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How does the Homestuck drawback in SBURB work if you also take the Void Session or Single Player Dead Session drawback?

>>48303366
Since it didn't take off last thread! Another go!

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Dragon's Crown gives you lots of gold right?

>>48302880
probably because they're fairly boring weapons, at least visually, when compared to bows, crossbows, etc

>>48302880
When i started playing as a newb my DM taught us the importance of a ranged weapon. so i always have a sling on me. i also always have a backup weapon.

>>48302880
Because slings weren't used in Tolkien. Also, because even though they were deadly weapons, most games make them shit only used by wizards.

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>>48294059
>for centuries

That image you got there isn't from the Middle Ages, and guns really only became big at the very tail end of the period.

Medieval guns were more likely to be arrow launching engines and incedary tools rather than true guns. Though frankly, in a world where dragons exist, those arrow launching engines would be shit popular simply because they're the most mobile sort of ballista imaginable and you really need something you can carry and set up anywhere if you're trying to take down a giant flying reptile.

>>48294059
I personally like the aversion from black powder weapons. I won't say no to pirates with bombs though

>>48294059
Tolkien didn't have them in LotR, and that's like the single biggest source of medieval fantasy tropes

>>48291736
Sure.

>>48291736
In moderate climates: evil. Winter is seen as something threatening, that you have to prepare for the rest of the year to survive. It changes your modus vivendi and makes it harder to just get through the day.

In cold climates: neutral. Winter is the normal, the people are used to it and know that they are strong and capable of survival because of it.

>>48291736
Alternatively, I would say good. Without winter there can be no spring, there is no rebirth. Rebirth is a huge part of the mythological cycle.

Without knowing anything about your pantheon, I could see the god of winter and spring/summer working together to keep the world fresh or the inhale/exhale of nature.

But it kind of depends on the rest of the pantheon.

bumpin

Played this game. Enjoyed it. Then I played against Obulous over and over and then proceeded to never touch it for a few months.

Has he been tweaked or have they give new releases to better deal with Obulous?

>>48291296
is obulous really op or are people just whining? I am just now staritngthe game and always hear about it.

>>48275048
>Dredge is rising and appears to be a very good deck. What are your thoughts on it?

The first week SOI was modern legal I made a dredge deck with Prized Amalgam and people called it a shit meme deck. But every time I play it at FNM, I go 4-0/3-1 with it.

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The overall and paper Modern Metagame.
(1 month old). While it is an outdated picture, there is apparentely a rise in linear stragies according to the stats guy behind the spreadsheet.

Information on Tiers and how they're calculated:
>http://modernnexus.com/topdecks/

Direct link to the spreadsheet:
>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VwzQKE-QTxRqzZjZ2n0o1Cp80enNcYQACf3d7xlsVDc/pubhtml

Modern deck primers link:
>http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern

Last but not least, MTGGoldfish statistics and decklists:
>http://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/modern#paper

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>>48275048
>Bant Eldrazi has shown it is extremely potent. Have you played it / against it? How was it?
I have been playing Bant Eldrazi for a month and that deck is very powerful: several topdecks are extremely effecient stabilizers or simply wincons. The deck has game against pretty much everything and its matchups are actually fun.

>Dredge is rising and appears to be a very good deck. What are your thoughts on it?
All the hype it gets is deserved. You can go very far by just quietly getting creatures back and chipping away your opponent's life total while you Life from the Loam until you get a very powerful Conflagrate to either clear the board or kill them in one hit. While there is hate against us, we have more answers to their hate than they have hate. The deck is good.

>Shadow usage and success is at all-time high. How prepared are you for it?
This is very similar to Infect, except the pumps are built-in (thanks, Death's Shadow). Unlike Infect, it's not always okay to chumpblock: Temur Battle Rage is very real. It IS, however, less consistent and more fragile to hard removal like Terminate. Overall Infect is better, but Shadow is a deck to prepare for regardless.

>What EMN cards caught your eye and for what deck(s)? Will any new deck emerge?
Eldritch Evolution apparentely does a ton of work in the deck Abzan Evolution, which is basically "Rebirthing Pod". So far, the plan is to play powerful creatures with aggressive bodies like Siege Rhino and Sigarda instead of going the combo way, which is very similar to Rhino Pod. The deck is being tested and tested, and surely we will get a great end result. I would also like to see a Delirium-focused deck, since the payoff cards in EMN are interesting.

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>>48211360
GURPS lite should include a few more things, and should be the core book for the system.

The other stuff in gurps basic set that doesn't get added into lite should be in separate booklets grouped by category.

Finally, gurps seriously needs something like d20pfsrd or dndtools so it's not such s pain in the ass to find three option your looking for.

>>48216023
I like the way it is now with the core book being able to cover a huge number of things.

I know you can't take "Negated disadvantages" normally but what if a situation forces them on you?
If i have acute hearing and hard of hearing (such as from wearing a helmet) do both apply?

>>48298424
The crusader's randomness makes it automatically worse than warblade and swordsage. Warblade has a better base attack bonus than swordsage and has access to Iron Heart, but I'm not sure which is best.

I just know that I like swordsage best for flavour purposes. It's everything I've ever wanted out of a scholarly swordsman archetype.

