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It's all right. Best 3.5 derivative. Books are presented and written nicely, but sometimes poorly organized. There could be some more guidance here and there. A glossary would have fixed a lot of its problems.

>>44483322

Got the books for Christmas and cant wait to start playing.

Backgrounds are cool. And it's funny how they snuck 4e stuff in.
>>44483372
I agree with this guy.

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>>44479551
Just what causes that?

>>44479575
Really bad genetics or maybe mama didn't hear that drinking during a pregnancy isn't a good thing.

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>>44479551
>>44479575
>>44479629
say what you want for his mutation but he takes good care of his body.

What are the qualifications for it to be considered a "soul/borne style setting"?

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>>44479526
Grimdark but strangely hopeful, mysterious/hard to explain, and some overarching universal theme/iconography. At least that's how I see it.

My vote is for Souls/Bloodechoes to be replaced with some form of uploaded consciousness/super bitcoin that actually contains human force somehow.

>>44479526
Everything's fucked. Most of the problems have burned themselves out and you only see the tail end of them and probably civilization unless you time travel to the beginning/sacrifice yourself to keep things shitty but working. There's two resources that have vital plot significance.

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Repostin this from the last thread since its fading fast. First for TIE supremacy.

>>44479130
TIE/D Vessery with ion, mk ii engines, and marksmanship
Soontir w/ targeting comp + auto+ptl
doomshuttle

VS

Poe w/ bb8, determination, weps guide
Corran w/ r2, calculation, FCS
blue squadron pilot

Nothing super exciting but it works. I like this Corran a lot, he's functional and relatively cheap.

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So, my Jedi Padawan campaign got the axe. Players decided they want to go with a more traditional "edge of the empire" "cowboy bebop\firely" campaign.

Which is cool with me, but I've done that already.

So far, I've got...
>military background pilot (taking AoR career and specs)
>force sensitive honorable bounty hunter
>starship mechanic
>jedi sentinel whose master was killed, and now he has to go it alone
>chose a VCX-100 as party ship

Thankfully, this kind of game is easy to run. I figure I'll run it sometime prior to ANH, with the rebellion just starting up, and go pure Rebels with it

>>44479320
Nice title.

>>44479234
>List of Image Resources
>missing the most important one

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>>44479234
>"Small loan of a large empire" Edition
Is this a trump reference?

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>>44479234
>godless chosen by the gods
So in exchange for godlike power you'll be getting literally everyone religious/scientific on your ass?

Damn how is it even survivable? How powerful are you if this 'twist' is taken?

>>44477354
>Can I eat it?
>I'm gonna eat it.
>I shouldn't have eaten it.

>>44477354
I don't know. It's probably an aboleth or something.

We'll investigate anyway because not to would be metagaming.

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Fall in love with my apprentice but because I'm an autistic weirdo and she's a crazy mad scientist immortal who's injecting elder god sperm into people's brains I create a doll in her image then give it life in another plane of existence where I hold domain.

But soon come to the realization that she's nothing like the woman I fell for and proceed to ignore her for the rest of my now old tormented life as she wonders why her creator is now completely apathetic to her.

>>44471489
>symmetrical

Isn't symmetry good design for realistic space ships? So that thrust is balanced with the centre of mass and whatnot
Of course this means a lot less on immobile stations, like in your pic related

>>44471796
Most of these ships are immobile or move only short distances. The setting takes place around Earth, there is no warp/lightspeed form. Travel ships are smaller and symmetrical but I'm focused on slow-moving dwelling ships and living stations that generate their own power (sometimes their own food) and receive resources from smaller ships.

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>>44471489
Cyberpunk.

kek.. No questions then? just a general?

>>44446451
Yup.

>>44446079
Tell me about Slimes, why are they the best race?

>>44410592

I only have the core book, unfortunately. But if you don't mind I would like to check out Sagas of the Icelanders.

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Preparing for the Runequest 2e reprint that just got kickstarted, does anyone have Guide to Glorantha?

Also, does anyone have Empire of the Petal Throne? I saw it mentioned in the back of Bunnies and Burrows. PDF related

Requesting Don't Rest Your Head

>>44497751
>Are you resolving to do anything special in your quest this holiday season?
Nah. Barely have time to run as it is.

>>44497751
>QM question
The holiday season is over.

The more of a social reject/freak you are, the better you are at being a QM.

Magic items are a rare bonus, not a requirement to make the math work.

Unless you specify a baseline, it's going to end up as a camel. You cannot please the whole playerbase - and that's a good thing. It would be possible to develop an old rules set that is no longer supported, or perhaps try to find a "happy medium" between two different editions.

>>44488950
No more stat sticks. Enchantments gives unique effects, not +5 to a stat.

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>>44506562
You and your men had made camp at the river ford south of Trembin following the raid on the Taouran army. Besides some minor harassment by some of Volante’s forces, which you’d had Malaine’s flying knights take care of, there had been no pursuit. With Volante hunkering down at Trembin, that left Vitria relatively safe. At least safe enough that you could look elsewhere. Sadly, Vitrian politics called and you were now waiting for Count Argyle and Lord Tabeth to make their way to your camp.

