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Just convince the barbarian that he is literally a god.

Play a class that doesn't use charisma then?

You're fuck ugly, got a grating personality and you're not much for conversation.

But when you speak, people *listen.*

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>>44437506
Extra.

>>44437506
I went on Disney Channel's website without my parents' permission.

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>>44437506
Not very.
Fapped to xenos. Lots of xenos.
Couldn't find any witches to burn.
No heretics to purge either.

Did honor the Machine God and also fapped to android porn however.

Honestly feel pretty bad for disappointing the Emperor.
I did enjoy and contribute to the Ice Wraiths thread though, so there's that.

We talkin' spacewalks? I'd make that shit durable and easy to repair.

But if I'm making standard uniforms, the first thing I'm putting on that shit is pockets.

>>44437264
The skintight suit making dat ass look as amazing as possible.

>>44437264
How many times are you going to make this fucking thread?

hearty bump

I feel like this was asked earlier today, but I don't see it, so let's take a swing anyway.

For what it's worth, I dislike class systems, personally. I feel like D&D-style classes are far too constricting. You're shoehorned into "fighter swings sword really good, ranger shoots arrow really good (and light magic), paladin smites evil really good, bard fucks you're waifu really good," et cetera. There's some variance within those- 5e has made strides in the right direction, from what I've seen- but they're still restrictive.

I'd like to plug how Shadowrun did it here. Shadowrun doesn't have traditional classes. Instead, it's a classless system with archetypes. I'll give a few examples.

You want to go hack the planet? Either you pick up Resonance abilities as a technomancer (the only real "class" in the game out of the various archetypes), or you buy a cyberdeck, neural interface, and programs, and you start hacking. Anyone can do it to a degree through decking, but dedicated deckers are better.

You like magic? Great, even this isn't classed out really! There's full mages and aspected mages, depending on the value you give to magic at character creation. Full mages can summon, do alchemy, and do spells; aspected can only do one of the above, usually spells or alchemy. There's also physical magic in the form of adepts, certain investments in which can give you bits of aspected mages as well.

Now, how does magic not reinforce a class system? After all, I just pointed out where it's a class system still; aspected mages, full mages, physical adepts, and mystic adepts. The difference is that any of those can be used to meet the character you're looking for, generally, and they DON'T preclude any other archetype. For example, I have a physad character whose "skill" is decking. Non-invasive neural link, augmented reality hacking, using magical control over her own body to boost her reflexes and her skills. But that's a "magic" character in a technological role. (cont)

>>44437120
I've also got an NPC who's a chromed-up street samurai, all "metal and machine guns", but has a few points' worth of being an aspected mage left over. He's able to toss in a fireball on occasion instead of a grenade. Being a wizard doesn't mean you're ONLY a wizard.

Any archetype can overlap, you don't have to fully fit within one. Social face/rigger? Sure! Mage/samurai? Sure! Purely within whatever you want- say, a dedicated hacker? Not a problem. Gives you the flexibility to create a character with the skill set you want, rather than a predetermined, class-based one.

I guess that's the crux of it; classless systems work best because they give enough choice to fit your character. Maybe you're a paladin who favors a crossbow as your weapon of choice. Maybe your sorceror doesn't shy away from putting on some heavy armor for protection. (It's been a very long time since I've played D&D, and I know 5e has at least changed the latter. Please, bear with me; it's a general view across all RPGs, where that distinction is still very solid in some.) You can make your character however you want without classes. The physical adept decker I mentioned before would be impossible in a class-based system; one would preclude the other.

Does that make sense?

if you feel it is

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>>44435464
Hello, did anyone ask for a revolving/repeating cannon from the 18th century?

>>44435634
Commercial failure and the caliber's too small for it to be a cannon.

>>44435349
also I was inspired by the classic story
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/26565579/
Which is also the extent of my knowledge on the subject.

>>44435349
what kind?
like complete freeform,what you might call "collaborative writing" or d20 and post?

It's kind of like playing by text on something like roll20 or skype, except slower and the better ones usually expect you to put out about a paragraph per post.

As far as I'm aware it's still very much a thing, the hardest part is just finding the good forums to play on. Sure shit like gaia is still around, but there's a reason it's considered a joke. There's a handful of other private forums out there, but good luck finding them through google.

>>44435309
Is this Heart of Darkness with a Lich Kurtz?

>>44435357
Thats actually amazing, and a surprisingly accurate comparison save for they aren't trying to get him, they don't even know he exists yet, he just happens to be in the way.

I like to make it personal. Make the bbeg take a big shit on them, directly. Burn down their hometown. Steal the necklace their dying mother gave them. Kidnap their girlfriend or whatever. Cast a curse on them. Just give them a reason to hate him besides "he's evil and is doing evil things"

>>44435142
>the ENTIRE army has been wiped
What Kingdom?

Serving as a beacon of hope, the frightened, scattered and defenseless masses of the kingdom take up arms, and rally behind the five heroes.

Either scream, beg for mercy, or worship them as gods. If that doesn't work, pray to whatever deity you happen to worship that the wizard will land a crit for damage, but a crit fail for accuracy, thus killing themselves by suicide.

>>44434435
Yes. Necromunda.

>>44434435
Always?
3rd an 4th i know tactical was good. 5th was okay? (i dunno I was always too busy hacking filthy xenos scum usually to notice how "good" regular tac marine were). Haven't played since then.

>>44434500
>Always

No.

>>44434435
4E during Rhino Rush, but only because Scouts can't take Rhinos.

7E because they unlock free transports in Gladius. With bolter scouts at BS4 it's arguable whether or not a CAD with Librarius and Centurions or straight up bikers are superior to battle company.

Maybe in 2E when they had different rules for armor saves and when Guardsmen cost like 14 points.

