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It seems that insecurities of gamers have come full circle, to the point that they lash out at things that hit that special uncanny valley zone of being cool while also appealing too much demographics they're afraid associate with.

Themes of death, darkness, tragedy, and the orient - All these things have been practically branded taboo, and if someone brings them up they're accused of being a weeaboo or an edgy teenager. How strange is it really to play a dark, bloodthirsty character in a story which will most likely revolve around constant killing? How strange it really to say that your motives stem from the death of family and loved ones when it's such a practical explanation for someone constantly adventuring without having to worry about connections at home? The only thing strange is the distaste for cliches in games that are designed to embrace them. RPG's were originally created so that people could act out the adventures of heroes in fiction - the heroic paladin, the crafty ranger, the bookish wizard... For love of these cliches we play them. It does not matter how derivative your character is because no matter what you do your campaign is going to be unique. No matter how strict the module is, no campaigns can ever truly be the same story. With the quips, the stunts, the critical failures, and the like you and your party have created a story which belongs to yourselves. For that reason, there is no reason to pretend that the word "cliche" should carry the same weight in the context of traditional gaming as it does in writing or filmmaking.

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I recently finished Ringworld and I can't get it out of my head how perfect it would be for a fantasy setting.
>an endless world full of countless stories
>countless homid races that range from humans to giants to dwarves and halflings to eleves...
>high tech artifacts that everyone regards as magic
>alien monsters to slay

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What is the best way to cheat death?
Any setting including ours.

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We all know that medieval clothing was colorful as fuck. This begs the question, 'why do all the nobles in all the medieval movies/tv shows wear dirt shit brown?' The simplest answer in my mind is that dirt shit brown is gritty and cool.

Now neither I, nor movie producers could give a flying fuck if you think dirt shit brown is gritty and cool, but knowing that producers and executives think that way, How do we make color gritty and cool in fantasy?

Getting red back in could be a first step, but what's next? Maybe purple

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For House & Dominion: Civil War Quest

http://houseanddominion.wikia.com/wiki/House_%26_Dominion_Complete_Archive
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=House%20and%20Dominion

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You are Sonia Reynard, Baron of Rioja. One small world among many in the House of Jerik-Dremine. From it you control the fates of a dozen others in the so called Smuggler's Run. With your new position you have the opportunity to become one of the most influential people in your House.

It is from this world that you draw your fleets and armies from. Both have seen their share of action with anti-piracy actions, an invasion of Bonrah's local territory and raids into the next Nav Relay.

It is 4033 and as the Dominion slips deeper into civil war you and those under your command have been fighting to protect your little corner of known space. With the return of the Forbearance and its fleet House Nasidum and their allies attempted to intercept them and deprive you of vital ships. Though they failed they began to take control of space surrounding a Navigator station in the Centri cluster that would allow them to cut you off from the shortest route to the homeworlds.

Over the next week they and their allies mustered more of their fleets as the Ruling House and other allies did the same. Launching an all out attack to disrupt their efforts the allied fleet were able to get a vital gravity well generator through the fighting. It will allow your fleet an incredible advantage when the attack on the DRH 1 relay begins.

While the Ruling House and Ber'helum were forced to withdraw their attack did buy time. Nasidum is now awaiting the arrival of additional Heavy Carrier groups from House Bonrah before they can launch their attack on your territory.

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Thread starter question: What do you consider an ideal starting level for players who are experienced and comfortable with 4e?

If you are GMing, remember...
1. To strongly consider giving out at least one free "tax feat," like Expertise and pre-errata Melee Training.
2. To use Monster Manual 3/Monster Vault/Monster Vault: Nentir Vale/Dark Sun Creature Catalog math. Avoid or manually update anything with Monster Manual 1 or 2 math.
3. That skill challenges have always been scene-framing devices for the GM, that players should never be overtly told that they are in a skill challenge, and that the Rules Compendium has the most up-to-date skill DCs and skill challenge rules.

