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Am I the only DM who sucks when it comes to treasure?
I find the DMG treasure charts are overall boring. Most the time I have my players roll to find out what kind of loot they find, and they get excited when they find a ton of gold and gems, but they do nothing with it. They hardly go shopping for anything other than healing potions.
I don't know what else to do for them.
Tomorrow they will be fighting some shadow demons. I've built up the anticipation that these will be tough fights, so the players expect good treasure out of the deal.
What should they get?
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>>54893920
I made a list of 100 random non special items that literally any peasant could potentially have on their corpse
I use this whenever someone loots a body and I don't know what to say
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>>54893984
Any chance you could share with a fellow lost DM?
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>>54893920
At least personally, I like to make most of the loot I give out to the players in the form of items that have uses in some but not all situations.
That means avoiding too many liquid assets, and it also means avoiding things like just weapons and armor with flat bonuses. I'm talking the sort of thing that's armor that's amazing but only if you're underwater, a horn that frightens off a specific type of monster, a sword that is made out of a poison metal, it kills your enemies well, but as long as it's in your possession you'll constantly be getting sick; that kind of stuff.
Mostly, I just don't like how it's too easy in standard DnD to buy, sell, and trade, and build your way towards some kind of optimum equipment setup to complement your optimized stat setup. Give a lot of situational equipment, and they tend to hang on to weird things longer, as well as give more thought as to what they're going to pack for individual missions. (As an aside, I also like to make encumbrance a thing. Throw out the Bags of holding and Heward's Handy Haversacks, but give them a secure place to store stuff.)
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assault centurions makin' a comeback Edition
>Necromunda is returning, much to sister player's butthurt
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/13/breaking-news-necromunda-returnsgw-homepage-post-1/
>Konor Campaign: Chaos keeps losing and even GW begging can't help it. Lost again!
https://konor.warhammer40000.com/
>Check your local store's contribution to the Campaign. Hell, maybe you'll even play (no you won't)
https://warhammer40000.com/fate-konor-galaxy-flames/
>GW FAQ (1.1):
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/23/updated-faqs-and-boots-on-the-groundgw-homepage-post-2/
>FW FAQ (1.1):
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/15/new-and-updated-forge-world-faqs-july16gw-homepage-post-2/
>Codex: Space Marines FAQ
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/10/codex-space-marines-errata-now-available/
>Codex: Chaos Space Marine supplement for Daemons, Thousand Sons and Death Guard players
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/13/daemons-and-thousand-sons-in-codex-chaos-space-marines-aug-13gw-homepage-post-2/
>Rules and such. Use Readium on pc/iphone, lithium/kobo on android:
>Everything 8th edition in pdf & epub, SW:A, WIP and BB are here too, no novels.
https://mega.nz/#F!64wmnBZR!rWcm37EkOOeToeueqhPjpA
>Other Megas
https://mega.nz/#F!BxI1HSgI!0tKymKh9RZTzGpgIA5EyCg
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https://mega.nz/#F!pFgm0RKR!J06C1gVYcjzNGsF8YNLsjQ
>WIP Math-hammer doc (Chart-Anon doing the Emperor's work)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h0hk_IdJ7fivDEjMiIpKM5yMMB8HTm64lZHuKdLZCIU/edit?usp=sharing
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Filename?
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Fresh bread, fresh lists. I think this is quite flavorful, will use either salamanders, Raven Guard, or ultras for CT
HQ
>Captain on bike- teeth of terra, storm shield
>Lieutenant- power axe
TROOPS
>5 Scouts- sniper rifles, camo cloaks
>5 Scouts- sniper rifles, camo cloaks
>5 Scouts- sniper rifles, camo cloaks
ELITES
>3 Assault centurions- flamers, hurricane bolters (225)
>5 assault terminators- 2 LC, 3 TH/SS (242)
FAST ATTACK
>Bike squad- 2 plasma guns, combi-plasma
>Bike squad- 2 plasma guns, combi-plasma
HEAVY SUPPORT
>devestator squad- missile launchers (165)
>whirlwind scorpius (215)
TRANSPORTS
>razorback- twin assault cannon (100)
FLYERS
>storm eagle gunship (348)
Only thing is I'm not relying much on troops for anything and they are quite expensive, is dropping some scouts for a Dreadnought worthwhile even at a loss of CP's?
