So my GM is tossing around the idea of letting me start with a cursed magic item at level 1. My character is a terrorist and revolutionary hiding his identity behind a mask (the cursed item in question). He is a former beggar that was involved in the nobility as a performer before becoming disillusioned. He also has a bird theme.
Any thoughts on good ideas for cursed items? My GM also kind of wants it to be an heirloom.
Cursed item thread.
>>47666541
If he's called Nightingale or Raven, scrap everything and start again. Sparrow and Hawk are almost as bad.
A pet bird that will go to a destination and explode when a key word is spoken to it. Anyone can say the word/phrase to the bird if they can figure it out, so the owner is not even safe from it. The blast is large enough to decimate a small room.
The bird does not come back. Use wisely.
The Blue Faggot
Have you ever gotten bullied for being into the tg-life, either in your youth or in recent years?
>>47666080
Nah... but i bullied moba players in my school with wi-fi jammer and keep restarting routers for Ethernet branches in library...
I was a closeted nerd masquerading quite well as a Jock in an affluent suburban area outside Washington DC growing up in the 1990s. No one outside of my nerd buddies at the game shop knew about my hobbies which included pretty much all the GW games, D&D, Rifts, CCGs et al. I purposely went to game store of sufficient distance that I was unlikely to run into my own schools nerds.
I went to Lacrosse camp at the University of Maryland my Jr. year of high school. Some of the guys saw me reading a Shadowrun paperback novel in the lounge after hours. They started giving me shit and said "I bet you play Magic". I said what "Never heard of it what the fuck faggot shit is that? They dropped it.
>>47669401
You coward
ITT: you provide constructive feedback and ideas to the poster above you, and only then do you submit your idea. Only reply to up to 3 people total to avoid the annoying wall of text "I must reply to Everyone" post.
In this way it doesn't become a masturbatory cycle of PC without anyone actually communicating.
My idea:
The fitharm
Runes. The pact ancient.
The fitharm are the people of the letters, who long ago made a pact with the spiritual world for power. In exchange for the ability to call on spiritual power without constraint or need to justify the call like traditional shamans, they would adhere to stict tennents and life styles, tending to the needs of the animistic world.
This deal was struct by the spirits of law and negotiation on behalf of their peers, and the runes are the literal words in that contract. The relative worth of the materials used in the rune determine the power of the effect.
For example, you can scratch a rune into the dirt to call water, but you'll get a handful of drinking water at most. Carve that same rune into a gem encrusted platinum plate, and you'll get a flood.
This tradition is a closely guarded secret as it requires strict adherence to the rules of the contract. Violating the deal impacts all practitioners in some way, so they tend to police themselves heavily. Rarely are outsiders allowed to take up this magical contract for this reason.
>>47665746
I think it'd a relitively good magic system. The relative value to effect sort of thing seems somewhat arbitrary, but it justifies a lot of stuff, like why rare artifacts are treasures instead of just wood, etc.
I'm assuming this is just a method to create a nice magic systems for enchantments.
>>47665820
Thank you. Yes, it's just one system out of many, and it comes from a culture of noted warriors. Relying on magic to do the work for you is considered weak, but they see the runes as a craft , much like smithing out carpentry.
>>47665954
I would have asked you my own question but I'm at work, I'll let somebody else take thread question foe me.
Some friends and I are going to play a sci-fi post-apocalyptic campaign in the near future. It is supposed to be set somewhere on the US/Mexico border. While looking through available classes, I found one where a mask is class feature, to the point where the character can ask his mask for advice.
So my thought was a luchador. Sort of. The masked persona is of a brazen and brave (but dead) luchador as envisioned by the guy wearing it. The guy wearing it is meek, cowardly and not violent.
So, mask on - brawling, combat badass, with some serious bloodthirst who travels with the party for the thrill of battle. Mask off, meek, borderline useless guy who stays with the party because he wants to survive and he figures he can't survive in the post-civilization world on his own.
The two sides are allied, of course, since they are the same person, but have conflicting interests, ideas and methodologies. Mind you, the character still uses a weapon and won't do like absurd wrestling moves or anything. Too often.
Am I trying to do too much here? Is it a dumb idea? Just looking for some feedback.
Fuck yeah, go for it.
