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Thread LXVIII:

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Season: Late Winter

Sasha: Skill list
Ranching +4
Scholar +3
Marsksmanship +5
Natural Ability (Lamia) +3
Intrigue +4
Casting (Draconic+4 Roc+2 Leviathan+3 Troll+1 Elemental+1)
Falconry +1

All told it took the better part of two weeks to get the bunkhouse set up. In this time, the beastfolk made a remarkable turnaround. Decent food, warmth, and not being bled dry by the phoenix bastards did wonders for their recovery. The same can't be said phoenix survivors. The group promptly jumped at the chance to leave when it was presented. You're honestly not sorry to see the small group go, abandoning their camp in favor of a Nitor prisoner detention area on the suggestion of Corporal Red. When you questioned him, he put it simply, "They would rather go into custody than stick around with three beings they have been told are demons incarnate." He said, gesturing between yourself and the distant form of Liama who was briefing her men, "That and Zhou's folks wholeheartedly accepting you as their new benefactor caused discontent. There were a few minor issues I had to head off. This alternative is better for everyone I think."

You're hard pressed to disagree, and you've more important matters to attend to. Captain Keel finally got back with you welcoming your support. Apparently there are signs that the phoenix are getting in and out of the cave they are 'trapped' in somehow, but it isn't magical in nature, if the Schola Nitor are correct in their findings. That said, there have apparently been spikes of violent activity as of late, suggesting that the interlopers feel the noose tightening. All in all Keel recommends discretion in arriving, there might be eyes everywhere.

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Took us long enough to reach 40 edition!

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The second time doesn't make the concoction taste any nicer. Noh is still a great help to you though and while you suspect his magical abilities will forever remain minimal; if he learns well, he should still be able to still create potions and poultices. He might one day turn out to be a passable druid, if not a shaman like yourself. Regardless, the potion is starting to have an effect as time passes and your bones have a chance to press together again and mend through processes you have no comprehension of.

Your son's interest is sadly waning slightly, but he at least realises that learning druidic skills would be extremely helpful to him in the future and he's glad to spend time with you, carefully watching and listening as you explain how to coax out the native magic within the reagents he brings you. It's a lesson you barely understand yourself, so honestly, the both of you are learning, even as you teach.

You're lucky you're still young enough to be strong. Day by day, you can feel your bones pressing together and sealing up. It's a curious sensation and you have a strong feeling that if the potion hadn't deadened the entire side of your body from your chest down, you'd be senseless with agony, but thankfully, you are spared that much. By the time the harvest is due to start, you are almost fullyrecovered and can once again move without problems. The potion's work isn't total... You don't think anything you can currently do can heal you entirely, but what remains shouldn't trouble you over-much.

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What's the most mathematically astounding display of unlikely probability you've witnessed during a session? I'll start

>be me, playing Agnor, level 5 halfling barbarian in dnd5e
>in some spooky cave looking for Dwarf king's missing daughter
>find a key which opens the door to some living quarters' of the cultists in the cave
>Agnor opens a door, the cultist who is sleeping in his bed within gets a nat 20 on his perception check and wakes up startled
>Agnor attempts to grapple the fucker and to ask where la princesa is
>doesn't work, takes a small fire bolt to the face, no big deal
>combat continues, agnor can't land a hit
>cultist gets a critical with another firebolt
>cultist's next turn he lands another critical with a firebolt
>DM is rolling to hit in front of us to show no bullshit
>cultist rolls another fucking critical with a third firebolt
>three crits back to back to back
>beefy barbarian almost dead from this masturbating cultist who wasn't happy about being disturbed
>use a Frenzy to cut the fucker up in a few slices

Most absurd shit i've seen since I started playing.

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I'm looking for some rules-lite systems that I can introduce my players to for one-shots. Something that can still be played while inebriated is a plus.

I've played Night Shift which was a big success but I'd like to try out different goofy settings. As a follow up, what was the most fun setting you've ever played? I'm looking for ideas.

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How do you think this will do? Neat concept.

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>1960
>ever wanting to play as JFK the Meme President

A much superior game to Twilight Struggle, which is an unbalanced piece of communist propaganda, but I do feel that the wisest players must surely appreciate the pleasures of playing as Nixon.

