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I honestly couldn't tell you which requires more skill since I'm an amateur at both.

I personally enjoy chess more though.

>>46049730
I played Go only once or twice, i play chess regularly. Chess speaks more to me personaly. I think how hard the game is really depends on who you are playing, from what i remember Go has simpler rules but more combinations, while chess has more complicated rules but less combinations

>>46049730
Go is non-local, thus it is a superior game.

For example, I don't have a Go club in my town. The closest is at least 30 km removed.

>>46049702
I'd make Nitrogen based aliens that die upon contact with Selenium.

There is a somewhat popular theory of sulfur based life existing due to its unique bonding properties, its been while since I read about but basically instead of a water based ecosystem it would either be methane or ammonia. Remember the reason why carbon is so great is its ability to share electrons and nitrogen is not quite as good.

Carbon is best.

She won't be in SOI
She'll be in eldritch moon

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>wrapped landscape
>thraben inspector
Some tantacles on the artwork

>>46048162
Tentacles*

>>46046706
I'm just terrible at numbers simply don't want to even try it so usually I ask our engieneer player to make the math and rule consulting.

Bonus: I'm asian.

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>>46046846
well that's a valid excuse, but I haven't played very crunchy games, hardest one must have been special, and even then my GM had some spreadsheets in excel ready to calculate the damage quickly.

>>46046706

my groups don't usually have one but when I GM, inevitably, there's always a player who knows the rules better than i do (see: legitimate short-term memory loss). so i always wind up planning and writing things down while that player corrects me on like 50% of everything i say with citations on how the rules work.

it'd be nice if they actually knew i was medically admitted and weren't just a rules-gouging asshole about it all the time just because my notes aren't thorough enough :')

>>46045314
That sucks. I have friends IRL and online I play different games with.

>>46045314

Maybe if you could use punctuation, spell correctly, and think about a social gathering that doesn't involve booze or weed as a crutch, then you might have a group to play with.

>>46046147
I have freinds online just none to play like D&D or other related games with it is really shitty

>>46045273

Yes, and my party cried that we weren't playing D&D.

My current D&D 5e game is mostly inter-party interactions. It's nice, because it slows down the power progression pace and lets a story be built naturally by the players instead of just me.

No fighting or no PLANNED fighting?
Because while it's possible to do the second, the first is damn near impossible with 98% of groups; they will inevitably pick a fight with SOMEONE.

>>46043778
>Is this due to page count requirements for payment?

Well, duh, yeah. Writers get paid by the word. Layout designers by the spread. Artists by the illustration. And speaking of efficiency, it's more efficient/cheaper to print one giant book than 4 small ones, which is why so many RPG companies publish these giant 300-400-page monstrosities.

This is still a business that needs to make a profit, after all, not some mathematical model that should be optimized for fastest results.

>>46043909
But if you are putting out a product that is efficient and works well for the user (a GM using it), and you need less art, far, far far less layout, you are paying less to build your saleable product. If the product sells, which in WFRP3's case, it didn't. The early B/X modules were not like this, modern OSR stuff is not like this, most Numenera stuff is not like this (adventures that is). What I'm thinking is that there must have been some sort of strange audience for these types of 'read a short story' modules instead of 'this is a tool to run a game'

>>46044241
>What I'm thinking is that there must have been some sort of strange audience for these types of 'read a short story' modules instead of 'this is a tool to run a game'

There definitely is. They may even make up the greater part of RPG sales. I mean I know I enjoy flicking through books for games I've yet to get around to playing.

And I can think of one high profile example of designers going for usability rather than readability in their presentation - the shift from 3rd to 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons. From the perspective of actually trying to run the game, 4e monster and power statblocks were a godsend. From the perspective of someone idly flicking through a rulebooke they made everything look samey and unappealing. It was at least a contributing factor to the backlash the game received, so now it's gone forever.

>>46043764
Define "good"

It was the best book ever since fun died in the middle of 4th.
Guard 3rd, Tau 4th, Marines 4th and Tyranids 4th were all boatlosds of fun.

