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>>46009305
2nd one:

CARTOMANCER

>no, it's not about tarot, fortune telling or playing cards
>it's a mage who can summon, alter, repair or damage maps
>basically map-o-mancer
>also can find maps in rooms with magic
>a cartomancer is able to create maps without the knowledge of the actual place(s)
>also it's possible to enchant maps, but there's a chance of side-effects
>latent ability to "feel" the topology of a region / dungeon (the cartomancer sees the entire reality as a multidimensional map)

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>>46009305

"MAGICAL REALM" SORCERER

>psyker with the ability to summon people's most perverse dreams and desires
>turn them against their sources
>always needs another sentient creature as a source of these spirits
>spirits become as strong as the emotions of the original desire
>spells have double effects if their source is / were asleep during the summoning
>less pertverse desires are weaker
>basically Freudian magic
>most Magical Realm Sorcerers are "Chaotic" and / or simply crazy

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>>46009305
So pic related?

There was talk about having a regular force trained. Like a mix of citizens armed with spears and maybe some crossbowmen?

>>46008827
>H) Other.

Construct Mana powered traps to kill the skaven before they reach us

>>46008827

What about that machine we were building last thread? Also, I vote for training more Tentaculars to lay some beat down.

>>46008550

>/lit/ hates worm.

Yeah, makes sense.

I largely enjoyed it, mostly from the creative use of superpowers aspect. Was a bit unrelenting though, no cool off periods between crises.

Ending arc was fucking awful though. Largely tossed out everything that had been built up in favour of a villain with literally no personality rampaging through the setting killing everything until they literally kill him by showing him pictures of his dead wife until he curls up in the foetal position to be executed.

>>46008635

You happen to have a link to an archived thread or any screenshots actually? I wouldn't mind reading some angry discussion of Worm, I have a lot of time to kill today and am in the mood for that sort of shitstorm.

>>46008550
"seldom is seen such a supervillain's rise to power"
>pardon my shitty alliteration...

"did she just bully GOD to death?"

>>46008635
the ending wasn't TOO bad, and the epilogues tied basically everything up leaving a Sequel open and available, but still tying all the major details of the story up in a nice neat package.

and, quite likely, they'd have needed to kill Scion eventually or else risk the superman effect...

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Don't know anyone else but I have only saved a princess from a dragon once, and it was in a joke campaign.

Shit man I just want some chivalry. Let me slay some dragons, rescue some maidens and restore the rightful king to the throne.

Clichés are tools used to tell a story. They etablish the roles and relationships of each character. They alow you to enter the story without reading pages upon pages of background and motivations.
Of course they can become overused. Society evolves and so do most of the stories. At some point you see only the cliché, and not the setting it's based upon (when I say vizir, you probably think jaffar and not generic counsellor of kings in a mid-eastern setting, redefining the trope).
Stories of today use common tropes that will probably be considered awfully boring in the future.
Also, concerning forgotten clichés, you can reuse some mythology and your players will propably find it very original as long as there hasn't been a movie about it recently. Same for fairy tales. Russian ones are pretty distinct and tend to make interesting adventures. Look up the mourning vigil for the witch, for example.

On my recent experience, I used some old folktales' boogeymen as opponents for a horror game, shit was so cash.

>>46008476
Bringing up some good points. What is "mourning vigil for the witch", though? I've never heard of it, and I'm a russian.

>>46007519
Short version:

Have you ever been playing a video game and thought, "I wish I could see what's off the edge of the map," or "Why can't I just talk things out with these guys?" or "Actually, I would rather be working for the other side." In vidya, you can't step outside what the developer has provided. In a tabletop game, you have the developer right there to say, "OK, let's work out what happens!"

>>46007575
That was a remarkably calm and intelligent answer. Five XP for civility.

At any rate, I think a large appeal is the open ended nature of the game, as my compatriot here says. Also the social aspect is really cool. Most of the time.

Because I only like RPGs, and every RPG out there is either old as fuck, already beaten by me, made by CuckoldWare or combination of the above. This is not enough. I must have more.

>>46007432
Intricate hallway

>>46007432
>Go down the plain hallway.

>>46007432
>>Go down the intricate hallway.

