was to get away from a city where he got in trouble with both the guards and the criminal element, as well as to get out of poverty and help others in the same shitty situation so they don't need to resort to the same things as him.
His motivation for his current quest is that it will get him a pardon, solving one of the problems in his home city, perhaps moving him towards being able to properly set up shop there one day and set up some way to help the local poor in a more substantial way.

>>48578666
It depends on the forces involved. An "unstoppable force" doesn't have to be very strong. Maybe it's just highly efficient and consistent. The same could be said of an immovable object.

CLANG

>>48578666
they phase through each other and nothing significant happens.
what? that is what happens when an unstoppable force meets 0,0,0,0 (x,y,z,t)

>>48578436
GURPs.

Done.

>>48578436
Mutants and Masterminds

>>48578436
First, run it in any series except the classic series, as its the least flexible in terms of plot.

Then just use a suitable generic superheroes system like M&M or something and call everyone a robot.

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I like ancient stuff.

any chess players here?

>>48579467
lol fuck no, that's a game for faggots

>>48579467
i don't think there are, this is probably the board for it though
you're welcome to have threads, you might want to start a discussion of strategy next time, i feel like that might get more traffic

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>>48577216
Mutants and Masterminds already has some DC splatbooks that stat out a ton of established characters. I'd recommend that.

>>48577241
Cool, thanks.

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>>48577216
I literally had the same idea for a game the other day. I'm checking out 3rd Edition M&M for a system.

Also I'll need to reread Nextwave before I run it to give me a feel for how to handle the PC mentality applied to a superheroic universe.

Remember the rule: Don't say no, determine difficulty.

Even Mr. Fantastic would overexert himself.

>>48577165
Yes. Stop being an ass.

>>48577201
Depending on the system they have "rules" for over exertion. However stretching doesn't increase mass, and stretching ones brain doesn't make them smarter.

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>>48577130
You knew this was coming, didn't you?

>>48577593
Wasn't the purpose of Monopoly to show Capitalism's flaws?

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>>48577677
Kind of, yeah. I don't think it's a good idea to try discussing philosophy or economics via the medium of board games.