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>>48353584
>It's not cheating if you tell them.
That's highly debatable. If I yelled at my wife that I'm going to go fuck Kim I don't think she'd agree that's it's not cheating because she was informed.

I feel like the rewording is an improvement, though. I'd prefer it to not have the 'likely to find someone new' line, but, at the end of the day, you inserted some ambiguity as to what the ultimate result of this would be which leaves people some wiggle room, so it's better than nothing.

I hate to drag this into the new thread, but we DO have to end the conversation in some way, and as long as both of us are at an accord I don't think we have much to say beyond this anyway.

>>48353619
This is why you wait a while before making a new thread

You fucked up OP

This salt will go on

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>>48353504
>and no I don't have sauce
It's from the newest episode of Re:Zero, scrub.

>>48353504
There is no way to make the FFG 40k roleplaying systems 'easy.' Sorry.

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>>48353504
I can't help you with Rogue Trader, but I can help with sauce.

Re:Zero

>>48353448
In L5R spell rolls are based on "Rings" which, except for Void, are made up of two traits. The Water ring, focused on healing and... something else (I don't play mages), is based on Strength and Perception.

>>48353448
4e, where everything does 1W damage plus a spell effect or is on a cooldown just like my ult in WoW

>>48353448
Well for starters there's the cancermage build in ye deande.

Then you can have whateverthefuckyouwant in superhero games.

And gurpsfags will chime in any second now.

In Exalted 3e you gather energy for spells by special actions defined by your sorcerous initiation and you can make it be something strength based easily.

Pelinal and crusader posters ruined them for me.

>>48353249
This.

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>>48353230
I think they are treading on thin ice

A joke that would only be funny once, then you realize how much time you wasted writing a book of imaginary foods that no one would give more than a curious glance.

Now if the system mechanically revolved what foods you ate and rewarded players for slicing up monsters to make steaks then it could very much work. E.G satay Minotaur steak gives greater strength and charge

Of course if you think this meme is funny in real life you can always make real food, dye it a different color and give it to your players.

>>48352713
>or else you incur penalties (and eventually starve to death)
Well, 5e already does this. It uses the exhaustion system in Apendix A, and the levels of "exhaustion" you reach for lack of food are detailed on page 185. They seem pretty lenient, but that's probably intentional, and yeah, if you go without long enough, or combined with other effects, your character will die.
>certain meals made with certain techniques and ingredients confer certain bonuses?
Much, much more work, honestly, and I can't imgine players would care about it as much as the peron designing the system. Most systems I've encountered put the emphasis on adventurous activities, and keep necessary but less exciting ones in a position where they can be resolved with a couple of dice rolls.

If you play a system that rewards small bonuses that last some time, why not. Expect players to munch only on what's useful for their classes though.

Invade from where? How did they get here?

>>48352333
That's not important but let's say they appear from the largest steppe area in the setting

>>48352312

Djingis Khan is wiped out by the legions of musket armed halfling supported by wardog riding cavalry and ceramic covered war wagons armed with cannons.

>>48351313
Start with one you think you can actually do and focus on making your writing worthwhile instead.

>>48351313
If you're a beginner (and likely a cautious one, evidenced by this thread), I'd suggest a simple system. Too much crunch drives people off.

But beyond that, you need to make sure the setting and story is good enough that people want to know more and play in it. To that end, you need good worldbuilding and writing skills.

>>48351328
That's pretty good advise, thank you

>>48351587
Well hopefully i do, i've been writing for a long time but have never posted anything publicly, so heres hoping.

https://discord.gg/FpVfNKp
remember the discord

>>48350959
Remind me when this thread hits post limit, I'll add it in.

How many headtubes does your character have?

Have the whole Gym/Elite Four system be a screening process for space colonists.
Only those tough enough to beat the champion get access to exploring the other planets in the star system.
Although there are already plenty of pokemon from outer space, you could also create variations such as asteroid geodudes for example.
I'm pretty sure there is a supplement somewhere for this topic.

