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>>48616615
Paranoia

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>>48616615

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>>48616626
I think, this fits?

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>>48653067

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No stone is unbreakable, they all tends towards the brittle.

That said , I think jade is supposed to have a decent amount of toughness, making it a less awful idea than most.

Is it magical if it's unbreakable? If it's magical to make it unbreakable, just choose the densest stone you can find. According to google it is basalt. If it's not magical you're pretty fucked, because stone will chip a shit ton.

>>48652523
are cops completely countered by hostages?

>(STANDARD LG!

That still leaves a wide range of interpretations and options.

But, overall, most paladins have a decent enough charisma score to talk to the guy, either enough to convince him to let the hostage go in exchange for some sort of leniency, or long enough for the rogue to kill the guy.

>>48652523
Use your protective skills to increase her armor class.

Somebody who doesn't make it seem like sparks are handed out as a joke.

A real planeswalker that made shit happen. You know, Urza, back when he wasn't written into an insane asylum because the writers couldn't handle a competent opponent for Phyrexia

>>48649262

You know, a thought occurs to me.
Plenty of cards show Urza doing things, but how many cards show Urza saying things? I mean, quotes from Urza in the flavor text?

>>48641269
Yes, some of them will play, but not most by a long shot

Traditional games have been seeing a huge surge in popularity thanks to the accessibility of online communities. You might say it's not the same, but that's the passage of time for you. Your pearl-clutching terror at whatever the fuck the "youths" are doing these days is at best misguided. Let them be stupid on their own and don't worry so much.

>>48641269
Nobody from my generation cares what Generation ___ is doing and neither do I.

It's generally worth trying other systems because a lot of the time the different mechanics mean that what you're doing and the sorts of decisions your making whilst playing/GMing between different systems, even in the same genre, can be very different and people have all sorts of preferences, there could be a system in which you have to do none of the stuff you find annoying and get to focus on the parts of gaming you love the most, there probably isn't but you might find one you enjoy better than D&D5e.

>>48636971
Every RPG system is geared towards a certain playstyle. D&D is geared towards long term campaigns of hack & slash, pillage & plunder, loot & level. PC mortality is low, HPs are high and building an optimal character is a widespread activity.

A system like, otoh, Harnmaster is geared towards a medieval, low fantasy, low magic, high realism setting. Combat is brutal, including amputations, and even if you survive, any open wound might cause you to die of infection. It's not about teasure-hunting heroes, it's about a semi-realistic, low magic, medieval experience.

A system like Warhammer 1E/2E is geared towards dark fantasy - which means another quiet lethal combat system with rules for bloody, debilitating criticals. However it sits between Harnmaster and D&D in a number of ways (mid magic, treasure hunting is more feasible, etc).

Never having played Dragon Age, I believe it is geared towards more cineastic action with its stunt rules.

A Song Of Ice And Fire RPG features rules for Intrigue and creating your own Clan, stuff you would expect from the setting.

Ideally, you as as GM, develop a vision of what kind of gameplay you want long-term out of your fantasy. What is fantasy gaming about for you? What is most interesting to explore? And when you have that, you come back here and ask people about what system is best suited to this playstyle.

>>48637096
I very much appreciate your answer. Thank you.

Getting the hook of your question, i think what i like the most about D&D and what i look in a TTRPG is the creative freedom it allows me in combat. I really liked the spells in 5ed, especially the bard and druid ones. I really like the concept of magical items, that grants me features, i like how resting while travelling can be harsh and i find the whole magic system to be quite appealing though i would like to try something a little more low magic (in the level of LoTR maybe).
I dont like to feel restrict to a a certain party set up or feeling that i have to built my character in an optional way for combat. I really liked the concept of bounded accuracy in 5ed.
I would probably be interested if any other TTRPG allowed me more freedom without being too crunchy (i like things fluid and simple)

>>48631496
Behind every Face, there is a person

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>>48631496
A bad day is a good morning and a good night.

>>48631496
"Don't pet the burning dog."

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1st for salt

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>>48625156
Second for banning from league

Rolled 3, 6 = 9 (2d6)

Rolling my foul

Dire rutabagas.

>>48623765
And the Baneblade was a light tank but the Predator was an MBT.

Take everything with a grain of salt in 40k, especially shit they talk about in the DAoT.

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Tractors are used for a lot of stuff. Transporting goods, pulling farm equipment. It's not so much that they were farming anything particularly massive back then, but the yields, the distances needed to be covered,and the size of equipment must have been much larger than we're used to.

anyone played through the breech? is it fun? is it easy for a group to get into thats never done an RPG before?

>>48616268
Haven't played it, only read the rulebook. Character generation seems awesome, and the game supposedly plays a bit similar to Malifaux (big surprise). I doubt it'd be harder to get into than most other RPGs on the market, so if you like the setting or even play Malifaux, go for it.

