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Hi everyone, Me and my group have played D&D and WOD but we had always the problem of the gamemaster so now I'm searching some game where there are only players. I know there was but I never tried anything, some suggestion?

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Do any of you guys invite impartial outsiders to observe your gaming sessions and critique them harshly?

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So does anybody here have a a PDF of Curse of Strahd :D?

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Didn't see one of these made but highly interested in a format that doesn't cost a fortune to play.

Should I invest in Online or Paper pauper? I do not currently have any friends that will play with me (married, 31, work night shift), and the varied ruleset in paper is annoying, I wouldn't know what to buy do that I could play a local pauper player.

Does this make MTGO the only choice for me? Buying digital cards seems ridiculous, but not any more than cheap plastic cards I suppose. I really wanted to make cheap decks of each archetype (RDW, Stompy, Mono Black Control, etc) but some of these are quite expensive for me (top tier Mono Black is around 115 bucks.).

MTGO or Paper? Where are some good cheap pauper decks?

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Last Time, on Song of Swords:
A man shoots down a biplane with a rifle
Germanic vs Scandinavian Names
There is no hope left in man
Historical carriage prices
Lore!


Song of Swords is a realistic fantasy tabletop RPG that draws inspiration from historical fechtbuchs, weapons and armor. Its combat system is fast and it can be used for both fantasy and historical/mundane settings.

Call of the Void is a pulpy sci-fi tabletop RPG about fighting space-nazis and hunting giant whales with harpoons made out of the moon. Its combat system is more modern, based in the early 20th century, but can probably handle combat up to the present day.

Here's a .rar archive with the newest version of the rules as well as all related current working documents. At this time the latest version is v1.9.9:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/12xqm1p2q69m392/Song_of_Swords.rar

Here's Ballad of the Laser Whales' latest version: [Redacted-see next post]

Here's a wiki detailing SoS's fantasy setting, getting filled up bit by bit as Jimmy reveals more details:
http://tattered-realms.wikia.com/wiki/Tattered_Realms_Wiki

There's also a roll20 room where new players are encouraged to try the rules, test new rules, and find game breaking issues: https://app.roll20.net/join/346755/hRKd4w
The room might be empty, but the people who teach the game still browse the thread frequently. If you're looking to learn, post here in the thread. We also play Guy Windsor's card game Audatia in the room.

The Legend is Dead, but the Second Coming is Nigh

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Welcome to the Accidental Magical Girl thread!

Various worlds and multiverses have become connected together via the mysterious Overcity, a sprawling landscape inhabited by monsters and magical beings. Girls and boys endowed with their new supernatural powers can work together solving conflicts that arise!

>This is NOT a greentext adventure style CYOA with one GM and thread posting to dictate the adventure, but rather a hub thread for multiple storycrafters to use.
A majority of activity (including campaigns) instead happens in the IRC, which is open for newbies to join.
Characters can be rolled with either the CYOA's purple PDF which is intended as a writing prompt and is in the process of developing an independent auxiliary combat system, or AMGC's blue pdf which contains combat rules for PNP campaigns along with the rolls.

Post builds, roleplay, write stuff.


CYOA Stuff:
Writefag Archive: http://pastebin.com/rSvTGQzP
Magical Girl Images (updated 02/26/16): https://mega.nz/#F!xINWxCqY!HsVA2LnU9RDMMmZieoqv9w

Character Archive:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ugcJa0fs2KkZ-oXy7kexzqAySUzsbUJ42GydS_kV_w/
Add your character here!

RPNP Stuff:
IRC Linkboard:
https://titanpad.com/RWlqAHmERq
Spec Trees (spells for all 19 normal Specializations, updated often):
https://titanpad.com/FUjuIO6cfH


IRC on Rizon:
OOC Chat: #MGCYOA
In Character RP Pub: #TheWand&Circlet
IC Campaigns: #MGChronicle or #MGPnP
IC Shenanigans: #Overcity
IC Cafe: #MGCafe
https://www.rizon.net/chat

Early 2015 Old Thread OP Text: http://pastebin.com/usMM2EC7

Previous Thread:
>>45875086
http://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/45875086

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The GM makes you play an eunuch character. How do you react?

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Does /tg/ let the gods decide their stats with a roll of the dice? Or do you take the bitch way and use the "standard set"?