>>48350538
I created a custom region once.

The way that I see building Gym Leader teams is that within one type, you want to as much much on that type's concepts as possible instead of going crazy with the dual-typing. Elite Four members are a lot better for stuff like that, because it shows strength through variety.

My Gym Leader teams were all written out with one Pokemon that acts as the "boss" for the team. You know, the one that's stronger than the other ones. The one that's usually saved for last.
Then I write out up to so many other possible team members. Since I didn't want any Gym Leaders to have a full team in battle, that means they all battled with 2-5 Pokemon. So the boss is solid. Then depending on how far into the region it is, the Gym Leader has so many possible spares.
The first Gym Leader in my region was a Ground-Type trainer. Hippopotas was the boss, with Sandshrew and Diglett being her alternates. So this means that Hippopotas was in every battle, and either of the other two showed up. Simple team, simple format.

My plans for whoever was the last Gym Leader was that they would have six Pokemon, but only fight with five.
The further in that you get, the more Pokemon that the Gym Leader will typically use, and therefore the total number that they have available goes up. I typically just made it one more than they actually used. If a Gym Leader uses 4 Pokemon, then I would give them five, with two or three being "core" members of their team and the remaining slots being swappable.

That was a lot of text going in circles to say one thing, but I hope it helps.

>>48350538
I'm not super well versed on the mechanics of PTU, but I have been playing a PTA game for a year now, and ran one for a few months before the group had a hiatus for too long, and I've learned a thing or two about gym construction. Which I'll try and share as best I can.

First off: Don't limit yourself to 8 gyms, that's boring and makes it really shitty for your players who miss one. 8 badges should be the minimum, to get into the pokemon league at the end however.

Second point: Build a gym around a gimmick. Find a strategy you want your gym to use, and lean on it heavily. I had more gyms than pokemon types, so I also added on gyms that simply focused on classes, or even just a single move, such as an underdog gym, or a double team gym. Don't just use the teams as part of the gimmick, but build the battlefield around it too. A gym is meant to be a test, and it should explicitly be a particularly hard battle by normal standards. That having been said, should the player "solve" the battle, and come up with a good counter strategy, it should be an easy win.

Third thing, and this one is from the game I'm playing more than my own work. Format battles as an XvX. Like, 1v1s or 3v3s or something. This helps since, unless you've got some passive experience gain going on(which I recommend) the players will usually not even have a full 6 pokemon at an appropriate power level.

As for the story, I sincerely believe you don't need one. Who the fuck has ever cared about the story in pokemon games? It's not the focus, it's not the part people really like, and it's not part of the fantasy of being a pokemon trainer. If you insist on a plot, it can be a background one, and you could probably get away with barely planning it when you started, and just building it out as time goes on.

Can you provide examples from your experience, highlighting things that have been an issue?

Other than that:
> Try building a lattice of nodes that comprise the components of the scenario. Don't be stingy with the opening avenues of the investigation. Straight up give them 3-4 right off the bat, spelling them out explicitly, and have them form a lattice with one another to future points. Chokepoints between nodes should be few and far between unless they're vital. They shouldn't have to hit all of the nodes to make it through.
> People make mistakes, some of my early mysteries involved NPCs who acted far too cleverly to make the scenario satisfying. Don't be afraid to have them behave/have behaved without thinking things through.
> Put a clock on things. If they don't hit the solution or make enough progress quickly enough the situation gets worse, but reveals more of itself. Alternatively as they get closer the same thing happens. Vary this a bit from scenario to scenario as appropriate.
> Make shit up if you need too. This falls less into the 'PCs are retroactively right' column and more into 'wow, I didn't think they would do that' territory. Before you start, look at the paths your clues provide and so you can sandwich an alternative path into the player's intended actions with the same result on the fly. This helps to avoid the game getting bogged down.

tl;dr

>>48350319
1: There should be few dead ends in the investigation. At any point in time, the evidence should suggest new clues AND people/factions to accuse of being responsible for whatever the investigation is about. That means the players will always have something new to search for or interrogate, unless they're completely off the mark.

