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>>46235294
It's really not too good. Very heavily inserts political leanings of the author into the system, which a lot of /tg/ doesn't like, similar to Eclipse Phase.

Combat itself is very deadly, it's chock full of rules that bog the game down, takes ages to do things.

Overall not really a fantastic system.

>>46235397
I guess I got my answer then. Was it really that bad? I honestly had no opinion on it, and had never given much thought to tabletops at all until I saw that one of /mu/'s favorite musicians had made one.

I couldn't tell you the difference between a dark elf and a slaneesh, I'm that new, so it was no deliberate trolling on my part.

>>46235498
Assuming you're bing honest, the short version is that the system is pretty weak mechanically. The long version is that the system is weak mechanically AND it's basically a soapbox for the author's political views, some of which border on "WHITE MASTER RACE, KILL ALL THE MUD-PEOPLES!" at times.

>>46234901

What, like all of them?

>>46234954
This

>>46234901
Pretty much the entire Dragon Civilization was made of false gods. Their human slaves were ordered to worship them, blah blah... Pretty shitty stuff because dragons in the setting tend to be assholes.

Luckly, their civilization has long collapsed.

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>boss fight
>last hit on the guy is a critical hit

It doesn't matter what side of the table you're sitting on when that happens, everyone thinks it's awesome.

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>>46233970
>Carnival in the city
>It's a group of evil PCs, waiting to be powerful enough to ovethrow the empress
>A random wizard is making dosh by casting fly on children to entertain them
>The magus decide to dispel the fly spell (kids are just flying above the head of people, so it won't hurt them much, but the wizard will lose his job)
>One of the PC wants to take advantage of this by catching a falling child (he is neutral)
>He also carries a lance.
>"Yeah, sure, no prob. Just one thing, roll a d20, if 1, you impale the child
>1
>Everyone laugh as the poor chiled dies and the PC is covered with his blood
>Everyone panick, guards come, and the PC disapear (teleportation)

I really like how all the other PCs didn't care what the result were, but found the death of the children funny, and even moreso his failure.

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As I'm cleaning up everyone saying "that was a great session", laughing, and people breaking up to recap stuff that was funny or awesome or whatev

or really any time a player gets really emotional, scared, or angry in character, you can never plan it I think my group is pretty solid

>>46233342
By making combat as flaccid as physically possible.

>>46233342
>All "character development" must include pouting
>Most weapons are a gun/melee combo
>Everyone gets a unique ability
>Some mechanic for aura reducing damage taken, drops a bit each time you get hit
>All "character development" MUST include pouting

>>46233342
Well first I drink a bit before every session so I can tolerate the kind of players such a game would attract.

>>46232950
>Male
>Francis Nazir

>>46233000
I'm so exited. Will wait for a couple more players though.

>>46233000
Seconded

Is the cat with him?

>>46230745

Abbadon.

Realistically Marmaduke should be put down.

>>46230936
yes

Roman-like human empire?

The elves hate trees.

>>46230400
You stumble groggily along the corridor and rub the sleep from your eyes. The mansion is in an uproar and everyone else besides you seems to have somewhere to be. People bustle past you and you watch as the place steadily empties.
It’s going to take a few hours to get moving but Hiss was serious when she woke you up. She’s moving everyone out. You suppose that’ll include you too.

Mobilizing an army isn’t something you can do lightly however. You still have plenty of time.


>Go see Hiss and help her however you can.

>You need to get your homunculi packed up and ready to leave.

>You need to see Aashenpreet.

>You need to brew.

>Find someone else (Specify)

>Other

>>46230411
>You need to see Aashenpreet.

>>46230411
>You need to see Aashenpreet.
>You need to get your homunculi packed up and ready to leave.

The threads of a monster unravel and rejoin with the great weave that is Thespia, flowing back into her primordial womb, the monster ceases to exist in this world. Burned, Flayed, stabbed, and finally torn to ribbons once it exhausted its many lives tearing itself apart. The Beast is dead.

As you lay upon the forest floor, you feel the many voices of that monster's threads calling out in a harmonious requiem. The thespians that were devoured, and even the wolves that ate them can now rest. Sucking in a crisp breath of the night's air, you breath out with a deep smile in your face from ear to ear, relieved that it's over.

Odette looks on as the monster's body rapidly decomposes. Spared from the true extent of the battle that felt as though it raged for hours, she cannot know your relief or your triumph... And yet still...

“Did you see that person?” You ask, looking up at Odette from the ground.

She seems confused, furrowing her brow and looking around at the forest, “No... What person? There was someone else here?”

“Yes... They cast a spell and then vanished.” Without much more thought to the matter you roll your body back and spring off of your hands to get back on your feet. “Oh well, I just wish I could've thanked them.” Looking to her, “Did Biz return?”

“No,” Odette looks back and starts down the return path, you follow suit after her. “I saw the flames' glow through the trees. When I heard your call, I rushed here as quickly as I could. I'm just glad I wasn't too late.” Odette smiles at you and you feel a bit warm on the inside.

Snaking your fingers around her arm, you hold onto her arm with an affectionate touch,“So reliable Odette, what would I ever do without you?” You say with a teasing tongue, a mischievous twinkle in your eye.

Odette seems surprised by your gesture, pulling at first yet then relaxing into the touch, (“Sometimes I wonder more what I'd do without you.”) You hear through her true voice, yet her lips simply give you a gentle smile.

>>46230306
You feel your face flush, and heart skip a beat, suddenly letting go. Something about this suddenly feeling wrong to you. Odette notices your troubled thoughts quickly when you stop walking.

“Beli? What's the matter?”

“I...” You look away, still blushing heavily. Your breath a little hot. “I'm not sure. It's nothing, let's get back to the village, okay?”

