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I punch him.

>>46367125

Pretty sure that's called the "Technical Knock" skill, and a successful attempt un-jams my car, allowing it to fire again without spending a full action to un-jam the weapon.

>>46367125
Ask him to change the battery. It's dead and I don't have time to go out and get another one.

>>46366757
That's a funny way of spelling Barbarian.

You should spell check more often.

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>>46366763
>barbarian
>proper bride for valiant knight
Pick one

Those muscle whores are almost as violent and evil as royal women

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>>46366757
>witch
>not healer

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best I can do

The best villains are the people doing the wrong things for the right reason!

A wanderer, someone who drifts from place to place on the breeze, enjoying the world and doing good deeds to protect the innocent, using cleverness and wit and not leaving an area until it is sufficiently aided and fortified, before inevitably leaving off on the wind. That is if >>46362079 # is to be believed. For archetypes, I almost feel like Chosen One who eventually gets a faerie dragon or psuedodragon familiar would be best.

>>46365255
What about the poor souls doing the right things for the wrong reason? Relegation to 'anti-hero' status or...?

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>What are you currently working on in your world?
Developing the combat system as much as I can. I'm trying to balance freeform roleplay and a battle system that doesn't let fights turn into petty pissing contests that die with no resolution. At least, as much as you can, since there will always be Those Players.

>What aspect of your world is the most original?
I don't know if I'd say any of it is particularly original. They're quadrupeds instead of bipeds? That's more unique/unusual than original, though. Then again, your mileage may vary.

>What part of your worldbuilding would you consider the most difficult or time consuming?
The artwork, because I have to pay for it. It's worth it, but money is not easy to acquire.

>Why are you building your world?
I want a ton of people, particularly middle schoolers to young adults, to roleplay on this site and discover, or rediscover, their love for writing, artwork, and creativity. That's so sappy and cheesy-sounding, now that I type it all out.

>What part of your world would you like critique or help on?
Nothing in particular. Answer questions from curious anons. My question, I suppose, is if a freeform quadruped roleplay that had a fully established world, species, and a simple battle mechanic system to minimize conflict would appeal to a lot of people, but also to you in particular. Why and why not, stuff like that.

What are some good explanations for the existence of magic in an anotherwise mundane world? E.g. the Conjunction of Spheres in The Witcher. I don't wanna reuse the trope of having alternate universes cross or something similar though. Also, the setting is godless

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>>46365475
Magic runes being able to tap into an otherwise unknown force.
Having the only magic users require a staff or wand covered with runes, or something.

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“The Dog Fish,” you enunciate clearly. “See, my supposed assistant bought me a lovely new cane covered with rhinestones and glitter and capped it with a fish globe containing a dogfish. Which is some variety of freshwater-tolerant shark, or something? But now I'm dreaming about it.”

Silence.

“It talks Russian, by the way.”

More silence.

Then - “Admiral, are you pleading the insanity defense?”

This voice you do not recognize. “Am I on speakerphone, sir?”

“Just a conference call.”

You bristle. “To whom do I owe the pleasure-”

“That,” the CNO intones, “would be the Secretary of the Navy.”

If the CNO is God, then SecNav is the HR manager who *hired* God. You feel the room go all swimmy as you forget to breathe for a minute. “Oh. Hello sir. How are you today?”

“Oh,” SecNav says easily. “I'm fine.” His voice is brimming - nay, almost bursting - with some strange tension; as if he's restraining himself from bellowing. Yelling really isn't a go-to for anyone above low commissioned rank - it looks bad in front of The Troops, after all - unless they've got someone on a private line of communication behind closed doors and they are pissed off. Like you are, right now. You suspect that lingering politician inclinations are keeping you alive and unskinned - but for mere moments more, for your luck cannot last.

“Oh,” you reply. “That's good. Can I help you, sir?” Your voice sounds almost as brittle as you feel.

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“This stream,” SecNav states. “Has... over... six hundred thousand viewers right now. Well, all told. It's already being mirrored on a few other sites.”

Six. Hundred. Thousand. “S-sir, did you-”

“In Japan,” he clarifies. “We haven't even checked foreign IPs yet.”

“Oh. Oh, that's...”

“Go ahead,” SecNav prompts. “What is it?”