It's a hefty step down from 4e monks but they are not terrible.

>>46007353
Would you care to elaborate?

DESU I'm not even sure how they stepped up from 3.x to 4e, I'm out of the loop.

>>46007324
Monks fall behind other classes in damage output at higher levels, but get very tanky. Open Hand monks especially, who get a pseudo-Lay on Hands at level six.

>>46007045
I'm too lazy to roll, so 5

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>46007045

>>46007763
THANK you...>>46007668 shame(not really)

They were founded as part of a crusade or to crusade bringing death to the enemies of the Imperium!

d100 for when we were founded

in err... uman please, is we krumpin or not?

>>46007076
I... don't know. Waiting further orders to confirm.

>>46007089
>>46007076
why am I missing another arm?
>looks a the sergeant
who are you?
>looks at the new arm
is this a flamer attatchment?

Chinamen. The answer is Chinamen

>>46007137
this.

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Because regular magic wasn't OP enough!

One time the GM clearly wanted me to drink ye flash but I threw it at a guy's face instead and it was deadly poison okay bye.

One time the GM was implying strongly that we should check out the cemetery

Rogue goes 'nah, I think I'm gonna hit on all the girls instead'
Crit fails on the first girl he meets, and it went down hill from there.
It ended with the entire city in flames, and the bodies of the citizens, an army of goblins, and dozens of owl bears and bandits just.. everywhere.

We never made it to the cemetery..

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>>46013899

And people wonder why I'm such a prude in games. This is what happens when you think with your penis.

>>46006641
Because it would compete with D&D which they already own.

>>46006641
Homebrew that yourself, or do you lack the imagination ?
Also
>MTG
>Lore meant to be taken seriously
>Setting not all over the place

>>46006728
>Homebrew that yourself,
why would he do that?

when there's THIS...

it even runs on some of the same mechanics that the cards also run on...

https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Magic:_the_Gathering_RPG

>>46006264
Lesbian nuns on motorcycle.
A repentia special vehicle of doom
A flying flamethrower

Adhering to the holy trinity of bolter, melta, and flamer (in the form of heavy flamer, heavy bolter, and multi-melta as well) I add a frag cannon and some kind of ordinance weapon (I'm thinking it incurs some kind of soul blaze effect that cooks crew inside a hit transport, or something like that)

Of course, they also get a heavy suit that can slow and purposeful themselves about the field.

>>46006264
Biker Sisters with lances. Gotta hit them bretonnia feels.

Rework Acts of Faith. Either they're one use but don't require a leadership test or they're multi-use and do. Otherwise they're just shittier versions of guardsmen orders.

Celestians are no longer "close combat specialists" give them a role somewhere near sternguards with ammunition choices. Since they're sisters, incendiary ammunition and anti psyker bullshit. The condemnor boltgun was a cool idea but basically useless, give a celestian squad an ammunition type that does the same thing and call it a day.

Sisters are best known for being able to incite mobs of expendable zealots within the local populace. Give them access to tarpit units of imperial cultists with the ability to firebomb themselves for maximum allah ackbar.

They're the militant arm of the Ordo Hereticus for the emprah's sake. The should be designed to fuck over psykers. New commander traits for: 1. any time you deny the witch, the caster suffers perils. 2. Flamers and heavy flamers now have Purging Flames: if a psyker is caught in the template, force a perils roll. For any psyker removed from play this way, deal 1d3 more hits to other models inside the template.

SOB squads get grenade and rocket launchers, as usual with incendiary options.

Airmobile options for fucks sake.

They have literally no superheavy options. Just put tracks on a cathedral and fill it with flamethrowers. Done. How fucking hard was that?

>>46005716
>What's a good system for playing as Metal Slug-like mech pilots?
Robotech, or the related Palladium systems which deal with mecha stuff
Mekton would also be worth a look

GURPS.

You could pull it off with basic.

I have a friend who wants to run a D&D game but can't choose between 4e or 5e. What are the benefits or drawbacks to each?

I am zero useful because all of my D20 experience is with 3.X

>>46005697
Joker's laughing gas.

>>46005697
Joker venom.

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>>46005697
Whats the system, dude?