2: Evidence should generally point to two or three different conclusions. The players should correlate what information they have from evidence, and it should overall point strongly to the culprit. You've got murder weapon that was accessible to guy A, girl B and girl C, the guard saw a female go in with a ninja outfit, and the people who wanted the murdered guy dead had dealings with this ninja clan who girl C and guy D were part of. Of course, the murderer is girl C.

3: If the players can't work out how to use a piece of evidence (e.g. their in game skills are not high enough), suggest to them seeking out specialists - clay trod into the carpet of a burgled mansion could be brought to a merchant who could say "yeah, this clay's either from the north region of barbarians, but it's also found in the training grounds of this ninja clan."

3: NPCs can give out bad accusations due to their biases, but if they do so, the people accused should be able to give more information. Only accuse people who the players can get to easily so they don't do a side trip all the way to the northern wastes. "I bet you it was Faction X. They are allied with Faction Y and I hate their guts." -Faction X can provide information on Faction Y, who was the group that hired the ninja to do the murder.

4: If all else fails, have another incident occur - another murder by a ninja girl! Or the murdered guy's place is robbed by ninjas. That starts a new linked investigation - it might be by a different person or the same person, but the players will have something else to look into, and ask more people about the evidence.

>>48349697
A. Stones or cold forged rough copper
B. They don't.
C. See B.

>>48349697

>How could they improve their weapons and technology while still being nomadic?

Theft and trade.

And they never advance without agrarian patrons.

You cannot sustain a large population of nomads without agrarian support, and without large populations and storable foods(grain), you don't produce any wealth or feed artisans.

>>48349697
>How could they improve their weapons and technology while still being nomadic?

Some ideas:
>Some of their society splinters into semi-sedentary lifestyle, and these semi-sedentary guys are the ones to advance tech (and probably be the food suppliers as well)
>There's ruins from a bygone age of civilization, and the nomads are able to reverse-engineer some of them
>They go on the backs of gigantic creatures/golems/thingamajiggers that lets them carry whole villages around, and provide enough resources for them - this allows them to develop tech while still technically be nomadic

>>48349546
>the vikings never use them because they didn't all wear horned helmets, and very few did

>>48349633
>the Vikings turn out to be undercover teutonic knights.

>>48349546
If they smash?
Free potions for the enemy?

Bumping Maisie.

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>>48348869
>people are actually attracted to this gremlin

Wonders never cease.

>>48348869
MAISIE!!!

>>48348815
blue

>>48348854
Ya I'm currently thinking blues and purples with maybe like a bright blue or green for like biolumesence

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>>48348815

You should also buy some aquatic bits like fins and spikes from things like fantasy hydras.

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Are there any games that use 54mm excusively? how about patching a game to that scale?

X-Wing is a super solud dogfighting game. Plus it's Star Wars so you know itxs a good time. I think the use of upgrade cards is a great way to mix things up, and it's fairly well balanced overall.

MERCS 2.0 is damn fun. Way smoother than the first edition, lots of options to pick from now that the game has 12 playable factions and the new campaign system is pretty sweet.

Bushido has a cool system and some nice models(although there are some that aren't great) but a very small playerbase.

Freebooters Fate has a wonderful system involving lots of bluffing with the card based combat, but it's a pretty niche game here in the states.

Then there are the non-skirmish games. Kings of War, Heavy Gear, Warzone, Firestorm Armadan Dropzone/fleet Commander.

>>48348703
Lately I've been really into the Song of Blades and Heroes series of games. Simple and fun system, and you build unit profiles based on the minis, and not the other way around. And building the profiles provides a points value for them.

It's a simple system that is very flexible. And it's cheap.