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>>46780903
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>>46780903
Fulgrim's story wouldn't have worked without a complete fall from his nigh-unreachable prior status. If Chaos hadn't gotten a hold of him, he'd simply be the biggest Mary Sue in an entire setting of Mary Sues. As it stands, he's an excellent tragic figure.

>>46780903
Lorgar. Because then none of this shit would have happened.

When I was 13 I witnessed my step-grandmother deliberately trying to get my grandfather to overdose on his pills by convincing him that he hadn't taken them yet that day after reloading his pill caddy. My parents refused to believe me. He was dead within a week of a badly covered up poisoning. Short of pre-emptive murder I did everything that a 13 year old could do to stop it from happening.

I got badly burned and lost a limb (and some other things) from running into a building fire some years ago.

>>46780281
Thinker

You have gained the ability to discern falsehoods and deception instantaneously, and work backwards to perceive intent of the deception you catch in the first place. This also gives you the ability to become a consummate liar if you so desire, using your ability to discern exactly what it is the subject might want to hear. Essentially your ability makes you the perfect liar and lie detector. This is a Thinker class power because you underwent intense mental strain in a condensed period of time. Also fuck your step-grandma.

>>46780290
You have the ability of superhuman strength and durability, as well as the ability to radiate intense heat off of your body in either searing waves or just superheating your skin like it's an iron poker in a fire. This power is a Brute/Shaker ability, as a result of the physical damage you underwent as well as the danger having resulted from your surroundings. You sound like you'd be a good hero.

Rolled 80 (1d100)

praise be

Rolled 1 (1d100)

I have a covert mission to assassinate a vizier

Let's see how fucked I am

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>46779929

>>46780070
Just charge for extreme damage.

Human. There is no manlier race.

Rolled 2 (1d4)

Female orc.

Rolled 3 (1d4)

A Dwarf because they have muscles and hair on top of muscles and hair. Also a sense of responsibility that most of the other races shirk.

chronicles of fagness

My favorite part of Hunter is the nature of being so overwhelmed, outnumbered and outgunned but still determined.

Chronicles of At Least One or More Weeks Before Mage 2e

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Mahana must be hard pressed if the best he can manage is a stalemate, you don't doubt that involving yourself carries an inherent degree of risk. However, the rewards could be great indeed. The agreement you worked out with Mahana upon his initial conquest of Anthus means that unless you can successfully launch a counterattack on the Water spirit's realm, you are not guaranteed an artifact. However, you're sure that Mahana would be more than willing to compensate you for your assistance in any number of ways.

Actually, come to think of it, you suppose launching an invasion of the water spirit's realm would be enough to earn you an artifact. You wouldn't need to participate nor would the invasion need to be a success for you to satisfy the terms of your agreement. Perhaps, if the opportunity presented itself, you could slip into the rival spirit's realm and help Mahana launch an invasion of his own, to turn the tables so to speak. It would even make sense on a purely tactical level, so hopefully would not seem self-serving.

“I might offer my assistance repelling this invader, if Mahana would have it.” You announce, after brief deliberation. “Though I am less eager to bring my son along. No doubt his help would prove invaluable, but I fear for his safety in a realm torn by war.”

The human woman, you should probably get her name at some point, eyes Zahak warily. “I have spent much of the last week locked in combat against the dragons plaguing Anthus, I know exactly how useful it would be to have one of them on our side. No doubt my patron would generously reward you both if you were to help us.”

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You're about to respond, but the stirring of Zahak's thoughts interrupt your own. There is a vague sense of triumph tempered by confusion and weariness. You think he was probably successful but get the impression he had a difficult time of it. What memory could your son have rediscovered? He's only been alive a short while, you can't imagine he's accumulated very many.

Mahana's disciple flinches when Zahak opens his mouth in a wide yawn, displaying a row of sharp, dagger-like teeth. He certainly does have a lot of them, though you note a few are missing. You suppose dragons lose their milk teeth just as samjan do. It's a shame you didn't notice them fall out, normally when a child loses a tooth their mother collects it, keeping it wrapped in a silk cloth with any other teeth the child loses.

Once they've all fallen out, a child's milk teeth are offered to Pani in a somewhat lengthy ritual which involves the treatment of the teeth in an alchemical concoction called the Tears of Pani. If you recall correctly from your reading, its manufacture involves heating niter and clay in a calcinator and collecting the smoke that boils off. Once the gas cools it will gather as a yellow liquid, at which point alum should be added and allowed to dissolve. The resulting substance will be red or yellow and will spit poisonous fumes. It's dangerous to be sure, but powerful enough to dissolve gold. Thus it has its uses, especially in religious ritual.

The belief is that dissolving the teeth in the Tears of Pani and then breathing in the fumes after the teeth have completely dissolved will ensure new teeth grow in straight, and will guarantee a long and healthy life. You doubt there's any real substance to this ritual, but you can't deny your people have exceptionally good oral hygiene. All of your teeth certainly grew in straight. More than that, it would offer you a chance to introduce Zahak to your people's religious practice.
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>>46796206
Voting to heading back to Nazir

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Some maps before the players arrive, I guess
If you're new, feel free to join and ask about anything.

A, we dont need filthy non-whites.

Also this is the best thing - i come back from training and a fresh civ thread is on! You make me happy!