>>46043764
No.
That would be 5e Necrons.

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So far I have skimmed through the fluff and read the rules set thing at the back of the codex.
It seems like with a few vanguard squads with arquebuses and some rust stalkers I could do some serious damage to an ork/imperial guard player. But I haven't put this theory to the test yet...

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Maybe this thread is kind of a waste of space... Just hoping to get some advice from anyone who has some experience playing/fighting admech. Maybe I shouldn't have started out with "I am a new player to 40k"

I am in the exact same situation as you. The things that I have learned:

their units are vulnerable to AP4, which is rough, so you need to use cover.

you have excellent first turn shooting because you can give your guys +3bs

you are slow, so you might have trouble with bikes/wave serpents/other stuff that runs around you grabbing objectives

you lack flamers, which are usually the best source of anti-cover save and good for free hits on charging units (read: you can be vulnerable to getting charged)

you don't have any fliers to fighter other people's fliers, so make sure to take enough skyfire/guys who skyfire at bs2 rather than snap shooting.

this is basically all that I know so far, and am looking to figure out what else to do for army building

Probably not "giant", obviously.

>>46042639

It depends on the setting you daft cunt.

In some it might be Ou'agunguns. In others it might be The Stone Folk. In another it might be the Titans. Or whatever. It could be any old shit. They might even call themselves the Tiny Ones, because in the distant past there was an even larger race of huge people.

>>46042639
Normies

Other old/new thread:
>>46042423

Why do they wear the masks?

if a creature or person casts invisibility, can detect magic see them? its still magic once the spells cast so shouldnt detect magic see them

>>46041219
“So yeah Cennen, I was just going to kill him since he’s one hell of a loose end but then I remembered that you’re fond of him.”

You stare down at Master Yolan. The old man has certainly seen better days. You don’t know how Hiss captured him or what she’s done to him but he’s bruised and bleeding and he can’t stand up right. He stares at you.
“Cennen? You know this woman?”

Hiss laughs.
“Of course he does. I’m the snake he told you about. Maybe you should have heeded his advice a little more.”
You can’t help but notice the way Yolan cringes away from her the moment she moves.

“What did you do to him Hiss?”

She shrugs.
“He wasn’t being very compliant and I felt like using my hands. Don’t worry, he’s mostly unbroken. Now what do you think we should do with him?”

“Can’t you just eat his memories?”

Hiss shakes her head.
“No. I mean, I CAN but it wouldn’t solve the problem. He’s been doing a lot of theoretical work with that snake alchemy you gave him, lots of little thoughts about that everywhere in his soul. If I want to bite all of that out I’m going to have to rip out a lot...well, him. He could end up like the old Mayor. Now, I don’t particularly care about that but I figured you might not want that.”

“Yeah, no kidding. Couldn’t you just have asked him not to tell? Or pay him off?”

“It’s a bit late for that, I’d say. And besides, I’m not sure if you understand just how sensitive this matter is. Snake alchemy cannot be allowed to fall into human hands. You know how strong it is! We’d be best suited by either removing his mind or pruning his soul into a more trustworthy servant. He can’t be trusted with information of this magnitude otherwise.”

1/2

>>46041237

>”Did you really have to hurt him like this?”

>”Hiss, people are going to find out about snake reagents sooner or later.”

>”I suppose you can change his mind a little.”

>”Just rip it all out and try to be gentle.”

>”I’d like to talk to Master Yolan alone first.”

>Nobble Hiss.

>Other

>>46041259
>”Did you really have to hurt him like this?”

Did you come back to figure out what the fuck was going on?

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This may or may not require smiting.

>>46040243
Hafling necromancer sibling confirmed?

But what if it lands on a small side?

>>46040084
The side is rounded enough that it's not stable.

>>46040084
What if your d2 lands on edge, you fucking cockmongler?

Have you heard about Legends of the Wulin?

>>46040118
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