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Dear /tg/ i need help,
im planning to write a book and id need your opinion on
how a slavic phalanx would sound like,
and tips on forest warfare using an organised army

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i have this guy who plays a drow warlock in a 5e game im DMing. its everybody's first tabletop rpg including me and we are pretty early in the campaign. Anyway, the handbook says that the patron requires the warlock to preform favors in exchange for continued use of its powers. the players are about to reach level 2 and this player chose the great old ones "Cthulhu specifically" as his patron. my question is what would he ask of him in exchange for lending him his power? and would a elder god really personally ask a novice warlock for said favors?

if it was a fiend patron then i would have a easier time coming up with sinister requests and demonic ways of communicating them. to give a little context , the character is a 19 year old drow from the underdark with a criminal background , he was a enforcer for his gang and his parents were assassinated for political gain reasons. he left the underdark later for reasons he has yet to make clear. The group started causing trouble at a tavern in the first session. things escalated, they killed a couple of guards, and now they are wanted criminals.(not what i expected but i rolled with it).

the rest of the party consists of a silver dragonborn barbarian, a tiefling bard, a human ranger, and a new player is joining us next session on friday as a half elf "drow" sorcerer. i would appreciate any suggestions.

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Do you believe in the Heart of the Cards?
Has it ever paid off?

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What if the way metamagic worked was through its own spells? For example, you might cast the spell "still spell", which would have a verbal component but not a somatic component, and then the next spell you cast after that could be cast without its somatic component?

I think it'd be a nice way to keep the flexibility that metamagic allows, but giving it a more direct cost than just "take this feat and you can cast magic without wiggling your fingers".

If we were to use this in the context of overcharged spells in 5th edition, maybe you would get +1 spell affected per higher spell level, so that way you could cast a silent, stilled spell, but it'd be more costly.

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Why is being special a bad thing again?

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previous threads: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=crusader+quest
Thread 5 didn't archive fully: http://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/34542810/#q34542810
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KoblOf
character sheet: http://pastebin.com/JEE8ZM7H
pastebins: http://pastebin.com/u/Joggibear

It is the Year of our Lord, 1135

You are Mathilde, sister to Wilhelm, the Lord of Ramla.

On your brother's behest you have travelled to Jerusalem to argue for the release of your bastard half-brother, Hugo, charged with abducting a royal princess. In that time you have found yourself placed into the household of Queen Melisende as a personal handmaiden, made the acquaintance of her husband, Fulk of Anjou, and been beset by men intending to win your hand in marriage.

As sister to the most prominent bachelor in the Holy Land, you feel you must be a much valued commodity, and though an arrangement has been made to see you betrothed to the heir of Galilee, it is not a match that excites you.

So even though your task is the safe deliverance of your half-brother from execution, you can't help but enjoy a little the flustered young men who approached you only to be driven back by the stone faced, one-eyed visage of your bodyguard Bayard. One young man in the colours of Tripoli tried to duck around him and horse-faced Bayard had to physically haul him back by the ruff of his tunic.

"Try that again and you lose your side teeth," he said, slapping the boy light on the cheek.

"Go easy Bayard," you said, putting a hand to his arm as he walked you through the court.

It seemed more a festival than a trial, and come recently were dignitaries from Antioch itself. A middle-aged priest in heavy vestments with a pair of knights, spoke with Count Hugh and his young, exotic wife. Hugh saw you looking and smiled fondly.

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Important Info: http://pastebin.com/ZycWvygU
Known Character Info: http://pastebin.com/mP36hnjY

You are Tom Gainer, a recently registered Class 5 Super and, as of a last evening, a volunteer Cape aiming to remove the notorious, and highly dangerous Odinsons Motorcycle Club from Downtown Crimson Beach. You have met two new allies in this venture: another volunteer Super known as Grey Knight and a Union Cape named Tiffany Cooke aka Cicada Killer. The latter of whom has given you her number.

It is the next day and Jim informs you that he will be busy most of today with his actual job as a construction worker and advises you that you should probably be looking for work as well. After all, volunteer Capes don't actually get paid, unlike their professional counter parts.

Alternately, you think, you could scout out the local Super talent at Platinum Towers and see who else might be willing (or crazy enough) to join up with you and Grey Knight in taking down the Odinsons. Thinking of GK, you pull his card out of the pocket of your ratty and weathered jeans. You might also give him a call and see what he has to say about this whole mess.

Alternately again, you could give Cicada Killer a call and see what she is up to. After your little... interview, you feel she might like a follow up to it... maybe over some coffee.

OR! You could go out and actually get some new clothes. You've been wearing the same three outfits for six months and they're starting to fall apart. Plus, with your nicely trimmed beard, you think you could do with a matching haircut.

>Go scout out Platinum Towers
>Call Grey Knight for a meeting
>Call Cicada Killer for a date
>Get some clothes/haircut
>Write In