>>47664994
This is a great idea and you are a pretty cool cat Anon.
I would consider not making the Maskless character *too* useless. Maybe he has some good book smarts or something? Or is actually decent at getting along? Maybe just very aware and a little paranoid, unlike the Mask who is heedless of danger.
Still, this could be a really fun character. Think about how the Mask might feel about the other party members vs how the Maskless feels (while knowing they're the same person). Maybe your character feels very attracted to another party member, so the Maskless is shy and awkward, maybe a little distant around them, while the Mask is flirtatious in the extreme. Stuff like that.
Another fun angle might be thinking about how wearing the mask enables the character to do the things he has to to survive the wasteland. "I didn't do that. *He* did."
Also, I think it would be kind of cute if the Maskless was a HUGE fan of the real guy who wore the Mask before the apocalypse, so he obsessively collects memorabilia when he can find it.
Also, this idea reminds me a little of pic related. Have you played Hotline Miami?
>>47664994
Luchador's don't take their masks off
Alot of Old and New Testament wonders have spell equivalents: from Create Food to (True) Resurrection. So, is there any system or an obscure splatbook with "Parting the Seas" equivalent?
Controlling/shaping water is a pretty standard thing in most editions of D&D.
>>47666423
Doesn't that usually only cover a 5ft cube?
Knowledge: Nature to understand how high tide / low tide phases work
Knowledge: Geography to pick the right spot for crossing
Dear /tg/,
Me and my friends all really wanted to try classic RPGing but didnt know any DMs so with lack of a better alternative got into it.
Now six months later we have almost finished the starter adventure game(there is only an encounter with a young dragon left)
I am having a lot of fun DMing and my friends love playing so we want to start playing in a bigger campaign setting.
Any good suggestions?
>D&D v3.5
>current player lvl 3-4
>setting: classic low fantasy
>type: sandbox/multi paths
>players wishlist: a world containing big lively city
>>47664775
preferably a open source kind of setting in wich I am able to intergrate our first adventures and change some things around
OP, all settings are "open source", nobody cares what things you change in your own campaigns.
When it comes to D&D campaign settings, I am partial to ones with a strong unifying theme.
Ravenloft is a good one.
Ghostwalk has one book, but I love it.
Forgotten Realms is easily the largest and most supported setting, if you're into that.
Masque of the Red Death is a 19th-century gothic horror variant.
All settings have at least one big lively city.
bumping
Would you play in a campaign with this guy as the BBEG?
No.
No.
No.
Good afternoon tg, so Im currently running a campaign (pic related) and I have one party member that is able to call a celestial steed, I was hesitant but I figured what the hell I won't limit my players, but now he's dealing almost four times the damage as everyone else and encounters aren't even challenging. Is there a way to Ballance this?
How does a celestial steed result in the character dealing that much damage?
He's dealing trample damage and damage with a horse, while everyone else is just dealing regular damage
>>47664249
Hahahahaha!
Red is not allowed to do large amounts of direct damage because that's off-color.
How does that make you feel?
>>47663911
i don't really play mtg so it doesn't really make me feel much at all
>>47663911
i get where he's coming from
obviously what he said only applies to burn that can hit creatures, but you wouldnt want a spell that can burn a player for a huge amount either, because that would just be broken unless it was really expensive anyway
>>47663911
>It's a OP outs himself as a fag that can't read episode
What effect does losing an arm have on a magic caster in D&D?
(I don't have any pictures of wizards missing arms.)
It would hurt a lot.
>>47663745
I was going to say losing a ring slot but you could just wear two on the other hand
>>47663745
It means he's considered unarmed.
Still coming weekly.
>obtuse
>cringy humor
>need to go through 9000 chapters to keep up
the homestuck of /tg/
>>47663120
Don't forget
>simplistic template-based art so literally anyone can make their own in-style Original Character
Look, the comic may be absolutely doing nothing to keep its readers loyal except its longevity, but damn.
That last panel there was great.