Kennedy has a big advantage starting in the East near New York and Pennsylvania, but I think this is more than compensated by Nixon's initial advantage in the West, which is such an unpleasant and scattered place to campaign that it's sealed up from Turn 1 Phase 1.

A cheeky Nixon endorsement in the South can force Kennedy to abandon his Eastern stronghold or abandon an entire region in a Turn 8 Phase 4-5 invasion from Nixon using a 4CP and his Candidate card, potentially swinging 100 electoral votes by taking easy wins in under-protected states eg Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and perhaps even Texas.

What a masterpiece of a game. The greatest card driven strategy of all time.

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Tell me about those glorious times /tg/, I was not around back then. How was it like? Are there any stories worthy to be passed down?

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So this guy put up a new video in his series about running D&D. https://youtu.be/8Q8bVPpc84A
A lot of it was stuff I felt most GMs with some experience under their belts will already know (i.e. PCs will almost never surrender/flee, so don't make situations where you expect them to) but he hit on an idea I hadn't thought of before, which starts at 27:50 in the video.

"Tell your players what kind of GM you are at the start of the campaign."

I think that there is a list of questions that might come out of that idea to help current and future GMs. Here are the questions that he suggests but I think there are more we can think of.

"What kind of game do you like running?"
"What kind of behaviour do you value in your players?"

Not much to go on. Here are the questions I've come up with.

"When the PCs must act, do you give them suggestions or an open ended 'what do you do?'"
"Do you help the PCs openly, secretly, or not at all?"
"How reluctant are you to let NPCs die, especially villains?"
"How firm are your plans as GM?"
"Do you prefer crunchy combat or narrative combat?"
"What kind of plots to do you like to run?"
"How much detail, and how firm are those details, do you give to your setting?"
"How much player input do you appreciate in narrative details?"

I'm sure /tg/ can come up with more useful questions.

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Broadsword beats sword, GO

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So /tg/ I'm building a fantasy pulp action RPG. Most likely fantasy. Wanted to ask a few things:

> Would you be interested in a tactical med-crunch RPG with narrative character creation?
> How do you feel about noneuropean myth? Indian? Chinese? Mesopotamian?
> Are you more ok with narrative mechanics if there are ingame justifications for the mechanics, and they are decisions you could make in character? (Ex. There are no metagame points, but all characters can access 'ki/mana/magic'.)
> What are your thoughts on separate social/physical resources? Social combat systems in general?
> How do you feel about abstracted wealth/inventory? Partially/optionally abstracted wealth/inventory?
> Do you find addition or subtraction easier on the fly?
> What do you feel about not knowing /exactly/ how much damage your character can take?
> What is the stupidest mechanic you have ever seen in a game?

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I need a name for an arrogant High elf Male warlock, preferably beginning with A.

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So other than the Black Templars are there any other Space Marines that worship the Emperor as a god?

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I want to run a campaign in the Heroes of Might & Magic setting. Which system would be best?

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General purpose thread about games that don't have any digital scans or copies.

I'm starting work again in a few weeks and have thought about buying a copy of the Trunks/Android/Garlic book to take apart and scan, since literally 0 digital copies exist. I know the game is god awful, but I kind of adore it and want to make an archival effort.

If i do it, would anyone else care?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/189193306X/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_collectible_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=collectible&qid=&sr=

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Say one day you come home and find that there's a new door in your bedroom that leads to an apartment in the middle of a fantasy world. In the second apartment is a note saying the apartment is in your name and the connection will follow you as long as you pay the rent (a nominal fee in gold).

What would you do with this portal?

I'll try to preemptively answer some questions I know will be asked
>The common species don't have access to magic
>There are however magic substances, so alchemy works
>The EM constants are slightly skewed; advanced electronics won't work
>>Or rather, recalibrating a computer to operate correctly is possible but you can't take your laptop in without breaking it
>There are no humans, but there are elves
>Society is on the cusp of the renaissance era, varying from region to region
>There are other modern earth people with similar apartments scattered across the world
>It seems to just be a money making venture on the part of your absentee landlord
>You speak the language and your antibodies are mostly transferable to the new biosphere