These are the only spoilers that we have right now:

http://imgur.com/a/ZrHFM

>>48634722
The shit most people call "Steampunk" is.
Actual Steampunk isn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA

>>48634878
Bad steampunk is still steampunk

>>48634889
But gluing some gears on something that is not Steampunk does not make it Steampunk.

That's the point of the video I linked.

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For this operation, you're going to need to dress fancy so unfortunately the kevlar will have to stay at home.
>standard DR on this op reduced from 4 to 1

We've reviewed the combat data from the operation last week, and made a few adjustments to our policies. This is an instrumental process, so please keep your cameras on at all times when in the field.
Claire.

>Operative service skills changed Technique: Weapon handling -1
>Technique: Weapon Handling malus ½

>Steady: ignore shock + stun
>to Steady: Aim is +2 per AP

>Competence: Auto-Hit adjacent
>to Competence: Target evasion -2

>Secrets of the past changed from 3d6 to 1d6+career mod.
>If desired, anyone can opt to re-roll and use new list.
>Skills changed to allow picks if Operative, Thaumathurge. Extra human ressources get array of skills + stat from their power / linage / benefactor (were getting too many skills)
>Broke up parts of linages
>[Choir] mechanics scrapped, pending review - Sorry Blessed Folks.

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Since we can't very well go tooting assault rifles to a private gathering, you're going to have to stick with pistols and concealable arms this time.

And the bulky grenades are right out. You can maybe smuggle in a breaching charge in a handbag, if you're careful.

Unfortunately, we can't very well add armored inserts to a formal dress but R&D thinks they might be able to do something with a few ceramic plates.
>Plate DR +1 on this op

Mr. Wonglei seems to have hired SolarStar Security Solutions for his little gathering, and they're out in force. If they catch acting odd they're likely to sound the alarm. Unfortunately SolarStar is one of the companies under investigation, so they might be in on whatever Wonglei is up to.

Areas of interest would be the newly constructed library, Wonglei's private office or the security room since it is likely where the private server for the residence is stored.

Oh, and if you have tentacles, try not to rough up the guards.

Rolled 6 (1d6)

>>48569284
>>48569337

No, you can't make me. You don't understand how terrible it is to wear the thing, this constant ringing, it drives me insane."

>Reroll secrets of the past

Combat Knife: 6dmg, vitals, charge, 2 AP per attack, crit 5
C7: 7dmg, 7ammo*3, BF+1 / M3 / H2, Atk 0/-2/-4, Reload 3AP
Armour Inserts (DR 1)
NorAdre x 2

Vit: 16
Ap: 10 /+5
Skill: 11
Will: 10
Per: 11
Def: 8 /-4
DR: 3

Special:
Lycanthrope
-[Rage] Reset AP on kill
-Berserk at 0 Vit
-[Regen5] Spent 5 ap to recover 5 vit
-[Strength3] +3 melee attacks
Secrets of the past, Beacon ,Sprinte4

I play 0E clones. There are three alignments:

Lawful - Likes people and human habitats and wants them to survive and thrive (in general).
Chaotic - Hates people and human habitats and wants them to wither and be destroyed (in general).
Neutral - Is not willing to work hard for the benefit or destruction of people and human habitats (in general).

For most of my campaigns I just say "play lawful or neutral because I don't want you destroying towns and generally acting like an evil-ass monster."

Alignment hardly comes up beyond that.

>>48644030
When Alignment is:
a). descriptive rather than prescriptive, a reflection of the character's current beliefs and past actions.
and
b). a spectrum, rather than a set of hard and fast boxes, such that characters can be different parts and intensities of each axis while having a general descriptor.

Funny enough this is exactly how D&D says alignment is to be run, but you'd all rather get mad wouldn't you?

>>48644202
But what if my actions and beliefs are all over the place? What if they cannot be classified in these two dimensions, and my actions follow a near-incomprehensible but very strict code? Does the outside world decide? Do I decide? Does Kek decide?

As a DM, I often choke up when the actual session starts. I can't properly describe things anymore, every combat encounter I have to improvise becomes a fight in a more or less plain room and my abililty to do voices for NPCs just disappears.

It's fucking frustrating, and the main reason that while I love to DM, I hate my DMing.

>>48631367
As a Player I guess I get to exited about these kind of games and pester the DM to hell and back. I just don't have anyone else to talk about Tabletop...I'm only starting so my That Guyness is still in incubation phase.

As a DM. I don't DM. I barely know the rules.

>>48631367
There's always a lesbian couple.

>>48628576
>Have to wait several centuries before it's your turn to rule
>live for many millenia
>its not that long in the grand scheme of things
>wait patiently

>>48628600
Thing about elves, they still experience time as slowly as everyone else. 300 years is still a long fucking time for anyone without subjective time dilation.

>>48628576
>Thousand year life span
>Get to enjoy the perks of nobility without any real work for centuries
They wait

Unless you are dark elves in which case they kill each other over pretty much anything.