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>>44249008
[2/3]

“I’m doing a lot of stupid things lately,” you say. “But thanks regardless, Misri.” She smiles happily, grateful at being complimented. You hear Vikker calling out to you, at the end of the hangar. “Hold on a second.” She nods, moving to pull R4 back upright as you walk over to Vikker. By the look on that aqualish’s face, he does not look very happy at all. “Vikker, what do you need?”

He crosses his arms. “Nothing except to give you my advice. Once the Furies break the blockade and make a hole for us, I say we leave for Coruscant, and just get out. Jogi’s already transferred the papers over to me, we can get through Imperial security fine. But I don’t want to stick around for this Mando political talk. It’s going to get us killed.”

“You sure?” you ask. You step up and squint at the sunset. Kuvasz is busy cleaning guns inside of the ship, so he probably won’t hear the conversation you and Vikker are having. “I mean, yeah, Mandos here can’t be here forever. But I figure we could-“

“Yeah, no. That’s not going to work, not now,” he says. “Listen. I know Lotte screwing us over might have rattled you a bit.” You glare at him. How dare he? Of course, Lotte screwing you over rattled you ‘a bit’. What is he saying? “But that doesn’t mean you should be rushing to be some kind of hero. We’re not heroes, Rhys. Look at me, I’ve spent my best years smuggling and gunrunning. Kuvasz is… well, he’s a Mandalorian. Lev and Sparks are droids designed to kill people, and Misri-“ He stops himself when he sees your expression. If he says anything against Misri, you might just punch him right now. You are not in the mood for this. “Look. Stop thinking about others for once. There’s nothing wrong with being selfish in a galaxy like this.”

>>44249018
[3/3]

“Look, Kuvasz has been good to me,” you say. “I just want to be good to him too.”

“We’ve been plenty good to him. But I’m starting to regret ever hiring him at all. I’m not going to get dragged into some personal crusade of redemption, both for him and you.” He taps your chest. “Make a choice, Rhys. I’m choosing my skin, and yours and Misri’s skin too.” He steps back towards the ship, then steps up the boarding ramp.

Misri turns her head as he looks over R4 for damage. Ah. She heard that. She bites her lip, shrugging nervously as she goes back to checking R4. You sigh, rubbing your forehead.

But at the slight tap your shoulder, you flinch. “Hey.” A weequay guard growls a little, holding up a holopad. “You gots a call from the Empire, some dame named Lotte.”

> “Well, too bad I’m not here to answer.”
> “Hand it over.”
> Other

>>44249026
> “Hand it over.”

The building in mind needs to be a vaguely colonial american era mansion, possibly with extentions and alterations from over the years. Problem I find is that the floorplans of those sorts of buildings are all eminently practical with a centrall foyer and off branching rooms. None of that scoobydo style creaky halls shit. Problem is I sorta wanted the weird winding halls, but I'm not even sure how to arrange rooms such that there are corners and long stretches without the floorplan starting to look absolutely ridiculous.

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>>44249068
Hallways are a feature of hotels, hospitals, and sometimes offices, rarely residences.

There is no general formula. You have to custom tailor each map to fit, which can be hard as you usually have to steal these from somewhere. Whether the focus is on historical accuracy, atmosphere, tactical layout, or a certain story device that requires a feature, there are no universal maps.

I usually start by deciding on how to convey flavor. Sometimes I want an architectural blueprint, sometimes a hand drawn sketch would be better. Often I find a great photograph and then produce a crude pencil floor plan. It really depends on the sense of space I want the players to have at the location.

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>>44249068

Live by a strict code.

Punish EVERYONE who doesn't conform to your views.

Plot twist - your views have nothing to do with alignment, but involve minor things like, tying your shoe laces left over right instead of right over left. Or making sure beggars eat a whole loaf of bread before you finally leave them alone. Even if they aren't hungry.

