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>>44282729
tell me of the necrons, what year did they reappear? 35k?

>>44282745
Depends, some awakened sooner than others. There are even a few Dynasties that haven't been truly awakened. The Silent King is the complete opposite, he never went to sleep and has spent millions of years roaming the void between galaxies.

>>44282766
what should I read if I want to know more about the necron?

>>44282268
Gestalting a spellcaster with another spellcaster's usually a really bad idea; for all your spells and magical potential, you still only have one round of actions, and your chassis isn't made any better.
Don't play an active class alongside an active class, however tempting it is. They'll be competing for your actions and your feats, when in Gestalt it's almost always better for one side to be a "feeder" into the actual active class.

>>44282332
What are some good "feeder" classes then.

Aside from Aegis, I think everyone knows Aegis is the best passive class.

What are some classes/archetypes that don't really gel well in gestalt anyway?

Reminder about the new playtest of DSP archetypes of the occult adventure classes:
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?472513-Dreamscarred-Press-Psionics-Augmented-Occult

>>44282288
All the rape.

>>44282288
All the rape, the torture, the genociding.

>>44282288
invisible flying wyrms of disease that infect you by shooting tiny plague arrows at you.

>>44282141
So? The nigga is just doing his job. The fact that he's common-born doesn't play into it.

The Captain of the Guard doesn't make policy, the King does.

>>44282141
Kill him, take his armor/uniform and impersonate him and get your party an audience. Then lay out his murdered body in a carefully staged scene that will implicate an enemy or faction opposing your party. Fucking easy.

>>44282102
Hey guy, you might wanna name for this tho.

The village name... well I kinda like Og? a lot

We should send some scouts around, see what we can find to feed ourselves

>>44282102
>Before anything else, we need a name for this village
We shall name it Vanaheimr (I was going for Butterpuss at first)

>>44282208
or this for the name. although Butterpuss is hilarious

>>44281471
How do you figure? Casters got something cool out of pretty much every new book because everyone wanted new spells, whereas the new feats usually sucked ass. Add to that new full-caster PrCs that didn't really require any sacrifice on the part of the wizard, and you can see how each splatbook increases the power of the wizard without doing much or even anything for anyone else. That might not be a core 3.5 issue, but iirc (and it's been awhile for me so I admit I may be wrong here! My apologies in advance) a lot of the splats that really ramped up caster power came out after 3.5 did. The best way to reduce caster power to merely 'unreasonable' levels is to brutally cut down on supplements available to casters, or pre-vet everything casters can use and be liberal with the use of the word 'no'.

But on topic! How about this one? "3.5 was an improvement over 3e!" A bunch of concepts got fucked over, including primarily martial concepts, and the stuff that really made casters over the top got left untouched. Some skills that nobody used went away and nobody really cared because nobody, player or DM, used them. In a lot of ways the ruleset became worse because the wording on the rules was sloppier and more open to abuse.

>>44281646
>How do you figure? Casters got something cool out of pretty much every new book because everyone wanted new spells, whereas the new feats usually sucked ass. Add to that new full-caster PrCs that didn't really require any sacrifice on the part of the wizard, and you can see how each splatbook increases the power of the wizard without doing much or even anything for anyone else. That might not be a core 3.5 issue, but iirc (and it's been awhile for me so I admit I may be wrong here! My apologies in advance) a lot of the splats that really ramped up caster power came out after 3.5 did. The best way to reduce caster power to merely 'unreasonable' levels is to brutally cut down on supplements available to casters, or pre-vet everything casters can use and be liberal with the use of the word 'no'.
the thread title says "Core 3.5"

>A bunch of concepts got fucked over, including primarily martial concepts
Oh? Do tell.

>>44281471
Even if you're only going with core, the most important thing that will determine how overpowered people think casters are, is how they look at levels.

If they look at the majority of their own play experience, which is usually mainly between levels 1 and 10, wizards or sorcerers start out as glass cannons that can usually take out their fair share of enemies with the Sleep spell, and then by level 10 they're actually strangely tough due to buff spells, and arguably the greatest contributor to combat success in the party - AND by far the greatest contributor to out-of-combat success due to the usefulness of spells - to the point where if the party wants to maximize success at that point, they have to plan around getting the caster his good night's sleep as much as possible (which is arguably an interesting risk-reward puzzle sometimes.)

However, it so happens that there are 10 more levels in the game.

>>44281469
God damn, its been a long time since we've had one of theses threads.

>>44281469
Alright, Captain titus is canon for the following reasons the statements made by the staff member on the THQ website were that of someone who wasn't connected to space marine project and was simply a person doing moderation for their site.

Secondly THQ was working with Games workshop meaning that it is canon but less canon than other things.

as all things are canon just some things are more canon than others.