>>46791735
>Gnomes. What are they good for?
Nothing.
>How do we improve them?
Remove them from the game.

>>46791735
Gnomes are pretty garbage. They're literally to dwarves as halflings are to humans.

Now that I think about it, halflings are fucking boring as well. I like the Svirfneblin, but that's about it. Fucking little people.

I like gnomes, they're basically dwarves, except the people playing them are usually not complete autists.

I especially liked 4E's Fey gnomes.

No evil characters.

>>46787999
>conversations that never happened:
>Hey, DM, I've asked the other players, and they think an LE-leaning party would be fun to play after this campaign.

>>46787988
Critical success/failure on skill and ability checks, coupled with exploding crits.

If you had to sum up your favorite unit/faction with a single song, what would it be?

Curious, but why does the Republic insist on having Liao as theirs when it's a world named after the Capellan ruling family?

Did they really think they were going to keep possession of that indefinitely?

>>46779157

It's within X number of light years of Terra, same as everything else they demanded.

Liao isn't even the most WTF-inducing gift from a successor house. The Dracs handed Deiron over.

"Why, yes, Devlin. Please, have this planet. It's only the majority of our surviving military manufacturing complex, the site of critical training facilities, a vital economic centre, and where we base at least a third of or military command structure. It's not like we need it or anything."

Do you use a map for your games?

How do you run them, if not?

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So is there anywhere that covers what guns can and can't handle +P ammo? It just says super vaguely in High Tech that most TL 6 and some 7-8 guns can't.

>>46746001
roll20 maps are pretty easy to use. Beyond that, you can keep track of relative positions in combat in a narrative way.

>>46741599

Can you tell me about the game's mechanics, specifically Ground Command? How do they work on, say, a general attack roll?

Is it a game definitely in that "Spartan Games" kind of ruleset?

>>46741659
I'm glad you ask, somebody was explaining how the game played on the spartan games forum:

>1) Hijack! - yes, certain units can take over vehicles. Elites and Spartans mainly from what I remember. This is so cool I don't know where to begin. Oh - you are driving that Wraith right in to my force - I'll GTA that thanks!

>2) Weapons have specialist rules within them. So the Scorpion has Piercing weaponry which I believe reduces the DR rating of the type of unit listed. So I think the Scorpion was "Piercing 2, Armour" so against other tanks, it's a beast.

>3) There is 'Suppression' in the game also. Certain weapons have better suppression ratings: HMG etc. Suppression is you roll 2D6 and add how many casualties you've taken/suppression ratings and if it's over 10 you get a cooldown marker. Which I believe stops you from over watching etc.

>4) Certain weapons have cool down. So it's quite a tactical choice of when to use it. Fuel Rods, Snipers, etc have it.

>5) Spartans are insanely good but not OP. They did eat dust in a couple of games with sustained attacks and unlucky dice rolling. There is a reason they are 180 points! They can re-roll up to 7 misses in combat so DON'T LET THEM GET THERE! grin emoticon

>6) Air Drops are possibly my favourite aspect of the game and provide something VERY unique compared to ANY other table top game at this scale. You can reinforce depleted units with units from your dead pile, you can drop NEW weapons off and much much more. Example - Unit of Warthogs has taken 2 loses. You can call in a Pelican to drop 1 off next turn to reinforce it. This is awesome. It means the field is always changing and you have to react and think on your feet. Or is your Spartan up against an armoured column? Cool - call in air drop so he can change his weapon to a Spartan Laser! Good bye tank!

>>46741728
Cont.'d

>Some more info from Bruce H over on Facebook:

>Right you start by making a force, you must have a HQ and a minimum of 2 basic infantry units
>(Only infantry hold objectives)
>You can then put 9 build rating of each (Armour/air support/infantry etc) on top but you must stay within the points
>There are exceptions to this for example I was told the UNSC can take an armoured force that starts with 3 scorpions

>It is unit activations, units work together how they are bought, so an example would be a marine infantry unit which consists of 4 bases, these bases move together and fire at the same target combining their attack dice from the relevant target (AP/AT/AA)

>A dedicated AT weapon like a missile launcher can fire at a separate target from the rest as long as the rest fire at infantry while the rocket targets a vehicle etc

>Damage track works just like in fleet battles

>Reaction is like a permanent over watch, everything can try to react when the enemy does something infront of them, they must roll over their react stat, if the unit attempting to react hasn't been activated yet it'll be easier as once activated they use the 2nd (higher) number on their react stat

>Command dice allow for extra boosts to units during games, the starter set will have commanders that use 3 dice and this will be the tournament standard I was told. Lightning bolts can be used to give +1 dice to the combat pool of a unit during an attack, shield symbols can be used to -1 from an enemies combat pool... I can't remember what the Spartan helmets do sorry


It is worth noting that the Ground Command is a 15mm and fleet battles is on a 1:20,000 scale

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>>46797486
Haha, no. I discard a card and go down one life.

You finished with your turn?

Engine Heart game.

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I'm the DM.

;_;

>>46796373
A what?

>>46786583
So are we talking rules like "no smoking inside the house" and suchlike, or something inexplicable and stupid that I'm failing to imagine right now.

>>46786583
You gotta give us something to work with if you don't want this thread to die with three posts.

>>46786583
i hope he means like extra mechanics intended to enhance the game