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Yeah, not much to say here.

You and the rest of Marrius' Group have had a slow few days since getting back.

Irene was pleased to hear that that one Anna has potentially found a warp staff to sell for her studies, though that's still some days away.

Leigh, Yancy, and Yulea are off on their misadventure, the prince of Neir, Cargia, nearly died against the same type of monster that Vill was, as of last you'd heard Ansi was in a dungeon, Lyeim is still on vacation, and while your essence has been recovering you've been much less active in assisting Irene's studies...

You're bored, frankly.

>A. You missed being bored
>B. This is frustrating

And as for WHAT to do...

>C. Spend time with someone (specify who)
>D. Wander Elza Oasis
>E. Skip ahead somewhat

>>44530590
>B. This is frustrating
>C. Spend time with someone (Asra)

>>44530657
You're frustrated at how little you have to do! Sure, you can't be in the spotlight all the time, but is it so wrong to feel like you should be important to your own adventure?

You daydream at one point and another about Vill, his laugh deriding you. That bastard's fingers were what did this to you, after all.

"Is business always this slow," a voice asks from behind you.

You jump in shock and turn around, seeing Asra.

"Did I startle you? My apologies."

"No, no, it's... Fine." You shake your head. "And, uh, no, this is... At least the largest gap between jobs I've seen working here. I mean, Irene hasn't wanted me helping out with magic-science too heavily until I was certain my essence was restored, but..."

"..."

"..."

In that moment, you and Asra both realize how little you have to do, and figure that being bored together is, at least, better than being bored alone.

Anything in mind for being bored alone?

>A. See if you can't bug the Mage General
>B. Just go around the city
>C. Just idly hang out
>D. Find something to eat?
>E. Write-in action
>F. Your last hangout with Asra ended awkwardly. Don't repeat the past.

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>>44530418
>Do you prefer the 2e layout of the Inner Planes,
Great Wheel/Multiverse all the way, guvner.

Though I prefer the classic AD&D Manual of the Planes names for the planes. The Seven Heavens instead of Celestia, etc.

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>>44530418
>I am exceedingly well-lanned on Planescape canon
What is Shemeska's master plan?

>>44534363
I always liked to use both. "The Seven Heavens of Mt Celestia" is a perfectly good way to refer to the LG Plane, and if you use either term people will generally understand what you mean.

You really need a playset of Baloths

Not to be a downer but not really

>>44530051
:(

>>44529358

Whatever you did, OP.

The shadow knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, so he already knows the worst thing.

Know your fluff

>>44529358
SJWs

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>>44529267
> If X thing happens, please roll on this table!
>table is in a completely different section of the book, hidden in a bunch of tables
>X thing happens every single combat
>Even better, there are multiple tables to roll on when X thing happens

>No index

Fuck right off.

>Immersion
>Verisimilitude

MOTHERFUCKER it doesn't work like that they're not things you can hard build into a system jesus tapdancing fuck christ

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A Horus Heresy game, where you play humans and marines Black Crusade Style. The big themes of mutual distrust and corruption are really big, and there's a constant threat of corruption on the scale of BC due to the very real daemon invasions going on at the moment. A mix of Death Watch and Dark Heresy in playstyle, where you're agents of Malcador or some other agency fighting for the Emperor and rooting out traitors to the Imperium.

Eldar Corsairs could be cool. Craftworlder, Commorite, and Exodite backgrounds could be used, and some professions within those societies.

Tau Empire, too, considering the wide variety of species you could play.

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A Dark Eldar game which would basically be a combination of Black Crusade and Game of Thrones. You can have all sorts of conspiracy and plotting going on dealing with Commorragh while still having a lot of action running raids into realspace for wealth and prestige. I guess it'd basically be Crusader Kings II but with more rape, torture, and drinking souls.

Kinda want to drink a dude's soul now, not gonna lie.