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nth for how good are the quality/delivery time of Pop goes the monkey on shapeways? How much do you pay for, I guess international delivery?
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Someone made a thread about it a few months ago and I liked the idea.
GM said he'll allow me to join them with it , if I can get her into the setting.
Current ongoing game:
>5e
>Party just killed a wizard for being a douche (he was enchanting local wildlife into all kinds of crazy things with no regards to his neighborhood's well being)
>Wizard has 'me' trapped in a Jar on his table
>Been there for over a year eating nothing but Crackers
>Didn't say how I got caught
>Starting level 3 Barbarian (completely vanilla unless someone can think of something better)
>All fairy abilities true to 5e(invisibility, immunity to charm and sleep, etc)
>btw GM says fairies are 'outsiders' in his setting (meaning they spawn from designated places that have been tied to the 'Fey-lands').
>It's practically my second game EVER so any advice is appreciated
Wanna help me figure out a good back story? maybe a name too?What weapon can I use?
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> maybe a name too?What weapon can I use?
BlooBloo Gutterglot
Armed with a string of barbed wire and a needle pin. On a journey of vengeance against toads (who ate your friends/family and/or lover) and anyone else who has wronged your twisted and flickering sense of justice.
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>BlooBloo
Absolutely not
>twisted and flickering sense of justice
Okay
What interesting or different ways have you seen death and near-death handled in games?
I'm looking for a system that changes a character based on their near-death experiences. Wounds both mental and physical taking more time to heal, if ever.
What sort of ways would there be to achieve this without it just being better to let the character die and start fresh?
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>What sort of ways would there be to achieve this without it just being better to let the character die and start fresh?
One way I've seen to handle near-death experiences and the ensuing lasting injuries is that it's entirely optional. Some systems make it such that players can voluntarily take a crippling injury to avoid their character outright dying from an otherwise lethal attack. In this case the player is actively choosing whether they want to roll up somebody new, or if they like their current character enough to touch out a lost limb or some such. As it's all player choice, you sidestep the issue of players feeling like the GM has unfairly crippled their character, and gives them the direct option to forego living with the injury.
Alternatively, you could make all lasting injuries also have some permanent upside, so that they roughly canceled. IE "Sure the bear got my leg, but nobody messes with me now that they know I wrestled a bear and won". The injury hurts, but you get some flavorful buff from the encounter as well. You can then imagine the grizzled badasses walking around missing eyes and limbs, covered in scars, and imagine the shit they went through to get those scars, and thus how terrifying they must be.
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I actually think I don't have consequences enough for this sort of thing. I understand fantasy, magic, etc, but if you get your arm blown off with a fireball, or a guy puts a bullet in your head, healing spells aren't going to restore your stock.
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shock* mb mb
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1. How does your character treat the concepts of god and religion (give as much info as you need about your character so as to make it coherent)
2. Listen to the following green text and help me figure out what to do with them.
>Party (a paladin two fighters and a bard) enters the Underdark hoping to rescue a prince whose kingdom failed to lower a sacrifice to Torog before he gets dragged too far to reach (Torog's followers are 5 one of them a priest the rest are mooks and a day's journey down from the party a week away from their 'point of safety', currently unaware of a chase)
>They complete the first day of the hunt deciding to rest at a relatively shallow and 'safe' part of the underdark
>Bard recognizes a statue as an altar to Torog, decides to take a lion's share of HIS gold and make an offering
>Paladin spots him
Following conversation ensues:
>Paladin: What are you doing?!
>Bard: ....Petitioning for a passage
>Paladin: You're praying to Torog, an evil god, you gonna ask him to have his followers return the boy too? Or maybe you're telling him what we're doing?!
>Bard: We are entering his territory, if we are to have any chance of survival we must sho-
>Paladin: *Smashes Altar*
>Bard: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
>Paladin: ....we don't beg forgiveness from monsters
>Bard: You doomed us all
Naturally both leveled up for that little show.
As for consequences I prefer something subtle, but anything you give is appreciated.
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My characters are typically religious opportunists. They don't worship a god unless there's a reason. They might make tributes if it has any chance of helping though.
So far as your players, I would expect that encounter die may roll above level more often while they're down there.
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The paladin is right, his gods approve, he gains some small intervention to help get to the prince in time. A distraction makes Torogs followers ignore one warning that something is after them, if the path splits the a small sign helps party choose the right one. Something like that.