As you run ahead, Odette watches your back, her smile fading as she mulls over what could have possibly bothered you so.


[…]

By the break of Sol, all the rescued girls are returned to the village by those that are left: The older men and the widows. The wolf you told to bring back the Satire holds the pesky Faeli's foot in jaws, ensuring his captive's stay.

Once everyone's been given the all clear, the villagers gather in the long abandoned ground floor of their community square to give the meddlesome Faeli his judgement.

The beastman's eyes are riddled with worry, pleading with the normally kind eyes of every Arafleur he sees. A young lady stands besides Teraca, the spitting image of her mother. That must be Prescilla, you saw her sitting under the tree in that pocket dimension reading a book.

“Adventurer's.” Teraca calls over to your party, her lips pursed and stern. “You've given him to us to decide judgement... yet it is not in our way to deliver such punishments. I could not bear it upon my heart to do this myself.”

The Satire pulls at his foot locked in the wolf's jaws, reaching out for Teraca. “You, you're Teraca aren't you? It's me, Rumpy Frumpy! I... You... Gave me a crown of flowers, I've loved you from that day. Please, all of this was for you.”

“Be quiet!” Teraca screams, her entire body trembling as she stares at the half-man in contempt, “If I'm to understand by the adventurer's story, you deceived the wolves to spare your own life at the expense of ours. How am I ever supposed to forgive such a thing?”

>>46230327

>[“Give him a chance... Maybe hear him out?”]
>[“I'm not one to end lives either... Odette?”]
>[“Would exile not be sufficient?”]
>[“You people can deliver your own justice. The terms of our quest is finished.”]
>[“What of the wolf?”]
>[Write in]

The battle axe, so I can kill with my face

>>46230161
I don't have a good reaction image for the face I made when I saw super wizard, but I laughed pretty good

The head of hair they put on that guy looks stupid as all fuck though

>>46230161
>if you're playing a girl GET OUT
fuck you

>>46228710
INT != knowlege
You can be dumb as a brick and get through school
You can be really smart and live a simple farmers life

It's a difference of knowledge and lore checks

>>46228710
10 INT.

Intelligence isn't what you know, it's how well you learn and apply information. An ignorant genius still has higher INT than a Jeopardy savant, because that savant can only apply his knowledge to a single purpose.

>>46228710
>farmer or barely educated peasant
Where did this assumption come from? There's nothing in the rules that says that. IIRC 10 is just for anyone who's not a PC or otherwise important.

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>Some idea on what's going on:
I had this idea of making a really complex and integrated story about Imperial factions after a major crusade. Considering the size of the galaxy a crusade must require thousands of regiments and hundreds of Chapters to conduct. Which also leaves them with spoils of war in the end. I could have just populate the whole thing from my drafts but I figured it would be more fun and challenging to fill the factions with anon made ones. So here we are.

>Disclaimers:
-I store all contributions and work them into the story one way or another, so don't hesitate to contribute.
-No Orks no ork related anything, I'm writing Orks right now and I'm fed with it. No zoggin Orkz, ya 'ear!
-Try to make the factions as unique as possible(it's YOUR faction after all). Theme, military focus and characterization is what makes a faction alive most of the time.
Here is an example from an official chapter. Black Templars are gothic space knights(theme), they use close combat whenever possible(military), special characters in the codex(charz)
-If you submitted in a previous thread know that its been kept safe.
-Post the HTML codes of your colors if you want an accurate representation, otherwise I pick the colors using gimp which might not be exact.
-Creator names for the factions cannot be changed after the first initialization, if you want to be added as a creator to an already made faction you need to contribute newer fluff almost as much as the OC. Even if the OC is credited as anon you can only be credited beside him. This is done to prevent miscrediting.

>Charts(Optional, use them if you want to):
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Imperial_Guard_Regiment_Creation_Tables
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Space_Marine_Chapter_Creation_Tables
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Chaos_Warband_Creation_Tables
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Chaos_Space_Marine_Warband_Creation_Tables

>Previous Threads
>>46061736
>>46103759
>>46125506
>>46158415

To clarify a few things:
I'm only creating this new thread because Genius is obviously not disponible for now.
That does NOT mean I take over in any sense.
You guys can keep creating factions.

is there a google doc of the various factions up yet?

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>>46226730
Filthy race traitors. Surrender now and receive the Emperor's Forgiveness.

Rolled 6 (1d10)

>>46226730

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>>46226813
3rd Sphere, makes sense.
Now...we...roll.... 1D10 for Primary cadre function, whynot.

Depends on the author

Depends on the chapter

Progenoids are gonads reabsorbed into the body.
And even then Space Marines are hardcore hypnoidoctrinated murder machines with only a vague concept of life outside killing and training for killing. The only ones that give a fuck about women are Space Wolves because they are mary sues.

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>>46226238
>What's the most polarizing thing you've done as a GM
Run Star Wars. I've done it twice, and they were the two worst GMing experiences of my life, almost entirely based around everyone bickering constantly about what was cannon, what was not cannon, what was in the spirit of the movies, what violated that spirit, what was or wasn't part of the Jedi code, whether Jedi could wear armor, how much damage laser cannons did to ground targets, whether Yoda's species had a name, I mean, it was unbelievable.

I've gamed for years, dozens of systems and settings, and yet in two entirely different Star Wars games, years apart, using different systems, different plots, and different players, it was an absolute nightmare both times. People would not stop fighting about trivia, no one was happy with the way I chose to run the game either time, and both games collapsed after only a few sessions. It's sad to me, too, because there's nothing I'd rather run.

>>46226459
OP specifically said, not stuff that was imbecilic.

>>46227693

Could have been worse. You could have tried to run a Star Trek RPG.