Excuse me, Divine Valar, but if Gandalf knew immediately that Bilbo's ring was a great ring and he could see it was unadorned, and being an ancient being as he is he would know that only the One Ring is unadorned, why did it take him years of research to determine it was the One Ring?
only a sith deals in absolutes
>>47662492
Because he had to be ABSOLUTELY sure it was the One Ring before sending a fucking hobbit to Mordor, and he also had to figure out how it came to Gollum's possession since most people didn't even know Isildur had taken it
>>47662492
IMO there are a lot of powerful rings scattered around in Middle Earth. But who would have guessed that, that was THE ONE RING. Especially in the hands of some stunty fuck.
It is kinda like expecting that a who bum who eats out of a trash has a red button in his cardboard box that can destroy the world.
>players encounter something potentially hostile
>their immediate idea is to charge and kill it
>even if the odds are not exactly in their favor and the system (WFRP2) WILL kill them
How to discourage them from this?
>>47662413
kill them.
they'll learn.
Warn them, let them die.
If this still doesn't work, then it's time to realize that the group you play with is a pack or murder-hobos and you'll have to adjust your DMing style to accommodate this or find a new group.
>>47662413
Provide an objective implication that they should be careful.
After a bit of tweaking and play testing, this is the so far the best performing variation of the deck yet. For the most part consistent. Flaws are you get wiped out by Electrickery. However it's not impossible to get around it and you'll rarely see it game 1. Fogs are a threat but can easily be beaten out by 2-4 Flaring Pains in the side board. Agents a control matchup, you can out agro them for the most part. agents burn there is little you can do and is for the most part a loss game 1.
More play testing will be done
Combo Goblins
Creatures:
4x Goblin Bushwhacker
4x Mogg War Marshal
4x Goblin Electromancer
4x Goblin Matron
Instant/Sorcery:
4x Brightstone Ritual
2x Preordain
2x Keep Watch
4x Dragon Fodder
4x Krenko's Command
4x Battle Hymn
4x Distant Melody
Land:
5x Island
4x Swiftwater Cliffs
11x Mountain
>MTGO Pauper Guide
https://www.cardhoarder.com/mtgo-beginner-guide
>What are some top tier decks I can get on MTGO/Paper?
http://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/pauper
>BUT I WANT TO SEE ALL VIABLE DECKS!
http://tappedout.net/users/fruuty/deck-folders/
>Which rules should I follow?
If you don't already have some homebrew version with friends, follow the MTGO card pool and banlist (and please spread this to your friends that start playing with you). Currently the only place Pauper is officially supported by Wizards is online, and they have a card pool and banlist, therefore that is the format we should be using offline on paper as well, since decks and cards can transfer to games between each other with no confusion.
>WAHHH THATS TOO HARD WHERE...
http://www.mtg-hunter.com
The bottom left has a box, select MTGO Pauper, all cards in the card pool and banlist are taken into account.
>What deck should I use?
Ask in the thread!
>Is MTGO worth it?
If you have no local paper competition, but want to play a vast amount of Pauper, it can't be beat, even if it is a clunky GUI, you learn quickly.
Some good decks for newbies include but are not limited to:
>Burn
>Elves
>Goblins
>Stompy
>Slivers
>Affinity
>Mono U Control
>UB Teachings
Since what speds up those threads are shitbrews I wanted to make a deck around ETB abusing and pic related. Besides Kalastria Healer what else can I jam in it?
Are there any new eldrazi that fit into most decks like pic related? I want to run Korozda Guildmage pauper EDH and need some fat bastards with a lot of toughness
Hi folks, i just need your quick help. I'm trying to translate a roleplaying game module into english and wan't to check if some phrases sound about right or if they are somehow off somehow.
"If they don’t succeed in a difficult willpower check, they are engrossed into the third order half-demons’s realm of dreams."
"When you open your eyes, fog is billowing around your beds. Where there have been walls when you fell asleep, now trees, heavily burdened with vines, wind themselves into a bloodred sky."
For the first sentence, 'engrossed' isn't quite right.
Maybe 'dragged' or 'pulled'?
Second sounds fine to me.
>>47661732
thanks for the response.
i think dragged fits quite well. it sounds like something a demonic being does. pulled is a bit neutral isnt it? there will be one or three more phrases soon.
"It is cool and grey streaks twich and quiver at the edge of your perception."
cool?frigid? slightly cold?
for me as not native speaker "cool" is to much weighted on the side of "cool story bro" and less temperature.