>>48298470
I personally like Warblade the most. Tiger Claw is one of my favorite disciplines, and I very much so like the way warblades refresh maneuvers. Much better than swordsage. Granted, the Adaptive Style feat makes up for it in their case.

>>48298424
Crusader is the best, Swordsage is in the middle, and the Warblade is the worst. Not that it particularly matters because all three of them are extremely good classes that are close to each other in power.

>>48296806
Stonehewn

>>48296806
Dogdick

Time travel doesn't work to well in RPGs.

If you're actually going into your past, players are going to change the past. This leads into paradoxes, otherwise known as plot holes, when the past isn't consistent with the future the PCs came from.

I've had a GM who avoided that by having us jump into alternative timelines. But we were left feeling that it didn't matter what did, because we kept leaving one timeline to jump into one where we hadn't done anything.

>>48282437
Make time travel required by the threat. The timeline keeps that best of everthing, but people can remember the other stuff, too. Some people don't have good memories, or think about it or connect the weirdness. Like Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask; that's how they new you were the hero of time. Time travel in play is a boring overly long skit. Give them something else to focus on and make them glad they can time travel because of the overwhelming nature of the threat, like Link vs. the falling moon in Majora's Mask; or a time traveling villain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKiREZnU0dI
The non-time travel/alt-timeline stuff needs to stand on its own AND compensate for the time travel/alt timeline drag. The obvious way is to make the problem unsolvable without it.

I've been playing in a game going on 80 sessions [each session 6ish hours online] based entirely on time travel. AMA.

>>48278775
I think Linowans are super dark skinned Native American types, far Northeasterners tend to be either very pale or nut-brown, with black, brown, or occasionally green hair, depending on nationality and/or your group's tolerance for weird hair colors.

>>48265682
Well the charm cost is [5m 2i]. Using the Excellency as a basis the -1 Defense is worth around 1-2m, given its situational nature. The instant movement feels more like something that would cost initiative than motes, but a small mote cost (1m) wouldn't be inappropriate. That leaves the penalty negation costing only 2-3m, which is potentially very cheap if you are heavily injured and in heavy armour.

As you are intending the evocation to be usable on either a rush or disengage I would suggest increasing the cost from [1m, 2i] to [2m, 2i] as it becomes more widely usable. This would be my initial 'rough' costing of the Evocation to be tweaked as needed or if playtesting suggests it needs it.

What is your opinion on the following rule interpretation:

An Ambition 2 Terrestrial Working can give a mortal character introduction into Sorcery / a Shaping Ritual.


So far my reading goes, there is just no actual requirement for a shaping ritual. Exalts need the Charm, but never is anything told about Mortals AFAIR

>>48300749
Even the Commonwealth knows they fucked up.

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>>48300749
For Mothers glory and the might of the Hive

Time for spooky space bugs.

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>>48291721
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBVXitx0ylw

Vegeta stands before you all with the smuggest, most arrogant grin on his face, his prominent golden glow highlighting the bleached color of his hair. You can sense a lot of people converging on your location, Goku, Raditz, Chuu Lee, seems even Nappa is headed towards you. There's a silence as the Saiyan prince steps forward, interrupted only by...

"How?" your brother asks. "How'd you do it?"

"Hah! Turns out I was looking at this the wrong way." Vegeta responds with a laugh. "I kept projecting my rage outwards, blaming everyone else for my misfortunes. But it finally hit me. I finally took that rage inwards. I realized my limits, how far I, Prince Vegeta, had fallen..." he clenches his fist, then points at you. "...my loathing towards you, Tuffle, became self-loathing. I thank you for this. Because as I internalized that rage, as I realized how much of this was my own doing, I was able to tap into this Legendary power." He stares you down with a slightly sadistic smirk. "I really, truly thank you, Tuffle."

Your brother furrows his brow, then, with a smile, gives you a telepathic message, 'So he shouted "I WANNA BE A SUPER SAIYAN! I WANNA I WANNA I WANNA!" hard enough for it to finally happen.'

You try to hold back a laugh as people arrive.

>A. Well, congratulations Vegeta, you're a Super Saiyan!
>B. You know, Goku's still stronger than you
>C. What were you doing on the Lookout?
>D. Something esle?

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>A. Well, congratulations Vegeta, you're a Super Saiyan!

>>48291732
>>A. Well, congratulations Vegeta, you're a Super Saiyan!

>>48286164
something something Guardian weapons fire tanks rounds something something Chaos something something 40k has the bigger dicks something something muh power levels

>>48286164
They die to Tyranids/Tau Battlesuits/Eldar going at very hihg speeds/Space marines/Daemons

>>48286164
That depends on the question of if a guardian from destiny can survive getting shot by a rocket launcher. If the answer is no, then they would just get gibbed by a space marine who has a rocket launcher that rapid fires from a 30 round magazine.

Having played destiny, I can tell you that a guardian cannot survive being shot by a rocket launcher.

>>48298478
>>So, uh... how about some breakfast?
Can't go molesting people without food in the belly..

>>48298478
>>Jealous~?
Operation Success

>>48298478
>So, uh... how about some breakfast?