The bard is a pussy. If he follows some other god, he is displeased and creates some incoveniences for him after the adventure. If he followed no god, he caught Torogs attention and gets some small bonus that would actually be horrific for a good guy, like someone he dislikes but doesn't want dead gets kidnapped, tortured and killed courtesy of Torog, thanks for trying to warn his priest,
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>>54891510
....
This is a new point of view
I'll consider it
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Mom caught me hot gluing my sisters of battle edition
>Necromunda is coming back, much to steel legion players butthurt
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/13/breaking-news-necromunda-returnsgw-homepage-post-1/
>Konor Campaign: Chaos keeps losing and even GW begging can't help it
https://konor.warhammer40000.com/
>Check your local store's contribution to the Campaign. Hell, maybe you'll even play (no you won't)
https://warhammer40000.com/fate-konor-galaxy-flames/
>GW FAQ (1.1):
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/23/updated-faqs-and-boots-on-the-groundgw-homepage-post-2/
>FW FAQ (1.1):
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/07/15/new-and-updated-forge-world-faqs-july16gw-homepage-post-2/
>Codex: Space Marines FAQ
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/10/codex-space-marines-errata-now-available/
>Codex: Chaos Space Marine supplement for Daemons, Thousand Sons and Death Guard players
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/08/13/daemons-and-thousand-sons-in-codex-chaos-space-marines-aug-13gw-homepage-post-2/
>Rules and such. Use Readium on pc/iphone, lithium/kobo on android:
>Everything 8th edition in pdf & epub, SW:A, WIP and BB are here too, no novels.
https://mega.nz/#F!64wmnBZR!rWcm37EkOOeToeueqhPjpA
>Other Megas
https://mega.nz/#F!BxI1HSgI!0tKymKh9RZTzGpgIA5EyCg
https://mega.nz/#F!9NchGZyZ!-V1LhJALxDp9Tw97WzEQGA
https://mega.nz/#F!pFgm0RKR!J06C1gVYcjzNGsF8YNLsjQ
>WIP Math-hammer doc (Chart-Anon doing the Emperor's work)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h0hk_IdJ7fivDEjMiIpKM5yMMB8HTm64lZHuKdLZCIU/edit?usp=sharing
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>chaos losing a third planet in a row
marinelets btfo
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Ever since the end times, as a chaos player I'm afraid of what will happen if my factions wins things.
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What characters should I put in my Word Bearers army to summon dudes?
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Let's get a new thread going. I'm looking for greasers, bonus points for pompadours and sunglasses.
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Is that a JoJo reference?
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>it's the work of an ENEMY [STAND]
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>Developing a setting based on 1880-1920 Europe
>Guns and bombs and such, but also magic
>No true mages, but something along the lines of witchcraft or Witchers
>Also demonology but that's beside the point
>Friends sperg because "magic can't beat guns and bombs in a (((realistic setting)))"
Does anyone know where this stigma came from? I've tried to explain how a spell could, for instance, feasibly stop a mortar round from fucking your day up, but they don't seem to be grasping that.
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>uses multiple parentheses to emphasize words
Discarded.
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>>54889128
People are expecting magic to be just as good as lets say a tank or a plane. You need to explain that magic isnt supposed to be as good as a tank or plane it just serves a different purpose.
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>>54889128
People spend too much real money, debts and time on guns and their accessories that the very idea of fiction rendering their guns pathetic or worse than magic and anything else give them the spasms and send them frothing.Which is why a lot of burgers hate most anime since they do so often
A.k.a. if you are playing tabletop in America, either play with nerds in cities or friendly jocks elsewhere if you want to still play in your setting with other people (excluding said friends).
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How quickly would Batman take down a Space Marine?
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He wouldn't
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>>54889030
Considering a Space Marine is basically Bane, but always on venom and encased in hyper-advanced power armor? It would take him a full movie at the very least and require a team-up with 2 other heroes minimum.
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Depends who's writing him. Anywhere from a full comic run to a couple of panels.
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So the other day I bought some old pokemon cards on ebay(dis gun b gud).
One of the lots I bought had a holo Articuno, holo Raichu, and a gold stamped kabuto, all were listed as NM.
Yesterday rolls around and I start getting my packages, it's going nice; I nearly have my old haymaker and raindance decks finished, and my binder is looking good. But what's this?