What it is, is racist and extremely un-PR comments from living, talking, walking weapons of war from an era where long-simmering tensions had broken out into full-bodied violence - now broadcast to an audience of millions. What it is is gasoline poured directly onto a magnesium torch lying a deck above the main shell magazine. It's every public fear, fanned by all the wrong sorts and every opportunistic isolationist bastard you can imagine given renewed strength and vigor. It's a three-word denunciation of your pissweak excuse that it'd make a bigger scene to abort the stream - SecNav might know of the Streisand Effect, as a politician, but after the Chinese ambassador is done pissing directly through his phone he probably won't give a fuck.

“It's... bad.”

“How bad?”

RIP

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>>46364485

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>>46364464
Define realistic

>>46503966
>when did Orcs became creatures in their own right that look like Hulk clones?
When Saruman started doing it?

>>46504048
even Uruks were ''almost Man-height'' so not really

>>46504048

Speaking of Saruman, could he have controlled the Ring if he had gotten it?

Besides some irradiated ruins and the occasional tribe of primitives Humanity really is alone in the galaxy.

This however is perfectly fine, as Earth's efforts to seed the galaxy with Humanity has bore the fruit of a thousand human civilizations.

The speed of interplanetary communication is no faster than that of human travel.

>>46503104
Therefore mail ships are some of the most prized targets for space pirates and spies.

>>46498231
>>>/pol/

>>46498231
Dominoes
Four in a Row
Simple card games (thinking mainly of Rummy and Whist)

>>46498231
Something like King of New York might be fun. It's a cartoony board game where the players are each giant cartoon monsters (T-rex sheriff, evil fish in a robot suit etc) and they have to trash new york.

Because not every aspect of a system that you think is a problem is a problem for everyone, and since no system will ever be perfect, accepting that sometimes a DM will need to make adjustments is better than switching systems whenever there's something that annoys you.

>>46496308
Because people are fundamentally lazy and like to win arguments on the internet.
Do I need to elaborate further?

>>46496308
Because people will resort to anything as long as they don't have to acknowledge that something they invested into (emotionally, economically, in terms of time) might actually be flawed. Self-denial and Internet echo chambers do that for you.

>>46496115

Ted Cruz
Class: Saver (From Donald Trump)

>>46496129
/pol/ called
It said come home.

**(Fake) Assassin**
*Known Titles*: Assistant, Space Asshole.
*True Identity*: N/A.
*Alignment*: Chaotic Neutral.

*Basic Stats*:
Strength - D-;
Mana - E+;
Endurance - D-;
Agility - D;
Luck - EX (1);
(1) - see Assistant's Luck.

Class Skills:
Independent Action - A+
Presence Concealment - B+

Personal Skills:
Disengage - A+;
Expert of Many Specializations - A;
Mental Pollution - A;
Subversive Activities - A+;

Noble Phantasms:

Assistant's Luck: Outlasting Them All
After the Assistant spent the eternity in the Groundhog Day loop on Space Station 13, he gained a supernatural sense that tells him when and where something wrong will happen, so he can naturally avoid (or intentionally participate in) the event.

Chaos and Destruction: CALL THE EMERGENCY SHUTTLE!
In case of death, the Assistant is capable of summoning the gravitational anomaly (also known as "singularity") which was often used for power generation on Space Station 13. Upon activation, it destroys the Assistant and all the chances for him to respawn, and creates a miniature black hole, the maximum size of which is capped. It has an enormous gravitational pull and indefinitely destroys everything it comes in contact with.

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>>46494223
I dunno.

But here's Pedro.

>>46494223
Pedo Cantor, epic last stands against orks and all that stuff

>>46494223

The Horus Heresy story of their first Chapter Master is pretty boss. And the fact that Crimson Fists are THE Space Marines, regardless of how hard GW tries to champion the Ultramarines. They were on that bomb-ass metal cover for the original Rogue Trader, and no amount of retcons can take that away.

Truly if they were any more awesome, they'd be considered First Founding, and they'd deserve it too.

>>46493156
Dust? What dust?

Anti-Monte's hate it, because Monte.

I actually read some of the fiction it springs from, and find the game a lot of fun to play or run.

>>46493553
we always had fights in Numenera threads back when the game was just a kickstarter dream

>>46493156
The system has a good concept with the dice pools, but is honestly kinda clunky with the precise execution.

Anyone else agree?

because they're literally just midgets who sometimes have big feet depending on setting.

Because they're almost always just shorter versions of humans, same as gnomes with elves.

Halflings are not that interesting.
And you are wrong about orcs, they are sometimes fused with goblins and are called something different. But the concept of orcs is not rare