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It's difficult to write good adventures for characters of such high levels.
Best level spectrum is 9-15.
Afterwards you may as well retire your hero. He'll be fighting only demons and beholders and other silly shit from thereon.

The highest level I've ever seen in a campaign was 12, and that was because the game started there.

My rule of thumb for level systems is to take the full scale (20 in D&D), cut it to a fourth, and assume everything past that point won't happen unless the group is really good (so, no pick-up groups, no last-minute organized games, etc.). Anything past the halfway point I assume won't happen, period. Even with a really good group and no circumstantial fuck-ups, most campaigns just reach a natural, satisfying endpoint long before level 10.

>>46505034
AD&D 10th level is nice cutoff point

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Last threads op wanted Reiksguard

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>>46472295
Same OP here.

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>>46462043
>Gain Control Edition!
This is a mechanic I came up with for my spider/drow faction. They also use alot of sacrifice effects, so the capture mechanic helps to fuel that.

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>>46462043
Should I make it so that it can only block that creature? Hypothetically Hook-Nosed Shrieker could kill the attacking creature that it dealt 2 damage to and then block something else. Maybe instead I should have it "When ~ enters the battlefield, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn"

Or maybe the way it currently is works best?

>Not calling it "embed" edition

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Fuck no, it's shitty lightsaber thread now

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>>46454861
Yeah, you had your thread.
Now be happy or I'll choke your arse until you're having fucking fun.

>>46453681

Those 30k models look fucking awesome. Wish I knew how to get them.

>>46453681
Was going to bump with beginner's guide, but my phone won't find it in the uploader. Does anyone have any suggestions for a general copypasta?

Anyone else started trying out the epicAU rules for Heresy Era battles? Rules are available here: http://epicau.com/mw/index.php/Main_Page.

Unrelated, but has anyone else found that they're drawn to different factions in Epic than they are in regular 40k? Because I've really found that Imperial Guard, Iron Warriors, Nids, and the like really come into their own when the really big toys (relatively speaking) start coming out to play.

The Arcology acting as the capital city of Rioja has come under attack. A HAG working in concert with a Recon team attempted to kill off higher ranking members of the military in the capital. You yourself survived by the actions of your bodyguards, buying time for you to use a secret escape elevator. From there you've retreated to the Mons Abyla military base which is now sealed.

The HAG attacking the city has been all but destroyed, driven into the ground by a well executed ramming attack. The Frigate used by Captain Kymeri and the Rioja Special Response & Investigative Unit has suffered some minor damage in the process but remains operational.

With their most visible means of transport lost the enemy Recon team has disappeared. They may have fled into the surrounding desert or might still be lurking within the city. Scanning teams are beginning an extensive search to ensure the latter is not the case.

In what must be a related attack terrorists have released what seems to be a bio weapon on the larger of the two orbital stations.

"We're detecting signs that parts of the structure are being corroded, but the bio hazard alarms were more in line with an accidental release of medical nanites. Those should have been held in check easily by emergency containment fields.

People on the station have been pulled back to sections farthest away from the damage, but there were reports of marines in battle with terrorists at the entrance to the military sections. There are still firefights taking place there so our troops must be trying to hold them back.
Someone on the station is trying to jam communications which is making things harder."

Worried that this might be the rust virus you encountered in South Reach you've contacted House intel and inform them about the bio weapon.

"Do you believe this to be a bio war attack using the rust virus you've previously encountered?" the officer asks.

You're still uncertain.
"I think it's spreading too fast but it seems this kind of problem isn't too rare."
You recall the isolationist neeran mentioned running into this kind of problem at one point as well.

With more than thirty ships still docked, including your command ship, there are still a lot of people on the station.

[ ] Maintain quarantine for now
[ ] Move ships away from station, isolate them
[ ] Evacuate people from the station

>>46438899
>[ ] Maintain quarantine for now

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I am excited for Wild Adventure. Anyone else?