Three of my cards came quite worn- The aforementioned "NM" threesome arrived in a rather...lackluster condition; worn edges, DEEP, to-the-foil scratches, motherfucking CREASES(of varying severity).
I was going to just hop on ebay and leave negative with plenty of pics to back me up and a link to the auction, but ebay wants me to "work it out" with the guy.
I'm sure some of you out there have been in something similar, any idea what I should do? I've already tried killing myself, but that's just a temporary fix. Also, I'm going to ask for more pictures next time, live n learn.
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>>54888052
Their listing as Not Mint was accurate. I don't see your problem.
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>>54888234
>not mint
nice b8, the NM is near mint you fucking mongoloid
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Why aren't you posting pictures, fag.
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Arena Edition - How would your character fare in the gladiatorial ring?
/pfg/ Link Repository (Pathfinder): https://pastebin.com/JLu5xXML
/sfg/ Link Repository (Starfinder): https://pastebin.com/3GfJKi0y
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>Arena Edition
Friendly Reminder that Eox supplies the bloodiest reality TV in the galaxy, and it's kickass.
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>>54887875
>anime edition fix'd
arena isn't cute
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So we hear the phrase "Have you tried not playing D&D" a lot. Here's my question to you /tg/:
What system would you replace it with? What systems do kitchen sink fantasy better?"Literally anything" is not a valid answerThis is actually a really unsubtle "find me a new game to play" thread
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'Have you tried not playing D&D' is a term that's unfortunately been overused to the point its meaning has degraded. There is still some value to it, but it requires context and clarification.
D&D, despite what some people claim, is quite a narrow, specific system. It is built to do fantasy adventuring stuff. It can do a lot of varieties of fantasy adventuring stuff, but it doesn't really function well outside of those bounds, and it has a quite significant degree of mechanical and narrative baggage that enforces a certain kind of storytelling and setting when you use it as the system.
In my experience, 'Have you tried not playing D&D' mostly started as a response to those people who, upon running into issues of the system not supporting the style of game they were running, nevertheless defended using D&D and trying to 'fix' it rather than finding a new system more suited to the premise of their campaign.
Unfortunately, from then it's been parroted and repeated in response to every issue discussed with D&D, even in cases where system choice isn't actually relevant or useful.
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Try FantasyCraft.
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>>54887278
This.
And Legend by Rule of Cool.
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>Google Drive
http://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1qb0_OLhDrDSmZpRWdZaGZRcWs?tid=0B20r6rsFLOg_Zk5RdVdya3hJNnc&authuser=0
>Jumpchain IRC Chat
http://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?server=rizon.mibbit.org&channel=%23JumpchainCYOA
http://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/?#JumpchainCYOA
>Rules
http://pastebin.com/Gqj3iKyn
>How to Jumpchain
http://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1qb0_OLhDrDNjZmRG02SDFaRVk/view
>Last Thread
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>Discord
https://discord.gg/454MMUS
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What are some perks that allow you to get insane amounts of strength?
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Question about the Fire Emblem Fates Jump:
Do the wolfskin like to eat humans after they kill them for invading their territory, if they are deemed hostile?
I know That Keaton/Flannel enjoys killing and eating would be poacher, but I don't know if this would be shared with the other wolfskin.
Also since they really don't trust humans if you started on Mount Garou (not as a drop in wolfskin) would you mainly just stay and live in the village, and not go into town?
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Explain the Morality of this /tg/.
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Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.
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We've already had this thread.
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>>54887042
I wish we still had quest threads on this board.
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like 5 times
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>Hear good things about Edge of an Empire
>How dice can create a unique narrative with the system of successes and advantages, and how it's so different from DnD
>Join a group, create a "face" that's also a jew, peddling spice and shit
>First session, persuading some guy in a bar to give up information
>Roll for Charm
>Zero successes, 6 advantages
>The bouncers beat the shit out of me and throw me out of the bar
>Wait, but what about my advantages?
>DM thinks for a bit
>"Well, I guess you can regenerate 6 strain."
>But I don't even have strain!
>He shrugs, that's what the book advises.
Never listening to you fags again
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Good.
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>>54886711
>a bad DM means a system is bad
You've baited me, take your (OP) and go
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Sounds like you had a faggot dm. And read the fucking book you dipshit, so you know how advantage works before getting shat on.