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Been a while since I've dwelled into mud's personally. Any recommendations?

>>47474263
Could you recommend any servers?

>>47474300
Nothing personally - the one that I was playing on the regular just kind of shit itself and had a few super old players ragequit, but you can go to TMC and check out the better ones.

http://www.mudconnect.com/

That's got a list of most of the active MUD's nowadays - a lot of them actually have fuckin decent playerbases.

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>>47474045
Bumping with some writefaggotry for inspiration.

Did anybody out there save that "/tg/, we need to talk" vocaroo about Dungeon World? It was hilarious, but it expired.

>>47474292
http://picosong.com/BG64/
Will continue later if the thread isn't kill.

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>>47473633
The setting is generally low fantasy on the earth-like world (we'll call it Midgard until I come up with a better name). That being said the geography is royally fucked after the giant ass volcano at the juncture of a few continents blew its top and sank a lot of land into the sea, along with the predominant empire in the region. People believe that the previously dormant volcano is a stairway to heavan and it blew its top after some cunts decided to kill the Son of God (TM).

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>>47473655
Now getting into the point of a working solar system. So while Midgard more or less follows the physics of our own world, the other planets play by their whole own set of rules. Now this is where magic comes into play. Mages are (incredibly rare) individuals that given a power source can play by the rules of physics/reality from another planet on Midgard. Now the nearer one of these planets orbits Midgard the more powerful the magic becomes. For example the 'death' planet comes near Midgard every at the end of every fall causing a lot of undead to get themselves up to no good. Most planets only get close enough every 50-200 years to have a noticeable impact, but when they do they can cause some serious supernatural fuckery.

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>>47473683

Additionally the sun that the planets orbit is the heavan equivalent of this setting. I'm debating whether I want to have a second smaller sun as my 'hell,' dedicate a planet to it, or place it in the literal core of Midgard.

I hope you guys can give me some good recommendations. I can post more once I get home from the bar and have access to my notes if you would like.

>>47473288
>I'm thinking of just winging a whole session with one of these, making shit up with random rolls behind my DM screen. Is that a good idea?
It could be. It would depend on the ruleset and your experience as a GM. I say, go for it.

>>47473288
They're primarily a gm wank

How do you put that out to the players as a tool or handout? Even on something like roll20 it's not functionally useful

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>>47473363
They're a lot more useful than a 2D map if height matters in the dungeon, and for creating a better sense of what the place looks like.

>>47473038
wrong board, OP

>>47473038
>>>/tv/

>>47473038
Mr Mordan gave everyone exactly what they wanted. He was nice like that.

Wind Walk at-will

>>47472296
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Za-V_lhwGg

Divine rank 10

>>47472259
it works like this
>I want superpowers
>I want bad-boy cred
>I want to not have any downsides

Then bam! You wind up writing nonsense like a half-werewolf or a WoD vampire.

What is a half-werewolf?

>>47472378

I guess the progeny of a werewolf and a non werewolf.

How that works is based entirely on the particulars of werewolves in your setting.

>>47471946
Why doesn't US army?

>>47471946
>>take advantage of the fact that the Astartes can literally run faster than 100 mph

wat

>>47471999
Have you seen CACW scene where Captain, Bucky and Panther run around cars in Berlin? Well, that is jogging for SMs (depends of the writter)

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"If the first orderve is not to your liking then fret not the cook has something else for you!"

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>>47471279
Oh, uh, dang, I'm actually allergic to... that.

Also, I just need to get something I left in the guest quarters.

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"Or perhaps this? Really our dear chef put so much time and work into these, the least you could do is try them."

>>47471138
Best bet is to look up what each of the Major Arcana represents.

For example, the Tower is a sudden, violent change or end to something. Clearly, this would be a "Power Word: Kill" sort of spell.

Don't assume that a card's name has any relation to its meaning. Both Death and The Devil are fairly neutral-positive cards.

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>>47471138
I think we all know what The World does...

>>47471657
No, no, do it the exact opposite way, take the literal meaning of the every card instead. Tower creates a tower, for instance.

>>47470942
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: —

>>47470942
>Size/Type: Large Magical Shitpost
>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: —

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU MOTHERFUKERS!” It was…………………………………………………….Dumblydore!

>narrative focused
What narrative? Dark Souls is all about exploration, finding things out, and interacting with the variety of memorable characters, not following a plot.

Anyway, to answer your question, look up Torchbearer. It's a dark fantasy game with a very strong focus on characterization (which I think may be what you meant by "narrative focused") and exploration. Its focus on lighting (hence the name) and morale may also mesh well with a Dark Souls-esque campaign. There's a healthy amount of combat maneuvers available, and planning/playing smart is a major thing. It's not the world's most intuitive system, but its worth a shot. The system also gets thrown around a lot for Dark Dungeons.

If that doesn't work out, there's always GURPS; you'll have plenty of options at your disposal allowing for *tons* of flexibility, and a brutal realism of the system supports common-sense choices over "he's threatening me with a crossbow? lol I've got 60 HP and that does, what, like 1d8?" There's no built-in mechanics for character-driven stories by default though, so that'll be on you to include.

>>47470545
By Dark Souls inspired I meant via atmosphere, eg decaying world, few npcs, themes of cycles and rebirth, not lack of a strong narrative. Lordran is just one part of the world as well so I was thinking of incorporating other provinces from the Lore as well or making up similar scenarios.

And thanks for your suggestions! I'm looking for things that won't be too clunky to newer players, so GURPS might be a good fit albeit more work for me to fill in the blanks. I'll look into Torchbearer as well though. I really appreciate your response

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>>47470295
Fee fi fo fum
I smell the blood of a casul

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>>47470014

>>47470014

EVERY SCREEN GONE RED!
DAT MEANS WE SUPER FAAAAAST!
WAAAAAGH!

>>47470050

Tell that to people with synesthesia.

>>47468894
For snacks, make some hardtack. Maybe throw in some sugar and cinnamon, though that wouldn't be as "thematic". You could also / instead make some sweet biscuits.

For drinks, you could serve water, beer or cider. You could also buy some non-alcoholic imitation alcohol for non-drinkers.

For the meal, I would serve a meat-and-vegetable stew. This might be any usual culinary meat except chicken, since I don't really like chicken stews. If I could get it, I would use wild boar or venison but pork or beef would also be fine.

I'd serve the stew with some good-quality rye, sourdough or wholemeal bread and a block of butter. If you can get dripping, then you could also supply that.

For desert, I'd suggest an apple pie, maybe spiced with cloves or cinnamon. If you can get sharp fruit like blackberries, then put those in the pie as well. Serve it with cream.

>>47469278
Thanks.

What about the meatbread so pubblicized on 1d4chan?

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>>47470024

4chan does not know how to cook, but there are plenty of ways to put meat in bread from proper traditional cuisine. Like Russian piroshki, for instance.

>>47468863
Since when have we had a basement?

>>47468890
As you realize you dont have basement reality collapses around you, all you see is endless grey space.

>>47468890

We've always had a basement, honey. Go get the oil, I need to start frying the chicken.