>>46409628
Pastebin needs NQ 65

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>>46409681
textuploader*. Not sure why I typed pastebin.

I need some spoilers to talk about. I'm dyin over here

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>>46501227

While he managed to get along quite well with most of the inhabitants of this colony, his old prejudice from his army days still lingered. He would unleash a litany of horrible insults upon any elf or half-breed elf he would come across. He eventually gained a respect for some of the elves, though the rest he still considered filthy knife-ears.

Enter forth now, the drow woman, who the barbarian gave the title “chocolate knife-ears”. A woman of poor temperament, want to cause fights in the ranks, sexually assault poor human boys, and throw chairs. Conflicts between the two were naturally very common.

The anger between the two stewed and fermented over many weeks until the fateful outing. The party for that particular expedition consisted of: A Human Dandy (some sort of bard), The Drow Woman (once again a sort of bard), A Man With Skin of Flame (a druid), The Scarred Elfen Man (a rogue), A Dwarf Who Wears a Kilt (A fellow Barbarian), A Devil-Man (a monk), and Your Protagonist.

In that outing, the party opted to go for as far as a week of travel could take them, due to the events described below, they only made it five days before returning to the colony's capital city.

The first couple of days were completely uneventful, they traveled along the river that ran east and crossed into the tributary of that river that went further east after it forked. Then came the first eventful moment in that outing.

A cave of many magical spiders was found. The dandy in the party wished to collect the fine silks and the drow was interested due to the spiders, but everyone else was rather uninterested.

As they went deeper and deeper into the cave, giant spiders appeared. One of them was able to grab a hold of the scarred elf and phase him into another dimension with it.

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>>46501254
Fortunately, due to good luck, the party was able to defeat the spiders, with only the unfortunate casualty of the dandy's suit, which was covered with green ichor, already soiled due to the sprinklings of dirt that the flame-skinned man insisted upon.

There was argument as to what to do next, but the party eventually agreed to burn the many webs of the cavern, with no gain to anyone.

After the dandy changed his pantaloons, the party continued eastward until the scarred elf began to speak of a desire to return to the caves. The rest of the party could detect something wrong with his demeanor and determined that he was under a spell. Your dear protagonist could not detect a problem with his speech and volunteered his own mule for the elf to ride back to the cave with.

Naturally, the elf was detained until he came to his senses, very angry at the barbarian when he did. He began speaking with the drow in elven, though he did not count upon a certain ability of the bigoted barbarian, his ability to speak elf.

The drow suggested to kill yours truly, right in the middle of the caravan, notably, which caused a pause. The barbarian elf-foe came forth upon the two elves in an anger, shouting litanies of anger towards the knife-ears, to which the kilt-wearing dwarf joined in, with even worse curses (most of them lifted from the video Ravandil's Quest).

In the verbal melee that was ensuing, not a single man, nor elf, nor dwarve, or devil-man could detect the dandy who went behind the drow woman's back and ran her through with his sword-cane. At the sight of the blade bursting through her bosom, the elf-foe barbarian went forth and struck the dark elf with his fist, killing her instantly.

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>>46501311
In the verbal melee that was ensuing, not a single man, nor elf, nor dwarve, or devil-man could detect the dandy who went behind the drow woman's back and ran her through with his sword-cane. At the sight of the blade bursting through her bosom, the elf-foe barbarian went forth and struck the dark elf with his fist, killing her instantly.

The majority of the party was shocked at this event, the devil-man and the man of burning skin buried her. In regret of killing in such an ignoble way, the elf-foe removed all of the trophies he had accumulated in his travels and thrown them into her grave. The scarred elf-man tried to argue for the elf-foe to be arrested, but he set off along with the dandy back to the colonial capital.