Also, I think it's worth mentioning how DH2 can allow for a lot of non-military human stuff like being an Arbite, Crime Boss, or Imperial Governor just because the new Role system is so open to interpretation and influence is generic enough to cover so many forms of (usually non-military) power. Hell, you could probably even set up a game where you played as Tau caste-head governors of some sept with minimal modding of the system. Maybe even a Necron dynasty if you got the racial bonuses, wargear, and NPCs stat'd up/

Once OW puts out rules for really properly running large-scale military engagements, you can basically run whatever you want.

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It's alright.

>>44525956
There are several, but I'll focus on one.
It's a domain called the Eternal Hunt, where your form directly corresponds to your ability as a combatant. Magic doesn't work normally, so once you shift in you're not getting out without doing some serious legwork.
Getting out involves killing an absurdly powerful hellhound, which is a hell of a lot easier if you have a physical form.

>>44525956
like hell

I go for the one I like most. In that case M10 is best.

>>44525857
whatever's cheaper

>>44526000
Trips for truth. You always use your favorite art(s). This also applies to cards with multiple arts from the same sets. Not so much lands, which I like to get a wide variety of.

I will design it to be like your mother's house, since that is the house most familiar to me, and where I have the fondest memories.

>>44525734
>time lapse photo (see airplane lines in the sky)
>figure standing there was completely still for the whole photo

this unnerves me.

>>44525734
I make a really nice house that's comfy as fuck in the city, with some redundancy in rooms. Spare guest rooms and a mothballed livingroom, stuff like that. Just as insurance.
Aside from that.. A well stocked kitchen, a storage basement with an emergency generator, lots of bookshelves and wooden furniture.

And since I have magic; There's a panic room deep below, and the whole thing has tons of wards. Only Invited Guests can enter without weird shit happening, with intended capitals. No implied free passes.
Oh, and Sendings. Unseen Helpers. Bound spirits, whatever you call them. Servants, basically.

Magical hobbit hole with good transport links, that's what I want. Towers have too many stairs, have no use for fortresses and I want to be in the city anyway.

>>44525078
G U R P S
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>>44525078

What the hell is idolpunk?

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>>44525078
Idols, not even once!

I'm looking for a piecemeal armor system that is compatible with B/X based systems. Anybody know of any good ones?

>>44524911
>this thread was made before I made my post about basic dnd
Damn, I feel bad

>>44525267
It happens. I replied to your thread anyway.

>>44524880
>new Zealand
>first world
Wut?
Knife wielding fags mounted in kiwis.

Also: bribe some politicians. Have it declared an animal refuge, or a historic museum type thing.

>>44524880
Ally with China.

Bribe officials. Have them pass laws forbidding trespassing on your aquatic wildlife preserve.

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>>44524867
ORE

>>44524867
Fantasy Flight's stupid dice system for their Star Wars RPGs... Actually works really well for crazy ass, dynamic combat. All of the resolution is very much on the "narrative" side of things, but I think that helps rather than hinders the "over the top" action.

My default for high action stuff is Legends of the Wulin, but that likely fails on the 'light' criteria. As much as I love its combat system, it is a crunchy game. Not as bad as some, but the bad editing makes it worse.

>>44524727
"Anon, are you sure you want to use Dementation on the priest? Here in the church. As a follower of Road of Heaves."

I generally comment on what I thought was good play and what wasn't after the session. Some players insist that they're already brilliant gamers and are above criticism, others act like whipped puppies, while the best of them consider some of what I have to say - and disregard my bullshit.

>>44524727

Mostly when the player made a decision that goes against information their character would reasonably know but hasn't had time to be exposited in-game. More often I've seen the veil dropped because a decision is less "terrible" and more "makes a lot of work for the GM that he isn't in the mood for."

Otherwise the decision usually stands; most of the time someone else catches it anyway, but sometimes it leads to fun character growth as the player reconciles the decision with the character as presented--and, of course, dealing with the fallout of bad ideas.