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>>46289724
Except Christ wasn't raised by a single parent.

>>46289724
I thought that stick was a rifle and I was wondering about Combat Jesus.

... "You'll never find an atheist in a Foxhole."

>>46289830
Also, Judas was not his most trusted friend. Now, if you mean being denied by Peter (one of the three most important disciples), then that could be reasoned.

Unknown Armies magic schools are built around a fundamental paradox, an innate contradiction which warps the users perception. If you actually wanted to do this, the first stage would be nailing down that innate contradiction.

Is it the strange temporal nature of memes? That new ones arise all the time seemingly from nowhere, and yet the old ones continue to spread and be repeated long after their relevance has faded?

Is it the curiosity of individual creativity being taken by vast anonymous masses, who create a culture of shared ownership and yet become outraged at any attempt to stake a claim?

I'm honestly not sure. It's not the most fruitful source, IMO, but if you want it to actually work, you need to figure this out.

None.

>>46289187
Hmm.. maybe this: memes are made to be original and subversive but a successful meme is by nature repeated endlessly by others until there is nothing novel about it and it becomes utterly mundane. Memes are made to be inside jokes but once a meme grows popular enough then it is no longer an inside joke.

ALASKA

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Fuck wrong map

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>>46289138
The allied states of Noskaria
Somewhere along the east coast
Green colour

>>46289123
Because no one has written them.

:^)

>>46289123

Because the typical nerd doesn't know enough about neolithic cultures and tech (read: anything at all, because Tolkien never wrote a book about them) to feel confident trying to kickstart a (magic-, if applicable)industrial revolution in the setting.

And if it's not possible to do that, nerds aren't interested in your setting period.

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There's Totem

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>>46287269

“Ira?” Howa's voice, soft and blurry with sleep, gently stirs the night air. There is the whisper of sheets as she rolls over, no doubt searching the other half of her bed for you. A fruitless search, of course – you've been sitting a distance away for some time, haunted by a lack of sleep and a surplus of uncertainty.

Was this a mistake, you ask yourself softly, a moment of weakness? On the road, a soft heart can be more of a vulnerability than a strength. Where you're going, you can afford neither weakness nor vulnerability – you'll need to be hard, as cold and focussed as you've ever been. Now though, could you really manage that?

When the time comes, you think solemnly as Howa stirs again, that's when you'll really see. Maybe you'll fight all the harder with something precious to return to, someone else to share a future with. It's something you never really had before – or perhaps you just didn't realise what you had. Retirement was never something you considered much until now, and it certainly wasn't something you had been looking forwards to. It would be easy really, just settle down and devote your life to one of the gods. Like Garl, or Maab over in Selene's temple. It could work, you murmur to yourself, not aware that you had spoken aloud until Howa responds.

“Ira?” she repeats, mumbling and drowsy, “Did you say something?”

You could hold your tongue, you realise, and she'd just lapse back into slumber. In the morning, she'd pass it off as a dream – if she remembered it at all.

>I was just thinking about retirement
>It was nothing. Go back to sleep
>Say nothing and wait
>Other

>>46287284
>Say nothing and wait
Not a word about retirement. We've raised enough death flags already.

Also: yay! I finally caught up!

>>46287284
>>Say nothing and wait

Any info on the sectors?

>>46286762
Segmentum Pacificus.

It never gets enough love

>>46286803
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Segmentum

You can read about them here

>>46285013
Beast: the Primordial

>>46285013
GURPS and Exalted definitely qualify too.

>>46285013
D&D 3.5

>>46277859
Who is that in the pic OP? Boba Fett?

>>46277859
Magnus referred to it as a catch-all for Chaos (which he was strangely unaware of). He dove deep into the Warp to try to gain knowledge, and routinely interacted with Tzeentch (whom Magnus believed was some Warp-spirit).

The Interex also thought of Chaos as a omni-direcitonal force of destruction.

Again, the fluff is highly inconsistent and doesn't explain jack shit. Go figure.

>>46277894

Someone who did nothing wrong.

>>46293349
A word.
Presumably a name, since it is capitalized.

>>46293567

It could just be start of a sentence, hence its capitalization.

>>46293567
>>46293721

In this context:
>Body Form:
>1 Humanoid
>2 Amoeboid
>3 Centaur-shaped
>4...
>5...

=Log 3=
Date 13,541,555,892: It's amazing how far life has developed from those first basic packages of proteins and genetic material. There are practically uncountable varieties of lifeforms now, and I didn't do a single thing to stimulate this! They adapted and diverged entirely on their own, completely shattering the old dogma that true life must be created by a god. Even if they can't get any use out of them due to magic not being active in this test world, these lifeforms are indeed developing basic rudimentary souls. I wonder if I may soon see a civilization arise?

