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>>48514884
No, it's because pretentious games like Fate and Apocalypse World are garbage killing the industry.

If you want to tell a story, light a campfire and tell one. Don't call your barely cohesive "rules" a game when it isn't.

>>48514908
OK, see, you still didn't explain anything, you just repeated a meme

>>48514884
it comes from grognards who can't be bothered to utilize their imaginations for even one particular moment, lest someone experience fun

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Why can't they use swords?

Some of the best wuxia fighters used swords.

Just adapt a rapier or something and make it Dex based, then just call it a jian.

>>48511127
Have you tried playing 4e?

>>48511127
D&D 4e's monk is pretty solid, if I remember right. Someone described them as a 'pinball of death' since they move around and hit everything. Decent defenses for a striker.

>>48497376

About how old is he, This would be a difficult situation for me, I run a home game so I rarely have that kind of problem but I could definitely see it happening at store run games.

Its possible that the problem might sort itself out, If your lucky he might either learn to enjoy the game how it is, or get bored of it (and perhaps try it again when he is more mature)

>>48497376
dude its your own spare time. Unless that mom is paying you tell the kid to fuck off. You are under no obligation to baby sit.

You dont need rules you need some self respect. If you dont like someone, or dont like a situation, or if anything makes you unhappy do something about it yourself. You could:
1) fight it
2) discuss it
3) walk away from it
4) zillions of options

You choice to bitch about it after the fact on an image board, which is an option.. just a very poor one.

>>48497376
>that akward momemnt when trying to be a good decent human being backfires horribly.

I've been on the recieving end a couple of times with that feel. You be nice to someone that seems like their getting shit on by life to be nice, and then you have a horribly annoying/uncomfortable relationships that's hard to cut off because you don't want to be a dick.

The only solution I've found is a firm "sorry I don't want to hang out anymore". You can't live through life and be happy AND never step on any toes.

I mean theres some times where I'd just advise dealing with it. When I was a kid playing baseball I was the only friend of an autistic kid on our team and I remember the father thanking me after the season was over, he understood the situation, and since I knew it was only temporary for that season, being nice is fine during that time.

Can't get the trove to load >>48475140

I'd very much like to find a PDF of Dark Dungeons, assuming it's somewhere in the trove.

Is this trove also hosted on a more bandwidth-friendly site by any chance?

>>48475507

I don't think it's just you. I can't get it to load either. Might be a mega issue today.

Someone just turned me onto this whole OSR thing, but the amount of options is overwhelming. I can't really see the substantive differences. Which is generally the most popular? Sorry if this is basic stuff but your pastebin didn't really have any info for the casual passerby.

>What have you done so far?
Here's our main document, which contains all of our ideas recorded en masse. We're currently in the process of transcribing this into a properly composed PDF.
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/15kJXvBVinsbst0tMWmzwaUj5ddk0hotd3nifw3Hs720/edit

There are several supplementary files in the Google Doc, including character sheets and some appendices for Psychs (combat powers), Threads (clothing that grant abilities) and Noise (monsters).

>What's on the Agenda?
As said, we've got the basic mechanics down pretty solidly so we've got three main needs right now:

>1. Playtest
We're looking for anyone who's interested in helping to playtest at least the combat mechanics so we can know if we're on the right track or not. We've got the rules hammered out, basic character powers drawn up and simple monsters prepped, so now it's all about finding willing testers.

>2. Consolidation
As we said, we're starting to work on putting together the first draft of the rulebook. you can see our progress here:
>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByXuM4vUEk8kc2QwTFJZR19ZMGc/view?usp=sharing
Which contains our Dice Mechanics and Character Building. Most of this is being compiled by poster Rhythm+Flow, based on the Google Doc.

>What we need
Fluff pages for the front of the book and between each section of the rulebook.

As mentioned before, we gotta get some playtesters in here.

>3. More, more more!
We're still adding more to our collection of stat-ed out Pins here:
>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByXuM4vUEk8kVzZQdUFJSnFDdW8/view?usp=sharing
And we're still building more Noise to kill and discussing the finer points of interacting with the world. If you've got input, or even if you just like the game, we're looking for all the input and feedback we can get. May God have mercy on our souls.

Also, previous thread
>>48287391

Oh, cool, we're back

>>48515096
Pick a topic. ie. List your interests (so that you could actually hold a conversation if you wanted). Different groups have different shit they care about

What demographic in particular do you want to notice and care (women, guys, old, young, casuals, hardcores)

>>48515096

"Why bother with tabletop when you can just play a video game instead"

>>48515096
Check your privilege.

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>>48510457

Pig.

Its a long running joke from our very first campaign.

We were in a town called boomshackles. Strongest drink was Boomshackle Boomshine. Its now in every campaign since, regardless of time, setting, ect.