Or giving exactly 7 gold pieces, 32 silver pieces, and 80 copper to religious temples. Any less and they can't operate. Anymore and they start becoming wealthy and invite greed and avarice into their temple to pollute their sacred teachings.

>>44249395
What if I find myself in a conflict where neither side is right or wrong, and they both have legitimate reasons for fighting?

>>44250158
Focus on the innocent of the conflict. Whoever is against them/harms them, even if it's inadvertently, needs to be punished.

Beastmen of Sigmar? Sure, why not?

Well beastmen are really just mutated humans, and since mutants can still be good, there's really no reason beastmen couldn't ally with the Empire, or worship "human" gods.

They might not appreciate the gesture but it would be interesting to see scores of beastmen summoning the powers of Sigmar and routing the forces of chaos.

I see no opportunities in the Warhammer world for 'good' beastmen to exist.

Default 'naturally occurring' beastmen have a culture/religion whatever dedicated to tearing down the lawful races. A beastman with different ideas would be as popular as a hijab at a Donald Trump campaign.

Beastmen / mutants born of the peasant women in the villages that are left in the forest to die / get collected by wandering tribes are the same. The best such wretches see of the milk of human kindness is being chucked out instead of being put on the chopping block because some peasant's too scared or won't go through with the dirty work.

Perhaps a hobby for a particularly zealous, well resourced individual? Wizards do crazy shit all the time, and many of the nobility have strange ideas... (but, why my lord, open yourself up to risking having your lands seized and being burned at the stake for a chance at teaching manners to a monstrous rape-baby demonspawn?)

If you stretch the conditions, then yeah, sure, you could have a one-off example. MI could see a tragic story of someone trying to teach a beast-monster to be man, reminiscent of Frankenstein or the Island of Dr Moreau. But the difference here is that the stuff flowing through Beastmen's veins amounts to magical atavistic evil. I'd like it if the story ended with the beastman 'experiemnt' going horribly badly after several seeming 'breakthroughs in the science of educating the savage beast'

>>44248131
[What does that 21 mean anyway? I didn't exactly send one of our priests or such]

>>44248175
''We have always been glad to trade and entertain others. If you wish, you may send some delegates with me upon my return that they may see the land themselves. What can you tell me of your people?''

>>44248235
"That would be most excellent. You see, we're a bit of a stubborn folk, you might say. We don't believe anything until we see it with our own eyes. We always make sure for ourselves, you see. So when you tell this court of your dwarven lands well, there isn't a single one of us that isn't fighting the urge to run off North right now and catch a glimpse. We'll trade for anything and everything you can offer, too. All kinds of experiences to be had, there. It's just how we live our lives. We want to taste every kind of food, see every kind of land, and nothing stops us. But enough about us. We are dying to know about you. Please, tell us."

>>44248131
Population[20,020](+20/turn)
Food: >Scarce(no growth)
Raw Currency: [0] (+-2)
Culture: [10] (+0/turn)
Happiness: [Content)
Territory: 20 Hexes
Unique Buildings: Classic Castle
Defenses:
Trade Routes:

Bonuses:
Destroyer of Heathans: Reroll any 1 battle roll each turn when fighting npc factions that you view as savages/scum.
Manifest Destiny: Add +5 to any one roll to expand borders each turn.
Eccentricities:
Imperialist: Your obvious desire to expand your borders can sometimes cause diplomatic issues with other nations.

Military Units:
150 ships
x2 Human Platoons [x3]
Resources/Quantity:
+200 lumber/turn
Saltpeter
Schools of fish
Wheat Seeds
Corn Seeds
100 Iron Swords
100 Armor
Technologies:
[Weapon Making 1]
[Fishing 1]
[Writing 1]
[Survival 1]
[Mining 1]
[Smithing 1]
[Farming 1]
[Printing Press 2]
I know of Venicia and Gloiningen.
Actions:

Use saints.

When there's an incomprehensible being, it's not a bad idea to use intermediaries to help bridge the gap. An alien mind may be the true villain, but the cultist that acts under its orders provides the players with someone who has goals they can comprehend, even if the cultist themselves lacks that ability.