=Log 4=
Date 13,698,901,234: There was another mass-extinction event a few dozen million years ago, but I'm not too upset given the most recent developments. Several intelligent species have sprung up, including Pattern 1 (Elves), Pattern 4 (Dwarves), Pattern 5 (Humans), and Pattern 7 (Orcs). They've already begun the process of creating civilizations, though Pattern 1 isn't doing as well as they normally would without magic. I will admit to being somewhat surprised at how well these races match up with those outside, but it could just be an anomaly.
(cont.)

=Log 5=
Date 13,698,908,990: NO NO NO! I should have known something was up when those 'standard' lifeforms began appearing, but I was too absorbed in the experiment to check for outside interference. Those blasted greedy pantheons just HAD to seize the opportunity to get a new worshiper base, and their actions have contaminated the experiment beyond all hope of salvage! It wasn't their own faiths that were the problem, no it was that they helped draw the attention of something else entirely.

A particularly ambitious demon lord took notice of all the unprocessed souls I foolishly left floating around in the ether of this Plane, and decided to aggressively acquire them. They formed a coalition and managed to punch several portals through to this world, introducing magic in the process. I've decided to start over, but I can't bring myself to simply abandon these beings to the nonexistent mercies of the Abyss. Therefore I have flooded the public integrated information network constructed by Patterns 4, 5, and 7 with information on how to produce magical weapons that can actually slay demons permanently. I have also sent a message explaining the experimental nature of their universe and the fact that its intended purpose has been almost completely destroyed. I hope they can forgive me.

=Log 5=
Date 13,698,908,990: NO NO NO! I should have known something was up when those 'standard' lifeforms began appearing, but I was too absorbed in the experiment to check for outside interference. Those blasted greedy pantheons just HAD to seize the opportunity to get a new worshiper base, and their actions have contaminated the experiment beyond all hope of salvage! It wasn't their own faiths that were the problem, no it was that they helped draw the attention of something else entirely.

A particularly ambitious demon lord took notice of all the unprocessed souls I foolishly left floating around in the ether of this Plane, and decided to aggressively acquire them. They formed a coalition and managed to punch several portals through to this world, introducing magic in the process. I've decided to start over, but I can't bring myself to simply abandon these beings to the nonexistent mercies of the Abyss. Therefore I have flooded the public internet constructed by Patterns 4, 5, and 7 with information on how to produce magical weapons that can actually slay demons permanently. (Pattern 1 was absorbed by pattern 4 through cross-breeding) I have also sent a message explaining the experimental nature of their universe and the fact that its intended purpose has been almost completely destroyed. I hope they can forgive me.

>>46290836
The Empire is in its prime, widely supported by the imperial population and predominantly expanding into a dangerous borderland full of monsters and belligerent tribals.

>>46290836
Indistinguishable from a modern day Japanese suburb.

>>46290897
The Empire is taking back Earth after a magical apocalypse left most of it a monster-filled wilderness strewn with ruins.

>>46290558

From what I hear, gameplay is kind of fucky, but it seems to have a neat aesthetic and story going for it, with a lot of fun that can be had.

not my legs

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>>46290558
There's something wrong with it? I wasn't informed.

>>46290533
The only one that directly comes to my mind is Fate of the Norns: Ragnarock. It is based directly on Norse mythology.
I'm sure there are many others that are based or at least heavily inspired by norse mythology. Can't think of any other mythologys at the moment.

You should be able to find FotN in archived pdf threads. I would search but I don't know the successor of archive.moe

>>46290988
Very nice. Thanks, anon.

>>46291203
>>46290533
Tékumel is based primarily on Indian myth. Got a game, but it's primarily a setting.

>Ferengi /tg/

I'm trying to think of something gayer than this, but it's just not coming to me.

>>46289815
Bah, filthy casual hoomans, with their silly lack of cash and common sense.

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QUAAAAAAAARK!!!

GURPS

I wish I knew.

There are a lot of options, but in my experience they fall into one of two categories- either way too crunchy, getting lost in ridiculous levels of detail which I'm sure some people love, but makes it unworkable for me and the groups I play with.

Alternatively, they're way too rules light, abstracting everything in the broadest sense to the point the game lacks any feeling of impact.

I'd love to see a game properly strike the balance between detail without sacrificing distinction, but that's an underdeveloped area of game design. Pretty much only Legends of the Wulin and D&D 4e really occupy it.

>>46289560
Suggestions?

>>46289512 You know, other than GURPS?