If you would like assistance with character optimization, remember to tell us what the what the rest of the players are playing, what books are allowed, your starting level, the highest level you expect to reach, what free feats you receive, if anything is banned, whether or not themes are allowed, your starting equipment, and how much you dislike item-dependent builds.
If you wish to talk about settings, 4e's settings are Points of Light (the planes and the natural world's past empires are heavily detailed in various sourcebooks and magazines), 4e Forgotten Realms, 4e Eberron, 4e Dark Sun, and whatever setting you would like to bring into 4e.

Nentir Vale locations: http://web.archive.org/web/20130520012550/http://community.wizards.com/nentir_vale/wiki/Nentir_Vale_Locations
Points of Light timeline (ignore everything else on this mostly-fanon wiki): http://nentirvale.wikidot.com/world
D&D 4e Compendium (for those who still have Insider subscriptions): http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/database.aspx
PDFs for 4e books: Search thepiratebay for "Dungeonsand_Dragons_4th_Edition_books_update__1[Nov_2012]"
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So, Why don't we have tiger tanks in 40k?

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Talk about Eternal Masters (EMA) and every spoiler that pops up during the day.

>Cabal Therapy
>at uncommon

It's amazing, guys. And it even confirms we have the Flashback mechanic in this set. What should we wish for next?

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>Setting has elemental gods
>God of fire isn't evil

shitty worldbuilding thread?

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Previously, on Nerv Bridge Simulator : http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Nerv%20Bridge%20Simulator
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After a long day, the Major brings both Eileens back home.

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>Question
What Lodge/Bloodline/Legacy do you want update? Also share ideas for Z splats that you think would be cool.

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Who are you?

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>Several clades of spiders whose females evolved giant sizes are known for extreme sexual behaviors such as sexual cannibalism, opportunistic mating, mate-binding, genital mutilation, plugging, and emasculation. However, these behaviors have only been tested in a handful of size dimorphic spiders. Here, we bring another lineage into the picture by reporting on sexual behavior of Darwin’s bark spider, Caerostris darwini. This sexually size dimorphic Madagascan species is known for extreme web gigantism and for producing the world’s toughest biomaterial. Our field and laboratory study uncovers a rich sexual repertoire that predictably involves cannibalism, genital mutilation, male preference for teneral females, and emasculation. Surprisingly, C. darwini males engage in oral sexual encounters, rarely reported outside mammals. Irrespective of female’s age or mating status males salivate onto female genitalia pre-, during, and post-copulation. While its adaptive significance is elusive, oral sexual contact in spiders may signal male quality or reduce sperm competition.

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep25128

I think I'm starting to understand why Drow philosophers are so feared. Modeling every aspect of your life on that of the spider can lead to some shocking extremes.

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>The King has tasked us with rescuing his daughter from an evil warlord
>Said warlord does the whole "TAKE ANOTHER STEP AND THE GIRL DIES!" thing
>"I crossbow him in the face!"
>7 damage
>Warlord doesn't die
>Kills the Princess
>We kill Warlord

>"Well good job asshat the Princess is dead now. I'd be suprised if the King doesn't execute us let alone pay us."
>Wizard pauses for a second "Wait I got an idea."
>Keep in mind, the GM has made some BS clause about how reviving people's actually a huge risk of having a demon or another spirit posess a body unless you explicitly go find the soul and we're level 6
>So the wizard fucking revives her as a zombie
>"What the fuck man"
>"Look we'll just heal the throat wound with some inflict wounds- she's undead now it'll work- and then we return her to the castle"
>"She's a zombie!"
>"Noble's are always wearing white powder makeup we'll just say she touched herself up before she came home."
>"She's mindless!"
>"We'll just say she's under stress from her harrowing experience and command her to give some random responses to questions."
>"FOREVER!?"
>"Till we get our money! She drops dead in the castle, we run away and are never heard from again."

We're all gonna die next session I can tell

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So Ive been looking at new(well to me anyway) systems and worlds to DM, and I ran across Cthulhutech. The lore seems fun and flexible, and has enough opportunities to be sufficiently lethal to punish silly mistakes to fit in with my play group. What do you all think?