Also, keep your spoilered text to yourself next time.

>>44248186
But then it becomes a matter of the cultist's goals, as opposed to the true villain's goals.

>>44247901
I would say they work well as short term villains, to add a bit of a horror element to a campaign arc, but they shouldn't be used as a BBEG.

Heroic fantasy is all about the hero's battle having meaning to it. But when their enemy is just so different that you can't understand why it does what it does, you lose the emotional motivation. The

>>44247567
Oyvey/10

>>44247567
Smug Finn Ranger, lv1.
Feel free however to imagine the owlbear statblock right here beneath that.

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>>44247605

Only level 1?
I mean, he defeats a devil solehandedly. Thats gotta count for something?

>>44246633
Still waiting on Miel lewds.
When we build the Miel Hegemony's new capital, I wonder if we should build a control AI for it.

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>>44246717
Like, a hivemind?

Hello how do you do?

>>44246633
here how are things

>>44246573
understand, the company is probably one man and a piece of homebrew software.

The only reason most of these things don't last is a lack of intestinal fortitude, but there's always some nerd living in the basement of his parents basement with the spare time for this kind of thing.

>>44246573
I wonder if anyone is actually still playing it? It's actually impossible to know since they don't list current players.

>>44248892
Only one way to find out guys>>44246573

>>44246362
The king is a dog

>>44246362
The king is a knight

>>44246380
>>44246399
Dogknight king confirmed

>>44246291
They do something like that in China; they keep fish in their rice paddies.

However, are you sure that the grain would actually be needed? Couldn't the ecosystem sustain itself based on planted water-plants?

The expression is "once in a while", by the way.

>>44246291
They did this.

>>44246389
>However, are you sure that the grain would actually be needed? Couldn't the ecosystem sustain itself based on planted water-plants?
For a certain number of fish, yes. Just as you could feed pigs by enclosing an area and letting them root about all day. But if you want to get a lot of fish per square meter feeding them slop (or grain) is the way to go.

>>44246014
Really? the council made up entirely of divine casters are going to allow a magical loophole like that?

>>44246045
They did say "pass through these arches".

Technically, you aren't when you're teleporting.

>>44246014
>I brought snacks now

Don't clerics have the ability to magic up food?

Rolled 60, 34, 1, 16 = 111 (4d100)

Population[20,000](+2/turn):
Food: >Scarce(no growth)
Raw Currency: [30] (+-2) [generated by GM]
Culture: [10] (+0/turn)
Happiness: [Content)
Territory: 20 Hexes
Unique Buildings: [generated by GM]
(You have one
Defenses: ( None to start unless otherwise noted)
Trade Routes: [none initially]

Bonuses: [generated by GM]
Destroyer of Heathans: reroll any 1 battle roll each turn when fighting npc factions that you dont even view as savages/scum whatever
Manifest Destiny: Add+ 5 to any one roll to expand borders each turn
Eccentricities:
Imperialist: Your obvious desire to expand your borders can sometimes cause diplomatic issues with other nations ...im sure itll come up
Military Units: [generated by GM]
50 ships
x2 Human Platoons [x3]

Resources/Quantity: [generated by GM] [amount]
+200 lumber/turn
Saltpeter
Schools of fish

Technologies:
[Weapon Making I]
[Fishing 1]
[Writing-I]
[Survival-I]
[Mining 1]
[Smithing 1]
[Farming 1]
[Printing Press 2]
Stuff:
Wheat Seeds
Corn Seeds
100 Iron Swords
100 Armor
Local Map
100 Medium Ships
Actions:
EXPAND BOARDERS
Plant seeds
Build University in capital city
Research [Printing Press 3]
Also, use map.