Upon reaching the city, the elf-hater had his hair cut, bought new clothing, replaced his wooden shoes with leather boots, discarded his axe, shield, and javelins for a two-handed sword and in a final act of madness began to refer to himself as “Bregolas, The Lord High Executioner of Titipu”.

tl; dr So now I come to you, in this moment of confusion to ask you.

ded elf, wat do?

I lack a jew blacksmith

YFW you realise that blacksmith is standing upright

>>46500540
Not having to pay the blacksmith for a new anvil

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>>46499147
You and Aveli make it back to Ordon Town before nightfall truly sets in, and head towards an inn to stay the night, Aveli paying for you both. You can tell the girl wants to bombard you with questions, but thankfully she's keeping a lid on it to avoid drawing any extra suspicion. She still has quite a few, but mostly related to your training. You go long into the night talking about how Impa trained you, certain tricks you've picked up along the way, and your most recent encounters.

In the following morning, you head out fairly early. Aveli looks over her helmet, thumb drawing across the damaged section. "Heh. Guess I'll need a new one." Putting it on her head, she hesitates, almost like she doesn't want to leave, but knows the weight of the responsibility that's been asked of her. "...Termina, I promise I won't let you down. I'll warn them."

"I thank you greatly for this." you tell your comrade with a smile.

"Er..." she tries to rub the back of her neck, the motion looking a little awkward with the bulky armor she wears. "...on the off chance I do need to tell someone about... w-well, you know, but not make it obvious... is there some kind of signal, or sign I should give? Secret handshake or something?"

>A. Teach her your Lullaby
>B. I'll show you when we meet again, Aveli. Take that as a promise
>C. Something else?

>>46499164
>A. Teach her your Lullaby
How's it going Kato?

>>46499164
>A. Teach her your Lullaby

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>>46498232
>Deploy the parasol

>>46498232
>Meander away looking for some water.

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/tg/ don be shy, post your characters!

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I am not afraid, OP. Here is my massive weeb character.

>>46498308
which edition is this?

>>46497220
It means you a muscular blonde-maned manly man of nordic origins.
Vikings were barbarians, but they were metal as fuck.

So think for yourself, ya zogging git.

>>46497220
DAT'S HERESY! *BLAM*
REPORT TA DA KOMMISAR-BOY TA GET SHOT IN THE 'EAD!

>>46497220
They are just salty you wear pants and have such good hygiene.

>Capturing the awful combat is unnecessary

Stopped after revelations, did anything change regarding that?

Rollplaying-wise I think you could do that with any system? All that stuff is usually in the game already, you just have to give context to the checks. The only exception could be the perception power, which at the table would basically be the GM straight up saying "THAT ONE is your target in the crowd, THAT lever is the one you need to pull to open the door" and stuff like that (and I'd personally remove it, do it the old way and have assassins/templars investigate on their own like they're supposed to.

>>46497143
Perhaps Auras about groups of people that indicate affiliations rather than "this is your target". Then it'd be "You stand and observe the teeming crowd below. There's a commotion as a group of guards push through the masses, their footsteps burn with a red hue and you know they are in the employ of your target".

But as you said, any system could feasibly do it. It's just a matter of giving context to the skills. Fluff some little talents/feats/merits/whatever you call it that let you move a little further when free-running than guards and civilians and you're golden.

>>46497064
You could probably replicate the parkour by REMOVING the climbing mechanics in most systems, since in the game it's fairly effortless. Describe a 3d map and let your players freely fling themselves around.

>>46496941
World of Darkness. Old or new

>>46496941
*powder warfare damnit

>>46496941
That sounds almost exactly like Ars Magica.

>hedge mages with potions literally pre-made in one book
>use Wizard's Communion to get lots of mages working on one long-term enchantment ritual
>choice between long, costly ritual magic or quick, fatiguing formula & spontaneous magic

The only problem would be bringing magic down to a lower level, but there's a few ways to do that.

PDF thread usually has a link to most of the books. The book with what you'll want for witches is "Hedge Magic," other than that the core book should be good for most types of wizarding.