>>44281469
Merry Christmas Titus poster.

Always considered it, but never went through with it. I get a lot out of the regular setting already. I might someday.

>>44281462
I once had a game of Requiem in which the vast majority of the game was set in a few years in roughly the present day. Once the main story was concluded, I did an extended epilogue, which took the form of the PCs now being Ancillae in a Bleeding Edge setting.

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Relinking this. It's my entries into the 12 Days of Onyx thing. I felt like sharing them here where more people are likely to see it. Plus I can pretty it up.

>>44281533
I just feel like most of the rules would really fit well with something more fantastical, especially the mortal stuff that they can get up to with Spirits and Ghosts. Dread Powers especially add to monster creation capabilities, making things straight out of D&D.

I've mentioned before, but I want to run a heavily modified Woundgate portal fantasy, where the players are modern day folks who get pulled into a fantasy World of Darkness where the realms are all stitched together and there's no masquerade. Although I do ultimately feel that you could run a really good game using WoD without using any of the templates or gamelines besides core (and Hunter).

You and KJ walk through the streets of your sprawling areas, contractors around the galazy looking to snap up some of your land, and you rent it out nice.

Your financials are truly fantastic right now.

Your force academy, your dream, has just started and is going great.

you two get gryos and go your separate ways, KJ having privateer business to get on with.

>What do now?

>write in
>kys
>watch tv
>go get more gyro

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Obligatory "This a sandbox quest with write ins either mandatory or encouraged, do what you wantm the galazy's your oyster set in Tor era" post

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youngling bump

Apples and oranges.

4.0 Dragonborn

>>44281156
4e. They had wings. That was cool.

>>44281094
>what is literally the most barebones system out there?
Probably some homebrew or these quickstart games with 5 stats and no skills. I've seen games go on with no rolls or stats at all, just people keeping track of what they're good at and what they own.

>and wha

>>44281094
GURPS Lite
GURPS

>>44281094

Playing Make Believe with friends.

>>44280880

“We should...” Elliot says after a long and bleak pause. Those two words are the only ones he can manage to form, though, and soon he lapses back into silence. His glib tongue has failed him, leaving the eccentric young man at a total lose.

Taking a few unsteady steps forwards, your eye catches a glint upon the ground. Petra's sword, the blade streaked with blood, lies in a pool of half-melted snow. Even that blade, thrust through Raphael's hollow torso, had not been enough to still his wrath. It's only then, as you stoop to retrieve the weapon that you hear it – a soft sound, coming from the basement that you had been prepared to call Petra's tomb. A scraping, a sound of something being dragged – or dragging itself across the ground.

Hope blossoms in your chest, tempered with the horror of what you might find down there, as you hurry into the building, scrabbling down the destroyed staircase. Your eyes take a moment to adjust to the darkness, even with the weak light seeping down from the hole left in the wake of Uriel's hasty retreat. The first thing you see is the Archangel's severed arm, lying discarded in the rubble. Then you see the splattered gore, and the trail leading off into the shadows. Holding yourself perfectly still and silence, you hear ragged breathing coming from that same pool of darkness.

Swallowing down a sudden surge of nerves, you fumble out your phone and, guiding yourself by the light from its screen, step into the darkness. When you spot Petra, slumped heavily against one wall, your hand darts to your mouth, covering up a desperate gasp. It's bad – very bad. One of her hands is clamped to the side of her face, hiding some gruesome wound from your sight. The other hand lies, shattered and limp, by her side.

She needs help. Badly.

>Get her out of here as soon as possible
>You've come this far. You won't leave without Joseph
>Other

>>44280885
>>Other
Have Hua Po and then Moh do what they can. While they are doing that call Joseph and tell him to get his ass here. He must have heard the commotion.

>>44280885
this is the part where the hero takes the sword and leaves everything else behind to get the job done.

Mia is not a hero.

>Call Hua Po and Moh Shuvuu, then call Joseph. WE need HIS help.
the ball's in his court now.

Belt of feminity

>>44280899

Great idea! ...fagot

>>44280774
Elven boots/cloak

>>44280698
Owlbear stats.

>>44280698
Left: Erudite from Everquest
Centre: Elf
Right: Half-Orc

Magic.

Your question is too open, are the 'good' guys just working together? Or are they actually consolidating into one faction, sharing tech, resources etc

>>44280438
Either or?
and when I said "for good" I meant permanently

>>44280397
It would never happen, so it can't be considered in the current 40k setting. Humanity is too far into Xenophobia to even contemplate that. Space marines however we know have been known to mix in with them on occasions.

If the majority of Chapters teamed with the Eldar/Tau, they would be considered renegade with how heavy handed the Imperium is.