>>44245555
Population[20,000](+2/turn):
Food: >Scarce(no growth)
Raw Currency: [30] (+-2) [generated by GM]
Culture: [10] (+0/turn)
Happiness: [Content)
Territory: 20 Hexes
Unique Buildings: [generated by GM]
(You have one HQ Building in your capitol
Library +2 to any one research roll a turn
Defenses: ( None to start unless otherwise noted)
Trade Routes: [none initially]

Bonuses:
Strongest Bookworm: Once a turn you can EITHER re-roll one research roll under 50 OR one combat roll under 3
Eccentricities: [generated by GM]
High Orc: Your lower orc cousins think youre not orc enough and other races will never see you as more then orc, culteral boundaries affect you more then others.

Military Units: [generated by GM]
X3 Orc Platoons [x3]

Resources/Quantity: [generated by GM] [amount]
Rice Farms
Lumber+200/turn
Iron veins
Tin Veins


Technologies:
[Weapon Making I]
[Farming 1]
[Writing-I]
[Survival-I]
[Irrigation-1]
[Herding 1]
[Mining 1]
[Smithing 1]
[Printing Press-1]

Spent Currency on
Double Population for 4 tuns
1 Temple
Wheat Seeds
Herd of Cattle
Potato "Seeds"
100 Medium Ships

Rolled 96, 29, 75, 60 = 260 (4d100)

>>44245555
Population[20,000](+20/turn):
Food: >Scarce(no growth)
Raw Currency: [30] (+-2) [generated by GM]
Culture: [10] (+0/turn)
Happiness: [Content)
Territory: 20 Hexes
Unique Buildings: [generated by GM]
Battleborn Keep- A round stone tower formed of fine black marble with good views of the surrounding locales, built with defense in mind
x3 Iron Mine-basic
Marble Quarry
Limestone Quarry
X1 Temple to the Ancestors

Defenses:
Trade Routes:

Bonuses:
Long Memories: You can attempt to reroll 1 roll a turn that you have failed in a previous turn
Ancient Grudges: You can spend one culture to add +2 to any one attack roll against an enemy unit you have fought before
Eccentricities:
Clan Politics: If your faction leader is ever killed you must wait 1 year to appoint another, unless you spend all 3 actions in one turn to unite the squabbling clans
Military Units:
Hero Unit Oghren Battleborn[x4] [Inspire]
*Special ability "Inspire" add +1 to any battle die roll if your king is fighting alongside them
x2 Kreigerteil[x3]
Each Kriegerteil is divided between spear dwarves and bow dwarves, with 2 speardwarves for every 1 bowdwarf

Resources/Quantity:
+150 Iron/turn (from mines)
Mountain Goat Herd
Limestone +100 lbs/turn
Marble +100 lbs/turn
Potato Seeds

Technologies:
[Weapon Making 1]
-Sword/Axe Making 1
[Herding 1]
[Writing-1]
[Survival-1]
[Mining-1]
[Smithing-1]
-Armour Making 1
[Drum Making-1]

Double Population for 4 Turns


Actions:
I want to have my people search for new veins of ore.
I want to begin training a cadre of priests
I want to raise more Kriegerteil's, ideally 2.
Research: Mining 2

Response to World Event: We shall send some messengers to these new Kingdoms of [West] and [South]. We must determine their intentions, be they honourable or otherwise.

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Because it isn't obvious how and why they're powerful. It's easy to look at a party of swordsmen, mages, divinely blessed priests and so and go "...So why is the guy with the instrument here?"

Bards are awesome, and have a history of awesomeness in song and story, but it's still not hard to understand why they might seem underwhelming at first glance.

Because they usually just stand in the back tootling away instead of actually doing anything. Yeah, they're buffing, but it's a very static class. And inevitably played by two kinds of people. Those who can't handle being the center of attention whatsoever, and those to try to hog the spotlight at all times.

Plus the whole "hurrdurr i seduce" thing

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>>44245502

Literally what?

Nobody to play with :(

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>>44245305
>>44245307
Japanese traditional borard game interesting more than chess utterly.