Forewarned is forearmed, so when Sarah had let you know via sending that the nobles were coming via horseless carriage, you had modified the camp set-up. Your command tent lay atop a ridge south of the ford and on the path to it you had the Vitrians encamp. The horseless carriage of the nobles rolled up the ridge. It was bestrut with elaborate gold and silver ornamentation and could hardly be missed by the commoner soldiers it passed.

The military was your key to power in Vitria and you would make damned certain that Tabeth and Argyle wouldn’t cause you much trouble. The fact that they hadn’t marched north with their own troops after you set off made it clear they had no intention of fighting. The more the Vitrians saw them as fops, the less likely they were to cause you grief as you ascended to power.

Inside the command tent was just you and Gnome, as you wanted to avoid a scene. Tabeth and Argyle were joined by Sarah, who had switched from her resplendent mage robes to something more suitable for travel. Argyle had done similar and looked as if he at least understood this was a potential battlefield. By contrast, Aaron Tabeth wore his youth even more openly than you did and his lack of common sense was obvious in his intricate doublet. You wondered if his military service in the Knights of Black Stone was just a fad, as he had likely not been near a battlefield in his life.

>continued

First for Wingless Gryphon mount

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>>44506572
“I see you’re returning to Vitria empty-handed,” Tabeth says. “For all the nonsense I’ve heard about your military prowess being the key to securing our nation it seems you’re rather short on your delivery.”

Resisting the urge to simply stare at Tabeth in shock, you glance at the other two. Argyle looks as though he’s swallowed a frog. Sarah holds one hand to her forehead in exasperation. At least they knew how much of a fool Tabeth was. If only he wasn’t a fool that had inherited one of the noble houses of Vitria and could stymie your efforts to assimilate it into your empire. You…

>1. Respond to him politely, despite his attack. You might still be able to convince him not to oppose you.
>2. Keep your tone neutral but abrupt. To your knowledge, this was the first action that could be considered a victory for Vitria since the war started.
>3. Hit back, making it clear that you don’t see Tabeth doing much to stop the Taourans.
>4. Custom

Also feel free to add any particular comments you would like to make in the situation. XP spending will come after this brief scene.

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>>44500049

I really like this Disciples CYOA. If Only I had a group to GM in this setting.

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>>44507976
I yearn for an Arcanum campaign with /tg/ guys.

>[ - ] Everyone can Read?
Everyone but orcs, half-ogres and ogres.
>[ - ] Academies exist for the higher ups?
In both the Natural Philosophy branch and Magickal arts.
>[ - ] Schools are available to the common folk?
Not really.
>[ - ] The Printing Press exists?
Yes
>[ - ] Telescopes?
Yes
>[ - ] Gunpowder Cannons?
Yes
>[ - ] Personal Firearms exist?
Yes
>[ - ] Firearms are common?
Yes
>[ - ] Effective Lanterns?
Yes
>[ - ] Gas Lanterns?
Yes
>[ - ] Common petroleum products or similar?
Not quite.
>[ - ] Light bulbs are common?
A recent breakthrough not yet deployed in cities but they exist.
>[Light / Med / Heavy] Steampunk?
Light. Early industrial revolution/Victorian setting
>[Chemical / Mystical / Sci-fi-level / Good-ol Mad Scince] Alchemy?
Mystical
>[ - ] Some form of stand in for the Automobile?
Train works, but horse carriage or teleportation are the only other choices
>[ - ] A common form communication operation (Horse & Mail)?
Telegraph works. Else carrier pigeons
>[ - ] A curd communication network (Signal Towers)?
See above
>[ - ] Uncommon wired communication?
Expensive but it exists.

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>>44508311
Continue'd

>[ - ] Common wired communication?
Not really.
>[ - ] Common Wireless communication (including magic)?
Telepathy is a thing.
>[ - ] Electricity?
In its primitive state, yes.
>[ - ] Some form of Power generator?
Not really. Volta stacks exist, though.
>[ - ] Magic effectively stands in for electricity.
Not really.
>[ - ] Tesla Coil deathrays
Yup.
>[ - ] Steam Trains?
Aye.
>[ - ] Magnetic Trains?
Nope.
>[ - ] Common Teleportation?
Only for extraordinarily gifted mages.
>[ - ] Artificial Flight achieved?
Yes. Usually blimps although rumours of Heavier-than-air aircrafts are spreading. The Tarant university of natural philosophy firmly denies the existance of such.
>[ - ] Some for of airplane?
See above.
>[ - ] Airships Transports?
See above
>[ - ] Airships Fortresses?
Certainly not
>[ - ] Orbital Platforms?
No
>[ - ] Moon Castles?
No

Please note that magick and technology are basically polar opposites, as explained in the following documents.

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>>44508336
Magick has always been a dominant force in the continent of Arcanum. However its power is waning since humans stole dwarven secrets and started developing their own technology. Due to their short life expectancy, humans focus on intensifying production and ushered a new age of steam powered machinery. A battlemage may be worth a dozen riflemen but the latter are much easier to train and arm, thus the industrious city of Tarant has swiftly crushed the opposing realms and united them into a Commonwealth of city-states that are in all but name Tarant's vassals.

>>44506773
She's going to fuck everyone there. So advise her to shower when she gets home.

>>44506773
Bring her own coasters.

>>44506773
Use lube before breaking in the back door
>>44506812
>implying he isn't a cum slurping cuck eager for his next serving of bullcream