For 90% of the game tactical marines are just overpriced T4 BS4 guys who pay extra for 3+ that gets ignored by plasma and other AP2.

IMMEDIATE UNIT CHECKUP INITIATED

>Drones: 15 advanced grabber drones (3, base 1)(5 base 2)(5 SU), 16 gunner drones(16 Orc camp), 3 maintenance drones(3 base 1), 1 eye drone (1 base 1), 1 #6 (master bard, adds +1 to all rolls he is associated with) (1 Orc camp), 12 inferno drones (12 Orc camp), 1 #11(1 Orc camp), 30 laser drones (30 Orc camp), 15 dirty bomb drones (15 Orc camp)
>Machines of Burden: 2 Trade Caravan Machines of Burden (1 base 1)(1 base 2)
> Humanoid Machines: 4 multi-purpose machines (these can be changed with upgrades and research) (4 Orc camp)
>Copybots: 5 Gnoll parasite bots (5 base 1), 1 Santa Trollbot (1 Orc camp), 13 Trollbots (12 Orc camp)(1 With Rad-Stabber at all times), 1 Pond Stalker Copybot (Well armored)(1 Orc camp)(The Copybots require natural research and technological research)
>Flesh bags improved: 250 Gnolls (well armed) (150 Orc village) (100 GV), 340 upgraded skaven followers (All have laser pistols)
>Turrets: 1 Heavy Machine Gun Turret (1 base 1)
>Vehicles: 0 motorbikes, 0 drilling machines , 1 gigantic drilling machine (1 under Orc encampment)
>S.A.L.L.Y. 2.0: current body: Mobile attack mother (1 GV)
>S.A.L.L.Y 2.0 weapons/upgrades: assault rifle, inferno flamethrower, 6 mini-missiles, 2 laser eyes
>S.A.L.L.Y 2.0 power: 100% (staying in one place +25%, moving places/manual labor -10%, fighting -25%)
>Special characters: (>>) Drone #6 (master bard, (>) Inferno drone #11, (_) S.A.L.L.Y's mobile form,(>>>) Laser drone #1, (<) Spotbot, (^) Santa Trollbot, (*) Rad-Stabber (equipped with laser tail, Trollbot claw, laser pistol, and a third arm)

YAY!

IMMEDIATE STATUS UPDATE INITIATED

>Power supply: amazing
>Weapons we can produce: Laser pistols and rifles
>Moral: Your bots are relishing in their victory (#6 is proud of himself)
>Religion: The Mechanical Mother
>Allies: Gnolls (The Gnolls are honorary machines) (4/5 are armed with laser pistols and rifles) (Gnollbots have some pick axes), Skaven (Skaven trade available) (Skaven military help available) (Skaven follower help available)
>Building facilities: 1 steel mine, 1 machine building machine, 1 drone builder/repair machine, 1 Nuclear generator(amazing), 1 machine of burden builder, 1 copybot builder (mass production unlocked), 1 vehicle building facility
>Memory files: Bretty gud (this can be fixed with dedicated research which will unlock lore and blueprints)
>Locations unlocked: Home base (wellhidden), Magma wastes, Gnoll village (under our control), Troll lair (cleared), Trading outpost, Northern Orc plains, Southern crablands (Coral plateaus and a sand/pond lidded plain), The eastern eleven forest, The Skaven Underway (We have a huge foothold in skaven society), Tribe 'Unt n' mine's village (cleared)
>Locations that we have heard about: The Crystalid-Strixsapien empire.
>Bases: Volcano main base, Gnoll village, Troll cave 2.0
>Inventory: 3 spears, 2 shields, 20 steel, 325 copper, 30 platinum, troll organs, 1 Pond Stalker corpse, 205 iron, 35 uranium
What would you like to accomplish now (3 actions)?

>>44433095
headache

>>44433095
Indigestion, I also ran out of pepto bismol and had to spend Christmas night on the toilet.

screwed up my neck

>>44432799
not a single reply.

Depressing.

>>44432799

Try GURPS thaumatology and GURPS powers. Both give a wide array of different options for categorizing your magic.

>>44435161
Probably because they can't think of anything that falls under those categories. I, personally can't.

Or they just aren't interested, I'm not one to judge.

No idea.

I read a PDF for a Kancolle RPG, but the rules were horrible. It was dice rolling the game.

Even your characters dialog was rolled off a chart of stock catchphrases.

>>44432806
How horrifying

>>44432806
>It was dice rolling the game.
Wow, whoever would have thought you'd roll dice in a game? And here on /tg/ of all places, no less!

Does the guy still draw? Haven't seen any OC recently and he sounded crazy enough to go fight with (or against) ISIS or some such.

>>44431942
>implying "X Y IS X" isn't also an old as fuck meme

This guy's a faggot anyway with his shitty edgelord Chaos shit.

>>44432034
I hope he's dead. one of the biggest cunts that ever touched /tg/

This might be the worst unintentionally bad thread ever.

Trolling I can accept to a certain degree, but when someone actually tries to make a good thread and instead makes this, it just makes me realize there's some seriously, genuinely stupid people who somehow figured out how to type and solve captchas without developing any other mental processes.

>>44431643

Actually as a character concept this is pretty dope. DnD alignments are pantsonhead, but if they're around an evil thing forced to become good and commit acts of heroism is a trope subversion I can deal with and could even be done well with a good roleplayer.

>>44431702
>so salllllty

>>44431795
See? This thread, even without OP trying, was going to attract the absolute stupidest individuals, the people who can't really claim to be sharing their thoughts because they simply never have any, to come along and offer the closest thing they could produce that they would call their insight.

It's sad to watch you try. This is the kind of thread that makes me glad we can hide them.