In my setting there is an island filled with criminals which were all freed after the guards were moved to the mainland for BBEG related reasons.
Anyway there is a tavern on this island in which the strongest drink is made. It all started when the tolerance of the inhabitants began to outpace the alcohol content of the beer. The people were completely unable to get wasted, even though what they were drinking would deck a normal man. But these were the crustiest, saltiest men on the planet.
Anyway, the native elves attempted to poison the water supply of the the convicts, which the elves interpreted as being the tavern.
After the bartender beat the fuck out of the offending elves he promised to clean out the supply later.
But he forgot and the next day her served up his usual customers his usual beer but before he could take it back the man downed it. And promptly fell off his stool. The bartender thought he had died instantly but really he was just off his ass. The elf poison had been just the thing to make the most heinously powerful beer of all time, completely and utterly lethal to any mere mortal but not these men.

I never got around to naming it though.

K

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>>48510107
Grognard Leader, reporting in.

This is a thing that happened. That thing does or does not provoke unspecified emotion within me. It may or may not make me feel something that I feel a need to express.

>>48508309
Shit/10

>>48508309
Amazing/10

>>48508309
Size/Type: Large Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 5d10+25 (52 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +5 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+14
Attack: Claw +9 melee (1d6+5)
Full Attack: 2 claws +9 melee (1d6+5) and bite +4 melee (1d8+2)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +2
Abilities: Str 21, Dex 12, Con 21, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +8, Spot +8
Feats: Alertness, Track
Environment: Temperate forests
Organization: Solitary, pair, or pack (3-8)
Challenge Rating: 4
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 6-8 HD (Large); 9-15 HD (Huge)
Level Adjustment: —

I'm ERPing with the DMs wife

More than half the game books I've bought over my entire gaming career have never been used.

>>48506165
I buy booster packs for the sheer thrill. I know I'll never break even, but I do it anyways.

Any good recomendarions for cheap models?

>>48439794
Shit. *Recommendations.

>>48439794
Of what?

Most of Battlefront's plastics are fairly priced.

As are the vehicles from Plastic Soldier Company.

What specifically are you looking for? Shermans? StuGs? T-34s? Halftracks?

>>48499448
Whichever is better.
Seriously dude, they're all fucking different.

>>48499448
The slutty elves that are getting a sexy show.

Fantasy Orc is probably dumber but definitely tougher and almost certainly a better fighter.

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>You need to subscribe to read this article

>>48494800
That's weird. I got the link from /aosg/ and i definitely am not subbed.

Ill copypasta it here:

>>48494820
Questor share tip: Buy Games Workshop as company leverages fantasy brands
Peter Spence
26 July 2016 • 7:09pm

Games Workshop

465¼p +9¼p

Questor says BUY

Investors looking for an attractive yield and a company well placed to benefit from the pound’s steep falls could do worse than Games Workshop, a business that Questor feels has been overlooked.
Cheap and cheerful

After a troubling end to 2015, revenues at the tabletop games maker have recovered, and the stock appears reasonably cheap, at a price-to-earnings multiple at just 11.2. Coupled with strong cash generation and healthy overseas sales, Games Workshop is an enticing, if risky play.

The company has pumped out figurines to a hardcore audience since its formation in the 1970s, providing the parts for customers to assemble and paint their own armies. Yet despite the high-tech alternatives now available, the firm’s fans have remained loyal.

Valued at just £150m, the company receives scant analyst coverage. Only house broker Peel Hunt currently holds a rating on the stock. Its “Buy” recommendation was reiterated after Games Workshop’s annual results on Tuesday, citing their expectation for a chunky 7.5pc dividend yield over the next two years.

Brexit boon

Recent falls in the pound will make the Nottingham-based company more competitive, as it makes 72pc of its sales overseas and has a domestically focused cost base. A weaker pound could boost profits beyond the expectation-busting £16.9m achieved in the year to May 29.

Games Workshop said that it is particularly sensitive to the US dollar, against which sterling has dropped 10.9pc since the start of the year, and also the euro, compared with which the pound is 11.8pc cheaper over the same period.

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>>48486323

Pet, shapeshifting, healing, offensive spells, and not totally helpless in melee.

So it's a class with a broad range of capabilities and with specialization can be a master ant any one particular role.

>>48486323
Bear riding a bear while summoning more bears. What is not to like?

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>>48486323
Trees and magic and shit.

You also get to be a serious spellcaster without having to be all bookish, or making a contract with a demon, or be just super special born with it.
Instead you're the shaman, the man who takes the form of beasts, the walker of wild places, who knows the language of beasts and trees and all their names.

And of course, a healthy sprinkling of "it's cool and players want to do it, so let's put it in our game.", as with literally everything else.

>>48472681
>Are you looking forward to the ADHD of mini companies making a oddly scaled mini game based off a mediocre computer game.
Nope.

Not particularly. Nope.